3a high rise buildings in england have failed fire safety tests on their exterior cladding, the government has confirmed tonight. the buildings are the first to undergo urgent checks following the g re nfell tower undergo urgent checks following the grenfell tower disaster. around 600 buildings are due to undergo the tests, with local authorities working urgently to identify the buildings at risk. duncan kennedy reports. in the subdued streets of west london, one more silent, reflective assembly, mourners and neighbours. as these people paused, elsewhere, the now relentless checking of hundreds of tower blocks was continuing. the government asked councils to send in examples of cladding from buildings they were most concerned about that it s become clear tonight that only 3a tests on cloning had so far been carried out, involving 17 councils, and everyone had failed. the council ‘s involvement instead, camden, plymouth, hounslow, barnetta and brent, with many saying the gov
under the age of 18 die, because of a pregnancy. so we know this is one of the most important things we can do. and, britain sjohanna konta will be on centre court later today, in her attempt to make it to the wimbledon semi finals. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: kyle sinckler has apologised after being arrested on a night out in auckland following the lions drawn series with new zealand. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the author of a government review into working practices says he d like to see an end to the cash in hand economy. matthew taylor, who s a former adviser to tony blair, said cash jobs such as window cleaning and decorating are worth up to £6 billion a year, much of it untaxed. his reports recommends that people in the gig economy should have better protections, and that their employers should pay national insurance contributions, but doesn t say zero hours contracts got should be banned. more details from our economics corresponden
them out completely. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington were president trump has made a surprise announcement that he is banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. he tweeted their risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. the fate of current transgender military ignorant. the fate of current tra nsgender military personnel ignorant. the fate of current transgender military personnel has not been made clear. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. after consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the united states government
bell chimes. and big ben s bongs will fall silent next week, for nearly four years for urgent repair work. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the red cross says 312 people have been killed in the sierra leone capital after a mudslide, with that number expected to rise as more victims are found. a hillside, close to the capital freetown, collapsed early this morning following heavy rain, engulfing dozens of homes. emergency services are now thought to be engaged in a recovery exercise rather than a rescue mission. a nearby hospital says it has been overwhelmed by those affected. 0ur correspondent umaru fofana is near the scene of the mudslide. i m right on the ground, the road itself is almost impossible, massive rocks. this area called mount sugarloaf caved in in the early hours of this morning, and is covered literally in dozens of houses and hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble. there are some ambulances parked here, but it is a recovery mission instead
democracy can buckle when it gives into fear. a couple who met while making lancaster bombers in world war ii celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. russia dismissed media reports that it is holding compromising information about donald trump. it comes information about donald trump. it co m es after information about donald trump. it comes after unverified claims in america that russian intelligence agencies are obtained material relating to his businesses and private life. mr trump said: 15 minutes later, he teeted this: tweeted this: well, mr trump is about to hold a news c0 nfe re nce well, mr trump is about to hold a news conference at trump towers. live pictures from there, from trump towers. this is his first conference since his election last november and is expected to tackle head on those latest claims. initially, this press conference was designed for him to discuss how he was going to separate his business interests durin