neck called from the international red cross, thank you for talking to us. “— red cross, thank you forrs in modern times. more than 70 people died after the huge fire ripped through the flats in west london. tomorrow survivors and families of the victims will attend a memorial service nearby. our correspondent adina campbell has been talking to one teenager who made the headlines after sitting her gcses just hours after escaping the blaze. the headlines this morning — a fire has engulfed a 27—storey block of flats in west london. hundreds of firefighters and ambulance crews... a night that devastated an entire community and shook people all over the world. 72 people lost their lives, and those who survived are still living with the trauma. 16—year—old ines alves was one of the survivors who spoke to me that summer. she escaped from the family home on the 13th floor, moments after being woken up by her dad. at first, i was kind of annoyed at him for calling me out, because it was such a small fire, but then we realised how big it was getting when it started reaching six floors above it,

it led to me to join with 20 other senators to write to the international red cross several weeks ago. the international red cross is called in this countries around the world when jails and detention facilities have reached such a point ha you -- that you need an international arbiter come in to declare to that government and the world how deplorable the conditions are. i never dreamed there would be a moment i did that asking the international red cross to view our own detention facilities in the united states. what brought me to this point? it's well publicized in the press. a june 21st story. a chaotic scene of sickness and filth is unfolding in a border station in clint, texas, where hundreds of young people are being held according to lawyers who visited the facility this week. some of the children have been there for nearly a month. children as young as 7 and 8, many of them wearing clothes caked with snot and tears are caring for infants they just met. toddlers without diapers are relieving themselves without pants, mothers are wearing clothes stained with breast milk. most de

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be more resilient and to risk our flights all right that's fall on pin so from the international federation of red cross thank you very much thank you. it's now to the democratic republic of congo where the body off veteran opposition figure if he and she say katie arrived in the capital city to get off to his death crowds gathered at the airport to pay their respects many coaches say katie the father off democracy now has a good held mistery oppose cheering which is this is so close regime he ran for presidency several times but was unsuccessful in 1985 to exile off to then president mohan kabila accused him of violating election goals died in belgium in 2017 he was $84.00 joseph kabila government wouldn't allow his body to be buried in the d.r. see it was now possible off the chicken to say katie son phoenix became president in february now thousands of supporters were gathered at the airport in kinshasa on thursday when she remains a bride to be given a state funeral on saturday and hopefully supporters gathered at that airport it was an important moment. for us here it is really an extraordinary day

past that has not happened we have seen an increase with by the un agencies and the international federation of the red cross and red crescent but is insufficient and i would like to also state clearly that humanitarian assistance should not have should not be political in nature and that it really should be helping everyone it should be neutral independent and impartial is it possible to sort of put a finger on the amount of humanitarian aid that is needed now for event as well as specifically absolutely medical aid. it's difficult it's clearly tens of millions of dollars but it's very difficult until and one of the one of the recommendations in our report is to have an independent assessment and evaluation of the health care situation in venezuela because right now we have some ideas the numbers that you have mentioned but as we said we really need an independent evaluation to understand the the gravity which we believe is quite severe but also to come up with a a strong estimate of what is truly needed and what kind of response did you get for that request because in that report you also called for intern

people from going missing and to clarify their fate if they do robert margene is the international committee of the red cross as permanent observer to the united nations he's joining us from new york very good job with us on the al-jazeera news hour and you were heavily involved in negotiations on this particular resolution and it's really the 1st if it's kind talk us through the significance if it's. it is significant it's the 1st time the u.n. security council adopts such a reason lucian on the missing person it is a critical issue of humanitarian concerns 1st and foremost to millions of families across the planet that are waiting for news about their loved ones so i think this is important to have a security council to unite the on on such a critical issue and where there is allusion is drawing on very concrete steps that states can undertake to minimize or reduce the number of missing persons and you you also call for 4 steps for states to take 4 steps one of which states must put in place preventative measures i suppose the question is is there the political will to do so because often we find that stat

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international humanitarian law. so can he can from the foreign office is seeking to identify name and shame, not only the aircraft attacking hospitals, which i mainly marked with red crossesd those operating the planes. this is quite clearly a breach of international humanitarian law and it's arguably a war crime and we must ensure wherever we can, there is no impunity for such grotesque actions. i entirely agree with my right honourable friend. the regime and its supporters statements are widely inaccurate and the targeting is as well, he will know we provide and the un provides coordinates of self sensitive sites including schools and hospitals and he will share my despair of a number of those institutions, including two major hospitals damaged in this. and i'm sure he/she has 90 is as well that those who are responsible for this will sooner or later be brought to book. andrew murrison. now to the lords where it was the turn of peers to raise the escalating tensions following the attacks on six oil tankers in the gulf of oman and the straits of hormuz. the united states has accused iran of being responsible a charge denied by tehran and sent additional troops to the mid

crossed a red line by violating its airspace washington maintains the drone was in international airspace and announces the incident as an unprovoked attack on a comes at a time of heightened tensions between the 2 countries. down to the u.s. drone was announced on iranian state television they did not immediately broadcast any pictures of the attack but showed instead a file image of the type of drone they said had been hit by an unmanned surveillance act craft he's the gathering imagery of large areas of land in all weathers the commander of iran's elite revolutionary guard said they had destroyed the trend because they wanted to send a strong message to the us. i don't know those who defend the border of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusion by foreign elements on our land what off our own. minds our borders how are our red line an enemy that violates our borders will not return and will be destroyed. the commander went on to say that iran was ready for war but added that they did not seek conflict with any nation. however the incident comes

international atomic. is on the table which then maintains that the violation is that and even if the iranians cross this 300 kilogram red line of enriched uranium that doesn't mean that there is already a breach sivia breach of this treaty because there's still a 98 percent away from what they had in 2015 but it comes to enrich uranium so that still time say the europeans no need to take immediate action in 10 days right hurry up and wait as they say you have used in luxembourg tonights ben thank you. but today in a cairo courtroom the man who was once egypt's president the only democratically elected president died at the age of 67 mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood well they were swept into power back in 2012 just one year later morsi was ousted in a military coup he'd been in jail ever sence morsi reportedly collapsed today during a court session in cairo he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. 7 years ago in 2012 mohammed morsy became egypt's 1st democratically elected president. a member of the muslim brotherhood which has since been outlawed morsi won 51 percent of the vote his election followed t

crossed a red line by sending the drone into iranian airspace now u.s. officials confirm the incident but said that the drone was in international airspace it comes at a time of heightened tension between the u.s. and tehran funding the republicans with the shooting down of the u.s. drone was announced on iranian state television. they did not immediately broadcast any pictures of the attack but showed instead a file image of the type of drone they said had been hit by an unmanned surveillance aircraft used for gathering imagery of large areas of land in all weathers iran's elite revolutionary guard commander said it had destroyed the drone because it wanted to send a strong message to the u.s. those who defend the borders of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusions by foreign elements on our land. our borders our red line an enemy that violates our borders who are not returned and will be destroyed the commander went on to say that iran was ready for war but added that they did not seek conflict with any nation. however the incident comes at a time of increasing tension between tehran and washington at its heart

international public health emergency. aid groups are warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in bosnia-herzegovina as it struggles to cope with an influx of refugees the bosnian red cross says thousands of migrants are sleeping rough in several more than cities there stranded after being turned back at the croatian border. parliament has passed a motion criticizing the president's attempts to cancel this month's local elections as unconstitutional john psaropoulos now from. the defiant prime minister on thursday. of parliament which he controls against the authority of the presidency which he says has turned against him parliament passed a resolution saying that in calling off local elections due later this month president has effectively chosen to back the opposition and abandon the neutrality of his office insists on holding elections on june 30th not doing so he says will hurt albanians chances of being invited to start talks to join the european union in 6 years the president made his decision was unforgivable and. civil opposition wants to patrol the country that has risen up against a narco state and it doesn't need to catch the train in 2025 to european entry. o

and acceptance of self-censorship so people don't express themselves in the red lines you're not supposed to cross our internalized . >> and with those china violation with any dissent in terms of it is really we don't know what is going on at the top but i can imagine what those policies. and with a firm hand in society so that being said those moves over potential lifetime rule for the anticorruption campaign that the type of stuff that does generate internal mumblings but that's very different. with that military and police presence. >> prior to arriving the communist party secretary with the police management of urban areas with hundreds of police station so how do those policies and how do they differ and why? but he was chosen precisely because of those successes into that semi- understanding is the surveillance is the total in the streets that you see very few people who are there and are not supposed to be there and it is very unfortunate that system has been working so successfully. >> so that's the claim of those reeducation centers even going as far to prepare those universities so clearly there is a we

international public health emergency. aid groups are warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in bosnia-herzegovina as it struggles to cope with an influx of refugees the bosnian red cross says thousands of migrants are sleeping rough in several more than cities there stranded after being turned back at the croatian border. parliament has passed a motion criticizing the president's attempts to cancel this month's local elections as unconstitutional john psaropoulos now from. the defiant prime minister on the 1st day. of parliament which he controls against the authority of the presidency which he says has turned against him parliament passed a resolution saying that in calling off local elections due later this month president has effectively chosen to back the opposition and abandon the neutrality of his office insists on holding elections on june 30th not doing so he says will hurt albanians chances of being invited to start talks to join the european union in 6 years the president made his decision was unforgivable and.

red cross. that's how bad it is that we reached out to an international organization. is right. we are getting phone calls at our office in chicago. people are scared to death. is that what this president wants? >> what is the access to where these children are being kept? are you able to see them? why are these stories coming out in fits and starts about appalling conditions? how do we see these children, these human beings being held? >> you put your finger on it. a few weeks ago, i went down to el paso and had access to most of the facilities. not the ones holding small children. i saw the inhuman conditions which we are imposing on these people. now, we have to put into the law that is part of the appropriation that is supplemental to giving access to how these children are being treated. we had to put it into law that new position. >> let me ask you then, whom is responsible here. it seems like the buck has been passed out. yesterday, we had the head of hss saying go talk to dhs. who do you hold responsible? is. >> harry trueman was right when he said the buck sto

crossing a red line. but the united states, as you just mentioned, says it's drone, an r q4 a global hawk, was flying over internationalce tag $180 million. the u.s. continues to blame iran for the tanker attacks in the gulf of oman. it's not the first time a u.s. drone has been targeted in recent days. the u.s. military says iran tried to shoot down a reaper drone last week as they responded to the tanker attacks. before that rainy backed houthi rebels took down a reaper over yemen. in addition, saudi arabia says those rebels have launched a missile attack at a plant in the south of the country. president trump and iranian president rouhani said they don't want a war. about you with 1,000 more u.s. forces headed to this area, exercises in the persian gulf, the united states is sending a message of it's own. tony. >> charlie d'agata for us in the united arab emirat thank you ve >>> chinese president xi jingping is in north korea this important for that two-day visit. he arrived in pyongyang overnight to meet with leader kim jong un for the fifth time in just 15 months. the summit comes as xi and kim are locked in separ