内容摘要：President Donald Trump has accused universities of failing to protect Jewish students during last year's campus protests against the war in Gaza and US support for Israel.

President Donald Trump has accused universities of failing to protect Jewish students during last year's campus protests against the war in Gaza and US support for Israel.

Harvard has said there is "no legal basis" to remove its tax exemption, and that "such an unprecedented action would endanger our ability to carry out our educational mission".Trump launched a renewed attack on the university on Wednesday, saying it could "no longer be considered even a decent place of learning".

The administration's attacks on Harvard are not isolated. The government's antisemitism task force has identified at least 60 universities for review.During his presidential campaign, Trump pitched a funding crackdown on universities, painting them as hostile to conservatives. He and Vice-President JD Vance have long railed against higher education institutions.Polling by Gallup last year suggested that confidence in higher education had been falling over time among Americans of all political backgrounds, particularly Republicans - in part due to a belief that universities push a political agenda.

Since taking office, Trump has focused particularly on universities where pro-Palestinian protests have taken place. Some Jewish students have said they felt unsafe and faced harassment on campus.In March, Columbia University agreed to several of the administration's demands, after $400m in federal funding was pulled over accusations the university failed to fight antisemitism.

These included replacing the official leading its Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department and pledging to take on a review to "ensure unbiased admission processes".

Harvard too has made concessions - including by dismissing the leaders of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies, who had come under fire for failing to represent Israeli perspectives.The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is a key body in the UK that was set up 100 years ago to help deliver quality science-led standards for the construction industry. It is the government’s expert adviser.

The BRE was privatised in 1997 - but the inquiry said it then became exposed to “unscrupulous product manufacturers.”The inquiry found there had been “systematic dishonesty” from those who made and sold the cladding.

Arconic, a manufacturer, “deliberately concealed” the true extent of the danger of the cladding used to wrap Grenfell Tower as a rain-proof barrier. Fire tests it commissioned showed the cladding performed poorly but this information was not given to the BBA, a British private certification company tasked with keeping the construction industry up to date.This “caused BBA to make statements that Arconic knew were ‘false and misleading’”, the report said.