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Today, south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, toured to the affected areas to comfort the grieving and displaced and to see for himself the areas destroyed, left without water or power. the president blamed climate change for the scale of the devastation. locals have said poor drainage is also to blame. the floods are subsiding and some communities recovering, but with more rain is forecast over the weekend, the province remains on high alert. shingai nyoka, bbc news. a deal has been reached between the government and dozens of developers for repairs to be carried out on medium and high—...

There are still no official figures on the number of blocks with unsafe cladding. labour and cladding campaigners have repeatedly called for ministers to follow the australian approach. thangam debbonaire. the government could have done as victoria in australia did — set up a task force to assess the extent of dangerous cladding, prioritised by risk. this is cladding being removed in melbourne. a building levy has forced construction firms to help pay for the work. it is an international problem... politicians in victoria told me they�*ve treated this as a public safety emergency. $300 mil...

There are still more than 1,000 high rise tower blocks across britain, with flammable cladding. new government figures show that 40% of the buildings that have exactly the same type as that found on grenfell tower, have still to be made safe. and there many hundreds more with other types of dangerous cladding that also need to be fixed. the communities secretary, michael gove, has been holding talks with some of britain's biggest developers, urging them to pay billions to help leaseholders. sarah corker has been speaking to some of those caught up in the cladding crisis. hi, i'm allie. my name...

Will be a recognition, of a shared responsibility. i think that most people in the sector recognise that more needs to be done. but if necessary, then we can always use legal means and the ultimate backstop of tax in order to ensure that they pay. but what i want to do is to work with developers because, as i say, the overwhelming majority of people in the sectorjust want to work with us to resolve this problem. charlotte meehan lives with her husband in a development with fire safety issues in east london. shejoins me now. charlotte, thank you so much for your time this morning. tell us more ...

Public health, and its office of information technology, but has yet to have a response. matt graveling, bbc news. the housing secretary michael gove has asked the financial conduct authority to investigate the insurance industry following complaints of huge rises in premiums for people living in blocks of flats with flammable cladding and other fire safety issues. the bbc has reported on annual increases of several hundred percent, which flat owners say are disproportionate. they accuse insurers of excessive profiteerering. insurers reject that and say the increases reflect increased risk. th...