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This is bbc news. The government says 27 high rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire cladding safety tests. Four buildings on the Chalcot Estate near Swiss Cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities for urgent fire safety works. They identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building wa...

This is bbc news. The government says 27 high rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire cladding safety tests. Four buildings on the Chalcot Estate near Swiss Cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities for urgent fire safety works. They identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building wa...

At the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit. Those leading th...

Dateline london, at the end of a week in which one leader held on Against The Odds whilst another found himself out of a job. The unlucky one was saudi arabias crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. Britains Prime Minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. It was the week where her government began negotiating brexit....

Welcome back to the white house. almost exactly ten years ago when i visited mumbai as vice president i emphasized how important it was for india and the united states to continue building the partnership, small steps, small steps at a time. over that past ten years those small steps have transformed into large progress. and today the partnership between our countries is stronger than it has ever been. we see in our major defense partnership, and security structure.

The white house isnt just around the building, it radiates out in concentric circles. we see the benefit of that security structure today. while close, that truck did not get close enough to cause any type of damage or actually threaten the presidents life in that moment. now, the secret service is investigating exactly what their law enforcement partners -- what happened and the motivation of this driver but right now its safe to say that the security structure around the white house worked, th...

Brian, thank you for your reporting. kate? >> important to see some of the video picked up by affiliate wusa of that swastika flag and other items picked up. lets talk about this with jonathan wackrow a former secret service agent. jonathan, what do you see in this? >> listen, kate, time and time again we know that the white house is a very high-profile symbolic and strategic target for many, but that is why the secret service in their risk assessment rubric place so much emphasis on the physica...

Japanese security structure learned from the assassination of prime minister shinzo abe, less than a year ago. they say that stringent measures have been taken, but how it was this actually allowed to happen in the first place? secondly, as we look forward, japan is hosting the g7 summit meeting in may, and there will be a lot of not only the leaders from the worlds richest countries, but a lot ofjournalists and a lot of people from all over japan and the world. how canjapan actually safeguard t...

Earlier, i spoke to shihoko goto — the asia programme deputy director at the wilson centre think tank. she gave her reaction to the developments. well, first of all, there is a collective sigh of relief that not only is prime minister kishida safe, but all of those who are in this venue, they are all safe as well. at the same time, it does pose two questions. one is, what has the japanese security structure learned from the assassination of prime minister abe, less than a year ago? they say th...

In todays attack, the assailant appeared to be in the middle of the crowd as he threw the suspected smoke bomb. you can see him here holding an unidentified metal device. mr kishida is safe and has continued the campaign trail events. but questions will be asked about why he was in such a vulnerable spot only a few months after his predecessor was assassinated. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, tokyo. earlier, i spoke to shihoko goto — the asia program deputy director at the wilson center think tank. ...