this is bbc news, the headlines at 3pm. four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower, the new council leader promises to build homes for those who no longer have one, saying it will take a generation to rebuild trust with the residents. the community is strong, the chasm is between the community, then add the state. whether they've lost trust in local government and lost trust in local government and lost trust in local government and lost trust in central government. and that's what we've got to restore. donald trump defends his son over his meeting with a russian lawyer. the president says donald jr is being subjected to a witch hunt. a gay man wins a landmark court ruling on equal pensions — thousands of married gay couples will now have the same pension entitlements as heterosexual couples. donald trump's choice to replace sacked fbi directorjames comey has his confirmation hearing in front of the senate shortly. the eu's chief negotiator warns the uk must recognise its financial obligations to the union.

in response to comments from borisjohnson, michel barnier says he can't hear any whistling, only a clock ticking. a royal procession for the king and queen of spain. the queen formally welcomes king felipe and queen letizia to the uk as they begin a three—day visit. this is the scene in the senate, where donald trump's choice this is the scene at sw19 on centre court, we'll keep you up to date with how the world number one is getting on. he is playing sam querry, the number 28 seed. and that shot is out. we'll have more analysis of what's

going on wimbledon later on. exactly four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower which killed at least 80 people, the new leader of kensington and chelsea has promised that the council will use some of its reserves to build homes, to help the families who've 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 afternoon — and in the last few minutes the latest victim of the fire has been named. i've been in the committed some weeks now, speaking to those who escaped the tower and those who lost their loved ones. bubonic unity have really been piled together and given

that much—needed help. motions are raw as people try to come to terms with what has happened. there is diala with what has happened. there is dial a long way to go as police said this morning that the recovery operation inside the tower is not going to be complete until the end of this year. stepping into grenfell towler, climbing the stairs to what was peopled towns. investigators have so car recovered 32 bodies from at least 80 believed to the dead we re at least 80 believed to the dead were still missing. it's meticulous process , were still missing. it's 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 people outside of this environment is set and wait and say, why can't i have my family vacuum actually it's easy? and it's not. the managers is had become apparent before you got there. this man was in charge the first officers on scene. it was a case of you six,

ten, 12, whatever numbers they arrived in, there is a problem over there, this is much as i can tell you, off you go. if you need help, i'll help you. my greeting to the office rs i'll help you. my greeting to the officers was not great, but was moving so fast, the fire wasjust so offensive. most of those who lived ina offensive. most of those who lived in a tower offensive. most of those who lived ina towerare offensive. most of those who lived in a tower are still wedding and towns. many are still living in hotels and one weeks on, it's taking its toll. i dream about it every night, every night it comes back to me. i can't change it. it's going to haunt me for the rest of my life. following a series of failings by chelsea in kensington council, elizabeth campbell takes her position as leader next week and admits, there's a lot of work to be done. the community is strong, the chasm is between the community, whether they're rich grey, it's

between then and the state, whether they've lost trust in the local governments and central government. that's what we've got to restore. it's something the council is still out of touch with residents there. and at some think the council are still out of touch. it is tainted. i'm afraid what residents don't want is another touch leader who doesn't understand the concerns and what they're going through. as well, tessa being carried out on 200 buildings with similar card into g re nfell tower. buildings with similar card into grenfell tower. then do have failed safety checks. labour has called for the process to be speeded up, saying the process to be speeded up, saying the government has been too slow in letting others know whether their homes are safe. later today there will be a debate in the commons over the public enquiry into the disaster. tonight, the community we re disaster. tonight, the community were once again come together for a visual. a chance to reflect and show unity following a tragedy that's

torn so many lives apart. this afternoon, the inquest into nine victims will be opened together some families much—needed answers. there are still questions to ask, where will people live, what will happen to the tower? the we're four weeks on, this feels like very much the beginning. the king and queen of spain are in london on the first day of a three—day state visit. king felipe vi and his wife queen letizia travelled by carriage with the queen and duke of edinburgh to buckingham palace and this afternoon are having afternoon tea at clarence house. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell is on horse guards parade in central london. how important is this visit given that we now are in the brexit process ? that's the interesting point,

because the state visits are about forging links between the countries. dealings between the two royal families, spain and great britain, back centuries. but now, more importantly than ever, in this post—brexit world, the british government are keen to forge economic ties with other countries. the state visit started officially today. the first spanish state visit in 31 years. they started as always with a ceremonial welcome on horse guards parade. very palm and ceremony, the anthems being played and the inspection of the guard of honour by king felipe, accompanied by the duke of edinburgh. and we don't know, damon this could be the last time we see the duke of edinburgh data base last time we see the duke of edinburgh database on state visit, because he has announced his retirement this autumn. damon there is speculation that if there is a big state visits, next year, he

could be tempted to come out of retirement. after the inspection, a short trip along the mall, an important trip in terms of the photographs. these photographs are beamed around the world, this is what people think britain does very well, this type of ceremony. the sun came out before the procession, beautifully cleansing of the household cavalry. then they went into buckingham palace, there are currently having tea with the prince of wales, the duchess of cornwall. this afternoon should be a very interesting speech in the palace of westminster by king felipe, because as well as this post—brexit issue that we're talking about, and it's really interesting analogy that it's 31 really interesting analogy that it's 3i yea rs of really interesting analogy that it's 31 years of the last eight visits, and that's exactly when spain joined the eu, so a different situation back then, with two countries coming

together within this big, economic community. now, it's the opposite and ear—splitting apart and it is theissue and ear—splitting apart and it is the issue of whether not gibraltar will be mentioned. tingling a has called it a colonial anachronism, so it'll be interesting to see if the prince up this afternoon. let's speak to professor pedro schwartz who help to find spain's ruling popular party. good afternoon. would you expect to be king to say this afternoon, because i2 is used, brexit and travolta. there are problems with the two nations this afternoon? brexit, ithink he problems with the two nations this afternoon? brexit, i think he will focus on as a future agreements between two friendly countries. the relations between great britain and the uk and spain are very deep, both politically and also personally,

because of the nationals of britain in spain and vice versa will stop. from that point of view, it's going to be positive. he has dimension, i think, gibraltar, because people in spain expect that. but i don't think he will be aggressive about eight, it's something we spanish speaking about a lot, but we don't think there's is solution needed. the important part is brexit. there, i find a different atmosphere in brussels from what you have in spain. the idea that brussels is saying, you british, if you want a divorce, you have to pay so much money, it is not something that is discussed in spain. there, it's the human problem of the people who live, the other people who live in oui’ live, the other people who live in our countries. it must be sold because it is so important for our

economies, the british economy, so many people working here in the nhs and other places. for the economy in spain, the people have a second time there, or a fur, spain, the people have a second time there, ora fur, who spain, the people have a second time there, or a fur, who are retired. —— oi’ there, or a fur, who are retired. —— ora there, or a fur, who are retired. —— or a first home, who are retired. also, we want about trade between the two countries. i don't see why brexit should stop a good agreements between spain and the uk, despite the grumpiness in brussels. as a fence—mending exercise, its difficult to beat the state visits, there's nothing quite like it, it's a wonderful show that the british can put on, beautifully. and i think both spain and the leafy and his queen will be flattered by it, and they will feel they do feel for britain and the uk. —— felipe and his queen. it is a friendly country

and people. it will be good for the league pay in spain, because there has been discussion about the monarchy. because there are people on the left who say they want a republic. a republic in spain has very sad memories, so i don't think there'll be a problem there. it will be very good if the spanish people see him being respected, listened to by both houses of parliament. i think this will give ten that oomph up think this will give ten that oomph up and give them more popularity then he has now. is that a spanish words, oomph? a pressure! it's goods, i recognised it! we have a shared language is in many ways. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you! a great word in whatever language. president trump's eldest son has said he didn't tell his father about a meeting last year

with a russian lawyer, who was apparently offering to help the trump election campaign. he tweeted that donald trump he tweeted that donald trumer was open, transparent and being subjected to in witch—hunt. donald trump subjected to in witch—hunt. donald trumer subjected to in witch—hunt. donald trump jr played subjected to in witch—hunt. donald trumer played a key role in his father's assent to the presidency. now his actions are threatening to undermine that victory. during revelations about a meeting last year at trump tower, the president's elder son chose to release copies of an e—mail exchange between him and the man who brokered meeting. those e—mails have released some disturbing questions. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russian mania, before it was being built up in the press. rooney, this was opposition research andi rooney, this was opposition research and i wanted to hear it out. really, it went nowhere and it was apparent that wasn't what the meeting was about. the e-mail citron exchange

between donald trump about. the e-mail citron exchange between donald trumer about. the e-mail citron exchange between donald trump jr and about. the e-mail citron exchange between donald trumer and a british publicist. early in the trade, the publicist of reciprocal meeting with a russian lawyer who he says has damaging information about hillary clinton, information that would be very useful to your father. he continues that this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it's part of russia and it is there's government support for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such a for your father. strong junior responded, if it's what to say, i love it. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i would have even remember that until you start scouring through the start. it was a waste of 20 minutes, which was a shame. president trump has been largely silent on the issue, only saying that his son was a high—quality person and he applauded his transparency. but the apparent eagerness of donald jr to except a russian offer of help with his

father's campaign has left lawmakers are both parties deeply concerned. visits, near carol, very significant and deeply disturbing new, public information about direct contacts between the russian government and its intermediaries and the very ce ntre its intermediaries and the very centre of the trump family campaign and organisation. the fact that trump's sunalliance jared kushner was also present at the meeting it trump tower as to the concern. some are another sign of how keen the trump campaign was for information about its presidential rival. president trump travels to france today, anxious no doubt to escape the impression that his is an administration under proceeds. meanwhile, the senate judiciary

committee is beginning a session to question the man who is nominated to become the head of the fbi, christopher wray. there are likely to be many questions about donald trump and his alleged connections to russia during this hearing. a senator has just said the fbi director doesn't serve the present, he says the constitution and the law and the american people. in his opening remarks, chris parejo says the constitution will be his guidepost. he said nothing will distract the selfless patriotism of the fbi. -- distract the selfless patriotism of the fbi. —— selfless patriotism. distract the selfless patriotism of the fbi. -- selfless patriotism. my first series of questions are going to seem maybe very soft ball, and they probably are. but i think that they probably are. but i think that they are very important to every member of this committee, particularly when they have an administration that says democrats can't get answers to the questions when they do their oversight work or even the republicans are on chairman

of committees, they can't get a nswe rs of committees, they can't get a nswers to of committees, they can't get answers to their questions. and things like the roles of was a blowers, there may not sound things that are basically your job, blowers, there may not sound things that are basically yourjob, but it is basic to the cost at usual principle that we have, the separation of powers and the constitutional role of congress. so the first one, we've has a lot about the first one, we've has a lot about the need for the fbi to show independence. the senatorjoe spoke of that. and also for the fbi to make decisions free of political pressure influence. sigh won registered as a very broad question and let you share your thoughts on this subject. what is your view on the independence of the fbi generally, but more importantly, as you as director heads up that organisation? thank you, mr chairman. i believe, to my core, that there's only one right way to do thisjob, that there's only one right way to do this job, and that there's only one right way to do thisjob, and that is restrict independence, either that, playing it straight. available to the

constitution, people to our laws and the best practices of the institution. —— faithful to our laws. without fear, favouritism or any regard to partisan, political influence. that's the commitment i brought to my years, to duty as a line prosecutor. that's the commitment i brought to my time as the head of the division. that's the commitment i think the american people rightly expect of the fbi director. that's the commitment i would make to this committee and the country is confirmed. and i have weighed too respect and affection for the men and women of the fbi to do anything less than that. and i would just say, anybody who thinks that i would be pulling punches as the fbi director sure doesn't know me very well. in my opening

statements, i emphasise the importance of oversight in helping to make government a more transparent and more accountable as a result was up and hopefully more effective. so, do i have your assurance that, if you work in france, you will assist me and members of this committee who are members of this committee who are members of this jurisdiction, but i hope to speak that a hundred members of congress share this view, assist us with our oversight activities, the response of two our requests and help make the fbi more accountable to the american people? mr chairman, i understand completely what you're getting at. i think the role of this committee is special, with respect to the fbi, and i would do everything i could to make sure we we re everything i could to make sure we were being abruptly responsive and prompt in dealing with all the members of the senate, but

especially this committee. kind of along the same line, but notjust your involvement personally, but what do you pledged to provide information to congress in a timely manner and to foster open and frequent communication between the fbi and this committee, regarding our oversight requests? mr chairman, i would do everything in my power to try and ensure it the api is being notjust as responsive try and ensure it the api is being not just as responsive as try and ensure it the api is being notjust as responsive as possible but as prompt is responsible in responding to appropriate oversight requests. on two whistle-blowers, andi requests. on two whistle-blowers, and i don't know whether i use is examined with in my office, private conversation with you, and it doesn't matter whether i did or not, but and have a feeling that notjust the fbi, but most agencies treat was a blow is like they're a skunk at a picnic. then i think it's little different in the fbi, from the standpoint that there isn't the exact protection for whistle—blowers

at the fbi, it's different from most other agencies. when we met, i get a list of fbi whistle—blower cases, that list shows, and it has taken, two—ten years that list shows, and it has taken, two—ten yea rs to that list shows, and it has taken, two—ten years to get case is resolved by the department of justice internal process. you may not have any control over that process , not have any control over that process, but the extent to which you do, that is why i am asking this question. fbi whistle—blowers also do not have access to independent review, and the fbi rarely disciplines anyone for retaliating against a whistle—blower. tone is set at the top, that's why it's so important how you feel about this and stop how would you protect whistle—blowers in the fbi and hold retaliated accountable not just whistle—blowers in the fbi and hold retaliated accountable notjust with your words and your actions. i'm sorry to say your predecessors did a greatjob in this regard, even

though they have been very —— did a poorjob in this regard. mr chairman, your reputation for looking out for whistle— blowers chairman, your reputation for looking out for whistle—blowers as i think, maybe unparalleled. i know this topic is very important to you. i would say first off, retaliation against was a blowers is just wrong, period. i'm obviously not familiar yet with the bureau's internal processes. but neasden the process which allows for appropriate concerns to be raised. and whistle—blowers, concerns to be raised. and whistle— blowers, in concerns to be raised. and whistle—blowers, in my experience, having seen them in a lot of different organisations, can play an important role in assuring accountability. it's not just oversight from congressional committees and courts, there is a form of accountability that comes from within. and oftentimes, whistle—blowers from within. and oftentimes, whistle— blowers can be from within. and oftentimes, whistle—blowers can be a very important part of that. that is

president trump's nominate the job of fbi director, christopher wray, appearing before the senate judiciary committee. he said there is only one way to do the job, restrict independence, without fear, federer or any influence of partisan interests. we will keep an eye on that hearing and seeing there's going to be any mention of those allegations of russian involvement in the us presidential election campaign. and bring all that detailed to you. continuing with the whistle—blowing been, michel barnier has said that britain must recognise the existence of its financial obligations to the eu. yesterday, the foreign secretary, boris johnson, said the eu go whistle for what he said was extraordinary financial finance. michel barnier said he couldn't hear any whistling, just the clock ticking. you'll is the city was ready from the net round of eu negotiations. we need to engage substantially, substantially,

in all issues of the first phase of negotiations. as agreed with the uk on the 19th ofjune. citizens' rights, the single financial settlement, the new borders, in particular in ireland. and the other separation issues, like the treatment of goods placed on the market before the brexit date. we have published nine eu position papers so far. on those different issues. and the eu's positions are clear. we now need to gerry matt the uk's position on each of these issues in order to make arrests. we need to know on which point we agree

and on which point we disagree. so that we can negotiate in earnest. my aim is to make good progress next week and an arrow next sessions in august in all issues. we cannot remain idle as the clock is ticking. went top ten our brussels reporter now. it's very clear message, but at the heart of its, if the uk doesn't accept its financial obligations, there is no point in further discussion? that was kind of the su btext of discussion? that was kind of the subtext of what michel barnier was saying in that press conference. he said that the uk had acknowledged its principle, because it had been a member of the eu, an tad legal obligations it had signed up to four spending money elsewhere in the eu

while it was a member. he went on to say that a david davis didn't sign up say that a david davis didn't sign up to the very principle that that was an issue, that that was a thing he had to address, then it would be very ha rd he had to address, then it would be very hard for the two men to build trust with each other. and with no trust, it would be very difficult to move on to discussing the future relationship between the two sides. so michel barnier saying this is one of the major sticking points, this issue of money. he then brought up the other major sticking points, the issue of how do you protect the rights of eu citizens living in the uk after brexit, and british citizens living in the continent after brexit. the one area of the uk government has published a detailed position paper. michel barnier saying what he said before, that he doesn't feel the uk for those far without a in terms of what rights it protects, and also doesn't give a role in the european court of justice. the reason that is a headacheis justice. the reason that is a headache is a role for the european

court ofjustice is a red line for theresa may and the british government. interesting to see how difficult he is going to be negotiate with. what is charm, there is managed as well? michel barnier is managed as well? michel barnier is very charming, he worked the room very well. even though he was delivering a message that he was frustrated with the progress with the uk in these talks, he tried to deliver it in a very cheerful, charming way. he also wasn't afraid to use a bit of venice. right at the end of this press conference, saying several times that the uk had to realise that leaving the eu has consequences. so a bit of darkness along with the charm. the other thing on display in that press conference was this amazing command of the detail. an examination came up, it turned out michel barnier had unable in the past that involved doing that issue. someone talked about the london dimension of fisheries, signed in the 1960s, that the uk was withdrawn from. michelle

barry use of the french fisheries minister. when someone thought about the european banking agency, and will possibly be relocated after brexit, it was michel barnier‘s idea to set it up. when you talk about whether there will be a hard ordering other kind of border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland, michel barnier was involved in the good friday agreement. he is basically pitting himself as the man who knows all the detail. what will annoy people who voted to leave the eu in the referendum, and a lot of things will annoy david davis, because a lot of things that he and michelle bernier do not seem to agree on at this moment. they will be the next round of talks next monday. thank you very much. the border force says people are trying to enter the country illegally through the humber ports on a weekly basis. it is said that half of the small

ports arenas haven't been visited by any borderforce ports arenas haven't been visited by any border force start for more than any border force start for more than a year. whitney is our home affairs correspondent. he says that in this role, border force correspondent. he says that in this role, borderforce officers correspondent. he says that in this role, border force officers were stressed but coping. looking at the detail, some people may disagree, the impression you get from this report, dippingm worth pointing out that this is a delayed publication. it was sent to the home secretary inventory. now we're getting it released, it was completed almost 12 months ago. perhaps less than that. 0ne months ago. perhaps less than that. one of the reasons it's been delayed is that witnesses had been identified right across the east coast of england and scotland, in terms of border security. if those failings were made public very early, it's possible they could be exploited. particularly, notjust at the big seaports. the leinster, hull, eminem, recite until ray. but

around 62 smaller harbours, ports and marinas where smaller vessels come in. that's where the real problems lie and there are gaps and border security. so a strategic reason to delay the publication. what are you hearing from order force officers? what comes across in the report is that they are really under strain, they don't have enough people to visit some of these smaller ports, and as you said around about one half had no visits from border force officers for around a year. the also not enough specialist staff able to do scanning of specialist items and in one case, inspectors were told that was because some of them had taken that was because some of them had ta ken volu nta ry that was because some of them had ta ken voluntary redundancy that was because some of them had taken voluntary redundancy in order to achieve budget cuts, and that was

a real sense that although staff are doing the best they can, that are gaps in the number of clandestines detected has gone up, and those are just the ones being found. detected has gone up, and those are just the ones being foundlj detected has gone up, and those are just the ones being found. i was about to ask, with the number of wea k about to ask, with the number of weak links identified, we can't possibly have a complete picture of how many are getting through that shouldn't be. you know that how many we re shouldn't be. you know that how many were detected in the last financial year but you don't know how many have not been detected and that doesn't include those who get through the port and jump of lorries afte rwo rds. through the port and jump of lorries afterwords. some of those have been found subsequently. thank you for that. headlines coming up but first the weather. quite a turnaround in fortunes. we started off with wet weather across the south of england and standing

water and localised flooding out on the road. we can swap that for something like this. a lot of sunshine across the uk and this was the scene earlier today in the scottish highlands, looking absolutely glorious and the satellite picture tells the same story. sunshine becoming widespread across the hall of the british isles with the temperature close to our village, feeling close to warm outside. 0vernight the clear skies allow the temperature to follow weight quickly. in the countryside, the temperature could get low and offered a touch of ground frost but never getting that cold in towns and cities. a bright start to the day and most of the base should stay dry but showers developing across england and wales. some sharp showers five east scotland and a band of rain working its way in through the afternoon. that is the weather. hello, this is bbc news,

the headlines just after 3:30. one month on from the grenfell fire and search teams are still working inside the tower — it comes as the new council leader has promised to build homes for those who no longer have one. today inquests into the of 79 victims has resigned. donald trump has defended his son, who's under pressure after his discussions with a russian lawyer. the president says donald junior is being subjected to a witch hunt. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court — giving his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. christopher wray — donald trump's choice to replace sacked fbi directorjames comey — is currently taking part in his confirmation hearing in front of the us senate. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has said britain must

recognise its financial obligations to the union — after borisjohnson suggested it could ‘go whistle' with regard to paying a big divorce to paying a big divorce bill. tense times at wimbledon for andy murray. andy murray is in a real battle to defend his wimbledon title against sam querrey on centre court. the quarterfinal has just gone into the fifth set. live pictures now coming up. the world number one was his usual self in the first set, breaking early, and taking it 6—3. and with the second in sight too, querrey broke the briton twice, won three games in a row, and snatched the set 6—4. the third was even closer, it went to a tie break, which murray won 7—4. however, he looks to be struggling with the hip problem he's had all tournament and has just lost the fourth set 6—1! querrey breaking him three times. let's head to those live pictures

now on bbc one, and the fifth and final set under way and andy murray looks like he could be on his way out if he doesn't find his form from somewhere. roger federerfollows them on centre court. meanwhile over on court number one gilles muller is taking on seventh seed marin cilic from croatia in the other quarter—final, and the former took the first set by 6 games to 3. but 3a year old muller who knocked out raffa nadal in the last round has been on the back foot somewhat since then and cilic has taken the next two sets to move into a 2—1 lead. these are life pictures from court one. they are into the fourth set. coverage is over on bbc two. after that match it is novak djokovic against thomas berdych. elsewhere, british brothers ken and neal skupski lost their quarter—final in the men's doubles. they were beaten in straight sets

by poland's lukasz kubot playing with brazilian partner marcelo melo - 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. england's women are aiming for their fifth consecutive win at the cricket world cup today. 0pener tammy beaumont gave them the foundation for a big score against new zealand in derby — she made 93. and when she was joined by natalie sivver, who made 129 — her second century of the world cup — they pushed on to 284 for 9 off their 50 overs. new zealand lost the early wicket of rachel priest, bowled by anya shrubsole. and they've just lost another wicket, making it 89 for 2 in the 20th over. and some sad news. days before the world para—athletics championships start in london on friday an athlete from the united arab emirates has died after a discus cage fell on him during training. abdullah hiyaye, who made his debut at the rio 0lympics, was training at newham leisure centre near the london stadium

which will host the championships. the uae team have decided to stay and compete in the championships as a tribute to their teammate. it isa it is a terrible tragedy which is affecting all of us and like we mentioned, the team want to go out and perform to the best of the abilities for their lost team—mate andi abilities for their lost team—mate and i think that is a real strong message to send it to the public, that the team will perform to the best of their abilities to secure the legacy for their fellow athlete and that is a very strong message. that's all sport for now. just a quick update from wimbledon, andy murray 3—0 down in the fifth and final set against sam querrey. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on one of our top stories today, the aftermath of the fire at grenfell tower in which 80 people

are believed to have died. inquests have resumed today into the deaths of 79 of those victims. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is at westminster coroners court. what more detail have we got? in the last half an hour, the coroner here has been going through details of the latest ten victims to be identified as having died as a result of this fire. the coroners' courts office are just read it some very brief details of each of these latest ten victims, who they were, how old they were and how they are believed to have lost their lives and how they are believed to have lost their lives in this fire. the coroner then said she was a journalling these ten inquest spot also suspending them so that the public inquiry can note take place and five in the criminal investigations to proceed. the

coroner announced yea rs investigations to proceed. the coroner announced years implementing that suspension for all the inquests opened so far, 30 in total that have been opened and adjourned. they will all be suspended the coroner has announced this afternoon so that the public inquiry and any criminal investigations can take place and conclude so they have the time needed to conduct those investigations and enquiries. just to give you some of the detail how this afternoon, we heard about husband and wife who were found dead on the 21st floor. we heard about brothers, just 27 and 26 years old, both found dead very close together, they are remains found on the 17th floor. you get an idea from hearing some of these details that there are a range of ages, in their early 20s up a range of ages, in their early 20s up to the mid—60s, and they were

found dead right throughout the building, the 14th floor was the lowest floor we heard details of a deceased person, right up to the 23rd, virtually to the top of the building, and the lengths they had to go to to get positive identification gives you an idea of exactly how bad this fire was and how much people must have suffered them their last moments. the coroner went to some lengths to offer her condolences to those affected. she said, iwant condolences to those affected. she said, i want to offer sincere condolences to all affected by the inquests i have opened. she said, nothing the court can do could make this any better but she hoped not to make it any worse. she confirmed that the inquests had been opened, 34 that the inquests had been opened, 3a victims in total identified, and she said work is ongoing and proceeding as well as it could under very trying circumstances, but it looks like although further inquests will be opened there will be no

further progress in the inquests coroners' courts procedure and to the public inquiry and any criminal investigations have taken place. political parties must do more to prepare candidates for the ruthless nature of campaigning, according to a new report. a parliamentary cross—party group documented the scale of abuse and intimidation of parliamentary candidates during the general election. 0ne mp suffered an anti—semitic attack and another was targeted by racist graffiti and repeated death threats. shadow home secretary diane abbott says she has been the victim of racist abuse — including use of the n word. she spoke about how the abuse affected herself and her parliamentary staff. first of all it is horrible for my staff. this stuff is on facebook and e—mail in and it is twitter. it is demoralising for me because of the volume. when i first became an mp, if you wanted to abuse an mp

you had to write a letter, put it in an envelope with a stamp on it and walk to the post box, but now you just press a button, and i am flooded with horrible racist abuse. is this something that has got worse over your years in parliament? it has definitely got worse. when i was a new mp, i maybe got one a week, maybe a few more if something was in the news, but now we are seeing stuff everyday in volume and it is very upsetting for my staff and very demoralising for me. and yet we as a society like to think of ourselves as becoming more tolerant in general and certainly less tolerant of things like racism. this would seem to suggest it is going the other way? i think generally we are more tolerant but the advent of new media and also the anonymity of new media has opened the floodgates for this type of abuse. it is not that these people

weren't there all along but it is with new media and the ease of abusing people, it has all achieved a mass and a velocity which is quite crushing if you're on the other end of it. how much does any of this have to do with established parties? today, labour are saying the conservatives should be doing more to control their own people. i wouldn't blame any single party or any single faction of a party for this. this is a problem of the time, but i think that all parties have to try and ensure that their supporters don't engage in mindless abuse online, because itjust drags down. is there anything your party can do other than say please don't do it? can they take stronger action? we are very clear in

the labour party that if we find people... we are very clear in the labour party that if you are known and you are peddling racist, homophobic, anti—semitic abuse, you will face a penalty. the problem with a lot of this abuse is that it is anonymous. not all of it is, of course, and that was the case of the conservative mp only this week who used incredibly vile language. what should happen to her? i think she has been suspended and i think that is right. i just think that all of us as mps have a responsibility to mind our language because it sets a terrible example. here is business correspondent.

a quarter of our bills is made up of the cost of transporting electricity and gas, a job done by the national grid and various local network companies who, because this is a monopoly, have their charges vetted and approved for eight year periods. citizens advice estimates that in the current eight years, which we are halfway through, the network companies stand to make £7.5 billion of excess profits, hence the demand for a rebate of £285 per household, the money to be returned through lower bills. 0fgem have overestimated the cost of investment and borrowing. for example, interest rates haven't been as high as they expected. they've 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've made. 0fgem says the cost of getting our gas and electricity to us has been going down and it's already secured rebates. but it's launching a review today of how it sets prices in future. we are always looking at ways in which we can improve value for money for consumers and as part of that there's a broad discussion about how we make things work and we are keen to engage things like citizens advice. i am to engage things like citizens advice. iam keen to engage things like citizens advice. i am keen to make sure these price controls consumer led and therefore we welcome the interaction of consumer bodies. the network companies reject the calculations made by citizens advice and point to huge amounts of money they need to invest. simon gompertz, bbc news. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first —

the headlines on bbc news. as police continue their search of grenfell tower — the new council leader promises money from reserves to build more homes in the borough. donald trump has insisted that his eldest son is innocent after donald trump eldest son is innocent after donald trumeradmitted eldest son is innocent after donald trump jr admitted meeting in eldest son is innocent after donald trumer admitted meeting in russian lawyer during the presidential election campaign. the supreme court has ruled that a man in a same—sex marriage is entitled to a phil spouse's pension after he dies. in the business news this afternoon. rbs has been fined £3.65 billion by us authorities for its role in selling the risky mortgages that were at the middle of the financial crisis. although the fine is big, it's not unexpected and rbs had already set aside £6.7 billion to settle their final bill. uk unemployment fell by 64,000 to 1.49 million in the three months to may — meaning the unemployment rate fell

to its lowest since 1975, at 4.5%. but no improvement for real wages — that's wages taking into account the rate of inflation. excluding bonuses, average weekly earnings grew at 2%. fees for unplanned overdrafts are to be scrapped for the 20 million customers of lloyds banking group, which includes the halifax and bank of scotland. from november this year, any customer going over their overdraft limit will face no fees at all — but the bank may continue to block payments from the account until the overdraft is paid off. a man has won a landmark ruling which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. the supreme court — the uk's highest court — unanimously ruled that as long as they remain married, ifjohn walker dies his husband is entitled to a spouse's pension. the ex—cavalry officer said it would "drag" the government "into the 21st century", while human rights group liberty said "thousands" could benefit. joining me now is a lawyerfor t.

what do these changes mean? joining me now is a lawyerfor t. what do these changes mean7m joining me now is a lawyerfor t. what do these changes mean? it means that as of today it'll be illegal for any pension fund or employer to decline to pay out in the kind of circumstances that john found himself in. what the supreme court has done is apply eu law which means they can remove the loophole which allowed john to be discriminated against and that means that as of 10am this morning it will no longer be possible that any employer to rely upon that loophole and we hope this will impact upon lots and lots of same—sex couples who have suffered discrimination up to this point. we'll expect because there's talk that with britain leaving the european union that this verdict might not stick for the long—term?

it isa might not stick for the long—term? it is a really good question. the supreme court ruled injohn's favoured purely only point of eu law. 0bviously after brexit they will no longer have at their disposal eu law to tackle the kind of discrimination are a government thought it appropriate to keep on the statute books, so what we are calling for today is a very clear guarantee from the government that after brexit they will not go back into parliament to reinstall this bit of discrimination. let's take you to wimbledon where andy murray is playing his quarterfinal match against sam querrey on centre court. three points away. sam querrey‘s ——, andy murray's

opponent, he is potentiallyjust two points away from beating the world number one, andy murray. we would join the commentaryjust number one, andy murray. we would join the commentary just for a moment, if you can bayonet! and it is a way, the defending champion, the top seed is one point away from relinquishing the title he won last year with that victory over milos raonic. this has been double—click in sets for an five. 0ne

one last hurrah. thank you. game, set and match sam querrey. and thatis game, set and match sam querrey. and that is it! finishing on a huge sam querrey ace. andy murray physically

not right but we will find out more, a piece of test are first sam querrey, henceforth his second appearance at one of our grand slams. no wonder his coach and partner absolutely delighted. nobody has had to wait longer to get through to his first grand slam semifinal and it has a wimbledon when he has done so well in the past. questions will revolve around andy murray, how bad is the hep? we we re andy murray, how bad is the hep? we were worried at queen's club and he has not been walking right. anticipating a fairly significant amount of time. we will talk to our colleague who is at wimbledon. what do you see? fitness was an issue but he is out. a really disappointing end to andy

murray's campaign. he has reached the quarterfinals and he had some problems with his hep in the run—up to wimbledon at queens. he did say before the tournament he thought he would be 100% to play all seven matches and he made it into the theft but it seems in the fourth set things really changed. we hoped he would be able to power through but 6-1, 6-1 in would be able to power through but 6—1, 6—1 in the final two, really something wrong. by the fifth set he could barely move at all. managed to battle through to the end of the match and he could have taken a medical time—out but it seems he thought whatever inj was it wouldn't have been changed by a medical time—out and in the end a five set defeat by the american sam querrey. he becomes the first american in the semifinal since 2009 but a disappointing end to the

campaignfor but a disappointing end to the campaign for andy murray, beaten in five sets by the american sam querrey. the government has concluded that islamic extremist organisations in britain are mostly funded by small donations from within the uk, rather than from groups or states overseas. a home office review of extremist funding said that money from overseas was a significant source of revenue for a small number of organisations with extremism concerns, but it wasn't true for the vast majority of extremist groups in the uk. the government is not publishing the review in full, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale explains. let's get some reaction with our chief political correspondent. this is proving pretty controversial not least because amber rudd has decided not to publish the entire report. that is instead a 2—page summary although the conclusion is that it is all about small funds within the uk. the results all a line in it which says that actually for some groups, overseas funding is significant and to discuss this more iamjoined by significant and to discuss this more i am joined by the leader of the liberal democrats tim pharoah. you seem suspicious that this has not been published in phil. it isa been published in phil. it is a rest the wood written

statement which says nothing other than the very obvious. we have a situation in this country where a small number of organisations are being funded by sources, some of which are outside the country, but we knew that. that is why i ask for this report to be produced and i was promised that it would be produced, and for many months now that has been a reluctance on the part of the government to give us any information whatsoever. at the very back—end of this particular parliamentary period, we get this very big statement saying that there are sources of funding for a violent extremism in this country. what we wa nt to extremism in this country. what we want to know is who are the violent extremists and who is funding them? this report has found some of their site and we are bound to start suspecting all the more now that the sources of funding must be from the likes of saudi arabia otherwise the government wouldn't be so embarrassed that they won't tell us the truth. you think this is because

of the trade relations in particular are what those countries? whilst trade is vitally important and we wa nt to trade is vitally important and we want to have close relationships with as many countries as possible, we cannot have a situation where wealthy individuals and citizens of saudi arabia or perhaps even people close to the government are finding people who want to do us harm in this country. that is wrong, and sunlight is the best disinfectant. if we can open this up and see who is funding and providing the funds that way we can resolve this serious threat to all our safety. proving pretty controversial in some mps will be shielding the report in phil but it won't be published. —— shown the results in phil. well we recover from andy murray, we can bring you the forecast. some decent sunshine but what a turnaround with how we started the

day, puddles and dangerous driving conditions across southern england where we had more than half month's what the rain in the 24 hours. i don't need to tell you much more about this but what a spectacular picture. as we have gone through the afternoon you can see how the cloud has been melting away and for most of us being leaked a speck in the cloud. plenty of sunshine. clear skies overnight should allow things to get quite chilly and for northern ireland that will get called in the cold est ireland that will get called in the coldest spots ireland that will get called in the cold est spots to ireland that will get called in the coldest spots to give us a patch of ground frost. not especially cold but quite a contrast from the town to the city but looking at the weather picture through thursday, a dry morning with sunshine and into the afternoon is a different story, showers breaking out across england and wales, probably staying away from east anglia and the south—east. through the afternoon we see this band of brainwashing into western scotla nd band of brainwashing into western scotland and northern ireland as well. that is the weather. this is bbc news,

the headlines at 4pm. four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower, the new council leader promises to build homes for those who no longer have one, saying it will take a generation to rebuild trust with the resident. 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. donald trump defends his son over his meeting with a russian lawyer. the president says donald junior is being subjected to a witch hunt. defending champion andy murray is beaten in the quarter finals at wimbledon by the american, sam querry.