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managed to fool hsbc‘s voice recognition security system, designed to prevent fraud. good morning, it s friday, 19th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. breaking news this morning. swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, julian assange, who has been accused of rape. mr assange, who s a5, has been living at the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. scotla nd scotland yard says it is obliged to arrest him for breaching bail conditions if he leaves the embassy. julian assange has just tweeted this picture. this is in reaction to that means from sweden. that is the first reaction from julian assange, though no statement from him as yet. let s cfoss no statement from him as yet. let s cross to the ecuadorian embassy in london. our correspondent, richard lister, is there. richard, so, any expectation we might seejulian assange leading that embassy any ....
our look at the day at westminster. the headlines: mps from across the commons call for action to streamline the health service and social care in england. the local government agree they need help. the health service agrees they need help. but the health service and local government blame each other. warnings that a skills shortage in the housing industry is leading to poor quality buildings. the pressure that the trades have had up to it means we have substandard building going on. and, in the lords, the government gives assurances workers rights won t be damaged by brexit. but first, the government s been warned by mps on all sides of the house of the need for better communication between the health service in england and social care. conservative backbenchers were among those who told ministers about hospital beds being taken up and constituents finding themselves caught between health and social care providers, neither of which were able to help. local governmen ....
our look at the day at westminster. our top stories: the foreign secretary says all british passport holders will be able to travel to the united states, despite president trump s travel ban. this executive order will make no difference to any british passport holder, irrespective of their country of birth or whether they hold another passport. but despite borisjohnson describing the policy as wrong , opposition mps say he s not going far enough reacting to the policy. this order was signed on holocaust memorial day. for the sake of history, for heaven s sake, have the guts to speak out. also tonight concerns the closure ofjobcentre plus buildings may not take into account local issues. can my honourable friend assure me that those who have put forward the proposals have indeed visited places such as the calder valley to understand the demographics and geography, or have theyjust sat in their offices in whitehall using google maps? the foreign secretary has told the ....