we'll be live injohannesburg. also on the programme: after the conviction of serving police officers for rape and murder, police chiefs are to get new powers to sack officers. grant shapps is appointed defence secretary, replacing ben wallace in one of government's most high—profile jobs. he pledges to continue supporting ukraine. extending the lives of people with cancer — we have an exclusive report following the fast—reaction team tackling spinal cancer. and remembering lawrence churcher — the funeral is held for the man believed to be the last member of the royal navy to have served in the dunkirk rescue of world war ii. and coming up on bbc news, andy murray takes on 19th seed grigor dimitrov on another a big day for british players in the second round at the us open.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. more than 70 people have died, including children, after fire tore through a five—storey apartment building injohannesburg in south africa. more than 50 people were injured, and there are fears that the number of fatalities will rise as rescue work continues at the site. the block had been declared unsafe for use, but city officials say it had been taken over by property gangs who rent out the rooms and overfill them. our southern africa correspondent pumza fihlani reports from johannesburg. a warning — her report contains distressing scenes from the start. piercing screams as a fire rages

through a building in the heart of johannesburg. home to hundreds, residents have described the horror of people clamouring to get to the nearest exit as smoke filled the building's narrow corridors. many were not that building's narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. building's narrow corridors. many were not that lucky. the building's narrow corridors. many were not that luc . m ., building's narrow corridors. many were not that luc . m ., were not that lucky. the actual fire esca -e were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was — were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, _ were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so _ were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there - were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there was . were not that lucky. the actual fire escape was closed, so there was a | escape was closed, so there was a lot of people, you know, a lot of people with smog, people were suffocated, a lot of people died because of the smoke, because there was a lot of pressure, some of the gates were closed. figs was a lot of pressure, some of the gates were closed.— gates were closed. as bodies are ulled gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out _ gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of _ gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the _ gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the gutted - gates were closed. as bodies are pulled out of the gutted building| pulled out of the gutted building onto the street, grief sets in for some of the survivors. the reality of their loss sinking in. many of those who have died are said to be burnt beyond recognition. hours later, and the flames are finally out. this has now become a recovery

operation, emergency workers have said. officials have told the bbc that it said. officials have told the bbc thatitis said. officials have told the bbc that it is unlikely that any more survivors will be found. they still do not know the cause of the fire. since this is a hijacked or abandoned building, there might be two options here. it might be an illegal connection or overheating devices they are using, because we are told that at the time when the fire started, it didn't have electricity. fire started, it didn't have electricity-— fire started, it didn't have electricity. residents in the buildinu electricity. residents in the building were _ electricity. residents in the building were living - electricity. residents in the building were living in - electricity. residents in the l building were living in squalid electricity. residents in the - building were living in squalid and crowded conditions, described by authorities as an informal settlement with partitions. the building was condemned, declared unsafe by its owners, the city of johannesburg, but had been taken over by property gangs who rent out buildings to scores of people per room. this one was home to working—class migrants from neighbouring countries as well as

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we are starting to get a picture of the residents who lived in this building, you will have heard the term thrown around, it has been described as a hijacked building. basically, this means this was a building previously condemned by its owners and declared unsafe, but subsequently was then re—occupied by people who were approached by so—called criminal cartels or property gangs, who were renting out space to them, sometimes cramming as many ten people in a room that is big enough only for two people. we know that this building was home to many african migrants from neighbouring countries, as well as south africans from poorer parts of the country who were attracted by the country who were attracted by the economic prospects often experienced here injohannesburg and i'd come here for work or forjob opportunities. and this presented a place where they could pay rent and bypass some of the strict rules around to gets to rent property, and

even people, for example, who don't have addresses or are undocumented or are heavily in debt, those are the sort of people that often fall prey to these landlords and are made to live in these sort of squalid conditions. and just speaking of those conditions, when we spoke to authorities trying to get a sense of why it was so difficult to get this blaze under control, they painted a picture of having shacks inside this building, petitions as far as the eye could see, and most of them flammable, and this is what would have made it difficult for many people to get out in time. pumza fihlani there _ people to get out in time. pumza fihlani there in _ people to get out in time. pumza fihlani there in johannesburg. . police chiefs in england and wales are to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of gross misconduct. an overhaul of disciplinary processes was prompted by recent high—profile cases of officers committing rape and murder including the conviction of wayne couzens, who was a serving metropolitan police officer when he kidnapped and murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist david carrick. our home editor,

mark easton, reports. what is your relationship with vihaan malhotra? he's my cousin, ma'am... the frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs have been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour, is what i've seen. so i want the powers to be able to deal with this. since disciplinary hearings became independent of the police seven years ago, the number of officers being sacked for gross misconduct has fallen significantly. but a series of scandals, including the jailing of former met officers wayne couzens and david carrick for murder and rape, has severely damaged public confidence, and now the home office has agreed to give top cops more say in what should happen to bent officers in their ranks.

this package of measures will make sure that there is nowhere to hide for officers who don't deserve to wear the uniform. the new rules mean that instead of a completely independent panel, a chief constable or a deputy will chair the misconduct hearing, attended by an independent lawyer and a lay person. if they conclude an officer is guilty of gross misconduct, the individual will be subject to automatic dismissal. the mother of two sisters whose murdered bodies were photographed by a policeman, nowjailed, is welcome now jailed, has welcomed to the new approach. we need this, this process needs to be speeded up, it needs to be changed, it needs to be more open and transparent, and so i'm really very pleased. but the police federation, representing rank and file officers, has said the changes will mark a return to what it calls the dark ages of kangaroo courts. you're going to be marking your own homework, you're going to be judge and jury. with a legally qualified professional

and an independent member, and of course still route to appeal through to the police appeals tribunal, there are plenty of checks and balances to ensure independence. if the public�*s to be convinced that more is being done to root out officers who abuse their powers, they must also be confident that police chiefs deciding who gets sacked won't abuse their powers. and mark is with me now. we know the leadership of the metropolitan police is happy about this, but there are questions about transparency. i this, but there are questions about transparency-_ transparency. i actually think almost no-one _ transparency. i actually think almost no-one appears - transparency. i actually think almost no-one appears to i transparency. i actually thinkj almost no-one appears to be transparency. i actually think - almost no-one appears to be happy, i almost no—one appears to be happy, i have heard from chiefs saying, we are now worried, we will be outvoted on these panels, and it will go to appeal and we will lose. they don't think they've got enough power. and the police federation say that they worry that the person presiding over somebody�*s disciplinary hearing has already decided they are guilty, so i think you have got arguments on both sides, but i think this debate itself might actually begin to change things, because recent figures suggest that about one in

five officers who are found guilty of gross misconduct still remain in the force. as of now, though, i suspect there was gross misconduct hearings will be subject of a lot more scrutiny and perhaps some questions, so perhaps things will change. but whether it is enough to restore confidence in policing i rather doubt, because we are still seeing the process of finding corrupt officers, there will be more scandals, there will be more difficult headlines. mil scandals, there will be more difficult headlines.— scandals, there will be more difficult headlines. all right, mark easton, thank _ difficult headlines. all right, mark easton, thank you. _ grant shapps has been appointed defence secretary, one of the most high—profile jobs in government, and his fifth cabinet role in 12 months. he replaces ben wallace, who announced his resignation having played an instrumental part in britain's efforts to support ukraine in the wake of the russian invasion. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. grant shapps has got used to arriving in downing street to be appointed to a newjob. this is his

fifth cabinet role in just 12 months. he's now defence secretary come up with a hefty in tray — the war in ukraine, protecting defence spending, and much more besides. hope spending, and much more besides. how are ou spending, and much more besides. how are you feeling about it? what is your— are you feeling about it? what is your first — are you feeling about it? what is your first priority? first are you feeling about it? what is your first priority?— your first priority? first of all, i will... this — your first priority? first of all, i will... this was _ your first priority? first of all, i will... this was grant _ your first priority? first of all, i will... this was grant shapps . will... this was grant shapps visitin: will... this was grant shapps visiting ukraine's _ will... this was grant shapps visiting ukraine's last - will... this was grant shapps visiting ukraine's last week l will... this was grant shapps| visiting ukraine's last week in will... this was grant shapps - visiting ukraine's last week in his old job as energy secretary. this morning, he pledged that backing for ukraine would continue, but he will face questions soon about what exactly that means in practice. he replaces ben wallace at the ministry of defence. he is quitting parliament and chose to stand down from government. but listen to this warning in his resignation letter. i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable, and after years of fighting hard for the

defence budget, he added, we must not return to the days when defence was viewed as a discretionary spend by government and savings were achieved by hollowing out. the big ruestion achieved by hollowing out. the big question here _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is grant _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question here is grant shapps - achieved by hollowing out. the big. question here is grant shapps going to bejust a political appointee whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence, and if he believes that defence, and if he believes that defence needs greater funding, defence, and if he believes that defence needs greaterfunding, as ben wallace did, will he be willing to enter that discussion within cabinet? �* , ., to enter that discussion within cabinet? �* , cabinet? are you pleased with your new “ob? cabinet? are you pleased with your newjob? claire _ cabinet? are you pleased with your newjob? claire coutinho _ cabinet? are you pleased with your newjob? claire coutinho is - cabinet? are you pleased with your newjob? claire coutinho is the - cabinet? are you pleased with yourj new job? claire coutinho is the new enera new job? claire coutinho is the new energy secretary. _ new job? claire coutinho is the new energy secretary, responsible - new job? claire coutinho is the new energy secretary, responsible for i energy secretary, responsible for net zero, among other things. last month she criticised labour over the expansion of the low emission zone. it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends. it is still moving the deck they are still a sinking ship. this country really needs change. today's

chances country really needs change. today's changes are — country really needs change. today's changes are tweaks _ country really needs change. today's changes are tweaks to _ country really needs change. today's changes are tweaks to rishi - country really needs change. today's changes are tweaks to rishi sunak'sl changes are tweaks to rishi sunak�*s top team, a change in personnel rather than direction. with a general looming next year, there could yet be more to come. and nick is at westminster this lunchtime, what does this all tell us about rishi sunak�*s government? anyone hoping for big changes and a big change of direction from rishi sunak is going to be disappointed today. this is tweaks, and it seems today. this is tweaks, and it seems to me that it is largely rewards for loyalist to mr sunak. claire coutinho is about as loyal as you could get to rishi sunak, she was an aide to the now prime minister when he was a junior minister at the treasury, she is often on the airwaves batting for his policies. grant shapps is also a very vocal supporter of rishi sunak, backed him last summerfor the supporter of rishi sunak, backed him last summer for the conservative leadership. but it is worth pointing out that last summer, mr shapps called for 3% of the economy to be spent on defence spending, something

that rishi sunak is reluctant to commit to do. but i don't think todayis commit to do. but i don't think today is about big changes in direction of policy, it is more about tweaks to personnel, and that means that the prime minister is still weighing up whether he needs to make big, wholesale changes in the next few months to get his top team ready for a general election. labour's leader, sir keir starmer, is weighing up the same whether he wants to make significant changes to his shadow cabinet. that's general election is probably about a year away, and it could come a bit sooner, but i predict this we will hear a lot more about it soon. more than 70 people have died and more than 50 injured after a fire in centraljohannesburg in a building used by squatters. the damage caused by hurricane idalia, now a tropical storm, is hampering search and rescue efforts in florida.

coming up on bbc news, newcastle are one of five british teams who will find out who'll they'll face in the group stages of the champions league. it's the first time they've played in the competition since 2003. spinal cancer is little talked about, but is one of the most common secondary cancers, with at least 4,000 cases in the uk every year. if it's not caught quickly it can lead to paralysis, incontinence and death within 30 days. but there is a specialist, fast—reacting service which is now extending the lives of people with the terminal disease. the bbc has been given exclusive access to the team at the clatterbridge cancer centre in liverpool and the patients they care for. here's anna collinson. this is about the cancer that never makes the headlines. the impact of having a spinal

emergency is devastating. a deadly cancer which needs treating within 2a hours. i'm grateful for every day, every month, enjoying what we can do. these people have given us that. ready, steady, slide. and the team gifting valuable months to terminal patients. i want to leave this planet comfortable and cared for. if it wasn't caught, she would be paraplegic at this point, i think. it's8am. and decisions here can determine how patients lives end. yvonne is top of the list and they're worried. they ordered a whole spine mris as an urgent case. this team specializes in the early detection of emergency spinal cancer across cheshire and merseyside. she needs radiotherapy as soon as possible. delayed care, even by hours, could mean permanent paralysis. we'll arrange to bring her across. we'll get an urgent ambulance. and just weeks of life, instead of months.

yvonne's been rushed from warrington to liverpool. i'm going to go away today. she already knows she has lung cancer, but now something has been found on her spine. i thought i had a gardening injury thatjust didn't really get any better. the cancer has spread to her back. so it is an emergency, but it's only one treatment. we can get that all done today. without action, the bones that should protect the delicate spinal cord will instead crush it. and that could mean incontinence and paralysis. keep you strong. keep you strong for your treatment. this life ending condition is one of the most common secondary cancers. i've had a good innings. i've had a good life. i don't particularly want to leave all my loved ones. i'm ok with it. i just... everybody else isn't. that's what hurts. it sounds like you're very loved. iam. i'm lucky.

by lunchtime, yvonne has had a ct scan and dr claire hart can see where the problem is. the cancer within the bone had grown to compress to squeeze the spinal canal. what the ideal outcome is yellow we want the bone and spinal canal to get a good enough dose of radiation. this service has seen the average survival rate increase by six months and the quality of life improve, while freeing up valuable nhs beds. a scan for robert showed cancer on the spine and further tests, cancer of the oesophagus. i’m the spine and further tests, cancer of the oesophagus.— of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears _ of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears in _ of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears in my _ of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears in my eyes. - of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears in my eyes. it - of the oesophagus. i'm not a softy but i had tears in my eyes. it was | but i had tears in my eyes. it was really awful. there is no easy way to tell somebody. you've got cancer,

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due to call for treatments like this across england and wales. the team here can't alter the final destination for their patients. we are 'ust destination for their patients. - are just waiting for transport. yeah, home, i've been well looked after~ _ yeah, home, i've been well looked after. �* , ., ., after. but they can give yvonne and thousands of _ after. but they can give yvonne and thousands of people _ after. but they can give yvonne and thousands of people extra - after. but they can give yvonne and thousands of people extra valuable | thousands of people extra valuable time with their families. i’m thousands of people extra valuable time with their families.— time with their families. i'm sure the 'll time with their families. i'm sure they'll want _ time with their families. i'm sure they'll want to — time with their families. i'm sure they'll want to save _ time with their families. i'm sure they'll want to save a _ time with their families. i'm sure they'll want to save a lot - time with their families. i'm sure they'll want to save a lot of i they'll want to save a lot of people. i couldn't be more grateful. that is yvonne ending that report from anna collinson. while we've been on air it's been emerged that south wales police officer is being criminally investigated for dangerous driving after following two teenagers in a van before they both dried in an e—bike crash in ely in cardiff in may. —— they both died. in cardiff in may. -- they both died. ., ., ., , , died. information 'ust reaching us, ou ma died. informationjust reaching us, you may remember _ died. informationjust reaching us, you may remember back— died. informationjust reaching us, you may remember back in - died. informationjust reaching us, you may remember back in may i died. information just reaching us, i you may remember back in may these two deaths sparked riots in the ely area of cardiff on the 22nd of may

after the two teenagers, carrie sullivan and 15—year—old harvey evans both died when the electric bike they were on crashed. now it's emerged that less than a minute before they were being followed by a police van and cctv footage showed that that had followed them around the streets of ely. we understand now in this statement from the independent investigators that the driver of the police van has been charged, having been accused potentially of illegally dangerous driving following those two teenagers on their bike. now, the driver and the other passenger in the police vehicle had already been issued with gross misconduct notices during the course of this investigation. the statement stresses that they are being accused at the moment. it will be up to the crown prosecution service to decide whether or not to take forward this charge against the driver, but it follows a huge investigation going through we are told hundreds of

clips of footage provided by members of the public in ely and vitally that cctv footage which emerged after the crash. we are told the families of the two boys had been kept informed by the investigators and it will be up to the cps now to decide whether or not this charge goes forward. decide whether or not this charge goes forward-— goes forward. thank you, hywel griffith. the damage caused by hurricane idalia is hampering search and rescue efforts in the us state of florida. the hurricane, now downgraded to a tropical storm, is currently moving across south carolina. hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity. these satellite pictures taken before and after the storm show the extent of the damage, caused by winds of up to 125 miles per hour and the surge tide that followed. although the devastation appears less severe than had been feared, president biden has spoken to the governors of florida, south caroline and georgia, promising them all necessary help. helena humphrey reports from cedar key in florida, one of the worst affected areas.

idalia has already moved on from florida. but in herwake, a path of destruction. in the rural community of cedar key, hurricane winds ripped down walls with ease. some homes all but hollowed out, leaving the storm surge to pour in, washing away the everyday trappings of life. i don't think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis any more. just look around. historic floods, i mean historic floods. more intense droughts, extreme heat, significant wildfires have caused significant damage like we've never seen before. federal authorities have promised whatever it takes to get the state back up and running. but in florida and in georgia, nearly half a million people were without power. here in cedar key, one of the hardest hit areas, people have escaped with their lives, but not their livelihoods. hotels have been destroyed, shops have been submerged, and some residents i've been

speaking to have been telling me that they've onlyjust recovered from other hurricanes in florida — and now this. and even as this storm weakens moving north, the warning from authorities is that the danger isn't over. yeah, this red area here indicates where the heaviest rain and the highest risk of flooding is going to occur. and let me help you understand that. so the centre of circulation is down here over south—eastern georgia. and so all of this tropical moisture is wrapping around. and then there's a front right here. and so all of that is just being piled up in this narrow red swathe. so jacksonville, north carolina, wilmington, north carolina, myrtle beach and columbia, south carolina are all in that swathe of very heavy rain. as residents of the big bend in florida recover from the strongest storm in over a century, they're also having to get to grips with a new reality — that disasters like this one are unlikely to be a once

in a lifetime event. helena humphrey, bbc news, florida. let's go straight tojohn sudworth who is in tampa in florida, where i think the storm has passed, but what is it telling us about its impact now? ~ . ., ., is it telling us about its impact now? . ., ., , , now? well, et al. idalia is still causina now? well, et al. idalia is still causing some _ now? well, et al. idalia is still causing some trouble - now? well, et al. idalia is still causing some trouble over- now? well, et al. idalia is still. causing some trouble over north carolina but many of the storm warnings have been lifted and residents are returning to their homes and assessing damage and picking up the pieces. the good news thatis picking up the pieces. the good news that is that apart from two traffic —related deaths attributed to the weather they have been no other confirmed fatalities. florida is a modern state inside a wealthy economy, it has resilient infrastructure, a well honed emergency response and here in tampa things have returned to normal pretty quickly but as you heard in helena's report for some in isolated communities close to the coastline

the damage has been significant. some were onlyjust recovering from hurricane ian last year and as evidence suggests storms are becoming slower moving, the concern for everyone here is looking forward to when the next one comes. thank ou, john to when the next one comes. thank you, john sudworth _ to when the next one comes. thank you, john sudworth in _ to when the next one comes. thank you, john sudworth in tampa. i the funeral has taken place of lawrence churcher, believed to be the last member of the royal navy to have served at dunkirk. he was 102. in may 1940, during world war two, the royal navy launched operation dynamo, a rescue plan that saw the evacuation of more 300,000 british and french soldiers from the beaches and harbour of dunkirk. lawrence churcher was sent ashore to help. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in portchester in hampshire. a life lived across a great arc of history. lawrence churcher, today passing through the columns of sailors

from his cherished royal navy. he served for more than 20 years in war and peace. his family came to mourn as he was held in the arms of those who also serve and who today were present for his final journey. let us remember before god... we first met lawrence three years ago for the 80th anniversary of dunkirk, saluting those who had never made it off the beaches. news archive: ships i of all shapes and sizes... in may 1940, he sailed with the royal navy into dunkirk, part of a great fleet to save those fleeing. lawrence, here in the middle, knew his brothers edward and george were among 300,000 british and french soldiers waiting to be rescued from the germans. incredibly, in the confusion, lawrence found them. his emotion as all three made it to safety, one he neverforgot.

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football clubs oldest supporter having attended matches since 1928 and received this tribute on news of his death. applause today's service marked with a melancholy of military ceremony for the man believed to be the last royal navy veteran of dunkirk. lawrence churcher, 102 years old, a life given to his family, his comrades and his country. a remarkable life, there is no doubt about that, but so far as his wartime years were concerned his family told us that he rarely wanted to talk about it, part of that generation who didn't often talk about their experiences especially that one on the beaches at dunkirk. he said he was being staffed by the german aircraft, there was chaos, 300,000 men amongst it all he

manages to find his two brothers and he got them both off on his own ship and got them to safety. that wasn't the end of his war though. he went on to serve at d—day, he was in the far east and he went on to serve in the navy until about 1960 and had another life after that is an ice cream salesman, a printer and of course the football referee. we came across lawrence three years ago at that dunkirk memorial, the 80th anniversary of dunkirk, a lovely, gentle soul, one who didn't want to reminisce with this for a few moments. we found him to be a gentle, intelligent and remarkable man. duncan kennedy, thank you, remembering lawrence churcher. that takes us to look at the weather prospects this lunchtime, wherever you are. stabbed in a houses with me. —— stav danaos is with me.