here in the uk, the government of borisjohnson is in a state of high turmoil after two of his most senior ministers resigned within minutes of one another. chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak quit, saying that the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. the health secretary, sajid javid, stood down, saying the public considered the tory government to be neither popular nor competent. they were followed by a number of more junior resignations. mrjohnson has been accused of making several misleading statements, most recently about the behaviour of a colleague accused of sexual misconduct. downing street has announced that former education secretary, nadim zahawi, will become the uk s new finance minister. and former brexit secretary steve barclay takes the post of health secretary for england. this report from our political editor, chris mason. are we good? yeah. not according to the man on the right. sitting next to the prime min
The former communist east. The current chancellor, angela merkel, has led the tributes, describing him as a great german and a Great European. The bbcs paul adams looks back at his life. As the cold war ended, helmut kohl seemed to tower, quite literally, over everyone and everything around him. As a child, he witnessed the destruction of his country. World war ii inspiring his lifelong desire to unify germany and europe. He rose through the ranks of the christian democratic union, becoming chancellor in 1982. His provincial manners were frequently mocked but he was tough and he knew how to wield power, and when history came calling, he was ready. The fall of the berlin wall, a moment of euphoria and, for helmut kohl, a chance to put his fractured country back together. But unity did not stop there. With frances president francois mitterrand, he pursued his other big idea the new European Union and its own currency, the euro. He didnt always agree with his political protege and his car
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi
Some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. These we re building at grenfell power. These were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. We would not have released material had not been the case. The metropolitan Police Commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. You can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. They are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. They are finding the conditions indescribable. They have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. Their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. They are trying to get as good an understanding as possi