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coming up on our team america the daily greenfeld our fire that killed seventy nine experts now say victims and residents were exposed to highly toxic gas. prime minister theresa may continue to take heat she continues to take heat for the green fell incident this on the eve of the one year anniversary of brecht's that were on the ground in london with that story. and with acquittals this week for the police officers who killed the land oka steel and civil smith well discussed why this is becoming a pattern in america. it's their.

there are a0 fire engines in the presence of greenfeld tower in the west of the city.olice say that residents were being evacuated, a number of people were being treated for a range of injuries. the fire broke out in the middle of the night. andy moore is our correspondent and he's at the scene. just for the viewers joining us, bring us up—to—date on exactly what is happening. well, this fire broke out just over four is happening. well, this fire broke outjust over four hours ago according to the london fire service. they said it was burning from the second to the 27th floor of this tower block. you can see it has diminished slightly now because most of the block has burnt out, most of the combustible material has caught alight and burnt out and be fire is steadily diminishing hour. he might be able to see the hoses on the base of the building. the one on the left is from an automated hydraulic platform. 0ver is from an automated hydraulic platform. over one hour ago we saw one person at a windowjust behind that platform — we saw that person briefly, and then we hope t

america the deadly greenfeld tower fire that killed seventy nine experts now say victims and residents were exposed to highly toxic gases. prime minister theresa may continues to take heat for the green bell incident that's on the eve of the one year anniversary of the wreck that were on the ground in london with that story. and with acquittals this week for the police officers who killed the land-o. conceal and civil smith will discuss why this is becoming a pattern. it's thursday june twenty second four pm in washington d.c. i'm actually banks and you're watching r t america we begin today with a major milestone approaching in the u.k. tomorrow marks one year since britain vote it to exit the european union brecht's it as it's now known and while that political shift and impending separation are still taking shape talks began this week as scheduled to prepare for brags that a change that will affect not just europe but the rest of the world just a year ago british voters cast their ballots and determine the future for the u.k. and the end the results revealed a very divided kingdom b

after a series of deadly terrorist attacks one hung parliament and the horrific human tragedy of the greenfeld towers as well as the burning issue a break that many are asking if the ruling elites are out of touch. crosstalk in the u.k. i'm joined by my guest steve keen in london he is a professor of economics at kingston university london as well as the economic advisor to asymmetric return capital also in london we have marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics first magazine and in salford we cross to you stephen fielding he is a professor of political history at the university of nottingham or a gentleman cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate steve let me go to you first in london i suppose a very simple question at the top of this program is the u.k. in crisis and maybe explain why go ahead i think it isn't process because what's really we're at a turning point where the u.k. was when neoliberalism was born maggie thatcher and her little handbag carrying around a copy of. freedom freedom book really set the china that was adve

coming up on r t america the deadly greenfeld tower fire that killed seventy nine experts now and save victims and residents were exposed to highly toxic gases. prime minister theresa may continues to take heat for the green bell incident that's on the eve of the one year anniversary of records that were on the ground in london with that story. and with acquittals this week for the police officers who killed the land-o. conceal and simple smell will discuss why this is becoming a pattern. it's thursday.

police announce the death toll now stands at seventy nine people stemming from the horrific greenfeld tower fire as protests over.

police announce the death toll now stands at seventy nine people stemming from the horrific greenfeld tower fire as protests over safety continued over the weekend. it's monday june eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm going to weeks and you're watching r t america. we have some of breaking news just minutes ago the warmer your family announced their son otto died this afternoon less than a week since his return from captivity in north korea after over a year of failed negotiations for his return the state department finally secured warm beer was released last week but the twenty two year old college student returned in shockingly poor health in a coma and with what doctors reported as severe neurological damage or mirrors father accused the north korean government of terrorizing and brutalizing his son and m.r.i. images show extensive brain tissue damage. and over the weekend the united states jets shot down a syrian government warplanes south of rock and the syrian television the action has resulted in moscow halting its cooperation with the u. . the national weather service in

how many times have we heard these comments from people in the last week since the greenfeld disasterblic enquiry, but it has taken this disaster, on sprinklers and reviewing building regulations, and we have asked for action on both of those measures and it has taken this tragedy for our voice to be heard. when making recommendations in the past, what have you been told by the housing minister ‘s? for example, we know that gavin barwell, the former housing mr, now cheese of —— chief of staff for theresa may, has been criticised for not acting. i will not focus on one minister, because this goes back to the government between 1997—2010. ministers are not experts on these issues, they depend on advice. what issues, they depend on advice. what is crystal clear is ministers have been consistently given advice, which frankly has been wrong. i think the issue of sprinklers has been known for quite a long time there. 2009, you have the lateral fire in southern. there were a lot of conferences there. tenants who had had the sprinklers retrofitted from sheffield, toured the country, to spread