Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. We begin here in london. In June 2017 a debit sitting fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower. 72 people died and dozens more were Injured. For more than seven years, families and survivors have been waiting to find out what went wrong and today they finally got answers from the public inquiry. It says the people killed in the fire were failed it on the Server Level by successive governments, companies and the authorities, through incompetence, honesty and greed. All of the debts were avoidable to now the families of those who died wantjustice. All the deaths were avoidable. 0ur Report is from tom symonds. It includes images of Grenfell Tower on fire. There have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen . Today was different. But this is how it all began. A fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later
We see how the pandemic has changed things onset. Oh, my lord. Everythings changed. First of all we have to be tested every single day. Warm welcome to our viewers on pbs america and around the globe. New scientific analysis seen by the bbc suggests the goals from the Paris Climate Agreement are coming within reach. The Tracker Study looks at the latest promises from countries including china as well as the plans of the us president Electjoe Biden. From the uks wettest february on record to raging wildfires in california. The fingerprints of Climate Change link to Human Activities have become increasingly clear this year. But efforts to curb Greenhouse Gasesis but efforts to curb Greenhouse Gases is the root cause of Global Warming has so far had limited impact. When countries are signed the agreement in 2015, they undertook to limit the rise of damages to well below two celsius this century. But when scientists added up all the pledges made to cut carbon, they mounted to around three
The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against Mrtrump Trump include violating georgias racketeering act racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. Athhe ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. And making false statements and filing false documents. Reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. Earlier, i spoke with bbc reporter Kayla Epstein who has been following the events from the courthouse in georgia. Thanks forjoining us. We saw last night the District Attorney has given the 19 defendants until mate august 25 to surrender. Hes been outside the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We the court all day. Have any of them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear them turned up yet . We have not seen anyone appear to them turned up yet . We have not seen