we'll have the latest on the police investigation which also involves counter—terrorism officers. also tonight... junior doctors in england start another three days of strike action, causing thousands of nhs appointments to be cancelled. the biggest loss of life this year involving migrants at sea has happened off the coast of southern greece. more spending on drinking and eating out helped the uk economy to grow by a small fraction in april, but it could mean more interest rate rises. and a grandiose farewell in milan for italy's great political showman, silvio berlusconi. on bbc london... remembering the 72 victims of the grenfell fire. the former prime minister appears intent on drugging the on those who he was responsible for his downfall.

tonight he calls for the tory committee to resign. good evening. thousands of people have gathered for a vigil at nottingham university to remember those killed in yesterday's attacks. the families of the two students killed linked hands and laid flowers, and the fathers of barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar praised the bond among students at the university and urged everyone to look after each other. the third victim was named today as ian coates, who was 65 and a school caretaker. police in nottingham are still questioning a 31—year—old man on suspicion of murder. we'll have the latest on the police investigation in a moment, but first this report on the vigil and the reaction from our correspondent navtej johal. united in grief.

these students came to express their shock and share their sadness at the loss of two of their own. theirfamilies should have been welcoming their 19—year—olds home for the summer. instead they were here, with hundreds of others, in pain. barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar were in their first year at the university of nottingham. i lost my baby boy and i can't even comprehend how i'm going to deal with it. myself and emma and charlie, all his family and friends. barnaby would be super touched by everyone that's here. the love that we have out here, ijust wish we had it everywhere. so...

look after each other. it's the big thing, is that. look after your friends. barnaby was a talented cricketer studying history. his family described their complete devastation at his death. they said he was a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man with everything in life to look forward to. grace was training to be a doctor. she too was a keen cricketer and played hockey for england under 16s and under 18s. to her family she was an adored daughter and sister, who was a wonderful and beautiful young lady. barney and grace are a monumental loss. they were both first years, with ambitions, potential and dreams. what was taken from us yesterday will never be given back, and the shock waves echo

through our student community. the attacks third victim was 65—year—old ian coates, who worked in a local school. his son said he was months away from retirement. they said he was everyone�*s friend and you genuinely couldn't find a nicer guy. his friend paid tribute to mr coates. he was a lovely gentleman. a lovely, lovely gentleman. he was one of those people who would go out of his way to help anyone, and i reckon that's probably what he was trying to do that morning as well. i've been here three and a half years and there's never a day we don't see him with a smile. no matter what came his way, he was always smiling. on a day of raw emotion, for now, there is little comfort to be found amid this tragedy. navteonhal, bbc news, nottingham. a video has emerged of the man believed to be the suspect in the killings in nottingham. he's seen trying to climb through the open window of a hostel

close to the where the body of one of the victims was found. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest. the police�*s only suspect in the triple murder caught on cctv trying to climb through a hostel window before being pushed away. it happened at around five in the morning, half way through the attack police believe he was responsible for. it was filmed at this supported living complex for homeless and other vulnerable people. on the footage you see somebody come out of the hostel and apparently tell the man to leave. he then does so, heading down the road in the direction of the place where ian coates was later found stabbed. the flowers marking where ian coates died are just around the corner. we don't yet have the name of the suspect, but we do know he's originally from west africa, has no criminal record, but does have a history of mental health issues. he's been in the uk for many years and has settled status, meaning he has permission to stay.

at the scene where the two 19—year—old students were killed, the investigation had clearly intensified today. police officers were searching undergrowth and collecting cctv from small businesses. it was at 4.04 yesterday morning that police were called to ilkeston road, where the two students were found dead. grace o'malley—kumar and barnaby webber had been walking home together after an end—of—exams party. next, police believe the suspect tried to break into the supported living complex in mapperley road. ian coates was later stabbed to death 150 metres away in magdala road and had his van stolen. soon afterwards, the van was used to run over three people in the milton street area. a mile and a half from there, the suspect was detained using a taser in bentinck road. i can tell the house that the police are working flat out to establish the full facts and provide support to everyone affected. they are currently keeping an open mind as to the motives behind these attacks,

but i can confirm nottinghamshire police are being assisted in their inquiries by counter—terror police, though this does not mean that it is currently being treated as a terrorist attack. after the drama of yesterday morning's raids, the police are now working methodically through the evidence, to see whether a case can be built against the man being held on suspicion of murder. as well as the three dead victims, a man remains in a critical condition in hospital. daniel sandford, bbc news, nottingham. let's return to navtej johal in nottingham tonight. we heard some very eloquent and moving contributions earlier tonight. i'mjust wondering moving contributions earlier tonight. i'm just wondering really what the impact of this now is likely to be on those people locally who just wonder how this could have happened? i’m who just wonder how this could have ha ened? �* ,

who just wonder how this could have hauened? �* , ., happened? i'm stood in the middle of the university — happened? i'm stood in the middle of the university of— happened? i'm stood in the middle of the university of nottingham - happened? i'm stood in the middle of the university of nottingham campus| the university of nottingham campus where the vigil took place earlier, you can see behind me there are still people laying flowers and paying their respects, which gives you an idea of how much this has moved people here. the vigil this afternoon was full of such raw emotion, everyone around me seems to either be in tears or on the verge of them, but perhaps the most affecting moment is the one we saw earlier which was entirely, it seems, unplanned. the university told us beforehand that the families would not be talking, they were simply here, they said, to soak in the love of the students and staff. but it seems on the spur of the moment, at the end, the two fathers decided to step up to the podium and address the huge crowd in front of them. despite being stricken with grief they spoke with such empathy and eloquence, it was a moment that few who witnessed a here will ever forget.

few who witnessed a here will ever foruet. �* , ., ., few who witnessed a here will ever foret. �* , ., ., ., forget. any thanks, navte' johal with his thoughts * forget. any thanks, navte' johal with his thoughts in * forget. any thanks, navtej johal| with his thoughts in nottingham. —— many thanks, navtej johal. junior doctors in england have started another three days of strike action today, causing thousands of nhs appointments to be cancelled. members of the british medical association walked out from 7am after rejecting a 5% pay offer from the government. with the hot weather placing extra demands on a&e departments, health service leaders have urged people to use services sensibly. our health correspondent dominic hughes has the latest. once again, junior doctors across england are back on the picket lines, arguing their work is a matter of life—or—death, that their current pay fails to reflect the responsibilities of a junior doctor. a first yearjunior doctor will be running a hospital at night, so they will be the first port of call for about 200 patients. they will also be the one to restart your heart if it stops in the middle of the night. a first yearjunior doctor is on £14 an hour. we are just asking for £5—£io

per hour more for every doctor. at royal preston hospital, 40% of theirjunior doctors who are bma members havejoined the 72 hour walk out. this is a busy emergency department and it is for emergencies. they have planned ahead, but the hospital boss is frustrated. we have had six months now or so of strikes, and each subsequent strike becomes more difficult to plan for, there is more disruption. we support ourjunior doctors, and we understand why they need to go on strike, but we have to get a resolution to this, because the only people who are now suffering are our patients. the health service has been faced with a series of strikes since before christmas, and while those staff who are working on strike days have dealt with the day—to—day demands, the impact of strike after strike has been building up. half of all today's planned surgery has been cancelled at preston. waiting list for endoscopy, waiting list for surgical procedures.

for doctors trying to work through an already significant backlog of cases, the strike is another frustration. for instance, somebody who has had a scan, and they were due to be seen by me, and that scan finding requires attention, that could get delayed. so that is the kind of cumulative impact. the hot weather has posed additional problems for already busy a&e departments. the heat has meant some hospitals saw hundreds more patients experiencing breathing difficulties and dehydration. while we are here for anyone who needs us, we are delighted when patients don't become unwell, don't become injured and don't need to attend the hospital. but even as hospitals and patients face the fall out of another strike, the government is insisting its pay offer to doctors is fair. 5% plus a lump sum, in line with what has been offered for paramedics, for midwives, for nurses, for many others with the nhs, and today, unfortunately, thejunior doctors have refused to move at all. this dispute feels a long way from being resolved. with hospital consultants

voting on strike action, and junior doctors in scotland also set to walk out, there is more to come. dominic hughes, bbc news. in north korea, food shortages have become so severe that people are starving to death, according to evidence shared with the bbc by people who risked their lives to tell their stories. it's been more than three years since north korea sealed its borders during the pandemic. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie has spent months secretly communicating with people in north korea. jean is with me now. tell us more. it is impossible to speak directly to people in north korea because they are banned from speaking to anyone outside the country, so we have worked with an organisation that has a secret network of sources within the country, which has been able to relay our questions and send back answers. but if the government knew these people had talked to us there

is a chance they could be killed, so we have gone to great lengths to protect them. it has been a meticulous process which has taken us many months and we have had to use actors and animations to tell their words as part of our means to protect them. these supplies are so low, people have started dying. this chilling testimony comes from inside north korea. once, i didn't eat for two days. i only drank water. recently people have been knocking on the door, asking for food, - because they are so hungry. hearing from people inside this isolated country is extremely rare. but with fears the country is on the brink of a famine, we have been secretly communicating with people who live there. we are using actors and animations to illustrate their words, and have changed their names to protect them.

in our village, five people have starved to death. chan ho is a construction worker living near the chinese boarder. in one family, the wife was too ill to work, so the two children were surviving by begging. in the end, all three of them died. at first, i was afraid of dying from covid, but then i began to worry about starving to death. at the start of the pandemic, north korea completely sealed its borders. these pictures released by the regime are all the world's been able to see. for years, no—one has been allowed to enter the country. authorities even stopped food and medicine from crossing the border. in south korea, we began to get reports of chronic food shortages, and so we teamed up with an organisation here.

daily nk has sources inside the country who were able to get our questions to people. this isji yeon, who lives in the north korean capital pyongyang, the wealthiest part of the country. she tells us even here supplies are running dangerously low. once i didn't eat for two days. i thought i was going to die in my sleep at night. my husband and i survived by thinking ten more days, and then another ten days, thinking, if something happens, we might starve, but at least we will feed our kids. there are lots of beggars now. if they are lying down, we check them and usually find they're dead. there are others who kill themselves at home or disappear into the mountains.

what these people are telling us evokes memories of the devastating famine of the late 1990s, known as the arduous march, which killed as many as three million people. for the past 10, 15 years, we rarely heard of death by starvation. that was something that happened in the late 1990s or early 2000s, but to hear it happening again, you know, in the past two, three years, i think, you know, it is taking us back to the arduous march, which was the most difficult period for the north korean people. when covid finally breached the country's borders, the authorities banned people from leaving their homes. during one lockdown, i know of five people that were trapped in their house for ten days. they were half dead by the time they were let out. they managed by sneaking out at night to get food.

but the spectre of another famine has not stopped kim jong—un from funnelling his limited finances into building nuclear weapons. the money he spent on missile tests last year would have been enough, according to some estimates, to ensure his entire population was properly fed. the people never wanted this endless weapons development that brings hardship to generation after generation. i want to live in a society where we don't starve, where my neighbours are alive. north koreans are more isolated than ever before. it's getting harder for them to survive, and impossible to help them. you have gathered some really powerful evidence there. has there been any response at all from north korea? we been any response at all from north korea? ~ , , .,

korea? we put the findings to the government. _ korea? we put the findings to the government, and _ korea? we put the findings to the government, and to _ korea? we put the findings to the government, and to our _ korea? we put the findings to the government, and to our surprise, | government, and to our surprise, they did respond, which is very unusual. there are a couple of interesting things they said to us. they didn't actually refute anything in particular in our reporting. they just said that the report was not entirely factual because it had been derived from what they called anti—government forces. they also went on to say that the north korean government has always prioritise the interests of the people even during difficult times. but the mere fact that they even mention difficult times is interesting, because this is a regime that is very happy to pretend that everything is ok when it's not, so i think this gives us an indication ofjust how serious the current situation is at the moment. the current situation is at the moment-— the current situation is at the moment. �* , ., ., moment. i'm 'ust going to remind viewers moment. i'm just going to remind viewers about _ moment. i'm just going to remind viewers about where _ moment. i'm just going to remind viewers about where they - moment. i'm just going to remind viewers about where they can - moment. i'm just going to remind viewers about where they can see | viewers about where they can see more of it. you can see more on this story on the documentary north korea: the insiders, on the bbc iplayer. the biggest loss of life this year

involving migrants at sea has happened off the coast of southern greece. at least 80 migrants have drowned after their boat, thought to be a fishing vessel, capsized. let's speak to our europe correspondent nick beake, who has just arrived in athens. nick, what have you managed to gather about this dreadful tragedy? the true extent of this disaster is not yet clear, but it is certain that this is extremely bad. more than 100 people have been rescued, but they are talking about up to 700 people having been on board the vessel. an image has emerged showing it in the med, the deepest part of the sea, and it was absolutely packed with people. the greek coastguard said they approach the vessel and offered help, but that was rejected, but i've got to tell you tonight an organisation which runs an emergency phone number for people in distress on the water say

that the greek authorities ignored this vessel four hours, and in terms of people not wanting help, they say that's a direct reflection of the policy pursued by greece to push people back from greek waters, from the greek shore. athens has constantly and repeatedly denied this is the case, but i've got to tell you it is an extremely bleak picture here in greece tonight. so far more than 70,000 people have travelled to europe by boat, and with the weather continuing to be fair, the big concern is that more people will continue to do this despite what has happened today. nick, thank you for the update there in athens, nick beake, our europe correspondent. the latest figures show the uk economy grew by a small fraction in april — of 0.2% — boosted by increased spending on drinking and eating out despite inflation remaining high. it prompted the chancellor, jeremy hunt, to say interest rates will have to continue to rise to try to limit consumer spending.

economists are expecting the bank of england will increase rates again next week and they're already at 4.5%. if we want growth, if we want prosperity, if we want to remove that worry that families have about the increase in the weekly shop, the cost of living going up, then we have to tackle inflation, and that is also the way we will get long—term growth. so there is no alternative to tackling inflation with every bit of vigour that is needed, and that's what we'll do. our political editor, chris mason, is in westminster. when we talk about no alternative, it is an echo of a different political age, it is an echo of a different politicalage, isn't it is an echo of a different political age, isn't it? what did you make of that? it political age, isn't it? what did you make of that?— political age, isn't it? what did you make of that? it really is, the return of tina, _ you make of that? it really is, the return of tina, there _ you make of that? it really is, the return of tina, there is _ you make of that? it really is, the return of tina, there is no - return of tina, there is no alternative, a phrase associated with margaret thatcher, carrying political heft and heritage. and listening to the chancellor today, i was reminded of another speech from

several decades back going back to october 1989, several decades back going back to october1989, sirjohn several decades back going back to october 1989, sirjohn major, the then chancellor, giving his first speech in the job then chancellor, giving his first speech in thejob in northampton, i know how to live on a wednesday night, reading speeches from three decades ago, in which he was talking about the spectre of inflation and what to do about it, and had a very striking phrase. he said if the policy isn't hurting, it isn't working. and it is reminder of those timeless challenges in politics and economics around trade—offs. the language mr hunt uses is more modest, there is a reflection on how difficult this is for households and businesses with the climbing cost of borrowing. but there is also recognition that getting inflation down is crucial. the government says it is still on track to try and halve it by the end of the year, but one former senior treasury official says that that trade—off, the danger is that if you get interest rates that are too high or go to high in order to deal with inflation, then you might tip the country in the

direction of a recession, and all of this as we head towards an election year. this as we head towards an election ear. �* ,., .., year. and the wider political backdmp. — year. and the wider political backdmp. as _ year. and the wider political backdrop, as you _ year. and the wider political backdrop, as you say, - year. and the wider political backdrop, as you say, all. year. and the wider political backdrop, as you say, all of| year. and the wider political - backdrop, as you say, all of this economic debate happening against the backdrop in this instance on boris johnson's own future and the backdrop in this instance on borisjohnson's own future and the parliamentary report into his conduct. where will that make an appearance?— conduct. where will that make an appearance? conduct. where will that make an auearance? ~ ., ., ~ ., appearance? we have talked about it on this programme _ appearance? we have talked about it on this programme and _ appearance? we have talked about it on this programme and others - appearance? we have talked about it on this programme and others in - appearance? we have talked about it| on this programme and others in what will come, and we actually get to see it. 30,000 words long, it is released tomorrow morning, it is something, harriet harman, the chair of the committee, was there, her work done, but tight—lipped about its content. and in an additional twist tonight, another intervention from borisjohnson, another two footed tackle from boris johnson, this time targeted at a committee member, said bernard jenkin, conservative mp, following

allegations on the guido fawkes political website suggested he went to a social function in political website suggested he went to a socialfunction in parliament when there were covid restrictions. the bbc hasn't independently corroborated that report. we have tried to spit all of those named in it, including sir bernard, no response from him. but in reality this is a story about borisjohnson, his integrity, his believability and his integrity, his believability and his character, and we will get a realjudgment that tomorrow. his character, and we will get a real judgment that tomorrow. chris realjudgment that tomorrow. chris mason, realjudgment that tomorrow. chris mason. many _ realjudgment that tomorrow. chris mason, many thanks _ realjudgment that tomorrow. chris mason, many thanks once again. thanks to new treatments, many more women whose breast cancer is detected early are surviving longer. a study has found women were 66% less likely to die from the disease within five years of diagnosis than they were 20 years ago. our medical editor fergus walsh has been looking at the findings. this is reassuring news for patients regarding the uk's most common cancer. more than 55,000 women and nearly 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.

researchers at oxford university tracked around half a million women in england with early invasive breast cancer that has not spread elsewhere in the body. all had surgery as their primary treatment. it found those diagnosed in the 1990s had a 14% chance of dying from the disease in the first five years. but for those diagnosed from 2010, it was much lower, at 5%. it means most women whose disease is caught early can expect to be long—term cancer survivors. so what's behind the improvement? cancer research uk, which funded the study, says it includes more targeted treatments, new hormonal and chemotherapies, advances in radiotherapy plus improvements in detection and public awareness. myra mckenzie, who's 69 and from surrey, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002

after finding a swelling under her arm. she's grateful for all her treatment, but remembers feeling very scared at the beginning. i had no idea what my future was going to be, how long i was going to live or anything. i had the chemotherapy, then surgery, radiotherapy, drug therapy. the whole book thrown at me. but it's clearly worked. but there are concerns about the current state of cancer care with severe staff shortages. the charity breast cancer now says many patients are waiting far too long for a diagnosis and the treatment, and without urgent action, we risk seeing decades of progress unravelling. fergus walsh, bbc news. the sixth anniversary of the grenfell tower fire was commemorated in west london this evening. the monthly silent walk marked the 72nd month since 72

people died in the fire. in that time virtually all the blocks with the same type of flammable cladding panels as were on the tower have been changed. but there are still 1,200 other tower blocks that have applied for government funds to have different types of dangerous cladding removed, and the latest figures show that work has started on less than a third of them. it means tens of thousands of people are still living in unsafe homes, which they are unable to remortgage or sell. italy has paid its last respects to silvio berlusconi, whose state funeral was held in milan today. the billionaire media tycoon and scandal—ridden politician dominated italian public life for decades with millions of loyal followers and plenty of opponents, too, as our italy correspondent sofia bettiza reports. a day of national mourning

as thousands gathered to say a final farewell to silvio berlusconi, a man who'd dominated italian society for almost half a century. nearly 2,000 people attended his funeral inside milan's gothic cathedral. in the first row, his five children, and next to them, marta fascina, berlusconi's girlfriend. she's 53 years his junior and more than two decades younger than berlusconi's eldest daughter, marina. during his sermon, the archbishop of milan said, "to be happy means to love parties and to enjoy life to the fullest," a sentence that perfectly encapsulates a berlusconi's flamboyant life. political allies and rivals paid their respects, but very few world leaders showed up — an indication that berlusconi has been a divisive

figure until the end. as his coffin was taken outside the cathedral, an emotional crowd chanted "silvio will always be our president". much like his life, silvio berlusconi's funeral was a spectacle, attended by political figures and a string of ex—girlfriends. abroad he might be remembered for his sex scandals, but here in italy he was a very influential figure who transformed the country's media, football and political landscape. but berlusconi's party, forza italia, might not survive without him, which could be a challenge for the coalition government. so, after his death, the risk of political instability is looming. sofia bettiza, bbc news, milan. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker.