this is bbc news. i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 11:00: the grenfell tower fire. a public inquiry reveals ‘systemic failures‘ in the way london fire brigade dealt with the blaze — prompting calls for its chief to resign. we will never, ever forget the tragedy of that night. the 72 lives lost were just the worst thing ever and london fire brigade are truly sorry we couldn't save everyone‘s life that night. the report said more lives could have been saved if the building had been evacuated sooner. the victims‘ relatives and survivors called it heartbreaking. we believed the firefighters who came and knocked on our doors and told us to stay so we believed them

and we stayed. as the general election is confirmed for december 12th — we look at the role of social media in the campiagn as twitter says it will ban political adverts. raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the ronald reagan presidential library. goals galore in the caraboa cup — with ten scored in a single game between arsenal and liverpool and that‘s before it went to penalties, with the reds eventually sealing a place in the quarterfinal. and at 11:30 we‘ll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers anand menon, from uk in a changing europe, and jo tanner, former adviser to borisjohnson when he was london mayor.

good evening. the head of the london fire brigade, dany cotton, has rejected calls for her resignation from survivors of the fire at grenfell tower. she expressed her ‘deepest sorrow‘ for not being able to save more lives. 72 people died in the fire in west london in june 2017. a report following the first stage of the public inquiry criticised the london fire brigade for ‘serious shortcomings‘ in its response. the inquiry‘s chairman said the absence of a plan to evacuate the tower was a ‘major omission‘ by the brigade. and he said more lives could have been saved had the policy of asking people to ‘stay put‘ in their homes been abandoned sooner. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. viewers may find some of the images in her report upsetting. baffling myfamily... here is my family...

why, why? they die, i cannot sleep, always crying. the last thing i was hearing from my aunt was, "where are the firefighters?" and i rest it at that. "where are the firefighters?" i pray every single day, since the tower, to die sooner, because i have no meaning in my life. and they do not want to become a political football... no enquiry can comfort them. no blame brings them back. n0 warm words ease their harsh reality. grenfell was a national tragedy but their deeply personal one. this man lost his daughter, her husband and their two children. leena, six months old,

died in her mothers arms. why, why? this is our families. i not come in here just to pass the time. i had a family. fourfamily die! the report blames the cladding that surrounded the building for spreading these flames. it broke building regulations. the fire so fierce because grenfell‘s walls were covered in a material that was flammable. but the focus of this part of the enquiry is what happened on the night. despite the bravery of some firefighters, the fire brigade is heavily criticised for institutional and systemic failures. telling people to "stay put" in these flames cost lives. paulos tekle was told to stay put in the building — his 5—year—old son isaac didn‘t make it out. 0n the night i was there, i was suffering, still i am suffering with this situation.

but there was no excuse. we should have been rescued. we should have been helped by the firefighters. nazanin aghlani lost her mother and her aunt. they were responsible to do a job, they had training, they had legislations that told them what to do if compartmentation is breached. they didn't do it. they should be prosecuted, i'm not saying individual firemen, they did a hard job, bless them, they probably don't even get paid that well. but the seniors at the top, they get good money to do a very seriousjob. the most senior fire officer is criticised for her remarkable insensitivity for her words at the enquiry. ithink... today she apologised to the families. the 72 lives lost were just the worst thing ever, and london fire brigade are truly sorry we could not have saved everyone‘s life that night. but do you accept that more people

died that night because you did not evacuate the building on time? i think it would be very difficult for us to make, draw that conclusion and i think even sir martin moore—bick says he has no expert evidence to draw that conclusion. but he does draw that conclusion. so, will you resign and some of the families are asking? no, i won‘t, i will retire in six months‘ time. because my commitment is to making those changes and if i resign, i can‘t do that. the report found training for high—rise fires was gravely inadequate, that they failed to cope with the 999 calls and that firefighters struggled to share information as the communication systems did not work properly. 46 recommendations are made, including national guidelines and training for evacuating high—rise residential buildings. grenfell survivor edward daffarn warned that there would be a serious fire in the building months before it happened. we first met him on the morning of the fire, in the clothes that he fled in. my life, my self, was saved by a brave firefighter, from the 16th floor, who came and rescued me when i was taking my last breaths, and sir martin moore—bick

in his report points out that there are many instances of brave and courageous act by firefighters. my own personal view of dany cotton is that she needs to be dismissed from her post. 0n the grenfell tragedy... in the commons, they stood silent for a minute, as survivors and bereaved looked on at the politicians they asked for the truth, we promised them the truth, we owe them the truth. and, today, the whole country, the whole world, is finally hearing the truth about what happened at grenfell tower. the shameful fact is, mr speaker, that feet have been dragged, the exact same cladding is on similar high—rise blocks, sprinklers have not been fitted, thousands of people will go to bed tonight and tomorrow night not feeling safe in this country. this tower, a devastating

testament to the companies which made the cladding, the authorities that allowed it to be put on, and the fire brigade who saved some, but failed others. earlier today at westminster it was probably the last prime minister‘s questions before the election, party leaders attacking each other on some of the issues sure to feature in the campiagn including the future of the nhs and brexit. mps voted last night to hold a general election in six weeks‘ time. the house of lords gave its approval earlier this evening. during the day, dozens of current members of parliament have announced their decision not to stand in the forthcoming election as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. i think he frankly must be out of... the warm up — parliament‘s cameras capturing the last moments of this particular generation. ..the whole world knows that.

why can‘t he get it? the commons has examined every angle of brexit and failed to come to a conclusion. so that conclusion will now be for all of us to decide what we make of them. and the contrast between these two is profound... the choice at this election couldn‘t be clearer. people have a chance to vote for real change after years of conservative and lib dem cuts. privatisation and tax hand—outs for the richest... they‘ll be scrapping to be heard — this won‘t be a gentlemanly debate. leadership mean standing up for the people of this country, and, above all, it means getting brexit done, and ending the dither and the delay. the time for protest is over, mr speaker. it‘s time for leadership. today they‘ve all been trying out lines, practising their pitches, the slogans you‘ll hearagain and again. but it‘s the substance of their plans for the country that will determine who has the privilege of coming back to this place and,

in the end, who takes up the prime minister‘s position in the glare, and under the pressure, at the dispatch box. jeremy corbyn went straight from the commons to the campaign trail, first to a hospital, then a rally in a labour suggested today they might go for another referendum in scotland. it's for another referendum in scotland. it‘s harder than a group of toddlers. keeping hold of any campaign is harder than directing a group of toddlers. the next five weeks are a big opportunity, as well as a risk for the snp. however you voted on brexit, it‘s a mess, and the only way out of that mess is to stop brexit. secondly, a vote for the snp is a vote to demand the right for scotland to choose their own future, not to have borisjohnson determining their future, but to put scotland‘s future into scotland‘s hands. and there might be huge

change this time around. several of the mps gathered with the lib dem leader here today, stood for different parties last time round. the liberal democrats are fighting our most ambitious election yet, because this general election is one where the future of the country for generations is at stake. and yet, ore than 50 mps have made their own decision to go. including tonight, surprise from the current cabinet minister nikki morgan, citing a dilemma from 2019. how to squarer reality of being an mp in this climate with a desire to have a home life too. an era many are happy to leave behind. taking their own histories with them... this painting is of my ma—ma. churchill‘s grandson, an mp since 1983, is saying goodbye.

it‘s become a rougher, coarser place. we‘re in a period of profound disruption. i have no idea what will happen in this election, one way or another, but we are in an era where things are just blown up, and institutions are all under great strain. would you forgive me for asking what you think your grandfather might make of you standing down and what you have achieved since you have been here? well, i don‘t think much, really! but, i think he‘d be pleased that i tried. that‘s the thing. it‘s been a great honour to be a member of parliament, and i really mean that. and i‘m very sad to be going. i thank my wife and our three children, 0liver, freddie andjemima. whether forced out or by choice, elections are about farewells. these are the speaker‘s last days in his official chair, too. this chapter of our politics and the next is the story of individuals and us all. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster.

twitter has announced this evening that it will ban all political adverts on its platform. chief executive jack dorsey said that political messaging ‘should be earned not bought‘. it comes amid growing concerns about how social media channels are being used to influence elections. 0ur media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters‘ attention is increasingly being waged online. recognise any of these? in the coming weeks brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. elections used to be all about the ground and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or party political broadcasts. today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. data from the electoral commission shows the proportion of campaign money going to digital advertising is growing fast. the issue isn‘tjust political parties, it‘s anyone with a political message to sell. there‘s potential for a lot more money to be spent here.

we don‘t know necessarily who is spending this, what the content of this advertising is, that‘s a big problem for us in terms of working out if there needs to be regulation here. it‘s in response to these concerns that tonight the boss of twitter announced there would be no more political advertising on twitter globally. but despite what might seem like a significant shift, political ads on twitter have a fraction of the impact of those on facebook. in the 2017 election, uk political parties spent £3.2 million on facebook ads and just £56,500 on twitter ads. in any case, the vast majority of what cuts through on twitter is shared content, rather than paid—for ads. if we act now, we can stop brexit. every day, there is an avalanche of political campaigning online. in just the past 2a hours, the lib dems paid for this targeted ad.

meanwhile on their facebook page, the conservatives and the brexit party released rousing videos, aimed at energising their base. you would have seen one of these videos if you follow those parties on facebook or if a friend of yours does and shared or reacted to such a video. 0n the e—mail front, a so—called chip—in message from labour raised £190,000. free speech is a pillar of our democracy but it only works if you and i know who is doing the talking. alas, when it comes to social media platforms, sometimes we don‘t. for instance, we often don‘t know who is ultimately paying for this marketing. it could be foreign or malign actors who deploy social media precisely because regulation is so weak. and of course amid all the clamour and propaganda online, it‘s those who engage our emotions rather than appeal to reason who find their messages cut through. digital campaigns have no beginning or end. they are constant, it‘s just the volume is turned up or down according to political need. in the coming weeks, the noise will be deafening. amol rajan, bbc news.

let‘s speak now to tech journalist will guyatt. he is said to talk to us about this ban —— is here to talk to us about the band. let‘s get more now on the news announced this eveing that twitter has banned all political advertising on its platform. twitter‘s ceo jack dorsey announced the ban, unsurprisingly, on twitter. in a thread of tweets he said: "a political message earns reach when people decide to follow an account or retweet. paying for reach removes that decision, forcing highly optimized and targeted political messages on people. we believe this decision should not be compromised by money." in an apparent veiled attack on facebook‘s decision, he tweeted: it‘s not credible for us to say: "we‘re working hard to stop people from gaming our systems to spread misleading info, buuut if someone pays us to target and force people to see their political ad, well they can say whatever they want!" and he addressed possible free—speech critics by saying: "this isn‘t about free expression. this is about paying for reach. and paying to increase the reach of political speech has significant ramifications that today‘s democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle.

it‘s worth stepping back in order to address." the ban will be enforced from 22 november, with full details released by 15 november. that is the view of the ceo and that and to be implemented on november 22. let‘s speak now to tech journalist will guyatt. i know you follow these things. what you make of this announcement? this is the attack dogs of twitter rounding on facebook and if you consider that twitter‘s advertising revenue for the second quarter was $730 million and faced‘s was $16.7 billion it is essentially a chihuahua doing its business on mark zuckerberg‘s lawn. it will not have impact. the issue is what if the sentiment goes against facebook and

they have to stop a valuable source of advertising revenue. you can guarantee this morning that the phones would have been hot at facebook officers in london with discussion about strategy for the upcoming election and facebook have people working on this. they did when i was there in 2015. i think this is more of a symbolic issue. i think it is also jack dorsey and twitter realising that facebook is on the ropes from a regulatory point of view and using this as an opportunity to attack. it will not impact twitter agreed deal. the amount of money spent on adverts there is tiny but this is a symbolic gesture because we focus on the influence of this sort of advertising full it doesn‘t cost twitter that much to get in tune with the zeitgeist. it is really interesting in that twitter is a

much smaller business. twitter has about 30 million people using it every month. across the whole of the facebook business, it is about 2.3 billion. a fraction of the size. but what it is doing is making a very strong gesture and a strong stance, particularly at a time when mark zuckerberg is in front of congress. he has been summonsed to talk in front of other political bodies around the world about how facebook will be controlled. the biggest issue here, broadcasters like the bbc are very closely monitored. watchdog monitors and picks up what your journalist and experts watchdog monitors and picks up what yourjournalist and experts say. but thatis yourjournalist and experts say. but that is not the same as facebook or any other platform. they are just not fairly regulated. we have spoken about adverts coming through already from political parties. in the last 24 from political parties. in the last 2a hours alone, clear evidence of doctored photography being used to enhance and enforce political messages. maybe that was a mistake

that the photo was doctored, i don‘t know. but we are entering a period where we have not even started the official election period and social media is already being used as a platform to push messages. from my perspective, we spoke about digital and social media elections since 2010. because this election has been called quickly you can guarantee that they do not have entered leaflets a nd that they do not have entered leaflets and manifestoes, all those bits and pieces available. but they can finish that now and within hours sherry digitally online. that will be the big issue. they will push solidly online and try to reach younger audiences as well through social media and other places online full . the u.k.'s amino to the us in issues like this and the us has an upcoming presidential election next

november. so this game is being played out on an american political landscape and the pressure you mention that facebook ceo is coming under at the hands of members of congress and from elizabeth warren, the democratic presidential hopeful, this will really put the heat on, won‘t it? this will really put the heat on, won't it? we would have to be crazy to think that the timing of this todayis to think that the timing of this today is not connected to the us election. it forces the issue before the us election. in looking at the us election in 2020 there will be $6 billion spent on advertising and according to one of the big media analysis and experts, they think about 20% of that will be spent on digital advertising stop the uk election will be much smaller but increasingly i know the social networks were doing this in 2015, they were actively talking to the

political parties and giving them advice and saying, without naming names and saying that your rival is doing this, they were talking about the tactics that were working and what other people were doing. for them it has been a great opportunity to get more money from political parties. if it stops it is an interesting conversation. the share price for twitter after trading closed, that dropped 2%. did not really massively impact the share price, the fact that they would stop political advertising, but we need to see what happens to facebook over the upcoming weeks and days and i‘m keen to see whether or not there will be more active policing of political messaging and adverts and maybe outside organisations trying to influence with political messaging through these platforms. sometimes it is not paid advertising thatis sometimes it is not paid advertising that is the issue, it is the bot networks and organisations, outside actors such as china north korea and russia, having a look to see if they

can influence an allergen through digital means. i think the uk would have done it in other countries overseas in different ways in years past but now it is digital and all of these organisations and countries are looking to see how they can shape their own campaigns and influence what happens in other countries via the internet and social media. the big issue for me, i think we will only know how impactful social media is after the changes that have happened. exit came out of nowhere in many people‘s minds. was that influenced by social media? what minds. was that influenced by social media ? what is minds. was that influenced by social media? what is the next big change? that is the key. we may be need regulation and organisation of social media platforms, that they be treated but like media organisations. thank you so much for your insights.

powerful winds are making the raging fires in california even worse tonight. firefighters have been working up and down the state to battle the infernos. a new fire in southern california is burning dangerously close to the ronald reagan presidential library. thousands have been evacuated, as the wildfires threaten homes and lives. the bbc‘s sophie long has more. another day another fire. california continues to burn. as the hot dry weather delivers the fires forecasters feared it would. this time, the strong santa ana winds whipped flames through the valley. among the buildings evacuated is the ronald reagan presidential library, home to millions of historical documents and the resting place of the former president and first lady. they are calling this the ev fire. putting it out is proving anything but. we are on the hill by the presidential library where there is a massive effort to get this under control. they are fighting it from

the airand from control. they are fighting it from the air and from the ground but the wind is blowing strongly. and it is the wind that is the greatest enemy. it is ferocious here with gusts of up it is ferocious here with gusts of up to 70 mile an hour. it has propelled the fire through more than 1000 acres injust a propelled the fire through more than 1000 acres in just a few hours. the wind down south is very serious, it isa wind down south is very serious, it is a serious situation developing across northern california. and i am concerned for southern californians down there. this is just concerned for southern californians down there. this isjust one of many fires burning across california where a state of emergency has been in place on sunday. they are dangerous and they are disruptive. hundreds of thousands of homes have been evacuated and many more are without power. roads are closed, so too are the schools and businesses. and the hot dry conditions are expected to continue to combine with the strong santa ana wins for

another 2a hours at least. the pentagon has released details and footage of the us special forces raid that killed abu bakr al—baghdadi — the leader of the islamic state group. he was killed during the night time military operation on saturday inside a syrian compound. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has the latest. these pictures show the end of the operation. we can show the pictures that we have received. you can see delta force they are moving into position to launch their attack on the base that is housing abu bakr al—baghdadi. second sequence of pictures we will not show it shows isis photos that make fighters engaging us forces and they are attacked from the air by gunships. the second sequence of features is

after the forces have gotten out of the compound and you see from the air missiles coming down and a totally flattening which when abu bakr al—baghdadi had been hiding out. donald trump has said that america congratulate you on that operation and the whole world congratulate you on the success of the operation. a fire has ripped through a historic japanese castle on the southern island of okinawa. the world heritage site shuri castle is a key part of a complex dating back to the ryukyu kingdom, and is believed to have been in use from around the 15th century. the blaze started in the early hours of the morning the cause is not yet known. an inquiry into a police helicopter crash at a glasgow pub 6 years ago has found that it could have been prevented had the pilot followed emergency procedures. ten people died when the helicopter came down onto the roof of the busy clutha bar as our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports.

it was a friday night in november and the clutha bar had been packed with people listening to live music when the police helicopter fell from the sky. are you 0k? cctv images released publicly for the first time show the shocked crowd spilling from the pub, the aircraft embedded in the roof. the days after revealed the devastation inside. mary kavanagh was one of those who managed to get out. her partner, robertjenkins, didn‘t. robert went to the bar to get us a drink. and that‘s when the helicopter came down. i have been through almost six years now of wanting to know what happened that night and i still feel i don‘t know. there‘s still so many unanswered questions. in all, seven people inside the bar and all three crew including the pilot, died that night. more than 30 others were injured. the fatal accident inquiry had one

key question at its heart, why did this happen? why did the helicopter crash onto the roof of the clutha that night? the sheriff concluded that the pilot david traill had ignored the low fuel warnings. he said that if the captain had followed procedures the accident would not have happened. ian 0‘prey lost his son mark in the accident. this report has brought him little comfort. they‘ve laid the blame totally on the pilot, david traill, and it makes me really angry. i think it‘s outrageous. where‘s the sheriff‘s evidence for it? the report praised the dignity of those bereaved. six years on, their grief

is still raw, in this tragedy that shocked a city and changed many lives. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. now it‘s time for the weather with lucy martin. doing their hello there. time for a look at the weather for the week ahead. while many of us have seen a good deal of dry and often sunny weather to start the week, there are some real changes on the cards. 0ver the next few days it will be milder but with that it will turn claudia with some wet weather as well. the reason for this, some area of high pressure will edge its way further east and that will allow the weather fronts to feed into the south and west. high pressure is with us first thing thursday morning, with a chilly scart to scotland and northern england with a touch of frost but again, good deal of sunshine to many and cloudy skies of northern ireland and parts of wales and the south—west. the rain tending to ease across the south—west. ca ptu res to ease across the south—west. captures between eight and 1a