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More people try to make the perilous crossing in small boats on the channel, despite 12 people dying yesterday. The bbc learns the State Pension is set for an above Inflation Rise, up £400 a year. Getting every last ounce out of herself to claim the gold medal. And what a storied career its been for Dame Sarah Storey, winning her 18th lifetime paralympic gold. And coming up on Bbc News the british Number One Jack Draper is about to step on court for arguably one of the biggest matches of his career. Hes taking on Alex De Minaur in the quarterfinals of the us open. Good evening from Grenfell Tower in West London, still standing but covered up since the devastating fire that broke outjust after midnight onjune 1a, 2017. The flames were so fierce it took firefighters more than 2a hours to get the fire under control. 72 people died. Dozens more were injured. For more than seven years, survivors and victims families have been and victims families have been waiting to find out exactly what
Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. We begin here in london. In June 2017 a debit sitting fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower. 72 people died and dozens more were Injured. For more than seven years, families and survivors have been waiting to find out what went wrong and today they finally got answers from the public inquiry. It says the people killed in the fire were failed it on the Server Level by successive governments, companies and the authorities, through incompetence, honesty and greed. All of the debts were avoidable to now the families of those who died wantjustice. All the deaths were avoidable. 0ur Report is from tom symonds. It includes images of Grenfell Tower on fire. There have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen . Today was different. But this is how it all began. A fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later
72 lives lost at grenfell, all of them avoidable. On the Context Tonight well get to the bottom of what the inquiry found in this six year investigation, and well discuss what it says about the Governance And Regulation here in the uk. Also tonight a rare chance forforeignjournalists to question israels Prime Minister. We will bring news of that unusual Press Conference with benjamin netenyahu, and what it says about the pressure he is currently under. And we will get into the Cabinet Reshuffle in ukraine. President Zelensky Today inviting the resignation of some of his most prominent ministers, just as russia is ramping up attacks on ukrainian cities. Lviv the latest to be hit. Welcome to the programme. The flames were so fierce, it took the firefights two days to put them out. 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower Fire more than 70 others were injured. And for more than seven years the families of those who died have been waiting for the inquiry to tell them what exactly went wrong. T