practice yesterday. but tonight his colleagues, both republicans and democrats will go ahead with their annual game. it s a rare show of political unity. less unified, president trump hits back at reports he is under investigation for obstruction ofjustice. he calls it the biggest witch hunt in history. and the australian prime minister pokes fun at donald trump s winning ways. we ll let you judge the impersonation. i am christian fraser in london, katty kay is in washington. we still don t know how many people died in the grenfell tower blaze police say it will be more than the current death toll, which stands at 17. and such is the destruction inside the building it could take firefighters weeks to recover the remains. today sniffer dogs, much lighter than people, and specially trained to locate bodies, have been sent into the building to help with the search. 37 people remain in hospital, 17 are in critical care. our home affairs editor mark easton has this report. slowly,
game ina ahead with their annual baseball game in a rare show of political unity. and the latest on day one of the second golfing major of the year, plus news of a mouthwatering final in cricket s champions trophy. it s almost 48 hour since the fire began at grenfell tower in west london. still, there is no real sense of exactly how many people may have lost their lives in the fire. police say they may never be able to identify all of those who died. our latest report comes from our special correspondent, lucy manning. mohammed hakim fears he s lost everyone his mother, father, two brothers and sister. all his extended family supporting him now rushed to the fire when the calls of panic came. i spoke to her and the last few words she said to me was, please forgive me if i ve said anything to upset you or hurt you. i don t think we re going to make it out of the building. they were supposed to be celebrating next month. his sister, husna, was getting married, but the entire
today and then announced a full public inquiry. we need to know what happened. we need to have an explanation of this. we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. they went in when others were running out how are the firefighters coping with what they re calling a once in a lifetime fire? we ll have the latest from here in west london in this extended programme. stay with bbc news throughout the day for all developments from our london correspondents from the scene at the london tower block fire. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six from west london. behind me, grenfell tower its 2a storeys now just a charred shell. once home to hundreds of people today it s an ugly reminder of a tragedy that many people around here believe could have been avoided. the scale of that tragedy is becoming much clearer. seventeen people are now confirmed dead but the police believe the final figure will be hig
points to bear that come up from the fire and rescue service, generally, from the fire industry. and from good and bad practices. the group has been a very active group. i have been secretary for the last three yea rs. been secretary for the last three years. iam been secretary for the last three years. i am a former chief fire officer. i spent 42 years in the fire service, 20 years of that was as the chief fire officer. the comparison has been drawn between the grenfell tower and la ka nal house, which went up in flames in camberwell in 2009. we are also hearing that the recommendations from the coroner ‘s report haven t been implemented. why not?” from the coroner ‘s report haven t been implemented. why not? i can t say that it hasn t been fermented. i am sure the coroner wrote to southwark council with a letter of improvement, what should expect to happen. she talked about the procedures that came out of the inquest. she also wrote to the fire sector federation and s
jessica is a 12 year old vibrant young girl who will be turning 13 next month. she s a lovely little girl with a bubbly personality. we are just worried and concerned about her and we just want her home. in the local community the profound shock and grief are still evident, but there s growing anger and a demand for answers. at the moment, we re grieving but there s a bubbling anger underneath and we do want to see someone held accountable for this. the prime minister made a private visit to the scene and later announced the public inquiry into the disaster. we need to know what happened. we need to have an explanation of this. we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. and we ll be reporting on the work of the fire fighters and what they ve had to face in the past 48 hours. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news india have reached the icc champions trophy final after thrashing bangladesh. they ll mee