on the top stories of the week the number of pushing deaths from the west london tower block fire is now exist is now at fifty eight it is expected to increase as calls grow for the prime minister to resign. an afghan official says u.s. forces were behind the shooting of three civilians including two children we hear exclusively from the victim's family and eyewitnesses and the gunman with extreme anti republican views goes on a shooting rampage in the u.s. seriously wounding of top party member and injuring three others plus also this hour the fever federation's cup is underway in russia with matches today in moscow and after the hosts got off to a winning start in some pictures but. the

welcome the latest developments in a look back at the last seven days to be watching this week here on r.t. international. now the tower block inferno in west london is believed to have killed fifty eight people police say that number may still rise though as the slow task of combing through the gutted building for bodies continues the fire broke out in the early hours of wednesday and swiftly engulf the entire twenty four story building. i. like it i. i but i'm putting. it.

out like you know me probably i was. born a. lawyer. well the fire and the lack of a robust government response has led to widespread public fury protests as in the capital have been calling for the prime minister to step down and they went on says to why cheap flammable and possibly illegal cladding was used on the building juries in may for her part has admitted that the handling of the disaster has not been good enough. downing street is expected to appoint someone to lead a public inquiry into the ground faletau a tragedy in the coming days and the prime minister has also ordered safety checks on all similar tower blocks has more now from london over the course of this demonstration this mosque this march we managed to speak to some very very angry people that if they get to go home the bedroom that night when there are people who

have to sleep on the floor i mean the event is. now a lot of everything and everything people. being lied to for for centuries decades it's not about now it's about every minute that we've been lied to that our government has been lines was covering stuff up and we've had enough the broncos are on alonso's the christians the people of boston we've got people killed as a result of their dreams someone should be able to count to the school for a month or two we have a government that's come out of the prime minister that came to the scene of the crime and you have the decency to meet resident ways the elements is ways the ways the papal ways everyone that lived in nice flat ways all the tendency of great ways that the nice don't occupy is that need to know when i sat the anger on the protesters by volunteers who have to say that the official response from being completely inadequate and many of the leave you wondering about the family member which was done for the building of the gas system was put in the room in the

stairwell so when those caught fire it was a death trap and nobody could escape also the fact that ten million dollars spent on cosmetic changes to the outside of the building to make it look better for rich residents who live nearby and it was that external cladding which caused the fire to spread so quickly and take so many lives so these protests is very angry and determined but this is going to be a transformative point in the history of this country and judging by the response of members of the public will combine in their cause beeping in support. that is a very popular course this horrible story coming so soon on the back of the election it says everything that's wrong about our society this is one of the richest countries in the world one of the richest places in the world this bar in london as well but this is an area where the poor people live and their lives essentially being sold up the river based on this crazy ideology of deregulation it's worth noting the reason may when she went down to the fire to the site of the

tragedy she talked to some fire offices but she didn't talk to any of the local people and i think the reason for that was that she knew that they would they would repent for the many catastrophic failings that have led to this and i think this is only strengthened the sense in the mind just that we must see the end of this government and see a transition to a way of governing where we where we fix the priorities in terms of what we need to spend on and then work out how to how to provide the appropriate funding for those priorities not the other way around. or trees amaze being criticized for more than just her response to the deadly and third she's also under pressure following the election ten days ago in which her party unexpectedly failed to win a majority in parliament and that's led her party to seek a controversial deal with northern ireland's deeply conservative do you pay party and then on top of that the prime minister has also been lambasted for stealing of her opponent's slogans. no

one and no community is left behind. no one and no community is left and no community should ever be left behind. some people say the e.u. does not make us more secure because it does not allow us to control our borders. but that is not true we want our voters back we want our country a new role for ourselves in the world as a strong country with control over our borders. look at the facts the potential risk to jobs for our economy if we were to leave the european union the framework of the single market i would say is a beginning but you must be optimistic about what i am proposing cannot membership

of the single market. what has been an absolute disaster the fall of the ruling conservative party they ran a dreadful campaign they didn't offer anything attractive to people they wanted to come across and vote for them and they announce policies that was very upsetting to their core support and they now have a goal of a working majority they're being obliged to form a relationship with a minor party in order to carry through their program and frankly the government

looks rather unstable. now local official in afghanistan has told r.t. the us forces killed three civilians including two children on monday. they do religion a bit too is truth open for as a result they killed a father and his two sons the shooting reportedly happened after a u.s. military vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb pentagon officials are still not confirmed reports of civilian deaths the statement from the u.s. mission in afghanistan did say however that the troops opened fire in self-defense 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 drenched upside down. this is my younger brother for a dollar he was killed by u.s.

troops this is my brother sure a fact also killed. and this is my father he was killed as well oh they haven't yet learned to read or write but life has taught them early to hate you is nothing. 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 when a u.s. military patrol hit 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 and hid 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 for 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 zero 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 they're explosions and they're killing the americans not helping us they're killing us we don't need them in afghanistan that is a refutation the coalition has built over more than a decade sixteen years of war and bloodshed atrocities and excuses and there's nowhere in sight it's no secret that life would have gotten a start is harsh but for zira 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 and 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 of guys d. of c.

. now shooting in the u.s. state of virginia on wednesday has raised more concerns over the country's toxic political atmosphere the incident took place when a gunman opened fire at a republican baseball training seeing session injuring four people including a top party member you tack a fight over fifty rounds from an automatic weapon took up position outside the baseball ground and then move forward exchanging fire with approaching police officers the sale was killed in the shootout. the congressman wounded in the attack was the senior u.s. republican steve skellies he's a majority whip in the house of representatives his condition has improved from critical to serious well as for the attack a u.s. law enforcement officials have named him as james hodgkinson the sixty six year old was from the state of illinois and worked as a home inspector it's been reported that he had problems with alcohol and that he

allegedly used use to beat his foster daughter. two he caught the media's attention with his strong anti republican presence online his facebook page was also filled with support for former democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders in march fourth concerns post looked to incite violence against president trump and in another he said that the president should be imprisoned for treason. looks now at the volatile situation in the country divided they were. i would say were more open minded were 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 of them are not working at mcdonald's or somewhere even though they have a five year six year degree it's not surprising that countries. since one in the

u.s. presidential election last november trump has been calling for the nation to start a start it's different 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 will outing and this is not just come out of the blue this tension has been brewing for quite a while. immediately after the election bishop 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 an awful lot about blowing up the white house. down after rest just like strong as he sounds to me 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. now a footballer's confederations cup has got underway in russia that was a winning start for the house yesterday with four more teams in action today we'll have analysis for a team of experts after the break. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the us it actually does belong on the only show i go out of my way to. really packed

a punch. is the john oliver of party americans do the same we are apparently better than. the c. people you've never heard of love jack tonight. president of the world bank so very . seriously send us an e-mail i don't see a clear out of strap to do that anyway i only. think it's good for today or tomorrow. you have a team of four with grief. you know divorce immediately i feel that. moment in the middle east and it is very difficult to predict how things will be called.

welcome back to the way kenai let's turn to confederation confederations cup in russia is taking place at my high school after a strong start on saturday with the two you know when i've been using even with more on that gang plus the latest from the tournament is neil harvey and stan collymore. a slightly wet but always warm welcome to st petersburg where we bring you our continuing coverage of the biggest international football event of the year eighteenth fighting it out for the confederations cup for russian cities playing host to the vanities tens of thousands of fans have come we'll come away just the two of us here to make sure you do not miss out on any of the action stan collymore the expert alongside me stan what the football fans love more than thing else goals

bring them to us russia to new zealand from their yes very solid start boy their house it was knee deep the russian sporting probably could get a little bit down on their rightly so after a disappointing european championships last summer in france but i started like you trying there were peppering the new zealand go with shots and one glass you coughed it lifted it over the news even goalkeeper and turf the ball into the back of the net the russian saw you were. small off of a really good season last season we present to the president was happy it could have been three perhaps four which might have flocked to the visitors new zealand they were desperate disappointing on the dry brush off to winning stopped yeah president personal attendance and he was very pleased at a victory for the home nation the fact that he turned up it shows how important it is to the country as a whole you had the great player most people say to ever play the game pele was in

attendance and a lot of top players have turned up at the end of what's been a very very hard long season they didn't have to some of them but they have nothing that says a lot and it doesn't mean if you were a player like christiane our elder for example you could legitimately say. i'm not going to play in the confederations cup. next year i'm all here for the world's greatest player but the fact is he the fact. is that a fantastic season freeze global actually centuries in chile plays like she should be told that they're playing germany for a bunch of chartreuse a national icon in mexico they want to be here they want to win the world's biggest trophies in the confederations cup it's one of them that's what's called the tournament of champions yet it is a celebration of the top football that's in the world let's bring in now alexis spat into the board member of the russian football union is also a very famous former player play for 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 it's not you must be is that your she's lost it's very hard to overestimate the significance of the twenty seven thousand confederations cup first of all it's important for out soon who haven't played any official matches for a long time. in such matches our concentration is high and it's important to test yourself and improve some aspects of your game. is also a good test for the stadiums which were built for this event and will be used during the fifa world cup and twenty eight seeing the volunteers get saloon the ropes too i hope the hosting the tournament in russia will enable our footballers to gain confidence as well as motivate them those are the key for good results we didn't get to go to the stadium to the end game you know man who did our correspond . is what the atmosphere was like the people of st petersburg they had been waiting

so long for this time this moment where they can finally go speed all that i see and you go you know that is that is the chant for the national team because it was the maiden flight so to say for the national team on the same. we've seen a few games but finally this was the beginning this was the first win in an official game. to. get involved here well i just want you to feel a bit of that and give you the best shots of the fans that we took yesterday oh measures of this out. there. have been in. the. small of. c. you. see you. see. speaking of the people that i

saw there i mean these weren't just new zealand callers. i saw people wearing like you know serbia t. shirts all the other countries that are taking part in the concentration the other ones that are not something that really caught me the fact there were and. they told me it was just seventy five percent for you think one of the reasons. we expect is a big. christiane and i'll go with the best players in the world. to an important. lowering prices get. a different stadiums is very important. of course needs to be. what happens if you come to you want to st petersburg most comic places the public square beyond if you

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must avoid the. facility of one more request for you we would be on it if you would sign out i think it's how you have a new life. but surely movies. because in the big push thank you thank you so much. now almost as magnificent a prize as winning the confederations cup winning of match prediction competition we have at great expense brought in three of the world's top football tips the stanley callable former premier league super striker also we have got the cat killing and we have the make of the from this is so they can all shapes and sizes and it was a successful start for you russia to lose even though the only boy the when i got the school correct is well known showed it was the cats and they're not going to elaborate the score line that's down to me i would not read it very very solid

start you have to admit i do have to admit but i'm impressed also by achilles in picture issues alone now moving on to the second mounted that sort of this was interesting because you were the portugal the cat tagged in is brilliant this they they were because it's a tank to make it the pair because the pair went to mexico you were both wrong it was a draw i'm disappointed out christiane or no doubt would come good book to all credit to mexico for getting back on the. leads of course very good position in the group so if you're a host nation supporter happy days with that draw does that mean it gets people job for the way you got it wrong the bear got it wrong and it'll be that's all for us. what they said about cameroon and chile they kick off their back to moscow in the back half time up next to an r.t.a. look at how a severe water crisis is blighting the lives of people what used to big one of

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