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
democrat congressman tim ryan. only 54% of democrats approve of the president s handling of the economy as whispers of a recession grow much louder and inflation straps family budgets. let s bring in buckeye state republican congressman jim jordan. he s the top republican on the house judicially committee. congressman, great to have you on. this is the sixth time the president has visited your state. he clearly believes he s got a captive audience there. your thoughts. he might believe that. but what is it? nine out of ten fellow citizens think the country is on the wrong track. that s up 15 points from two months ago. that s how bad things are. i don t know that making a trip to ohio will change things. you mentioned the senate race. where is tim ryan? i don t think he will be with president biden today. the president makes the sixth visit to your state and you re running for senate and you won t show up? that tells you about this administration and how wrong the policy is
my fellow americans, enough. enough. it is time for each of us to do our part. it is time to act for the children we lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. president issued several proposals including a ban on assault weapons, or at least raising the age to purchase them to 21. expanded background checks, new rules for safely storing weapons, new red flag laws, repealing the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability, and addressing mental health. his speech came at a night when democrats on the house committee passed a string of proposals that have little to no chance of getting passed republicans in the senate. this morning, the teacher falsely blamed for leaving a back door propped open ahead of the mass shooting at robb elementary school is speaking out. amelia marin says the accusations left her second guessing herself and feeling alone. cnn s omar jim
We also feel the pain and the expectations of the citizens of israel. I personally with the families of the kidnapped at any moment where i can. I promise you there is no means we will not use to bring them all back home. We should not forget we have it in him an enemy who uses it babies and women to save itself. They are fighting psychological warfare. They are lying to the world. They are cruel to the families and they will fail. We will see to it, sooner or later, that all pay the price for this murderers and kidnappers, dead men walking. I think the u. S. For these supports. At the same time the world should know it is important this war, there is no time limit. It is a human effort to do what we can and for as long as it takes. We will do what is right for us. And the whole world should focus on the enemies who havent kidnapped children, the elderly, babies. Who are willing to sacrifice their own citizens and residents of gaza. We should represent. The picture is clear in this war