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
Its thursday, 15 june. On breakfast today well bring you the latest on the fire and well be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. Also this morning reports in the us that the man investigating russias involvement in the american president ial election is looking at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. From today Roaming Charges are being dropped across the eu. Ill have all the details shortly. In sport, englands hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. Eoin morgans men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. After eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. Im in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the Grenfell Tower behind me. It is shocking, the
Of the new york times, and the british somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. Welcome to you all. We will begin with the migrant crisis. We talked about it not that long ago, but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. We have a great opportunity to discuss first hand the issue, and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. Ismail, youve just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. What did you find . Well, over the last several years, italy has become europess migrant bottleneck. Since 2014, 500,000 have arrived on italian shores. This year alone 94,000 have arrived. In five days a couple of weeks ago, 11,000 arrived. Ive been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from Eastern Parts of africa. These are young men who often head out into the unknown acros
Of the new york times, and the british somali journalist and writer at prospect magazine, ismail einashe. Welcome to you all. We will begin with the migrant crisis. We talked about it not that long ago, but it is an issue that is absolutely not going away. We have a great opportunity to discuss first hand the issue, and some of the problems facing europe as it struggles to cope with wave after wave of migrants. Ismail, youve just returned from italy, which is bearing the brunt of this tide of humanity escaping war, famine, and people smugglers. What did you find . Well, over the last several years, italy has become europess migrant bottleneck. Since 2014, 500,000 have arrived on italian shores. This year alone 94,000 have arrived. In five days a couple of weeks ago, 11,000 arrived. Ive been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from Eastern Parts of africa. These are young men who often head out into the unknown acros
Ive been talking to many of those who make the dangerous journey, often from countries such as gambia, nigeria, and from Eastern Parts of africa. These are young men who often head out into the unknown across africa, who arrive in libya, which is currently in the civil war. From there they set off on a dangerous journey into the unknown, where they get rescued and they arrive in these tiny, cut off, isolated towns after they get rescued in italy. Italy is not coping with this crisis. The italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni described it as unbearable, and in the last few days there has been a conference in tunis between african and european ministers, and also italy has said in the last few days that it may shut its ports to rescue boats. Also, italy has threatened to actually give migrants who are in limbo in these southern towns in italy and sicily visas to head north. In retaliation, austria has said they may send a battalion of troops to the italian border, to stop the influx of