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Borisjohnson said Mr Hancock should leave office very proud of what hed achieved. A few hours ago the former Home Secretary and chancellor, sajid javid, was announced as Mr Hancocks replacement. Our political correspondent, ben wright, has the story. One of the most familiar faces of the pandemic, the Health Secretary at the heart of Decision Making as the country battled covid, and often seen at his side was this woman, gina coladangelo, a former lobbyist, adviser to the Health Secretary and long term friend. But yesterday came this image of them kissing in Matt Hancocks office, breaking, as he admitted, the governments own covid guidelines and plunging his career into crisis. This evening, he quit. I understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made, that you have made, and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them, and thats why ive got to resign. Matt hancock hoped to ride out the storm, a Cabinet Minister with big ambition, who had the backing of the Prime Minister. Number 10 considered this matter closed and it was Mr Hancock who decided to step down. To be frank, it shouldnt have come to this. Borisjohnson should have shown the guts, the spine, the awareness to have sacked him on friday. You cannot have a Health Secretary who designs The Covid rules, so blatantly breaking the rules in the way he did. Leaving hisjob, he thanked those who he worked with. Im those who he worked with. Im very proud those who he worked with. In very proud what we have done with the nhs, to deliver the vaccine rollout, one of the fastest in the world, and i look forward to supporting the government, the minister, from the backbenches. The former Chancellor Sajid Javid now returns to the cabinet as the new Health Secretary, taking over during a pandemic that is not yet over. Thank you very much indeed. In his Resignation Letter, Matt Hancock apologised to his family for putting them through all this. A spokesman declined to comment, but tonight its understood Mr Hancock has also left his wife. Ben wright, Bbc News. In the us, rescue teams searching for survivors after an Apartment Building collapsed in florida on thursday, say their efforts are being severely hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. The local mayor has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. Five people are known to have died, more than 150 are missing. Will grant reports from miami. This Rescue Effort is slow going, methodical, and deeply upsetting. Since the I2 Storey Apartment block came down, only a handful of people have been found. Dozens are thought to be somewhere under this rubble. The rescue is being hampered by a persistent fire, which firefighters are struggling to contain. If any resident is still trapped in Air Pockets in the debris, it makes their chances of survival even slimmer. Were facing incredible difficulties with this fire. Its a very deep fire, its extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire, and so theyve been working around the clock. A small offering of solace to those still unaccounted for, but to add to their families� distress, its been revealed that a survey on the block three years ago found a major error which affected drainage and waterproofing, and abundant cracking in the structure of the parking garage. As the days pass, the residents of surfside are beginning to accept that they may never see their missing neighbours again. If that wasnt harrowing enough, the fact that serious flaws with the building were flagged up as long as three years ago is enough to extinguish the final vestiges of hope that this community is clinging to. Will grant, Bbc News, surfside, florida. And you can find more on all the stories on our website or download the Bbc News app. Five people have died in a hot Air Balloon Accident in albuquerque, new mexico, in the southwestern united states. The accident caused Power Outages in the area for several hours after the balloon came into contact with a power line. Police said the wind had pushed the balloon into Power Lines where it then caught fire. Here is one witness describing the crash. Around seven, we were just getting in the car, we heard a loud bang, my reaction was to tell my girl to get down, i didnt know if somebody was shooting or what, but i looked up when i saw the balloon and she is screaming and everybody is screaming about the balloon. It was by itself and i said where are the baskets . I immediately reacted and started running this way. I got to right here, another gentleman and a few others and the thing was on fire. Parts of the us are seeing an extreme Heat Wave with temperatures expected to intensify. All of washington and oregon and parts of idaho, wyoming and california were under an excessive Heat Warning as temperatures are set to soar 20 to 30 Degrees Fahrenheit above average throughout the region during the weekend and through next week with dozens of Daily Record high temperatures are expected to be set, with monthly and even all time records broken. Im joined now by mitchell asemota, executive director and Co Founder of the non Profit Group our streets portland. Thank you very much forjoining us. Your group works to support homeless people in the area. How bad is the heatwave for homeless people in particular . It is been something that we are taking very seriously. It went from about 70 to about 100 right now and were getting two deaths every week and passing out close to 500 bottles of water to People Homeless right now. ~. , water to People Homeless right now. ~. , y. , water to People Homeless right now. ,. ,. ,. , now. What is your Organisation Doinu now. What is your organisation doing specifically now. What is your organisation doing specifically to now. What is your organisation doing specifically to work now. What is your organisation doing specifically to work with | doing specifically to work with homeless people during the heatwave . We homeless people during the heatwave . Homeless people during the heatwave . We are right now aassin heatwave . We are right now passing out heatwave . We are right now passing out cold heatwave . We are right now passing out cold Water Heatwave . We are right now passing out cold water on i passing out cold water on tuesdays and and every single thursday and we have about ten volunteers of our staff that go out which we try have anywhere between 400 and 500 bottles of water and our goal is to get that to people who can use that right now and we also get equipment to people as much as we can who are intense. We can who are intense. There are peeple we can who are intense. There are people watching we can who are intense. There are people watching this we can who are intense. There are people watching this in we can who are intense. There| are people watching this in the affected areas. What practical things can they do to help with they see someone homeless you may be in trouble . The they see someone homeless you may be in trouble . May be in trouble . The one thing we may be in trouble . The one thing we ask may be in trouble . The one thing we ask is may be in trouble . The one thing we ask is when may be in trouble . The one thing we ask is when you i may be in trouble . The one | thing we ask is when you are walking around, just carry things like water or snacks because homeless people need small things that they can use during that time of day and they are very hungry and very thirsty. And so if you can have those things and when you are going to the park or going outside, there are people who just need something to eat or drink. Your organisation is a charity and you said you depend on volunteers, have you had any support from Localfederal Support from local federal government . We support from localfederal government . We are calling for sponsorship but we have not got any funding yet from the government so we get what we can from, Everything Weve done so far is from the community, we have gotten, and all that support and love, and people do a lot for the people in the community. A lot for the people in the community a lot for the people in the communi. , ~. Community. Thank you so much for making community. Thank you so much for making the community. Thank you so much for making the time community. Thank you so much for making the time for community. Thank you so much for making the time for us. For making the time for us. Thank you for having me. Lets have more on our main story, the resignation of the Health Secretary. A short time ago i spoke to our Reporter Mark Lobel who says the resignation of Matt Hancock is likely Ease Pressure that the government and the Prime Minister was under, over their handling of the situation. Most front pages to say this is more about the hypocritical affair and mac, fell on his sword because he broke the guidelines but of course there has been a realisation over the past 24 hours since this story broke on friday that it has had a political impact, notjust on the Conservative Party but public support around the country. It was making ministers, conservative mps noted that the public not going to follow the guidelines, they were not going to be compliant when we know that the delta variant, which is a concern not just in the uk of course but Around The World, is the dominant variant in the uk and how the uk is handling that is of international importance. Matt hancock said in his resignation that it was a distraction, to combating the delta variant� s spread. Boris johnson double down on his support for the Health Secretary saying he was sorry to receive the resignation and that Matt Hancocks contribution for public life was far from over. Contribution for public life was farfrom over. A man under two years ago it stood to be permitted to himself. You mentioned permitted to himself. You mentioned earlier permitted to himself. You mentioned earlier around accusations of hypocrisy and of course the government still needs its public support in tackling the pandemic quizzically indeed, if you look at the job of the Health Secretary, there were two key rules and one was to write the rules and one was to write the rules for the restrictions and sit around the table and see how far we can go. Wickedly, it was to convince the public of that secondly. And it was considered he did not have the authority anymore. It is understood authority anymore. It is understood in authority anymore. It is understood in Cabinet L Authority anymore. It 3 understood in cabinet Boris Johnson is not a fan of restrictions though in many ways, Matt Hancock was one of the people pushing for more protection that the Health Services and more restrictions for the public. Now, services and more restrictions forthe public. Now, many conservative mps thought he went too far with his approach and we have been pleased to see him resigning as a result of this affair. There is an intriguing story in the sunday papers, the mail on sunday, the Cctv Footage which sparked the footage was passed on by a whistleblower by a department of Health Staff Person and suggest they may have been an impetus for Matt Hancock not to be around the table, which you will not be from monday onwards. When the uk looks the restrictions that should be lifted which had been delayed once and may be delayed again to ease gatherings, to remove face masks and social distancing, key decisions that should be made that will affect peoples lives in the uk and the spread of the variant. Matt hancock was appointed Health Secretary in 2018, and led the british Governments Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our health correspondent, cath burns, looks back on his political career, and the challenges he faced running the health department. This is what the government wanted us to be talking about this weekend. They are calling it grab a jab, telling every adult in england they can turn up for a vaccine without booking. And the timing is serious cases are going up. More than 98,000 people have tested positive in the last week. I dont think we need this bit on camera. But instead, the focus is now all on Matt Hancock, the most recent former Health Secretary. All done. His Resignation Letter admitted we didnt get every decision right, but he also pointed out his achievements, including that the nhs wasnt overwhelmed during the pandemic. But we, like so many others, have been rocked by covid. Weve seen previously unimaginable numbers of people dying after being infected. There have been issues with how long it took to lock down, with difficulties getting adequate ppe and with the Test And Trace programme. Recently, the criticism went to another level. The Secretary Of State for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things, including lying to everybody. The main charge was about how the Health Secretary protected care homes. The Government Rhetoric was that we put a shield around care homes, blah blah. It was complete nonsense. And it didnt stop there, with messages published recently, apparently between Dominic Cummings and the Prime Minister, calling the Health Secretary totally hopeless. Are you hopeless, Mr Hancock . I dont think so. But he did get a chance to defend his record. That was a Planning Assumption for 820,000 deaths, and i was determined that that would not happen on my watch. But also point to this, a Turning Point in the pandemic. Maggie keenan becoming the first person to be vaccinated outside of clinical trials. Now the uk has one of the highest Vaccination Rates in the world. Matt hancock says the nation is on the brink of a return to normality, but that is not the case for the nhs, with a record 5 Million on Waiting Lists in england. Before the pandemic, about 1,600 people were waiting for a yearfor surgery. That number has now rocketed to 385,000. And now sajid javid, the son of a bus driver, takes the wheel at the department of health. With long covid, a plan for social care and dealing with exhausted nhs staff, he has got quite the in tray. Catherine burns, Bbc News. This is Bbc News, the headlines the uk Health Secretary, Matt Hancock has resigned over the publication of pictures showing him kissing a colleague, in breach of covid guidance. Hell be replaced by sajid javid. The mayor of the Miami County where an Apartment Block collapsed, has ordered an immediate audit of all buildings of a similar age. Five people have been confirmed dead. Lets have more on that story. Earlier i spoke to pablo rodriguez, whose Mother And Grandmother are currently missing. There is not really any updates. The only update i got was a Phone Call Today from somebody in the organisation who told me they are still looking for my Mother And Grandmother. As a Family Member who saw the footage and the days that have passed by we know there is no hope of them being alive. Were just hoping that maybe find some remains of something. But there is no real ongoing information sharing. What part of the building were they in . My Mothers Unit was in the 11th Floor of the first tower that collapsed. So you see the video which is all i can see when i close my eyes her unit was the second one down from the very middle of that tower and then the other building fell on top of it. So when i see that video that is the moment i am watching my mother and my grandmother die. Had your mother raised concerns about the maintenance of the building previously . She had so had several other unit owners. They expressed concerns about mismanagement from the board, about potential corruption, aboutjust the condition in the garage, around the building generally. Obviously, they didnt believe the condition it was in, otherwise they would not have stayed in the building. The report which came out now showing years ago that this was a known condition and that if they didnt take action this would exponentially increase the danger with the structural integrity of the building is reaching a level of criminal negligence. That is for someone else to investigate but to me it is inconscionable that they let the building get to the state it was at. In 2018 when the report was done, to allow it to get to that state of disrepair whether building is now not egress, that is clear negligence on the part of everybody involved. Pablo, have you been going down to the site to see the Rescue Operation . I have been down there twice. I went down it occurred, and i went back down to give a dna swab yesterday. I have not been down there. I have friends that are involved in the Rescue Efforts, so i get some kind of updates from them, but not through official channels. I know the first responders and everybody working there are tirelessly doing the bestjob that they can. But information is not forthcoming. There is not a lot of hope for any of us and it is a devastating situation. This happened on thursday. Have you been given any sense of the timescale for you or other families when you may be reunited with your relatives . We have not. We have not been given i shouldnt speak for everyone but i have not been given a timeline of when we might be able to expect any kind of information. Just to go back for a second to the point of expressing concern, the night before it happened, i had talked to my mother about 7pm that day and she told me that she had woken up around 3am or 4am in the morning because you heard loud noises that were keeping her up. I didnt think much of it. Buildings make those sounds. But it didnt occur to us that it was at this level. After i saw the footage, it haunts me now that we should have paid more attention. Pablo, we are grateful to you sharing your football now, and at the european championship, wales have been knocked out, losing 4 0 to denmark in the first of the Tournaments Round of 16 matches. The welsh conceded three goals in the second half and had a player sent off. Hywel griffith was watching the action in amsterdam. They should have been walking down the aisle. Instead, caitlin and jakes Big Day was spent cheering for their team. The pandemic forced the couple, who live in the netherlands, to postpone their wedding. So no cake, just plenty of danish. We feel lucky to be one of the tiny minority of wales fans are here today. Denmark also had Loved Ones that couldnt be here. Christian eriksen still recovering, their inspiration. Wales, outnumbered again, started well, getting the ball to bale, but unable to make it count. Denmark changed tack and found their flow. Now wales were frustrated as the pressure builds. And as Kasper Dolberg Cut inside, he broke wales spirit. Denmark strike first from holland to back home. Wales needed to find a way to disrupt denmark . Dominance. Instead, they faltered, and dolberg doubled the lead. Its a terrible clearance. There was no choice. Wales threw everything at it, but simply couldnt turn the tide. And that is the end for wales. A fourth felt cruel. The final whistle perhaps a relief for everyone. Im disappointed for the players. Im really proud of them. We have got a great group and i have said to them we have got to learn from this and bounce back bigger and stronger from having gone through this experience. Having crisscrossed the continent, wales have reached the end of the road and are heading home crowd and outplayed by a danish team who, after the most difficult start to this tournament, are living a football fairy tale. Hywel griffith, Bbc News. In the second game of the round of 16, italy have beaten austria 2 1 to qualify for the quarter finals. All three goals came in extra time. Italy will now play either Belgium Or Portugal on friday. Pride marches have drawn crowds of people Around The World in support of lgbtq rights, after events were cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of people marched in Mexico City on saturday, Waving Rainbow Flags and calling for protections for the countrys gay communities. Around 30,000 people turned out in paris, starting for the first time in one of the capitals Working Class Suburbs before finishing at Place De La Republique in the city centre. In rome, marchers supported an anti Homophobia Law currently going through Italian Parliament that provides stronger measures to prevent and combat discrimination and violence on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, Gender Identity and disability. Meanwhile in istanbul, police in Riot Gearfired Tear Gas to disperse revellers at a banned gay pride parade. Around 20 people, including a photojournalist, were detained. Turkish authorities have repeatedly banned pride events, before that, thousands of people used to take part in the streets of istanbul. Like many Tourist Destinations across Southeast Asia The Covid 19 pandemic has had a hugely detrimental impact on cambodias tourism industry. But, for the temples of angkor, a respite from the steady footfall of up to Three Million tourists a year, has given unobstructed access to the temples most hard to reach corners to a unique band of temple guardians. Nick wood has more. Theyre known as the Ninja Gardeners of angkor, and their mission, which they readily accept, takes place in a destination unlike any other cambodians Famed Angkorian era temples. To the untrained eye, these vertiginous daredevils look like regular gardeners, but these guardians of the temples have a unique talent and responsibility. Translation ourteam need to climb up into the hard to reach parts of the temple to cut the Tree Roots and saplings, because otherwise they can quickly damage the temples by dislodging stones. For decades, the 30 Member Team of gardeners has daily gone into battle with the invasionary forces of nature, a surrounding jungle whose Bird Population regularly deposits droppings packed full of Fruit Seeds in gaps between Temple Stones and sculptures. With only a few hard hats, ladders and safety ropes, the job of protecting these magnificent temples is not for the faint of heart. It requires a firm grip, a head for heights, and the Sure Footedness of a mountain goat. Translation We Cant Use Climbing Equipment or shoes and rarely use ropes, because the carvings in the stones are very delicate and are easily damaged by ropes rubbing against them. Chanting. Prior to the Global Covid 19 pandemic, the Angkor Park had been one of the top Tourism Destinations in the world, but Visitor Numbers have fallen dramatically, allowing the gardeners a relatively unhindered opportunity to care for the centuries old temples. Following the ousting of the genocidal Khmer Rouge in 1979, preservation works slowly restarted, but archaeologists quickly realised that many of the temples had been almost entirely reclaimed by the jungle. The modern day custodians of the temples are a mixture of young and old, but they share a Passion Passion for protecting the countrys rich cultural heritage for future generations. Translation im still young, but many of the team are older now and in the future they wont be able to keep doing this, so its important our generation learn to do this work to help preserve the temples. Conservation officials are searching for liquid agents to help eliminate Tree Roots and minimise the perilous nature at the Ninja Gardeners work. But, for now, their essential duties continue as they have for decades, perhaps even centuries. Nick wood, Bbc News, cambodia. Some incredible pictures there. Ill be back in a moment with the headlines. You can reach me on twitter im rich preston. For me and the rest of the team, thanks very much for watching, and we will see you soon. Goodbye. Hello there. The first half of the weekend brought us plenty of dry weather. For many places, the second half of the weekend promises more of the same. But in southern areas, theres quite a big change on the way, Blue Skies in swanage on saturday afternoon, Sunday Afternoon will bring grey skies and some outbreaks of rain in the south. Courtesy of a very slow moving Weather System. You can see this curl of cloud and an area of low pressure that has become marooned just to the northwest of france. It will be throwing this band of Rain Northwards across the Channel Islands into southern counties of england through sunday morning, the odd Shower Running ahead of that into East Anglia, the midlands, into parts of wales, more persistent rain to the South Midlands and south of wales later, but all the while Northern England and ireland, much of scotland will be dry with sunny spells although thicker cloud could bring the Odd Spot of rain in the far northwest of scotland. 15 degrees in stornoway, 22 the high in london. Some of this rain could turn pretty heavy with the Odd Rumble of thunder. It will move north overnight into parts of East Anglia. Maybe even clipping into parts of Northern England. Northern ireland and scotland stay dry with clear spells and temperatures staying in double digits for most of us. The slow moving Weather System will still be with us into monday. That means further outbreaks of rain at times across the south with high Pressure Building in further north and that is where we will see the driest of the weather. Wet start across parts of wales in the southwest of england. A few more showers developing for southeast england, the midlands and East Anglia through the day, maybe one or two into Northern England, Northern Ireland and scotland should be dry with spells of sunshine, i think we see the highest temperatures across western scotland, 23, maybe 24 degrees. Those showers in the south not great news for the start of wimbledon. There could be interruptions to the play on monday and indeed heading into tuesday because our slow moving Weather System will still be with us, further pulses of rain across the south of the uk where further north our area of High Pressure will keep things drier, sunnier and warmer. We could see temperatures in glasgow on tuesday getting up to 25 degrees, but always the chance for outbreaks of rain further south. This is Bbc News, the headlines the uk Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has resigned after he breached social distancing guidelines, by kissing a colleague in his office. Mr hancock informed the Prime Minister he was resigning in a letter, saying hed let people down. Former Chancellor Sajid Javid has been confirmed as the new Health Secretary. In the us, rescuers searching for survivors after an Apartment Building collapsed in florida say their efforts are being hampered by fires which have broken out in the rubble. Its emerged thered been warnings three years ago about the buildings structural safety. Five people are known to have died, with almost 160 missing. Five people have died in a hot Air Balloon Accident in albuquerque, in southwestern united states. The accident caused Power Outages in the area

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