Away and we should have that understanding and that sympathy of oui understanding and that sympathy of our responsibility to ensure eve ryo ne our responsibility to ensure everyone is able to live in safety, where ever they are in this country. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 72 people lost their lives on that night in june 2017. 72 people lost their lives on that night injune 2017. If that situation rocked the community and shocks the whole country. And it brought together help from lots and lots of people, local churches, mosques, synagogues, people from Different Community organisations, and people rushed to grenfell and as the fire was still blazing, with gifts of food and toys and support and so on. That understanding, that simple Human Understanding of so many people are something that i think we have to cherish and begin to understand. Because there is a natural human instinct to help people and thats what was demonstrated and i cannot forget going there straight
Hello and welcome to world news today. President trump has announced that us forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group, abu bakral baghdadi, in syria. He said that he had watched images of the operation as it unfolded from the white house. The is leader had been described as the worlds most wanted man. In 2011, the us officially designated him a terrorist and offered a reward of 10 million for information leading to his capture or death his death had been wrongly reported on several occasions. He emerged in 2010 as the leader of alqaeda in iraq, one of the groups that merged with is, and rose to prominence during the attempted merger with the al nusra front in syria. Heres our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi died in the dark in northern syria. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. Pictures of donald trump watching the operation live have now been released by the white house. He later described how baghdadi he had fl
Eu leaders met to discuss their response to the uks request for an extension this morning insisting that the deal is not dead. Police in hong kong fire tear gas at protesters as violence erupts at an illegal march in one of the cities main shopping districts. The hardcore protesters who have really been upping the ante, throwing petrol bombs at the police. A quick game of cricket for the duke and duchess of cambridge as they visit an orphanage in pakistan as their royal tour to the country comes to an end and after a nailbiting finish wales beat france by one point winning themselves a place in the Rugby World Cup semi final. And at 11. 30 well hear how volunteers helped save a Somerset Heritage railway line thats in inside out south west. Borisjohnson has sent a letter to the eu, asking for an extension to the uks withdrawal date. But hes refused to sign the document and hes also sent a second letter warning against any further delay. The Prime Minister was legally obliged to ask for
Happened, very early stages yet, i dont want to comment on specific causes. No indication of any connection with drug dealing networks or anything . A gap as i said, very early stages of the investigation, we will assess the information we have got and progress from there. We will follow our normal process, postmortems will ta ke normal process, postmortems will take place in due course, we have deployed specially trained officers to support the families, and names et cetera will follow in due course. Any indication of how big the party was and whether these four were invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust invited . A gap that is difficult to say just now. I invited . A gap that is difficult to sayjust now. I do believe that the people involved as the victims here we re people involved as the victims here were invited to that address, and i was about 15 20 people present for most of the time, that is as far as ican go most of the time, that is as far as i can go in terms of the i
The wounded from the town. Parliamentary elections in switzerland have seen a big rise in support for green parties. With nearly all the votes counted, the two green parties have taken hello and welcome to world news today. Around 20 of the vote. Protestors in lebanon are calling for a revolution for the fourth day in a row in the Rugby World Cup, the hosts, thousands of people japan, have lost to south africa are on the streets demanding that their government stands down. In theirfirst ever world cup quarterfinal. The protests were triggered by the governments decision to tax calls made over the internet such as whatapp or facetime. But the underlying issue of these protests is the governments handling of the countrys economic crisis. Its reported the government is hoping to approve a programme of Economic Reforms on monday. But this might not be enough for the protestors, especially the young 37 of people under 35 are unemployed. Protests are continuing into the evening despite the p