reserves to build new homes, to help those who no longer have one. the community is strong. the chasm is between the community, whether they are rich or poor, it is between them and the state. whether they've lost trust in local government or in central government. that is what we have got to restore. we'll have the latest from west london. also this lunchtime. a gay man wins a landmark ruling at the supreme court about equal pensions. thousands of married gay couples will now have the same pension entitlements as heterosexual couples. there's been another fall in unemployment. the overall rate of 4.5% is the lowest since 1975. donald trump defends his son, who's under pressure after his discussions with a russian lawyer. the president says donald jr is being subjected to a witch hunt. and at wimbledon, andy murray has just walked onto centre court in his attempt to reach the semifinals.

he's about to play the american sam querrey. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. as well as andy murray in action today at wimbledon, roger federer takes to centre court later against milos raonic. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. exactly four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower which killed at least 80 people, the new leader of kensington & chelsea has promised that the council will use some of its reserves to build homes, to help the families who have lost theirs. elizabeth campbell said people who survived the fire will take a generation to trust

the council again. mps are debating the inquiry into the fire this lunchtime and, tonight, the community in west london will hold a vigil for those killed and injured. frankie mccamley is in west london. i have been here in the community for some weeks now, speaking to people who escape from the tower, those who lost their loved ones and people in the community who have been pulling together and giving that much needed help. emotions here are still extremely raw as people try to come to terms with what has happened. there is still a very long way to go after police said this morning that the recovery operation inside the tower is not going to be com plete inside the tower is not going to be complete until the end of the year. stepping into grenfell tower, climbing the stairs to what was people's homes. investigators have

so people's homes. investigators have so far recovered 32 bodies out of at least 80 believed to be dead still missing. it is a meticulous process. some victims may never be identified. i feel passionate about getting those people back to their loved ones. i understand how frustrating it is for people outside this environment to sit and wait and say, "why can't i have my family back? surely it is easy?" it isn't. the magnitude started become apparent even before we got there. inspector nick thatcher was in charge of the first officers on the scene. it is very much a case of, you six, you ten, 12 or two, whatever numbers they arrived in, there's a problem there, this is as much as i can tell you, off you go, if you need help, let me go. my briefings to the officers were not great but it was moving so fast because again, as people were arriving, the fire was so aggressive. most who used to live in aggressive. most who used to live in a tower are still waiting for permanent homes. many are in hotels

and four weeks on, it is taking its toll. it will be with me forever. i dream about it. every night it comes back to me. but you can't change it. it is going to haunt me for the rest of my life. following a series of failings by kensington and chelsea council, elizabeth campbell takes her position as leader next week and admits there is a lot of work to be done. the community is strong. the chasm is between the community, whether they are rich or poor, it is between them and the state, whether they've lost trust in local government and they've lost trust in central government. that is what we've got to restore. but some think the council is still out of touch with residents here. the public has not got confidence in the new leadership. she is tainted by her connection with the previous leader, fairly or unfairly connection with the previous leader, fairly orunfairly and connection with the previous leader, fairly or unfairly and i'm afraid what local residents don't want is

out of touch leader who does not understand their concerns and what they are going through. elsewhere, tests have been carried out on 200 buildings with similar cladding to g re nfell tower. buildings with similar cladding to grenfell tower. all have failed to shake —— safety checks. labour has called for the process to be speeded up, saying the government has been too slow at letting others know whether their homes are safe. later today, there will be a debate in the commons over the public inquiry into the disaster and tonight, the community will once again come together for a community will once again come togetherfor a vigil, a chance to reflect a nd togetherfor a vigil, a chance to reflect and show unity following a tragedy that has torn so many lives apart. well, this afternoon, the inquest into nine victims will be opened to give families some of those much—needed answers but there are still many questions being asked. where will people be living and what is going to happen to the towers? although we are four weeks on, this feels like very much the beginning. thank you. frankie mccamley, there.

the trauma has had a huge impact on the community, particularly on children. 0ur correspondent graham satchell has been to meet some of them, to find out how they're coping in the aftermath of the fire. in sight of grenfell tower, fun and laughter. this is kids on the green, a safe space where children are encouraged to be children. the football's really fun. there's a lot of food and, yeah, just really fun overall. the first week was pretty hard. then, it got a bit easier after a few weeks. then, when this started happening, you just come here, it distracts you a lot. kids on the green is run by volunteers, teachers, therapists, entertainers, even hairdressers. children can play and be supported. parents can get some respite. i've got two boys and also an older girl, who is 13. and a couple of her friends were in the tower, so she's been really affected by it, as well, and upset. it is hard to know that some of the neighbours, a teacher, children that my kids were friends

with, are no longer with us and also, the building being right there, in our faces, it doesn't help. a month after the fire, the impact on some of the children is only now starting to show. the last week, some of the symptoms have become kind of more severe. we find that a lot of kids have been scared to go to bed. they have been scared to fall asleep. so we are giving parents a lot of practical support in resetting their routines and making the children feel safe. in the art tent, children can paint anything they want. most draw the tower. we have a team of art therapists on site all the time so that if children are drawing disturbing pictures, that they are supported and perhaps they might want to talk. it is very sad that so many children witnessed it. such widespread sadness and horror, it's. .. all the children here have witnessed

unimaginable horror. this isjust the beginning of a healing process. but we know that healing is going to take years. it's going to take a very long time. graham satchell, bbc news, west london. the supreme court has unanimously ruled in favour of a gay man who argued that he and his husband should have the same pension rights as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples. the case was brought by a former cavalry officer, john walker, who challenged the rule which limited access to pension funds accrued before 2005, when civil partnerships were introduced. our legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports from the supreme court. victory after an 11 year legal battle. john walker worked for the company ina

battle. john walker worked for the company in a spec the 23 years, paying into the firm's pension scheme. mr walker and his now husband became civil partners in 2006. that was shortly after the partnerships became legal. but the company, relying on an exception in domestic law, refused to take account of his pension contributions before that date. however, the court ruled eu law trumped that. mr walker's husband will be entitled to a spouse's pension on mr walker's death, provided of course that they remained married. it would be the same with anybody, whether it is a heterosexual couple or a same—sex couple, someone you love, that person you want to make sure is looked after as long as they are alive. i'm older than him, therefore statistically, the chances are that i will die before statistically, the chances are that iwill die before him. iwanted statistically, the chances are that i will die before him. i wanted to ensure he was looked after. the effect of today's ruling is massive. it does not just effect of today's ruling is massive. it does notjust aboutjohn walker but everyone who is in a civil

partnership or same—sex marriage and thatis partnership or same—sex marriage and that is whether they are paying into an occupational pension scheme with an occupational pension scheme with a private employer or within the public sector. supporters were thrilled but there is a possible storm cloud on the horizon. thrilled but there is a possible storm cloud on the horizonm thrilled but there is a possible storm cloud on the horizon. it is only eu law that allowed him to win today. so obviously, what mr walker wa nts to today. so obviously, what mr walker wants to know and what we want to know is what is going to happen to these rights when we leave the european union. the uk courts will no longer have the power to apply eu law to british law then. john walker is happy that equality at the heart of civil partnerships and same—sex marriage has finally caught up with pensions and there is a pot at the end of the rainbow. clive coleman, bbc news. there has been another drop in unemployment. it fell by 611,000, to 1.119 million, in the three months to may, according to the latest officialfigures. this means the unemployment rate of 4.5% is now at its lowest since 1975. but wage increases continue to fall further behind inflation. earnings rose by 2% year—on—year, below the current rate of inflation.

here is our economics correspondent, andy verity. turn to page four, everybody. teaching english has been a growing industry in the last 12 years, as the job market keeps generating new vacancies — many of them filled by people who grew up speaking other european languages. they willjoin a record workforce of 32 million. as a proportion of that, unemployment is at its lowest for 42 years. but the number of new students is not growing as fast now and the owner of this bristol language school fears she will have to tell her teachers why their pay will not beat inflation. it is the most difficult thing a house to do. thing i have to do. these people have given me loyalty and their hard work and to tell them i cannot reward that as i would like to is really frustrating. it is beyond my control. unemployment is just under 1.119 million. that is 4.5%. pay rises improved to 2%. that is higher than the last figures

but not enough to keep up with prizes. this chart shows you what has happened to earnings over the last 12 years so we have had pay rises, the yellow line coming up here, but to take into account inflation, you have to look at the blue line. that is where we are now, we are up blue line. that is where we are now, we are up about 3.8% from the trough but we are down about 3.2% from the peak in march 2000 eight. if you look at where we are now, we are earning no more in real terms than we we re earning no more in real terms than we were way back in 2006. we need to keep driving wages forward and fundamentally, that is about productivity and about the skills base and underpinning those things is investment. with consumer price inflation accelerating, and newjobs not really paying that much more, it is clear that real wages, consumer purchasing power, is going to be tightening which creates real questions about the longevity of the

consumer led recovery. economists used to think low unemployment would lead workers to lose their fear of the dole queue and demand inflation beating pay rises. but imposed financial crisis britain, that theory can seem out of line with the fa cts . theory can seem out of line with the facts. andy verity, bbc news. the european union's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has said britain must recognise the existence of its financial obligations to the eu. yesterday, the foreign secretary borisjohnson suggested the eu could "go whistle", for what he described as "extortionate" financial demands. at a news conference in the last hour, monsieur barnier said he cannot hear any whistling, just the clock ticking. let's talk to our brussels reporter, adam fleming. michel barnier showing some frustration with britain, adam? yes, he was his usual unruffled self, unlike me in the wind in brussels this afternoon, but there was a bit of frustration from what he sees as the fact that the uk site has not

been as transparent and open as he has in terms of what their actual position is on a range of issues, mr barnier pointed out his side has published lots of papers covering lots of different areas of the brexit negotiations. he repeated his criticism of theresa may's proposal for the rights of eu nationals living in the uk after brexit. mr barnier said they don't go far enough and they don't give a role to the european court ofjustice which is one of mrs may's redlines. as you mentioned, this big sticking point emerging now is the idea of the financial settlement. should the uk pay a bill for its financial obligations it had as a member of the eu? mr barnier says until david davis acknowledges the principle that there is a bill to be paid, there will be a lack of trust between the two side and they can't have any talks about the future relationship between the eu and the uk. thanks, adam fleming, there. the charity citizens advice is calling for all energy customers to be given a rebate of £285, because it says the companies which manage the gas and electricity grids and local networks have been

allowed to charge people too much, even though their prices are controlled by the energy regulator, 0fgem. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. pylons and pipelines. the cost of transporting electricity and gas makes up a quarter of our energy bills. these networks are looked after by national grid, along with a number of local network companies. because they don't face any competition, the prices they can charge are vetted by the regulator, 0fgem, and approved for an eight—year period. but citizens advice estimates that, during the current period, which we are halfway through, the network companies will make too much money — £7.5 billion of excess profits. so,they want each household to get a rebate of £285 to be deducted from their bills. 0fgem have overestimated the cost of investment and borrowing. for example, interest rates have not been as high as they expected. they have also allowed the companies to earn money at the rate that a much riskier company

would be able to do and they have not been tough enough with the companies on sharing the benefits of any efficiency savings they have made. 0fgem insists it is protecting the interests of bill payers and it has warned the network companies that the next set of price controls, from 2021, will be tougher. as 0fgem, we are always looking at ways we can improve value for money for consumers. as part of that, there is a broad discussion about how we make these things work. we are keen to engage people like citizens advice. one thing i'm determined to make sure is that these next price controls will be consumer—led. therefore, we welcome interactions with people like citizens advice and other consumer bodies. the network companies themselves reject the calculations made by citizens advice and they point out that they are planning to invest huge sums in infrastructure over the next few years to help keep the lights on and our homes warm. theo leggett, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. four weeks after the fire

at grenfell tower, the new leader of the council says it will take a generation for survivors to trust the council again. atan at an expectant wimbledon, andy murray is on court and hoping to joinjohanna murray is on court and hoping to join johanna konta murray is on court and hoping to joinjohanna konta in the semifinals. coming up in sport. england are aiming for their fifth consecutive win at the women's cricket world cup. they're facing new zealand in derby after their win over australia at the weekend. president trump has defended his eldest son, who is under pressure for meeting a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. he tweeted that donald jr was transparent, open and innocent and was being subjected to the greatest witch hunt in political history. congratulations, dad, we love you!

donald trumer played a key role in his father's ascent to the presidency. now, his actions are almost threatening to undermine that victory. fearing further revelations about a meeting last year at trump tower, the president's eldest son chose to release copies of an e—mail exchange between him and the man who brokered that meeting. those e—mails have released some disturbing questions. in retrospect, i would have done things differently. this is before they were building it up in the press. this was opposition research, i wanted to hear it out. but that was not what the meeting was about. the e—mails feature an exchange between donald trumer and a british publicist named rob goldstone. goldstone offers to broker a meeting with a russian lawyer who he says has damaging information about hillary clinton, "information which would be very useful to your father". the e—mail continues,

"this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but is part of russia and its government's support for mr trump." donald trumer replied simply, "if it is what you say, i love it." do you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i would not have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump has been largely silent on the issue, saying only that his son was a high—quality person and that he applauded his transparency, but the apparent eagerness of donald jr to accept a russian offer of help with his father's campaign has left lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned. this is obviously very significant, deeply disturbing, new public information about direct contacts between the russian government and its intermediaries at the very centre of the trump family, campaign and organisation.

the fact that donald trump's son—in—law was also present at the meeting at trump tower only adds to the concern here. now a senior adviser to the president, some say it is another sign of how keen the trump campaign was for information about its presidential rival. president trump travelled to france today, anxious, no doubt, to escape the impression that his is an administration under siege. it has been a year since the failed coup attempt in turkey and, in an exclusive interview with the bbc, president erdogan has rejected criticism of turkey's record on press freedom since the plot. he also criticised the eu for being insincere about possible turkish membership and said he hoped for a post—brexit free trade deal with britain. a year ago, turkey almost fell to the tanks.

an attempted coup thwarted as turks resisted rogue soldiers, responding to their president's call. he evaded capture and emerged stronger. then came the purge. 50,000 people arrested, 150,000 sacked or suspended, accused of links to the plotters. turkey again the world's leading jailer of journalists. at least 150 are in prison. but speaking to the bbc‘s hardtalk, president erdogan shook off criticism and denied that press freedom was under attack. translation: those people injail are not titled journalists. some of them collaborated with terror organisations, some of them were jailed for possession of a firearm. the past year has soured relations with europe. turkey furious at western criticism of the purge, mr erdogan slamming german and dutch leaders as "nazis".

he said turkey's decades—long dream of eu membership is not absolute. translation: the majority of my people do not want eu anymore, they don't think its approach to turkey is sincere. despite this, we will continue on being sincere with the eu for a little more time. turkey's big economy is a prime trade target for post—brexit britain. the president said he wanted stronger relations, two countries at either door of the eu, striking a stronger relationship. this was vintage erdogan. pugnacious, delighting his supporters, but to his critics, it is proof of turkey's democratic decay. his country is less anchored to the west, but it is also more polarised. and for their eu and nato allies, he is not an easy partner. and you can see more of that

interview on hardtalk this friday at 9:30pm on the bbc news channel. king felipe and queen letizia of spain have begun a three—day state visit to britain. it is being seen by the government as an opportunity to forge closer ties with spain, as the uk prepares to leave the eu. a degree of pomp and ceremony, but some serious business to be done as well? that is right. but remind ourselves, a state visit is a personal invitation from the queen to stay at buckingham palace, it is the ultimate in hospitality. but with serious business being done by the politicians and officials who accompanied the visitor, and the positive atmosphere the visit

creates. the queen and duke of edinburgh work that horse guards to greet them, possibly the last time we will see the duke of edinburgh at a state visit. that is perhaps the case, though if donald trump and his wife turned up, i am sure his curiosity may get the better of him. the state visitors were welcomed by the queen and the duke, they expected a guard of honour from the irish guards, and part of the ceremony of these visits, the right with the household cavalry, in a carriage at the queen and the spanish queen in the first carriage. what is the serious business? britain wants to encourage as good a relationship is possible with all individual european nations. spain wa nts to individual european nations. spain wants to raise that particular subject of gibraltar, something the king in the past has called a colonial anachronism, king in the past has called a colonialanachronism, he king in the past has called a colonial anachronism, he may well do that at a speech in westminster this

afternoon. it's another big day at wimbledon. britain's andy murray has just begun his match on centre court against the american sam querry, the 24th seed. murray is aiming to secure a place in the semifinals of the tournament, afterjohanna konta yesterday became the first british woman to reach the semis for nearly a0 years. it is actually 50 years since britain had a man and a woman in the wimbledon singles semifinals, that if andy murray wins today, the wait will be over. finally he is not alone in flying the flag. history was made sweeter by the presence joanna conser had just emulated, the first briton since virginia wade to reach the women's singles semifinals at wimbledon and quite possibly the first to pose for

a sulphate with a chelsea pensioners. last night when i got back i got back to the royal hospital at 8pm and my phone never stopped ringing, texts, i had a message from my son to say, you have gone viral! amazing. it was an occasion i did not want to miss a once—in—a—lifetime. gratefully, i pulled it off. from her celebrations to andy murray's preparations, a quarterfinal against sam querrey, the six foot six california with a hollywood serve. he will find a way to break him down, but he has got to keep improving his performance, because the matches will only get tougher. he knows he has got a couple more matches in the tank to get him back into the final, to hopefully defend his title. for yea rs hopefully defend his title. for years it has been known as henman hill, and not even the heroics of andy murray will change that, but

otherwise wimbledon has become synonymous with the scot. because he is now a two—time champion, and today marks his tenth consecutive appearance in the last eight. the run appearance in the last eight. the ru n started appearance in the last eight. the run started against rafael nadal in 2008, he suffered a heavy defeat, the like of which he will hope not to repeat. he knows how to win here, he has done it twice, so it is not new territory. i am sure he will feel comfortable with the situation. lam sure feel comfortable with the situation. i am sure he knows he needs to up his game, because now he will have to play the real top layers. i hope he is ready for that. the path is well trodden by him, less sojohanna konta, but their combined progress is uniting wimbledon in excitement, a nation enthralled. andy murray leads by a break in the first set, so it is going to plan. do we think we will wake up tomorrow

morning to two british players in the semifinals? it looks that way. andy murray has such a great return of serve, and even though he is up against a big server, who beat novak djokovic last year, once he nullifies the serve, you still have to pick him in any of those baseline encounters. johanna konta plays venus williams tomorrow, will she reached the final? she can achieve that. she is playing some of the best tennis we have seen her play. the victory against simona halep boston nominal, and she has beaten venus williams three times out of five, but this is venus williams' domain, she has won this title five times, she is named after the trophy. but i think we might see johanna konta in the final. the sun is out, andy murray is on court, what more could you want? not anything, really, to be honest! one of the largest icebergs ever recorded has broken away from an ice shelf in antarctica.

the block is about a quarter of the size of wales, and is calculated to weigh a trillion tonnes. an american satellite observed the iceberg while passing over the larsen c ice shelf. so, just how big is this? it is absolutely immense. it is deep winter in the antarctic, submit to not have great pictures, but the satellites going over, and they are getting some ideas of where it has broken, and we see the crack in the satellite images. you know icebergs stand more above the water than they do below, actually, the other way around, it is 30 metres above the surface, 200 metres below. in the top three, four orfive in surface, 200 metres below. in the top three, four or five in the satellite era, we think this is, but backin satellite era, we think this is, but back in the 1950s the us navy

spotted one that they set for something like 35,000 square kilometres, the size of belgium. imagine that. but no satellites then to confirm it. a quick thought about significant? this is the natural order of things, other places have been warming and melting, we do not think that in this instance this is that case. it is probablyjust what theice that case. it is probablyjust what the ice does, it carves icebergs sometimes, and that is what we are seeing. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes.