following the devastating grunfeld terror tragedy today hundreds of protesters took to the streets blaming the government for its poor response to the deadly fire one week ago today the twenty four storey high rise caught fire killing dozens of people trapped inside many are still missing and for those lucky to survive now search for new homes british prime minister trista may apologize for the tragedy admitting the government failed in its duty to help those affected the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without heads without even basic information about what had happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that. and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right. the massive fire broke out last wednesday and was only put out more than twenty four hours later and that toll currently stands at at least seventy nine people theresa may and her government to have been on

upset at the government's response to the devastating grunfeld tower tragedy now granted tower being what we here in the us call public assisted housing a week ago today the twenty four storey high rise caught fire killing dozens and dozens of people trapped inside british prime minister theresa may apologize for the tragedy admitting the government has failed to do enough for those affected the support on the ground for families in the initial was not good enough people were left without belongings. without even basic information about what had happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that. as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right. the death toll currently stands at least at seventy nine people that is expected to rise or smith has more we have a right. we tend to limit those from shepherd's bush those people are understandably quite tired but they have found the energy to keep on shouting and they are currently blocking off th

i the british prime minister apologizes for the government's response to the grunfeld disaster after hundreds of protesters gather in central london. to step down we've been gauging opinion on the streets. always profit before people always. just bite people and everyone's going to shout serious a. foreign minister demands an explanation from the u.s. over the recent shooting down of a syrian fighter jet. in syria. the withdrawal of its troops from the. diplomatic tensions with. the live from moscow. thanks for joining us this. well british prime minister to resign may has apologized over the ground fault our disaster just a week after the tragedy she also admitted the government failed in its duty to help those affected. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without roofs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that. and as prime minist

terror see these people see them and see the immigrant attacks and of course the handling of the grunfeld howard disaster in which at least seventy nine people are known to have been to death although the death toll is expected to rise i was approached earlier by a quiet man who handed me a leaflet with a picture of the man on it he said the man was his friend he had lived in grunfeld tower he wasn't a protester he just wanted to know whether his friend. dead or alive and no information was coming the organizers that at the beginning of the day that that aim was to bring down the government and to shut down london well they've done an excellent job of shutting down london this government can no longer have authority over people's lives because they always will put profit before people people have been saying that they don't know how many people were living in grenfell it's how a lot of them were possibly undocumented immigrants and so we possibly will never know how many people were killed in. august solus the prime minister's apology will do little to change the situation no . but i thin

and that advice followed tests carried out and inspections carried out in the wake of the grunfeld tragedyst 79 people are known to have died. but confusion here today with people not all of them yet having sorted out somewhere to stay. while whatever work is necessary is carried out on those blocks. the four blocks evacuated last night are on the chalcots estate in the london borough of camden, contain more 700 flats, and are home to thousands of people. residents living in the taplow, burnham, bray and dorney towers were evacuated after the fire service said the safety of residents in the blocks could not be guaranteed. people in 83 flats refused to leave their homes and are still inside. the prime minister says the government is helping the council do what is necessary to ensure those evacuated have somewhere to stay. i will talk to the local mp in a moment but first the support —— report from keith doyle. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30pm 7 after a night of disruption, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden council. i am so absolutely stressed, why was hot

the g ru nfeld missing presumed dead after the gru nfeld tower in missing presumed dead after the grunfeld last week was any familys —— families have lost one family member. the brexit secretary has been in brussels meeting michel barnier at the start of two years of logicians. it was clear from the opening that most of —— both of us wants to get the best possible partnership, one for the uk and for the possible partnership, one for the uk and forthe eu. possible partnership, one for the uk and for the eu. the former children's children presenter has died at the age of 83. brian cant. he had been suffering from parkinson's disease. ina in a moment, it will be time for sports day, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on beauty news. we will get the latest from the terror attack on muslim worshippers near a mosque in finsbury park which left one man dead and nine people injured. at seven, we will be in brussels to join christian fraser for 100 seven, we will be in brussels to join christian fraserfor 100 days plus to join christian fraserfor100 days plus to get the latest

a tough week for the british prime minister as she faces calls to resign over her hanging of the grunfeld tower tragedy. protesters take to the streets. of moscow devolves explanations from washington over it shooting down of the syrian fighter jets as russia responds that by tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft as potential targets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup as germany win and truly do enough to progress in their deciding games we'll have a live update from our special studio in sochi.

tough week for the british prime minister as she faces calls to resign over her handling of the grunfeld tower tragedy while auntie praxis protesters take to the streets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the.

nfeld 21 hours after this fire started in gru nfeld tower, the 21 hours after this fire started in grunfeldthe fire is still blazing. the fire service had been working tirelessly to put the fire out. they have managed to get a hydraulic crane imposition and they are firing water remotely into the upperfloors of are firing water remotely into the upper floors of the apartment block, but the state of it at the moment, this wreckage of a building tells you it will take them some time to get in there and fully account for the people that are missing. let me remind you of where this apartment block is in relation to west london. grenfell tower is part of a social housing complex of nearly 1,000 homes near the westfield shopping centre in west london. our home editor mark easton now reports and a warning, there are distressing images, from the start of his piece. oh my god, they're screaming. it is a tragedy that plays to our darkest fears. the fire started between midnight and 1am. the screams from the flats and the acrid smell of burning, waking neighbours. it was just people jumping out, liter

tower disaster more than thirty blanks have failed fire safety tests across the country where the grunfeld tower disaster britain's deadliest fire in over a century claimed at least seventy nine lives the fire was only put out more than twenty four hours later prime minister to resign may admitted to government haven't done enough to respond to the disaster but her apology didn't stop hundreds of protesters from across the u.k. demanding justice for the victims. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without ribs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right but i think that it's really it's only. when they try engines it a little bit i miss my life when they. make choices but it. was . the key thing after this massacre that i could just by people a

attack to take place in london it's been a very very miserable some of course but just how about grunfeld fire and previous to that a number of terrorist attacks as we can see you know. a difficult few months for the people of the u.k. and london of course sally thanks very much for updating us. with us now to two more widely about the ramifications of this type of terrorism expert doug weeks with us welcome to the program we've sold to reason downing street talking again how people who are trying to divide british society won't succeed. she's going to do something about counter terror measures going to reinforce the police but four times in four months doug what else can she do that. well i think the authorities are doing quite a bit on the internet in the sign of things in terms of king and how they can preempt attacks like that's the reality however is that when you have. technology attacks section of this newest regardless of which corner it comes. up. without having the authorities having some prior knowledge in their me comes from a lot of trauma or individuals making comments that

a tough week for the british prime minister she faces calls to resign over her handling of the grunfeld tower tragedy. protesters take to the streets. and we now know the ford team's through to the semifinals of the confederations cup. and she leads you enough to progress and they're deciding games we'll have a report from our special studio and saatchi. coming to you live from moscow this is arts international and you're watching the week serious as army positions on the golan heights once again come under fire from israel as the second strike on the area in today's middle east correspondent paula sphere has more well the tsunami has issued a statement in which it has accused these rabies targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only whole. paying almost where they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on

now the scandal over at london's grunfeld tower fire is escalating to britain's opposition labor party raise concerns that survivors are not being helped as some are forced to sleep well off. as the. news is coming out every day not just about the number of victims of this terrible fire but also about the way that it's being handled on the ground and the newly elected opposition. for the local area north kensington has been talking to the media in very strong terms about her concerns that survivors aren't being taken care of properly they're not getting the help they need and she says that in some cases they're actually sleeping rough that's what she had to say people have been sleeping in cars and in parks because they don't know where to go and they aren't being looked after the grenfell response team which is now latterly coordinating the help that these people are getting on the ground say that they're not aware that any victims. but of course the political reaction to this is very much ongoing as is the disaster management prime minister theresa may has ordered a thorough inquiry

victims of last week's grunfeld tower blaze may have been exposed not only to smoke and fire but also to highly toxic gas that's according to the latest expert analysis on the tragedy in the british capital artie's pretty boy has more. cyanide is one of the deadliest poisons there is and apparently the insulation boards on the building on ground felt how it could have been letting off cyanide as the building was burning and we know this because the hospitals treating some of the victims of the fire one of the hospitals as said that they have treated three people for cyanide poisoning bear in mind the building's management we're telling people will stay in their apartments until help arrived the other part of this scandal that's rapidly growing is that cladding so the material used on the outside of the building which turned out to be extremely flammable the government's been checking to see whether it's been used anywhere else in buildings in the u.k. that cheap and very combustible material which according to the chancellor here in the u.k. philip hammond is actually illegal to use t

very quiet man who said he's not here to protest he just wants to find his frightened she lived in grunfeld tower it's got a photograph of them that it's a day. when he started number he said he just wants to find him or to know whether he's dead or not and of course this protest has been motivated by also the fact that it's the queen's speech today the queen made her opening of parliament here earlier today which is proved a convenient date it is protesters to come forward they told me earlier that the opening of parliament suggested that that's the reason maybe it's business as usual but they said business as usual is cart's racism and divisiveness and they don't want that to carry on any more very briefly turned slightly nasty outside downing street a bit of a scuffle as people try to get to the gates but so far a very peaceful and well policed protest but we don't know if that will continue we understand that lots more people will be joining these ones roundabout now just a little bit later on so we'll have to see how it pans out the rest of the afternoon. meanwhile russia's foreign min

terracing these people see them and until the immigrant attacks and of course the handling of the grunfeld howard disaster in which at least seventy nine people are known to have been to death although the death toll is expected to rise i was approached earlier by a quiet man who handed me a leaflet with a picture of a man on it he's that the man was his friend he had lived in granville tower he wasn't a protester he just wanted to know whether his friend was dead or alive and no information was coming i'm not so coleman theme on this march today people have been saying that they don't know how many people were living in grenfell it's how a lot of them. undocumented immigrants and so we possibly will never know how many people were killed in that fire there has been some movement from inside parliament of course today was the day of the queen's speech to the queen reopens parliament today and set out the agenda for the government and to reason may apologize for the aftermath of the tragedy let's say what will happen say do you accept terrible if she comes out here and maybe. we need to be

people are still being treated in london hospitals for burns smoke inhalation and injuries after grunfeld tower fire in the west of the city a number of people presumed dead has risen to seventy nine and police say that the number could still rise this is the latest video from inside the burned out building and shows the remains of charred apartments police say everyone who lived in these flats has been accounted for the fire broke out early last wednesday morning and quickly and bolt the twenty four story residential block. series a may has ordered a federal inquiry into the tragedy and pledged five million pounds to help the victims but labor leader jeremy corbyn in his letter to the prime minister noted that it will be sufficient given the scale of the crisis and to see it has been out in london asking people whether they think the u.k. needs to reconsider its spending priorities. thirteen billion to seventy million. what is it about the british government is spending this money on certain things which things do you think they're spending. with thirteen billion to the n.h.s. government

welcome back today people have grunfeld tower in west london like those in bangladesh is run applause of four years ago may still be picking up the pieces of what's left of their lives after a fire that even mainstream media haven't been able to conceal is political because the smoke clears what stories have been obscured behind the post british election fallout ahead of today's bricks of. his going underground senior producer pete bennett reporting on some of the week's news. in a week for the political pool keys we sift through the mainstream media trough stories discarded quicker than to raise a maze close's a some may say tricky terry duped crowd and country with over a million pounds in its who we call. you think that a few quid or at least a free school mail for one in three children now living in multi-dimensional poverty especially in private schools that david cameron eats in college a set to save the billion pounds thanks to their charitable status maybe they talk big oil companies a trick or two as the u.k. government pays shell over one hundred million pounds in rebates de

a tough week for the british prime minister as she faces calls to resign over her hanging of the grunfeld tower tragedy and protesters take to the streets. of moscow divans explanations from washington over it shooting down of a syrian fighter jet as russia responds thereby tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft as potential targets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup as germany win and truly do enough to progress in their deciding games we'll have a live update from our special studio in sochi. you're watching the week emus round up here on r.t. international thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. under start in the u.k. were at least six people including three children have been injured after a car plowed into predestines outside a sports center in the northeast city of new castle a woman who'd been celebrating the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan and was driving the car that hit the crowd outside the westgate sports center the center had been hosting the celebrations police say a forty two year old woman has been arrested but t

of a type to take place in london is than a very very miserable some of course you just how about grunfeld fire and previous to that the number of terrorist attacks. as authorities in london are investigating the tragic grand felt tower fire the death toll continues to rise and public outrage grew over the weekend and an update this morning metropolitan police announced the death toll now stands at seventy nine people though many expect the figure to still rise with several protests turning green and vocal over the weekend the government is drawing mounting criticism for both poor preventive measures and an adequate response earlier today environment secretary michael gove appeared on good morning britain to discuss the tragedy and the interview was certainly a heated one take a listen what we need to do is not have a series of rhetorical shooting exercises what we need a micro a lot of these people is on behinds of the politicians from all sides by the way but you're the current government in power because i don't think that language like that is appropriate when we reflect on what you th

making because a lot of them who have been gathered here today are saying that what happened with grunfeld was some of it had to deal with the staring measures that had been carried out for years now by the conservative parties people can actually see a sarah see politics killed the lack of cad that was taken over those people in the tower is discussing and that is definitely being a massive turning point is just everything is wrong in this event in this country to come to give them one thing it has highlighted that it's cool to focus to it and saying you know actually this is the reality of austerity i think people are anyway . and i think he will raise the question because basically everyone should have the right to take me to feel safe in the house saying whether or not they have a lot of money certainly lots of calls for answers they're saying they want to know the real numbers of how many people have died there say the death toll is really much larger for not having enough there are lots of concerns about whether or not this could have been prevented considering some of the material u

gathered in central london with the hope of bringing down the government the process follows the grunfeld tower fire that claimed the lives of at least seventy nine people auntie's laura smith is at the protests for us live now. hi there laura it's been branded as a day of rage i mean can you tell us what's been happening so far. that's right there the bend in this day of rage and this is actually quite. oh it's march which is going all the way through central london but we don't see if you know london a tool in shepherd's bush which is that saw is miles away from where we are now and we're walking only way to westminster and it's testament to the dedication of these people that so many of them have been such a host today for a start also a working day of school on such a great that's what they see. they move they sit by the tragedy right well time. was a way to bring down the government and shut down nuns it would do pretty good job. one of you would deny the obvious she told me that. in the tradition of the civil rights movements like it's almost a six mile walk in blazing heat but we f

part to play for victims of the grunfeld blaze may have been exposed not only to smoke and fire but also to hide it toxic gas that's according to expert analysis of the tragedy hospital reports they were treating three people from poisoning one of the most dangerous forms an expert has claimed the insulation was used on the tower produce a deadly gas when burning the clotting extremely flammable material used on the outside of the building is also under scrutiny. well to reason maine has ordered a public inquiry into the tragedy and pledged an initial five million pounds to help the victims and associates has been in london asking whether the u.k. should rethink its spending for the british government is spending this money on certain things which they think they're spending. with thirteen billion to the n.h.s. social care as the seventy million you think of social care that it is what they're spending on that. they're spending three hundred seventy million dollars saying. inside. this is how much is going to the survivors. it's actually shocking when you see like. them yeah. yeah. that'

tower disaster more than thirty blocks have failed to fire safety tests across the country well the grunfeld tower disaster britain's deadliest fire in over a century claimed at least seventy nine lives the fire was only put out more than twenty four hours later the prime minister to resign may admitted a government hasn't done enough to respond to the disaster but her apology didn't stop hundreds of protesters from across the u.k. demanding justice for the victims. the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without ribs over their heads without even basic information about what happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it most as prime minister i apologize for that failure and as prime minister i've taken responsibility for doing what we can to put things right but i think that italy is only like. when they try engines in little did i miss my life when they. make choices but it. was. was a key thing after this massacre that i could just by people and

type of attack to take place in london is the very very miserable some of course we just had that grunfeld fire in previous to that a number of terrorist attacks. and less natural to peter kokomo is a former british police officer peter welcome back to the program i mean here we are again after another incident more promises from the prime minister to vow to protect the public better she hasn't this time said that they'll be a commission to look at the extreme islam and hate crimes but as things stand muslim not muslim which and the community you allow yourself to in britain people don't feel safe and people feel the target of hate. they don't feel safe for the simple reason that there are twenty thousand fewer police officers in all communities across the country the prime minister can announce as many meetings commissions on over initiatives as she wishes without police officers to do anything about the information that comes in and to follow the new procedure she comes up with it is hot air she has failed to protect the public of this country i have warned about it with other commentato

i the british prime minister apologizes for the government's response to the grunfeld tower disaster after hundreds of protesters gather in central london to reason may to step down we've been gauging opinion on the streets it always will put profit before people always think that if you listen. to this massacre just by people and everyone is going to shout serious say. also this hour russia's foreign minister the mall's an explanation from the u.s. over the recent shooting down of a syrian fighter jet grove where the washington has its own agenda and syria.

hundreds of protesters are gathering in central london urging to reserve may to step down following the grunfeld tower disaster. russia's foreign minister demands an explanation from the u.s. side with the recent shooting down of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. and legendary filmmaker all of a stone whose just released the putin interviews documentary says his film gives a unique view of the west russia and its leader the west is very divided as over you know that they would hate me i'm just a messenger.

of attack to take place in london is than a very very miserable some of course but just how about grunfeld fire and previous to that a number of terrorist attacks. investigators are still looking into last week's shooting targeting republican lawmakers in a public park a gunman shot four people at simpson stadium park in alexandria virginia before police shot and killed him house majority whip steve schoolies is still in the hospital r.t.c. modo rosario has the latest on his condition and the investigation on monday the alexandria police chief describes the courage officers exhibited during a chaotic firefight at a public park five days earlier when an officer shows up it's a point of courage do i drive by and assess the scene or i step in and go into a fight maybe a fight that i don't know about. these officers got their call mansur there called us on the fourteenth of june on june fourteenth the shooter identified as sixty six year old james hodgkinson brought a seven six two caliber rifle the simpson stadium park in alexandria virginia where republican lawmakers were practicing for the

making because a lot of them who have been gathered here today are saying that what happened with grunfeld was some of it was sealed with the u.s. territory measures that had been carried out for years now by the conservative party so a lot of people are saying here that's true some may needs to go there's lots of discontent with the fact that she didn't go and meet residence face to face like the labor party leader jeremy was there before but had done so certainly lots of calls for answers they're saying they want to know the real numbers of how many people had died there seek the death toll is going to be much larger and they're not telling them enough there are lots of concerns about whether or not this could have been prevented considering. some of the material used in the reconstruction works that were carried out on that's how i work with almost ten million pounds fans however people have been talking here in london a lot about some of the cheaper material. that's taken to cover the outside of the building so that the rich residents around this tower you know could essentially look a

protesters marched on britain's parliament in the shadow of the tragic some say emblematic in front of it grunfeld here in kensington in london but his grief turns to anger at teresa mayes post election chaos and lack of transparency from local councils and private developers how did margaret thatcher to new labor lay the foundations on which the housing crisis is constructed today his going underground senior producer pete bennett at the screening of a new documentary dispossession the great social housing swindle to talk with key figures in what they consider a class war social against. cleansing since early nineteen eighties people living in u.k. social housing has dropped from forty two percent say less than eight percent with an estimated one point four million covered on the council's waiting lists i get despite rising property prices in the groans i'm all for affordable heartens successive governments to slash investment in social housing just as council of whole estates to private developers asin dennis lives in south east london elstree state the site of a controversial regeneration schem

of attack to take place in london has been a very very miserable some of course for just how that grunfeld fire in previous to that the number of terrorist attacks. with me now is rather than a day who's from the muslim public affairs committee welcome to the program it's being described variously as an attack on muslims but he quickly any attack on any citizen in the united kingdom is an attack on anybody of all faiths. but in terms of the islamic community in london or in britain right now how safe do they feel. well the reality is most muslims don't feel safe and they haven't for a while i mean i've spoken to numerous muslims you know activists just general average joe bloggs and they are genuinely concerned about how the how toxic the environment is for muslims when you look at the way muslims are treated as a political football the attacks on our story for some people it's a very real dilemma about do i stay here and be treated as second class citizen have my life at risk or do i really leave and live somewhere else in more relative peace because it's for some people it's the temperat

claimed survivors of the grunfeld tower fire are being forced to sleep rough as a day of rage in london plans to bring down the government.

walked with the protesters they've marched through the streets of west london to come to where that grunfeld. fire to. place them behind me here there are people who have come to respect that come to lay flowers and light condos and really to pay respects to the people who have died one of the sources that i'm getting here is the numbers the official figure is thirty people who've passed away but the resident angry because the a short of that figure is much higher than is being suppressed by authorities and the managed to speak to some of the protesters . such things isn't. that easy and. that we. get to see the belgians at night with their people weapons even the floor of the senate is. everything and everything to me. yes i'm joined now by one lady as well you and i may be the area yeah i grew up around here but family ran very briefly tell me why everyone was so upset because ways yeltsin's ways the ways the papal ways everyone that lived in those flats ways all the tennessee a great ways that the ne still occupy is that need to know what i sat i mean how many survivors are they that way

go to xfinity.com/myaccount >>> shocking new images from inside london's burned out grunfeld tower thisinfell tower this morning. the 58 people missing are likely dead. that's prompting the government to offer emergency payments to grieving families. angry residents claiming the tragedy could have been prevented years ago. cnn's nic robertson live with more. why is it they say this could have been prevented, nic? >> reporter: well, the residents had complained about many aspects of the building, not least their concerns about fire risk. the gooding was supposed -- the building was supposed to be designed ed ted tomen ed ted t fire, not allow it to spread. over the weekend, a senior official said it was possible that the cladding that had recently been put on the building last year, that that cladding did not meet current fire regulations for a building of that height, that that type of cladding could be used on buildings lower than 50-feet high. that is something that is still subject to an investigation here. the country will mark a minute's silence in about an hour's time as a moment

to contact a friend who lives in gru nfeld tower. able to contact a friend who lives in grunfeld towertant fire safety expert for social housing and was also in the london fire brigade high rise building fire group. why'd you think lessons perhaps have not been learned ? why'd you think lessons perhaps have not been learned? one of the issues, and our condolences go out to the families, one of the issues that came up families, one of the issues that came up was families, one of the issues that came up was the surface spread of fire from the outside of the building and it would appear something similar is the case so why checks done, what fire testing certification was in place and did the people who are looking at the testing did they have the necessary skills and expertise to understand what they were looking at? the other questions is the fire doors. even if the fire hit a flat, each of the flats is like a shoe box, they should have given you a 30 minute protection so when you've stuck next to each other, each should be protected 30 minutes so the flat front doors should have given p

painstaking effort that is going in to try to determine exactly how many people perished inside grunfeldhe media have been accused of covering up media have been accused of covering upa media have been accused of covering up a greater death number in the g re nfell tower up a greater death number in the grenfell tower disaster. people have said that effectively the police have hidden information they have about people dying. i think this briefing today was an attempt to put to rest that allegation. what the police say they have been doing is trying to speak to everybody, as you heard, in each flat. to go over that detail again, the senior investigating officer said there we re investigating officer said there were 23 flats out of all of those in g re nfell tower, were 23 flats out of all of those in grenfell tower, which is 129 flats, and that they had spoken to 106, two residents of 126 flats. so of those 23 they have found no one to speak to. that suggests that the bulk of those who died were connected with those who died were connected with those flats, perhaps living there, visiting,