Records the leonardo that sold for a sensational price. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, is football in danger of losing the next generation . A bbc study shows the vast majority of 18 to 2a year olds feel put off by the price. Good evening. Its five months since the Grenfell Tower disaster and today the metropolitan Police Confirmed that the final number of people known to have died in the tragedy is 71. That figure includes a baby who was stillborn in hospital after his mother escaped. Detectives began their investigation in the summer with a list of 400 missing people. The final two victims were formally identified today and have been named as victoria king and her daughter, alexandra atala. Heres our correspondent elaine dunkley. It was a night of unprecedented horror as people escaped the flames of the Grenfell Tower. They were haunted by the thoughts of those left behind. Many believed the initial death toll would be in the hundreds, but today the Police Confirmed that 71 peop
The scene. Line shot, and it is caught. Plus, wild night. The dodgers celebrate. The dodgers are headed to the world series. And thursday night footballs wildest ending ever. And why these guys really wish they had paid their 7 bill at waffle house. And a good friday morning. Im Erielle Reshef in for diane macedo. And im kendis gibson. Were going to start with the white house chief of staff getting personal as he comes to the president s defense. General john kelly delivered a passionate statement invoking the memory of his son killed in combat. What projected his response and the growing questions this morning about that deadly ambush on u. S. Soldiers in niger. Serena marshall begins our coverage. Good morning, serena. Reporter good morning. It was a surprise visit to the White House Briefing room for general john kelly hoping to end the controversy thats consumed the white house all week. It was an emotional defense of the president , not from chief of staff john kelly but gold star
The scene. Line shot and it is caught. Plus, wild night. The dodgers celebrate. The dodgers are headed to the world series. And thursday night footballs wildest ending ever. And why these guys really wish they had paid their 7 bill at waffle house. And a good friday morning. Im Erielle Reshef in for diane macedo. Im kendis gibson. Well start with the white house chief of staff getting personal as he comes to the president s defense. Joan john kelly invoked the memory of his son killed in combat. The growing questions this morning about that deadly ambush on u. S. Soldiers in niger. Reporter it was a surprise visit to the White House Briefing room for general john kelly hoping to end the controversy thats consumed the white house all week. It was an emotional defense of the president. Not from chief of staff john kelly but gold star father john kelly. Theres no perfect way to make that phone call. My first recommendation was he not do it. Reporter he lost his own son when he stepped on
Parents with top jobs and the numbers have been edging up. It survived the sinking of the titanic, now this letter is being auctioned its thought to be one of the last to be written onboard. Good morning. Its friday. 20th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the last few minutes, theresa may, has given an update about brexit discussions with the European Union. Speaking on the second day of a summit in brussels, mrs may said she was positive about what the negotiations had achieved so far. Earlier, the head of the European Council, donald tusk, said eu leaders would begin to prepare for talks about a trade deal with the uk. The Prime Minister acknowledged a lot more was still to be done. Iam i am ambitious and positive for britains future for these negotiations, but in no we still have some weight to go. Both sides have some weight to go. Both sides have approached these talks with professionalism and a constructive spirit and we should recognise what has been a
But ahead of the cloud its been a calmer day, a drier day, and theres been some sunshine around. After all the rain weve had in northern ireland, those blue skies probably come as a welcome change. That slice of sunshine extends all the way down towards the west country, a decent start the day here. There are some areas of cloud moving in across eastern areas of england, while two spots of rain possible. Some sunshine in scotland. The sunshine extending through the midlands and the south east as it clouds over and the south east as it clouds over and the wind begin to arrive in the south west, temperatures ahead of the rain where they should be at this time of year. Lets focus on the rain. It comes with some strong winds on the weather front which is wrapped around the storm. It brings eastwards the uk and as the centre of the storm gets close so we will start to see the winds picking up. Because its a south westerly wind, the strongest winds will be blowing through the irish state, hi