Treats and well hear why grandparents treats could be bad for their grandchildrens health. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The army in zimbabwe has seized control of the country but is denying its staged a coup against Robert Mugabe, whos been president for the last 37 years. Loud explosions and gunfire were heard during a night of tension in the capital, harare. Armoured vehicles have now been deployed around parliament and government buildings. Soldiers seized the headquarters of the countrys National Broadcaster and an army general appeared on television to say the military is targeting what he described as criminals around president mugabe. The army say the president is being kept safe. The president of south africa, jacob zuma, has urged zimbabwes government and its military to resolve what he called a political impasse amicably. The latest events were sparked by the sacking last week of one of the countrys Vice President s, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who mugabe accused of pl
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
And lost their children, there are firefighters that have come out injured, that we dont even know if theyre going to come out safe. Worried families are desperately searching for news on their loved ones. These three girls are among the missing. The 2a storey Grenfell Tower is still burning in places as fire Grenfell Tower had recently been refurbished at a cost of £10 million. Residents say they were astonished by how fast the flames spread. We will have the latest on this fast moving story in the next hour. A News Conference now with the latest from the Emergency Services. Thanks very much for your patience. You will be aware that the London Fire Brigade received the first of a number of calls to a significant incidentjust number of calls to a significant incident just before number of calls to a significant incidentjust before 1am number of calls to a significant incident just before 1am this morning. A large number of cruise, operational firefighters, morning. A large number of c
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Thunderstorms. A lovely weekend in terms of sunshine coming up but strong sunshine and high levels of pollen, pretty hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former trader minister lord digbyjones and the broadcaster and campaigner henry bonsu. Thank you very much were coming in at this late hour. Tomorrows front pages theres once again only one story on tomorrows front pages, the guardian reports that while relatives face an agonising wait for news, some victims of the fire may never be identified. The Daily Telegraph says residents of the burnt out tower block demand answers as their sorrow turns to anger. The metro focuses on calls forjustice after lives were reduced to ashes, saying that those responsible should be arrested. The i carries photos of several of those missing, adding that public anger is growing at what it describes a disaster. The times reports that the United States had allegedly banned the type of cladding