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schools in tragic. more than 100 schools in encland tragic. more than 100 schools in england are _ tragic. more than 100 schools in england are told _ tragic. more than 100 schools in england are told to _ tragic. more than 100 schools in england are told to close, - tragic. more than 100 schools in i england are told to close, buildings made from a specific type of concrete, over concerns they could collapse. on the first time, junior doctors and consultants in england will take part injoint doctors and consultants in england will take part in joint strike action. grant shapps has appointed defence secretary and promises to continue the uk's report last week mai khoi support for ukraine. —— uk's mai khoi support for ukraine. —— uk's support for ukraine. hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we stories from around the world. started south africa children we started south africa were 12 children are simply four people killed in a fire at a five—storey block of flats in johannesburg. killed in a fire at a five—storey block of flats injohannesburg. more than 60 people were also injured and there are fears that the death toll will rise as search and recovery operations continue. the building in the city's business district is said to have been hijacked, a term used
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in south africa for a building that has been taken over by squatters and undocumented immigrants. it has been described as one of the worst fire incidents in the city's recent history. the head of the emergency services injohannesburg says the cause of the fire is currently unclear. groups of people gathered outside the burnt building waiting fair use of their loved ones. our correspondent reports, and a warning that you may find her report distressing. the worst imaginable noise to wake up to — people screaming, "fire, fire, fire," in a building housing hundreds of people. residents trapped inside by a locked gate, unable to escape. their bodies now piled up. at least 12 children among the dead. i was watching out the window, all the buidling was fire, so i decided myself tojump first. ijumped down, my wife throw for me
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a baby, i catch him. i tell him to tie a bed sheet, she came down it, i catch. relief and shock etched on the faces of those who managed to escape, their home now completely gutted on the inside. but now that the flames have been extinguished, the realisation that not everyone is coming out has set in. woman wails. translation: i couldn't get into the second floor- because the fire was so bad. someone found my five—year—old and rescued him. but i lost my two—year—old. i don't know what to do, i don't know where to go. the flames were so intense that people inside have been said to be burnt beyond recognition. many who lived inside this building were migrants from across the continent. the residents here were living in overcrowded conditions without consistent electricity or water. authorities say it resembled
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an informal settlement with shack—like partitions of cardboard boxes and sheets that likely fed the fire. i have got about 23 years in the service, i've never come across something like this in my whole life. these people, you know, we might find that they've illegally connected electricity or they are using whatever devices which might, you know, cause fires, you know, maybe that is where the explosion might be coming from. this evening, a visit by the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, as the search and rescue becomes a search and recovery operation. cyril ramaphosa, as the search and rescue becomes a search and recovery operation. he said such a tragedy must never happen again. shingai nyoka, bbc news, johannesburg. for more on this i'm joined by eyewitness news reporter, orrin singh. iam reading i am reading some of the testimonies from the families, one mother says, i don't know which hospital my child
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is in and i don't know what mortuary my other child is in.— my other child is in. yes, very concerning — my other child is in. yes, very concerning news _ my other child is in. yes, very concerning news coming - my other child is in. yes, very concerning news coming out l my other child is in. yes, very| concerning news coming out of johannesburg. a tragedy words. we saw the president during his visit this evening expressing the same sentiments —— beyond words. we must recall or consider that this is not something new forjohannesburg, much like other cities within south africa, on the coastal town durban of the major city in the province has similar issues are buildings in hijack, a term you referred to earlier, where people simply take over these buildings. i think the interesting thing to point out regarding this specific building was that it regarding this specific building was thatitis regarding this specific building was that it is owned by the city of johannesburg. the city had previously leased out that the building to another department within government known as the social development department, the building was previously used to
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house women and children. and sheltered them. and we're not sure what happened but the president indicated that shortly after the lease with the social development department was up, the people came in and out hordes and hijacked the building and took it over. 50 in and out hordes and hijacked the building and took it over.- building and took it over. so now these families, _ building and took it over. so now these families, not _ building and took it over. so now these families, not only - building and took it over. so now these families, not only have - building and took it over. so now. these families, not only have most family members, children, people throwing children out of the actual building, but they remain homeless. shocking, and it is something that is quite prevalent in south africa. we know that the housing crisis in south africa is grey. something like more than 2 million people living without homes. —— grave. foreign nationals coming from other countries, may be undocumented or not, we have a vast majority of people living in small spaces like this who don't have housing. you can
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only feel for the families who have lost loved ones, some who are still unaccounted for. and yet they have no certainty about the future, city ofjohannesburg has been able to establish areas where they can go and seek shelter as temporary measures but for how long can only be the question. it measures but for how long can only be the question.— be the question. it raises so many questions. — be the question. it raises so many questions, about _ be the question. it raises so many questions, about these _ be the question. it raises so many questions, about these hijacked . questions, about these hijacked complexes. what will happen to these people? but also tonight, so many people? but also tonight, so many people are gathered outside that complex, not sure who is inside, as that recovery continues, where others are in hospitals, just the whole situation is incredibly tragic. whole situation is incredibly tra . ic. , whole situation is incredibly traaic. , ., . ., , tragic. extremely tragic, and 'ust before i joined i tragic. extremely tragic, and 'ust before ijoined you, i tragic. extremely tragic, and 'ust before ijoined you, we �* tragic. extremely tragic, and 'ust before ijoined you, we did h tragic. extremely tragic, andjust before ijoined you, we did get i before ijoined you, we did get communication from the city of johannesburg, that they have now opened up the hospitalforfamilies
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to come in and identify bodies of those people who tragically died in this incident. so people are now able, after almost 24—hour, to start coming in and kind of getting some sort of closure. you can imagine. and who has been able to get in communication with their family for a long time, now having to go to hospital to possibly identify their loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we sa 74 loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 peeple — loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 peeple have — loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 people have died _ loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 people have died but - loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 people have died but we - loved one, in a mortuary. tonight we say 74 people have died but we do i say 74 people have died but we do also understand that destro could rise. it also understand that destro could rise. . ., , also understand that destro could rise. . l, , ., also understand that destro could rise. . ., , ., ., rise. it could, but from what we have been _ rise. it could, but from what we have been able _ rise. it could, but from what we have been able to _ rise. it could, but from what we have been able to ascertain, . rise. it could, but from what we have been able to ascertain, itl have been able to ascertain, it seems to be clear that they have cleared out the building entirely, that remains to be seen —— death toll could rise. we will be taking the story forward to see whether more bodies are retrieved from the building but we managed to speak to survivors, just like your
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correspondent, and the horrific stories coming out of there, people having to jump out of windows, use sheets to climb down from the second and third story. tragic events coming and unfolding from within the building. it coming and unfolding from within the buildinu. . , coming and unfolding from within the buildinu. .,, , l, , coming and unfolding from within the buildin.. ., , , ., , ., building. it has been really hard readin: building. it has been really hard reading and _ building. it has been really hard reading and listening _ building. it has been really hard reading and listening to - building. it has been really hard reading and listening to what i building. it has been really hard l reading and listening to what has happened. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news now. with days to go before the start of term in england, more than 100 schools had been told by the government that they must immediately shut buildings, that they had been built using what is known as crumble risk concrete. the type of lightweight concrete that is prone to collapse, we have not yet been told which schools are affected. our education editor reports.
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this part of the building closed for fear of a sudden collapse. parents, like this one, absorbing the news. heard about this issue with the concrete, this part of the building which has been shutdown, mi; concrete, this part of the building which has been shutdown, my younger son a special— which has been shutdown, my younger son a special needs _ which has been shutdown, my younger son a special needs and _ which has been shutdown, my younger son a special needs and goes - which has been shutdown, my younger son a special needs and goes to - which has been shutdown, my younger son a special needs and goes to that l son a special needs and goes to that school. we are devastated, even the head teacher said that letter, you could tell from the letter how emotional stressed—out she was because it will likely affect of little children. it because it will likely affect of little children.— because it will likely affect of little children. it is one of two schools in _ little children. it is one of two schools in the _ little children. it is one of two schools in the city _ little children. it is one of two schools in the city told - little children. it is one of two schools in the city told they . little children. it is one of two - schools in the city told they cannot fully open. more than 150 others around england told to take similar steps. schools will contact parents directly if they are affected. so what is reinforced or autoclaved aerated concrete? it is lightweight,
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bubbly concrete used widely from the 19605 to the 19805. usually in roofs, sometimes in walls and floors. it is weaker than traditional concrete and it is past its life span. in essex, this school roof is made from it. it closed suddenly injune this year. but concerns were first raised about this concrete in 2018. why has it taken until now to warn so many schools? , , . , , schools? this is incredibly last-minute. _ schools? this is incredibly last-minute. this - schools? this is incredibly last-minute. this is - schools? this is incredibly - last-minute. this is something that last—minute. this is something that has been known about for a long time. the advice may have changed, but to school leaders and teachers, preparing to start the new year next weekend most cases for children expecting to come back to school, it feels incredibly last—minute. it feels incredibly last—minute. it feels rather shambolic. several hundred more schools are still being checked. forthe hundred more schools are still being checked. for the ones where the material is confirmed, help is being
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offered. jog material is confirmed, help is being offered. ' :: material is confirmed, help is being offered. ' i: ., ., , , material is confirmed, help is being offered. ' :: ., ., , , i, offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker— offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker to _ offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker to each, _ offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker to each, we - offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker to each, we are - offered. 104 we have assigned a caseworker to each, we are in i offered. 104 we have assigned a - caseworker to each, we are in touch with the _ caseworker to each, we are in touch with the school and will be sending surveyors _ with the school and will be sending surveyors to look specifically and will look — surveyors to look specifically and will look to mitigate and minimise any impact it has on children going back any impact it has on children going hack to _ any impact it has on children going back to school and on parents. the department _ back to school and on parents. department is back to school and on parents. tue: department is in back to school and on parents. he department is in chaos back to school and on parents. tte: department is in chaos and back to school and on parents. ttl department is in chaos and there and i have been racing there is now four months, the government have known for years there was a need for action, they should come clean to parents, publish the full list of all schools affected and get on with it. , :, , : , all schools affected and get on with it. this dodgy concrete is in some other public _ it. this dodgy concrete is in some other public buildings _ it. this dodgy concrete is in some other public buildings also, - other public buildings also, hospital corridors and now classrooms propped up. the bill for replacing it yet to be reckoned with. matthew is president of the institution of structural engineers and hejoins me alive. thank you institution of structural engineers and he joins me alive. thank you for joining us. so many questions remain unanswered, first of all the pact that there was concern raised around this concrete back in 2018. yes.
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that there was concern raised around this concrete back in 2018.— this concrete back in 2018. yes, the issue with it — this concrete back in 2018. yes, the issue with it has _ this concrete back in 2018. yes, the issue with it has been _ this concrete back in 2018. yes, the issue with it has been known - this concrete back in 2018. yes, the issue with it has been known for- issue with it has been known for quite some time and there has been reports written publicising the potential risks from the collaborative reporting and safety in and institution of structural engineers, and i wonder whether it would be helpfuljust to very briefly explain to your viewers... these do. what it is, the fact that it has a c four these do. what it is, the fact that it has a cfour n these do. what it is, the fact that it has a c four n concrete, don't get it confused with concrete. concrete is a good dense material. this is a 70%, and bubbly lightweight product that was developed and used with steel reinforcement, which is the r, to form roof panels and wall panels and very occasionally floor panels. what
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the problem is, it has deteriorated over the years. it suffers from something called creep deflection which means it sags. it did sagging, and the more it does so the more load goes into it and it sags more, and as it sags it pulls away from its support. along with the fact that it was made at a time when quality control on the product was not so good, there are number of issues with the actual quality when it left the factory, and the fact that it it left the factory, and the fact thatitis it left the factory, and the fact that it is now exceeded its serviceable design life, and that it is weak in its report, causing problems. is weak in its report, causing problems-— is weak in its report, causing roblems. , :, , : , , problems. this all sounds incredibly concerning- — problems. this all sounds incredibly concerning. about _ problems. this all sounds incredibly concerning. about the _ problems. this all sounds incredibly concerning. about the quality. - problems. this all sounds incredibly concerning. about the quality. telll concerning. about the quality. tell us how much of a safety risk this is. we are talking about children in schools, in that report it was mentioned it is used in hospitals as
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well. we mentioned it is used in hospitals as well. ~ :, ~ :, :, mentioned it is used in hospitals as well. :, :, , well. we have known and publicised the fact that — well. we have known and publicised the fact that it — well. we have known and publicised the fact that it has _ well. we have known and publicised the fact that it has been _ well. we have known and publicised the fact that it has been in - well. we have known and publicised the fact that it has been in schools i the fact that it has been in schools and hospitals for a long time and we have been pushing people to act upon. what is really important is what any building that has any public access, there is a real responsibility for the estate managers and building owners to know what they're building is made. to understand what condition it is in command if there is a problem, they need to get mitigation in place to prevent failures. this material has in the past, roof panels in schools have collapsed. with little or no warning. fortunately they have collapsed when children are not in school. but that is locked, it is not planning. so school. but that is locked, it is not planning-— school. but that is locked, it is not -alannin. :, ~ :, not planning. so when we talk about, if ou not planning. so when we talk about, if you could — not planning. so when we talk about, if you could briefly, _ not planning. so when we talk about, if you could briefly, modifications, i if you could briefly, modifications, the cost, how do they fix it? the main issue. _ the cost, how do they fix it? the main issue, firstly _ the cost, how do they fix it? ttl main issue, firstly let's look at long—term, that should be taken out
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of the building environment. we shouldn't have it in there. it is past its serviceable life and needs to be replayed. that is the long—term. in the short—term, we need to know that that failure mode commonly occurring are at the support, where it sits on the walls or where it sits on steel beams. the most common way of mitigating it is to actually increase those supports, so we put additional support lines in and effectively make sure it has more of a bearing under the supported edges of the panels. that is the cleanest way to do it. part of the whole process needs to be to assess firstly if you have the material in a building and secondly if you do, what conditions it is in. there are things you can look out for. you can see if some panels are sagging more than the ones next to them. you can see if there is cracks. if any of those things are
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prevalent, you must really take a very urgent action.— very urgent action. grateful for that assessment, _ very urgent action. grateful for that assessment, thank - very urgent action. grateful for that assessment, thank you. i around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the news. a doctor it's been investigated for dangerous driving. a 16—year—old and a 15—year—old died after the bike they were riding what crashed in cardiff in may. the debts led to rights which saw 15 officers injured and dozens arrested. the former conservative mp antoinette sandbach has asked to be removed from an academic�*s research, that connects her to a slave—owning ancestor. malik al nasir named ms sandbach as a descendant of samuel sandbach, a liverpool merchant, who had a stake in plantations in the west indies, in a 2021 video. she argues there's no public
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interest in identifying her. police trying to trace a poet who went missing at a music festival have found a body during a nearby search operation. gboyega odubanjo was last seen at the shambala music festival in northamptonshire at around 4am on saturday morning. he was invited to read poetry at the event the following day. formal identification of the body has not yet taken place. you're live with bbc news. in england, junior and senior doctors are planning to strike at the same time — for the first time in the history of the national health service. the british medical association has announced a series of strike days in september and october. both junior doctors and consultants will be on strike on september 20th, and on october 2nd, 3rd and 4th — when there will be so—called "christmas day" cover. let's speak to our health editor. what has led to this? fix, let's speak to our health editor. what has led to this? a long-running -a disute what has led to this? a long-running pay dispute that _ what has led to this? a long-running pay dispute that goes _ what has led to this? a long-running pay dispute that goes back _ what has led to this? a long-running pay dispute that goes back to - pay dispute that goes back to earlier this year. between the
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british medical association representing doctors and the government covering england, and what it has boiled down to is the government saying there are final pay offers to the junior doctors at 8.8%, a pay increase this year and for consultants around 6%, they said those offers are final. they follow recommendations of an independent pay review body, the union has said for both they are not in half, they don't go far enough in covering the impact of inflation going back over 15 years stop and indie dispute in both cases will continue. what we have learned today is thatjunior doctors in england now have a ballot in favour of extending the strike action by another six months. they have called six strike days in september and october, and four of will coincide with already announced strike dates by the senior doctors, consultants. that has never happened before. it is a first, any form of
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dispute in the history of the nhs, but it is being emphasised that emergency care will be covered, the walk—outs will affect planned treatment operations and appointments and so on. but that means an existing backlog of planned treatment and operations and so on will continue to build up and cause real frustration for hospital managers who are trying to get more people of the waiting list, more disruption. and i dispute where both sides seem pretty much locked into their positions, the union says the government has failed in any way to come back to talks and they want to open up talks again. the government says we will talk about everything apart from penny. this could extend right into the winter, the most difficult time for the national health service. —— apart from paid. let's speak now to dr sumi manirjan, deputy chair of the british medical association's doctors committtee
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the government has said this is what the pay raise is, we have given you a rise, we are not budging on it. give me your reaction to that. this shows that — give me your reaction to that. this shows that the _ give me your reaction to that. t't 3 shows that the government fundamentally don't understand what our dispute is about. it has been going on since october last year and i hope they do finally understand it is about a year—on—year pay cut we have a seat for the last 15 years. we have lost over 30% of our pay and they've now offered as 6% plus £1250. that doesn't touch inflation this year let alone for the last 15 years. i urge rishi sunak to meet us at the table and negotiate with us because that is the only way this dispute will end. we because that is the only way this dispute will end.— dispute will end. we heard that the government _ dispute will end. we heard that the government have _ dispute will end. we heard that the government have said _ dispute will end. we heard that the government have said they - dispute will end. we heard that the government have said they will - dispute will end. we heard that the | government have said they will talk about everything but this issue around pay. lode about everything but this issue around pay-— around pay. we have made it abundantly — around pay. we have made it abundantly clear _ around pay. we have made it abundantly clear that - around pay. we have made it abundantly clear that our - around pay. we have made it. abundantly clear that our issue around pay. we have made it- abundantly clear that our issue is paid. because of the pay were getting in this country, we're losing our doctors who have trained
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here or work here because they are leaving to go to other professions or other countries that are paying better, like canada, new zealand. we cannot blame them because they are leaving, looking to see how things are abroad. and enjoying it and staying there. we are worth more weight we are losing a number that is going to rise with more doctors looking at their options. hot is going to rise with more doctors looking at their options.— looking at their options. not only shortaae looking at their options. not only shortage of— looking at their options. not only shortage of doctors _ looking at their options. not only shortage of doctors but _ looking at their options. not only shortage of doctors but we - looking at their options. not only shortage of doctors but we are i looking at their options. not only l shortage of doctors but we are also seeing about 90,000 appointments being cancelled or rearranged due to the strikes. lode being cancelled or rearranged due to the strikes. ~ ~ :, , being cancelled or rearranged due to the strikes. . ~ :, , :, the strikes. we know there is over 7 million patients _ the strikes. we know there is over 7 million patients waiting _ the strikes. we know there is over 7 million patients waiting on - the strikes. we know there is over 7 million patients waiting on waiting l million patients waiting on waiting list and a notable bee patients who have waited months if not years for these appointments —— i know they were will be patients. in scotland the government were able to ensure that not a single junior doctor went on strike and not a single patient missed out on their appointments because they were able to meet with
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a credible offer. we because they were able to meet with a credible offer.— a credible offer. we 'ust heard that this could carry — a credible offer. we 'ust heard that this could carry on — a credible offer. we just heard that this could carry on well— a credible offer. we just heard that this could carry on well into - a credible offer. we just heard that this could carry on well into the - this could carry on well into the winter and beyond. some of the busiest periods in hospitals and more people and patients as well as doctors. at what point do you think this could get resolved? it doctors. at what point do you think this could get resolved?— this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go — this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go on. _ this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go on, like _ this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go on, like i _ this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go on, like i said - this could get resolved? it doesn't need to go on, like i said scotland j need to go on, like i said scotland were able to avert strike action in their country and our government have greater fiscal flexibility, so they are able to give us the money needed, and the money needed is £5 junior doctor who has graduated with £100,000 of debt, i don't think there is a single government official that can say £20 an hour for a doctor that can save your life if you are unwell is too much. thank ou.
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rishi sunak has reshuffled his cabinet for what is expected to be the last time before the next election. long—serving defence secretary ben wallace has been replaced by energy secretary grant schapps in what is his fifth ministerial appointment in five years. shapps has been replaced in his former role by education minister claire coutinho who becomes the youngest cabinet minister at 38. ben wallace was widely believed to be a safe pair of hands, having held multiple positions since his first appointment under david cameron in 2014, and was at one time thought of as a potential future prime minister. during his time in office, wallace served under a total of five different prime minsisters. wallace served under a total of five different prime ministers. the former soldier has spent four years as defence secretary, during which time he has been heavily involved in arming and training kyiv with artillery, tanks and recently cruise missiles, but has also overseen cuts in budget and personnel that have concerned nato allies. for more on this i'm joined
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by defence editor at the times and author of a new book entitled the gardener of lashkar gah, which charts the journey of an afghan british army employees journey to the uk, which ben wallace was directly involved in, lariisa brown. penrose was a soldier, also seen as for the ukrainians as a sort of safe pair of hands as far as the war in ukraine was concerned.- ukraine was concerned. yes, my ukrainian _ ukraine was concerned. yes, my ukrainian contacts _ ukraine was concerned. yes, my ukrainian contacts are _ ukraine was concerned. yes, my| ukrainian contacts are absolutely dismayed by the decision by ben wallace to resign, he announced a three weeks ago. that is because ben wallace was a real staunch defender of ukraine. he made the case for sending lethal weapons and for sending lethal weapons and for sending tanks, and he believed that we need to do everything we possibly
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could to arm ukraine in the fight against russia. so i think a lot of people on the diplomatic stage will be really disappointed by this move. we talk about grant shapps, if you look at his credentials, many would say as far as foreign policy and defence is concerned, that is not one of his strengths. tia. defence is concerned, that is not one of his strengths.— defence is concerned, that is not one of his strengths. no, people i have been — one of his strengths. no, people i have been speaking _ one of his strengths. no, people i have been speaking to _ one of his strengths. no, people i have been speaking to today - one of his strengths. no, people i have been speaking to today in i have been speaking to today in military circles and also ministers are quite surprised by rishi sunak�*s decision to put grant shapps in the role. he hasn't got a defence background, some people might say that doesn't matter, we have had defence secretaries in the past they didn't know anything about defence before they were given the job, but it comes at a time when defence is so crucial. there is a war in europe and ben wallace is obviously, he knew a lot about it and was good at the job.
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knew a lot about it and was good at thejob. so i think to put grant shapps in the role right now has surprised some. but he obviously gets on well with rishi sunak. i have about ten seconds left, let's see if we can hang on to you for the next you minutes as i would like to cover a couple of more issues. stay with us. stay with us here stay with us. we will be back in the next few minutes before latest headlines. —— with all the latest. hello there. low pressure and its weather fronts brought a rather cloudy, damp day to many central, southern and western parts of the uk. quite a bit of sunshine though across scotland and north—east england. as we head into friday, this area of low pressure will be weakening, fizzling out and conditions will be improving. as we head into the weekend, into next week, high pressure will bring dry, sunny, warm weather for many of us. so these weather fronts then continue to bring outbreaks of rain through the evening
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and overnight we could see an area of thundery rain move through the channel. may just graze southern counties of england certainly wet nights in store for the channel islands. further north, rather cloudy with some patchy light rain and drizzle. quite a mild night in the south but under clear skies in scotland. it'll be quite chilly. so for friday we start off with plenty of sunshine across most of scotland. southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england will see this weakening weather front — some spots of rain on it. it'll also be brightening up across other parts of england and wales through the afternoon, some sunshine, also a few showers on the heavy side in places and feeling warmer — up to 22 degrees. as we move through friday night, that weather front across central areas will continue to fizzle out. clouds break up and we'll see increasing clear skies, but that way leads to mist and fog to develop by dawn, certainly across parts of england, wales into northern ireland. a mild night to come again first thing saturday. but it's not going to be quite as much as what we'll expect tonight. weekend, then, is looking dry, sunny and warm.
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thanks to high pressure building in there mayjust be the odd shower and we will see these weather fronts just flirting with the far north of scotland. otherwise, most places will be fine and settled. we do start, though, with the mist and fog, some low cloud through saturday morning and then that will tend to lift and burn away and we should see plenty of sunshine. could develop into just the odd isolated shower across england and wales, but most places will be dry. it'll feel warmer up to 23 degrees in the south, 20 degrees through central and eastern scotland. sunday we do it all again — some early mist and fog that will clear to plenty of sunshine. this weather front will bring some wet and breezy weather to the north and west of scotland. 18 degrees there for stornoway, but warmer further south — 24, 25 degrees across some central and southern areas. and that fine, dry, sunny, warm weather continues for the upcoming week. but towards the end of the week, we'll start to see some showers moving in off the atlantic. take care.
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