time to shut down aljazeera?ay gulf countries upping the stakes in their row with qatar, the owner of the broadcast network. the issue a list of demands in a growing crisis. welcome to world leaders today. more than 800 hollings in tower blocks on a council estate in camden, north london are being evacuated because of safety concern. camden council says residents in flat in five towers and the chalcots estate will be moved for urgent safety work. it follows the fire in last week in which 79 people died. the last few minutes, we have heard from georgia gould, leader of camden council. she explained why the decision has been made. ever since the tragic fire at grenfell, we have done everything we can to check the safety of our blog. on wednesday we were first in the queue to check the cladding on our blocks. what we found was the installation was safe but the external cladding was not up to the standard that we wanted and was not fire retardant. obviously this was very disappointed and we share that disappointment

as aljazeera, as journalists, the message is clear and that is sacred.nue regardless of what happened. have you reported the criticisms of qatar, made not only by the gulf —— it is a message we will continue regardless of what happens. there has been a cool response to theresa may and the offer that she is made to the european union. donald tusk has said that the offer was below expectations, and angela merkel said he did not represent a breakthrough. laura kuenssberg reports from brussels. goodbye to the flag, goodbye to this town. a year ago today, britain decided this place would be written out of our future. but what the picture outside will look like for millions who've made their lives around the continent is now starting to become clear. we've set out what i believe is a serious offer, a fair offer, that will give the reassurance to eu citizens living in the uk. 0ne—to—one attempts to sell her plans. but citizens who've lived in the uk for five years can remain for good. and until we leave the union, others could come. but her eu rivals have plent

qatar's neighbours call for the closure of aljazeera... as the gulf‘s political crisis escalates. broadcaster says it's a bid to "silence freedom of expression". european leaders criticise the uk's offer to eu nationals after brexit — they say the plan is "below expectations". and the british and irish lions take on the all blacks in auckland hoping to end 20 years of hurt. hello. thousands of people are being evacuated from five tower blocks in north london, so that urgent fire safety work can be carried out. the buildings in camden have the same type of cladding that contributed to a huge blaze last week at grenfell tower. at least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze, and authorities are now looking at criminal offences including manslaughter. tom symonds reports. there was no warning, just a request. we need you to move out because we can't be sure you are safe. i just don't want to go now. i feel bad to just suddenly i have to leave my flat. tonight, camden council's mobilising its staff, block booking hotels, opening a rest centre in an attempt to find s

m down the aljazeera network. what are you asking them to do? it may be speculation. list of grievances and what qatar has to do. stopping the incitement and interference in other countries. this is what we expect from all our neighbours and this is what we expect all our neighbours to expect from us. many have asked why you are putting pressure on qatar. what about saudi arabia and the funding of schools and mosques propagating extremist forms of islam? this is to do with history and legacy full we have taken do with history and legacy full we have ta ken steps over do with history and legacy full we have taken steps over the past 15— 18 years. we have cut down on the financing of terrorism. more than any country in the world. we have laws that criminalise funding extremism and terrorism. we have people put on trial and in jail. extremism and terrorism. we have people put on trial and injail. we are adapting a policy of zero tolerance. some say this is about iran, your chief rival. and that qatar is willing to open the door for a dialogue with iran. not really. 0ther

qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera as the gulf‘s political crisis escalates.he broadcaster says it's a bid to "silence freedom of expression". the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. europe's most senior official has criticised the uk's offer to eu nationals after brexit, claiming it could "worsen the situation" for them. european council president donald tusk said the plan was "below expectations" — and german chancellor angela merkel said there had been "no breakthrough". now on bbc news...click. this week, driving arizona. teaching tanzania. and clowning in california. los angeles. a city of many sites. there's the movies. the beaches. the high life. and in between each of them, a lot of this. with hardly any rail alternative, the traffic he drives the locals to destruction. it's led some of the big thinkers to suggest radical alternatives. elon musk has started digging a tunnel he envisages a network of car and passenger carrying tubes underneath cities in the future. how bor

it also includes being home to the aljazeera global news television channel, which many in the regionbecause they think it shines too strong a light on politics in the region, encourages dissent, but also because they believe it also fosters terrorism. now, aljazeera is still operating, of course, but the uae is making clear that it hopes the station will be either severely reigned in or actually closed down. so there are a lot of very big divides in this crisis. the qataris say they're not going to capitulate, they're not going to surrender their sovereignty, and on other side it's clear that its critics feel they have a golden moment, if you like, to try and bring overwhelming pressure to bear on this country to get it to fall into line. failure is something we often shy away from, but that could be slowly changing. a museum of failure hasjust opened in sweden — it's filled with products that have flopped. the aim is to show that failure is good. our correspondent richard galpin was at the opening. the doors of the world's first museum of failure being opened here in the swedish cit

qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera, as the gulf's political crisis escalatespression. the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. in about ten minutes we'll have this week's edition of newswatch. but now on bbc news, click.

the closure of the qatari—funded media network aljazeera is one of the main demands.urnalist and a spokesman for the channel gave his reaction. we have grown accustomed to the pressure which is being exerted on us ever pressure which is being exerted on us ever since the inception of al jazeera. we were the first independent news network in the arab world. and because we continue to speak truth to power, and continue to provide information to the citizens, not only in the arab world, but of the entire globe. there are government are probably the worst track record of human rights, the worst track record of respecting freedom of expression and freedom of information and all other human rights, really. they insist on cracking down on us. so we have grown accustomed to that. we will continue in our message. 0ur message is very clear, to provide balance, quality information, and news to our viewers, wherever they might be. it is their right. this is a right enshrined by the un charter on human rights. it is a legally held sacrosanct, regardless of what other political dev

qatar's neighbours call for the closure of aljazeera, as the gulf‘s political crisis escalates.says it's a bid to "silence freedom of expression". european leaders criticise the uk's offer to eu nationals after brexit. they say the plan is "below expectations". and the british and irish lions take on the all blacks in auckland, hoping to end 20 years of hurt.

qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera, as the gulf‘s political crisis escalatesthe broadcaster says it's a bid to silence freedom of expression. the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. in about ten minutes we'll have this week's edition of newswatch. but now on bbc news, click. la la la los angeles. a city of many sights. there's the movies. the beaches. the high life. and in between each of them... ..a whole lot of this. with hardly any rail alternative, the traffic here drives the locals to distraction. it's led some of the bigger thinkers to suggest radical alternatives. electric car and space travel guru elon musk has even started digging a tunnel. he envisions an asimovian network of car and passenger carrying tubes underneath cities in the future. how boring. meanwhile, back in the almost real world of marina del rey, a more modest way to reduce traffic. two electric cars that belong to a whole apartment block. envoy operates a closed car share system. the vehicles can be book

now, aljazeera is still operating of course but the uae is making clear it hopes the station will be are of very big divide in this crisis. the qatari say they are not going to capitulate, not going to surrender their sovereignty, and on other side it is clear that its critics feel they have a golden moment to try and bring overwhelming pressure to bear on this country for it to fall into line. fossils discovered on a hillside in morocco are causing scientists to re—think the way mankind evolved. up until now, the first humans of our species, homo sapiens, were thought to have evolved almost 200,000 years ago in east africa. new research published in the journal nature suggests our ancestors are actually 100,000 years older than previously thought — and they were very like us. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has been to paris to see casts of the fossils that many are saying will rewrite our understanding of human evolution. the face of one of the very first of our kind. and more casts of bone fragments of the earliest known homo sapiens. the discovery of these fossils were pre

qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera as the gulf‘s political crisis escalates.he broadcaster says it's a bid to "silence freedom of expression". the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. police have charged darren osborne with terrorism—related murder —— the government's deal with a french energy company to build a new nuclear power station in somerset has been criticised as "risky and expensive" by the public spending watchdog. the national audit office says ministers have locked consumers into paying for hinkley point through a subsidy on electricity bills that's risen from £6 billion to £30 billion. the government says the plant will provide clean electricity for six million homes. our science editor david shukman reports. each scoop of this digger lifts 30 tonnes of earth. look down at the driver of the truck below for a sense of scale. this is where one of two nuclear reactors will stand at hinkley point. 1,600 people work here now. soon, it will be 5,000. it's an immense and co

this includes closing the broadcaster aljazeera, closing a turkish military base, and ending supportnendez has more. it's the worst political crisis in the gulf region for decades. now qatar has been given just ten days to comply with a list of demands if the blockade is to be lifted. you are a saudi arabia, egypt, the united arab emirates and bahrain accuse the gulf state of funding terrorist groups, and fostering regional instability, something qatar vehemently denies. so what's on the list? according to a leak, qatar has been asked to curb diplomatic and trade relations with iran. another demand is the closure of a turkish military base, something ankara says it is unwilling to do. and then there is aljazeera, supported by qatar's government, the network is one of the most widely watched arabic channels. according to the list of demands, qatar must shut down the channel and all of its affiliates, and that presumably would include its english network too. qatar has been subject to more than two weeks of unprecedented diplomatic and economic sanctions. earlier this week, the us stat

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point list that you will put to them that could include measures, for example, shutting down the aljazeerao? a lot of what you hear in the media may be speculation. we are working with egypt and bahrain and the emirates on the list of grievances and what qatar has to do. at its essence and at its core, it's stopping the funding of extremism and terrorism, stoping the incitement and stopping the interference in the affairs of other countries. this is it. and this is what we expect from all of our neighbours and this is what we expect all our neighbours to expect from us. many have asked why you are putting pressure on qatar. what about saudi arabia and the accusation that you're funding mosques and schools abroad is also propagating more extremist forms of islam? this issue of saudi arabia is one that has to do with history and legacy. we have ta ken steps over the past 15 years, 18 years, in order to make sure that we vet our charities, we prevent them from operating abroad, we have cut down on the financing of terrorism — we can't shut it completely but as much we can, more than any count

qatar's neighbours have called for the closure of aljazeera as the gulf‘s political crisis escalates.he broadcaster says it's a bid to "silence freedom of expression". the white house says the tension between qatar and other gulf nations is a family issue which should be resolved locally. europe's most senior official has criticised the uk's offer to eu nationals after brexit, claiming it could "worsen the situation" for them. european council president donald tusk said the plan was "below expectations" — and german chancellor angela merkel said there had been "no breakthrough". now on bbc news. the week in parliament. plymouth hello and welcome to the programme. in the week that the queen came to westminster for the state opening of parliament and set out the plans of the government for the next two years, starting with brexit. my government will seek to maintaina deep brexit. my government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with the european allies and to forge new trading relationships across the globe. theresa may sets out what action the government is taking fol

from saudi arabia last week, and included in the list was a demand they close down the tv network aljazeera meetings with his qatari counterpart. our state department correspondent barbara plett usherjoins now. we are getting mixed signals from the american administration but president trump has tweeted that qatar have been financers of terrorism and then rex tillerson saying the other gulf countries need to make reasonable demands. where does qatar stand with regard to america? a good question because you get different signals from the white house and state department. the white house has seemed to be siding with the saudis on this and the state department trying to be more neutral and de—escalate the situation. so it is rex tillerson meeting with foreign ministers and discussing quite closely with various parties and trying to get them to come to some kind of solution. he has actually taken some sharp stands on qatar, on their side. he said that the gulf states admitted be reasonable and then he said it would be difficult for qatar but find something that you can talk about. and today in

aljazeera is still operating of course but the uae is making clear it hopes the station will be eithery big divides in this crisis. the qataris say they will not capitulate or surrender their sovereignty and on the other side, it is clear its critics feel they have a golden moment to try and bring overwhelming pressure to bear in this country,. a japanese fugitive who has been on the run for 45 years has been arrested. left—wing revolutionary masaaki 0saka was arrested and charged for murdering a police officer during tokyo street protests more than 45 years ago. it's alleged he set the officer on fire using a molotov cocktail petrol bomb. a diamond ring bought for £10 at a car—boot sale has been sold for more than £650,000 at auction in london. the 26—carat cushion—shaped diamond sold for almost double its estimate. the owner bought the ring in the 1980s and was unaware of its real value — wearing it every day for 30 years. the scottish episcopal church will today hold an historic vote whether today hold an historic vote whether to allow same—sex couples to marry in church. it will be