she was on the news. it s horrible for me to hear that they re missing, or they re dead, or they re in hospital or something. the local community have been leaving messages for loved ones as they try to come to terms with what has happened. good afternoon from west london. with smoke still rising from the burnt out grenfell tower block behind me, we have even seen flames at times, and the fire brigade training their hoses on the flames. relatives are still searching for loved ones. mps at westminster have been meeting to ask questions of government ministers. how could this happen? the prime minister theresa may announced there would be a full public inquiry into the blaze. the first victim has been named by his family, mohammed alhajali, a 23 year old refugee, who fled from the civil war in syria to come here, to what he thought was the safety of the united kingdom. 70 people have been confirmed dead so far. 17 people have been confirmed dead so far. but the london fire b
today and then announced a full public inquiry. we need to know what happened. we need to have an explanation of this. we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived. they went in when others were running out how are the firefighters coping with what they re calling a once in a lifetime fire? we ll have the latest from here in west london in this extended programme. stay with bbc news throughout the day for all developments from our london correspondents from the scene at the london tower block fire. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six from west london. behind me, grenfell tower its 2a storeys now just a charred shell. once home to hundreds of people today it s an ugly reminder of a tragedy that many people around here believe could have been avoided. the scale of that tragedy is becoming much clearer. seventeen people are now confirmed dead but the police believe the final figure will be hig
Uncomfortable with the case. this is editor for an aruban newspaper. suddenly, they were on one side and he was on the other because they were investigating his son. we re about a mile away from the hotel where natalee holloway had been staying. and it was on this stretch of beach that joran van der sloot says that he left natalee early in the morning, alone. joran and the callpo brothers sent their summer in and out of jail. under interrogation, they changed their story dozens of time. but it didn t authorities any closer to the truth. there were many things they didn t do, small detail, big details, they closed their attention to. and this lack of willingness to push hard, you think, is because they were familiar with joran s father? i think so, i m convinced of that. do you think he used his influence to protect his son? sure, because that is his son. he would have gone to any lengths to try to save him. he knew very well what happened.
both the police and the other authorities were very uncomfortable with the case. this is editor for an aruban newspaper. suddenly, they were on one side and he was on the other because they were investigating his son. we re about a mile away from the hotel where natalee holloway had been staying. and it was on this stretch of beach that joran van der sloot says that he left natalee early in the morning, alone. joran and the callpo brothers sent their summer in and out of jail. under interrogation, they changed their story dozens of time. but it didn t authorities any closer to the truth. there were many things they didn t do, small detail, big details, they closed their attention to. and this lack of willingness to push hard, you think, is because they were familiar with joran s father? i think so, i m convinced of that. do you think he used his influence to protect his son? sure, because that is his son.