General election will soon be cast. A handful of states are scheduled to mail out Absentee Ballots in the coming days. North carolina was supposed to be the first state to send out Ballots Yesterday, but that was delayed last minute due to a lawsuit filed by Robert F Kennedy junior who dropped out of the president ial race two weeks ago, but now he wants his name removed from the ballot to prevent spoiling the candidacy of Donald Trump. More than 130,000 voters registered in North Carolina have requested Absentee Ballots so far but it is unclear when they will receive them because the state may have to reprint the ballots which is an effort that could add days to the delay. Meanwhile, among the other states scheduled to begin early voting are illinois, minnesota, virginia and pennsylvania. A Swing State that figures heavily into both campaign electoral strategies. All of that is happening against new developments in the president ial campaign, as well as Donald Trumps legal bowels. Bat
72 lives lost at grenfell, all of them avoidable. On the Context Tonight well get to the bottom of what the inquiry found in this six year investigation, and well discuss what it says about the Governance And Regulation here in the uk. Also tonight a rare chance forforeignjournalists to question israels Prime Minister. We will bring news of that unusual Press Conference with benjamin netenyahu, and what it says about the pressure he is currently under. And we will get into the Cabinet Reshuffle in ukraine. President Zelensky Today inviting the resignation of some of his most prominent ministers, just as russia is ramping up attacks on ukrainian cities. Lviv the latest to be hit. Welcome to the programme. The flames were so fierce, it took the firefights two days to put them out. 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower Fire more than 70 others were injured. And for more than seven years the families of those who died have been waiting for the inquiry to tell them what exactly went wrong. T
Lets look at the wider situation. With me is Mohamed Taha from bbc arabic. Thank you forjoining us on The Programme. The Breaking News in the last few minutes. We knew that the israelis had discovered some bodies in rafah. Now we know that one of them is an American Citizen. What more do we know about whats happening there at the moment . 50 whats happening there at the moment . ~ whats happening there at the moment . ~.. moment . So we knew about recovering moment . So we knew about recovering the moment . So we knew about recovering the Bodies Moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of moment . So we knew about recovering the bodies of the | recovering the bodies of the hostages a few hours ago. And the announcement from the White House came just a few minutes ago that one of these bodies is american. The American Citizen is hersh Goldberg Polin, and his parents were really vocal about him. They had interviews in the us and in israel, and i gets you did an interview with one
Killed by israeli fire. Thousands of israelis have been protesting in Jerusalem And Tel aviv in an effort to put pressure on the israeli government to bring the remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of tel aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafa as israeli forces battled above them. Almog sarusi. Alexander lobanov. Ori danino. Eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. Carmel gat, a the
The remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Jon donnison reports from jerusalem on what we know about the israeli hostages. Six more dead israeli hostages In Gaza. Carmel gat, who was a0. Alexander lobanov, 32. Almog sarusi, aged 27. Eden yerushalmi, 24. Ori danino, who was 25. And the youngest, hersh Goldberg Polin, just 23, who was also an american citizen. With broken hearts, the Goldberg Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their son and brother, hersh. They thank you all for your Love And Support and ask for privacy at this time. Just a few days ago, his mother, rachel, had called for his release. Hersh, we a