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
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
Asks of you, as well, to accept short term pain for long term good, the difficult trade off for the genuine solution. And i know that after all that you have been through, that is a really big ask and really difficult to hear. That is not the position we should be in. Its not the position i want to be in, but we have to end the politics of the easy answer that solves nothing. Lets speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. What big asks is he talking about . That is the million question, and i think what was pretty clear from keir starmer is that the next few months are not going to be that much fun actually when it comes to government announcements. The most striking bit for me was when he said the budget is coming in october and it will be painful, those with the broadest shoulders will face the heaviest burden. Absolutely clear there will be some really unpopular announcements in that budget, perhaps around attacks, perhaps focus more on people with higher i
Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a
Amnesty. Here is a top spokesman at the State Department wrote on facebook in 2016. The largest threat to the u. S. National security are u. S. Cops. There is a temporary truce in chicago where teachers were told to show up or face punishment. Next two days the city and the Teachers Union tried to get back to the bargaining table. Brian coming in hot. If we were outside, we would be cold and snowy and wet. Not nearly as bad but then again i didnt have to plow it. It is snow has to stop where to two days almost like Groundhog Day. Steve it is Groundhog Day. Steve take a look, the crew is outside. They have all sorts of snow shovels and equipment. Brian it doesnt that look like fun though. The little plows lock like fun. Steve about 3 00 this morning i had the shovel out and i was actually clearing away to the driveway. All i had to too was about 15 feet to get to the driveway. Ainsley i bet that was so much fun. Steve oh my goodness, it weighs a ton. We wound up with 2 feet at our house