The former communist east. The current chancellor, angela merkel, has led the tributes, describing him as a great german and a Great European. The bbcs paul adams looks back at his life. As the cold war ended, helmut kohl seemed to tower, quite literally, over everyone and everything around him. As a child, he witnessed the destruction of his country. World war ii inspiring his lifelong desire to unify germany and europe. He rose through the ranks of the christian democratic union, becoming chancellor in 1982. His provincial manners were frequently mocked but he was tough and he knew how to wield power, and when history came calling, he was ready. The fall of the berlin wall, a moment of euphoria and, for helmut kohl, a chance to put his fractured country back together. But unity did not stop there. With frances president francois mitterrand, he pursued his other big idea the new European Union and its own currency, the euro. He didnt always agree with his political protege and his car
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi
Coming up. As the americas cup reaches its nail biting climax above the water this weekend, we find out if a robot can stop the drama unfolding underneath, as an invasion of these creatures wreaks havoc on the local ecosystem. So he is not expecting you to electrocute him and slurp him into a tube. And ill be finding out how the best way to beat these venomous invaders is to eat them once you remove these spines you are moving from malicious, to delicious hello, welcome to The Travel Show, with me, ade adepitan. This week coming to you from bermuda, which this year is hosting one of the worlds biggest sporting events, the americas cup, right here in the north Atlantic Ocean. The americas cup is the formula one of the boat world, the most prestigious event in sailing. Over the past few weeks, Six International teams have been racing across the waters of bermudas great sound in superfast hydrofoil catamarans. And this weekend, the competition reaches its dramatic climax, with the start o