meanwhile, tributes have been paid to the five men who were on the sub including british businessman shahzada dawood. well, shahzada dawood was a supporter of the british asian trust. richard hawkes is the chief executive of the organisation and hejoins us now. i m sorry for your loss, richard, i m sorry foryour loss, richard, of course i m sorry for your loss, richard, of course it s a difficult time for friends and family of mr dawood. tell us more about him.- friends and family of mr dawood. tell us more about him. thank you very much tell us more about him. thank you very much for tell us more about him. thank you very much for your tell us more about him. thank you very much for your sympathy - tell us more about him. thank you very much for your sympathy and l very much for your sympathy and condolences. obviously all of us at the british asian trust are devastated by this terrible tragedy. shahzada dawood was an incredibly lovely man, i had the great pleasure of k
well, guess what? they re going to be getting that check soon. that $1,400 check could land in your bank account as soon as this weekend, president biden said. democratic congressional leaders were also present to tout the plan. though not a single republican was there, given that not one republican voted for the legislation. president biden is going to try to boost public support for the law as he marks two new dates on every americans calendar, may 1st. that s when he says every adult will be eligible to get a covid vaccine. and july 4th, to mark sfg a new independence from coronavirus with small gatherings with friends and family. though, we should note, many americans did that last fourth of july. right now about 66 million americans have gotten one vaccine dose with 2.2 million doses being administered every day. now president biden wants to m maintain and speed up that pace. wish i could come out and shake hands with every one of you. reporter: moments ago, a ros
Combustible cladding is found on 11 tower blocks in england. A premier inn says its extremely concerned about three of its hotels. There is still sniper fire going there is still sniperfire going on. Welcome to raqqa, the capital of a caliphate under siege. Inside a city engulfed in violence as so called Islamic State struggles to hold on to raqqa, we have a Special Report from the front line. In sport, The Young Lions win a game. The under 2is are into the semi finals of their european championship, after brushing aside the hosts poland. 135,000 people descend on worthy farm as the Glastonbury Festival gets under way with heightened security. What will the weather be like . The good news is there will be a lot of dry weather through the next three days, but there will be a bit of rain and that sums up the forecast as we go into the weekend. All the details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Around Three Million eu nationals living in the uk will be allowed to
We wont be seeing families split apart. This is a fair and serious offer. Gary haggarty a former loyalist paramilitary Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. After the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque, Police Charge a man with terrorism related murder. After their last victory 46 years ago, could a win once more finally be in the lions grasp . And coming up in the sport on bbc news the dutch teenager Max Verstappen is quickest in first practice for the azerbaijan grand prix Lewis Hamilton finishes down in fifth. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police investigating the fire at Grenfell Tower have said it started in a faulty fridge, and that insulation and tiles on the block have failed subsequent safety tests. They say more than 600 999 calls were made on the night of the fire, some of them over an hour long, and truly harrowing in their content. The number of presumed dead remains at 79, but they fear the final number will be highe
Police charge 47 year old Darren Osborne with terrorism related murder over the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque. Gary haggarty a former loyalist Paramilitary Commander Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. And mark kermode gives his verdict on the latest Transformers Film and other releases in the film review at 5. 45. Our main story at five detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they are considering a number of possible criminal offences including manslaughter after revealing that the cladding on the building has failed initial fire safety tests. Scotland yard has also confirmed that the fire thought to have killed at least 79 people started in a hotpoint Fridge Freezer. The government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish what went wrong but says there is no reason to believe there is a generalfault. Fourteen buildings across the country are now known to have cladding which gives cause fo