the metropolitan police has for the first time released figures, time released figures, suggesting that 255 people survived the grenfell tower disaster. president trump says he didn t know his son had met a russian lawyer with links to the kremlin during the american election campaign. britain s andy murray and johanna konta are both through to the last eight at wimbledon. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a man who s confessed to being an ira bomb maker, has told bbc news he was part of the group responsible for one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the birmingham pub bombings in 197a. michael hayes says he was an active volunteer on the night of the attacks, when 21 people were killed and more than 180 others were injured. a year after the bombing, six men were wrongfully convicted, and to date, no one has been brought to justice. now, michael hayes has apologised to the families of those who were killed, but refused to say exactly what role he played. relatives
wimbledon classic. rafa nadal. welcome to outside source. the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi has declared victory over the islamic state group in iraq s second city most all. here he is speaking earlier. translation: our victory today is a victory against darkness, against brutality and against terrorism. and i declare from this place, i declare to the whole world the end, the failure and the collapse of the so called caliphate. the terrorist state of daesh which was declared here in mosul three years ago has gone. our victory today was made possible by the iraqi people who sacrificed their lives to put an end to this evil entity which will end up in the dustbin of history. mosul‘s significant not just because it s iraq s second largest city. it s also where this man, the leader of is abu bakr al baghdadi declared the group s so called caliphate three years ago. the campaign to retake mosul began in october you can see how the iraqi army gradually gained territor