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today at five. four weeks after the grenfell tower fire — the new council leader says it will take a generation to to rebuild trust with the residents. after criticism of her response to the disaster, elizabeth campbell promises to use some of the council's reserves to build new homes. the chasm is between the community and the state, they've lost trust, and that's what we've got to restore. every night it comes back to me, i can't change it, it's going to haunt me for the rest of my life. we'll have the latest, and we'll be hearing from members of the community and the head of the government's grenfell response team. the other main stories on bbc news at five. andy murray crashes out of wimbledon — with a quarter final loss to the big serving american,
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sam querrey. at the supreme court, a gay man wins the same pension rights for his husband — as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples. donald trump defends his son as "open, transparent and innocent" — after he met a russian lawyer during the election campaign. the queen and prince philip welcome the king and queen of spain on a state visit — it's hoped it will improve relations over brexit and gibraltar. our main story at five — survivors of the grenfell tower fire will "take a generation" to trust kensington and chelsea council again, according to its new leader.
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four weeks after the fire, elizabeth campbell said "words and apologies" would not be enough, and the authority needed to take action. but she would not give detail about how much money the council — which has £274m in reserve — would spend on buying houses to re—home survivors. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, has strongly criticised ms campbell — saying survivors have no confidence in her. she acknowledged today that she has never been inside a high—rise tower block in the borough — but has promised that tomorrow she will visit grenfell, where at least 80 people died four weeks ago today. frankie mccamley reports from west london. 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 of at least 80 believed to be dead or still missing. it is a meticulous process and some victims may never be identified. i feel passionate
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about getting those people back to their loved ones. understand how frustrating it is for people outside this environment to sit and wait and say why can i not have my family back, is easy. it is not. the magnitude began to become apparent before we got there. inspector nick thatcher was in charge of the first officers on the scene. it is the case of use six, ten, 12, whatever numbers they arrived in, there is a problem, that is as much as i can tell you. if you need help, let me go. tell you. if you need help, let me 90~ -- tell you. if you need help, let me go. —— let me know. it was moving so fa st go. —— let me know. it was moving so fast because as people were arriving the fire wasjust fast because as people were arriving the fire was just so aggressive. most are used to live in the tower are still waiting for permanent homes. many are living in hotels and for weeks on it is taking its toll. it will be with me for ever, i dream about it every night, it comes back to me. i cannot change it, it is
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going to haunt me for the rest of my life. following a series of savings 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 have lost trust in local government and lost trust in central government, that is what we need to restore. but some think that the council is still out of touch with resident here. the public has no confidence in the new leadership. she is tainted with her connection with the previous leader, fairly or u nfa i rly with the previous leader, fairly or unfairly and local residents do not wa nt unfairly and local residents do not wantan unfairly and local residents do not want an out of touch reader who does not understand their concerns and what they're going through. elsewhere tests have been carried out on 200 buildings with similar
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cladding to grenfell tower, all have failed safety checks. labour has called for the process to be speeded up called for the process to be speeded up saying the government has been too slow and letting others know whether their homes are safe. tonight the community will once again come togetherfor a tonight the community will once again come together for a vigil, tonight the community will once again come togetherfor a vigil, a chance to reflect and show unity following a tragedy that has torn so many lives apart. zainab teladia, age 32, hasjust been identified as a victim of the fire. her son is also missing since the blaze onjune 14. with me is councillor robert atkinson, leader of the labour group in kensington and chelsea and councillor for notting dale ward — which includes grenfell tower. we are for weeks on from the tragedy, what is your view of how the council is dealing with the aftermath? it is beginning to get
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better but as you say it is four weeks later, and it is too little, too late. elizabeth campbell takes over next week. running the council. since nick paget—brown resigned more than two weeks ago. is she going to be able to get up to speed at a pace thatis be able to get up to speed at a pace that is going to be good enough for the local community which believes the local community which believes the council is already lagging behind? i believe it is a task beyond her, she's not from the area, she's no background in housing which is critical to solving the problems. soi is critical to solving the problems. so i admire her courage for trying but do not think she will convince the community. so what should happen then? i continue to call for the sending in of commissioners because i think it's beyond the capability of the council to win back the trust of the council to win back the trust of people and without that we will not get very far. so she should not be leading the response? i'm willing to let her try, you judge people by
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their actions rather than what they say but people are still not clear as to what is going to happen and not clear as to what housing arrangements are going to be made, four weeks into the crisis, that is an indication that the council still seems to think it has longer to sort this out banners acceptable. the tower is in your ward, did you pay heed to what the residents were saying about the dangers? yes and i and my co—councillors raised this in the council chamber. the council took too little interest in north kensington. when was the last time you raised the issue? it was raised last year as the regeneration project was supposed to be coming to an end. my colleagues, i'm not on housing, but my colleagues consistently raised problems with housing in north kensington and certainly i was involved in drawing attention to the fact that the residents felt they had never been listened to. so when the issue was
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raised by members of the labour group, what was the response question as usual we were brushed aside and given assurances, in fact it was said at one point that people should be grateful for the amount of money that had been spent on them. we did not see it that way. elizabeth campbell admitted she's never set foot in a tower block, she's going tomorrow. what could she do immediately that could allay the fears and clearly your fears that she's not up to the task? she needs to, she is now said she will spend money and this morning she said they would be building and eventually was pushed into saying they would be buying properties. so i willjudge them by their actions, i want her to announce which properties and how quickly they can move people out of unsuitable hotel accommodation. thank you. eleanor kelly is the official spokesperson for the government grenfell response team — which is a multi agency task force of officials from local
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and central government. thank you for being with us. i do not know if you heard what the leader of the labour group was saying. little confidence first of all that the new leader of the council elizabeth campbell is up to the task. i think that is an issue for the council. and councillor atkinson has been very visible in the community and has been working closely with us on the community response and the issues that need to be worked through on the ground in north kensington and particularly on the lancaster west estate. but you have to work with her, she is the leader of the council, is it going to make yourjob more difficult that there are many people in the community suggesting she's not up to it? i think the issue is that the work of the task force is to actually pass the work streams that
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we have been working on especially in relation to housing and humanitarian assistance and so forth back into the council so they can ta ke back into the council so they can take it back and get much more into a position of business as usual. i think the point is the assistant is required within the council to make that happen given the scale and enormity, both of the disaster and the trauma that the survivors have been through, that that is a large task and the council invariably needs help and support imap. the g re nfell tower needs help and support imap. the grenfell tower fire response team stands between both the rescue mission and the actual event and getting into a recovery phase to hand over into that business as usual. and that is the challenge, whether or not the community is ready for the council to take over or whether the council is itself ready to take over. where are we now
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in terms of the rehousing of many of the survivors? the target of offering a permanent, temporary accommodation to all survivors within three weeks was met but only a small number of people accepted. those acceptances are now creeping up those acceptances are now creeping up so we have 22 acceptances of temporary accommodation that could be accepted on a permanent basis if people wanted. so numbers are creeping up but you must understand each individualfamily, creeping up but you must understand each individual family, particularly if they have been bereaved, it is a very difficult and painful decision to make around what their next movies and four weeks is not a long time in respect of grey. therefore many people think what they want to do is wait for their permanent offer of accommodation. i think issues about how much money might be spent on what properties might be board, then disturb the equilibrium of those families about whether or not they should wait. they do not want to make two moves, to move from
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hotel into temporary accommodation and then into permanent. so it may well be they do not want to accept the first offer of permanent accommodation, which may come on strea m accommodation, which may come on stream before the end of the month, they not —— they may not want to accept their first offer because they may want to wait and see what may come on offer further into the process , may come on offer further into the process, further down the line. it isa process, further down the line. it is a very competent process. indeed, you have pointed out some of those complications. thank you. and just after half past five, we'll be hearing from members of the community, about how they're coping one month on from the disaster. world number one andy murray has been knocked out of wimbledon at the quarter final stage. the defending champion lost in 5 sets to the american sam querrey on centre court. lets cross to wimbledon and talk to hugh woozencroft. the bottom line is andy murray has
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looked pretty dodgy through the whole of the tournament. and he certainly was not on his best form clearly loved the first set was an indication that he could win this. it isa indication that he could win this. it is a disappointing exit for andy murray but to be honest speaking to the media afterwards he said he was disappointed not to win it in straight sets. he was one set and a break up against sam querrey, eventually beaten in five sets. but the last couple of sets where the story of the day, 6—1, 6—1 to be american. andy murray will be looking out of sorts physically, he had little in the fourth set and by the fifth could barely move at all. of course it came to wimbledon with some concern about his hip although he said he would be 100% for the tournament but in the end he only managed five matches. he did not confirm whether it was a hip problem but afterwards he said he would sit
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down with this team tomorrow, decide what the long—term plan for him would be. he may take an extended break with the us open just six or seven weeks away. he also said he was proud of this performance and tried his hardest towards the end to dig in as hard as he could. but he needs to be more diligent and professional from here needs to be more diligent and professionalfrom here on in if he is to get himself into shape and come back as a better player and athlete. so andy murray out of wimbledon, beaten and five sets by sam querrey. plenty puzzled as to what the exact injury was, we know he had a hip problem coming into the tournament and of course he is the top seed, the defending champion, out in the quarterfinal. people would have joined johanna konta out in the quarterfinal. people would havejoined johanna konta in the quarterfinals but it was not to be. he is out of wimbledon. thank you for that and more analysis on that at 5:30pm.
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in one of spain addressed mps and peers in the palace of westminster today. the visitors being seen by the government as an opportunity to forge closer ties with spain as the government prepares to leave eu. earlier they were at horse guards parade and inspected a guard of honour from the irish guys before taking a ceremonial ride in an open topped carriage to buckingham palace. the trip is the first visit bya palace. the trip is the first visit by a spanish king to the uk since the father of king felipe put up it is just as true that during our rich and fruitful history there have also been estrangement is, rivalries and disputes. but the work and
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determination of our governments, authorities and citizens have relegated such events to the past. i'm certain that this resolve to ove rco m e i'm certain that this resolve to overcome our differences will be even greater in the case of gibraltar. and i'm confident that through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangement that are acceptable to all involved. king felipe of spain. 0ur that are acceptable to all involved. king felipe of spain. our top stories this afternoon. as police continued their search of grenfell tower the new council leader is promising money from reserves to build more homes in the borough. at the supreme court a man who is gay has one the same pension rights for his husband as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples. donald trump has defended his son as open and transparent, and innocent after the
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revelation that donald junior met a russian lawyer during the election campaign last year. and in sport, andy murray is out of wimbledon, troubled by hip injury, he was beaten by sam querrey in five sets in the quarterfinals. sam querrey now plays man cilic for a place in the final. and england are through to the semifinals of the women's cricket world cup having beaten new zealand by 75 runs for their fifth win ina zealand by 75 runs for their fifth win in a row at the tournament. more on those stories just after half past five. 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 officerjohn walker, who challenged the rule
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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 innospec for 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 olderthan him, therefore statistically,
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the chances are that iwill die before him. i wanted to ensure he was looked after. the 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 that is whether they are paying into 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. it is only eu law that allowed him to win 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. the european union's chief brexit
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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. mr barnier told reporters he couldn't hear any whistling — just the clock ticking. let's talk to our europe correspondent, kevin connolly. just take us through all this. well ido just take us through all this. well i do not know if there is a french equivalent of you can whistle for it but michel barnier managed to make himself perfectly clear on that and ona number of himself perfectly clear on that and on a number of potentially other difficult brexit issues. and i think the overall message he was giving once again today, not for the first time, a kind of contrast as he sees it between a very meticulous degree
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of preparedness on his side, the eu side, and a lack of anything similar or comparable on the british side. we have published nine eu position paper so we have published nine eu position paperso faron different we have published nine eu position paper so far on different issues. and the eu positions are clear. we now need to know the uk position on each of these issues in order to make progress. we need to know on which parts we agreed and on which points we disagree. so we can negotiate in earnest. interesting stuff and of course we know the eu has said all along there are three keyissues has said all along there are three key issues on which they had to be progress before the uk can get what it once, a conversation about future trade. the irish border, citizens rights and some kind of financial
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settlement. i thought ominously today when michel barnier was talking about money, it felt a little bit more pointed than in the past. he was trying to make it clear i think that the idea that the uk will get away with no kind of bill at all isjust will get away with no kind of bill at all is just not realistic from european point of view. not a ransom he said, not a punishment, just settling of accounts. of what is already owed in brussels. and that i think is a problem for the uk because it was dressed up with some flattery saying we cannot imagine a country that the uk not meeting its future obligations and past obligations, but the message was clear, those obligations are real and the uk wants to talk about trade with the eu in future it will have to recognise those obligations and of course ultimately then meet them. thank you. president trump has defended his eldest son — who's under pressure for meeting
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a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. he tweeted that donald junior was transparent, open and innocent — and was being subjected to the greatest witch hunt in political history. david willis reports from washington. 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 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 russia—mania, before it was being built up in the press. for me, 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—mails feature an exchange between donald trumer and a british publicist, rob goldstone. early in the thread,
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goldstone offers to broker a 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 its government's support for your father. trumer responded, if it's what you say, i love it. did you tell your father anything about this? no, it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. 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 accept a russian offer of help with his father's campaign has left lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned. this is, obviously, very significant
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and deeply disturbing new, public information about direct contacts between the russian government and its intermediaries and the very centre of the trump family campaign and organisation. the fact that trump's son—in—law jared kushner was also present at the meeting at trump tower only adds to the concern. now a senior advisor to the president, some are saying it's 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 seige. meanwhile, the man nominated by donald trump to lead the fbi has told a senate hearing that he would resign if he was pressed by the president to do anything unlawful or unethical. christopher wray insisted he would never allow the agency's work to be driven by anything other
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than the facts. if i'm given the honour of leading this agency i will never allow the fbi boss might work to be driven anything other than the facts, the law, and the impartial pursuit of justice. my loyalty is to the constitution and to the rule of law. those have been my guideposts throughout my career and i will continue to adhere to them no matter the test. christopher wray the man nominated by the president to become the new head of the fbi. with me is mica mosbacher — an american author who campaigned on behalf donald trump during the election campaign. a quick question, you campaigned for donald trump, did you meet any russians during the campaign?”
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donald trump, did you meet any russians during the campaign? i did not even eat caviar or drink white russian! how do you think the trump campaign has handled the whole russian collusion question? first of all i think it caught off—guard. the headline for example, citing treason, is absurd. george washington, his scholarjonathan tu rley said recently washington, his scholarjonathan turley said recently he is a constitutional scholar, and he said there was no violation of treason and no violation of federal election laws and that he did not, donald trump did not receive any value or information in this 20 minute meeting which was one of countless meetings during the heat of the campaign. didi meetings during the heat of the campaign. did i think as, i've had five campaigned on my belt, would i have advised him to go into the meeting, i would've said when in doubt do not tea wedding because he was curious. let's face it, it is a nasty business, campaigning, and
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oppositional research is business as usual. he went in looking for information and received none. he left the meeting, he did not tell as father because nothing significant happened. the handling of the whole russian collusion question, at the very beginning donald trump and his tea m very beginning donald trump and his team said it was fake news, it was a total hoax. that has been completely undermined by the actions of his son in meeting someone he thought was going to give him information that he thought was from the highest levels of russian government that would implicate and denigrate and affect the hillary clinton campaign. we have had two senior officials in the trump administration, michael flynn the former national security adviser and attorney general derek did ——jeff adviser and attorney general derek did —— jeff sessions, both claimed that they met with russians, we now know they did, and jared kushner when he was going to fill in his application for security clearance,
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to become an adviser to the present, did not mention that he met a russian either. we now know that he did. the overall impression, you mentioned jonathan turley and i never quite well, and you cannot prove collusion but the overall impression is that a lot of stuff is being kept back and not being revealed to the american people and it is only the work of the new york times and others that is getting this stuff out there. first of all a lot of it is still gross speculation and we have got to take these points one by one. president trump took immediate action with mike flynn. it took in 19 days. i think he had to compare with his advisers and get to the facts rather than have a knee jerk reaction. but he did acknowledge that mike flynn should have disclosed that relationship and so he has now gone and he is the subject of an investigation. secretaryjeff sessions went into
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the senate intelligence committee hearing, it was an open hearing. he was transparent and he told the truth and has been nothing that has been proven in regard to him being anything innocent. there is nothing concrete yet out on him. while i do say the white house has a pr problem in terms of this drip of this russia problem, this russian narrative that american people want to go away, american people want to go away, american people right now, middle america, they are interested in the health ca re they are interested in the health care bill which i strongly argue is not going to be derailed with all of this russian distraction. ifeel strongly we will have a next week —— we will have a vote next week. the senate are close to getting the 51
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votes. isis is on the run. president trump added 20,000 jobs to the economy recently. i think that is what middle americans really care about. his approval rating is around 40%, about. his approval rating is around a0%, no president who has had both houses of congress has won a mid—term election and kept both houses with an approval rating under 45% . houses with an approval rating under 45%. usain middle america doesn't ca re 45%. usain middle america doesn't care but he is not going to keep the house next year, is he? he will especially if they pass this health ca re especially if they pass this health care legislation and failure is not an option. the mid—term elections are coming up. let me talk about polling, it meant nothing during the presidential elections. i predicted it would come down to cruz or trump
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and it was dismissed. thank you for p°ppin9 and it was dismissed. thank you for popping in. much more coming up, stay with us, now time to look at the weather. chris fawkes has the details. we have had over half a month's worth of rain over some places. a lot of big puddles and standing water at the start of the day but that has all cleared away. this is a glorious picture. sunshine out at the moment, lasting until the evening. 0vernight, clear skies the moment, lasting until the evening. 0vernight, clearskies and light winds allowing temperatures to drop away quickly. in northern ireland and scotland, a cold one in the countryside. possibly some ground frost in the coldest areas. a chilly start thursday but a dry morning coming up. plenty of sunshine. will claye bubbling up during the day bringing passing showers. south east england should
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stay dry. a few showers in eastern scotland. in the afternoon, a skinny band of rain working into western scotla nd band of rain working into western scotland and northern ireland so damp weather here to end the day. this is bbc news at 5pm. the headlines — one month on from the grenfell fire and search teams are still working inside the tower to recover victims remains. council leader elizabeth campbell said words and apologies would not be enough anti—authority needed to ta ke be enough anti—authority needed to take action. king felipe of spain has told parliament he is confident the uk and spain will be to reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court — giving his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. president trump has defended his son over a meeting with a russian lawyer during his presidential campaign, calling him "open,
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transparent and innocent". dear, oh dear, wimbledon, andy murray is out. it sounds like you are blaming me! andy murray is out of wimbledon. the defending champion lost in the quarter—finals to american sam querrey in five sets, the last two of which in particular he seemed to be troubled by a hip injury. still, the result will be a shock to many watching. they included hugh woozencroft. hugh, a strange ending to murray's tournament. murray went into the fourth set leading by a set. a great victory for the 24th seed sam querrey but very strange end to the tournament for andy murray. so many today had hoped he would join johanna
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for andy murray. so many today had hoped he would joinjohanna konta in the semifinals, making it a first british man and woman for the first time in 20 years. they pack in to see the victory and they were left disappointing. it has been all about andy the frozen decade. ten quarterfinal appearances and now for the latest. facing a man with little to lose. sam querrey struggled to start. nerves have got in the way. the current champion had no nerves, though and took the opening set. more of the same in the second, murray marvellous in all departments. a beautiful shot. we love it. on course for the set but querrey broke back twice. the match was all square and against a man who knocked novak djokovic out last year, things were looking far busier
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for the briton who looked in pain at times. even more so when history repeated itself, murray losing his serve again, yet this time, in a tie—break. querrey helped him out. this match now producing the most unexpected of storylines. murray was seriously struggling with a hip injury that has hampered him all tournament. he certainly wasn't himself, completely off—colour and outplayed, 6—1 in the fourth and the problems persisted into the decider. he was broken repeatedly. wow! best point of his life. it was difficult to fathom but it was happening and with the end in sight, the american sealed the deal any manner you would expect. the 24th seed into his first
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ever grand slam semifinal, the first seed, the champion, out. it is not all about andy murray this year at wimbledon. sam querrey particularly ruthless given the circumstances but everyone wa nted given the circumstances but everyone wanted to know what andy murray had to say about the circumstances after the match. yes, as you would expect, he was pretty dejected but he did say he was proud of his performance, a little disappointed that he didn't win the match, saying he could have won in straight sets. he was a set and a break up in the second but gaveit and a break up in the second but gave it up. he was disappointed and he says he will sit down with his tea m he says he will sit down with his team tomorrow, straight back to work, to figure out a long—term plan with his health. the us open six or seven weeks away. we don't know whether he will be playing at that, he didn't confirm it was his hip injury, he said in the end his body
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just gave up on him. lama i am a little bit sore but i tried my best right until the end. i gave everything i had. i my best right until the end. i gave everything i had. lam proud about that. obviously disappointing to lose at wimbledon. there was an opportunity there. i am sad that it is over. who will sam querrey play in the last four? he will be taking on marin cilic, rather surprising line—up for the semifinals. he had a very good victory and has reached the semifinals for the first time over gilles muller, he had an amazing five set victory over rafa nadal. it went to five sets again. cilic taking it in emphatic fashion. roger federer in his 100th match at
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wimbledon. he is playing milos raonic who was the runner—up last year. he is beating federer in ruthless style so far. novak djokovic on court number one in action. facing tomas berdych, 11th seed, who lost the last game against novak djokovic. djokovic going for a fourth title at wimbledon. going well and andre agassi on grass. surprising results so far. andy murray is out. beaten in five sets by the american sam ouerrey. murray is out. beaten in five sets by the american sam querrey. thank you. england's women are into the semi—finals of the cricket world cup after beating new zealand. much more in wimbledon sportsday at 6:30pm. let's get more on our top story — four weeks after fire destroyed grenfell tower,
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the trauma continues for the local community, particularly the children. our correspondent graham satchell has been to meet some of them, and 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,
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children that my kids were friends with, are no longer with us and also, the building being right there, in ourfaces, 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. ..
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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. let's speak now to dr ahmed kazmi — he's a gp at a surgery close to grenfell tower. you must have known some of those who lost their lives in the tower or who lost their lives in the tower or who have been affected by the fire? that is correct. the last month has really been about trying to provide people support so those that have survived the incident and those bereaved from it. it really has affected the entire community because most people live within sight line of the building or have
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friends or relatives who have been dispossessed as a result of the fire. what kind of practical help of you been offering? it has changed slightly over the month. in the first two weeks, it was practical things, getting people medication and helping people find the hospital appointment dates and directing them the services, where to get new passports and nhs cards etc. over the last two weeks, it has been more about mental health and emotional well—being, helping people sleep and providing an open space for them to talk about some of the things they have experienced. some of those that perhaps haven't been in the surgery, sadly some of them may have died in the fire, others, you simply have not been at the get hold of? correct. access has been a problem throughout, both for my practice and other gps in the area. a lot of people haven't updated the contact details. because of the process of
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identifying body, it has taken an unusually long amount of time for formal death notifications to come through so for a lot of people, we have not been at the contact them and we're not sure if they are alive and we're not sure if they are alive and well or deceased. four weeks on, fathauer practice, we had 21 patients in the tower and up until now, there were two and we had not been able to contact and we have only been able to do that now, one month on. that has been a real challenge for everyone. one month on, do you believe the local authority, the council haven't been swift enough in sorting practical things out, like getting the gp services and getting them the information they need in order to help people? the response the nhs launched was actually very good and started very early, from the day of the fire, there was a doctor and
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nurse present in the rescue centres and that has been maintained until now. within the first few days, the mental health team had a single point of access telephone number, there was an algorithm shared with gps. from that point of view i do think we made efforts and patients have benefited from that. i think there is probably more we can do. my advice or request to the current g re nfell tea m advice or request to the current grenfell team looking after it is, i think every grenfell survivor needs a home visit from a dedicated team that would comprise of a social worker plus a doctor or a nurse. each one is needs to be visited to assess their needs. a lot of residents grenfell feel isolated and vulnerable. they feel a little bit forgotten vulnerable. they feel a little bit fo rg otte n to vulnerable. they feel a little bit forgotten to an extent because even ona forgotten to an extent because even on a good day, because of the socio— economic deprivation, i think these people have obstacles to accessing
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ca re people have obstacles to accessing care and now they are dispersed and isolated and far away from the usual community, it is even harderfor them to access that. the best way is for them to be taking services to them. thank you. this morning, the bbc asian network hosted a live radio show from the local mosque. nomia iqbal presented the broadcast at the al manaar mosque. she spoke to nabil whose sister nadia and nieces are some of those missing since the tragedy. everyone that new nadia, knew her... sorry. she was a lovely and caring people. —— person. working in a nursery, you can imagine what kind of person you need to be. what is it
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you want of person you need to be. what is it you wa nt a nswe rs of person you need to be. what is it you want answers to? first, the family, and like everybody else, everybody‘s family, they want to know where their loved ones are. most important,. listening to his story, many people over the last few months, i have listened to the stories. i'm hearing everyday in my office, people calling in with stories like this. is there anything you'd like to talk about emma? basically, you really need to reach out to the families and speak to them. there are so many families out there that need help. notjust the key worker that can give them the support, but also to hear the views. you talk about people bringing in people you trust, how do you
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determine that? that has to bat has to come from the people that have been affected. i wouldn't wish to impose any one myself. trust is the thing people don't have and understandably so. i wonder what would make you trust someone. trust, we talk about trust, it has to be earned. it can't be just given. listen to me, we are going to do that and this, no, people need to see it. that man's sister and nieces are among some of those affected by the grenfell tower. rbs has agreed to pay out £3.65 billion to us regulators, for its role in selling the risky mortgages which helped spark the financial crisis. the settlement is expected to pave the way for the bank to be sold by the uk government, which still owns nearly
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three quarters of it. our business editor, simon jack is here. it isa it is a whopping fine, we have a lwa ys it is a whopping fine, we have always got used to these. it is an enormous fine, though, but it was not unexpected. rbs had put aside a kiddie to pay the sum of these finds £6.7 billion. half of which was going to be for this fine. so we're not quite there yet, this is not the final bill. that is the one regulator, the us department of justice. the rest is expected to be much bigger which will hit earnings again this year which means the 2017 looks likely to be the tenth year in a row that rbs will post an annual loss. a staggering amount of nearly £60 billion. the light at the end of the tunnel if there is one is that once this second fine is out of the way, basically, they are almost at
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the end of a very long and miserable panel. once that is down, the government only then have said they will think about starting to sell off this stake they still own. at the moment, they will have to start thinking about doing that at a loss because the shares are worth roughly half of what the government paid from a decade ago. they might be prepared to begin selling the loss and hope that the price would to go up. almost out of the woods, not quite yet. there's been another drop in unemployment — it fell by 64,000 to 1.119 million in the three months to may, but wage increases continue to fall further behind inflation — how do you decide whether it's right to go on treating a very sick child? it's the question at the centre of the charlie gard case. his parents are not the first to fight for every option to be explored. less common is to hear a parent
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questioning whether their child should continue to receive life sustaining treatment. branwenjeffreys has been speaking to a mother who now believes it would be betterfor her child to be allowed to die. for ten years, juliet has cared for her daughter. all her life, rose has been in and out of hospital. she is blind, can't move, her brain isn't fully developed. she's suffered frequent seizures since she was a baby. it is so distressing to actually watch even though i've seen it so many times. i've laid next her to see what's happening and i can feel her body just continuously going. and i can only begin to imagine what it would be like if that was me and how i would feel and if i can't say, "this really hurts". rose appears to suffer distress, there is no name for what causes this, but she can hear and be comforted by touch. there have been better times
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but earlier this year, rose was seriously ill. her mum now wants doctors to consider if she should be allowed to die. the best solution in my heart, would be that if rose is going to continue suffering like she is suffering now, her future is going to be very limited, quality of life, then the kindest thing we can do right now is to withdraw things that are keeping her alive, which is her medications, herfluids, because she is now fed through a tube. rose is on various medications, tube feeding has the same legal status. it is counted as life—sustaining treatment. it's a dilemma no parent wants to face. how do you balance the right to life against the fear that more treatment simply means more suffering? quite simply, it's the child's
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interests that have to be put first in a case like this. juliet is rose's main carer as well as her mum, but she may not have the final say. doctors use guidelines to help decide on a child's best interests. every single case has to be looked at in terms of the quality of life for that individual child. it is something that people, medical professionals and obviously parents and carers, spend a lot of time thinking about and really considering in depth. what about the need to protect the life of every disabled child, to do everything we can to keep them alive, to keep them well? this is not about the fact that rose is disabled, whether she has the brain of a baby, being in the wheelchair, being blind, none of that is an issue. this is about the complexities
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of her medical needs and the day—to—day suffering and the future, potential suffering. rose is being assessed by another team of doctors to help future decisions about what is best for her. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the prime minister has asked a committee of mps to conduct a review into the issue of intimidation experienced by parliamentary candidates. the committee on standards in public life will look at the current protections and measures in place for candidates. it follows after one mp suffered an anti—semitic attack and another was targeted by racist graffiti and repeated death threats during the general election
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earlier this year. a huge iceberg hasjust broken away from antarctica. the giant block is estimated to cover more than 2,000 square miles — around a quarter of the size of wales. experts are not blaming global warming though — they say it's normal behaviour for ice sheets. back to the tennis now, and mixed emotions for british hopes of a wimbledon champion. andy murray is out after a struggling with injury in his quarter—final clash with sam ouerrey. hopes now rest withjohanna konta, who's gearing up to face venus williams tomorrow. she's the first british woman in a wimbledon semi—final for nearly a0 years. one fan who'll be cheering her on is john griffiths, a chelsea pensioner, who snapped a selfie with konta yesterday after her triumph over simona halep. he's been speaking to wyre davies and the royal hospital chelsea. well, i was fortunate enough to be sitting in a place where the players had to pass us very closely to get to their changing room and novak djokovic walked past and i called to him, would he mind having a selfie, which he obliged, which i was quite happy with.
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and he actually took the photograph, took the selfie. and then again, i tried withjohanna konta and i was successful and again, she was obliging and managed to get a selfie with her so all in all, it was an amazing experience. what has been the reaction, obviously, you stand out there in your scarlets, what has been the reaction you've got to what happened yesterday? well, last night when i got back from wimbledon, i got back to the royal hospital about 8pm and my phone never stopped ringing and texts and i had a message from my son this morning saying that you are in the guardian, you are in the mail, you are in the sun, you are on bbc sport, you are on sky sports and you've gone viral on the internet. amazing! those were his comments! time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. should be fine for rest of tournament. not the most promising start to the day, some heavy rain around. over half a month's worth
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fell over some places. but it was followed by these stunning blue skies, this is in cumbria. we still have the clear skies at the moment soa have the clear skies at the moment so a bit of late evening sunshine. overnight, temperatures falling away pretty quickly. temperatures in the towns and cities staying in double figures but in the countryside, could be low enough in the north of the uk to have some pockets of ground frost in the coldest spots. quite a chilly start to thursday but high pressure still with us. a little bit of change in the weather coming from this weather front, providing a bit more cloud across the north west of the uk later in the north west of the uk later in the day. a chilly start of the day on thursday, plenty of dry weather on thursday, plenty of dry weather on thursday, plenty of dry weather on thursday morning and sunshine also and in the afternoon, the cloud bubbles up and develops, bringing showers. some quite heavy but they
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will stay away from south east england. some warm spells sunshine there also. in northern ireland, we will see quite a thin weather front moving through, that front i showed you, that comes late in the afternoon so we see a short spell of rain, also moving into western areas of scotland. freshening winds as well. a few showers were used in scotla nd well. a few showers were used in scotland but otherwise, dry weather through the day and sunshine. no problems with the weather at wimbledon. temperatures peaking around 23 degrees. this is the picture through friday, a lot of dry weather with sunny spells. a few isolated showers across some of the western coasts and hills but for the vast majority, a decent day. friday evening and night, we see the next batch of atlantic france bringing some rain to the far north and west of england and wales and northern ireland. they will leave a legacy of
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cloud as we start off the weekend. some further showers in the north west. across the south particularly, things become quite warm and humid with temperatures potentially pushing up into the mid—20s. a month after the grenfell fire police release new footage from inside the tower block as the search for victims goes on. officers are going from floor to floor, sifting through the debris. this staircase was the only way out for those trapped by fire. all i can say is please be patient — we are doing our utmost best for you, and we are working as hard as we can. my teams can't work any harder. the bbc has learned a residents were still being told to stay put in their flat is almost two hours after their flat is almost two hours after the fire broke out. within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire — after two hours, it's too late.
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