who can failure is symbolised by the grenfell tower you. who can forget those images of the grenfell tower ablaze? this cannot happen —— this did not happen in a slump in an impoverished country far away, it happened here in britain, in one of the wealthiest areas of the country, in one of the richest countries in the world, and tory controlled royal borough of kensington and chelsea treated the residents of grenfell tower like second—class citizens. and when the disaster struck, the royal borough's response was shameful. even now, out of all the families made homeless, only a handful have been offered permanent homes, and this in a borough with over 2000 empty properties. am i the only person wondering why the commissioners are not coming in and taking over the failing royal borough of kensington and chelsea? but tory failure in relation to g re nfell tower but tory failure in relation to grenfell tower goes further than the council. events are also the direct consequence of deregulation of fire standards and inspection, privatisatio

but at grenfell tower, they didn't. they used aluminium panels that have a plastic polyethylene core, flammable panels — a critical mistake. that type of aluminium cladding has been found on plenty of other high—rises. this is the chilcots estate in the london borough of camden. it plays a small but important role in the grenfell tower story. you see, ryden, the developer, brought people from the kctmo here to see what you could do to high—rises with cladding. these camden towers also use polyethylene core aluminium panels. but, unlike grenfell, the insulation underneath is completely fireproof and, unlike grenfell, the camden cladding was installed at a time when these sorts of panels were relatively novel. in the years between the chilcots renovation in 2006 and the start of the grenfell works, concerns started to arise about polyethylene core panels. they were key factors in fires at the television cultural centre in beijing, at the apartment building in shanghai, at the saif belhasa in dubai, the tamweel tower

the design, construction and refurbishment of grenfell tower. how far regulations go in terms of high—rise flats. and whether they were followed in the case of grenfell tower. and finally the actions of the relevant authorities before the tragedy — and their response after the fire. in his opening statement, sir martin moore—bick addressed calls from survivors for local residents to be appointed to the inquiry team. i know that many of the survivors would like me to appoint someone from among their own number or perhaps another local resident as one of my assessors. many of them can of course provide valuable evidence and i shall ensure that all evidence is heard and carefully considered. but to appoint as an assessor someone who had had direct involvement in the fire would risk undermining my impartiality in the eyes of others who are also deeply involved in the enquiry. i have therefore come to the conclusion that i cannot take the course they would wish me to adopt. as a result i have approached a number of people all completely indepen

it was a very special building, grenfell tower. very special. they tried to say it was a very poor tower, broken tower, if you like. but it was far from that. it's a community where everyone knows each other. on the night of the fire, for some, the advice they were given and the decisions they took based on that advice where to make the difference between life and death. our room is on fire, just like that. all my curtains were on fire, my moses basket was on fire, all that side of the window was all on fire. we were just trying to run, just going, just keep on going. just keep on going. thick air going into you, was really strong. i can hear everyone trying to find air. i just can't believe that they are gone. they are gone, just like that. so many stories have emerged from grenfell, but this is the story of one of the top floors — the 21st. 15 people living as close neighbours in six flats around a central hallway. amongst them, an nhs porter, a management consultant, a pensioner, an it manager and a beautician. you'd meet all sorts of diffe

graham satchell is at grenfell tower in west london. when the public enquiry officially opens tomorrow it will ask some pretty fundamental questions. how did the fire start, why did it spread so quickly and why did sony people die, and, of course, how do we prevent a fire happening like this again in the future? fire experts we have spoken to have now come to consensus. they say it is time to retrofit all council owned tower blocks with full sprinkler systems. the fire at grenfell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council—run tower blocks and what needs to change to make them safe. in a freedom of information request to local authorities across the uk, we found thatjust 2% of residential tower blocks have a sprinkler system fitted. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties, and we know they make a real difference. so, 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it's mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especiall

tomorrow, the grenfell tower inquiry begins. chaired by sir martin moore—bick, who had a rocky initial reception from some of the families affected by the fire, it has to work out exactly what caused the fire three months ago. but it is an altogether bigger moment too — a detailed case study of how well our country works, particularly for those without the connections or money to fix things in their favour. under examination will be building and fire safety regulations, the response of the fire brigade, and the responsiveness of the council to its tenants' concerns, among other things. and careful to dispel any suspicion of cover—up, it'll all be streamed live. we'll look at the hopes and fears people hold of the inquiry shortly, but we know many people think austerity was, at root, to blame. our policy editor chris cook looks now at what we already know, including the startling fact that using combustible cladding on the building, barely saved any money at all. life in west london continues around the dark shell of grenfe

the poet ben okri recently wrote in his poem, grenfell tower, "those who we re his poem, grenfell tower, "those who were living now are dead. those who we re were living now are dead. those who were breathing are from the earth fled. if you want to see how the poor die, come to see grenfell tower. see the tower and let it world changing dream flower". thank you, ben, for that wonderful poem. we have a duty as a country to learn the lessons from this calamity and ensure that a changed world flowers. i hope the public inquiry will assist but a decent home is a right for everyone, whatever their income, whatever their background. and houses should be homes for the many, not speculative investments for a few. ayr look at the conservative housing record and you understand widegren for residents are sceptical about their conservative council and this conservative government. —— why g re nfell tower this conservative government. —— why grenfell tower residents. since 2010, homelessness has doubled. 120,000 children don't have a home to call their own. homeownership has fallen. thousand

the public inquiry opens into the fire at grenfell tower where at least 80 people died. the retired judge leading the inquiry tells survivors of his sadness and says he understands they‘ re still suffering enormous pain. the inquiry cannot undo any of that. but it can and will provide answers to the pressing questions of how a disaster of this kind could occur in 21st century london. we'll have the latest from the inquiry in central london. i think ithinka i think a lot of us are disheartened and don't have faith in the inquiry, and don't have faith in the inquiry, and we have to do recognise that there are other ways that we can acquire the change and achieve the change we are looking for. we'll have the latest from the inquiry in central london. also this lunchtime. a man who's spent more 11 years in prison after being sentenced to ten months for arson is to be released. eight residents of a florida nursing home that was left without power for days following hurricane irma have died. 115 others have been treated in hospital. downing street says theresa may is frustra

, tower lower disaster grenfell tower disaster formally opening the inquiry which began with one—minute silence in memory of the victims. he said the inquiry can and will provide answers to how a disaster like this can occur in the 21st—ce ntu ry disaster like this can occur in the 21st—century but he said it would be a very challenging inquiry. our correspondent sarah campbell is in central london where the inquiry is being held. let's cross to her now. just take us through the key points that he made this morning. it'sjust finished inside the building there so we finished inside the building there so we will expect the people who have been listening, families of the victims and survivors, to be coming out shortly. he said the scale of the task is enormous. he spoke about the task is enormous. he spoke about the thousands of documents they would be expecting and hundreds of witnesses they will have. he has already had 300 applications for people to be caught participants, people to be caught participants, people who will give evidence, have legal representation, here parts of evide

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it's three months since the fire at grenfell tower. in the streets there are still memorials every where and the anger of survivors like miguel is just as strong. somebody has to pay for what they did to us. myself, i could be ashes inside the building. my hopes is there will be a change in the policies around the fire and also the safety of the people. the public inquiry which opens tomorrow will look at what needs to change in the safety and maintenance of council—owned blocks. in a freedom of information request we found that the majority, 68%, of council tower blocks have a single stair well. 30% have some form of cladding and just 2% have a full sprinkler system. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties and we know they make a real dirves. so 2% is a shockingly low number. can save properties and we know they make a real difference. so 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it is mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especiall

dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it's mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high—rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support retrofitting, clearly. for me, where you can save one life then it's worth doing. this can't be optional. it's something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is like lakanal house in london. six people were killed in a fire here in 2009. the recommendation by the coroner in the lakanal inquest was simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the inquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what's gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it's triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs council shows where sprinklers

it is break close to grenfell tower. sir martin moore—bick said everyone shares a common goal and it was to get to the truth of what happened. he is expecting his first interim report to be published around easter but he did say the timetable might slip. he said the scale of the enquiry is huge. he said the enquiry was not about punishment or awarding compensation, but he also said he would not shrink away from any findings or recommendations which could lead to criminal charges against individuals or organisations. the enquiry will run into macrophages. the first phase will be focused on the fire itself, those terrible hours when the fire spread so quickly in the building, how it was put out, the response from the emergency services and evacuation of residents. this be dealt with first as sir martin said there was an urgent need to find out those answers, because not least if there are similar defects in other high—rise buildings, steps must be taken quickly to make sure those who are housed in them are kept out. th

a public enquiry in london to the fire at grenfell tower injune london to the fire at grenfell tower in june that london to the fire at grenfell tower injune that killed at least 80 people. if you want to get in touch, the hashtag is bbcos. welcome to outside source. restart with new warning for the plight of the refugees in myanmar. the entire population could be forced to leave if the solution is found soon. nearly 400,000 muslims are in camps in bangladesh. one of the groups helping them, the international group for migration, says it is possible 300,000 still left in myanmar may still join possible 300,000 still left in myanmar may stilljoin them. these images are from a hospital in bangladesh. where dozens of children remain critically ill as they stepped on landmines. some allegations saying they were placed there by the burmese military. my colleague sending this report from the bangladeshi side of the border. the un secretary—general describing what is happening here is a humanitarian catastrophe. a food truck turning up. this is well—meaning bangladeshis throwing food an

dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the regulation should be that it‘s mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high—rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support retrofitting, clearly. for me, where you can save one life it‘s worth doing. this can‘t be optional. it cannot be a nice to have. it‘s something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is lakanal house in london. six people were killed in a fire here in 2009. the recommendation from the coroner in the lakanal inquest was simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the enquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what‘s gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it‘s triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs c

this man led the fire service at grenfell tower. the regulation should be that it mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high—rises and schools. new builds, especially in places like high-rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support it. where you can save one life that it's worth doing. this can't be optional. it is something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is like more house in london. six people we re more house in london. six people were killed in a house here in 2009. the recommendation by the coroner in the inquest was ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the enquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what's gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it is triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by th

tower and the prime ministerand herfaded problems around grenfell tower and the prime minister and her faded to perhaps necessarily immediately show how the nation felt about that seem to have made her problems worse. it isa very to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thing. to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thingm to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thing. it is gone and beyond brexit, beyond the general election results but how she behaves. imagine how this is perceived frankly on the continent. tell us about that. well we cover this a lot in france and went theresa may spoke in florence on the one hand about this being a challenge and the priority, it is not the priority of the rest of the eu. emmanuel macron on tuesday will be making an important speech on what his vision is for the future and the further integration of the eu. that will be a very important speech. listening to his speech at the un, he offered a vision, a multilateralist vision pointing out how the global problems that face the world need a global sol

just looking ahead to the grenfell tower inquiry which sta rts the grenfell tower inquiry which starts this morning. it is 16 minutes past eight. sunshine and showers for many of us this morning. matt has all the details. the sunshine and showers story doesn't just continue today the sunshine and showers story doesn'tjust continue today but also through much of today. let's take a look at the details. we do have a zone of thicker cloud, plenty of rain across parts of wales through the midlands towards east anglia. in the midlands towards east anglia. in the south, a few showers developing a little more widely. the cloud steadily increasing by the time we get to ten o'clock across southern counties, but you might get to the rush—hour dry. across the north midlands in lincolnshire, much brighter. for northern ireland, northern and western scotland, a few showers around but not as many as yesterday. central and eastern scotla nd yesterday. central and eastern scotland will have a much brighter day than yesterday. thicker cloud pushing into northern scotland. it is heavy and thunderyjury

it's three months since the fire at grenfell tower. in the streets there are still memorials every where and the anger of survivors, like miguel alves, is just as strong. somebody has to pay for what they did to us. myself, i could be ashes inside the building. my hopes is there will be a change in the policies around the fire and also the safety of the people. the public inquiry which opens tomorrow will look at what needs to change in the safety and maintenance of council—owned blocks. in a freedom of information request we found that the majority, 68%, of council tower blocks have a single stair well. 30% have some form of cladding and just 2% have a full sprinkler system. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties and we know they make a real difference. so 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it is mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high rises and schools. and what about retro—fitting? i support

and these are possessions of mrs mamudu's from her flat at grenfell tower? that's right. do you want to have a look? would you like me to take some out? how about this one? do you recognise it? the colour has changed. you've got your national insurance card back. you're going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. wow, that's interesting. that's good. yes! talk to me about why you're so happy. my late husband's watch. does that not make me happy? so it's been over two months now since you lost your flat. you're still living in a hotel. but you have received some of your possessions from the flat. what sort of consolation is that for you? to me, actually, the consolation was that i was alive. all this are materialistic things. i'm happy i got them, but my life was more important. yeah. as soon as they start letting me build my life again, then the sooner there will be closure. even if i got all these things back, there is no closure because i don't have a roof. i don't have my self—respect. i don't have dignity. i have nothing. even t

the headlines: the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opens in london. its head, sir martin moore—bick, says his investigation will answer ‘pressing questions‘ about the disaster. i'm well aware at the past few months have turned the world of those who live in north kensington upside down, but if the enquiry is to get to the truth of what happened, it must seek out all the releva nt happened, it must seek out all the relevant evidence and examine it calmly and rationally. a prisoner who is still injail11 years after being given a 10—month sentence for arson is to be released. james ward had been told he wouldn't be released until a parole board decided he wasn't a danger to the public. the bank of england has said that higher inflation and a pick up in growth could lead to a rise in interest rates in ‘the coming months'. the bank's voted to keep rates on hold at a quarter of one per cent for now. borisjohnson has boris johnson has met borisjohnson has met the us secretary of state in london for talks about libya, iran and north korea. rex tille

the public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower in london opens shortly. at least 80 people died in the tragedy injune. the man dubbed the most hated man in america, disgraced drugs company executive, martin shkreli, is jailed in the us. ajudge says he posed a threat to the public. hello. i am sally bundock with the business stories. panic on the high street. it was britain's first bank run in 150 years. but a decade on, have the lessons of northern rock been learnt? plus the oil age may be ending, but what comes next? toyota is betting on hydrogen. we hearfrom the european boss at the frankfurt motor show. hello. thank you for being with us here in bbc news. eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after hurricane irma knocked out its power and air conditioning, when it hit the state on sunday. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them were in critical condition. police are now conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. sarah corker reports. a state of emergency at a nursing home in florida. without air—condit

the headlines: the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has opened in london. its head, sir martin moore—bick, says his investigation will answer "pressing questions" about the disaster. the bank of england has said that higher inflation and a pick—up in growth could lead to a rise in interest rates in the coming months. a prisoner who is still injail11 years after being given a 10—month sentence for arson is set to be released. and, after some confusion, donald trump, who is visiting florida, says he is close to agreeing a deal on allowing young immigrants to stay in the us. let's get straight back to our top story, as we have been hearing, a public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opened today. sir martin moore—bick told the hearing he recognised the great sense of anger and betrayal felt by those affected by the blaze, and would examine evidence calmly and rationally. but he rejected calls from survivors to appoint a person from the community to the inquiry panel, saying it would risk undermining impartiality. i know that many of the survivors wo

the grenfell tower disaster — police now say the number of people who died might be less than 80. ms suu kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? that's the accusation against myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi — human rights groups say she hasn't given a satisfactory answer. talk about a quiet retirement — rio ferdinand says he'll be taking to the ring. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news... coach mark sampson says allegations of racism against him won't hinder england's lionesses as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. it was donald trump's first appearance at the united nations as president. it may be the home of international diplomacy, but there was nothing diplomatic about his attack on what he called rogue nations like iran and north korea. he told the general assembly of world leaders and senior diplomats that if north korea threatened the us or its allies it would face total destruction. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports on what the speech tells us abou

tonight at six, the grenfell tower inquiry opens — it's three months to the day since the fire. at least 80 people were killed — will their friends and family get the justice they are looking for? it can and will provide answers to the pressing questions as to how a disaster of this kind could occur in 21st century london. there are calls for a bigger role for those who lived through the disaster. we want to be part of the inquiry. we want people who know, people in social housing who are aware, people in the community. we'll be asking if residents are expecting too much of this inquiry. also tonight, the bank of england puts interests rates on hold for now — there's a hint they could be going up. the pound hit a one—year high on the news. james ward was sentenced to ten months injail, but has spent 11 years inside. should the gambling industry be more strictly regulated? we hearfrom one family about the tragedy of addiction. he hid it from everybody, and he must have been going through absolute torture. and that's the thing that hurts the most. remembering the life and wo

. —— grenfell tower. sir vince cable will close his party conference in bournemouth by insisting britain needs political adults from all parties to push against a hard brexit. he will also repeated his call for any deal with the eu to be put to a referendum. 0ur political correspondent is at the conference in bournemouth. vince cable sounding a bit like tory grandees ken clarke and william hague this morning. and sticking to that message that they do want a second referendum. earlier in the conference, members with blue eu hats scored on the beach exit from brexit but despite the lib dems pudding that message out again and again there has been a lot of soul—searching here as to what they have not been doing as well as they could have. they are the most pro—eu party out there and theoretically they should have the pick of the a8% who voted remain and yet at this yea r‘s who voted remain and yet at this year's election they had a disappointing result and that is pa rt disappointing result and that is

the public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower in london opens later. it will examine the cause and spread of the fire, high—rise regulations, and the actions of the local authority. at least 80 people died in the blaze injune. the former drugs company boss martin shkreli has beenjailed in the us after a judge found that he posed a threat to the public. shkreli had offered $5000 to anyone who could get him a strand of hillary clinton's hair. the cassini mission to saturn will be making its final plunge into the planet in the coming hours. the probe will take its last pictures of the ringed planet and its moons. 0k. time now for world business report with sally. panic on the high street: it was britain's first bank run in 150 years. but a decade on, have the lessons of northern rock been learnt? plus, the oil age may be ending, but what comes next? toyota is betting on hydrogen. we will be hearing from the european boss at the frankfurt motor show. hello and a warm welcome. i am sally bundock. this is world business report. we start with an uncomfortab

who have had to flee grenfell tower into those people who have had to flee g re nfell tower into new those people who have had to flee grenfell tower into new homes? i think her suggestion is that kensington and chelsea are basically a failing council and the commissioners or to be sent in. there are quite a few lines we might expect from diane abbott, but the one i suspect we are going to be looking at most closely is whether she gives any sign at all of where the party is heading in terms of immigration, because at the moment, let's be honest, they have been sitting on the fence on this one. they have not wanted to come down on one side or the other. butjust as at this party conference there is a push on the single market, i think there is the beginning of a pushback on freedom of movement and to get the party to say freedom of movement is not such a bad idea, particularly since the net migration figures are now tumbling down anyway as many us citizens decide either they want to go home or they don't want to come to britain any more anyway. and just in general, how united is the la

there was a long pass only on grenfell tower which he said stood as a tragic testa m e nt to which he said stood as a tragic testament to a less caring society and he made a couple of announcements on housing before moving on to the international stage. journalist and author rachel shabbie is with me now. your thoughts? he looked much more confident and competent as a forceful speech. he was very much in command and in control of that room. the speech had a theme of showing that the labour party is ready for government. he did, as you say, spend some time pointing out that this government is not capable, it's not competent, they're at each other's throats, they're squabbling, they're callous and calculating and he urged them to either get it together or step aside. then the re st of together or step aside. then the rest of the speech was very much joining together the themes of attacking this leadership on its manifesto it's been leading towards — the for the many, not the few themes, the idea that the economy doesn't have to work like this, that there is a different way of doing th

and these are possessions of mrs mamudu's from her flat at grenfell tower? that's right. do you want to have a look? would you like me to take some out? how about this one? do you recognise it? the colour has changed. you've got your national insurance card back. you're going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. it my birth stone and i made it into a ring. wow, that's interesting. that's good. yes! talk to me about why you are so happy. my late husband's watch. does that not make me happy? so it's been over two months now since you lost your flat. you are still living in a hotel. but you have received some of your possessions from the flat. what sort of consolation is that for you? to me, actually, the consolation was that i was alive. all these are materialistic things. i'm happy i got them, but my life was more important. yeah. the sooner they start letting me build my life again, the sooner there will be closure. even if i got all these things back, there is no closure because i don't have a roof. i don't have my self—respect. i

what happened at g re nfell tower was problems... what happened at grenfell tower was terrible. it shouldn't be used. it doesn't mean that western liberal capitalism is wrong but it shouldn't be used as a culture whereby people say, my view of the whole political spectrum is right and if you think i'm wrong you are somehow in favour of towers burning and people dying. are somehow in favour of towers burning and people dyingli are somehow in favour of towers burning and people dying. i don't wa nt to burning and people dying. i don't want to agree with you, but i do on that one! i do think that is wrong. jeremy corbyn has done it before and i wish he wouldn't. all right, ok. let's go onto the daily mail. it's doesn't agree with many of these front pages, saying that it makes sense forjeremy corbyn to come out with this stuff. andrew pierce reporting on corbyn ‘s day of disaster! john woodcock are sad to apologise to one labour mp making allegations against the royal family which is a classic own goal in modern british politics. and jon cryer talked on the fringe today, he's the

none of the flats in grenfell tower had a balcony. after their horrific experience, helen and lulya are adamant that their new home will have one. the flat they were initially shown didn't. the fact that the fire was coming from the outside and the fire was on the kitchen wall, so if you have a balcony, you could step out and you would have a bigger chance of being rescued, so they could bring anything to come and save you. hear their story, and you understand their logic. we tried to come out three times, but then, we had to go out the fourth, because the bedrooms were already on fire. so, we had to take the stairs. i had my dog. my friend luwanna had her dog. this was around liz30am. smoke had long ago entered grenfell tower's only stairwell. while i was going down, all the smoke, it was really thick, so it's like thick airgoing into you, it's really strong. i can hear everyone trying to find air, like everyone screaming, choking, gagging, then i trip over someone, someone lying on the floor, which is the worst part of everything. s

the headlines at "pm: the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opens as the man leading it promises to get the truth. it can and will provide answers to the pressing questions of how a disaster of this kind could occur in 21st—ce ntu ry disaster of this kind could occur in 21st—century london. the bank of england warns interest rates may go up in the coming months for the first time in a decade. at least four people are arrested after disorder breaks out at arsenal's europa league match against cologne. and, on newsnight, are we witnessing the collapse of bitcoin? china stamps its authority on all the digital currency‘s exchanges as a top banker calls it a fraud. and we report from the front line of the demilitirized zone between north and south korea. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. at least four people have been arrested after what what police have described as disorder at arsenal's europa league match against fc cologne tonight. up to 20,000 german fans are in london for the game, most without tickets. the kick—off was delayed by an hour, and has only ended in the

was sent to jail or just after the grenfell tower the photograph in one of the victims in a body bag and then posting it on social media. it was a then posting it on social media. it wasa grim then posting it on social media. it was a grim and sad case. what was he thinking? —— for photographing. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has insisted she is in the brexit driving seat, after the foreign secretary boris johnson set out his own vision for leaving the european union. theresa may was speaking on a visit to canada. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports from ottawa. well, it's good to be shown some proper respect from time to time. if only theresa may's fellow ministers at home were this drilled and disciplined, as it is, the prime minister had to cross another ocean to find a political colleague willing to say the right things about brexit on cue. very good to be here, as i said to you when i came in, this is my first visit to canada. it's great that i can have meetings with you and to come here to the parliament. as it moves forward with brex

after g re nfell tower, something like grenfell tower. after grenfell tower, was there a conscious effort to supply firefighters, the hundreds involved in tackling that fire, with any kind of support if they needed it? absolutely. from i think almost the day after, the firefighters were offered counselling right the way through and some of those still involved are still receiving counselling. the commissioner herself is receiving counselling. it is all around getting context around the events they have seen and being able to normalise the situation that they have seen terrible things. it is how they come to terms with those things. london have put a lot in place to support those firefighters. in many areas of the country, forgive me if i have got the language wrong, but retained firefighters who are not necessarily full—time. firefighters who are not necessarily full-time. that is right. retained oi’ full-time. that is right. retained 01’ on full-time. that is right. retained or on call. presumably there is a more complicated pictur

police now say that the death toll in the grenfell tower fire injune may not be quite as high as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people had died in the fire. detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and 8 o'clock the following morning. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is at scotland yard. police have been giving more detail about the scope of their investigation? yes, sophie. this is a huge investigation. the biggest inquiry undertaken by the metropolitan police outside counter—terrorism and it's going to be some months, i think, before police get to a stage where they can start questioning possible suspects. and this is because of the amount of information that they have to go through. they have received 31 million documents. that has to be searched to see the releva nce that has to be searched to see the relevance of that material and have 2,a 500 people they need to speak to and they are conducting a forensic examination of grenfell tower, bit by bit, to see the fire safety precautions, fire doors and the pip

and these are possessions of mrs mamudu's from her flat at grenfell tower? that's right. do you want to have a look? would you like me to take some out? how about this one? do you recognise it? the colour has changed. you've got your national insurance card back. you're going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. it my best stone and i made it into a ring. wow, that's interesting. that's good. yes! talk to me about why you are so happy. my late husband's watch. does that not make me happy? so it's been over two months now since you lost your flat. you are still living in a hotel. but you have received some of your possessions from the flat. what sort of consolation is that for you? to me, actually, the consolation was that i was alive. all these are materialistic things. i'm happy i got them, but my life was more important. yeah. as soon as they start letting me build my life again, the sooner there will be closure. even if i got all these things back, there is no closure because i don't have a roof. i don't have my self—respect. i

terms when it comes to grenfell tower, he will say that is a symbol of a degraded regime. he won't be mincing his words there. he wa nts to won't be mincing his words there. he wants to give the impression that as a party ay ay allegedly ready for government, and they can face the challenges of the future. he will be talking about the challenges of automation, could robots put us out ofajob? he automation, could robots put us out of a job? he will be trying to look forward to say labour can meet those challenges but with readiness for government comes greater scrutiny. i believe that's begun here but will get a lot more between now and the next election. atjust after 8am we'll be speaking to the shadow education secretary angela rayner about that big speech from jeremy corbyn. one of northern ireland's largest employers, the aerospace firm bombardier, faces paying huge tariffs on its exports to the us, after losing the first stage of an international trade dispute. the us department of commerce upheld a complaint by bombardier‘s rival, boeing, that the firm unfairly bene

police now say the death toll in the grenfell tower fire say the death toll in the grenfell towerfire might say the death toll in the grenfell tower fire might not be quite as high as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people died for top detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and eight o'clock in the morning. matthew thompson has this report. it's now over three months since the grenfell tower disaster, but still, the final death toll remains uncertain. today, police said they had reason to believe that the number of dead may be fewer than the official figure of 80. they are investigating eight cases of alleged fraud in which survivors may have falsely claimed they had lost relatives or property in the fire. progress in retrieving remains has also been better than expected, police said, and cctv footage showed 240 people had left the tower that night. the death toll has been a running sore in the grenfell debate, as some survivors have accused the police of concealing the true figure. scotland yard also said today th

tower and grenfell walk, have been rehoused ? what is the secretary of state doing to speed this up, and when will all the survivors be offered permanent rehousing? the school year began today, and students are shortly beginning university from inadequate accommodation in hotels with no space to study. their grades will suffer. as will those of the young man who was also taking his gcses the morning of the fire, and arrived in his underwear at school, was given clothes to wear, who didn't have the fabulous good fortune of the young woman you spoke about, has had no consideration, and has lost his place at school. thejustice minister dominic raab has apologised for a policy requiring workers to fund the cost of taking legal action against employers. the government introduced fees for employment tribunals in 2013 in order to reduce the number of cases considered to be weak or malicious. the trade union, unison, challenged the fees, arguing that they were denying people justice. and, injuly, the supreme court ruled that the policy w

grenfell tower has been under guard 2a hours a day. but it seems that some people or an individual may have accessed their flats and stolen money. some reports suggest it could be as much as £5,000 in total that has been stolen. reacting total that has been stolen. reacting to all of this on the grenfell estate, we have spoken to one man whose uncle died in the fire. i want individuals charged, prosecuted and sent to prison. that's what i want. it is more than three months on now and he'sjust have the latest update 20 figures moving quickly enough, do you feel like you've got enough from the services? as time goes on, you understand the scale of everything i think it would be wrong to and i think it would be wrong to wa nt and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. 0ne and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. one thing is done properly. —— we want things done properly. that's because there's lots of manpower and resources, it doesn't mean things will move quickly. i would prefer if they took their

at 8pm, more on the grenfell tower public enquiry. we will be talking to the housing charity shelter about what their actions might be. and one of the world‘s most elusive creatures, the beautiful snow leopard, is no longer considered endangered. i will speak to a big cat specialist about how successful conservation efforts have been. do stay with us. now, it‘s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i‘m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. essex set up a first county championship title in 25 years, but will have to wait until tomorrow at least to seal the trophy. everton are in action in the europa league — they‘re at italian side atalanta, later arsenal play cologne, with 20,000 german fans heading to the emirates via a central london diversion. and in an interview with the bbc, maria sharapova hits back at those who‘ve labelled her a drugs cheat. hello again, thanks forjoining us. tonight, essex stand on the verge of their first county championship title in 25 years. it‘s likely to be confirmed tomorro

a public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower begins tomorrow. the london fire brigade commissioner told us the figures are "shockingly low" and says if the inquiry doesn't recommend retrofitting sprinklers to all tower blocks it will have failed. i support retrofitting. where you can save one life, it is worth doing. this can't be optional. can't bea doing. this can't be optional. can't be a nice to have. this is something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. let's speak now to alan brinson from the european fire sprinkler network. it is clear what london's fire commissioner thinks about the use sprinklers. what is the evidence tell us about how effective they are in saving lives where they are fitted? we have had statistics from the us, where they have been used for decades and high—rise buildings, and they show that they reduce the incidence of death by over 80%, on top of all the other measures that are sensible like smoke detection and fire doors and so on to talk so, and fire doors and so on to talk s

now that degraded regime has a tragic monument, the chilling wreckage of grenfell tower a horrifying fire in which , dozens perished an entirely avoidable human disaster. [laughter] one which is an indictment not just of decades of failed housing policies and privatization, and the yawning inequality in one of the wealthiest boroughs and cities in the world. it is also a damning indictment of a whole outlook which values council tax refunds for the wealthy, above decent provision for all and which has contempt , for working class communities. before the fire, a tenants' group of grenfell residents had and i quote the words that should haunt all politicians. "the grenfell action group firmly believesthat only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord." grenfell is not just the result of bad political decisions it -- political decisions. it stands for a failed and broken system which labour must , and will replace. [applause] the poet, ben okri, recently wrote in his poem "grenfell tower", "those who were living now are dead. those who were breath

we hearfrom the man sent to jail just after the grenfell tower fire for photographing one of the victims in a body bag and then posting the pictures on social media. god knows what i was thinking. but i was holding my ipod did it inside i was saying myself, does anybody know this person. they are back! the brains behind 19705 they are back! the brains behind 1970s elect trick pop group sparks. it turns out they never went away. we are more thrilled now to be doing what we have always done. in an uncompromising way after this amount of time and being accepted for a. hello. we are almost six months into the brexit formalities now. and the conservatives are being accused today of making an almighty mess of the process. for one thing, we had another huge personnel change. the civil service in charge of the department has been moved. then, on top of that, conservative party dynamics are competent in the process. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, marked out this vision of brexit over the weekend and then slipped away to the un in new york. to reason they offered a tautology in response to b