this high—rise block. as we have been hearing there, this is the worst fire in decades. the last fire of this nature, you could say, was in the bronx was back in march, that social club called the happy land social club in the bronx, and that fire was started intentionally, unlike this one, 87 people died. we heard that from eric adams, the mayor, on the job for nine days saying that this is a really painful moment moment for the city. you're watching newwsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... it's should be one of the biggest nights in hollywood but this year — there will be no celebrities to collect the awards and the ceremony won't even be shown on tv. we'll explain why in a moment. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since