this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. the grenfell tower inquiry hears reports from experts on how the fire started and spread — 72 people died in the blaze, nearly a year ago. ourteam is our team is trawling through hundreds of pages of expert evidence and already relegation that back up the notion that grenfell tower with a fire hazard and a tragedy in the making. the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how, london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically. an overhaul of the government's counter—terrorism strategy is announced by the home secretary, sajid javid. the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving. we must evolve too. guatemala declares three days of national mourning after at least

25 people are killed, in one of the largest volcanic eruptions in years. also — more calls for rail companies to be punished after weeks of disruption. northern and govia thameslink railway have both introduced emergency temporary timetables this morning — causing further delays for passengers. and why former president bill clinton is calling for a return to paper ballots in us elections — to avoid the threat of hacking and interference. good morning. it's monday, 4th ofjune. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the grenfell tower inquiry has been

told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would react in a fire. the finding is in a report from an expert, which was published at the start of the next phase of the hearings into the fatal blaze in which 72 people died. tom burridge is at the inquiry in central london. i know there have been hundreds of pages of evidence put forward this morning. brink of the findings as you are unravelling them. let us deal with two things here, firstly there is the opening statement by the leading barrister representing the public inquiry, richard millett. he had the whole of the data set out his opening statement at the beginning of this phase one of the inquiry which will consider important questions about the refurbishment of the building and the spread of the fire at such a rapid pace, killing so many people. we have heard some of his openings statement so far in the past hour or

so, where he has set out the fundamental question is how in 2017, in london, one of the most recent developed cities in the wild, 31 people or 72 deaths could be attributed to a fire in a residential high—rise building? he also has already questioned whether some of the court participants and by that, i think you mean some of the companies and possibly public bodies involved in the refurbishment of g re nfell tower, bodies involved in the refurbishment of grenfell tower, has not, in his words, been as forthcoming in terms of their corporation so far to the public inquiry in dealing with important questions in the preliminary phases. his language at that point was quite blunt and pointed. let us get a flavour of some of what richard millett qc has said so far this morning. although my opening statement will be concerned with much technical and other expert evidence, the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically that an entire

high—rise block was engulfed. and how it was that 71 people lost their lives in a matter of hours, leaving families and friends in shock, grief and bewilderment. leaving hundreds without a home, their possessions destroyed, their precious mementos in ashes, their families shattered, their community devastated, their lives permanently scarred and for an inheritance, an abiding sense of injustice, betrayal and marginalisation, leading to an overwhelming question — why? that was richard miller qc, the

leading barrister for the public inquiry. he said his work will be robust, independent, objective but he is committed to finding the treat the lessons can be learned. let us go on, we have had a data dump if you like, what we mean by that is we have had five reports by expert witnesses called by the inquiry, all published at the same type, roughly an hour ago. published at the same type, roughly an hourago. 0urteam is published at the same type, roughly an hour ago. our team is working through these documents, but each document is hundreds of pages long. ican document is hundreds of pages long. i can pick out one report which seems to be offering some quite interesting findings. it is by doctor barbara lane, chartered fire engineer, particular expertise in tall buildings, some of these findings so far that we've managed to pick up are, the type of card induced grenfell tower, it had a polyester core, combustible in the middle. according to doctor barbara lane, she said it contributed the most rapid, observed externalfire spread, as well as the polystyrene

core, the inflating panels produce large qualities of black toxic smoke. she found in the vertical and horizontal fire stopping column cavity, i think in the sort of cavities where the cladding was fitted, there was no evidence, she said, that it had been provided, that those cavities were tested for performance. there are claims coming out of these reports that as we have heard before, via the bbc, via other media organisations, but the testing systems for the overall construction, the materials used on g re nfell tower, construction, the materials used on grenfell tower, the cladding with the polyester core, the installation, what we are getting up this morning, backing up the claim that proper tests were not made on the overall system used on grenfell tower and i was a key conducting factor, the cladding and the installation the white that fire spread so quickly. the cladding

falling like rain and igniting as the flames touched it. it was a deadly mix in terms of both building materials. thank you very much, tom. this is the scene at the inquiry — let's listen in. we are still hearing from the council, richard miller qc, who is going to be addressing the inquiry all day—to—day with his opening statement. —— richard millett. we can see a map of the building. we have the building core walls are in grey. we have the drive rise —— dry riser, where the fire brigade plug their hoses into. to the left of the left, to the south west of the lift lobby, that is replicated on all floors up the building. it is important to remember where that is

in comparison to various flats. we have the flat front doors which are just coming into view there in yellow. the lift doors in green again and they stared all, which is opposite the listjust that. —— the stair door. if you go to the next level, please. floortoo. this stair door. if you go to the next level, please. floor too. this is where the boxing club is, which is the big space to the north and west of the building call. the building core is there in grey. there is a dry riser there as well, which isjust there is a dry riser there as well, which is just eliminated their —— illuminated there. we have the stair door as well... we have the stair door as well... we will leave the inquiry is now but richard millet qc is going to do some of the detail about what is being looked at from today about why

it was that that fire took hold so quickly and with such devastating effect that grenfell tower. he is going to be speaking all day. this is now the fact—finding stage of the inquiry, which has begun. it has coincided with the publication of five reports today. there is lots emerging today about what happened that call that fire to be so catastrophic. we will go back into the inquiry and bring you much more coverage throughout the morning and the rest of the day. the home secretary is outlining an overhaul of the government's counter terrorism strategy. he wants security services to change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn a lesson from last week's attacks in london and manchester. he is being asked questions. we will listen in. guilty of criminal offence or they have done something sort of wrong in the sense of broken

any laws. they are not going to be all criminal records or police records, and we are very clear safeguards in the system. now, it will be the case for this new sort of proposal to work, as we test these pilots, but we have to provide certain biographical information, which of course with names and addresses, maybe not much more from the security service in the declassified way. all the people that are going to be involved, they are professionals. probation officers, for example, people in the education sector, people in the charity commission, they are already, all of them, because of their involvement in other programmes used to handling sensitive information. they have all been trained, they will be trained if they need to be brought into a programme, andi if they need to be brought into a programme, and i think that taken together provides the safeguards

that we need. thank you. yes? you are pouring money into counterterrorism policing and intelligence, great, very welcome. but, at the same time, kimi jeep policing is being starved as funds. —— community policing. will we end up —— community policing. will we end up like brussels where it does not have the on the street intelligence to inform about terrorist attacks? i would say two things to that. the first is you use the phrase they are starved of funds. since 2015, we have predicted to the police funding what we might call communities policing and in the last year, and this financial year, we are total amount of cash available, one of the biggest increases that we have seen.

we do recognise there is a need for more resources, that is the message that we have got back from the pcc, the chief constable and others and thatis the chief constable and others and that is being recognised. separated that, i have said, last week when i spoke to the police federation, that given the rise in reported crime in so many other areas, cybercrime, past sexual offences, domestic violence and things, the demand on the community policing is increasing, so i have already decided that when it comes to the spending review next year, i will prioritise the committee policing. you are recognising the challenges that they have in terms of resourcing. but the other point i would make, you are relating it to the terrorist threat, what we are discussing today, of course there is no question they will have a big role to play and we want to expand that role with some of the measures we have announced today. we also

have to recognise that the nature of how terrorists today may plan attacks or radicalise people has changed from maybe the it was 30 yea rs changed from maybe the it was 30 years ago or something. my colleague today, basically do minister, he gave an excellent example when he talked about in northern ireland, he was involved in soft, maybe 20, 30 yea rs was involved in soft, maybe 20, 30 years ago, people after a funeral or something, hang around corners, have a chat, but today it is so much of it is done online, often in encrypted form. how we police, especially terrorism, it is changing as well. we equally to make sure the resources a re better as well. we equally to make sure the resources are better for the specialist policing, the counterterrorism policing, the security services, and that is why we have given emphasis to that. thank you. the home secretary sajid javid

talking about the change counterterrorism strategy. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is here. how significantly different is this strategy? the key difference to the strategy, the fourth version of the strategy known as content as it was introduced in the first james vince 2011, the key difference is this wider information sharing. it will be piloted in london, the west midlands and in manchester and what will happen is that people who were formally subjects of interest, formerly on the radar of the intelligence services and the police, if there is a particular concern about one of those individuals, those details, both biographical details and some information will be shared with people from local authorities, probation, from the charity commission and so on, just to see whether that triggers anything

amongst those wider agencies. that with the criticism of the security and intelligence services in particular that perhaps some of that information was kept to private, to confidential and if there had been shared more widely, it is possible that some attacks may been prevented. a lot of people are being looked out as potential suspects, 3000 with 500 investigations being worked out by security services, there are a lot of people out there who are potentially be affected by this. why has it taken so long for this to be done? there has been quite an extensive review, plus the fact that we have had changes of home secretary, theresa may with home secretary, dan amber rudd, now savaged dyfed, we have had —— we have now got it. i think one of the other key points to note is that they prevent part of

it which is the controversial bit under which prevention is put at the heart where people are perhaps identified as likely to be radicalised, so measures are taken, judy on teachers and others to try and identify people who may be at risk of radicalisation, criticism of prevent, but it stays. sajid javid is a supporter of it and says it works. there is going to be a new focus on trying to get more people who are part of the prevent strategy called the disengagement programme over the next 12 months, they want than double the number of individuals receiving help under that particular programme. there is support for prevent, white information staring, those of the two key points i would take from these strategies. —— wide information sharing. thank you.

emergency measures to try to end weeks of delays and cancellations will be implemented on railways in the north—west and south—east of england today. northern and govia thameslink passengers have suffered two weeks of disruption after timetable changes at the end of last month, described as "the largest for a generation". later today the transport secretary chris grayling will meet with mps whose constituents have been affected. 0ur correspondent dave guest has spent the morning speaking to commuters in preston. today, another batch of delays and cancellations for frustrated northern rail passengers. they have become accustomed to all of this is since the new timetable was introduced last month and on friday alone, 200 services were cancelled. it has left passengers feeling frustrated and angry. northern are absolute shambles. it has been a joke since i started this newjob a few months ago. i have not caught a train on time on a single day. daily cancellations on whatever and just late all round, to be honest. do you think the new timetable is going to make things any better? the way it is running now, no, not to be honest. the 7.07 is on the new timetable, i had a look. it has been delayed

because of train drivers and i think that it's happening more and more and more. now, northern say the problems haven't been all of their making, there have been delays in completing electrification between manchester and preston which has derailed their own driver training programme, which means that drivers aren't always in the cabs when they should be. but that of course is of little consolation to their frustrated passengers. northern have tried to counter this by introducing a new interim timetable. today they have withdrawn 165 services in the hope that the services which do run will run on time. but so far this morning we have seen several cancellations here in preston and many trains delayed. again, more frustration for passengers. the managing director of northern rail said they are determined to fix problems for their customers, and that the situation should improve within the next few days. it's absolutely not acceptable and we have apologised and i have apologised. and we are now putting all our efforts in to trying to fix this.

we are running more and more trains all the time and not is causing the problem, the capacity on the track. we are reducing the timetable from today by 6% but we are still running more trains than we were in april this year and we are determined to absolutely fix this, so that we stop being the interviews to our customers and allow the modernisation that franchise is going to deliver, the new trains, more trains, better trained by 2020. we are determined to fix this problem, to get on track for that transformation. people, if they are delayed by more than 30 minutes or the train is cancelled, they can apply for a refund. we have brought more people in to deal with that because clearly there has been a backlog and we are dealing with that as quickly as we possibly can. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the grenfell tower inquiry has been told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would behave in a fire. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism, and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester. rail passengers are still facing cancellations despite changes to combat major disruption caused by new timetables introduced last month. and in sport:

‘no negative feelings' ahead of their french open meeting but serena williams still expresses disappointment that maria sharapova revealed she was in tears after defeat in the 2004 wimbledon final. "lots of work to do" — england cricket captainjoe root urges his team—mates to learn from their first test win since last summer, after they thrashed pakistan inside three days. shock for sane — manchester city's starlet leroy sane is excluded from germany's world cup squad but captain manuel neuer is included despite missing virtually all of the season with injury. i will be back with more of those stories just after half past. the top three military officials in north korea are reported to have been removed from their posts ahead of the summit between kim jong—un and president trump. it's believed there may have been some unease in the north korean

military over mr kim's approach to the summit, with many believing the country's nuclear weapons are crucial to its survival. 0ur correspondent, hywel griffith, is following developments from the south korean capital, seoul. it's very difficult to verify these reports coming out of south korea, japan and the us, but what they seem to suggest is a change of guard at the top brass of the north korean military, which is a huge organisation and one which kim jong—un clearly wants to control. now, the interpretation is that these new figures, or at least some of them, are more moderate. now, that is moderate in a north korean context. these people probably wouldn't be seen as moderates in other countries. but they may not be so hostile to the idea of doing a deal with america, they may not follow the rhetoric that america is an agonistic, imperialist country that kim jong—un shouldn't do a deal with. it may be that kim jong—un simply wants people more in line with his current thinking, as he goes towards the singapore summit.

we don't believe that the singapore summit is being reported much though within north korea, there is no sign of it in the state—run newspaper or in the north korean news agency. the only summit they are talking about there is the one with russia later this year and the ongoing dialogue with south korea. while talks have been going on in the us, there are also talks here in the demilitarised zone taking place now and again between north and south, about future cooperation and the reunification of families. so, it's a dynamic situation, as ever, and looks ahead to next week's summit. at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a volcano erupted in guatemala. the fuego volcano, which is about 25 miles away from the capital guatemala city, has been spewing black smoke and ash into the sky. there are reports of flows of lava striking at least one village. 0ur central america correspondent will grant has more. volcan de fuego's awesome power

is well—known in guatemala, it is one of the most active volcanoes in latin america, with local people used to living in its shadow. but moments of this magnitude are rare. eyewitnesses described a river of fire spewing down the mountainside. the victims and many of the injured were caught in its path, unable to move before their simple homes were swept away by the lava. translation: not everyone escaped. we ran towards the hill. ash has fallen across a wide area, even reaching the capital of guatemala city some aokm away. meanwhile, falling molten rock remains a real threat to villages in the vicinity. evacuations are under way. the emergency services are doing what they can amid the treacherous conditions. the recent rains have made rescue efforts more complicated. a state of emergency

has been declared. the international airport was closed for poor visibility. roads have been cut off in several areas of the country. the last time locals saw fuego was so active was in the 1970s. with the number of dead steadily rising, and resources in the impoverished nation stretched, it is a race to make sure communities in the affected area are safe. will grant, bbc news. joining me is dr matt watson, a volcanologist who was at the site in guatemela less than two weeks ago. thank you forjoining us. was it possible to predict, whether any signs when you were there two weeks ago? not really. fuego is an interesting system, for the last three years, does have quite a strong heartbeat, it has erupted about once a month until the end of 2017. in 2018, this

is only the second significant eruption that has occurred. the point here is that even though it was probably predicted a few hours ahead of time, the scale and speed of the eruption is unprecedented in recent times, maybe not so in 1974, but in the last three or four years, certainly nothing of this magnitude has happened. the pictures are shocking. the impact of it is absolutely devastating. what are your thoughts as you watch the pictures and see the scale of what happened? it is heartbreaking. i know the place very well and it's very hard not to feel very strongly for these people. they have got basically nothing, it is one of the poorest countries in central america. this particular series of villages is not particularly after the tour, they broadly have very little warning. these things are extremely

dangerous. these really are not lava flows, lava flows are the things we think in hawaii. there are a lot of differences, the key difference is that lava flows move out about the speed you can walk and these things are moving about the speed of a car travels down the motorway. they are much more fatal than lava flows because of that. when you describe it in that way, thatis when you describe it in that way, that is something that is going to be very difficult for anybody to get out of the part of. it took ten minutes for display to get to the nearest village. how many villages are nearest village. how many villages a re close nearest village. how many villages are close to the volcano? there are 100,000 people live within a ten kilometre radius of the summit. a few of those are little closer. the key thing is that see how close you are the one of the seven deeply inside rallies that run away from the summit, down to the south. what is happened here is one

of those valleys has filled up with pyroclastic material, it is smashed into the villages. there are quite a few people that live close by but these villages, because they are so close to the valleys were particularly vulnerable. explain exactly what i wrote classic material is. i have not heard that term before. is it like lava? it isa term before. is it like lava? it is a fluidised, density currents. it is a fluidised, density currents. it is a fluidised, density currents. it isa it is a fluidised, density currents. it is a bit ofjargon, i know. i collection of fine as, hot gas and much larger boulders which are fired downstrea m much larger boulders which are fired downstream and because of gravity and the fact that the gases are expanding, this thing these really quickly. they tend to hug the ground, stay in valleys, but they move incredibly fast and if you get hit by one, invariably fatal. they

are hundreds of degrees and globally they are pretty, they are the primary hazard that one will worry about from active volcanoes. now the eruption has stopped, the real worry is the fact that a lot of material has been deposited on the flanks of fuego and now because we are in the rainy season, damage arising to be washed down in mudslides, so i'm afraid that allah is in for a couple of months of real pain. —— guatemala. the will be feeling vulnerable of it happening again. what is the likelihood of it happening again? it is a bit early to tell, is it follows the pattern of what it has over the last couple yea rs, of what it has over the last couple years, one can expect another eruption that is similar to those over the next few months. that is speculation, often large eruptions

followed by a period of cessation. it may be that there are less pyroclastic flows in the future. it isa pyroclastic flows in the future. it is a very active volcano that has been consistently active for a while. matt watson, thank you very much. learner drivers in england, scotland and wales will be allowed onto motorways for lessons from today. the change is part of an effort to ensure new drivers are better prepared for driving at speed once they've been allowed to throw away their ‘l‘ plates. learners will still need to be accompanied by an instructor and driving a car with duel controls. weather with lucy martin. thank you. good afternoon. cloudier skies today for central and eastern parts of england. the best of the brightness certainly over in the west where we see more in the way of sunshine, particularly for wales, south—west england. the cloud will linger in the northern and eastern coast of scotland and much the central and eastern england. there

will be some sunshine, developing across northern ireland and the rest of scotla nd across northern ireland and the rest of scotland and we will see some sunshine for wales, south—west england, southern england as well. the chance of a sharp shower in the south—west, a chance of a thunderstorm. work scotland. delie hit and mist, they could cause and disruption where they do bubble up. more in the way of cloud feeding in from the coast and there will be so mist and temperatures are a few degrees cooler than we saw last night, but still in double figures in the south. a misty start to the day tomorrow for many, we will start to import drierair day tomorrow for many, we will start to import drier air from day tomorrow for many, we will start to import drier airfrom the north. brightening up, sunny carouse developing. the chance of a sheriff in northern ireland, temperatures at a maximum of 20 celsius. —— the chance of a shower. our latest headlines: the grenfell tower inquiry is hearing evidence from experts on how the fire started and spread. understand how the new cladding

system would behave in a fire. the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how in london in 2017 and domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically. the home secretary, sajid javid, has announced an overhaul of the government's counter—terrorism strategy. he said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester. the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are revolving. we must evolve, too. we must evolve, too. guatemala's president has announced three days of national mourning after the country's most violent volcano eruption in more than a century killed at least 25 people. rail passengers continue to face cancellations after new timetables were introduced last month. northern and govia thameslink

railway have both introduced emergency temporary timetables today to try and stem delays and disruption. now the sport with hugh. holders germany have sprung a surprise by leaving manchester city's leroy sane out of their squad for the world cup in russia, which starts next week. sane had a strong season, helping city to the premier league title with ten goals and 15 assists. he was rewarded for his efforts with the pfa young player of the season award, but coach joachim loew has left him out. loew has picked captain manuel neuer, who has only played once since mid—september. well, sane's manchester city team—mate vincent kompany has been given two weeks to recover from a groin injury by belgium boss roberto martinez. he says his captain's leadership is crucial,

but he has put lauren see—mon on standby, in case kompany doesn't make it. crystal palace striker christian benteke has missed out on a place in the final squad. belgium are in england's group. they meet onjune the 28th. there was a very good weekend for england's cricketers at headingley with a test match win inside three days over pakistan, butjoe root, the team's captain, has warned that the victory must not be used to "paper over the cracks", insisting there's still plenty of work to do. it was their first test victory in nine matches and it was a comprehensive one. they were already way ahead whenjoss buttler hit a brilliant unbeaten 80. there wasn't much pakistan's batsmen could do, england winning by an innings and 55 runs, but root said that didn't mean all their problems were over. we do not need to paper over the cracks. we have work to do. we responded well and came out and showed a lot of character

which is pleasing for me. it is a great step in the right direction. england bowler chris woakes took four wickets in that match, but he's been ruled out of sunday's one—day international against scotland with a thigh strain. he's replaced by surrey‘s tom curran. there could be some extra tension on court at the french open this afternoon, when serena williams faces maria sharapova in the fourth round. williams isn't too happy with comments sharapova made in her autobiography which came out last year. sharapova talks about williams a lot in the book — and claims she heard the american crying in the changing rooms after she beat her in the 2004 wimbledon final. the book was 100% hearsay, at least the quotes and words i read. it is disappointing. iam human. for me, it is totally normal. i think what happens there should stay there,

and not necessarily be talked about in a not so positive way in a book. you can listen to live commentary of that match on radio 5live sports extra, and via the bbc sport website. world number one simona halep is already through to the quarter—finals. she made very short work of elise mertens, dropping only three games along the way. they were on court for less than an hour. halep has twice been a finalist at roland garros, but she's still looking for a first grand slam title. she takes on either angelique kerber or caroline garcia next. geraint thomas trails by 21 second going into the first stage proper of the criterium du dauphine, the traditional warm—up race for the tour de france. that's despite a high—speed crash on the prologue, when he misjudged a bend, losing some skin along the way. thomas is leading team sky in the absence of chris froome, who's taking a break

in between grand tours. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return to our main story. the grenfell tower inquiry is hearing reports from experts on the cause of the fire. its heard that the there is ‘insufficient evidence' to determine the exact cause, but the origin was more than likely a fridge—freezer in one of the flats. it's also heard that organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would behave in a fire. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is in central london. we are calling this a bit of a data dump, really. we have had five

reports done by experts in fire safety, all published at the same time. doctor barbara lee and is fire co nsulta nt time. doctor barbara lee and is fire consultant with particular expertise in tall buildings. a report soon to be coming out with some quite startling revelations. firstly, she says that some of the key bodies involved in the refurbishment of the tower, remember, this was social housing in south london, the cladding was put on in the years preceding the fire. she says that none of the public bodies, she has found no evidence that the key bodies involved in the refurbishment of the tower understood how the cladding system would behave in a fire. that is the cladding, the installation, and the materials used. she also find that given the risk that the cladding system posed in terms of the fire spreading so

quickly, the advice to stay put was simply not supported. she said the construction materials used in the cladding either individually or as a whole did not comply with recommended fire performance for a building of that height. aside from what has been said about the cladding, it's also extraordinary to hear lots of detail about whether regulations were being complied with inside the building in terms of protecting residents in the event of fire. what have you heard about that question might very much so. doctor barbara lee and's report sets out multiple catastrophic fire spread roots in the building. she said there were unprotected openings surrounded by combustible materials. she says cavity barriers, she says they were supposed to stop the virus

spreading from one flap to another, but he said there was simply defective and she found no evidence that testing of those cavity barriers had been carried out in conjunction with the type of cladding used on grenfell tower. she also speaks more on this day put strategy. the residents were told to stay put in their flats. some people got so quickly. many, many stayed put in their flats as the fire burned quickly to the building. she says that basically this day but strategy had failed by 1:26am in the morning. she said that byjust 14 minutes later the stairwell, the only escape route, was smoke logged. she says that should now be a recommendation that flats and tower blocks have an internal alarm system we re blocks have an internal alarm system were voice of voice announcements can be related to the residence has

the advice changes when a fire brea ks the advice changes when a fire breaks out. she can't really understand how the estate put advice remained in place until 2:47 a:m., over an hour after the fire broke out, and a long time since the stairwell, the only escape route, was smoke logged, as she puts it. tom, thank you very much. let's listen in to what is happening live in that building. the lead counsel is still speaking. it has a high calorific value as compared with other common construction materials and that will provide ourfuel construction materials and that will provide our fuel source for a growing and spreading fire. it melts at 135 celsius and ignites at 177

degrees centigrade. these aluminium composite panels covered the face of the building where they were hung on two wheels, moving horizontally, and we re two wheels, moving horizontally, and were also present on the columns of the buildings as we have seen. there we re the buildings as we have seen. there were also feigns of acp around the top of the building, as you can see there, which created an architectural crown. this acp windscreen, outer layer, was on the exterior of the building between levels four and 23. it was manufactured by our comic architectural products and fabricated for specific use it

g re nfell tower fabricated for specific use it grenfell tower by cep architectural facades who cut a tonne ship date for application on the building. according to our comic‘s opening submissions, they except that this product was not of limited combustibility for the purposes of the building regulations and their position is that this should have been obvious to any construction professional. behind the main acp panels where two layers of combustible poly— iso— surround new rate, or pir, attached directly to the building. depending on its location on the building, that pir installation was of two alternative kinds. it was either seller tex pir

rs 5,000 or it was kingspan k 15, which is phenolic. as to seller tex, you can see here from this picture how it was applied as part of the structure. and note to the right of the polymer foam insulation structure. and note to the right of the polymerfoam insulation board is indicated the aluminium cladding real, you can see the detail of that running up and down in black. i have my cursor on it. that was onto which the cassettes

we re that was onto which the cassettes were to be hung as i say, behind it, you can see the polymer foam insulation. note also the exposed edge. as to kingspan, you can see if there. the rs 5,000 was also used on there. the rs 5,000 was also used on the installation on the vertical columns that ascended the buildings. the qc there are focusing this point on the cladding that was on the exterior of the building, the building having been refurbished prior to the fire breaking out and the focus very much on the material

that was in between the aluminium cladding that was so flammable and meant that this building went up in fla mes meant that this building went up in flames as quickly as it did. we were also hearing that inside the building fire regulations were not complied with, that meant that the impact of the fire had a terrible consequence inside the building when people were trapped. at the same time they were being told to stay put in their flats until 1:26am toss—up that is the latest from the tap—in enquiry. we will keep you updated from there. go via thames link wheel timetable, the changes on the timetable have had a huge impact on the commuters that travel on the go via thames link railway. the situation being

faced by passengers using northern rail services is totally unacceptable, downing street has said. the transport secretary is under pressure to speak to mps on theseissues under pressure to speak to mps on these issues because train services are still being cancelled and it is having a huge impact. there have been temporary measures introduced today to try to mitigate the impact, but still lots of criticism over what is happening. at least 48 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. 67 others were rescued by the coastguard. the boat was packed with about 180 people and about 100 of them were tunisian. tunisia is becoming an important route for migrants trying to reach europe. let's talk to james reynolds, our correspondent in rome. tell us more about this situation. we understand from the un's migration agency that more than 40

people may have drowned. they suggest that perhaps 110 people lost their lives on that boat. the reports we are getting from tunisia suggest that it had departed entirely overpacked and overcrowded, perhaps 100 needy people were on the boat designed for half that number. it took on water reasonably quickly. a number of survivors have given their accounts. many people lost their accounts. many people lost their lives. tunisia is becoming an important route for migrants trying to reach europe. you may remember that in recent years a lot of migrants have departed from libya, but last summer in 2017, italy the destination country on the other side of the mediterranean, did a deal with libya to try to stop a lot of those bumps from departing. as a result, when one route gets

restricted, people look at other routes and the potential now is for boats to start leaving from tunisia, but it shows the dangers of every single route in the mediterranean, particularly when the boats that set sailare particularly when the boats that set sail are not seaworthy. thank you, james. thank you, james. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the grenfell tower inquiry has been told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would behave in a fire. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester. rail passengers are still facing cancellations despite changes to combat major disruption caused by new timetables introduced last month. now the business news. rail passengers are still facing cancellations despite changes

to combat major disruption caused by new timetables introduced last month. northern rail has introduced a temporary timetable that removes 165 train services a day until the end ofjuly. on monday, more than 100 trains were still cancelled or severely delayed, affecting passengers in manchester, lancashire and the lake district. profits for the world's biggest airlines will be hit by rising fuel and labour costs this year, according to the industry's trade body. the international air transport association, or iata for short, has cut its profit forecast for 2018 by 12% to £25 billion. iata also said rising interest rates and trade tensions could hit profits. house of fraser has denied reports it is on the brink of collapse, insisting its rescue plans are on track. the retailer said it is "inaccurate and unhelpful" to suggest it is struggling to secure the support of its banks. last month, the firm said it would launch a company voluntary arrangement which would allow it to cut rents. 0utput in the construction

industry held up in may, with firms playing catch up after the bad weather earlier this year that hindered building projects. commercial building work improved, but there was slower growth in both residential and civil engineering projects. house—building was the strongest sector in the industry. butjob creation slowed to a four—month low, with companies saying there was a shortage of skilled workers. joining us now is chris williamson, chief business economist at ihs markit. nice to see you, chris. construction holding pretty steady, but what is interesting is a lot of builders are having to play catch up with all those delayed projects. exactly, yes. we hope and that construction we re yes. we hope and that construction were left out of the gloom we had earlier in the year which was largely related to bad weather. we have seen a couple of months now,

april and may, were activity in the sector has increased, so it is looking brighter than it was a couple of months ago. it still looks very wea k couple of months ago. it still looks very weak because much of this group is being fuelled by orders that were placed earlier in the year or even last year, and catch up from those weather disruptions, especially in march. new workflows into the sector has fallen in the last four or five months, would suggest that the pipeline of work is drying up, they are living on borrowed time. unless we can see more demand for construction projects revived, it seems that the construction sector could have a relapse again. there are two things in this report that jump are two things in this report that jump out at me, relating to shortages. shortages of skilled workers, but also shortages of materials. i was in a brick factory on thursday and they said they can make them fast enough. that is the

problem. the demand for bricks and cement and other materials, steel, fabrication as well, the demand is so strong, especially in the residential sector were the number of houses is on the increase, that is causing huge problems in the supply chain into the sector which is limiting some growth. it is great to see the residential housing sector was leading the upturn. we we re sector was leading the upturn. we were worried earlier in the year with the numbers were starting to collapse. the suspicion was that was the weather, and it does the clip that was the cause of it. but we are bouncing back in that sector. we are struggling with getting workers and materials onto sites. they are the big problems at the moment. chris, thank you very much. let's have a look at the numbers. better than expected job figures in america has boosted wall street. they are all looking ahead to the

g-7 they are all looking ahead to the g—7 meeting. what will the g—7 say in response to those tariffs from the united states? that could be a big issue. expect a stark response from some members of the g—7 to what donald trump is at the save. that's all the business news. when us presidents leave office, it's not uncommon for them to shed light on their time in the white house in multi—million dollar memoirs, but bill clinton has used his experiences to write a thriller about about a cyber attack in washington. he's teamed up with the world's best selling novelist, james patterson. they have been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. he used to be the most powerful man in the world and he is the world's bestselling novelist. need a writing tea m bestselling novelist. need a writing team like no other. there is an old saying in american english that you

can't teach an old dog new tricks. i'm an old dog and this is in utrecht. at the age of 71, bill clinton finally got round to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition.|j love fulfilling a lifetime's ambition.” love thrillers. i read huge numbers of every year. we had met once before i have always have wanted to do that he was willing. we started and that's what happened. what you are going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel caesar the vicious commander—in—chief battling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it's a plot both men say is all too plausible. what is happening in north korea is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to knock off a nuclear bomb because it would be the end of the

country, they know that, but this cyber threats to kill a lot more people in a lot less time just by shutting down things. malicious cyber attacks are not confined to the pages of fiction and despite the use of electronic voting machines in america, the former president thinks a return to old—fashioned pen and paper is the best way to prevent the democratic process from hacking. paper is the best way to prevent the democratic process from hackingm the computer hacking convention held every year in las vegas, the governor of virginia broke their voting machines and it took them six minutes to hack it. they went to paper collections, they were counted just as quickly. until they get it straight out, some states —— all state should go to our paper ballot system. who should play the president, george clooney? that would be good. here's a good actor.

he looked good at the wedding, didn't he? you think you would make a good president? in the movies. in the movies, yes. how much fun was being the president again?m the movies, yes. how much fun was being the president again? it was a lot of fun. i loved at the first time. i was glad we had a 2—term limit because otherwise i would have made them carry me out in a pine box orfoot me made them carry me out in a pine box or foot me out. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. cooler and cloudy conditions for parts of england today. that is due to the cloud that has workers weigh—in off the coast. to the cloud that has workers weigh-in off the coast. as we go through the day it is going to stay fairly similar. that is thanks to high pressure in the north, low pressure in the south of the dragging in this draft easterly feed, which has brought that bit more way of cloud. this photo sent in from the coast of wales, but if

you head over to the east coast, it isa you head over to the east coast, it is a lot cloudier. not looking quite as lovely here in this photo. as we go to this afternoon, holding onto a fairamount go to this afternoon, holding onto a fair amount applied for central and eastern parts of england, perhaps the northern and eastern coast of scotland, as well. sunny spells developing and much of scotland and northern ireland. there will begin spells of sunshine per wheels, the south west of england and southern england as well. the potential for a thunderstorm in south—west scotland and northern ireland. they will be hit and miss but if you catch one that could cause disruption with torrential downpours. cabbage is down on what we saw yesterday, with a maximum of 22 celsius. through this evening the showers will die out. cloud will feed in from the east through the night. the code could be big enough for a few spots of drizzle and we will see a few bits of mist and fog developing, as well. temperatures in the south

staying in double figures, but cooler than last night. moving into tuesday, here is the setup. this feature in the south could bring heavy showers for the channel islands. we start the day on tuesday with plenty of cloud around again. 0ne with plenty of cloud around again. one to showers for the channel islands, but we will start to import drierair islands, but we will start to import drier air from islands, but we will start to import drier airfrom the north, so see more in the way a sunny spells developing. more cloud lingering porous southern parts of wales, south—west england are just the chance of seeing a sharp shower in northern ireland, as well. temperatures at a maximum of 20 celsius, cooler in the south—west weather will be more cloud. that ta kes weather will be more cloud. that takes us into wednesday. more dry weather on wednesday, cloud in the east. the pitchers will recover from what we see on tuesday. a bit of uncertainty with some sharp showers on the side. so, this would start—up cloudier and cooler, the temperature is recovering midweek, and fewer thundery downpours than we saw last week, but there is the potentialfor

some in the north—west today. already new evidence that the materials used to refurbish grenfell tower had not been properly tested. the fundamental question that lies at the heart of our work is how in london in 2017 domestic farah developed so quickly. and so catastrophically. an overhaul of the government's counter—terrorism strategy is announced by the home secretary, sajid javid. the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving. we must evolve too. downing street says the continued delays and cancellations faced by rail passengers is "totally u na cce pta ble. " also — guatemala declares three days of national mourning. at least 25 people are killed, in one of the largest volcanic eruptions in years — evacuations are under way, and temporary shelters are being set up.

bill clinton turns thriller writer as he teams up with the best—selling novelist james patterson to write a new book entitled the president is missing. good afternoon. it's monday, 4th june. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the grenfell tower inquiry has been told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would react in a fire. the finding is in a report from an expert, which was published at the start of the next phase of the hearings into the fatal blaze in which 72 people died. tom burridge is at the inquiry in central london. what we have had is what we are

calling a data dump essentially, five reports committed by the public inquiry, hundreds of pages long, each of them, all published at the same time and they are all carried out by experts in fire consultancy and fire engine. people who have dedicated their whole careers the whole building should be built to make clean most resistance to five. 0ne make clean most resistance to five. one report in particular by doctor barbara layne, she says that no evidence has emerged in her work that supports the idea that the bodies involved with refurbishing g re nfell tower, bodies involved with refurbishing grenfell tower, we are talking about the multiple companies, writing was the multiple companies, writing was the main contractor, lots of company subcontracted to do various jobs in the reception, as well as the

tenancy management organisation, a private company, but setup to run the building, and oversee the and of course kensington and chelsea borough council as well. there is no evidence that any of those bodies actually understood how the cladding system, when we say the cladding system, when we say the cladding system, we mean the cladding, the installation, the way it was put together, the midlands use, none of the bodies understood how the levin it would perform in a fire. there we re it would perform in a fire. there were multiple catastrophic fire reached, by the way the building was put together. unproductive openings in certain parts of the building, surrounded by combustible materials. the cladding itself had combustible call. she talks about defective cavity barriers. both barriers should have stopped the fire spreading from flat to flood throughout the tower. she said there is no evidence that both barriers we re is no evidence that both barriers were tested in conjunction with the

type of cladding used on the tower. we have at the opening statement so far today, they will last all day from the leading barrister representing the inquiry, richard millet qc and here's a flavour of some of his remarks earlier this morning. although my opening statement will be concerned with much technical and other expert evidence, the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically that an entire high—rise block was engulfed. and how it was that 71 people lost their lives in a matter of hours, leaving families and friends in shock, grief and bewilderment. leaving hundreds without a home, their possessions destroyed, their precious mementos in ashes, their families shattered, their community devastated, their lives permanently scarred and for an inheritance,

an abiding sense of injustice, betrayal and marginalisation, leading to an overwhelming question — why? that is richard millet qc, the leading barrister for the that is richard millet qc, the leading barristerfor the inquiry. his opening statement will last all of the day. he is talking about the installation and the cladding at the moment, getting into technical details. going back to the reports we about publish, doctor barbara layne's reports have some startling revelations about the state that strategy. they state that strategy isa strategy. they state that strategy is a tactic by the fire brigade —— stay put strategy, when they believe the fire can be contained within one flat. it was used in the grenfell

tower fire, it flat. it was used in the grenfell towerfire, it had flat. it was used in the grenfell tower fire, it had failed flat. it was used in the grenfell towerfire, it had failed by flat. it was used in the grenfell tower fire, it had failed by 126 vm. just 30 minutes after the fire had started. she said 40 minutes later than that, at 1:40am, the only escape route out of the tower was smoke logged. inescapable, basically, for the still in the tower. she says she is confused and bewildered by the idea that the stay put strategy remained in place until 2:47am, and our really, an hour and 20 minutes after the stay put strategy in her opinion has com pletely strategy in her opinion has completely failed. these are the type of things that we are learning about today. we are learning about the fire doors, the flat doors, the entrance doors to the club being defective in terms of fire safety and also not up to scratch in terms of safety standards. these are the type does we are getting today. are getting the opening statement from the council, the inquiry itself, thatis the council, the inquiry itself, that is remarkable and important. 0n

top of that, we have had a huge dated drop, five reports by five experts, all that information coming out at once. thank you very much, tom. if you want to find out more about the grenfell tower inquiry, eddie mair is presenting a podcast every day the inquiry sits, which looks in detail at what's been said and heard each day. you can download it from the bbc iplayer radio app, itunes or your podcast provider. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester in which 36 people died. in a speech in london, he said they were currently involved in more than 500 investigations involving 3000 potential suspects. mrjavid explained that as threats evolve, uk counter—terror policy should do so too. we also know that the way terrorist attacks are planned and conducted has changed.

people are increasingly being radicalised via their computers and smartphones. they're using everyday objects like knives and cars as weapons and the length of time between radicalisation and attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving. we must evolve too. in our revised counter—terrorism strategy — known as contest — i am outlining today how everyone can help. contest incorporates the lessons learnt from the attacks in 2017 and our responses to them. it has been informed by the latest research and secret intelligence. ultimately, our approach is about ensuring that there are no safe spaces for terrorists. no safe spaces internationally in which terrorist ideology can develop and from where complex attacks can be launched. no safe spaces in the uk for terrorists to spread their vile views, orfor them to plan and carry out attacks. and no safe spaces online for terrorist propaganda and technical expertise to be shared, and for people to be

radicalised in a matter of weeks. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw explained the main changes of policy the home secretary outlined. i think the key difference is this wider information sharing that sajid javid has been outlining. it's going to be piloted in london, the west midlands and in manchester and what will happen is that people who were formally subjects of interest, formerly on the radar of the intelligence services and the police, if there is a particular concern about one of those individuals, those details, those biographical details and some information will be shared with people from local authorities, probation, from the charity commission and so on, just to see whether that triggers anything amongst those wider agencies. that was a criticism of the security and intelligence services, in particular that perhaps some of that information was kept too private, too confidential and if it

had been shared more widely, it's possible that some attacks may been prevented. a lot of people are being looked out as potential suspects, 3000 with 500 investigations being looked at by security services. there are a lot of people out there who are potentially be affected by this. why has it taken so long for this to be done? there has been quite an extensive review, plus the fact that we have had changes of home secretary, theresa may was home secretary, then amber rudd, now sajid javid, we have had elections and so on. so this review has been a long time coming, it has gone through various iterations and changes and so on, but we have now got it. i think one of the other key points to note is that the prevent part of it, which is the controversial bit under which prevention is put at the heart, where people perhaps who are identified as likely to be

radicalised, some measures are taken, there's a duty on teachers and others to try and identify people who may be at risk of radicalisation, there's been criticism of prevent, but it stays. it absolutely stays. let's talk to hannah stuart, the co—head of security and extremism at the policy exchange. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you take from what has come out today, the government saying that the extremists are changing the way they operate, so the garment has to change the strategy? are the right sort of changes being put in place? -- government. i believe the changes announced today for the part procedural and they pragmatic and proportionate. they reflect the changing threats, the nature of the types of weapons that people are using, the speed in which people are radicalised, the fact that the

internet is a key enabler and in response to all of these things, i think we are seeing very targeted but important changes. things like the fact that offences have been widened so that you, it is just downloading terrorist material online bitstream in it. that reflects a real change in the wake people, all of us, also terrorists use the internet. the fact that the bar now going to be let more quickly if people are buying precursor material for terrorist, lots of nails that could be used as shrapnel or material that could be used in a bomb. these are actually key changes and we have seen the speed issue, i think, here is very crucial. 0ne and we have seen the speed issue, i think, here is very crucial. one of the things that was left after the murder of lee rigby was the night that what brought about attack, was bought the day before the attack. speed is a key factor here. many of the changes are very sensible, in that respect. it requires a huge amount of surveillance to be able to track all

about. to do services on top of spotting those things as they happen? i think this is where the problem has always laid, actually, even from the 77 inquiry. it is about allocating resources, strategically. i think what we saw today, what we saw in an attempt to give the security services hopefully the support that they need and i was brave and financial support add an extra staff, an extra 2000 people. grated data—sharing powers and out of some ethical issues there, but is why this is being piloted rather than being rolled out immediately, i think we need to remember the reviews, the independent review of all the reviews of the attacks last yeardid all the reviews of the attacks last year did highlight that that was the key issue. that would more than money, more than people, the data—sharing ability across all agencies would be wonky way in which some of the attacks last year, there may have been an option for

intervention. you are talking about the level of resources to monitor the individuals who are on the radar of m15, 3000 individuals. it is a figure that does not seem to change much over time. it does require a very high level of resources. is it going to end the thing that we sort of heard of in the past where somebody has been on the radar but then actually the attention on them has waned and things have happened, leading to criticism of the security service? that does seem to be a recurring theme of the attacks on the threats that we see, is that people have been previously on a watchlist or under observation. actually, that number is 3000, that is life, but as people involved in live investigations now, there is a wider cohort of 20,000 of some point been on the radar. that is the key issue that some of the changes today is tried to tackle, it is because of

the speed of radicalisation now, it is very easy for people to move back out of that 20,000 are back into the life investigations very quickly and easily do services are concerned they are not able to those individuals. the manchester bomb was among that wider pool of 20,000. —— the manchester bomber. hopefully the changes today will stop people being able to move from category to another without much notice. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the grenfell tower inquiry has been told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would behave in a fire. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester. downing street says the disruption to rail passengers is "totally unacceptable" as cancellations continue, despite the introduction of temporary timetables designed to halt the disruption. let'sjoinjohn watson

let's join john watson for a let's joinjohn watson for a sport update. good afternoon. holders germany have announced their world cup squad with one notable absentee, manchester city's leroy sane omitted from their 23 man squad ahead of the tournament in russia which starts next week. sane had a superb season, helping city to the premier league title with ten goals and 15 assists and was rewarded with the pfa young player of the season award. jochim loew has picked captain manuel neuer, who has only played once since mid—september. sane's manchester city team—mate vincent kompany has been given two weeks to prove his fitness as he attempts to recover from a groin injury. belgium boss roberto martinez including him, saying his captain's leadership is crucial. but he has put lauren simon on standby. crystal palace striker christian benteke has missed out, belgium are in england's group —

they meet onjune the 28th. comments made about serena williams by maria sharapova in her book provide a fascinating subpolot to today's fourth round meeting between the pair at rolan garros. sharapova claims williams cried like a baby when she beat her in the wimbledon final in 2004, but has failed to beat her on numberous occasions since. williams said the comments are hear say. i think the book was 100% hearsay, leaves all the stuff that i read on the quotes that i read, which was a little bit disappointing. i am human, so for me, i think it is totally normal and i think what happens, shared destiny may be there, not necessarily talk about it ina not there, not necessarily talk about it in a not so positive way, in a book. and you can listen to live commentary of that match on radio 5live sports extra, and via the bbc sport website. world number one simona halep is already through to

the quarterfinals. she made very short work of elise mertens, dropping only three games along the way. they were on court for less than an hour. halep has twice been a finalist at roland garros but she's still looking for a first grand slam title. she takes on either angelique kerber or caroline garcia next. but the second seed, caroline wozniacki, the australian open champion, has been knocked out. she was beaten by the young russian daria kasatkina, a former junior champion at the french open. their match was held overnight and kasatkina quickly wrapped it up in straight sets. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. see you later. downing street says the disruption to rail passengers is "totally unacceptable" and the government has tremendous sympathy with those who have been affected.

emergency measures to try to end weeks of delays and cancellations are being implemented in the north—west and south—east of england today. northern and govia thameslink passengers have suffered two weeks of disruption after timetable changes. later today the transport secretary chris grayling is expected to answer questions in the commons about the ongoing problems. 0ur correspondent, charlotte gallagher is at preston rail station for us. what is the latest? it is a newcomer to the timetable, it is the same old problem. —— new alert as she timetable. the same old problems. they faced weeks of misery, cancellations right at the last minute, long delays and the dreaded real replacement buses. today, this new timetable was introduced. they hoped it would make a real difference, but commuters have been telling us they have been waiting ages for trains, trains have been cancelled, people are being late for work now, missing hospital appointments. messing up their

childcare plans, so there is real frustration here. we heard from the boss of northern rail early this morning and he said these new emergency plans might take a few days to bed in, possibly even longer. people's patience is already frayed and it is now being tested to the absolute limit. as you said, downing street has said this disruption is completely unacceptable and chris grayling, the transport secretary, is to meet mps whose constituencies have been affected. many of those mps have been very outspoken and the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham, he has called for substantial compensation to be offered for people affected by this disruption and he said that rail fares should be reduced. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, the brits have been badly affected into london, he said it expects the international reputation of london, people can't even get to

work on time. a lot of anger and i imagine it will be a fiery meeting when chris grayling beats these mps later today. thank you very much. —— when chris grayling meet these mps later today. the managing director of northern rail said they are determined to fix problems for their customers, and that the situation should improve within the next few days. it's absolutely not acceptable and we have apologised and i have apologised. and we are now putting all our efforts in to trying to fix this. we are running more and more trains all the time and not is causing the problem, the capacity on the track. we are reducing the timetable from today by 6% but we are still running more trains than we were in april this year and we are determined to absolutely fix this, so that we stop the inconvenience to our customers and allow the modernisation that our franchise is going to deliver, the new trains, more trains, better trains by 2020. we are determined to fix this problem, to get on track for that transformation. people, if they are delayed by more than 30 minutes or the train is cancelled, they can apply for a refund. we have brought more people in to deal with that because clearly there has been a backlog

and we are dealing with that as quickly as we possibly can. we can talk to robert nisbet, regional director at the rail delivery group, which represents the rail industry is here now. it's starting a public consultation. thank you for coming in. people who are affected thank you for coming in. people who a re affected by thank you for coming in. people who are affected by this will be asking why is it so difficult to get this right? clearly it has not gone as well as we would of liked it to god. there are timetable changes twice every year, getting the timetable is ready for the following two seasons. this was the biggest ever attempt at changing the timetable across the united kingdom. 60% of all trains we re united kingdom. 60% of all trains were re—time and clearly it did not go as well as we would've liked. there were problems with infrastructure projects, led to delays in approving the timetables, led to delays in improving drivers. they are pockets, really, it is looking better this morning already.

the latest figures suggest that nationwide, nearly nine out of ten trains are running as planned with just 4% of trains either cancelled or more than 30 minutes late. it is getting better but we are not out of the woods yet and hence these interim timetables. andy burnham says the operator northern is in the last chance saloon and if things do not get better, steps by early august should better, steps by early august should be taken to strip the franchise from tarmac northern. how do you respond to that? northern rail have apologise for the mistakes they feel they have made. this is a complex picture involving lots of different organisations, network row have also apologised for the late running of some of these infrastructure projects. —— network rail. it is more conjugated than blaming one organisation or one company. what we are now focused on is getting the 74 passengers so when they green

getting certainty for passengers when they show up to the train station there will be a train. the figures this morning are encouraging that the timetable is beginning to be very satisfactory. nine out of ten trains are running on time at the moment, is there a deadline when people can actually bank on the fact that when they turn up bank on the fact that when they turn up the train they are expecting to get on well be that? the interim timetable on northern rail will run until the end ofjuly, then the company hopes to run the full tide table at the end ofjuly. gtr is going to be concentrating on trying to improve the system, deliver more certainty over the next few weeks and months. i am not pretending this is going to be sorted out in the next few hours or days. this will take time to bed down for these timetables, even the interim timetables to bed done. we arejust asking for interim timetables to bed done. we are just asking for people to bear with us. the endgame is to deliver better service. this is part of a

long—term plan with the public and private sectors working together to improve and change the railways. that includes thousands of extra services every working week but in order to do that, to get more services on the tracks, we need to change the timetables to improve and increase the capacity. how long do people have to be patient for? i've heard you say the endgame is to express a better service. patients was really running thin. you said the blame is notjust on northern shoulders, it is also network rail, a complex picture, network rail, a complex picture, network rail, a complex picture, network rail is not going to go anywhere. how long does northern have to maintain any confidence that it should interview with the frontside? the interim timetable will run until the end ofjuly and then the full implementation of the timetable after that. clearly they acknowledge that there have been issues and as you heard there from the manager director, customers who feel that they are owed compensation should go do they did dott delay replaces,

there might be a compensation package that will be announced later by northern rail. clearly passengers feel let down and we understand that and that is why we are struggling to get this interim timetable into place, to ensure that those services deliver that certainty. i should point out that with northern rail, there are still more services running now than there were before the timetable. even though 165 out of 2008 virgin services have been suspended, there are still more services running. the endgame in northern rail is faster trades and better trains. a quick word on compensation, you said there may be a compensation package announced later. andy burnham, who we will speak to shortly, said that absolutely should be full compensation, particularly for season ticket holders who have paid the journeys they are not able to take. why is it not a certainty there will be a compensation package? that is the question specifically

for northern rail. you heard what the boss said on the bbc earlier on today, they are looking at it, they are taking the considerations very seriously indeed. i can say the industry nationally is focusing on trent is steady the ship to get more subsidy for passengers and bring in an interim timetable so customers, passengers feel when they turn up at the train station, they are going to get the train they want to get onto. please bear with us, but we apologise to those who have had disrupted journeys. we will be speaking to the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham, he says northern russia be stripped of their franchise. we will speak to him just after 1230. —— northern rail. at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a volcano erupted in guatemala. the fuego volcano is about 25 miles away from the capital guatemala city and is one of latin america's most active volcanoes. 0ur central america correspondent will grant has more. volcan de fuego's awesome power

is well—known in guatemala, it is one of the most active volcanoes in latin america, with local people used to living in its shadow. but moments of this magnitude are rare. eyewitnesses described a river of fire spewing down the mountainside. the victims and many of the injured were caught in its path, unable to move before their simple homes were swept away by the lava. translation: not everyone escaped. i think they were buried. we saw the lava pouring through the cornfields. we ran towards the hill. ash has fallen across a wide area, even reaching the capital of guatemala city some 40km away. meanwhile, falling molten rock remains a real threat to villages in the vicinity. evacuations are under way. the emergency services are doing what they can amid the treacherous conditions. the recent rains have made rescue efforts more complicated.

a state of emergency has been declared. the international airport was closed through poor visibility. roads have been cut off in several areas of the country. the last time locals saw fuego was so active was in the 1970s. with the number of dead steadily rising, and resources in the impoverished nation stretched, it is a race to make sure communities in the affected area are safe. will grant, bbc news. the university of cambridge says it needs the help of parents and schools if it is to improve the diversity of potential students. it comes as new figures showed that some of its colleges had admitted very few or no black applicants over a five year period. the details, released under the freedom of information act, revealed six of 29 colleges accepted fewer than ten black british students or those with mixed african—caribbean backgrounds. things aren't changing very quickly

through this week. there will be more scenes of blue skies and sunshine, but there is also a fair amount of cloud that will be drifting around. that cloud has been drifting around. that cloud has been drifting its way from the north sea. the best of the brightness is out west. a scattering of hefty downpours for south—west scotland, northern ireland, the south—west of wales and the channel islands. if you do catch one of those showers you do catch one of those showers you will know about it, a lot of rain in the short space of time. through this evening and overnight, the cloud will roll back in again from the north sea. it will not be a cold night. that could be a spot of rain or drizzle. tomorrow starts off quite cloudy and gloomy, but from

the north cloud will break up. still the north cloud will break up. still the odd shower passing close to the channel islands. as we get deeper in through the week, southern areas run the risk of seeing some showers and storms at times. further north it will be dry and it will feel fairly warm. this is bbc newsroom live. our latest headlines: the grenfell tower inquiry is told the fire brigade's policy of telling residents to stay put in their flats failed, as the focus moves on how the fire started and why it spread so quickly through the building. the home secretary, sajid javid, has outlined the government's new counter—terrorism strategy. he said the security services had to learn the lessons of the attacks in london and manchester last year. the way the terrorist attacks on a plan then conducted has changed. people are increasingly being

radicalised through their computers and smartphones. they are using everyday objects such as knives and ca rs everyday objects such as knives and cars as everyday objects such as knives and ca rs as weapons. downing street says the rail disruption caused by new timetables on northern and govia thameslink is "totally u na cce pta ble". rescue operations are underway as a violent eruption by the fuego volcano in guatemala, kills at least 25 people. three days of national mourning have been declared. downing street says the ongoing disruption to rail passengers in the north—west and south—east of england is "totally unacceptable". emergency measures to try to end weeks of delays and cancellations have been implemented. joining us now from central london is andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester, who says passengers hit by the disruption should be offered "substa ntial" compensation. thank you very much forjoining us. you also say that the train operator

is in the last chance saloon. why? because north and services have been poorfor some time. the new timetable tipped things into chaos. they have turned people's lives upside down. people have e—mailed me to say that they are on warnings from work because they have been hit so often, or having to pay for extra childcare, getting taxis or hotels. they shouldn't be allowed to inflect their substandard services on the public of the north on an ongoing basis. this emergency timetable, particularly with the withdrawal of services from the lake tim peake tourism times, that is doing real damage to the north. this is not the northern powerhouse that was promised. finally, pleased to hear that downing street had been getting involved. finally, it would seem that the government has woken up to the skill of this problem. can you

quantify some of what you said there. he said it was causing real damage to the northern economy. how would you quantify that? i'm hearing that businesses in the city centre are saying that people aren't coming in late at night because they fear they will not be able to get a train home. the lakes with the example that i gear. the train service has been completely removed from the la ke been completely removed from the lake district. at this time of year, it will not bring more tourists to cumbria. we have got people having to pay for childcare, having to pay for taxis. this is hitting people in their pocket very hard indeed. this new emergency timetable, my guess is that northern rail will be saving money because they are employing fewer drivers, running less trains. they must offer substantial conversation to the travelling public. people bought their season tickets they were promised a new

timetable with enhanced services. this is the opposite. it is a threadbare service. they must be given compensation because they are not getting the servers they were promised. he specifically mentioned the impact on the lakes area. there are still trains running presumably. explain what the impact has been. are still trains running presumably. explain what the impact has beenm is the withdrawal of a particular service, serving part of the lakes. it is more for tim farron and make this case for the lakes, but they're making it very strongly. it is removing a key service into the heart of the lakes at the peaks tourist season. the fact this was just prolong people late on friday night without any consultation with those communities, and indeed communities in my part of the world in greater manchester, that can't be right, cannock? these communities depend on those services. we should

have been consulted. the transport secretary has to go to parliament today to explain to people what he was going to do. the leaves to be compensation, reduced fares. we need tickets transferable to other operators and other modes of transport. northern rail is in the last chance saloon, either they improve things for the franchise is removed. worse services have been reduced, presumably the thinking is because there are services that are underused and it is about targeting resources to areas which are under greater pressure. as a rule, do you accept that that would be a valid reason behind trying to shift things around and that's northern and network rail would say that it takes time to make sure that everything is coordinated properly and things go as they should? well, no. both

northern and network rail were promising a big enhancement, but they didn't plan properly for it, either of them. network rail did manage the engineering works properly, northern rail did not make sure they have the train drivers. they both need to take responsibility. it is not good enough for them to come up with the timetable they have written themselves laid on a friday night and expect to be applauded for it. yes, it may lead to less late cancellations, but looking at things this morning doesn't seem to have ended the chaos. even on the emergency timetable there are still large numbers of cancellations and delays across the north network. it is not good on any basis. it is why i say the government has to get a grip on things. they have all been asleep at the wheel. they haven't been listening to the concerns that have been raised. we need to see an action plan to restore decent train services across the north of england give us the northern powerhouse that

this government promised us. how long would you give northern northern rail? i am happy to accept there timetable of the end ofjuly. if they meet that, then i guess they may have begun to regain some trust, but it is a situation that is pretty threadbare at the moment. people's patience has run out with them. they have until the end of that period and if they can't satisfy people with regards to the services they are running then the franchise should be stripped. chris grayling is expected to make a statement later on the situation. let's return to our main story.

the grenfell tower inquiry is hearing reports from experts on the cause of the fire. it's heard that the there is ‘insufficient evidence' to determine the exact cause, but the origin was more than likely a fridge—freezer in one of the flats. a report found that advice to "stay put" during the fire had "effectively failed" within around half an hour of the blaze starting. and the inquiry hear that there was "an early need for total evacuation of grenfell tower", but that was not an "easy decision to make". 0ur correspondent tom burridge is in central london. lots of information coming out today. go through the key headlines. we don't only have the opening state m e nts we don't only have the opening statements from the leading barrister representing the enquiry, there has been plenty of material coming out about that. we have five experts reports, live from the enquiry, published at the same time. all the people who have done those reports are expert in fire safety, fire engineering, that type of thing. some of the findings are

quite damning. doctor barbara lee and is one of the authors of one of the reports and she said there was a culture of noncompliance in terms of the refurbishment of grenfell tower, the refurbishment of grenfell tower, the building materials used. she said the cladding system was posing such a risk of the fire spreading that the advice from the fire brigade to stay put was simply not supported. we are talking about the cladding and used that have bad plastic flammable core, the installation and the web was constructed, and the materials used. she also talked about multiple catastrophic fire roots in the building. she talked about unprotected openings in the building is surrounded by combustible materials. she talked about these defective cavity barriers, supposed to stop fire spreading the one flat to stop fire spreading the one flat to another. there are many other findings, finding that the doors we re findings, finding that the doors were not up to scratch, the doors

going into the apartments. in terms of fire safety they went up to scratch. nor was the smoke ventilation system in the central corridor going up through the building, that didn't function properly on the night either. we have also been hearing from the leading barrister on the half of the enquiry, working to establish the fa cts enquiry, working to establish the facts of what happened that night and to make sure that lessons are learned. he is now getting into the more technical details about the refurbishment of the tower, but earlier he said that his general aim in the public enquiry over the coming months and talked about the tragedy of grenfell tower itself. the events that unfolded at grenfell tower on the 14th ofjune 2017 rapidly became unprecedented. rather thana fire rapidly became unprecedented. rather than a fire within 1's internal compartment, a major fire than a fire within 1's internal compartment, a majorfire in the

building envelope occurred and this itself was on multiple stories and across multiple compartments. additionally, there were very many post flash over fires internally in multiple compartments on multiple stories. the building envelope itself was therefore a major hazard on the night of the fire. the active and passive fire protection measures within the grenfell tower were required to mitigate an extraordinary event and, as a result, the consequences for catastrophic. the public enquiry has been played the 999 call that was made of the occupants of the fourth floor of grenfell made of the occupants of the fourth floor of g re nfell tower made of the occupants of the fourth floor of grenfell tower were the fire broke out. we believe it was caused by a fridge. we have also... we can show you photos of inside out

flat, flat 16th of grenfell tower. we are getting lots of insights into the events of that night and the 999 call was pretty... it was telling, because the occupant of the flat was saying you need to get here quickly. of course the woman at the other end of the line was doing herjob and saying, the fire brigade have been deployed. it took just five saying, the fire brigade have been deployed. it tookjust five minutes for the first fire engine to get to g re nfell tower for the first fire engine to get to grenfell tower from the moment the 999 call was made. you're also learning a lot more about the stay put strategy that was put in place. that is the strategy used by the arab recruits from around the country when they believe are fire can be contained in one flat in a block of flats. that was implemented on the night of the fire. the stay put strategy in the words of one of the expert reports we have been given access to, basically says that

the stay put strategy had filled by 1:26 a:m., 30 minutes after the fire started, but it remained in place until 2:47am, started, but it remained in place until2:47am, and started, but it remained in place until 2:47am, and the author of that report, doctor barbara lee, could not understand why that is. i think we can now play you the 999 call that was made by the occupant of flat 16. sorry, we don't have that recording quite yet. we will bring you that here in the coming hour or so. it is interesting to listen to. we are getting plenty of details, not just these expert we are getting plenty of details, notjust these expert reports on the cladding, wyatt was used, but we are getting this picture emerging from these reports that it was a catalogue of errors, there were many m ista kes catalogue of errors, there were many mistakes in terms of not properly testing the materials used, particularly when used together, the installation and cladding. this

morning that the cladding was the primary cause of why the fire spread so quickly to the building, killing so quickly to the building, killing so many people. thank you, tom. the top three military officials in north korea are reported to have been removed from their posts ahead of the summit between kim jong—un and president trump. it's believed there may have been some unease in the north korean military over mr kim's approach to the summit, with many believing the country's nuclear weapons are crucial to its survival. it's very difficult to verify the these reports, but it does suggest there has been a change of the top brass at the north korean military. it isa brass at the north korean military. it is a huge organisation and one which kim jong—un of history was to control. the idea is that these new figures are more moderates. these

people probably wouldn't be seen as moderate and other countries, but they may not be so hostile to doing a deal with america. they may not follow the rhetoric that america is antagonistic, imperialist country that kim jong—un shouldn't do a deal with. it may be that kim jong—un simply wants people more in line with his current thinking as he goes towards the summit in singapore. we don't believe that the summit is being reported much of the north korea. there is no sign of it in the state—run newspaper or the news agency. the only summer they are talking about there is the one with russia later this year and the ongoing dialogue with south korea. there are also talks here in the demilitarised zone taking place now and again between north and south about future cooperation and the reunification of families. it is a dynamic situation as everyone looks ahead to next week's summit. if you live in england, do you feel proud to be english? the answer to that will likely depend on your age.

a survey of more than 20,000 english people, conducted by yougov and commissioned by the bbc, suggests that almost three—quarters of those aged over 65 said they are proud to call themselves english. that's in stark contrast to younger people, with less than half of 18 to 24—year—olds surveyed saying they are proud to be english. our home editor, mark easton, has been travelling the country to try to find out why. exploring the canals and backwaters of england's identities brings one to nottinghamshire, as english a county as you'll find. # st george in my heart, keep me english. ..# there's something defiant about the annual st george's day parade, here. why, why, why are people ashamed to be english? ijust don't understand it, at all. you're not ashamed. i'm certainly not! why do we get called racist, when everybody else celebrates st andrew's day, st patrick's day? englishness is a variable quality.

while almost three quarters of the over—65s say they are proud to call themselves english, among the young, it's less than half. it's felt strongly among brexit supporters, much less so for those who voted to remain in the eu. navigate 90 miles south—east, to cambridgeshire, and people's englishness is much more diluted. it's felt strongly among brexit supporters, much less so for those who voted to remain in the eu. when patriotism or nationalism becomes a code for prejudice, i think that's what becomes problematic. richard the lionheart is a... he's a very poor icon, and a very poor representation of what englishness is and could be be taken to be. it's a supremacist view. it's a violent look at the past. the final leg of our journey along the navigable arteries of england, when patriotism or nationalism becomes a code for prejudice, the final leg of our journey along

the navigable arteries of england, and we emerge into the rarefied atmosphere of planet london. in some parts of the capital, like here in islington, only half of people say they feel strongly english. a similar proportion say they feel strongly european, and a third of people here have a strong link with a country outside the uk. london is a truly international city, where identities can be discarded, absorbed into lifestyle. would you ever call yourself english? see, this is the debate that i've had with some of my friends. i call myself british, british—indian, and they're like, "but you're english, because you live in england, you were born here." and i'm like, "i don't know whether i'd call myself english." i'd call myself british—indian, i think. being english, unlike being british, is seen as an exclusive identity, an honour bestowed only upon those eligible. that is its weakness and its strength. mark easton, bbc news, england. the headlines on bbc newsroom live:

the grenfell tower inquiry has been told there's evidence that the organisations involved in refurbishing the building did not understand how the new cladding system would behave in a fire. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the security services must change their approach to fighting terrorism and learn the lessons of last year's attacks in london and manchester. downing street says the disruption to rail passengers is "totally unacceptable" as cancellations continue, despite the introduction of temporary timetables designed to halt the disruption. the un estimate that globally we throw away $1 trillion worth of food every year. we throw away $1 trillion a lot of that waste comes from large catering operations, the kind you find in hotels, or cruise ships. but now a smart bin is trying to change that, as dougal shaw reports. this commercial kitchen in central london prepares 1,500 meals a day.

it provides catering for a museum and a conference centre. kitchens like these typically throw away 20% of ingredients they buy. some are thrown away as trimmings, even though they are edible, and sometimes food ends up in the bins simply because it is not needed after all. to stop this happening, this kitchen has been using a new piece of technology which can simply be connected to a normal bin on scales. this is what is known as a smart bin. kitchen staff use it like a supermarket self—checkout. the idea is to keep an accurate digital record of the food being thrown out. this helps the head chef make more informed choices. it is a shock in the tonnage that's actually saved by using this. by keeping tabs on exactly what kind of food is being thrown out, the chef can adjust his orders of ingredients, but also improvise whole new menus based on what was previously being thrown away. in an operation where you make a significant amount of your food in advance, you can typically cut food waste in half. do people actually have time, on top of everything else, to catalogue this stuff as they're

putting it into the bin? they do. to start with, it's taking a little while to get used to the bin system. it's just about familiarising yourself with where the buttons are. when us presidents leave office, it's not uncommon for them to shed light on their time in the white house in multi—million dollar memoirs. but bill clinton has used his experiences to write a thriller about about a cyber attack in washington. he's teamed up with the world's best selling novelist james patterson. they've been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. he used to be the most powerful man in the world, and he's the world's bestselling novelist. meet a writing team like no other. there is an old saying, at least in american english, that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. i'm an old dog and this is a new trick. at the age of 71, bill clinton finally got round to fulfilling a lifetime's ambition. i love thrillers. i read huge numbers of them every year. we had met once before,

i have always have wanted to do it and he was willing, we started and that's what happened. what you're going to get here is what it would be like to be president under the most extreme circumstances. the novel sees a fictitious commander—in—chief battling to save the free world from a devastating cyber attack. it's a plot both men say is all too plausible. what's happening in north korea is nothing compared to the threat of cyber terrorism. i hope and pray that this effort with north korea succeeds, not because i think north korea is about to knock off a nuclear bomb because it would be the end of their country, they know that, but this cyber threat could kill a lot more people in a lot less time just by shutting down things. malicious cyber attacks are not confined to the pages of fiction and despite the use of electronic voting machines in america, the former president thinks a return to old—fashioned pen and paper

is the best way to prevent the democratic process from hacking. at the computer hacking convention that's held every year in las vegas, the governor of virginia sent his voting machine and his expert and it took them six minutes to hack it. so they went to paper ballots and nobody complained about the election, and they were counted just as quickly. and the most important thing is, until we get this straightened out, every state should go to some sort of paper ballot system. the tv rights have already been sold. who should play the president? george clooney? that would be good. a very good actor. well, he looked great at the wedding, didn't he? not as great as amal did, but he was great. you think he's make a good president? in the movies. in the movies, yes, i do. how much fun was it being the president again? it was a lot of fun.

i loved it the first time. i told somebody, i was glad we had a two—term limit because otherwise i would have made them carry me out in a pine box or vote me out. in a moment the news at one with reeta chakrabarti. first the weather with ben rich. nothing will be changing quickly with our weather through this week and there will be some scenes like this. beautiful blue skies and sunshine. a couple of flies in the ointment. the showers was trying to drift up from the site. and the north—easterly wind trying to feed a lot of cloud in from the north sea. many of us do have those cloudy conditions to take us through the rest of the afternoon. but we will also see is one to showers breaking out across parts of southwest scotla nd out across parts of southwest scotland and northern ireland. there isa scotland and northern ireland. there is a met office warning here for the

potential of a bit of disruption in these intense thunderstorms. from these intense thunderstorms. from the near continent comedy showers could creep up to the channel islands. the best of the brightness is in the south and west, always more cloud further north and east, and it will feel cool if you keep the cloud all afternoon. through this evening and overnight, the cloud will try to rule this way in from the north sea. it will turn this tea and murky places, with a few clear spells out west. temperatures will drop far underneath that blanket of cloud, most underneath that blanket of cloud, m ost pla ces underneath that blanket of cloud, most places them in double digits. we start tomorrow on another cloudy note. that could 12 showers or thunderstorms in the channel islands. through the day we will see things brightening up from the north. some drier air pushing its way in. we will see more in the way of sunshine will sub a bit of a north—easterly breeze. it will not feel especially warm on the north sea coasts. we might see more cloud

forming on the eastern conference coast on wednesday, but it should be a nice day with spells of sunshine around. temperatures getting up to 23 degrees. heading towards the end of the week, does look increasingly likely that we will see some showers and thunderstorms trying to push up from the south. in southern areas at the end of the week there is the potential for showers, perhaps the thunderstorm, but would be ringing all the time. further north, closer to an area of high pressure, it will stay mainly fine and dry, but always some extra cloud closed the north sea coast. experts tell the grenfell tower inquiry that advice to stay put had effectively failed within around half an hour of the blaze starting. a report said there was an "early need" for a total evacuation but it wasn't an easy decision to make. more evidence on the cladding around the tower — experts suggested there was no understanding

of how it would react in a fire the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how, in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically. and the inquiry hears the first 999 call from the burning tower block. flat 16, what is the postcode?