a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in londonears ago. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a white policeman involved in the fatal shooting of a black man in the us city of atlanta has been sacked, after a night of unrest over the killing. the victim rayshard brooks, who was 27, was shot after a scuffle with officers in a drive—through restaurant car park. another officer involved has been put on leave, and the city's police chief has resigned. atlanta is one of many us cities to have seen protests since the killing last month of george floyd by police in minneapolis. a warning — you may find some of the images and details in andy moore's report distressing. it started as a very routine police incident. a man apparently asleep in his car, blocking the drive—through lane of a fast—food restaurant. guess somebody called 911 because you were asleep behind the wheel, while you were in the drive—through, right? rayshard b

three years on, what to make many of these tower blocks similar to grenfell safer? similar to grenfell safer? firstly, can ijust say that today, especially today, we send our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of those who lost their lives three years ago and those who are still fighting forjustice and affected by it. as you said in the report, three years on, there are thousands of buildings covered in this flammable cladding, and it hasn't been removed. the government have not met the target that they said, and even the recent fund that they announced in march, that still doesn't go far enough. we have a number of issues with that fund. so what else do you want to see done specifically? just talk us through what you would like to see done and how quickly. well, for example, the fund of £1 million sounds like a lot of money, but it is not enough. —— £1 billion. so that simply will not be enough money. also, the funds do not cover all of the issues. obviously, the government initially announced a fund for one type of cladding, but we are glad they reco

grenfell tower's been described as a monument to inequality.s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. a fine day out there, for most of us at least, with clear blue skies or scattered fair—weather clouds. a bit like yesterday, that is a chance of thunderstorms. showers had been brewing, they will continue to brew into the afternoon and into the evening. the risk of actually getting a downpour with thunder, lightning and hailfor any one location in the uk is pretty low, so many of us will miss the storms. the temperature today will nudge up to around about the mid 20s, they will still be hovering in the low 20s and early evening across many parts of the uk, but cooler on the north sea coast but it has been cloudy, gloomy, quite misty and foggy. here's the forecast for monday. again, a lot of sunshine around, but we are expecting further showers to develop, this time across more northern parts of the country, so yorkshire, lancashire, the north—west of england likely to catch some showers and thunderstorms. to the south, it should be mostly s

grenfell tower's been described as a monument to inequality. you're watching bbc news. in portugal, a senior police source who has seen the german evidence against the key suspect in the investigation into madeleine mccann's disappearance, has told the bbc it is ‘very important‘ and ‘significant‘. residents in the tourist resort of praia da luz have criticised the portuguese operation for being too slow. some say they were contacted by police about christian b in the past couple of years. our europe correspondent lucy williamson has been speaking to people who remember him from his time in the resort. new perspectives are hard to spot from the cliffs above praia da luz. the view from here has barely changed since madeleine mccann disappeared. this patch of scrubland dotted with crumbling ruins is where the british police searched six years ago for clues. we now know thatjust a few hundred metres away over this small ridge was the house where christian b lived in the years before she vanished. coincidence, or a missed opportunity? when police we

grenfell tower has been described as a monument to inequality. today as it was then. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. a uk government statement described the fire as a "devastating tragedy", and said they're determined to ensure it can never happen again. the statement added: that's why we're providing £1.6 billion to ensure unsafe cladding is removed from high—rise buildings as soon as possible, while also bringing forward the biggest legislative changes to building safety in a generation. "we'll also shortly announce new measures to drive up standards in social housing and give tenants the stronger voice they deserve." let's get some of the day's other news. militants killed at least 20 soldiers and more than a0 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in nigeria's borno state, on the country's northeast border, in the town of monguno, near lake chad. according to reports, the fighters were armed with heavy weaponry including rocket launchers when they arrived in the town, a hub for international non—governmental organizations. chile, argen

bell tolls bells london have rung 72 times this evening to honour the victims of the grenfell tower fire on the third anniversary of the disaster. hello. india's federal government has announced new plans to deal with a surge in coronavirus infections in delhi and a shortage of hospital beds as the country struggles to contain its covid—19 infection rate. india's total number of confirmed cases puts it fourth in the world in the pandemic with 12,000 new cases registered in a single day on saturday. reged ahmad reports. this is the coronavirus intensive care unit in delhi at one of india's top private hospitals. the beds and treatment like this is expensive and hard to come by as the number of covid—19 cases climb. the shortage of beds has become so acute, patients have told stories of going from hospital to hospital in search of treatment. now in an attempt to deal with the crisis, india's home minister says 500 railway coaches will be converted to create a thousand beds for covid—19 patients in delhi and has promised a rapid increase in testing as well. india has been converting train c

grenfell tower has been described as a monument to inequality.s it was then. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. leading psychologists say the delay in getting children and adolescents back to schools here in the uk is a national disaster that is putting their mental health at risk. in a letter to the education secretary, gavin williamson, signed by 100 specialists in mental health, they say the isolation of lockdown is harming already vulnerable young people. and they urge the government to reconsider its decision, and release children and young people from lockdown. we can speak to the person who organised the letter, ellen townsend, professor of psychology at the university of nottingham. can you write thank you very much for being with us, why is it so important to draw attention to the mental health issues of children not being at school? thank you. well, i think there is converging evidence 110w think there is converging evidence now from a range of sources, from national surveys, from charities, from helplines, indicating that young people from

well still ahead all al-jazeera 3 years after london's grenfell tower insider killed 72 people all those in public housing any safer. and we'll tell you how farmers in italy banded together to save the harvest during the coronavirus pandemic. and they're still very whole sickles areas of the middle east and in some areas of time which is actually on the rise now to the north as they want to across areas of turkey and we could see a few more of those as you go through monday in fact at times that rain could be fairly heavy in and around. 25 well feeding cool in those showers and very nice for the eastern end of the med again we got 25 in beirut the same across into jerusalem but you had for the south a look at these how much is 42 a city 46 in baghdad the winds a strong 2 over the next couple of days coming through the goals of these hot dry winds and look at that temperature on tuesday 50 celsius in kuwait 122 degrees fahrenheit how much colder than that into southern africa in fact here the temperatures have been a little bit below par for the last few days quite a bit of cloud in the l

this is the scene live above grenfell tower.o joined together online to commemorate the anniversary. singer adele was among those who sent messages of support. it's still important for us to mourn together and for us to remember that night and to reflect on that, and also reflect on where we are now with that. but also to celebrate the lives that were lived before they were sadly taken that night. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, rishi sunak, has said it will be down to government ministers to decide when the two metre rule on social distancing can be relaxed in england. a formal review is due to report byjuly the 4th — the day pubs and restaurants are set to reopen. tomorrow all non—essential shops in england can reopen. but as our business correspondent, katy austin, reports — the way we shop will have to change. the new covid—secure shopping experience. lockdown has been financially tough for non—food shops, and they share the concern of pubs and restaurants that social distancing will make operating pro

today marks three years since the grenfell tower fire, and to mark the anniversary, people are being ir homes with green lights to remember the 72 people who died. church bells will also sound across london. the grenfell united campaign group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. an empty church, filled with the memories of those who died in grenfell tower. in times of coronavirus, it is one of a number of services being streamed online today. a reminder not to forget the 72 people lost in a tragedy which exposed some of the deep inequalities in our society. hesham rahman lived alone on the 23rd floor. his family say marking this anniversary during a pandemic is especially tough. we are still going through the grieving process, and the rest of the country right now is grieving because of covid and people have lost families and friends ahead of their time, and we are grieving with them, and you know, covid brought a lot of bad emotions for us, especially for how things were after the fire because there are a lot of simil

remembering the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower firen london three years ago matt lucas and david walliams apologise for the use of blackface make—up in the comedy series little britain. tourists start returning to venice as restrictions are eased, but locals demand limits on numbers. let's the latest sports news with jane. good morning. we start with golf. it'll be a tense final day in texas as the pga tour gets underway. england's justin rose and northern ireland's rory mcilroy are both in contention for the charles schwab challenge. they're three shots behind the leader american xander schauffele, going into the fourth round. however, rose could have been in a far better position. he had a double bogey at the fifth and then two bogeys on his back nine. both he and mcilroy are on 10 under. rory says it"s good but strange to be back. rory says it's good but strange to be back. it's funny. i feel for a saturday afternoon, being in contention, pga tour, i feel sort of weird out there. the first couple of days it was fine but definitely t

grenfell tower has been described as a monument to inequality.s it was then. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. we can now speak to dr will martin in sheffield who's the co—founder of uk cladding action group. thanks for being with us, i think the labour party are estimating 56,000 people are still living in homes with on the safeguarding, does that sound a sort of correct kind of estimate as far as you are concerned? that is acm exactly the same as grenfell, it is up to half a million in all sorts of dangerously clad buildings, a huge problem in this country. in the three years, what has been done in terms of cladding? we talked about it some months in the month —— make so much in the months after the disaster but where are we now? still 2000 unsafe buildings in the uk. things have happened, funds released but the pace of remediation has been too slow. there are so many people living in these unsafe buildings it is unacceptable that three years on we are still talking about this issue and people still going to bed every single night and on site buil

now where tributes are being paid to the dead in the grenfell tower fire in london 3 years ago 72 residents died in the blaze with dozens injured many of them from ethnic minority communities the inverter spread quickly because of flammable planting on the tower block earlier britain's prime minister led a virtual memorial service because of the coronavirus lockdown 3 is 6 months 1096 days too many seconds to count in between the minutes and hours of watch in the waiting for justice to come john holt is in london he says the investigation is making slow progress. well there's been a public inquiry ongoing for quite some time now it was halted in march because of lock down that's made some progress at pointing to where failings lie but not very much progress in pointing to direct accountability yes the cladding was the problem the cladding that turned out to be flammable that allowed the flames to lick up the outside of the building completely defeating the fire crews below and the government has made some progress at replacing cladding on other buildings like grunfeld but the labor party ca

and 3 years since a grenfell tower tragedy eventually tribute for the 72 people who died in one of the deadliest fires of molten british history. so there are warnings that the health care systems in pakistan and india are on the verge of collapse both countries have seen record rises in the number of new coronavirus infections as lockdowns east pakistan recorded almost 6 and a half 1000 new cases on saturday the world health organization warning the acceleration of infections could overwhelm its underfunded health care system india reported nearly 12000 new cases in the past 24 hours and the government has announced a new measures for delhi including increased testing and converting railway coaches into makeshift hospitals and in neighboring iran more than $100.00 people have died in a day for the 1st time in 2 months president hassan rouhani had warned that lockdown may be reimposed if the situation does not improve. we'll have more on the situation in iran in just a moment school haida has this update from the pakistani capital of islamabad most of the operators and in the city of i

london has marked the 3rd anniversary of the grenfell tower 5 the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute to each of the victims the devastating blaze in the public housing block shocked an ongoing investigation into the disaster highlighted significant systemic failings of the london fire brigade. the sister and i to north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened measures against south korea that could include the military it is the latest escalation of tensions of defectors from the north who have been sending propaganda leaflets across the border. bollywood star singh rajput has been found dead in his home in mumbai is believed to have taken his own life indian prime minister narendra modi paid tribute to the 34 year old calling him a bright young actor gone too soon all the french german border is due to reopen in an hour having been closed 3 months ago due to the spread of the corona virus french and german citizens gathered on the boundaries of their countries to celebrate the occasion comes after the e.u.'s recommendation that member states reopen their front is o

london has marked the 3rd anniversary of the grenfell tower fire the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute to each of the victims the devastating blaze in the apartment block show the ongoing investigation into the disaster has highlighted significant systemic failings by the london fired part. you would store shunts saying put has been found dead at his home in mumbai is believed to have taken his own life prime minister narendra modi paid tribute to the 34 year old calling him a bright young actor gone too soon. now to the philippines where high profile journalist maria ressa has been found guilty of cyber libel the verdict is being seen as a major blow to press freedom there co-founded the website rappler and was charged over a 2 $1012.00 article that linked to businessman to murder human trafficking and drug dealing media watchdog said the case was filed in retaliation for the site's often critical reporting of president roh brederode to terror to 56 year old recent now faces up to 6 years in jail. on it's get more now from our correspondent on a sun toss in man

and a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire threew on bbc news — with coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people adjust to a new reality. hello, and welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i'm annita mcveigh. on today's programme, the world health organization says that up to 40% of coronavirus cases could come from people who have no symptoms. plus, we'll explore how artificial intelligence is helping in the fight against the virus. you can keep up to date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first, there's growing evidence that a second wave of covid—i9 has hit iran, which was one of the earliest epicentres of the virus, but despite the increase in cases, there is no new lockdown in place yet for the 80 million people living there. some cities have already been announced as red zones for infection. bbc persia has this report. could this be iran's second wave of coronavirus? the country was op

london has marked the 3rd anniversary of the grenfell tower file the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute to each of the victims a devastating blaze in the public housing block shocked an ongoing investigation into the highlighted significant systematic failings by the london fire brigade. joan the sister and i to north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened measures against south korea that could include the military it is the latest escalation of tensions over the defectors from the north who have been sending propaganda leaflets across the border. one of hollywood's biggest stars has died so shan't singh rajput was found hanging in his apartment in mumbai police of launched an investigation into his death prime minister the rain from paid tribute to the 34 year old calling him a bright young actor gone too soon in china there are growing concerns about a 2nd wave of corona virus infections after the highest number of new cases in months most of the 57 infections were logged in the capital beijing and as in wu hand the original source of the outbreak of food m

and on the third anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, the financial times has a picture of peopleeir respects to those who died. so let's begin. affair spread of stories there, but course coronavirus continues to dominate. giles, inglorious technicolour after some technical problems earlier, quite a stark headline with the world health organization addressing the prime minister directly, don't live long down until contact tracing works. yeah, what you are saying is scientist similar to the economist there are no concerns emerging out of covid—19 emerging, you put 100 scientists in a room, you get 100 different views. i think the government will be encouraged by the death toll fallen to its lowest level i think today since the third week of march, and clearly, there are tough choices which have got to be made, but i think they think they are getting on top of the crisis. we need to get the economy moving again and there is a huge health cost of not getting the economy moving again, and you are seeing in the other papers reporting the government is grappling with its decision reduci

church bells across london will ring 72 times, in remembrance of those who died in the grenfell towers, have apologised for their portrayal of other races in their tv series. the shows have been pulled from several streaming services because some sketches used blackface make—up. both comedians have tweeted to say it was wrong — and say they're "very sorry." it's exactly 7:33am. time now for our daily appointment with the gp. today, dr nighat arif joins us from chesham. hello, good morning. nice to talk to you. where should we start? we should start with shops reopening in england tomorrow. lots of shops that have been closed being back open. in your assessment, how safe is is it for us to be venturing out?|j your assessment, how safe is is it for us to be venturing out? i think it's ok at the moment because people are going to be taking precautions. the going to make sure there is hand gel, make sure there is no person—to—person contact and people are ready to go out, they going to the park, going out in groups of six, they got the support of all the people are forming so they have mo

exodus of health service starved ahead of a potential 2nd wave of coated 19. 3 years after the grenfell tower 5 the united nations warns the u.k. government that failure to strip. tower blocks of combustible plastic could be a breach of international law we hear from the floor but un special rapporteur. good afternoon and we start with some breaking news latvia has banned 7 r.t. channels and urged other european union member states to follow its lead well joining me now for more on this from moscow is our fees down a legal thank you for joining us what's the latest. well essentially as you just said lot because brown some 7 are t. channels from broadcasting on its territory this includes channels like r.t. arabic who r.t. spanish r.t. documentary r t u cape the one that you watching right now is now banned in a lot of year 2 and they have indeed called on other european nations to follow suit what's interesting is why because they did not just slap some boilerplate reason on the decision like calling the kremlin based propaganda they went further they said that r t is headed by a man who is u

bells ring out $72.00 times in memory of each person who died in the grenfell tower 3 years ago. thousands of brazilians take to the streets of sao paolo marching against racism and president. and in sport the unwanted fan who managed to witness lionel messi is return to action and he's here with that story. hello that big lazy circulation which doesn't look at all like judas priest sitting of a west europe is still there is expanded to some degree it is moved north so now the line of most intense sundry rain runs to the low countries through germany down towards austria hungary a nice was to remind you everything to the west is slightly cooler for the most part and to in fact is turning wet again in france middle because it was fine ish weather nice time off of spain which means the warm bit is wrong confined to scandinavia in fact specifically norway and sweden now admittedly athens is quite warm the same is true of turkey but really for the most part it's not as warm as it could be quite sundry in places with the exception maybe of also as temps is rising in the next few days

sunday was three years since the grenfell tower fire in london.ng urged to illuminate their homes with green lights to remember the 72 people who died. church bells will also sound across london. the grenfell united campaign group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues, as our correspondent sima kotecha reports. # hallelujah, hallelujah. ..# an anniversary with a difference. due to coronavirus, a virtual service involving song and prayer. all to remember the 72 who died in the early hours of that wednesday morning. we are still going through the grieving process. the rest of the grieving process. the rest of the country right now, people have lost families and friends and of their time. we agree with them. cobit brought a lot of bad emotions for us, especially for how things we re for us, especially for how things were after the fire because there area were after the fire because there are a lot of similarities, glued to the tv, listening to the numbers of deaths arising every day. the blaze spread through the 2a story block after a f

bells at churches across london have rung 72 times to honour the victims of the grenfell tower fire, group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues, as "nothing has changed", since the fire. sima kotecha reports. bell tolls. church bells tolled in unison across london this evening. 72 times to remember each victim who died on that day. and then came their names. mohammed al—haj ali. jeremiah deen. zainab deen. # hallelujah, hallelujah. ..# due to coronavirus, services were online, involving song and prayer. we are still going through the grieving process and the rest of the country right now is grieving because of covid and people have lost families and friends ahead of their time. and we're grieving with them and, you know, covid brought a lot of bad emotions for us, especially for how things were after the fire because there are a lot of similarities, you know, glued to the tv, listening to the numbers of deaths rising every day. the blaze spread through the 2a—storey block after a fridge—freezer caught fire. cladding on the tower block was blamed for the fire spreading

bells at churches across london have rung 72 times to honour the victims of the grenfell tower fire —group says the fight for safe homes and justice continues — as "nothing has changed", since the fire. sima kotecha reports. bell tolls. church bells tolled in unison across london this evening. 72 times to remember each victim who died on that day. and then came their names. mohammed al—haj ali. jeremiah deen. zainab deen. # hallelujah, hallelujah. ..# due to coronavirus, services were online, involving song and prayer. we are still going through the grieving process and the rest of the country right now is grieving because of covid and people have lost families and friends ahead of their time. and we're grieving with them and, you know, covid brought a lot of bad emotions for us, especially for how things were after the fire because there are a lot of similarities, you know, glued to the tv, listening to the numbers of deaths rising every day. the blaze spread through the 24—storey block after a fridge—freezer caught fire. cladding on the tower block was blamed for the fire spreading

also bringing out across the british capital to commemorate the grenfell tower tragedy 72 people were killed in the fire in london 3 years ago the blaze quickly spread because of the towers inflammable can't cladding. britain's government is considering easing travel restrictions on new arrivals travellers currently have to undergo 2 weeks of self isolation when they land 3 major airlines have launched legal action against the policy those were the main headlines and back to the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour next it's inside story with enron car do stay with us. a global reckoning on racism police killings in the united states trigger protests and debates on racial legacies in britain and elsewhere so can europe and the us from each other this isn't what's true. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the killing of george floyd an american police custody has triggered protests around the world some in solidarity with the black lives not on the mint in the united states other demonstrations are coals to confront the legacy of racism in their own countries rallies in br

a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in londonee years ago. now on bbc news — the travel show visits margate, a town attempting to adapt to social distancing measures. this week, a tiny glimmer of hope. europe starts to slowly reopen for travellers. but how will they keep us all apart? also coming up, lucy tests the gadgets that claim to keep you safe on your travels. and we're on one of the world's most famous beaches as it reopens fully for the first time since lockdown. we're back on the road this week, a modest two—hour drive east of travel show hq in london in the resort town of margate. for more than 250 years, holidaymakers have come here, rain orshine, to experience the chipped—around—the—edges glitz of the great british seaside. in recent times, there's been a renaissance here, new hotels and restaurants and restored vintage attractions have brought cool, young london types here by the bucketful. but as resorts throughout europe start to reopen, blinking into the summer sunshine, what kind of future will they face? across

london has marked the 3rd anniversary of the grenfell tower fire the bells of the city's churches told $72.00 times in tribute for each of the victims the devastating blaze in the apartment block shocked britain the ongoing investigation into the disaster has highlighted significant systemic failings by the london fire brigade and. holywood store sushant singh rajput has been found dead in his home in mumbai he's believed to have taken his own life prime minister narendra modi paid tribute to the 34 year old calling him a bright young actor gone too soon. and china's capital beijing is bracing for a resurgence of the coronavirus after more than $100.00 new cases were reported in recent days mass testing is being carried out after the city had been free of local transmission for more than a month the latest cases are being linked to the city's largest wholesale food market. mexico reported more than $4000.00 new coronavirus infections on sunday along with $269.00 fatalities that brings its total confirmed cases to more than 146017000 deaths but even the government says the real number o

a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in london ago. british prime minister borisjohnson has ordered a review of the two—metre social—distancing rule in england. time for click. this week: going out without getting too close. dressing lara without going to the shops. and cheering on your team without going to the match. welcome, welcome, come on in. welcome to click. lara's here as well. welcome, how are you doing, my friend? i'm good, thanks, although i had a bit of an incident filming and i'm covered in glitter, so anyone with a good tv set may be able to see that, and you will find out why later. but anyway, how are you, spencer? i am fine, thanks. this week, i've been trying out some stuff that might help you if you are sat around the house using a phone or tablet or laptop more than usual. there is a lot of that going on at the moment, if you hadn't noticed. so, if you are using a phone or tablet and you are sick of holding it up all the time, i am trying this. it is called the slick pillow stand. it is a thick bit of rubber,

sunday was the third anniversary of the grenfell tower fire in west london, in which 72 people died.treet, were lit in green light in tribute to the victims. labour questioned the slow progress removing dangerous cladding from buildings across the uk. if you want a controversial billion pound planning application approved, it seems that high—value chicken dinner get things done. can the minister advise the house what influence can be applied to quickly make all our high—rise buildings safe once and for all? i think the honourable gentleman is being rather ungenerous. we have made {1.6 billion available to remediate those buildings that need it. 95% of all social sector buildings that had unsafe acm cladding on them 00:19:59,627 --> 2147483051:46:44,528 have begun their remediation 2147483051:46:44,528 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 or have completed it, 40% of the private sector such buildings have begun their remediation or have completed it and the other 60% have their plans in train. we want these buildings to be made safe as quickly as possible. that is why we put the money on the tabl

remembering the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire in london three years ago.t lucas and david walliams apologise for the use of blackface make—up in the comedy series little britain. tourists start returning to venice as restrictions are eased, but locals demand limits on numbers. now on bbc news, after professional sport in north america shut down in mid—march, bbc sport looks at how the four major leagues intend to resume playing during the coronavirus pandemic. i miss the passion of being in the stadium watching the players, how they interact with the fans. when it comes back to sports, i willjust connect about just those moments. it provides an escape from reality. sports is the spinal cord for us in this country. this is a country that's completely obsessed with the game. i think it's such a big part of our life. i mean, it's one of the pillars that our societies kind of stand on. on 11th march 2020, the nba shut down its playing operation. rudy gobert of the utahjazz had tested positive for covid—i9. the nhl swiftly followed suit, as the lights went down

bells ring out $72.00 times in memory of each person who died in the grenfell tower fire 3 years ago. india's converting 500 railway coaches into makeshift hospitals after a surge in new coronavirus cases led to a shortage of beds in the capital the country reported another record jump on sunday with nearly 12000 new infections in one day 10 coaches had previously been converted into isolation wards the new carriages will increase new journeys capacity by 8000 beds are the new measures include increased testing and daughter door health survey in the capital delhi india is now the 4th worst affected country in the world with cases steadily increasing the spite that the nation wide lockdown has been loosened i believe your. plans to fight the war against crime of arson new delhi with more strength the federal government to shoot badrawi coaches promote pates for code 19 patients in hospitals the federal government is completely back in new delhi spite against grain a virus with full strain. neighboring pakistan is also seeing record rises in the number of new infections with more than $

the issues in the uk are stemming from things like the windrush scandal, things around the grenfell tower railway worker who worked not far from here at victoria station, who were spat on at work. the british transport police said that when she was spat on that didn't contribute to her death. she tested positive for covid—i9 and died. people say they wa nt covid—i9 and died. people say they want justice and the covid—i9 and died. people say they wantjustice and the cps said they will review the evidence in that case, but is and it is an amalgamation of different issues in the uk that has. people onto the street and it has been galvanised by the protests and the amount of people on the street in an america that have encouraged people to come out and show how they are very antiracist in the uk as well. how is this protest going to proceed? what else are we expecting to happen during the course of the afternoon? well, we must remember that this isn't the only protest going on in the united kingdom. there are gatherings in swansea, newcastle, swindon. but there's one in particular, there is h

and a virtual church service is held to remember the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire threers ago. one headlines at the top of the hour. —— more headlines. now on bbc news, global questions invites its international audience to put their questions to a panel of experts on the impact of the pandemic. hello, and welcome to london for this edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi. the killing of george floyd has sent shock waves around the world and has reignited long—held demands for an end to racism and white privilege, which has been maintained at the expense of others within communities, countries and at the international level. in this global questions, we ask if the global system is racist and, if so, what can be done to fix it? well, i'm now inside the bbc‘s headquarters here in central london and, of course, we have to bring you our two panellists and our audience members, who will be putting questions to them, and they willjoin us via video link from all over the world. let me tell you who's in the hot seat this week. we have alice bah kuhnke, who was, until

and chad's bells toll across london in memory of the 72 people who died in the grenfell tower fire 3 years ago. hello the rain is still waving in a night of japan and it's on the satellite picture through the evidence there clearly is moving out of the way so you've got a dry period coming in quite a woman up to 33 in tokyo on monday but if you thought it was my you buy you structure back into china this is where it's now sitting over the yangtze and further north. this is all human a wet weather to science is that the remains of nori the tropical depression briefly storm can't be identified just adding to general melon which means yet more flooding in guangdong or yunan you've also got this orange center of the system itself which is just flooding is likely to head towards shanghai we're talking topping up the river which is what the seasonal rains are supposed to do it does mean that much of the action in the atmosphere is a long way north there are showers the south but malaysia and indonesia should see this time of year fewer showers and there are fewer but there are not not so t

people joined together in a virtual memorial to mark the third anniversary of the grenfell tower fireurch bells rang out 72 times across london to remember the victims of the disaster. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. we all want to believe that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is over. governments are easing their lockdowns, focused on economic recovery. but the infection rate is still on the rise. in latin america, in parts of the us and africa as well. my guest today is internationally renowned epidemiologist by one. he was the scientific advisor on the hollywood movie contagion, which predicted a scenario uncannily like today nine yea rs scenario uncannily like today nine years ago. in real life, are we today getting our response right? ian lipkin in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good to be with you. let me start with something you said just a few weeks ago. you said, it would not surprise me if a substantial proportion of the entire world population becomes infected with covid—i9. you still feel that way today? i do. it will take some tim

the issues in the uk are stemming from things like the windrush scandal, things around the grenfell towerry about the railway worker, belly mujinga, who worked not far from here at victoria station, who was spat on at work. the british transport police said that when she was spat on that didn't contribute to her death. she tested positive for covid—i9 and died. people say they want justice. the cps have just said they will review the evidence in that case, but it is an amalgamation of different issues in the uk that have forced people onto the streets and it has been galvanised by the protests and the amount of people on the streets in america that have encouraged people to come out and show how they are very anti—racist in the uk as well. we can speak now to martha spurrier, the director of the rights organisation, liberty. thank you very much for being with us thank you very much for being with us here on bbc news. your group, among others, has campaigned over the years on issues like deaths in police custody, wrongful arrest and all kinds of issues you have been concerned about. one of

are living in fear of a similar tragedy to the grenfell tower blaze which claimed 72 lives in 2017 last july then housing secretary james broken chair pledged to have completed all similar cladding removal works by june 2020. my expectation is that other than in exceptional circumstances building owners should complete remediation within 6 months of agreeing a plan by june 2020. well according to the official data there were $327.00 high rise buildings with ground fell start writing in the u.k. in july 20 1942 buildings were fixture in the year but more have been discovered this leaves the total number of high rise towers with aluminum compass.

uk has its own issues, including how the police treat black people, the windrush scandal, the grenfell towery workers from black ethnic minorities backgrounds that have died as a result of fighting covid—i9. white people have had privilege for centuries and black people are angry because nobody is listening to them, their voices are not being heard, the government are not listening, the white house is not listening. it is just fighting for what is right, fighting for the right to live. no—one asks to be pushed to the back of the queue but black people were. we will talk to some british protesters who are going to that protesters who are going to that protest shortly. we had a peaceful night in minneapolis, a contrast to many nights across america. it feels like the city, this is where the entire movement started. this, right here, is where george floyd lost his life. this city seems to have turned a corner, where, five or six days ago, the city was burning. there were fires being set up businesses, looting, there were protesters being tear gassed. for three nights straight, we have not seen

also 3 years after london's grenfell tower inferno killed 72 people are those in public housing and he say so. bearing fruit have an indigenous community in ecuador is flourishing despite the coronavirus crisis. and it's for a huge crowd welcome sort of a new zealand's eden park all black star bowden barack getting off to a winning start for the police in france and more than 40000. could have you with us why. to the news hour we begin in south asia where is surgeon coronavirus cases in 2 of the world's most populous countries is putting even more strain on health care there have been record increases in new infections in pakistan and india as lockdowns that eased pakistan reported more than $6800.00 cases on sunday and the world health organization is warning the acceleration could overwhelm pakistan's underfunded health system it's the 2nd hardest hit in the region after india which has nearly $12000.00 new infections there the government's taking extra steps to combat the virus in delhi including more testing and converting railway coaches into makeshift hospitals in neighboring ira

church bells toll across london in memory of 72 people who died in the grenfell tower for 3 years ago. and why tension has escalated on the korean peninsula with the north threatening military action putting the south on high alert. and its hope on you to close in on the 8th straight germinating time to. traffic an hour to coordinated attacks in northeastern nigeria have killed at least 60 people including civilians and soldiers. this is what operation life your dollar looks like from the air the nigerian military posted video on social media showing what it says is its response to saturday's attack in mumbai that was followed by another attack in both a local government areas in borno state in northeast nigeria where both soldiers and civilians were killed a military spokesman didn't answer calls for comment on the attacks but local reports suggest dozens were killed and hundreds injured with hospitals overwhelmed fighters are reported to open fire after arriving on motorbikes and the cause soldiers and a united nations humanitarian center were targeted they are the latest major casu

social inequality is an institutional racism that campaigners for justice for the victims of grenfell tower have been highlighting for 3 years and that is because for instance statistics have shown that black asian and minority ethnic people and many of the victims in the towers came from those groups are far more likely to have died from covert 19 than their white counterparts specifically black men up to 4 times more likely to die from covert 900 than their white counterparts and that's because of things like living conditions and multigenerational households less efficient access to public services and health care perhaps less job security all of which mean the people in those groups are less able to protect themselves from the virus than others are and campaigners point also at this moment to the black lives matter protests happening at the same time as well and they say that's precisely the point of those protests to highlight issues of racism and to try and force change and it's change that they say pointing to this tower 3 years old that is far too slow in coming i know that the oppo

uk has its own issues, including how the police treat black people, the windrush scandal, the grenfell tower black ethnic minorities backgrounds that have died as a result of fighting covid—19. white people have had privilege for centuries and black people are angry because nobody is listening to them, their voices are not being heard, the government are not listening, the white house is not listening. it is just fighting for what is right, fighting for the right to live. no—one asks to be pushed to the back of the queue but black people were. let's turn to the coronavirus pandemic. italy is relaxing its lockdown restrictions further today by allowing people to travel freely within the country and to and from other european countries. these are scenes from the french—italian border on wednesday morning. the easing of restrictions is an attempt to salvage the tourism season for the country, that is among the worst hit by the virus in europe. the bbc‘s mark lowen is in rome, and told me this is a moment of hope for italy. italy was the first country in the world to impose a national lockdown.

protest and who say the uk has its own issues including how the police treat black people, the grenfell towerbody is listening to them and their voices are not being heard and their voices are not being heard and the government is not listening, the white house is not listening.“ the government is not listening, the white house is not listening. it is fighting for what is right, for the right to leave. no—one asks to be put at the back of the queue but black people were. let's discuss this further. we're nowjoined by author, emma dabiri along with cephas williams, founder of the campaign '56 black men'. thank you both very much forjoining us. when you saw what happened with george floyd, what was your reaction? first of all, i did not watch the footage. i have seen enough black trauma to last me a lifetime but i am well aware of what happened. you have a sense of feeling, not again. i cannot believe this is happening again. but when you really think about it, what has really changed since the last time that it happened? so why wouldn't it be happening again. you see these huge outpouring of r

says the removal of dangerous cladding from high—rise buildings in england in the wake of the grenfell toweron and publicly owned buildings. the headlines on bbc news: the uk's covid alert level should be reduced from four to a three, according to the chief medical officers for england, scotland, wales and northern ireland. a billion pounds for primary and secondary schools in england, and secondary schools in england to help children who've fallen behind because of the coronavirus crisis. businesses and government deparments in australia are hit by what its prime minister calls a "sophisticated, state—based" cyber attack. south africa has high levels of violent crime, amongst the worst in the world. more than 2700 women were killed last year. and the government says cases have increased drastically under the coronavirus lockdown. our south africa reporter, pumza fihlani looks at what is being done to tackle this. they are supposed to be under lockdown, but they have taken their mourning to the streets. hundreds sing, "only you, lord, know what will become of me "in this painful world." this

grenfell deaths have not gone away they point to higher death rates from coronavirus among black asian and minority ethnic groups as evidence of ongoing social inequalities 3 years ago. a community in a tower who had raised questions about safety net the looting were not listened to and one of the main reasons we would argue i would argue that they weren't listened to was because of institutional racism because of the demographic they were largely a muslim they were largely black they were working class community and actually they were not taken seriously. the pace of reform has also been slow at ensuring this current happen again as many as 2000 buildings are said still to bare the flammable cladding that allowed the ground fell flames to whip up the side of the building and rage out of control with as many as 56000 building residents living at daily risk grunfeld tower and coronavirus have more in common besides lives from very different backgrounds in one of london's most multicultural settings imperiled then and in turmoil once more in as elders escape the fire with her family and wasn't able to complete her exams at a crucial stage in her school career the school is shut now because o

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and three years on from the grenfell tower fire — remembering the 72 people who died.