hello and welcome. i'm reged ahmad. another purge in the white house. the latest person to be leaving is the chief of staff, reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a great american and a true star of his administration. after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince preibus has been speaking about his resignation which he says

he offered on thursday. here's what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, i have always said to him and he a lwa ys have always said to him and he always agreed with me, any time either one of us think that we need to make a change or move in a different direction, let's just talk about it and get it done. and so, i think the president thought about that and we talked about it yesterday, i resigned and he accepted my resignation. it is about moving his agenda forward. i think he has made a smart decision with general kelly and i think he is going to do a greatjob. i am looking forward to the future. i am a lwa ys looking forward to the future. i am always going to be a trump man, i am on team trump, i look forward to helping him achieve his goals in his agenda for the american people.

north korea has fired off its second inter—continental ballistic missile in less than a month. it landed in the sea off the coast ofjapan and in response, the us and south korea have conducted live fire exercises with surface—to—surface missiles. north korea's leader, kimjong—un, is claiming that the latest test, as he put it, proves the entire us territory is within striking range. karen allen is watching the situation from seoul and gave us this update. it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. we understand it stayed airborne for about 47 minutes and achieved a range of about 1000 kilometres. that means it is potentially packing more punch than the last missile test that happened earlier this month. you will remember that was the first icbm launch, on the fourth ofjuly.

it is a show of defiance by north korea. this week, the us has passed legislation, certainly at this stage in congress, it still needs to be signed off by donald trump. but legislation that would tighten us sanctions on north korea. we're now hearing pressure on the un to up with a new un security council resolution that will tighten sanctions, as well, at an international level. so this has been widely condemned. as far as south korea is concerned, a live firing exercise immediately the wake of this test today. we also seem president moon indicate that he would like to see an acceleration of the rollout of a controversial missile defence system called thaad, here in south korea. this is being taken seriously.

not a sense of panic, but a sense that things are worsening, and the diplomacy does not seem to be getting very far, although the preferred option of everybody at the moment is talks. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. police in germany say a man armed with a knife has attacked people in a supermarket in the northern city of hamburg. one person was killed and four others injured. the suspect, now in detention, is a 26—year—old man born in the united arab emirates. a court in istanbul has ordered the release of seven suspects in the controversial trial of staff from a prominent turkish opposition newspaper. they were jailed on charges of supporting terrorism, in a trial seen as a test for press freedom, under president recep tayyip erdogan. thejudge ordered that four other journalists from the cumhuriyet newspaper should remain in custody. stay with us here on bbc news, still to come:

remembering the fallen of world war one — commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the battle of passchendaele. there have been clashes between police and protesters in east london. it follows the death of rashan charles last saturday. unverified footage on social media appeared to show at least one police officer attempting to restrain mr charles on the floor of a shop. friday night in east london. after several hours, a protest against police turns violent with mattresses and biemans dragged into the road and biemans dragged into the road and set alight. local restaurants and set alight. local restaurants and bars locked customers inside as fireworks and bottles were thrown —— bins. the crowd had gathered to mark the death of 20—year—old rashan

charles one week ago in this neighbourhood. unverified footage showed him being followed into a late—night shop. police say they saw him try to swallow something, and was tackled. just over an hour later, he was declared dead. the investigation has been handed from the metropolitan police to the independent police complaints commission. as the footage spread on social media, so has and, resulting in these violent protests. in a statement, rashan charles‘s family say while they appreciate the public support, any hostile actions distracting from the investigation are unwelcome. charlie gard, the british baby at the centre of a legal battle over his care, has died. the 11 month old was moved to a hospice, where his life support was removed. a statement from his family said: 0ur beautiful little boy has gone. we are so proud of you, charlie.

0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh looks back at the story which captured attention around the world. today, charlie is two weeks old. this is charlie gard without breathing or feeding tubes. born apparently healthy, but soon a devastating genetic condition emerged which causes progressive muscle weakness. by his side throughout have been his parents, connie yates and chris gard. charlie was transferred from intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital, where he spent ten months, to a hospice, where he died earlier today. they'd fought a lengthy battle to keep charlie alive, refusing to accept he had suffered catastrophic brain damage. and they raised funds online for experimental treatment in the united states. great 0rmond street applied to court to end charlie's life—support, and everyjudge backed them. at the uk supreme court,

with charlie's parents sitting behind, the hospital's barrister said his suffering should end. the reality is that charlie can't see, he can't hear, he can't move, he can't cry, he can't swallow. immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit. an american doctor offering to treat charlie with this experimental powder had not seen his full medical records and it took six months before he came to london to examine him. finally, on monday, at the high court, charlie's parents abandoned their legal fight to keep him alive, saying that time had run out. our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make

a difference to people's lives for years to come. we will make sure of that. shame on gosh! a private family tragedy was fought out in public. even the location and timing of charlie's death became a matter of dispute. doctors and nurses at great 0rmond street, one of the world's most renowned children's hospitals, received abuse and even death threats, which charlie's parents condemned. let us pray... pro—life groups adopted the cause and charlie's plight became an international issue when both the pope and donald trump tweeted offers of help. the judge said it was a pitfall of social media that people commented without knowing the facts. charlie died a week before his first birthday. his parents said they were sorry they could not save him, but would set up a foundation in his name to help other sick children.

fergus walsh, bbc news. now to political turmoil in pakistan. the country's prime minister, nawaz sharif, has resigned after the supreme court disqualified him from office over corruption allegations. this came after lea ks from the panama papers revealed mr sharif‘s children bought expensive london apartments through offshore companies, allegedly enabling tax evasion or money laundering. sharif and his family have denied any wrongdoing. the bbc‘s secunder kermani reports. they've been chanting "go, nawaz, go!" for over a year. and today he left. nawaz sharif resigned after pakistan's highest court disqualified him from holding office. judges decided he'd not been honest in dealing

with a corruption inquiry. for his opponents, including cricketer turned leading politician imran khan, today's decision is an unprecedented victory for accountability. translation: for the first time, we're hopeful that we can also progress like other countries. a powerful man has been brought down by the authority of law. this is not a personal issue between me and nawaz sharif, it's about the future of pakistan. this case centres around four luxury flats in this building in mayfair. it began when millions of secret documents from a law firm in panama were leaked last year. they revealed the flats were linked to a number of nawaz sharif‘s children. the supreme court in pakistan has been trying to establish where the money to buy them came from. the prime minister's daughter is alleged to have tried to cover up her ownership of the flats. maryam nawaz had been seen as her father's successor. now they both face further inquiries by the national anti—corru ption body. she was defiant on twitter, though, posting this picture

of the prime minister, promising he would return to power in next year's elections. no prime minister in pakistan has ever completed a full term in office. nawaz sharif himself was overthrown by a military coup in the 905. some of his supporters claim pakistan's army is the driving force behind the current allegations. sharif, his family and his allies have always denied any wrongdoing. we have history of such disqualifications in pakistan and we have also seen that such disqualifications are later turned down and they are reversed. the ruling party will now have to nominate a new leader. amongst the favourites is the prime minister's brother, currently chief minister of the province of punjab. but, for the moment, the country is facing real uncertainty. secunder kermani, bbc news. this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: after a tumultuous few days at the white house, reince priebus is leaving as chief of staff to the president — and generaljohn kelly will take over on monday. after north korea test—fires a second intercontinental ballistic missile, south korea says it will take measures of its own to tackle the threat. earlier i spoke to the bbc‘s peter bowes and i asked him if reince priebus had shed any light on why he left. he has not shed any light in detail, apart from saying that the president, as we heard, wanted to go in a different direction, and that is something that he agreed with, and therefore offered his resignation. he says after several discussions — it seems over a number of days, implying these discussions, perhaps, started earlier this week — discussions with the president, when he offered some suggestions. he got involved in a discussion about his successor. and the tenor of the conversation he hasjust had on american

television is that he continues to be a strong supporter of president trump and will support his agenda as he moves forward. peter, this is a surprise for some. some others were expecting it. what's been the general reaction out of washington? i think you get very different reactions outside of the beltways — inside washington people, who are politically connected — and those in, let's say, the real world. i think there is more shrugging of shoulders in the real world. i think people can clearly see this is, by all accounts, a fairly dysfunctional white house, at the moment, especially in their communications department. and people have very quickly, over the past six months, kind of got used to that. and in a sense, these kinds of announcements, sudden announcements via twitter, from the president, are becoming quite commonplace. and people don't really been too much. it has to be said, a lot of president trump's ardent supporters, the supporters

especially in middle america that got him into the white house, they are still backing him — it seems whatever happens. these controversial moves that the president seems to make do nothing to dent his support in his base. 82 buildings have failed a new fire safety test in which insulation and cladding similar to the type fitted at grenfell tower were tested for the first time. 47 of those buildings are owned or managed by local authorities or housing associations. the government also announced an independent review of building regulations and fire safety. tom symonds reports. inside the burn hall, this is where the tests have been taking place, upon which the fate of dozens of tower blocks hang. so far, the government's refused to release video of the tests, but like this, it involves setting light to cladding and insulation fitted to a nine—metre wall. test number one of a design identical to that at grenfell tower, was supposed to last a0 minutes —

it was stopped before nine. the flames had reached the top of the test rig. the landlords of 82 buildings, 47 of them social housing, will now have to take urgent action. in salford, anticipating a test failure, cladding is already being taken down. the thought of it not being safe and you're sleeping in bed of a night time, thinking that's not safe... do you know, it's bad, isn't it? really bad. they should take the lot off, i don't care how much money it costs. it's not money, it's people's lives at the end of the day. the new full—scale tests are designed to replicate the way in which grenfell tower was refurbished, with a cladding system to improve the insulation and the look of the building. it's the bits that make up this system that are being tested together, to see how well they prevent fire spreading. the cladding itself is basically a sandwich, thin sheets of aluminium with plastic as the sandwich filling. and then there's an air gap,

designed to improve ventilation, but did it fuel the fire? behind that, thick blocks of foam insulation. how well did they withstand the flames? the tests involve using various brands of cladding and insulation, to examine how they perform in a fire. these new tests were ordered because when sections of the cladding were tested on their own, they failed spectacularly. the government hasn't allowed us to film any of those tests, so we obtained piece of reynobond pe, the same cladding used at grenfell tower, and asked a company specialising in plastics to show us how it reacts to fire. when the flame was applied to the aluminium sides... no problem. but when the sample is turned, so the flame hit the plastic filling in the aluminium sandwich, this is what happens. several tests showed, in similar temperatures to the grenfell fire, it drips burning plastic. if you clad a building in it,

you've got a fuel main source for a frame to propagate on. if you do a small—scale fire test, it's not necessarily representative of what will happen on a full—scale building. which is why the government is now doing full—scale tests, but three separate sources with direct knowledge of the type of cladding used at grenfell tower, have told the bbc it has never been subjected to the full—scale test. investigators are examining what fire assessments were done. the regulations say when there is a proposal to use flammable material on a tall building, there should be an actual fire test or a desktop study, based on previous test results. building control inspectors say the regulations are a mess. we've arrived at a situation where we have a series of different pieces of legislation, we have a series of different tests which can be applied to that legislation.

we've created a system of cracks and shadows that people can either fall into inadvertently, or perhaps hide in the shadows on purpose. today, a new independent review of fire safety was announced, to look into those cracks and shadows. tom symonds, bbc news. this weekend commemorations will be held in the uk and belgium, marking the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the third battle of ypres, also known as the battle of passchendaele. three months of fighting killed or injured more than a50 thousand men on both sides. our special correspondent allan little reports from flanders. each ploughing season, even now, the earth here gives up munitions lost in 1917. human remains, too, of men who disappeared a century ago. just a metre beneath this fertile topsoil, there lies hidden

a substratum of dense clay, through which water doesn't drain. passchendaele was the infa ntryman‘s graveyard. we called it the slaughterhouse. even the most seasoned veteran felt he'd be lucky if he went out there and came back. if you're wounded and you slip off the duckboards, you just sank into the mud. not only that, but every pool you'd fall in with decomposed bodies of humans and mules. the point was to break through and capture the belgian channel ports, to stop german u—boat attacks. but, like the battle of the somme a year earlier, the breakthrough never came. the iconic images of the battle, the moonscape, the water—filled craters, "they died in hell and called it passchendaele", has really sunk deep into our memory of the war.

but it's not a rerun of the somme. mistakes were made, some incorrect approaches were taken. but, overall, the british army gave a much better account of themselves. i think, crucially, they did real, lasting damage the german army. near passchendaele village there is a research centre. it collects the words the fighting men wrote to their families at home. this is a letterfrom richard harding, dated the 30th of september, 1917. "my dear mother, just a line to let you know that i am quite well." nine days later, he was killed in the battle. one from privatejohn fielding. "my dear sister, just a few lines to let you know that i am still living." and this one, from an officer in the battle. "i'm sorry to tell you that major moorhouse has been killed and died in my arms. we'd just brought his son

in, mortally wounded." his son was a captain in the same regiment. "the major expressed his determination to go back and fetch a doctor for his son, though a bosch machine—gun was sniping in a very deadly manner. i tried to dissuade him." so this major moorhouse was killed trying to find a doctor to help his dying son. the public at home had a very distorted sense of what was happening at passchendaele. most of the newspaper reporting was highly partisan, full of patriotic propaganda. in our own post—truth age, that has renewed resonance. here, actors rehearse a play that will tour the country this autumn. it's called the wipers times. ypres, what the belgians call wipers. the wipers times was a satirical monthly newspaper produced by men in the trenches, a poignant and sometimes hilarious counterblast to the sanitised accounts of the national papers. the editors of the wipers times really hated the journalists

who came out to cover the war, because they felt they were telling lies. they felt the people at home were not being told the truth about the war. and they were furious that this rubbish was being circulated. the other thing is, they were very keen on pricking the bubble of what they would have not called fake news, but obviously was at the time. just propaganda and nonsense, written by people a long way away who didn't know what they were talking about. of the 12,000 men buried here at tyne cot, three quarters are unidentified. a further 35,000 are named on the memorial wall. their bodies were never recovered, lost to the mud that gave this battle its special horror. a fascinating note on history. pigeon keeping was once a widespread hobby in russia. but these days it

is rare to find anyone who still keeps the birds. 0ur correspondent spoke to two very different men who share a passion for pigeons. city dwellers often think of pigeons as rats with wings, but there are some people in moscow for whom pigeons are truly special. many of those houses once had pigeon shelters. now this is one of the few places that still keeps pigeons in moscow today. victor is the third generation in his family to raise pigeons. he remembers his childhood, the golden age of pigeon keeping. translation: it used to be that in every backyard on every balcony, every backyard on every balcony, every window sill, people kept pigeons. now it has all got so expensive, there are fire regulations, housing authority regulations, housing authority regulations, so many regulations.

victor is an electrician. he doesn't earn much. when he retires soon he plans to move out of moscow, where he will keep chickens, rabbits and of course pigeons. just to the east of course pigeons. just to the east of moscow in a leafy village stands a very different kind of bird house. its owner is the millionaire businessman, victor. translation: i've loved pigeons since i was a child. just as artists create artworks, i create pigeons. i am interested in creating elegance. this is beautiful. he won't say how much money has poured into this 3—storey paradise for 5000 birds, but it is one of the biggest in russia. sadly, no one in his family shares his passion. he is so worried he wants to change his will to make sure his birds will be safe. translation: now, this is the life.

when you see in the sky is such a huge cloud of pigeons. well, you can find me on twitter. you can find most of the team fare as well. now the weather forecast. hello there. good morning. generally speaking, the weather's been unsettled in recent days. that was certainly the case yesterday with frequent showers in scotland and northern ireland. this was taken by one of our weather watchers in the highlands. this is clearing through the east in the early hours of his morning. we keep showers into western scotland and northern ireland. dry scotland and northern ireland. and bright further s further dry and bright further south and

further east in scotland. by the bells and sunshine to be had in northern england, but also patches of cloud and the odd early shower. early showers in wales and sunshine through the morning. in the south—west of england a lot of cloud and rain spreading in from the south. the rain not far away in southern counties. just lurking in the english channel. it will move backin the english channel. it will move back in mind. overall a reasonable start at the oval. maybe a couple of showers in the early afternoon at we will have rain later as the weather front make steady progress back into the southern counties. north wales, northern england, bar the odd shower are northern england, bar the odd shower a re pretty northern england, bar the odd shower are pretty decent day. scattered showers into northern ireland. top temperatures, 21— 22 in the south—eastern corner. about 22 in newcastle and aberdeen. through the evening it turns wet in much of england and wales. heavy bursts of rain. it clears into the north sea quickly on sunday morning. still, showers into the north and west

early on sunday, closer to this low pressure. it will keep things u nsettled pressure. it will keep things unsettled again on sunday. showers from early on in the north and west of the uk. some will be heavy with early ru m bles of the uk. some will be heavy with early rumbles of thunder and they will spread further inland, again further rumbles to be had. showers few and far between in the south—eastern corner, which is good news for the long legs down to surrey and back. mostly dry picture, a bit ofa surrey and back. mostly dry picture, a bit of a breeze from the south and west. still unsettled on monday. low pressure still with us and towards the north and west of the uk we will see most of the showers. rain at times in edinburgh. further east, showers few and far between. this is bbc news, the headlines. the white house chief of staff reince priebus is leaving hisjob after he was criticised by another senior administration official. mr priebus said he resigned on thursday after speaking with the president. mr trump has appointed the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, as his new chief of staff.

south korea says it will prepare independent measures to curb the nuclear threat posed by north korea. the united states and south korea have staged a joint missile exercise, in response to the latest test firing by north korea of an intercontinental ballistic missile hours earlier. charlie gard, the terminally ill baby at the centre of a long legal battle in britain between his parents and hospital