As Iraqi Forces Continue to fight so called Islamic State in mosul, we have a Special Report from the frontline. To fight here is out extremely close quarters. The iraqi troops tell us that the nearest Islamic State base is just 15 metres away the fight here is at. After a thrilling and chaotic race red bulls Daniel Ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. We ta ke we take a look at the latest transformers film. We will get Mark Kermodes thoughts on that and other Film Releases in the film review. That evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Good more tower blocks across england, have failed Safety Checks on cladding, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25 local Authority Areas have now been checked, and the results show a 100 failure rate, in meeting fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged to send samples in for testing more quickly, with more than 500 other buildings nationwide, still to be checked. Duncan kennedy reports.
As Iraqi Forces Continue to fight so called Islamic State in mosul, we have a Special Report from the frontline. To fight here is out extremely close quarters. The iraqi troops tell us that the nearest Islamic State base is just 15 metres away the fight here is at. After a thrilling and chaotic race red bulls Daniel Ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. We ta ke we take a look at the latest transformers film. We will get Mark Kermodes thoughts on that and other Film Releases in the film review. That evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Good more tower blocks across england, have failed Safety Checks on cladding, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25 local Authority Areas have now been checked, and the results show a 100 failure rate, in meeting fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged to send samples in for testing more quickly, with more than 500 other buildings nationwide, still to be checked. Duncan kennedy reports.
As Iraqi Forces Continue to fight so called Islamic State in mosul, we have a Special Report from the frontline. To fight here is out extremely close quarters. The iraqi troops tell us that the nearest Islamic State base is just 15 metres away the fight here is at. After a thrilling and chaotic race red bulls Daniel Ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. We ta ke we take a look at the latest transformers film. We will get Mark Kermodes thoughts on that and other Film Releases in the film review. That evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Good more tower blocks across england, have failed Safety Checks on cladding, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25 local Authority Areas have now been checked, and the results show a 100 failure rate, in meeting fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged to send samples in for testing more quickly, with more than 500 other buildings nationwide, still to be checked. Duncan kennedy reports.
General motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. But is the traditional car industry coming to an end . Well get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Today the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its european operations. Gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group thats the French Company which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe but its feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. With me is anna marie baisden,
Studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, Midnight In London and 1 am in the german city of hamburg, where World Leaders have arrived for a summit of major global economies. Although its not officially started, President Trump has already grabbed the spotlight. Speaking in poland just before the summit hes said Western Civilization needs to defend itself. And ahead of his meeting with President Putin, hes called on russia to stop destabilising other countries. Jon sopel reports from hamburg. The famous port of hamburg, tonights disembarkation point for anarchists, anti capitalists, anti globalisation protesters and the leaders of the worlds 20 richest nations. The protesters stones and fireworks were met by Police Teargas water cannon. No such hostility when the president ventured out in warsaw this morning. Not everywhere in europe would they chant Donald Trumps name so loudly or so approvingly. But with its populist anti immigration g