Following the conviction of a former anglican bishop for sex abuse and independent reported heavily critical of the churchs conduct. Inside raqqa, a city engulfed in violence, as so called Islamic State struggles to hold on we have a special report. Gunshot theres still sniper fire going on here. Welcome to Raqqa The Capital of a caliphate, and the siege. And why prince Harry Resents The Decision to make him walk behind his mothers coffin when he was 12 years old. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News englands youngsters have booked their place in the under 21 european championships, after a big victory against the hosts in poland. Good evening. Safety inspectors are carrying out urgent checks on hundreds of high rise buildings in england following the deadly fire at Grenfell Tower in west london. The Prime Minister says every possible step is being taken to ensure all the buildings are safe. Local authorities throughout the United Kingdom have been invited to send samples of cladding
Jazz, visitors head back to the 19205 jazz, visitors head back to the 1920s when music and style defines the era. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News. Its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on severalfronts. City of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on several fronts. Across the border in iraqi troops have taken most of the city of mosul but not in time to save the famous mosque. In raqqa us backed fighters at the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse is on the frontline and sent this report. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa canal, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have only just retake Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have Onlyjust Retake in these streets after fighters h
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. The extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. Across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. In raqqa, us backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves Islamic State. Here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. A noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. Wha
Theresa may says tests are being carried out on tail block cladding. Asa carried out on tail block cladding. As a precaution we will test cladding on all relevant tail block. Shortly before they came to the chamber i was informed a number of tests have come back as combustible. The Home Secretary warns the uk is entering a phase of global terrorism. We must do more to defeat ideologies of patriot by turning peoples minds away from violence and towards pluralistic values. And and towards pluralistic values. And a new mp may see famous speech. Churchill said courage is what makes us churchill said courage is what makes us stand up and speak, but it is also what makes us sit down and listen. Testing has shown cladding used on high rise buildings is combustible. Theresa may made a statement to the commons following the fire at the Grenfell Tower block last week. 79 people are believed to have died and hundreds more made homeless after losing everything in the blaze. It is estimated 600 bui
Could this happen . The disaster of Grenfell Tower and why it should never have happened. Grenfell tower on fire. Fire brigade and everything. Fires spreading up. Look. Whoa, look. Fire brigade and everything. Fires spreading up. Look. Whoa, look. Its 1am and the fire has started in a fridge in a flat on the fourth floor. Mahad and jamie are next door. We heard a loud bang on the front door. Next thing we know, hes running in telling me, theres a fire, get the kids. Were on the fourth floor. It was the flat next door, that was number 16. Theyre trying their best. He grabbed the towels, wet them, put them on the kids heads and dragged us all out. Grenfell tower in west london has 2a floors with up to six flats on each level, home to around 600 people. Four floors above the fire one resident has stayed up late. I was playing playstation. I was in front of the tv. I kept on smelling like kind of a plastic melting and im thinking, whats the smell . I saw the lights outside my window, the f