the number of deaths from the west london tower block fire is now fifty eight it's expected to increase as calls grow for the prime minister to resign. and afghan officials says u.s. forces are behind the shooting of three civilians on monday including two children in the country we hear exclusively from the victim's family witnesses. a gunman with extreme republican views page in the u.s. seriously. injuring three others. will be speaking very shortly.

on our. main stories from the past seven days you're watching the weekly from r t with me first this hour wednesday's tower block inferno in west london is now believed to have killed fifty eight people police say that number may still rise as the slow task of combing through the gutted building finding and identifying bodies continues the fire broke out early in the morning and go off the entire twenty four story residential building.

but. you will start. the fire on the government's response to it has led to widespread public fiore protesters in the capital have been calling for the prime minister to step down they want on such as to why change flammable and possibly illegal cladding was used on the building freeze a major admitted that the way the disaster has been handled has not been good enough . meanwhile downing street expected to appoint a judge to lead a public inquiry into the ground full tower disaster teresa mayes also ordered urgent safety checks on all similar tower blocks however as honest as a check in a report the public does not think that's enough. we're right outside downing street where if you can see hundreds of people have gathered to protest against a recent maize government this was originally intended to be

a protest and pressing issues following the election lots of people have been saying they're unhappy with the snap election that's recent made holes in the following coalition that was born with the heat and this was the original reason but since the tragedy with the grand old tower where as you know believe hundreds left homeless following what's the problem there will be people are saying this is becoming the final straw for the un happiness following the decisions that this government has been making not only that when germany were being old so but brought up the idea of giving the residents were affected by grand fellow residential properties there are so awfully available that area and standing empty in those neighborhoods is something that's been brought into the spotlight and has been also something largely about econ be acceptable but in london we have looked through buildings and luxury flats left empty as land banking for the future will

be homeless and the poor look for somewhere to live and this is what some of the protesters have been telling us here throughout the day if the mc and they have very few six months why not give them to someone temporarily and i didn't get that great he just made it it's been a long drop really foreign investors just come in force up all the flights and most of the money even used and yet we have homelessness which is going above fifty percent in the couple so you know there's an obvious inequality that we need to start thinking about the people that actually live here not the people that are buying houses you know for millions of pounds and then leaving them empty for six seven months what have you. by many here see as something that's just a symbol of the huge disparity that exists here in the u.k. and in london between the wealthier and those who are a little less well off i think what can she do i think she's just going to start acting as a as an actually you know. coming out and talking to people and engaging with people in a human way as opposed to acting like you're always at a press press briefing every time along top of that you can't help but think

battle's therapy and his constant endless cutting of things that may not seem relevant from that point in time actually have a great ramifications of come back to bite them there is a long string of things that i think it's just been more and more frustration from even from myself as a british citizen of someone that is supposed to be this strong and stable leader and you show nothing but the opposite and i think it's really getting to a boiling point. a local official in afghanistan has told me that u.s. forces killed three civilians including two children on monday and that illegitimate who is true. as a result they killed of. the shooting reportedly happened after a u.s. military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb pentagon officials have still not confirmed reports of those civilian deaths. the statement from the u.s. mission in afghanistan did say however the troops that opened fire in self-defense but i guess they haven't spoken to witnesses and the victims' relatives. they're

too young yet to fully understand what has happened or grasp the depth of their loss all they know is that their world has been shattered and wrenched upside down. this is my younger brother for a dollar he was killed by u.s. troops this is my brother sure in fact rules who killed. and this is my father he was killed as well they haven't yet learned to read or write but life has taught them early to hate the us. i want the government to avenge my father and kill his killers when my father and my brothers were killed everyone was sat at home my mother cries every day. it all began with a u.s. military patrols. he's a roadside bomb by all appearances they panicked when the explosion happened i was near my uncle and cousins american soldiers opened fire and

a bullet flew by my face i ran in heat and came out only a few hours later my uncle and cousins were dead so i went to the village to tell everyone these version is backed in the police report we were shown it says zero ghoul and his sons were at the shop two hundred meters from the scene they were taken for terrorists and torn apart by gunfire it was terrible what the americans did to them i couldn't even recognize their bodies zita ghoul left behind twelve children six boys and six girls from now on their lives will be about survival clothing and feeding a dozen youngsters will be hard but for now it's anger that fuels them they killed them in a horrific way. we want to bring them to court so why should american troops be

allowed to kill our people in this cruel way the u.s. stresses it takes every civilian life seriously and promises to investigate every casualty alessa these investigations often end with only apologies and for this family that's not enough they want americans out i don't want them here because they kill civilians we're tired of american soldiers there are explosions and they're killing the americans not helping us they're killing us we don't need them in afghanistan that there's a refutation the coalition has built over more than a decade sixteen years of war and bloodshed atrocities and excuses and there's no end in sight it's no secret. that life would have gotten a start is harsh but for zero goals surviving children the next few years ago and to be tough indeed that though isn't where the trouble ends ten years down the line

when they've grown up do you think they're going to support the afghan government and the people who murdered their father or the taliban and their promise of vengeance more it guys do you see. the shooting in the u.s. state of virginia on wednesday's letter concerns being raised over the country's toxic political atmosphere the incident took place when a gunman opened fire at a republican baseball training session injuring four people including a top party member the attacker fired more than fifty rounds from an automatic weapon he took a position outside the baseball ground and then moved forward exchanging fire with approaching police officers the assailant was killed in the shootout. the congressman wounded in the attack was senior u.s. republican steve he's a majority whip in the house of representatives his condition right now though it's

improved from critical to serious as for the attack of u.s. law enforcement officials have named him james hodgkinson sixty six years old and from the state of illinois had worked as a home inspector but he caught the media's attention with his strong and republican presence online his facebook page was also filled with support for former democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders in march though hodgkinson posts look to incite violence against president trump and in another he said that the president should be imprisoned for treason. takes a look at some other extreme examples of america's political division divided they were. i would say we're more open minded we're kind of more moderate well educated people a lot of educated people that are sensible. they were kind of very good weren't they i'm not to judge what other people's education and stuff is coming at them are

not working at mcdonald's or somewhere even though they have a five year six year degree it's not surprising that the country's. since one in the u.s. presidential election last november trump has been calling for the nation to set aside its differences and to unify i say it is time for us to come together as one united people we may have our differences we are strongest when we are unified but it seems that divides are already too deep on wednesday a republican hating bernie sanders loving gunmen went on a shooting spree aiming according to one witness that killing as many republicans as possible at a g.o.p. base while outing and this is not just come out of the blue this tension has been brewing for quite a while. immediately after the election vicious protests broke out nationwide with america being split into two camps angry liberals eager to denounce the trump was not their president came face to face with trump supporters ready to

defend their choice and america hasn't been given the slightest chance to unite with hate becoming the new norm promoted on all levels. what if the incoming president was immediate successors were wiped out on day one. i have thought and also a lot about blowing up the white house. after its rest just like strong as some city did on stage. so with instigating like this it's no wonder that. over the top again and again.

those who used to be peaceful leftists morphed into the radical left not shying away from using violence just like their political opponents across the spectrum but the situation has gotten so tense that people even began. to protest violence led to violence pitting republicans against democrat americans against americans leaving the question of what else could happen and is there any way of fixing this divide. our t. washington d.c. for you for confederations cup is underway in russia we're going to take you live to some petersburg in a minute to bring you up to date and also what to expect from today's football.

i don't see how to craft strive to do that anyway i only see. things good for today or tomorrow. you have a team of four with brief period of time and then you know divorce immediately i think that's a. bad historical moment immediately and it is very difficult to predict how things will be called.

hello again on to the football now and confederations cup host russia got off to a strong start on saturday with the two you know when i have a new zealand live now to call them all in some pages but to take it through the highlights so far what we can expect from sunday's matches. so that's how it was in st petersburg of the day this is how it is and well can see one brother was day one stanley kutler and myself will be bringing you all the reaction we are not fair weather broadcasters are we it's a big rain all shut you know all over i'm passionate now because this is football

weather this is what you know i meant this is proper english football weather so what brought it with me the sunshine was a facade just a we're in venice we're very much in manchester to die this is where the talent is place i myself have a chance the t.v. footage sliding tackles anything goes in this weather could be a great leveller for today's matches it is a big tournament we're talking confederations cup teams fighting it out for russian cities tens of thousands of fans this will put them off they've come here and there it here for the juror ation most important of first things first people want to see some action let's start with yesterday's russia to new zealand nil stand take it away yes very comforting to know a very competent performance by the russian national team to nil winners and the start of the game very well they finished the game very well controlled proceedings all the way through seeing the new zealand go peppered with strikes and then it was a cough that lifted the ball over new zealand goalkeeper put the house one little. off road in the second goal boyish smile of the need to go after

a very good says the president or the russian premier li and everybody was happy included in that my mare the president vladimir putin it could have been three it could have been potentially four or five but to know a clean sheet and the hosts often really nailed you could see you could see i think a bit of relief there from president putin he knew that this was imported. host nation to get off to a positive start lots of big names in attendance as well pele turns up he's he's telling he's very valuable a hard man to get he came in a lot of the world's biggest plays of turn up at the end of a long season they didn't have to take up shows how important being at this tournament is these particular for the russian national team any team that hosts the world call i do not play qualification guy and all of the qualification games are playing at the moment around the world in the different zones russia don't have that so every single game i fly is not friendly but i have to create that competition void to know what we knew yesterday with a particular young sawyer afraid that the russian sporting public will be hoping

for bigger and better things to come it's going to generate a lot more interest let's bring in now alexis matinees the board member of the russian football union he's also a very famous former player played to chelsea and he's captain of the russian national team hope you can hear is on the line i just want to ask you first of all you yourself you played in the world cup you played in the european championships late in the premier league but what about the significance of the confederations cup how important how big a tournament is it. is not just got to get us be significant so the confederations cup cannot be overestimated especially for our team for a variety of reasons first of all our team has not played official games for a rather long time. an official match is much more important than a friendly so it's really important to see to try out some new models. that's why officials matches are so valuable that you when you play your best game

and it's also important for the new stadiums that has been built that are currently being finished i'm talking of course about petersburg stadium where the teams played yesterday want to volunteer and it's also important for volunteers to invest. try what it is to serve and to. our infrastructure that is being used today and it will be used for their yearly all those factors are really important that's why it's so important to come here in russia and it will also promote food both here in our country this is also important. unlike say stone cold we will hear what did you mike of a young russian performance yesterday that was disappointing in the european championships last year in france you must have been delighted with the performance and the delighted with the performance particularly of. paulo laws of small of.

the does seem like the signs of a revival in russian international football. league well i would talk about the entire team. i don't want to talk about individual players right now of course there were a few players as well but what matters honestly eventually results the quality of the entire it's own is that. based on the good we had yesterday it was very important to have. especially after our players scored the. day they realised that there is joy and they play well if they sack well and they became more active this is really important especially with the upcoming game versus portugal portugal isn't that is much tougher then when they play quicker so it's really important

to get some confidence so it was a big deal for the game against portugal will be much really important for us to qualify from the group. like saying looking ahead. to the will come now as a footballer you must have gone through periods in your career when you were taking out a terrible time i'm honest. turn it around and then again success in that one year period how difficult will it be for russia to turn themselves into a successful saying. our team to perform well at home off thing playing at home should help our players should feel more confident. of home cool and collected concentrated. this should work best to achieve results to avoid just. a few world cups.

in my experience and know that it is. confidence to tell you the truth at some points which but you and i really would love to see you but you want to have confidence this time be sure people of us realize all the responsibility that's on their shoulders but at the same time they should feel confident enough that it's really important to the battle of all of you so the way they played after their scored the second goal so i think this demonstrates that they can play at this level to build if you depends on the your opponents when we put the world cup a little ripple in and say we'll be strong so we all look forward to the world cup the new year and we hope for the best. he said they were like see a lot of confidence short of being game for not opening day victory many thanks for joining us here on to let us not in the form of russian counts and let's move across now to take off to correspondents he was hanging around with. yes the day i was hanging around because i spilled ice they didn't look like too much work in

a fun zone a chilling there was a few drinks but you getting acquainted with with the fans what was the vibe like how were they enjoying it they were certainly enjoying it and we thought that because it was russia against new zealand obviously a sunset before you zealand it's a long way away and also the all blacks are playing as well i don't see many new senior fans and we couldn't find any. we did find fans not just of russia which there were plenty you could tell by our filming that we had to go way back when we finally did get to get round to talking live to see the match itself but we did get fans from all over the world just before the for the match kicks off and we could tell that they were really having a really good time as we could hear from them that. messes up the south wales. will soon have been there in the book as well as the group the girly i can see if the shoe was small of go. to. see your new a c.

you see your language that the good goalie. takes funtastic starts for the russian nationals very much so very young so i've heard from alexei smote her important is that i gave him confidence the big boys come out to play to die christiane overall go lead in portugal alexis sanchez's well they didn't chill a fuss and i think both of those are a lot of speculation as to whether they will move to work to new groups but for portugal champions of europe with opportunity for christiane all right i'll go to pick up more silverware absolutely i mean pre-tournament favorites were germany until until he decided that it was going to be right we're going to rest most of the senior teams on in germany so fourteen rested for the at the top players also they put their emphasis on the under twenty one twenty matches well over in poland at the moment so germany felt to be taking a back seat but of course you can never underestimate the germans four time world champion street time european champions but he is christiane has time to shine and

he really seems to have rented out recently doesn't he in terms of his own goal scoring if that's what he's done within the european championships himself and also he's you know he's got the bottom drawer he is the man of the moment he's also become the man is the news that you said he said he put himself in the shop window so he says his kind of time to shine in terms of chile will they have a very busy chatroom as well it looks like if you look through their summer. i don't actually get a summer off until twenty twenty so they're very much a team that seems to be playing all the time so we said ok so maybe chile could be a little bit tired here portugal sort of saving some of their reserves they've got a couple of key injuries but effectively it's still the team that won the euros so i would have said on balance we're looking at particularly portugal here maybe to shine but don't write off our to every doubt certainly she said that right to practice and as the whole world but to me the world's media is focusing in tenderly now on russia everything's in the spotlight isn't it if there are any problems they will be much me five and i would say that same focus is on the russia team very important for the host nation to deliver to generate that enthusiasm among the

nation among people who maybe don't but in football they can be brought to nothing but if you see what if you get the big international tournament as they are effectively they do wake up the whole nation is like you as you've been talking before about limping here is what you're talking about big football events even get you sort of all age ranges as well because the whole idea is that it encompasses everybody the fans and that we so booking along today as well looking at sort of the octave off of them the sort of them myself the money for all the rest of it you see people all ages they put out attractions for different people of different ages as well i mean it was great in the fact they put out a load of seats for all the old generation and they got there as well i kind of earmarking their seats so you say you got the younger people at the front there's all sort of buying see the ages they got told people at the back and you sort of got the grandparents around the side in the seating so they were effectively encouraging the whole sense of family and everybody behind the nation has decided that we have to get further and further back with our lives anyway because more and more people were coming and they just didn't stop coming throughout the match that by the end of it it was fantastic very convivial and russia all of that together

you mentioned the german soil you can probably all view mirrors or even cameroon as well british favorites to win the tournament so they'd obviously mention that all the lead in portugal but truly do have an exceptionally strong choice of course hearing in place of the usual suspects brazil yeah exactly i'm talking to brazil and they basis. really you did they say the australians were thinking they're playing germany and they are not coming in on this sort of great wave form either i would have said look at the bookmakers and they tend to know what they're talking about that they have at the moment sort of had germany but i think they're waiting to see on the initial match on monday but they're looking at between chile and portugal i think that's going to be the testing for is now i'm going to stick my neck out here she said not very sort of much bravery i'm going to say let's go with portugal just speaking the predictions there are some very high profile people who've been predicting results we have stanley cullimore here but he's got some tough competition i think we've got to some kind of shot he's up against the hermitage killie's and they have made some predictions so far all the size of the

pressure going to new zealand stanley called him or he went to russia the cat went for russia so well done you in the car on a par we have to have to throw in there of course. predicted russia to museum a new realm we least expect in the cup to tap the ball twice to be able to for him to say that prediction is exactly the same as mine surely i'm way ahead at the moment i'd say. don't forget we've got. the polar bears prediction still to come. in from today's game so it's going to help you lose on paper they've been recorded so you're not changing yourself at this point standing you up got the reputation of our team to yes you know to take care of this well could draw it from a portugal mexico two goals to wall we would bet against crystal or two goals. for mexico so you know the frightening called the bear it's not in the same league

as the cat for the other guys in the coming to the game on going fall chile alexi sanchez might be a good wall two goals cameroon zero zero doesn't resenting next to a polar bear this time tomorrow just just reputation but he's going to stay with us here in our international can all things confederation cup more coming up next hour . level was hard selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that still. produce talk spread of tell you that separate gossip and tabloid by file for the most important. muslim.