the former communist east. the current chancellor, angela merkel, has led the tributes, describing him as a great german and a great european . the bbc‘s paul adams looks back at his life. as the cold war ended, helmut kohl seemed to tower, quite literally, over everyone and everything around him. as a child, he witnessed the destruction of his country. world war ii inspiring his lifelong desire to unify germany and europe. he rose through the ranks of the christian democratic union, becoming chancellor in 1982. his provincial manners were frequently mocked but he was tough and he knew how to wield power, and when history came calling, he was ready. the fall of the berlin wall, a moment of euphoria and, for helmut kohl, a chance to put his fractured country back together. but unity did not stop there. with france s president francois mitterrand, he pursued his other big idea the new european union and its own currency, the euro. he didn t always agree with his political
on saturday afternoon. the bishop of kensington, the right reverend dr graham tomlinson, was also there. mark lobel spoke to him afterwards. i think it was a good meeting. i think it was a good meeting that enabled residence in the local area to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their anger, dared desires. residents. and to put before the prime minister what they rarely wa nt before the prime minister what they rarely want to say. and their desires. i think was a good thing to do andi desires. i think was a good thing to do and i think residents came away feeling that they had been heard and could say what they wanted to say. how did the meeting, pout, and who was able to talk first? can you talk us was able to talk first? can you talk us through how the meeting went? how did the meeting come about.” was approached by number ten on yesterday, i think it was. they have been a volunteer the entire week. and the town approached me saying good we pulle
about the things that adults are facing, some of these children have faced some of their friends, their families, they feel like nobody is listening and nobody is helping them. thank you very much for your thoughts, there have been responses from the government all morning on the airwaves but this is how people are feeling right now in the shadow of g re nfell tower. lets get an update on the weather. plenty of sunshine, temperatures, they have been climbing, already across parts of east anglia, 30 degrees, plenty of other places, not that far behind, a little cooler for the coasts with sea breeze, the heat, this afternoon, could spark off the odd shower, if they catch one could be heavy and boundary, vast majority could be dry. low cloud lapping onto the shores, north west england and the isle of man. eastern scotland seeing spells of sunshine, different story for the north west, here, more cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain. as we go through the evening and tonight, the ban
some pictures from inside the building at grenfell power. these we re building at grenfell power. these were taken inside flats where police know that everyone who was inside has now been accounted for. we would not have released material had not been the case. the metropolitan police commander has been talking about the work they have been doing. you can see from the pictures as he says that the scale of damage is just enormous, to recover those people who are still inside, and returned them to their loved ones. they are searching the building from top to bottom and are now carrying out a full forensic systematic search, and say they have never seen anything like it. they are finding the conditions indescribable. they have also said that the terrible reality is that some people as we have heard before may not be identified because of the sheer intensity of the fire. their priority is supporting families through liaison officers. they are trying to get as good an understandin
coming up. as the america s cup reaches its nail biting climax above the water this weekend, we find out if a robot can stop the drama unfolding underneath, as an invasion of these creatures wreaks havoc on the local ecosystem. so he is not expecting you to electrocute him and slurp him into a tube. and i ll be finding out how the best way to beat these venomous invaders is to eat them! once you remove these spines you are moving from malicious, to delicious! hello, welcome to the travel show, with me, ade adepitan. this week coming to you from bermuda, which this year is hosting one of the world s biggest sporting events, the america s cup, right here in the north atlantic ocean. the america s cup is the formula one of the boat world, the most prestigious event in sailing. over the past few weeks, six international teams have been racing across the waters of bermuda s great sound in superfast hydrofoil catamarans. and this weekend, the competition reaches its dramatic climax