We are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. We are united in our shock. We are united in ouranguish. An we are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Welcome to this Special Edition of Bbc World News as firefighters in west london are still at the scene of a horrendous fire that has killed at least 12 people. The blaze at the 2a storey tower block began in the early hours of wednesday morning. Many people are still missing and the police have warned the number of dead is expected to rise significantly. Our special coverage begins with this report from our uk home editor, mark easton. Oh my god, theyre screaming it is a tragedy that plays to our darkest fears. There was smoke everywhere, literally everywhere. There was people downstairs, bits of the block, cladding, falling off the block. That was on fire. Screaming. People screaming. It wasjust people jumping out, literally. And putting sheets down to try to ge
The fed raises Interest Rates and says it will start unwinding its 4. 5 trillion stimulus programme. But is the us economy really Out Of The Woods . Plus roam if you want to. The eu scraps extra mobile charges for travellers from today after a decade long battle. But will users end up footing the bill anyway . Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also coming up the end of an era forjapan inc. Toshibas set to sell off its Chip Division as it battles for survival. We start in the us where the central bank, the Federal Reserve, has raised the cost of borrowing, as was widely expected. Its the second increase in three months, and comes despite some fairly mixed data on the health of the us economy. Lets show you the details. The fed has raised its main Interest Rate by 0. 25 . That takes its target range to between 1 1. 25 the highest it has been since before the 2008 financial crisis. And its set to go higher the fed is forecasting one more increase this year. It also annou
Its thursday, 15 june. On breakfast today well bring you the latest on the fire and well be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. Also this morning reports in the us that the man investigating russias involvement in the american president ial election is looking at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. From today Roaming Charges are being dropped across the eu. Ill have all the details shortly. In sport, englands hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. Eoin morgans men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. After eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. Im in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the Grenfell Tower behind me. It is shocking, the
Seeing me hello, you heard ben but you are security at your fingertips well meet the man who says the key to Online Safety could be in your own hands. And as digital video sales could overtake dvd and blu ray this year. We want to know, do you still buy your movies on disc . Just use bbcbizlive. Sally hodkin the limelight, i dont know welcome to the programme. Its less than a week since the uk woke up to an Election Result that plunged it into even deeper political and economic uncertainty. Prime minister theresa may still hasnt finalised an agreement with the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party which would allow her to govern with a narrow majority. But away from those talks, the pressure is mounting on the government to lay out a strategy for brexit negotiations. Tonight the chancellor, orfinance minister, philip hammond, could give us some idea of what is planned. Hes expected to say that 61bn of funds from the European Unions Investment Bank will not be put at risk. It current
Premises. Sadly, i can confirm that the number of people who have died is now 17, and we do believe that number will increase. For our colleagues within the health service, there is still a number of people receiving treatment in hospital. 30 people receiving treatment, several in Critical Care. Like with blind yesterday, like weeks blind yesterday, the priority is identification of those missing. It will be wrong to get into numbers that i do believe our inaccurate, please get in touch with us. If you have reported somebody who was missing and you know they are safe and well, call the missing and you know they are safe and well, callthe number, so missing and you know they are safe and well, call the number, so that we can identify those we are still trying to find. My heart goes out to the family still trying to find love oiies. The family still trying to find love ones. Specially trained officers will be in touch with you to support you through this. It is going to ta ke you through