donald trump saying he hopes that north korea's leader will do what is right for his people so that they can get their relationship back on track. more now from my colleague with further assessments of the decision by donald trump to pull out of the summit. steve, incredible job. john kennedy, thank you very much. heidi, thank you. david purdue, where is david? 0h, much. heidi, thank you. david purdue, where is david? oh, i love david. what a great guy he is. jim, thank you, what a great lawyer. i learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, i should... learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, ishould... i learned all about you, one of the great lawyers, i should... i think i have to use them. tim scott? tim, thank you, great job. have to use them. tim scott? tim, thank you, greatjob. a great achievement, and pat toomey, who really does know the financial world, i can tell you from

experience, right? great job. world, i can tell you from experience, right? greatjob. also representatives, jeb, fantasticjob. you're watching the bbc news at 5pm, there is donald trump at a ceremony at the white house, where he has been talking about his decision to cancel that much—anticipated summit with kim jong—un of cancel that much—anticipated summit with kimjong—un of north korea. and comments that he mayjust in the last few minutes, he said that the cancellation of the summit is a setback for the world, as well as north korea. he made it clear that the american military is ready if necessary , the american military is ready if necessary, should there be any kind of provocative action taken by pyongyang. he says japan and south korea are also ready, in case anything untoward took place. he said the hope is that at some point in the future, ultimately there could be a summit between him and

kimjong—un of could be a summit between him and kim jong—un of north could be a summit between him and kimjong—un of north korea, but he also made it clear that all the korean people deserve to live in harmony and peace, but that was not possible while the threat of nuclear warand possible while the threat of nuclear war and nuclear weapons remained on the peninsula. he said that in the meantime, maximum pressure would continue on pyongyang, and the toughest sanctions ever dispatched, as he put it, would be continue to be applied. but he made clear that it could well be the case that at a later date, there'd be a meeting between himself and president kim. those comments in the last few minutes at the white house, president trump talking about his sadness over the cancellation of this proposed summit, which was due to ta ke

this proposed summit, which was due to take place next month, june 12, in singapore. you're watching bbc news at 5pm, and it's off. the much anticipated summit between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un, has been cancelled. in a letter from the white house, mr trump says it's a "truly sad moment in history". and in the last few moments, the president has been speaking from the oval office hopefully positive things will take place regarding the future of north korea. but if they don't we are more ready than we ever have been before. president trump's decision comes as north korea claims it's destroyed tunnels, at its only nuclear test site. were the talks actually doomed from the start, and what does the cancellation now mean, for peace on the korean peninsula? we'll have the latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. two men get life in prison,

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its nuclear weapons programme. he'sjust spoken in the last few minutes, saying he'd never compromise the safety and security of the us. in a letter today, mr trump said it would be inappropriate to hold the meeting at this time, because of what he described as the "tremendous anger and open hostility" shown by north korea in recent statements. he said the cancellation was to the detriment of the world, but he left the door open for possible future talks. here's paul adams with the latest. it was the most eagerly anticipated meeting of the year, but now it seems it's off. it felt to donald trump's secretary of state to break the news to members of the us senate. the president asked that i begin this hearing today by reading a letter that the state department recently transmitted to chairman kim. and some letter it is! full of

regrets and threats. sadly, the present rights, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, i feel it is inappropriate at this time to have this long planned meeting. and then, a characteristic warning. you talk about your nuclear capabilities, but oui’s about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used. and finally, the suggestion that it is kim jong—un, not president trump, who's call the whole thing off. if you change your mind having to do with this most important summit, please do not hesitate to call me or write. the letter dashes hopes raised by a flurry of promising diplomatic activity, including mr pompeo's two visits to north korea. the second yielded the release of three american citizens. in his letter, donald trump says that was a beautiful gesture, very much appreciated. this morning came news that north korea had, as promised, blown up tunnels at its main nuclear

test site, a largely symbolic ductus jester witnessed by a handful of western journalists. what they do -- did was blow up the three remaining test tunnels at that site, they claimed to have those tunnels were further usable, but they put explosives inside and it blew them up. but the recent atmosphere has been tense. north korean television talking about provocations, warning washington to think carefully about the fate of the summit. and there had been member —— attacks on members of donald trump's team, a senior official calling mike pence a political dummy for comparing north korea to the mobile market david's libya. with the planned summit fast approaching, they say north korea is simply not engaging. over the past many days, we have endeavored to do what chairman kim and i had agreed, to put preparation teams together to work for the summit, and we have received no response. i think the

american team is fully prepared, i think we are ready. last month's dramatic north — south summit suggested that ridding that peninsula of nuclear weapons may actually be possible. but the follow—up was always going to be much harder. for some, the singapore summit already felt too much too soon. paul adams, bbc summit already felt too much too soon. pauladams, bbc news. let's hear a little bit more of what president trump has been saying. this is a tremendous setback for north korea, and indeed, a setback for the world. i have spoken to generaljames matos and the joint chiefs of staff, which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world ——james most powerful anywhere in the world —— james matos. it has been greatly enhanced recently, as you all know. it is ready, if necessary. likewise, i have spoken to south korea and

japan. and they are not only ready, should foolish or reckless acts be taken by north korea, but they are willing to shoulder much of the cost of any financial burden, any other costs associated by the united states in operations, if such an u nfortu nate states in operations, if such an unfortunate situation is forced upon us. unfortunate situation is forced upon us. hopefully positive things will be taking place, with respect to the future of north korea. but if they don't, we are more ready than we have ever been before. how much of a problem is this for

donald trump personally and his credibility? i think the president, to be fairto credibility? i think the president, to be fair to him, credibility? i think the president, to be fairto him, has credibility? i think the president, to be fair to him, has times during this whole process over the last few weeks, he has said that there was a chance this thing wouldn't happen. the tone is generally been more positive than that. my pompeo has been on two visits to north korea, one secret and one not secret. there is serious efforts to make this happen, and this was right at the top of foreign—policy agenda, but just for this administration, but for the last one as well. there was a real threat, a real problem here recognised by all sides. so to get to the verge of a summit, that was something of an achievement for this administration. and this is a setback, but i think it is important to realise that in the letter and what you heard from the president

there, there is some contingency left in place. not appropriate at this time, he says in the letter, doesn't he? elza says at the end of the letter, if you change your mind, unclear what that actually means, call me or write to me. and also, that this potential summit could happen at sometime in the future. in the meantime, i think everyone will wait, holding their breath to see the way north koreans react to this direct approach to their leader. will they try and restart any ballistic missile tests, or nuclear tests ? ballistic missile tests, or nuclear tests? that would be a huge barrier to any future progress. they have moved in that sense, they haven't done any of those tests, and i think that's what people will be wanting to see. in the meantime, the diplomats will be trying to dial back this rhetoric that has been coming out of pyongyang and starting to come out of here now, honestly, dial back that tension —— tension and try to get back on the path that

it was on. because there in this for both sides. thank you, gary. robert e kelley joins robert e kelleyjoins me now. thank you so much forjoining us. what do you so much forjoining us. what do you make of the cancellation of this planned summit? if it's a postponement, that is not a bad thing. i think it's become pretty clear in the last couple of weeks that the president himself has not really provided enough leadership on this, there has been a lot of message and discipline coming from the white house. i think the summit needs to be a little more structured, i think the experts need to get together, people know about weapons. . . to get together, people know about weapons... a postponement would not be such a bad thing. but a cancellation, that sends a harsher sent —— signal to the north, and i think i will be reinforced by the oblique nuclear threat include in

their letter, i'm not sure why the president insisted on putting that in there, because the cripple certainly rack badly to that. do believe that the authorities in pyongyang and understood what they might get out of the summit, and that the white house understood what it would get out of the summit, and that both points of view actually marry up, or that both points of view actually marry up, or were that both points of view actually marry up, or were they simply onto different tracks from day one? marry up, or were they simply onto different tracks from day one ?|j think the north koreans very much wa nted think the north koreans very much wanted this because they wanted the imagery, the media coverage of their leader meeting an american president. this is something that north koreans have wanted for many yea rs north koreans have wanted for many years and has set for a long time, they have wanted to be a us president going back in the 1980s. the president wanted this in part because of the theatricality, so it is not actually clear who is the winner or loser from this, because both leaders staked a lot on this. things came apart in the last couple days, it's unclear why it cannot part, the north koreans sent a lot

of mixes milquetoast signals. i think will have to wait a few days to see harderfor your think will have to wait a few days to see harder for your response. they might respond badly, but as your report said, the president has left 5 pa ce your report said, the president has left space for future negotiations, because i don't think north korea wa nts a because i don't think north korea wants a collision with the united states. we had the national security adviser, john bolton, and the vice president both saying that they believe that the model for these talks for a future north korea when it comes to nuclear weapons is libya. now that clearly, from two senior officials, suggests that that was the point of view of the white house, that effectively pyongyang would be nuclear eyes. those two state m e nts would be nuclear eyes. those two statements are made by those two officials, and north korea reacts badly. that suggests north korea com pletely badly. that suggests north korea completely didn't believe that was going to be the focus of the talks, and washington certainly believe that was going to be the talks. and washington certainly believe

that was going to be the talkslj think that was going to be the talks.|j think that's one of the big problems with this, that the north koreans and americans came into this with a really widely divergent views on what this was going to be about. this is the argument i have made and others have made, this should be postponed until there can be enough staff work to be done to create some kind of consensus on what the issues and agendas will be, what the north koreans will give up, what america will give koreans will give up, what america willgive up, koreans will give up, what america will give up, but a lot of this has been conducted on television and the media and the last he read, and it has been very unclear on what exactly this discussion was going to be about. even recently the discussions were more about where this would be rather than what was actually going to be about, and ultimately this is something that cannot be thrown together in six weeks stop this. you are a professor at pusan university, some are suggesting if there is any blame to be put forward, it is president moon

insole overacting the expectations that perhaps washington might have had of the intentions of the north? and it must be set in the past, south korean leaders have pushed for diplomacy, quite rightly, because of the demarcation zone between north and south korea as on their border, they don't want to be attacked or have problems. the suggested has a lwa ys have problems. the suggested has always been that south korea tends to over egg the intentions of the north in order to play the north and washington off each other. there will be lots of discussion about that in the next couple of days, and i think the trump administration will look for someone to blame on this, they have artie said this is perhaps because of xi jinping. this, they have artie said this is perhaps because of xijinping. it is pretty clear president moon has wa nted pretty clear president moon has wanted north korea and the united states talked for a while, there'll be talks about whether president moon oversold this. the negotiations... i would say most of

the blame probably lies with the president, he accepted this negotiation as meaning that —— 45 minutes after being told about it. he did not run this by his staff, nobody contacted north korea directly to ask them if they wanted to go and do nuclear eyes completely, which the president was saying on tv, as well as the secretary of state. the american side pumped up expectations enormously without actually not —— running this by the north koreans first. perhaps the south koreans deserve some blame for pushing this s0 deserve some blame for pushing this so much, but it is ultimately the white house's fault for not talking to directly —— north korea directly to directly —— north korea directly to find out the actual agenda. no one thought they would go to zero to give up all their weapons, and the president and secretary of state kept talking about that when the rest of us out there were saying this would never happen. literally inafew this would never happen. literally in a few words, is it surprising that this whole summit was being planned at all when washington doesn't even have an ambassador there representing them ?

doesn't even have an ambassador there representing them? yeah, we will get there to cilliers shortly. that was also another problem, the truck demonstration has staffed its government, . .. truck demonstration has staffed its government,... elderly creates problems, you don't have staff to do this after work. it's incompetence, for lack of a better word. the two sides to not get together to hammer out details, this was conducted at the top through television and media state m e nts the top through television and media statements about rather than ex—birds meeting behind closed deal as doors to hammer out an agenda, and there's problems alternately led to the collision in the last few days. thank you so much, robert kelly. we will talk now to christopher hill, a former us assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. he also led the american delegation during six party talks to try to win pyongyang's nuclear programme between 2003—2007. would you make of these talks not

going ahead in singapore? it's clear that these two sides went in with expectations that were not with the other had. the us talked endlessly about the idea of this administration has figured out something that passive ministrations have never figured out, something that passive ministrations have neverfigured out, that if you're tough enough, you can get north korea to give up everything and not get anything in return, at least not during the time that they are giving things up, we could back load all of our obligations. i'm not sure if north koreans ever sought that way, and i'm not even sure they even saw the idea that they were going to deed nuclear eyes. no question, i think president moon oversold this thing, but i don't think the south koreans ever said the north koreans were protest prepared to do nuclear eyes, i think they said they were prepared to discuss it. similarly i think that was the message the chinese had, what i would like to know is what

did the secretary of state talk about with the north koreans when he spent those many hours they are? because surely there should have been some effort to understand what was going to be the outcome of this summit. andi was going to be the outcome of this summit. and i know this administration likes to think outside the box, never rely on anyone who has dealt with the issue before, but sometimes that box of there for a reason. and i think they should have said to the north koreans, let's put our minds towards a joint communique on what we would announce at the end of this meeting, at the end of the summit meeting. and i'm not convinced any of that was done, so to a certain extent, this is a really portable medic tradecraft. you were the us representative during the six party talks between 2003—2007. what was the feeling they are in —— then about kim jong—il possibly do

nuclear rising pyongyang? they did not have nuclear warheads then, but they had a programme. was there any sense at some point in the future, they would ever give that up? we felt there was some progress, albeit a very step—by—step and very slow. we agreed in september of 2005, september 19, 2005, in which north korea agreed and put in the joint statement that they were prepared to abandon all their nuclear weapons, all their nuclear programmes and return at an early date to the treaty of nonproliferation. so based on that, it took a while, but they shut down their nuclear reactor, they disabled it, they invited international inspectors, and ultimately the deal all fell apart in 2008 when they said with respect to verification, you can verify anything we said, but you cannot verify things you have suspicions about. so our problem was yes, we could verify it the nuclear reactor,

which we were already inside working on. i visited the thing and was inside the reactor. but we cannot verify the concerns we had about purchases they had made consistent with the other way to make a nuclear weapon, which was their highly enriched uranium. never got any verification worthy of the name there. along comes president trump, and he says without the whole deal here, but it wasn't at all clear that we had even gotten close to verification, let alone to issues such as moving the material out of the countries. so i think the trumpet ministration would have done well to talk to president bush, president clinton, to talk to president clinton, to talk to president obama and understand the issue better before simply announcing that the trumpet ministration will do things that we re ministration will do things that were never done before. what you think will happen now?|j were never done before. what you think will happen now? i think we have gotte n think will happen now? i think we have gotten a taste of it from the president today, he has indicated that he's talked to general mattis,

our nuclear strike capability is fine tuned and ready to go, we will push ahead on sanctions. i think the idea now is to be a little hard lined, and to some extent, i think one has to wonder what rolejohn bolton, his national security adviser, has played ? bolton, his national security adviser, has played? john bolton, for decades, has made very clear he doesn't believe there's any point in talking to anyone who with you, and therefore it is pretty clear that therefore it is pretty clear that there is a real push to get away from this stuff, to go back to the campaign and put on maximum pressure. i think what should be done is secretary pompeo should send some people listed on with the north koreans, whether it's ascent —— assistant secretary, as i used to do, ora assistant secretary, as i used to do, or a special envoy was up they should send somebody to talk to the north koreans and figure out, is there somebody on offer, is there

something we can move forward on? because ultimately this will need a outcome. but i think the problem is that many of the presents around him don't believe that, and i think some of us talk about the so—called libya model, that was really there to make the task even more difficult. thank you very much, christopher hill. zach bond and david were all were convicted over the deaths of debbie brandon... in december of last year. a third defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 21 years in prison. last december. a house ablaze from top to bottom. eight—year—old

brandon and seven—year—old lacey pearson were killed by the flames, along with 15—year—old demi, last seen along with 15—year—old demi, last seen at her bedroom window waving the torch on her mobile phone for help. three—year—old leah died from her injuries two days later. their home was petrol bombed by two men who have fallen out with the children's older brother, zach bolland has been sentenced to life with a bolland has been sentenced to life witha minimum bolland has been sentenced to life with a minimum of a0 years. david world to life with a minimum of 37 yea rs. world to life with a minimum of 37 years. courtney brealey, who helped him on the night of the attack, was given 21 years for manslaughter. to think and do anything like this do for children in a house and a woman is just beyond thought. it's evil, i don't know how they can think of doing think tank —— doing anything like that. it is beyond me. cctv shows bolland and world lifting out a fence panel at the back of the

family's house. it then records the flash of a petrol bomb being thrown through the kitchen window, then the even biggerflash of through the kitchen window, then the even bigger flash of a second petrol bomb. it broke me at one point. because i knew that the four children had passed, and how about michelle is. but when you see cctv and you hear a firefighter talking... it's like you're there and living it with them, it's horrible. it's horrible, the monsters. the children's mother was ina coma monsters. the children's mother was in a coma for months, she was only told about the deaths of her four children last month. this is pearson had called police on at least five occasions in the two weeks before her children died, saying bolland was threatening to use fire to harm herfamily. simon was threatening to use fire to harm her family. simon jones, was threatening to use fire to harm her family. simonjones, bbc was threatening to use fire to harm herfamily. simonjones, bbc news. an army sergeant has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute, and sabotaging the gas supply at their home. duncan kennedy is at winchester crown court. take us to the day's events. by any

stretch of imagination, this is an story. here you have a meal cilliers, a 38—year—old army instructor who twice tried to kill his wife in a span of six days. once by trying to tamper with a gas strip at home, and 16 days later by trying to sabotage her parachute. and police say he nearly succeeded in both cases. —— six days. but today thejury both cases. —— six days. but today the jury has found him both cases. —— six days. but today thejury has found him guilty both cases. —— six days. but today the jury has found him guilty of two cou nts the jury has found him guilty of two counts of attempted murder. emile and victoria cilliers. husband and wife, but a couple where he wanted her to die. an experienced skydiver who made 2,500 jumps, this was victoria cilliers during one of herflights. a flight exactly like this one, over the same airfield in the wilshere, where she had her accident.

but victoria plummeted to the ground when both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. as she fell, she blacked out. she only lived because she landed in a newly—plowed field. the police were called in when it became clear the slinks like this, which connect the harness to the canopy, had been deliberately taken off. detectives went to the airbase near salisbury and discovered that emile was the last to handle the parachute before victoria's accident. it was in this toilet that emile brought victoria's parachute to tamper with. he moved strings on the reserve chute, all to sabotage it. what he hoped for was when she leapt out of the aircraft, she would jump to her death. the police organised this demonstration to see

if there was time and space for a parachute to be sabotaged in a cubicle. there was. i've known him in the past, but i certainly never would have thought he became bowl of doing something like this. —— be capable of doing something like this. jeff montgomery from the british parachute association knows emile, and says he still can't believe what he did. nobody would want to believe that somebody could do that to somebody else, because we all are bonded by the sport together. and ijust don't think people want to believe that, but... but incredibly, emile had gone further. a week before the parachute incident, he tampered with this gas pipe at his home in amesbury, in another attempt to try to kill victoria. he turned a net decree a leak,

hoping for an explosion. police found the teeth on his set of mole grips were identical to the marks on the not —— not. but why would a meal cilliers want to kill victoria? police discovered he was having sex with his former wife, and an affair with his former wife, and an affair with this woman, stephanie keller. they exchanged thousands of texts, including some on the very night victoria was taken to hospital after her parachute accident. he also hoped to get a massive insurance pay—out if victoria died. victoria cilliers had no idea what her husband was trying to do to her in their catch and were here, over the fields of wiltshire. six days, two attempted murders, and one woman who survived. when the jury came back with those guilty verdicts today, there was no reaction whatever from a meal cilliers, it's typical

that... thejudge has invited victoria cilliers to come and make a victim impact statement when he senses emile on june 15. victim impact statement when he senses emile onjune15. duncan kennedy library in winchester. the weather wasn't looking good there. it has gone downhill a little bit after a few days of sunshine. not for everybody, as you can see behind me. things have changed over the southern half of the country. more of that to come. it looks like it'll be mostly across the southern half of the country. i have to show you this, absolutely beautiful, taking in the highlands of scotland earlier on. we have showers gathering. there could be rumbles of thunder. they become more widespread on this system pushing a little further north. with it humid air. it'll be a close night for sleeping

across the southern half of the country. further north, it is still fresh and clear. but we will see the return of mr low cloud which has been typical of the last couple of days for eastern scotland and north england. —— mist and low cloud. it looks brighter across the southern and eastern quadrant of the uk. quite a change for wales and the south—west with this band of showery rain. a little bit cooler, 15 degrees. but temperatures are on the rise as we go through the bank holiday weekend. but we keep the best of the dry and sunny weather in the north, always the risk of those thundery showers as the heat rises in the south. i will have more for you later. you are watching the bbc news at five. 0ur you are watching the bbc news at five. our top stories. the much anticipated summit between president trump and north korea's kimjong—un, has been cancelled. hopefully positive things will be taking place with respect to the future of north korea.

but if they don't we are more ready than we have ever been before. two men get life in prison, for murdering four children, by petrol bombing their home. an army sergeant is convicted of trying to murder his wife, by tampering with her parachute. raise taxes, or the nhs will face a ‘decade of misery.‘ that's the uncompromising message to the government, in a major report on the health service. time for a look at all of the sports news from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes and this is sport. england were all out for 18a. pakistan's bowl is ruthlessly working their way through england's

batters. joe wilson is at lord's cricket ground. after a poor wind abroad this was meant to be england showing us how good they are at home playing cricket. what went wrong? —— a poor winter. whatever the floodlight is touring behind me, the mood of english test cricket remains gloomy. —— is doing behind me. i'm sure they were helped by that test match they had in ireland. they have adapted well and shown great discipline. they have been helped at times by some rather dodgy english batting. in particular the captain, we must say. let me show you joe root‘s batting. alastair cook looked refreshed and led the way for england for much of the day. he made 70. mohammad amir got rid of him. big selection for england in this test match. that was

jos buttler coming in to add some twe nty20 jos buttler coming in to add some twenty20 style. jos buttler coming in to add some twe nty20 style. it jos buttler coming in to add some twenty20 style. it didn't work. there was a good catch at slip. england were 165—5 at tea. wood the last ago. no hijinks, just get discipline from pakistan. but they've already lost one of their readiness to stuart broad. great work from pakistan so far from their bowlers, which is probably the strongest bit of their team. their batsmen have got to get to 250, 300 to really make their advantage count. we have seen one dismissal already in pakistan's first innings. al hack has already gone. game on, i suppose, but if england were looking for something today to automatically change the mood about their test cricket that certainly hasn't helped. thanks very much, keep an eye on those clouds. we will know more

about just how those clouds. we will know more aboutjust how good that 18a was in aboutjust how good that 18a was in about an hour, i suppose. simon yates has lost significant ground in his bid to become the first british man to win the giro d'italia. his overall lead has been halved after stage 18, which germany's max schachmann won. second—placed tom dumoulin, the defending champion, got away from yates on the final climb of the day, and managed to open up a gap. the briton, who's looked so strong for the last two and a half weeks, suddenly seemed vulnerable — he made it across the line with a lead ofjust 28 seconds with three stages to go. chris froome is still fourth overall. we will have more view at 6:30pm in sportsday. thank you. the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has heard how a mother and young daughter died in each other‘s arms, alongside a cousin who was just a visitor on the night of the disaster. in all 72 people died. the lives of 12 people were being commemorated today. tom symonds reports.

it is still a crime scene, but this week of commemorations has taken us behind the charred facade of g re nfell tower to behind the charred facade of grenfell tower to reveal the lives of those who called at home. mohammed and his wife amal were on the 19th floor with their young daughter amaya. her answer led the tributes. we celebrated her birthday in april last year. we could see her personality forming more and more. i would hold her tight just personality forming more and more. i would hold her tightjust as amal did when i was a kid. that is how they were when they were being burned alive, holding each other, so tight. trying to squeeze the nightmare away. it has been completely surreal. and the most painful and devastating time of our lives. we still haven't been able to make sense of the senseless deaths

of innocent and precious lives. and amidst the suffering nothing can overs ha d ow amidst the suffering nothing can overshadow the precious memories. the beauty and the love they brought to each life they touched. when this process started the audience seemed unsure about how to respond. now each dignified statement receives applause. not least for the courage shown in making it. this morning we heard about australian—born victoria king and her daughter alexandra. they had been estranged from their family until they were recently traced to grenfell tower. the family's solicitor read a statement. if this had not been the case, no family member would have known they had perished. as no one knew they we re had perished. as no one knew they were still living there. the time we had back, being in touch, means a great deal. i wish it had been for

much longer. the enquiry has received more requests for commemorations. it is considering an extra day of hearings next week. 0ur correspondent tom burridgejoins me now from west london. tom? losing one member of yourfamily in a tragedy like the fire at the g re nfell tower a tragedy like the fire at the grenfell tower must be devastating. but to lose five members of your family is impossible to imagine. but today mohammed hakim spoke for a long time eloquently about his pa rents long time eloquently about his parents and his brothers and younger sister. he spoke about their childhood, happily growing up together. he spoke about his elder brothers‘ wit —— his elder brother‘s wit, his younger brother‘s creativity, and his sister‘s

personality. the fire spread out of control throughout grenfell tower. my control throughout grenfell tower. my parents were elderly and had mobility issues. my father previously had two strokes and a heart attack. he shouldn‘t have been on the 17th floor. we had complained about this numerous times. as loving children they chose to stay with their parents. i consider my family as nothing less than soldiers. they are the bravest among everyone i know. mum, dad, my brothers, my sister, i love you always and miss you always. my beautiful family, you will never be forgotten. thank you. applause mohammed hakim speaking movingly

about losing his parents and three siblings to the fire. if you think about the fact that we‘ve already heard about one family earlier this week who lost six relatives to the g re nfell tower week who lost six relatives to the grenfell tower fire, we are expecting in the coming days to hear from two more families who both lost five relatives in the grenfell tower fire. these two weeks of tributes, the scale of the tragedy is being laid bare. the public enquiry itself has a huge amount of evidence to consider in the coming weeks, months, and years. if you look at hundreds of documents, hundreds of witnesses will give testimony to the enquiry, and it‘ll consider several expert reports by people who have expertise in fire safety and construction matters. it will look at that key question of how the fire spread so quickly throughout the tower, claiming so many lives. but the public enquiry is about, fundamentally, establishing the truth and making sure lessons are learned. and also re—establishing confidence, which i think was

clearly lacking in the community around grenfell tower in the wake of the fire. these two weeks, though, are about putting the victims, those people at the heart of the work of the enquiry as it continues. the enquiry itself could last up to two yea rs. thank you for that, tom. taxes will have to rise to pay for the nhs — if the uk is to avoid ‘a decade of misery‘ in which older and more vulnerable people are let down. that‘s the conclusion of a report by two think tanks, which says the health service will require the equivalent of two thousand pounds a year from every british household for more than a decade. here‘s our health correspondent dominic hughes. the prime minister has promised a long—term funding plan for the nhs in england which is expected in weeks, but there‘s high—level wrangling across whitehall over how much more money will be required. today, two leading think tanks have come up with proposals. their report says significant funding increases will be needed because of our ageing population, and that will probably mean higher taxes.

the number of people aged over 85 will go up by 1.3 million over 15 years, almost as much as the increase in the entire population under 65. average uk health spending increases between 201a and 2016 were 2.3% per year, but the report says 3.3% per year will be needed over the next 15 years just to sustain current levels of care. even slight improvements will need increases of a% a year. if paid for by higher tax, that could add £2,000 to household bills in 15 years‘ time. health and social care spending is easily the biggest thing that government does. if you increase the biggest bit of government spending, that‘s very costly and in the long run that must mean higher taxes to pay for it because it‘s very hard to see what else you could cut. but raising taxes comes with a level of political risk, so would voters support paying more

for the health service? how can you cut back on things that people need? desperately need, sometimes. so at the end of the day, why not? it‘s for us. they've got to tighten their safety nets a little bit more before i think they should start increasing the tax on it. i've travelled abroad and they don't have the health service, and the medical situation is dire so, yes, definitely, more tax for the nhs. the body that represents health service trusts, the nhs confederation, commissioned this report and said it was now time for a wider public debate to try and avoid a decade of misery for the old, the sick and vulnerable. the consequences if we don‘t fund our health care system is really a process of managed decline. it will mean more organisations are in deficit. the government‘s commitment to a long—term funding plan for the health service in england has been welcomed. today‘s report highlights that tough choices lie ahead, but in essence they boil down to tax more — or accept the nhs

will have to do less. dominic hughes, bbc news. with me is now is lord kerslake — former chairman of king‘s college hospital nhs foundation trust. just picking up on that point from dominic at the very end, and paul johnson made this point today as well, that it feels as if we have reached a crossroads. we either go to decide that we‘ve got a bit more money into the nhs or accept it cannot do what it is doing now and we must scale back. i think that's absolutely right. it‘s notjust one report today, there are two saying pretty much the same thing. unless you put money, and a lot more money into the nhs over a long period, we can say we will not have the safe, secure, and effective nhs we have all come to believe in. something has to be done. we have reached a

turning point. the suggestion is that theresa may is coming up with a new funding settlement sometime in the summer. probably around the time of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the nhs. and the feeling seems to be it‘ll be something around 3%. that is less than this report is recommending just to stand still for the nhs. yes, it is, and i think you have to think about at least 3.5 to a%. if you read the iss report, we are talking about a mirror to 5% if you want to catch up on the austerity loss. —— ifs report. we must be honest about how we will find this. because if we are going to do this long—term, notjust a couple of years six, it‘ll need more money, and that can only come from higher taxes. —— couple of yea rs from higher taxes. —— couple of years fix. people need to know where this extra money is going. but what

happens if you have years when unemployment is on the decline. rises, rather, and they are issuing tax receipts, the government will have to make up the shortfall, surely? they may do, but if you get this right you can adjust the tax level in different years. if it is too much for the nhs they can hold bala nces too much for the nhs they can hold balances and adjust in subsequent yea rs. balances and adjust in subsequent years. this is perfectly workable. ina years. this is perfectly workable. in a period where we have had wage stagnation, if you are going to ask people to pay more they‘ve got to know that money will go to somebody they feel strongly about, which is funding a great nhs. —— is something they feel strongly about. whatever they feel strongly about. whatever the downside of hypothecated taxes i think it can be made to work. i would adapt national insurance to do this. it'll have two be a brave political party that will come up with this as an idea for a ma nifesto. with this as an idea for a

manifesto. —— it‘ll have to be a brave political party that will come up brave political party that will come up with this as an idea for a ma nifesto. up with this as an idea for a manifesto. that's true, but in this case it‘ll need bravery. the way forward on this is to try and get the political parties across the spectrum to come together on this, to build a consensus about the importance of the nhs, to try to lift it above party politics for a moment and say this is something we can all get behind. that way you are not just isolating one can all get behind. that way you are notjust isolating one party. the conservatives will find this difficult, but they‘ve got to make a choice here, do they want a well funded nhs, which is what people ca re funded nhs, which is what people care about art of all, or will be stick with a no tax policy that will not deliver it? —— care about after all. we have run out of road on expenditures. we have to think differently. they throw much. --

thank you very much. a couple have been found guilty of murdering their 21—year—old french au pair, and burning her body in their garden, after holding her prisoner at their home in wimbledon in london. 0uissem medouni had told the old bailey that his partner, sabrina kouidair, had becomejealous of sophie lionnet. in the weeks leading up to the au pair‘s death last september, the couple beat and starved her. sophie long reports from the old bailey. sophie lionnet, a shy, unworldly but happy young woman. she left her home in france just a few days after her 20th birthday to work as an au pair for a french couple in wimbledon. herfamily would never see her again. the metropolitan police said they would never know the true extent of the horror she had to endure. i‘m satisfied that today the verdict has brought some justice for sophie but of course it will never bring her back. i believe that we are sophie‘s voice, telling of the torment, abuse and torture she suffered and today she has finally been heard. when sophie stepped through the door

of 16a wimbledon park road, she entered the obsessive and twisted world of sabrina kouider and 0uissem medouni. the couple met 18 years ago and have had an on—off relationship ever since. but kouider had other boyfriends too. 0ne she became obsessed with. mark walton, a former member of the band boyzone. she made many false — the prosecution said — preposterous accusations against him. she claimed sophie was helping him. she even went into the local newsagent telling people he was harassing herfamily. she said, "have you seen this person?" and she showed me a photo of a blonde—haired man on the phone. i questioned her, what is it with this person, and she said he‘s a very dangerous person. "why didn‘t your nanny do anything about it?"

and she said the nanny was complicit with mark walton. i didn‘t know his name at the time, but she said with him. mark walton and sophie lionnet had never met but the couple wouldn‘t let her go home until she admitted she was colluding with him. sophie spent the last hours of her life a prisoner here. finally she died. they burned her body in the garden. in the hours after they killed sophie, the couple went about their daily business. kouider was at the trampolining centre while medouni when shopping. he bought patio cleaner and a pizza, less than an hour before he set light to sophie‘s body. the toxic combination of kouider and medouni created an unhealthy and dangerous world quite

separate from reality. into it, unknowingly, stepped kind, harmless sophie. they harmed her and ultimately killed her in the most inhumane way. sophie long, reporting. mi6 has launched a new recruitment campaign to attract people who would never think of themselves as secret agents. mi6 says it needs more women and minorities among its ranks — and its first ever tv advertising campaign starts tonight. gordon corera reports. we are intelligence officers. but we don‘t do what you think. the opening is straight out of a james bond film. it‘s picking up on the silent cues that matter, understanding others, helping them... but the aim of this tv ad is to subvert the stereotypes around mi6 and persuade those who haven‘t thought of applying to be a spy to think again. secretly, we‘re just like you.

the real—life spies here at mi6 have always had a complicated relationship with their fictional portrayal. the image ofjames bond — the ruthless super spy with a licence to kill, going round saving the world — may have done wonders for their reputation on the one hand, but on the other it doesn‘t really reflect the work that goes on here at mi6. and the concern is it may have put some people off applying to join. the targets of the new ad are women and ethnic minorities, who have been underrepresented here. ensuring diversity, officials say, is a way of drawing on the widest possible pool of talent. i think for women, when they grow up, all the sort of popular images that there are of spies are either male, or they‘re women who are — to put it bluntly — often using their sort of sexuality as part of theirjob. officials also say since the attack in salisbury, when a russian

who spied for mi6 was targeted, there has been a surge of interest from highly motivated individuals. intelligence officers say their priority is making sure those who do apply now come from the widest background possible. gordon corera, bbc news. for many he stole the show — the preacher at saturday‘s wedding of the duke and duchess of sussex. the american bishop, reverend michael curry is having to adjust to fame, because he‘s now one of the most sought—after guests on the us talk show circuit. 0ur religion editor martin bashir has been to meet bishop curry in new york. imagine this tired old world when love is the way, when love is the way... there was passion in his preaching, rhythm in his voice, as bishop michael curry fused race and religion at the royal wedding. harnessed fire made that possible... reverend michael curry,

the presiding bishop... since returning to new york, his feet haven‘t touched the ground. that man right there, presiding bishop michael curry... a preacher, now the most sought—after interviewee on american television. amen! that service, it was all of us, it was people from different nationalities, different races, different ethnicities, a different world. those two people, their love, brought a variety of worlds together. you were quoting dr martin luther king at the very heart of the british establishment — and its historical associations with things like colonialism and slavery. we all have history, we all have a past. and our task now is to figure out how do we love each other in such a way that we can actually change the world around us? please, i have to take a... bishop michael is capitalising on his celebrity by taking his message of god‘s transformative love to the white house,

where he says there‘s a crisis of moral leadership, particularly in the way donald trump treats his political opponents. we can agree and disagree, but i‘ve got to love you. i can‘t demonise you, i can‘t dismiss you, i can‘t treat you as something less than a child of god — that even in our disagreements i‘ve got to relate to you as the beloved, one of the beloved children of god. given saturday‘s global television audience, bishop michael preached to the largest congregation of his life, but he says he‘s not seeking stardom, only the opportunity to preach his message of love for god and love for one another. martin bashir, bbc news, new york. time for a look at the weather... here‘s helen. we had trained in the weather today.

not for everyone. the north is going to wind this week and with the best of the sometime. in the south we will have that increasing risk of thunderstorms. not a complete wash—out but it‘s been quite wet today. this was buckinghamshire earlier on today. you can see the satellite picture, all of the rain and cloud in the south. and there is more to come. it is gathering across east anglia. there will be fun to read burst, as well. a mix of weather through the night. the low cloud returns to eastern part of scotla nd cloud returns to eastern part of scotland and north east england. we have potential for in the south where we have had moisture today and the light winds overnight, a perfect recipe. should go quite quickly in the morning. it won‘t be chilly in the morning. it won‘t be chilly in the south. but it‘ll be fresh in the north overnight, timber to start a fourin north overnight, timber to start a four in the glands. in the south it‘ll be muggy. the mcguinness is increasing because we are pulling in this moisture from france. —— the

muqqy this moisture from france. —— the muggy weather is increasing. through tomorrow, it looks like it‘ll push further north than it has been today. it may well be persistent at times with lightning in there, as well as thunder. mist and murk in the morning. northern england look set to have a different day. we still have the low cloud in north—east england and east scotland. possibly northern ireland, as well. away from the east coast come across northern ireland and scotla nd come across northern ireland and scotland it looks like a lovely day. it should be dry and brighter for southern and eastern parts than it has been this afternoon. but given the tebbutt arises we could spark off thunderstorms here as well as showery burst of rain, a different day from northern ireland and north wales. —— given the temperature rises. we are threatened by more showers coming into the south and west. we think that is the greatest

chance on saturday. temperatures rising by1 chance on saturday. temperatures rising by 1 degrees chance on saturday. temperatures rising by1 degrees every day as we move through the bank holiday weekend. concern for saturday night and sanded because it looks like there will be torrential downpours across the channel moving their way into the southern parts of the uk. localised flooding because of that, lots of thunder and lightning, and it‘ll be triggered by those temperatures as high as 27, 28 by bank holiday monday. that would make ita bank holiday monday. that would make it a record. but we have to content with the fact that that could trigger those storms. sunny and fresh in the north. if you have plans, don‘t make this the last forecast that you see. president trump cancels next month‘s summit with north korea

because of what he calls president kim‘s hostility. the highly anticipated talks were aimed at ridding the peninsula of nuclear weapons. earlier, north korea claimed it had destroyed part of its nuclear test site — donald trump said pyongyang needs to go much further. if and when kim jong—un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and actions, iam waiting. we‘ll have the latest from washington and seoul. also on tonight‘s programme: the four children who died when their house was petrol bombed in the middle of the night — two men are sentenced to life for their murder. i was a nana of 11, now i am a nana of seven. we will never again hear their voices shouting out "nana" or "grandad".