In six people died. They face challenges are Fighting Blazes in the high rise block. They said that the firefighters who went into grenfell had not been prepared for what they would need to go through to try and save lives. Joining me now is matt wrack, general secretary of the fire brigades union. Hello. The London Fire brigade has released hello. The London Fire brigade has released a hello. The London Fire brigade has released a press hello. The London Fire brigade has released a press delete i has released a press delete that statement but has not made themselves available to interview. What you think about that . ,. ,. , that . That is for them to answer that . That is for them to answer. We that . That is for them to answer. We do that . That is for them to answer. We do not that . That is for them to | answer. We do not speak that . That is for them to answer. We do not speak for them and obviously, there are debates and criticism. Im debates and criticism. Im askin debates and
Know, for the 72 people, the community and i think, if were honest, for the whole country. If you are living in a Block Thatis if you are living in a block that is dangerous today, how do you feel when you hear about what is happening in catford right now, how do you feel when you hear about dagenham . And the fact that there was advice, there was warning and there were guidelines. None of them were guidelines. None of them were taken on and that is 72 people dead and the community traumatised. Traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate your much. Appreciate your experience talking about this. You are watching Bbc News. It was the worst disaster of its kind in modern british history for set more than seven years on, the Public Inquiry into the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower has published its second and final report. The conclusions are damning. The Blaze Injune 2017 which was the result of decades of failure is. Fear is by successful g
Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal violence. Most often seen to be hurt are young black men. They chant. Police brutality here is often horrific to watch. Shocking violence causing terror and fear every day. But given how often it happens, there are no mass protests, no backlash in the media, nojustice. In the year that blac
The big Silicon Valley Tech Companies had a hugely successful 2020, prompting more questions about their overwhelming dominance in financial and business terms. From san francisco, James Clayton reports. There have been winners and losers from this pandemic, and some of the biggest winners are also some of the Richest Companies in the world, based around san francisco. Take here at apple, last week, the Company Posted record Quarterly Sales of more than £80 billion. At that rate, during this 2. 5 minute news report, apple will have done 1. 5 million worth of sales. Big tech has had an astonishingly profitable pandemic. We all turned to technology more during the pandemic. Its as simple as that. We were doing more things online than ever before, from gaming to shopping, to seeing our doctor, you know, theyre not charities. Laughter you know, they are making money out of, you know, what theyre enabling. But some believe that making so much money at a time of Economic Hardship shows that
Those are our values. It doesnt matter if you are in a different political party. Different political tradition. We always quite literally stand out from what is right. This is another sign of a desperate tory party willing to indulge in dangerous culture wars. Lets be honest, they have nothing else to offer the electorate. We know that the westminster establishment will throw everything at the snp. I am telling you to the, it wont work. No matter what the westminster parties throughout as, there is one thing we have that they will never have. That is an alternative to broken Brexit Britain. And that alternative is independence. That is why the snp will win the general election in scotland. We have to win the general election, because when the snp wins, scotland whence. Scotland wins. We are the only party that will put scotland first. In the years to come we will look back on our 2024 election victory as a crucial step in securing our nations independence. Friends, we are driven by ou