hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable, and those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a number of years. it should never have happened. the country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty — to protect you and your loved ones. human life was never| a priority, and we lost friends, neighbours, - and loved ones in the most horrific way — through greed, corruption, incompetence, . and negligence. the metropolitan police here in london say they will go through the report line by line and look at the evidence they have already gathered.

72 lives lost at grenfell, all of them avoidable. on the context tonight — we'll get to the bottom of what the inquiry found in this six—year investigation, and we'll discuss what it says about the governance and regulation here in the uk. also tonight — a rare chance forforeignjournalists to question israel's prime minister. we will bring news of that unusual press conference with benjamin netenyahu, and what it says about the pressure he is currently under. and we will get into the cabinet reshuffle in ukraine. president zelensky today inviting the resignation of some of his most prominent ministers, just as russia is ramping up attacks on ukrainian cities. lviv the latest to be hit. welcome to the programme. the flames were so fierce, it took the firefights two days to put them out. 72 people died in the grenfell tower fire — more than 70 others were injured. and for more than seven years the families of those

who died have been waiting for the inquiry to tell them what exactly went wrong. today, they got their answers. the simple truth said chair, sir martin moore—bick, is that all the deaths were avoidable. those who died, he said, were failed at almost evey level by successive governments, by the companies that manufactured the cladding, by the authorities that were supposed to oversee the renovations. and at the heart of it was a mixture of incompetence, dishonesty, and greed. ourfirst report tonight is from tom symonds — a warning that some viewers may find the detail in his report distressing. there have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen? today was different. but this is how it all began. a fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later, flames reached the roof, then unstoppable. buildings are designed to prevent fires spreading. as these pictures show,

this one totally failed. nick burton was among the few rescued, guided to safety. i don't actually remember coming out into the light. i don't remember, like, being handed over, i don't remember when i took my first real breath. i know that i thought i was going to die and melt at some stage... he coughs ..in the tower. they call that the grenfell cough, but he lost his wife, pily, after the fire. she was the last of its 72 victims. and this was the final conclusion of the chairman of the seven—year public inquiry. the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable, and those who lived in the tower were badly failed — over a number of years and in a number of different ways — by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants.

the largest group representing victims of the fire have always said exactly that. human life was never a priority, and we lost friends, neighbours and loved ones in the most horrific way, through greed, corruption, incompetence and negligence. if you're looking for the one person or company that might have been to blame for the deaths of 72 people here at grenfell, you won't find it in this massive seven—volume report, because this was a failure of the system — at all levels, across the board — and it started at the top, with governments labour and conservative. they were warned — fires involving flammable cladding over 18 years. six died at lakanal house in south london, but ministers and civil servants didn't change the regulations governing building materials. in 2010, david cameron and nick clegg's government wanted a bonfire of regulations to help businesses.

in the run—up to grenfell, the inquiry says, matters of safety were ignored, delayed or disregarded. in 2016, the ageing west london block was refurbished, with new cladding, to make it look good next to a newly constructed school. but look at the design — sheets of aluminium and plastic shaped into square boxes. a multinational, arconic, made the sheets. it didn't come up with the design, but it knew the box shape was extremely dangerous, according to the inquiry. it had commissioned tests and found the boxes collected molten plastic. yet this was deliberately concealed from the construction market, and arconic must take responsibility for the use of cladding at grenfell, the report says. a host of contractors were involved in the work itself, including an architect, studio e, a cladding installer, harley facades, and a project manager, rydon. they were incompetent, the inquiry found, and passed the buck when it came to safety.

the prime minister visited grenfell two weeks ago without any publicity, leaving a wreath. today, he said it was imperative there was a swift police investigation. and he went further. so i can tell the house today that this government will write to all companies found by the inquiry to have been part of these horrific failings as the first step to stop them being awarded government contracts. and we will, of course, support the metropolitan police and the prosecutors as they complete their investigation. but nazanin aghlani, who lost her mother, wanted the police investigation, which has been delayed by this inquiry, to take priority. it has certainly delayed justice for us. it's meant that criminal prosecutions couldn't have happened, and all those people that should be facing criminal prosecutions have had a platform to kind of trial their story. no charges are expected until the end of 2026 at the earliest, nearly ten years after grenfell. tom symonds, bbc news.

grenfell victims have demanded that criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the tragedy. but they may have to wait at least a year before they find out whether any those charges will be brought. 0ur correspondent adina campbell has been speaking to one man, 0mar alhaj ali, who survived the fire but lost his 23—year—old brother, mohammad. the two siblings fled the war in syria, and were living on the 14th floor of the tower block. i have a boy and girl. i have called the boy mohammad after my brother mohammad. i always wanted to call my son mohammad because my brother had a really, really nice personality. mohammad was my best friend, notjust my brother. he wasjust, like, one year younger than me. the situation in syria was really bad and it was not safe at all for us. so we came to the uk

around 2014. we found this nice apartment in grenfell tower. can you take us back to the day, what you were doing before the fire started? we were invited for iftar at one of our friends home. then some of us decided to go outside for dessert, but me and my brother decided to go back to the tower, just so we can sleep, because we had work the next day. and i started to hear some noise around me, shouting, screaming. police cars, ambulance, fire fighters. we did open our door and we were shocked by the amount of smoke. we were shouting, saying, "please, help, help, help, we are here. we need to leave now." i didn't understand why we couldn't leave. the last thing i remember was i was in the corridor area. and i remember someone did actually pull me

from my t—shirt, from my neck. someone was holding me, giving me to another firefighter, another firefighter as well was giving me to another firefighter. i think there was a line of firefighters. and i didn't even think my brother wasn't with me. when did you realise that your brother had been left behind? i looked behind me and i couldn't see my brother. i was speaking to him on the phone and the last thing he told me was, "0mar, i'm going to die here." and i was like, "no, you're not going to die, you're going to make it." he was like, "no." my brother is there in front of me and i can see him, like actually waving from the window. and i remember that i've been taken to the hospital by the ambulance. they came to me, they told me, "your brother passed away." i think that was the hardest moment in my life, to hear this. how have you tried to heal from this?

ijust knew that my life is completely different. and i'm not going to be the same person any more. and i knew that i'm completely destroyed. this pain will never be just forgotten. there's plenty more on the report published today on our website, plenty more on the reaction, too — bbc.co.uk/news. at 9pm tonight we will talk about where we go next with the report that's been published. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. this weekend, israeli soldiers in gaza discovered the bodies of six hostages executed by hamas. the response since has been an outpouring of protest with thousands of israelis flooding the streets demanding a ceasefire that would bring the hostages back and end the war. it is a position a majority

of israelis now support. but standing in their way is their own prime minister. benjamin netenyahu is stalling on the negotiations, insistent that any post—war agreement involves the israeli soldiers maintaining a presences in that thin slip of land between gaza and the sinai desert. that philadelphia corridor. became completely porous. the other borders controlled by us. i but once this was perforated, even though the policy- of egypt was to prevent it, you know, it didn't - necessarily work. it didn't succeed. and this border, once we left our side of the philadelphia l corridor, rockets went in, missiles went in, dronesl went in, ammo went in, weapons manufacturing| equipment came in, tunnel—drilling - equipment came in. once we got out, once we left thel philadelphia corridor, -

iran could carry out its plan to turn gaza into a base, a terrorist enclave. - with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. he rarely gives press conferences like this and in english, and with props and graphics to explain the point he's trying to make. why did he do that today? he he's trying to make. why did he do that today?— do that today? he often uses ro s, do that today? he often uses preps. maps _ do that today? he often uses preps. maps are _ do that today? he often uses props, maps are his - do that today? he often uses| props, maps are his favourite thing. this is classic netanyahu, using the maps it and emphasising all about security — but what was very interesting, he seemed to want first of all this in a message to the hostage families, because the first few questions from the foreign media were questions the journalists have been asking on behalf of the hostages. so the prime minister was forced to confront the families saying "my left one is going to die because you are insisting on this philadelphia corridor." so he had to show contrition and sorrow — but people are now asking, "why are

you so focused on this little bit of land? " so almost all the questions asked him, he went back to 2005, the israeli disengagement, saying, "i've always said it." he doubled down on saying he can't see a solution to israel's security problem is with gaza until hamas is destroyed, and israel has a way of controlling that little strip of land just eight miles long. he said it doesn't have to be many but it must be controlled. he opened the door a little crack — he said, "show it how it does show me how it can be done without israeli forces. i don't believe it can be done, but show me." and early in the day, ron dermer, who is very close to prime minister netanyahu, often described as his brain, he indicated in an interview that if a practical solution was found to the philadelphia corridor, it couldn't be ruled out. now this is not to say that this opens up the way to

close his deadlock, it was hamas who was stopping the deal, according to the prime minister. but it's the first time he's shown any kind of readiness to consider something, aside from israeli troops. he said they have to be on the ground.— on the ground. so that's puts the ball back _ on the ground. so that's puts the ball back and _ on the ground. so that's puts the ball back and joe - on the ground. so that's puts the ball back and joe biden's| the ball back and joe biden's court is popular they are working on a final, but never say never. could you see a solution, if it could be done, could involve may be a third party, other troops aside from the egyptians on that border? arab states are at the table, and qatar has come out very critically in a statement accusing netanyahu applying and misrepresenting negotiations because prime minister netanyahu kept saying, "i accepted deal, it's hamas holding it up." qatar hit back and said, "stop misrepresenting the talks." but arab states

don't want to be seen as coming off the back of an israeli occupation. they would want to know the israeli forces were not going to be let back in. the prime minister — there had been, even members of netanyahu's military team have been indicating it can be done with sensors, that you don't need troops on the ground. there are reports they are thinking of creating an underground barrier to stop the smuggling. but prime minister netanyahu apparently refused neta nyahu apparently refused that, netanyahu apparently refused that, he said it again today, he wants to know every day on the ground notjust a sensor or something remote, he wants to see it. so it's a very tough set of rules, but it may be something in that. it set of rules, but it may be something in that.- set of rules, but it may be something in that. it was an extraordinary _ something in that. it was an extraordinary split _ something in that. it was an extraordinary split screen i extraordinary split screen moment because a lot of the networks carried him speaking to the press alongside these live pictures from tel aviv, with thousands of people out on the streets — which tells you

how much pressure he's under internally. how much pressure he's under internally-— internally. the families of the hostages. _ internally. the families of the hostages, the _ internally. the families of the hostages, the hostages - internally. the families of the hostages, the hostages who i internally. the families of the i hostages, the hostages who are still in gaza and may or may not be alive, are now at a feverish pitch knowing that if prime minister netanyahu and hamas — let's be clear, there are two sides in this, both have their red lines — don't not agree to a deal, they've used the expression that will seal the fate of their loved ones. the only way they'll come home is in coffins. netanyahu took that today and said, "people say if i kill the deal, if i don't agree to the deal, i'll kill it stop i say if we agree to a bad deal, it will kill us." . agree to a bad deal, it will kill mf— agree to a bad deal, it will kill us." ., , , kill us." can we 'ust put the ma u- kill us." can we 'ust put the map up that — kill us." can we 'ust put the map up that he _ kill us." can we just put the map up that he stood - kill us." can we just put the map up that he stood in - kill us." can we just put the i map up that he stood in front of? because it's quite revealing — you say he often talks about the situation in terms of the geography, but where's the west bank? he was asked about _ where's the west bank? he was asked about that. _

where's the west bank? he was asked about that. others - where's the west bank? he was | asked about that. others wonder asked about that. others wonder where the limit on border is, which is the second front. he said this press conference today was not about the west bank, and that, christian, would've been a whole set of very tough questions. the prime minister said... the very tough questions. the prime minister said. . .— minister said... the settlor story ran — minister said... the settlor story ran yesterday. - minister said... the settlor story ran yesterday. the i minister said... the settlor i story ran yesterday. the press conference — story ran yesterday. the press conference wasn't _ story ran yesterday. the press conference wasn't long - story ran yesterday. the press conference wasn't long and i story ran yesterday. the press| conference wasn't long and the press was probably told this is about the talks, and the talks are really crucial, and the hostage families are really speaking loudly, more angrily, more passionately than before. they were joined by the biggest trade union in israel this week, the protests are bigger than ever before. so there was a lot to ask, so prime minister netanyahu promised to hold another press conference on the occupied west bank — although he calls itjudea and samaria. thank you very much. poland srambled its own aircraft last night as russia launched another round of air strikes this time on ukraine s western city of lviv close to its border. seven people were killed,

47 were injured. lviv is just 70 km from the border with the european union — this was the third time in eight days that nato defences had been activated since russia stepped up its bombardment across ukraine. the pictures shared by the local authorities on their telegram channels showed the mayor among the debris of a destroyed building, he said more than 50 structures, from schools to homes and clinics, most of them in the heart of the city, had been damaged. among the victims were three children. on tuesday, the target was the eastern city of poltava — in response to a number of recent setbacks, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is shaking—up of kyiv�*s wartime government, replacing the foreign affairs minister and other senior officials. foreign affairs minister dmytro kuleba is the most prominent among a series of resignations. also gone — the minister for strategic industries, 0leksandr kamyshin, who was in charge of weapons production. the deputy prime minister, responsible for the reintegration of temporarily occupied territories of ukraine. and thejustice minister, who has served in that role

since almost the beginning of president zelensky�*s term in office — all gone. peter zalmayev is the director of the eurasia democracy initiative. i say gone, but obviously there are some very prominent names amid that list. do you suspect some of them will come back? yes, the significant element of fatigue — imagine being a foreign minister of a country at warfor over two years. foreign minister of a country at war for over two years. i would rather not rule out the simple human factor here. having said that, it's undeniable that there's been some tension on the part of some tension on the part of some ministers, including the minister of foreign affairs, with the administration and some individuals in the administration who are only answerable to the president,

including his chief of staff. 0nce including his chief of staff. once again, and zelensky�*s official line is that it'll inject fresh, new blood into ukraine's politics. but at the same time, i think this is his reaction to general unhappiness about a whole variety of things, including the ukrainian economy, which is facing a mood of crisis actually. and so, i think this is also a way for zielinski to respond to allegations that there is still rampant corruption in some of these agencies — so by doing this, he's sending a signal that ukraine is about house—cleaning, whether that will actually make a big difference remains to be seen. will it reassure crisetig because there are concerns in some quarters that he's reshuffling to further consolidate his power. that's

also true. — consolidate his power. that's also true, and _ consolidate his power. that's also true, and that's - consolidate his power. that's also true, and that's a i also true, and that's a significant concern. we are not there yet, we are not anywhere near resembling our enemy, the autocratic regime of vladimir putin. but keep in mind that zielinski's official term has already run out, and even though ukraine's constitution does not allow for presidential elections during wartime, still with every passing day this war continues, questions arise about zielinski's legitimacy — and argosy russia is capitalising on this, trying to inject this idea of his illegitimacy into public discourse. at the very least, the country's opposition probably expects some more accountability and responsiveness from the government to some of the opposition's concerns. and there are many, including once again significant instances and allegations of corruption that have been voiced. it is

allegations of corruption that have been voiced.— have been voiced. it is about keein: have been voiced. it is about keeping on _ have been voiced. it is about keeping up appearances i have been voiced. it is about i keeping up appearances within the international community, and communication — because as the president rightly says, this is a crucialfew the president rightly says, this is a crucial few months coming up, we've seen some very coming up, we�*ve seen some very big coming up, we've seen some very big bombardments in the last week in lviv and poltava, also in kyiv. do you think he's trying to find people who might be able to win the argument overseas?— be able to win the argument overseas? , ., . ., , overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that _ overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that he's _ overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that he's had _ overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that he's had to - overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that he's had to rely i overseas? yes, and clearly the folks that he's had to rely on . folks that he's had to rely on in the past, with the possible exception of mr pulev, have not a silly been up to the task. but having said that, apart from the military situation and a very difficult situation in the east of ukraine, they are economic issues, the issue of trust that still remains there. so there's a lot of issues on the table, and vladimir putin is sending signals that,

whether by nuke or by crook, he will try to bring ukraine to the knees, and there's evidence of that as his strikes deep into ukrainian territory, all the way in the second leading strikes against western town of lviv, which is to show that no area of ukraine is secure. vladimir putin knows he has a very hard time trying to win against ukraine militarily, so he's trying to destroy its economy. in this circumstance, ukraine relies completely on its western aid... but ukraine relies completely on its western aid. . .— its western aid... but it hasn't _ its western aid... but it hasn't been _ its western aid... but it hasn't been able i its western aid... but it hasn't been able to i its western aid... but it| hasn't been able to fully its western aid... but it i hasn't been able to fully rely on them because the delivery of the air defences has been slow. there is the continuing disagreement over long—range missiles. there's an interesting developer today reported by ask eos that there is a new home droned that ukrainians have developed,

which they've started to deploy it, which i think demonstrates the ingenuity that's they are in ukraine. i guess it also demonstrates they are prepared to negotiate on russia's terms, is that right?— is that right? russia's terms once again _ is that right? russia's terms once again remain _ is that right? russia's terms once again remain pretty i once again remain pretty non—negotiable. vladimir putin is for fixated on non—negotiable. vladimir putin is forfixated on ukraine, whatever he says about peace talks is reallyjust hogwash meant to placate his own populace, meant to reassure his allies that russia is the party of peace. but putin's calculate has not changed, and the institute for the study of war came up with an analysis that says that putin believes he can really bring ukraine to their knees with the slow attacks and slow rolling over. and he believes that time is on his side. ., ., . i.

side. peter, we have to cut you short, but _ side. peter, we have to cut you short, but good _ side. peter, we have to cut you short, but good to _ side. peter, we have to cut you short, but good to talk - side. peter, we have to cut you short, but good to talk to i side. peter, we have to cut you short, but good to talk to you, | short, but good to talk to you, we will be right back after this. hello there. look out for contrasting weather conditions across the country over the next few days. after having the wettest summer on record in scotland, the sunshine will come as a welcome surprise and it will turn increasingly humid. more cloud across eastern scotland and north—east england, but again, still quite warm. and then further south, we'll see a spell of heavy rain as an area of low pressure develops, and that front is going to lingerfor a few days at least. so, heavy rain across southern england and parts of south wales. you can see the first signs of that first thing on thursday morning. it's going to continue to drift its way steadily westwards and intensify. quite a lot of cloud spilling in off the north sea, but with lighter winds further north and west, here, we should get a little more sunshine. and in that shelter, temperatures will start to respond, so we could see highs perhaps on thursday afternoon of 22 degrees. now, let's take a look at what happens through thursday evening, because that rain

will intensify further. a spell of heavy rain moving its way across south—west england. that eases away, and then another pulse of wet weather is going to feed in towards the early hours of friday morning. don't forget — the brighter colours, the intensity of the rainfall. some areas could see as much as 80 to 100mm of rain before this low pressure pulls away. so another wet start across the south—west, with further areas of showery rain pushing into south—east england as well. an easterly wind will hopefully give a little more sunshine across eastern england, and more humidity and warmth to go with it, so temperatures potentially peaking at 25 degrees. we might see 25 in western scotland as well. into saturday, that area of low pressure potentiallyjust drifts that little bit further south, but still the risk of further heavy rain, sunny spells elsewhere, and again those temperatures into the mid 20s. but by the time we get

into sunday, it looks likely that the low pressure will then start to drift its way that little bit further north and east. so the midlands, parts of lincolnshire and perhaps east anglia could see more in the way of heavier rain. and cloudier conditions potentially further north as well, as the wind direction is now starting to change, so not quite as warm, not quite as humid. take care.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. former home secretary priti patel has been eliminated from the conservative party leadership contest, while robertjenrick comes top of the ballot. we will get it to some of that shortly. let's pause, though, and go check on the sport with 0lly foster. many thanks indeed, christian. jack draper is on court at the us open. the british number one is in his first grand slam quarterfinal, and he made a flying start against the australian tenth seed alex de minaur. he squandered a number of set points, but still took the first 6—3. 0ne worry is that he had to call the physio early in the second set for what looked to be a groin problem. there was a break—up in the