in modern british history a memorial service is being held in london to mark the deadly firing grunfeld tower which killed seventy one people members of the royal family the prime minister and emergency service personnel who worked on the night of june the fourteenth are attending the service as i headlines the news continues here in our after witness stay with us. i asked jamal for the french translation of the title of my film. africa is correct here a prize. is an exercise. that relates to childhood. initially it's empty and then you feel. yes jim all right feel instead of film. i came across the exercise book in january two thousand and eight. in a dusty back yard in bangui the capital of the central african republic. it contains id photos of women children and men as well as records of what congolese messines had done to them in two thousand. the book was created in the aftermath of these crimes. when the victims refused to remain silent they turned to each other and decided to testify. and put together evidence of the brutality they had suffered. since then this book has never let me go

rattansi and max kaiser are accused of being too critical of the authorities while covering the grunfeld towers tragedy as well as indulging in conspiracy theories. to crandon foul tower fire took place in june this year and came the lines of seventy one people in building had been on fire for sixty hours before it was extinguished the tragedy sparked widespread outrage in persists i see with many angry at perceived failings pine to local authorities earlier we spoke to r.t. sputnik host and former british m.p. george galloway he called the article in paris saying the very idea the disaster in which seventy one at least seventy one poor people men women and children were burned to death as a result of the failure of the landlord which is the richest bar in england the royal bara of kensington and chelsea failing to make proper safety provision for them and clouding the building in arsenic i'm not making that up the cladding was made of arsenic which poisoned those who were not actually burned to death the idea that british and this is the responsibility of r.t. and of the russians is beyond of

from freeing those imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit to identifying those killed in the grunfeld tower tragedy forensic science is a crucial delivery of justice in the united kingdom with the u.k. prime minister to raise them a. years of cuts not only to forensic sciences but to legal aid and the police services will she have blood on her hands if they're innocent punished and the guilty go free. and that's it for the show will be back on wednesday with the chair of britain's ruling in the battle of conservatives for international development secretary with his take on british complicity from the world's biggest humanitarian crisis the worsening situation children keep in touch via social media with twenty eight years to the day of a provisional ira attack on a virtual british army base in derry yard in northern ireland. he will stay. turned to terrorist attack in manhattan you suspect. explosion. three other people were also hurt. but visits three middle eastern countries in one day. most recently after he visited a russian base in syria where he announced they would draw all the troo

s grunfeld tower tragedy in its article the times accuses r.t. of attempting to ignite a class war in britain with its coverage of the tragic event to also accuse this channel of misreporting that ten million pounds have been spent on cloudy so as to make the building less of an eyesore for rich residents nearby on top of that the time says that we should have made clear that one of our guests lisa mackenzie as a research fellow at the london school of economics is also an activist for the anarchist group class war and finally r.t. host as she returns the a mix guys are accused of being too critical of the authorities or covering the ground for tower tragedy as well as of indulging in conspiracy theories grenfell tower fire took place in june this year it claimed the lives of seventy one people the building of being on fire for sixty hours before it was extinguished a tragedy sparked widespread outrage in pretty society with many angry perceived failings by the local authorities earlier we spoke to r.t. sputnik host former british m.p. george gal

protesters marched on britain's parliament in the shadow of the tragic some say emblematic inferno of grunfeld tower here in kensington in london but as grief turns to anger and tourism is 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 here's 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 against social cleansing. early one nine hundred eighty s. people living in u.k. social housing has dropped forty two percent less than eight percent with an estimated one point four million currently on the council waiting lists get despite rising property prices and the growing demand for affordable hards successive governments to slash investment in social housing just as council of whole estates to private developers. state a controversial regeneration scheme which residents have forcefully re housed people are being sent i

and a memorial service is held for the victims of london's grunfeld tower fire six months on than many feel there's been no justice. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now as we started europe is still looking pretty unsettled and pretty wintry too we've got one weather system across eastern parts of europe another one pushing in cent across central areas and then we've got that cold north westerly flow across the u.k. and into the far west so no matter where you are it's really on the chilly side with a plenty of showers around london there looking at just six degrees plenty of snow around parts of france that frontal system across more central areas and this area of rain is likely to develop over the following twenty four hours or move the forecast through into the start of the weekend lot of heavy rain across parts of italy and through in towards the balkans more rain pushing through western parts of russia and everywhere those temperatures really struggling high as of tuesday and threes on the other side of the mediterranean we've still is circulation given the ris

on more oil services held for the victims of london's grunfeld tower fire six months on and many feel there's been no justice. or in india's good right state where people have been voting in local polls seen as a test of prime minister narendra modi's popularity. and that it's for me to have the latest on allegations of spot fixing during this year's ashes series. now russia's president vladimir putin has given his annual live press conference in moscow he spoke about domestic and foreign issues including syria and north korea as well as his intentions ahead of russia's presidential elections in march sonic eggo reports from moscow. a grand entrance for an end of year finale with the press an opportunity of sorts for journalists to put their questions to russia's president halasz performance from the man himself with an eye on the presidential election ahead. i'm going to run as an independent for of course i do hope for the support of the political forces party social organizations which share my views on the development of the country on which i do hope for the us and i also hope fo

here at the green felt tower in london arguably emblematic of a year of continuing post twenty zero eight crash collective economic punishment coming up on the show from grunfeld off varity to yemen and venezuela from legendary journalist john pilger the oscar winning director barry jenkins we look at some of our favorite interviews of the and riots this christmas we speak to jeremy call been shot a lot john so richard and the man who served seven years on an indefinite sentence about why the government just still not releasing thousands the have that time all the civil coming up in today's going on the ground but first while teresa mayes commissioned inquiry into the ground. which killed at least seventy one people has already been met with skepticism by the local community it has media dominated by the effects of a financial crash nearly ten years ago and doggedly the powerful using identity politics to divide the working class barry jenkins who picked up an oscar this year for directing his film moonlight had faith in the usa saying donald trump will not be able to enforce division i don't think he will be able to. if he is i think it will say more about th