railway, ferry and bus services stopped as a 500kg unexploded ww2 bomb, found in plymouth, being moved by military convoy from the city to be detonated at sea. welcomed. welcome. russian authorities have issued an ultimatum to the mother of alexei navalny, the opposition figure who died in prison last week. a spokesperson for the navalny team says his mother has been given three hours to agree to a secret funeral without members of the public in attendance. otherwise he will be buried inside the prison compound. the death in custody of mr navalny coupled with saturday s second anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine has led to the biden administration announcing more than 500 new sanctions against russia. it comes from the spokeswoman for his family who said that an investigator had been in touch with alexei navalny and his mother to say that within three hours, she had to agreed to her son being buried in secret, that is the wording that was used or alternatively, her
it s thursday, 15 june. on breakfast today: we ll bring you the latest on the fire and we ll be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. also this morning: reports in the us that the man investigating russia s involvement in the american presidential election is looking at whether president trump attempted to obstruct justice. the days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. from today roaming charges are being dropped across the eu. i ll have all the details shortly. in sport, england s hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. eoin morgan s men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. after eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. i will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. i m in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the grenfell tower behind me.
and it is horrible for me to hear they are missing or they are dead or they are in hospital or something. how did the fire start, and why did it engulf the entire building injust minutes? questions but as of yet no answers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered a full public inquiry into what happened here, why the fire spread so happened here, why the fire spread so quickly, and with such deadly consequences. the death toll at the moment is 17, but that is expected to rise. we know, in terms of casualties, that 37 people are still in hospital, 17 of those in critical ca re in hospital, 17 of those in critical care at the moment. the prime minister, theresa may, was here earlier on today neighbours and, and jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, has also been here, he went to a nearby church currently and emergency centre, and he said that the truth must come out. he once and he wants answers. i m joined by deputy assistant commis
to piece together what happened and how the blaze spread so quickly throughout the building. there now three inquiries by the police, by the fire brigade, and the full public inquiry. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds now on the questions the public inquiry will have to consider. it is the first obvious question. and it will be for the fire brigade to answer. the accounts of the residents will be important. this video was shot 20 minutes or so after a fridge caught light on the fourth floor. the guy s fridge was by his kitchen window. the fire had already gone on the outside, and the wind helped it, and then all of a sudden, the cladding has fallen. he said the cladding caught. and that leads to question number two. it shouldn t have. the building was redesigned with aluminium panels in 2016. the work was signed off by the council. so far there is no evidence standards were breached, but. the minimum safety standards which is expected for a building to keep it reas