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Tonight at ten, yet more high rise buildings across England

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fail fire safety checks, after the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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Every sample of cladding removed from 60 buildings has failed

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It is being tested, what is the current building

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And the tests would imply that it wouldn't need the current

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Are you going to be staying or leaving?

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A few still staying put but most he'd call is to leave tower blocks

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in London of the -- of safety fears. The Brexit Secretary says he's

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"pretty sure", but not certain, the UK can secure a deal

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with Brussels, on leaving the EU. We have an exclusive report

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from the front line in the battle against so-called Islamic State

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for the Iraqi city of Mosul. This is the most forward position

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the Iraqi troops have. They tell us that the

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nearest IS position And Hamilton and Vettel tussle,

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but Ricciardo wins an action-packed More tower blocks across England

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have failed safety checks on cladding, in the wake

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of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25

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local authority areas have now been checked,

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and the results show a 100% failure rate in meeting

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fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged

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to send samples in for testing more quickly, with over 500 other

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buildings nationwide, With the latest,

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here's Duncan Kennedy. Pendleton in Salford, the latest

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location where tower block cladding is being removed. It is unsettling

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sight for another group of residents have lived here many years. It is

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left us as residents very confused and very concerned about the safety

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of where we live. The government has continued to test cladding. Tonight,

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they released new figures. 60 buildings have now failed safety

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checks. That is across 25 local authorities. Of the 25, 14 have been

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named, including Barnet, Manchester and Sunderland. The government

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confirmed that of those tested, so far there has been a 100% failure

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rate on samples. It is a list that keeps on growing, but it is also the

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fact that every single sample of cladding being tested is now failing

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that will be most worrying for these local authorities and their

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residents, but also the government, whose bill for fixing all of this

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continues to mount. In 2009, six people died at Lakanal House in

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London. The report author was Sir Kenneth Knight. He has been drafted

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in by the government to join a team to look at the early lessons to be

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learned from the Grenfell Tower disaster. We asked if the tests

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being carried out go further than the current regulations. In answer

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to your question, it is being tested what is the current building

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regulations in place. And the tests would imply that it wouldn't meet

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the current building regular -- regulations, and that is the crucial

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point. Arnold has been a fire safety expert for 20 years. He says

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cladding currently only has to withstand flame tests from the

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front. But he says this is simply not enough. Make the tests more

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robust. Test everything, test every angle, then you will know it works.

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Today, entire families have been hauling their possessions away from

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four tower blocks. Safety measures are being put in place. Many were

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too upset to speak about it. Around 200 people, including this man, are

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refusing to leave the blocks. Are you planning to stay? Staying. Have

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you been told to leave today? Michel Burkard and her 87-year-old father,

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Edward, are prepared to move out, but don't know where to go. We went

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with them to check out a local hotel the council are offering. I have

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actually heard they are quite hot. Michelle filmed on their phone to

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see if it was suitable for their family. Afterwards, she seemed

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satisfied with what was being offered. How was the Hotel? It was

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OK. Not too bad. Good enough? Yeah, good enough. With you moving? Yes,

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we will. Camden Council says it needs to MTV towers to start the run

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media work but accepts its powers to remove people are limited. We just

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keep having the conversation again and again, keeping people awake,

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making sure there are people on the block. The fire services say it is

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not safe to stay, and they need to go. 11 days ago few would have known

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the words Grenfell Tower or cladding. But because of them, the

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lives of thousands of people continued to be changed.

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Duncan is in North London at the Chalcots Estate for us tonight.

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Questions were Camden Council in north London over testing and

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whether or not they can force people to leave over safety fears. Indeed,

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these are issues for councils across England. Yeah, lots of confusion

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here and elsewhere over this issue of accommodation and over the issue

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of testing. As far as the accommodation is concerned, we still

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have 200 people in 120 flats refusing to move out. They say the

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alternative is simply aren't good enough. They don't want to go into

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leisure centres like this. The council say they have to go,

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otherwise this remedial work cannot take place, although it is still not

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clear what legal powers the council have had to move these people. As

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far as the testing is concerned, 60 buildings have now failed this

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cladding test across 25 local authorities. But you will remember,

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at the start of this crisis, the government was talking about 600

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buildings that need testing. What is happening with those? How far are we

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in terms of the testing with those? Also, what action will be taken in

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terms of those buildings themselves? Will people have to move out? Will

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those buildings have to be closed? 11 days after Grenfell Tower, we

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still have lots of unanswered, questions.

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Duncan Kennedy in North London. The Brexit Secretary,

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David Davis, says he's "pretty sure" but not certain,

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the UK can secure a deal with Brussels, as it

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leaves the European Union. His remarks come after

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the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, said no deal would be "very,

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very bad" for the UK. Here's our Political Correspondent,

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Eleanor Garnier. A year after the vote to leave

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the EU, talks about the terms of And Brexit looms overhead

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for the Prime Minister. But a week after the Chancellor

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said no deal would be very, very bad for the UK,

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the Brexit Secretary, the man tasked with securing that deal,

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seems uncertain as to whether he I'm pretty sure.

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I'm not 100% sure. You said right at the

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beginning of this, "We are guaranteed to get a deal,

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you can be sure we will get a deal." You can be sure

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there will be a deal. Whether it's the deal

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that I want, which is the free-trade agreement,

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the customs agreement and so on, it's - I'm pretty sure,

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but I'm not certain. With the clock for two years

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of talks ticking down, there are some key issues at the top

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of the government in-tray. Working out what form

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the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish

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Republic will take, with car number plate recognition and tagging

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containers being considered. Plus, calculating how much the UK's

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financial settlement, also called And crucially, getting a deal

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on the rights of EU citizens We are trying to ensure

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that every individual citizen gets their current position,

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as it were, locked in place for them, so the anxiety can go.

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This is the real issue. It's not about the prospect

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of deporting people. David Davis acknowledged

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having left we would need a one or two year

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transitional arrangement, with a phased process,

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to allow businesses and government But he still insists a bad deal

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would mean Britain walking away. What David Davis has revealed

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is that his handling of this whole affair inspires

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about as much confidence The problem is that when he crashes

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to Earth, he will bring the The details of Labour's

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position remains unclear, but the party insists

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the economy must come first. What we have to have

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is a Brexit which works for jobs and for growth,

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and also for the protections which How that comes out of

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the negotiations remains to be seen. With rumours of potential leadership

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contenders whistling around Westminster, Theresa May

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is under pressure from all sides, from within her own party,

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inside her own Cabinet It's clear there is now

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a new conciliatory, far less combative tone,

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from those at the top of government. She is in charge of

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the negotiations for now. But many Tories aren't sure

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if she will see Brexit through to the finish, as the Prime

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Minister is all too aware. Eleanor, it's a pretty important

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week for the Prime Minister? Yes, tomorrow we get more detail from the

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Prime Minister on those proposals for citizens rights. She will lead

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out in Parliament. She has given the broad outline to EU leaders. Any EU

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national lovely living here for five years, will be allowed to stay for

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good with access to education, pensions and welfare. Broadly the

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same rights as any British citizen. Questions to be answered include,

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what happens to family members abroad? What about what date will be

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set as the cut-off for that residents? And there is a row

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brewing over who will set the rules and apply them for this new system?

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Will it be British judges, the European Court of Justice or a

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combination of been under to, some international jurisdiction? As well

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as dealing with Brexit negotiations, she has to meet the expectations at

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home of those within the public and also within her own party, of those

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who want a much tougher stance on immigration. And don't forget, MPs

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vote later this week on the Queen's Speech. The Conservatives' macro

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programme for government. The Tories still haven't done a deal with the

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Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, whose support she

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needs to lead a minority government. All in all, it adds up to a pretty

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difficult in tray for the Prime Minister.

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Thank you. Eleanor Garnier. Reports from Iraq say fighters

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from so-called Islamic State, have mounted a counter attack

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against Iraqi troops, who are trying to recapture

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parts of the old city. The battle

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is intense, and Iraqi commanders have told the BBC

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that British fighters, as well as Chechens

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and other foreigners, The BBC's team of Orla Guerin,

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Nico Hameon, Bader Catty and Rich Stacey, were given

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exclusive access to the fighting. But troops from Iraq's

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emergency response division The target here -

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a hospital complex. Getting a chance to see how

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the fight has been taken The fight here is at

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extremely close quarters. This is the most forward position

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is Iraqi troops have. They tell us the nearest IS position

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is just 15 metres away, and when they're firing

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here the distance is so small that sometimes they can see the faces

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of the IS militants. The troops here - mostly young -

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determined to end a reign of terror. "Daesh came and killed

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civilians", says Ali. "Our duty is to bring

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Mosul back to life." Here's the hospital building

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where commanders say about 200 foreign militants are holed up,

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including some Britons. "That's what our intelligence tells

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us", says this colonel. "And also we heard them

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speaking on the radio." "We can tell their

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nationality from that." And Iraqi drones monitor

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their movements, if they Here, militants run from building

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to building in the vast medical Commanders tell us there are French,

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Russians and Chechens here, They say there are three senior

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IS leaders along with them, Now their Caliphate is turning

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to ash, their positions being pounded from above with a series

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of air strikes. It's the final push against an enemy

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that once controlled a third of Iraq, and that tonight has begun

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a counter attack. A car has collided with pedestrians

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in Newcastle, injuring six people. It happened near a community

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centre on Westgate Road. A 42 year-old woman has been

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arrested, and police say Around 150 people have died

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in central Pakistan, after an overturned oil

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tanker burst into flames. Local villagers had gathered around

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the vehicle, which had crashed in the city of Ahmed-pur East,

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to siphon the oil, when it exploded. Secunder Kermani has the latest

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from the capital Karachi. Hundreds of local villagers flocked

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to the scene of the overturned tanker this morning,

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despite being warned not to. In this impoverished area,

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they collected fuel in buckets, jerry cans, and even

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empty water bottles. But moments later,

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grief and anguish - thousands of litres of petrol

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went up in flames, Early reports suggest the blaze

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began when someone lit a cigarette. TRANSLATION: The oil

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tanker capsized, people The local traffic police

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asked people to leave, warning it may explode,

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then suddenly there was fire. TRANSLATION: I had already taken

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some petrol, I was about to fill another can but felt dizzy due

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to the fumes so decided not The empty charred wreckage gives an

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idea of how many people were there. Bodies were piled by the road.

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Medical teams worked flat out to assist the injured and console the

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bereaved. Amongst those critically hurt our children. Relative steps --

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desperately search for news of their loved ones. Some in Pakistan have

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blamed the victims for rushing towards the scene of the accident.

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But in other quarters, there is a sense of anger, that people are not

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educated enough about basic safety issues and that poverty forces them

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to risk their lives forever? Litres of petrol. The tragedy cast a shadow

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over preparations for the Muslim festival of Eid, due to take place

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tomorrow. Instead of celebrations, there will be funerals.

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Sources at Westminster say up to 90 email accounts were compromised

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by the cyber attack on the Houses of Parliament which began on Friday.

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Officials have described the attack as determined and sustained.

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Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting 443 jobs in the UK dealing

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with loans for small businesses, and moving many of them to India.

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The bank, which is 73% owned by the taxpayer,

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says it's part of a drive to reduce costs.

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Earlier this year, RBS announced it was cutting 250

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IT posts in Brtitain, and relocating dozens

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With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at

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Lewis Hamilton has called Sebastian Vettel a disgrace,

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after the German was penalised for deliberately driving into him

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Neither man finished on the podium, but Vettel streched his championship

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lead over Hamilton to 14 points. Nick Parrott reports.

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Lewis Hamilton said he was looking forward to getting home after his

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He made a great getaway from pole position.

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But that was as good as it got. Valtteri Bottas, his Mercedes

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team-mate, crashed into Kimi Raikkonen, and Hamilton could not

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keep out of trouble either. As he prepared for a restart, Sebastian

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Vettel got too close. Hamilton said a ten second penalty handed to

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Vettel wasn't enough. Vettel literally came alongside me and hit

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me. Later he said his driving was disgusting. Despite the altercation,

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the Briton remained in control of the race until the headrest in his

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Mercedes came loose. He had to stop with a replacement and with it when

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his hopes of victory. Now behind Vettel, he chased him hard but could

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only finish fifth behind the German. While they race ended in acrimony,

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Daniel Ricciardo's ended in the light, claiming Rennell's first win

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of the season. Nick Parrott, BBC News.

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England's cricketers have won the T20 series against South Africa.

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It was 1-1 heading into the decider in Cardiff.

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Dawid Malan top-scored on his debut as they won by 19 runs.

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Change the side and the captain, shovel the pack

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Sailing over there was the second international ball Mallan had faced.

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Instant confidence. He embraced the experimental mood. He finished with

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78. None of his colleagues through shade on his spotlight. South Africa

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set 182 to win. The value of runs isn't what it was. Inflation is

:20:38.:20:42.

inevitable with batsmen like AB de Villiers, who can make any score run

:20:43.:20:46.

safe. Mason Crane was the bowler,

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a 20-year-old leg-spinner AB de Villiers became his first

:20:52.:20:53.

international wicket. England's victory was

:20:54.:20:57.

ultimately comfortable. Feliciano Lopez is the new

:20:58.:21:00.

Champion at Queen's. The Spaniard came from a set

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down to beat Marin Cilic in the Aegon Championships,

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and there was a very popular With Wimbledon starting a week

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tomorrow, the two-time champion Petra Kvitova beat

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Australian Ashleigh Barty in three sets in the

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Aegon Classic final. It was only her second tournament

:21:18.:21:20.

this year, after recovering from a hand injury sustained

:21:21.:21:23.

during a knife attack in December. She described today's victory as a

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kind of fairy tale. It's the final day of Glastonbury,

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and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's been performing

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on the Pyramid Stage to bring The festival will now

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take a year's break, with the next one

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scheduled for June 2019. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. Stay with us on BBC One, it's time

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