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in washington, as the white house correspondents association dinner returns to the political calendar for the first time in more than two years. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it s the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine s last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post, a commander of the azov battalion inside the complex said he hoped the evacuated group would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians rescued from the rubble to the agreed locations, these are women l and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed - destination, to the controlled territory of ukraine. - a special rescue operation is being carried out. - we are getting civilians o ....
national committee. welcome to the programme. we begin in france, where emmanuel macron has won the first round of the french election. but he still faces a tough battle to win a second term as president. mr macron secured 27.6% of the vote while the far right marine le pen secured 23%. the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, got nearly 22% of votes. combined they commanded close to three quarters of the vote. but when voters return to the polls in two weeks time for the second round they will be faced with the same choice they had in 2017 emmanuel macron or marine le pen. le duel the papers called it. though this time the race could be much tighter. this is the latest polling mr macron leading his challenger by just two points 51 19. the focus for both will now be on convincing those who voted for other candidates, to pick them on their ballot paper this time around. and it s the far left voters of mr melenchon that could have the biggest sway. he has alr ....
the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools, the department of health said. 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn t always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record, although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s not public information. do ....
and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools, the department of health said 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn t always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. ..some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record, although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s not public information. so we know about that risk ....
in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so, you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they are spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell by date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being ....