Practice yesterday. But tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. Its a rare show of political unity. Less unified, President Trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for Obstruction Ofjustice. He calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. And the australian Prime Minister pokes fun at Donald Trumps winning ways. Well let you judge the impersonation. I am Christian Fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. We still dont know how many people died in the Grenfell Tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. And such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. Today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. Our Home Affairs Editor mark easton has this report. Slowly, inch by pains
Today and then announced a full Public Inquiry. We need to know what happened. We need to have an explanation of this. We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. They went in when others were running out how are the firefighters coping with what theyre calling a once In A Lifetime Fire . Well have the latest from here in west london in this extended programme. Stay with bbc news throughout the day for all developments from our london correspondents from the scene at the london Tower Block Fire. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six from west london. Behind me, Grenfell Tower its 2a storeys now just a charred shell. Once home to hundreds of people today its an ugly reminder of a tragedy that many people around here believe could have been avoided. The scale of that tragedy is becoming much clearer. Seventeen people are now confirmed dead but the Police Believe the final figure will be higher. The first victi
Points to bear that come up from the fire and rescue service, generally, from the fire industry. And from good and bad practices. The group has been a very active group. I have been secretary for the last three yea rs. Been secretary for the last three years. Iam been secretary for the last three years. I am a former chief fire officer. I spent 42 years in the fire service, 20 years of that was as the chief fire officer. The comparison has been drawn between the Grenfell Tower and la ka nal house, which went up in flames in camberwell in 2009. We are also hearing that the recommendations from the coroner s report havent been implemented. Why not . from the coroner s report havent been implemented. Why not . I cant say that it hasnt been fermented. I am sure the coroner wrote to Southwark Council with a letter of improvement, what should expect to happen. She talked about the procedures that came out of the inquest. She also wrote to the Fire Sector Federation and she also wrote to four
Jessica is a 12 year old Vibrant Young Girl who will be turning 13 next month. Shes a Lovely Little Girl with a bubbly personality. We are just worried and concerned about her and we just want her home. In the local community the profound shock and grief are still evident, but theres growing anger and a demand for answers. At the moment, were grieving but theres a bubbling Anger Underneath and we do want to see someone held accountable for this. The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene and later announced the Public Inquiry into the disaster. We need to know what happened. We need to have an explanation of this. We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. And well be reporting on the work of the Fire Fighters and what theyve had to face in the past 48 hours. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news india have reached the Icc Champions Trophy final after thrashing bangladesh. Theyll meet pakistan in sundays f
Singapore, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has ordered a Public Inquiry into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. Many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. Heres the latest from our home editor, mark easton, and i must warn you, there are some distressing details in his report. Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, Fire Officers continue their grim and dangerous work. Amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. Exactly how many, we dont know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. The scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. Sadly, i can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17. We do believe that that number will sadly increase. There are 37 people receiving treatment,