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. only 3a victims have been formally identified so far and police say it will take months

to search the whole flats. also on the programme tonight: the gay man who's won a landmark ruling which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife, and could affect many others. congratulations, dad, we love you. president trump calls the controversy surrounding his son's meeting with a russian lawyer — the biggest witch hunt in political history. game, set, match — and that's it! andy murray crashes out of the quarterfinals at wimbledon and finally admits he was injured. my hip has been sought for most of the event. yeah, it wasjust hip has been sought for most of the event. yeah, it was just a hip has been sought for most of the event. yeah, it wasjust a little bit too sore today and i was obviously struggling a bit on serve. coming up in sportsday, we will be rounding up all of the wimbledon rounds from the championships. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6.

police have released new footage from inside grenfell tower, a month after the fire that killed at least 80 people. it shows officers climbing the blackened staircase, which was the only way out for hundreds of people in the flats that night. so far only 3a victims have been officially identified. today ten more inquests were opened at westminster coroner's court. it comes as more questions were asked about why residents were still being advised to stay put until almost two hours after the fire broke out. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. into grenfell tower, and up the stairs. the narrow stairs — the only escape route, that was filled with black smoke. bodies filled this stairwell. now those identifying victims climb up, struggling for breath. many of the residents who were told to stay during the fire didn't

make it down these stairs. the bbc has seen documents setting out how the residents of grenfell tower were told to stay in their flats until 2:47am. the first 999 call was made at six minutes to one and that means for one hour and 53 minutes, those who were calling for help were told to stay put. it took nearly two hours for the advice to change to evacuate. these pictures from a0 minutes after the first emergency call show just how high the flames had reached. an hour later it had engulfed the whole tower. there's no doubt the firefighters were heroes, but the fire policy for tower blocks was and still is to stay put. the stay put advice is broadly sound. but clearly this was an unprecedented fire and at some point it was clear that the advice needed to change — whether it should

have been changed earlier, i wouldn't want to speculate on that, but the inquiry clearly needs to look at it. for the families still waiting for relatives to be identified, the information that for nearly two hours the advice was to stay put is hard to digests. was to stay put is hard to digest. this man's mother, sister, brother—in—law and their three children lived on the 22nd floor. and this man's uncle was on the top floor. two hours — does that sound like a long time? of course. within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire. after two hours, it's too late. after that time, the chances have dropped for them and for everybody else, you know. it's the most appalling... it's like as if, you know, you're taking away that chance. when you say, stay in your house, you know, stay in your house, what can you say? what can you say?

firefighters did risk their own lives to try to save others. the bbc understands 31 were injured, almost all from smoke inhalation. the london fire brigade said the stay put policy would be for the public and police inquiries to look at, but the advice given can change as the fire changes. this was a flat where everyone did escape, but a month on debris in the tower is now being looked at for remains. only 3a victims have been formally identified. i deeply understand the frustration the families have, the answers they want. it's only natural. all i can say is, please be patient, we are doing our utmost best for you. but with trust in the authorities low, the new council leader's admission that she's never been in a high—rise tower block won't help. yeah, i accept i might not have

been up a tower block, but i have been in a huge amount of other people's houses and flats, and seen their circumstances. a month on, the families want to bury their relatives, and they want those responsible arrested. lucy manning, bbc news, west london. our home editor mark easton joins our home editor mark eastonjoins me now. a month on and still so many u na nswered now. a month on and still so many unanswered questions? yes, four weeks on. today we had a political debate on grenfell in the commons and the talk was all about cladding, fire safety regulations, and who would pay for improvements like sprinklers, local or central government? but we also had ten more inquests of those who have been formally identified, from their dna oi’ formally identified, from their dna or dental records. two things are happening right now. one is about safety, and the other is about people, and i think the unsettling fa ct people, and i think the unsettling fact that one month on we still don't know who and how many people exactly died in that fire... for

government ministers i think there are difficult questions about whitehall‘s responsibilities on the safety side, but also the responsibility of all politicians to do more, to listen to people who live in places like grenfell. let the legacy of this awful tragedy be that we resolve never to forget those people. these are not my words but the words of the prime minister and the labour mayor siddique khan has said something similar. across the political spectrum i think there isa the political spectrum i think there is a recognition that grenfell poses profound questions actually for our whole society. mark easton, thank you. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. the ruling could have a dramatic effect on the entitlement of thousands of people in same—sex marriages or civil partnerships. clive coleman reports. victory after an 11—year legal battle. john walker worked for the company innospec for 23 years, paying

into the firm's pension scheme. victory for basic fairness and decency... civil partnerships became legal in december 2005. shortly after, mr walker and his long—term partner entered into one. they are now married, but innospec, relying on an exemption in the equality act, refused to take account of his pension contributions before that date, dramatically reducing the pension mr walker's husband would receive. the highest court in the land found that an anomaly. if mr walker married a woman, even after his retirement, indeed even now, she would be entitled to a pension. the court ruled that eu equality law trumped any british exemption. 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 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 doesn'tjust affectjohn walker — it affects everyone who is in a civil partnership oi’ 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 the human rights group liberty, which supported john walker, sees 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 liberty want to know is what is going to happen to these rights when we leave the european union. the government says it's reviewing the ruling. 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. andrew murray is out of wimbledon. the defending champion and world number one was beaten in the quarter quarter—finals by the american sam querry. throughout the championships there've been continuing questions about murray's fitness — and problems with his hip. our sports correspondentjoe wilson reports from wimbledon. no player own centre court. no player owned centre court, but it's where andy murray learned to belong. in 2008 he reached his first wimbledon quarterfinal. ten years of consistency. but from feet, through hip, to mind, we knew this wimbledon would test him. by the end of today's match, he looked empty. it started so well against sam querrey. murray broke at the first opportunity. and the first set followed, 6—3. that is a hungry performance from murray. murray was bossing the second set, too. 4—3 up with a break. and then something just went wrong. a self—inflicted error.

and querrey suddenly has an opportunity. he knew it. inspired, he won three games in a row, and from nowhere he had won the second set. why not? what could murray find? well, he said there was no point in calling a trainer. in the third set tie—break, we saw sheer endeavour. murray scrambling, covering every blade to get it back. and hoping his opponent might do this... murray's set. but he could barely compete in the fourth set. his mind was urging, but his body wasn't responding. nervousness gripped the crowd, but sam querrey was getting stronger by the second. that is beautifully done by querrey. in the fifth set querrey kept moving and reaching, kept murray chasing in a way that seemed almost cruel. and murray tried, he pursued, but it was gone. greatest moment of querrey‘s career? certainly. murray lost the final set 6—1, and as he walked towards the handshake, that limp seemed more obvious than ever. the whole tournament i've been

a little bit sore, but, you know, i tried my best right to the end. i, you know, gave everything i had. so, you know, i'm proud about that but it is obviously disappointing to lose. you know, at wimbledon there is obviously an opportunity there, so i'm sad that it's over. to knock out the champion is a fine achievement, but along with everyone watching, i wondered if murray had been in shape to defend. obviously he didn't want to relinquish his crown too easily. but today he was half the player that he normally is, towards the latter stage of the match. and it was sad to see him go out in that fashion. because, you know, he's a great, great player and he was so desperate to play here, and you could see the pain he was in today. i felt very sorry for him. where next? a rest, yes. but all those years of effort and excellence take their toll. august 28th is the day to have in

mind, the day the us open starts. andy murray has said today he is aiming for more majors, but also has said he is doing everything he can really to manage the wear and tear on his body. this is an issue for all the top players in fact in the last few minutes on court number one, novak djokovic has just retired, hurt, in his quarterfinal, so retired, hurt, in his quarterfinal, so his opponent was there. still, he did manage to be two set up at the age of 35. some words to cheer us up in the meantime, johanna konta tomorrow. studio: thank you for that, from wimbledon. the greatest witchhunt in political history — that's what donald trump has called the controversy surrounding his son after it emerged he met a russian lawyer last year who was said to have information from the kremlin which would help his father's election campaign. today the president said his son had been open and transparent — and was innocent. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt reports. tonight we have donald trump

tonight we have donald trumer... donald trump's son has been out defending himself. after revelations that he met a russian lawyer who he believed had incriminating information on hillary clinton. in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. again, this is before the russia—mania. this is before they were building it up in the press. for me, this was opposition research. in his interview, donald trumer said that he hadn't referred the meeting to his father. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. i mean, i wouldn't have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally just a wasted 20 minutes. which is a shame. president trump was quick to praise his son's television performance, tweeting: sad, he said. so who are the key players involved in the meeting last year? the initial approach to donald trumer about a potential russian meeting came from rob goldstone, a british publicist. he helped schedule the appointment with natalia veselnitskaya,

a russian lawyer. also in the room was paul manafort, trump's campaign manager, and jared kushner, trump's son—in—law — a clear sign they thought the meeting would be significant. the white house has been active, pointing out that there has been no illegality and no law broken and no sensitive information exchanged. but that doesn't mean there are no risks in all of this for the trump administration. the meeting in and of itself may not be illegal, but it's got a lot of hallmarks of a criminal conspiracy. in this atmosphere of political crisis, focus turned towards capitol hill and the confirmation hearings for the new director of the fbi. his predecessor had been fired by donald trump. an issue today, the fbi's independence. i pledge to be the leader that the fbi deserves. and to lead an independent bureau. that will make every american proud. the proposed fbi director seemed to contradict president from today,

saying that the probe into whether russia meddled into last year's american election was not a witchhunt. gavin hewitt, bbc news, washington. questions are being asked about how the white house is coping with this, there have been reports of the president is paralysed and the white house paralysed and he is spending lots of time watching cable tv, but today he hit back at that, saying the white house was functioning perfectly. he had no time to watch tv. but there is a sense in this town of an administration under siege. studio: thanks forjoining us. the top story this evening. a month after the grenfell fire — police release new footage from inside the tower block as the painstaking search for victims goes on. and still to come all the pomp and ceremony of the spanish state visit. coming up in wimbledon sports day,

more reaction to andy murray's quarterfinal exit and use of a fifth stage victory for marcel kittel at the tour de france —— news of. the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard will return to the high court tomorrow as their legal battle to allow him to be given an experimental treatment abroad continues. at the very centre of the case is the question of how far you should go to keep a terminally ill child alive? in a separate case, branwenjeffreys has been speaking to the mother of a seriously ill 10—year—old girl who is facing an agonising dilemma. she contacted the bbc because she wanted to tell her story. for ten years, juliet has cared for her daughter.

all her life, rose has been in and out of hospital. she's blind, can't move, her brain isn't fully developed. she's suffered frequent seizures since she was a baby. it's so distressing to actually watch, even though i've seen it so many times. i've laid next to her to see what's happening and i can feel her body just continuously going. and i can only begin to imagine what it will 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's no name for what causes this but she can hear and be comforted by touch. there have been better times, but earlier this year rose was seriously ill. her mother 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, if 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's now fed through a tube. it's ok, it's just mummy. rose is on various medications, tube feeding has the same legal status. it is counted as life—sustaining treatment. it is 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 interests that have to be put first in a case like this. juliet is rose's main carer as well as her mother, 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 on in terms of the quality—of—life for that individual child. it's something that people, medical professionals and 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 or in a wheelchair being blind, none of that is an issue. this is about the complexities 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's best for her. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. unemployment has fallen to its lowest level since 2005. it dropped by 64,000 to 1.49 million in the three months to may. figures out today also said that earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 2% year—on—year, slightly higher than expected, but still lagging behind inflation. the royal bank of scotland has agreed to pay nearly £4 billion to the us authorities for its role in selling on risky mortgages. a separate deal with the department ofjustice is expected later this year. the mortgages — which had been repackaged as investment products, later proved to be worthless when the financial crisis hit. a huge iceberg hasjust broken away from antarctica. the giant block is estimated to cover more than 2000 square miles.

experts are not blaming global warming, though, they say it's normal behaviour for ice sheets. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said that britain must recognise the existence of its financial obligations to the eu. yesterday the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, suggested that the eu could "go whistle" for what he described as "extortionate" financial demands. today, mr barnier hit back saying he couldn't hear any whistling, just the clock ticking. our europe correspondent damian grammaticus reports. in brussels today, determination and frustration. the eu's chief brexit negotiator venting his feelings, first on this, what borisjohnson said yesterday about the money the uk owes. the sums that i have seen that they've proposed to demand from this country seem to me to be extortionate and i think to go whistle is an entirely appropriate expression. i'm not hearing any whistling. just the clock ticking. that's because time to reach

a deal is slipping by. "it's not a ransom in any way", said mr barnier. "it's not an exit bill, a punishment, a revenge". adding, "we have to settle the accounts before we can discuss future ties with the uk". another of michel barnier‘s frustrations — he's produced nine publicly available documents on these areas under negotiations, setting out the eu's position. david davis has produced one, on citizens, so the eu side doesn't know what the uk wants. he knows that must be impossible. in the commons today, the brexit secretary sought to laugh it all off, but emily thornbury, standing in forjeremy corbyn, was making the same complaint. what is the plan in the event no deal is reached? on march the 12th he said that there was a plan, on march the 17th he said that there wasn't. on may the 19th he said he spent half his time thinking about it.

and yesterday he said that he wasn't prepared to comment. commenting today, standing in for theresa may, damian green said the plan is to get a deal, but not one that punishes the uk. and we believe that it is notjust in the interest of great britain but also in the interests of the other member states of the european union to reach a deal with what is one of their biggest trading partners. but here in brussels it is clear michel barnier is increasingly concerned. he says he wants clarity and fast, preferably by monday, because that is when the real hard negotiations begin. damian grammaticus, bbc news, brussels. the king of spain has told parliament he's confident the uk and spain can reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar.

king felipe and queen letizia of spain have begun a three day state visit to britain. it's being seen by the government as an opportunity to forge closer ties with spain as the uk prepares to leave the european union. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. a state visit is pageantry with a purpose. high—end hospitality with a strong dose of interstate diplomacy. the queen, of course, is used to it. greeting the king of spain as if he were family. which he is, distantly. both are descendants of queen victoria. so, too, is the duke of edinburgh, who escorted king felipe as they inspected the guard of honour. this supposedly is the duke's last appearance at a state visit before he steps back from public life in the autumn. from horse guards to the mall, and a carriage ride escorted by the household cavalry. but behind all the ceremony, there is serious business. and a state visit creates a mood in which friendships can be deepened and difficult messages can be made without giving offence. between britain and spain there is one intractable issue, gibraltar.

last year king felipe called it a colonial anachronism. today he told parliamentarians at westminster it was time to seek a negotiated settlement. i'm confident that through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. tonight at the palace, the state banquet. there will be speeches by the queen, and another by king felipe. as brexit approaches, britain wants closer ties with individual european nations. that, for britain, is the subtext of this state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes. over the last 2a hours parts of southern england have seen over half a month's southern england have seen over half a months worth of rain and we have some dangerous driving conditions first thing this morning, this was

in twickenham, but the rain cleared very quickly. this is spectacular. this is cumbria, barely a cloud. those scenes were repeated around the country, plenty of sunshine. clear skies overnight will allow temperatures to fall away free quickly. —— very quickly. in the countryside it will be cold enough for some pockets of ground frost and it will be a chilly start to thursday, but we have the area of high pressure still, the atlantic front is quite skinny and that will come in late in the day. fine weather in the morning and for the most pa rt weather in the morning and for the most part it is dry with sunshine, but cloud will bubble up through the afternoon and that will provide the focus of showers in england and wales. some of these could be quite heavy, but they will stay away from east anglia and south—eastern and where it is forecast to stay dry. northern ireland will have a skinny band of rain. similar picture in the western scotland, with the weather

going downhill, but late in the day, and they will be sunshine before that. and if you showers in the north—east. at wimbledon, there won't be any further upsets in terms of the weather, sunny spells for the rest of the tournament. temperatures into the low 20s. friday, more cloud, but still dry weather and sunny spells, and laid on the day we have another atlantic front approaching the north—west and this will bring a band of rain and cloud, the rain spreads overnight, leaving a legacy of cloudy skies for the start of the weekend and a you showers in the north west but it could become warm and humid in the south—west if we have sunshine coming through the crowd. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6.30pm — one month on from the grenfell fire, search teams are still working inside the tower to recover victims' remains.

today inquests into the deaths of 79 of those who died, resumed. king felipe of spain has told parliament that he's confident the uk and spain will be able to reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar after brexit. 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, transparent and innocent". critics have accused mrtrumerof intent to collude with the russians. defending wimbledon champion andy murray has been knocked out of the tournament at the quarter—final stage. he was beaten in five sets by american sam querrey. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. controversy continues to surround donald trumer