We talked to novelist Robert Harris about his book, and mean it. Munich. Minutes silence has marked the official opening of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire which killed at least 80 people in june. The chair of the inquiry, retired judge sir Martin Moore Bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times today he laid out exactly what the inquiry will aim to do. It will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the building complied with building regulations. Ahmed chellat is on a journey to the opening of the Grenfell Inquiry today, but he hopes eventually to justice. I would like him to find out the cause of the fire. He lost his brother in law, sister in law, two nephews and a niece in the fire. Eight year old mehdi, just identified yesterday, they are still waiting to find the remains of their 15 year old. What do you want the inquiry in the end to be able to do for your family . Well, were not going to have them back, thats for
Remembering the life and work of sir terry pratchett. A new exhibition that shows where he created his fantasy discworld. Ed sheeran and stormzy among those battling it out to win this years prestigious Mercury Prize, well be live at the ceremony coming up in sportsday on bbc news Arsenals Europa League match against cologne at the emirates is delayed with 20,000 german fans in london, but only 3,000 have tickets. Good evening. Exactly three months after a fire devastated grenfell tower, in west london, killing at least 80 people, the Public Inquiry has opened with a minutes silence for those who died. The retired judge heading the inquiry, sir martin moore bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times, as he promised to get to the truth. He said the inquiry would examine the cause of the fire and how it spread. It will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the tower block complied with building regulations, as well as the response of the
Welcome to bbc news. At least four people have been arrested after what what police have described as disorder at Arsenals Europa League match against fc cologne tonight. Up to 20,000 german fans are in london for the game, most without tickets. The kick off was delayed by an hour, and has only ended in the past few minutes. Its the first time in 25 years cologne has played in an International Club competition. Before the game, they were led by police through the city centre, with reports of bottles being thrown. Only 3,000 had tickets, and so the situation outside the stadium became ever more difficult, with those extra cologne supporters either trying to get in or stopping others doing so. Inside, it was clear many had managed to buy tickets from touts, with arsenal fans getting in touch with the bbc to say they were surrounded by german supporters, with others climbing over barriers to join those in the away end. 0ur correspondent dan johnson has been there. The metropolitan police
Be taking to the ring. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Coach mark sampson says allegations of racism against him wont hinder englands lionesses as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. It was Donald Trumps first appearance at the United Nations as president. It may be the home of international diplomacy, but there was nothing diplomatic about his attack on what he called rogue nations like iran and north korea. He told the General Assembly of World Leaders and senior diplomats that if north korea threatened the us or its allies it would face total destruction. Our north america editor, jon sopel, reports on what the speech tells us about us Foreign Policy under donald trump. Donald trump is used to being the centre of attention, but rarely has the Global Community waited with such bated breath to hearfrom him at his first address to the un General Assembly. The isolationist America First president at the very embodimen