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and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagons abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the p...

brand has dozens of companies to its name, from virgin atlantic to galactic. but, after five decades in atlantic to galactic. but, afterfive decades in business, reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72—year—old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he faced questions over how he has used women to promote his brand, and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on clim...

remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. >> wow. we wake up and were shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. were goi...

train operating companies make their "best and final offer" to the rmt union in a bid to break the deadlocked dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. another ambulance strike — this time, in wales — as nurses in england also stage more industrial action. and its 4am in melbourne and andy murray is still playing tennis there. hes into a fit set beside her at the australian open. —— fifth set decider. hello. the actor alec baldwin will be prosecuted over the 2021 rust movi...

leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports....

his escape has triggered alerts at ports and borders around with the uk — with reports of delays because of the increased securtiy checks. prisoner escapes are unusual — thereve been just five since 2017. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside scotland yard. kate is at heathrow and chris mason joins us from westminster. daniel, what happened?— joins us from westminster. daniel, what happened? daniel khalife was bein: held what happened? daniel khalife was bei...

scientists say that 2023 is certain to be the warmest year to date, with record emissions of carbon dioxide and the rising impact of the el nino weather phenomenon. dioxide and the rising impact heres our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. the biggest reason to be cheerful about climate change as the sun. solar panels are producing the cheapest electricity in history, and in china this year, they have put up more panels than the united states has ever installed. all across the uk,...

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It should not have. The building was clad with Aluminium Panels in 2016, the work signed off by the council. So far there is no evidence that standards were breached, but. The regulations are a minimum safety standard expected for a building, to keep it reasonably safe for the occupants and people around it. If you are using materials, or using it in circumstances that you know are more dangerous, then you have to mitigate that, make a Risk Assessment and engineer out the risk. In this test, the...

It should not have. The building was clad with Aluminium Panels in 2016, the work signed off by the council. So far there is no evidence that standards were breached, but. The regulations are a minimum safety standard expected for a building, to keep it reasonably safe for the occupants and people around it. If you are using materials, or using it in circumstances that you know are more dangerous, then you have to mitigate that, make a Risk Assessment and engineer out the risk. In this test, the...