mark lowen reports.tice. # some through great sorrow... it has brought a tight community even closer, waiting still for any news of the missing. dozens from grenfell tower are lost, faces from the floors that were engulfed as the fire rose. the anger and demands for accountability are growing. it's always the public that runs to rescue. where's the authorities? where are they? forgotten corners of this area have become shrines to grenfell, to grief, to frustration. as the days since the tragedy wear on, the hope of friends and families is fading. the only comfort now would be answers as to what happened. instead, there is the pain of not knowing. though as time passes, more are presumed dead. still missing, 57—year—old hesham rahman, originally from egypt. his mother and nephew fear the worst. hesham called her shortly after 3.00am as the fire neared his top floor flat. the last thing he said to my grandmother was, i had spoken to the police, told them that the smoke was coming into my house and they tol

mark lowen, bbc news, north kensington.by, has walked free from a court in the united states after a judge declared a mis—trial in his sexual assault case. the jury were unable to reach a decision on whether the seventy—nine year old was guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home thirteen years ago. the prosecution says it will seek a retrial. aleem maqbool reports. after so many accused him of being a calculated sexual predator, bill cosby is free now to go home from court. the jury didn't acquit him, but they could not unanimously agreed to convict him either. we came here looking for an acquittal, but like that rolling stones says, you don't always get what you want — sometimes, you get what you need. god bless you all, and happy father's day. chanting: we love bill! the mistrial was celebrated like a victory by cosby‘s supporters. 60 women came forward and accused him... yes, after 20—25 years. no, please. back in his heyday bill cosby was the most prominent african—american, the highest—paid actor,

mark lowen, bbc news, north kensington.nute's silence at the trooping the colour parade in memory of those who died in the grenfell tower tragedy, and also in recent attacks in manchester and london. on what is her official birthday, she said it was "difficult to escape the very sombre national mood". the uk government said a minute's silence will also be observed on monday at 11am. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. on a day intended for celebration, the queen led the nation in sorrow. before leaving buckingham palace for horse guards, she stood with the duke of edinburgh for a minute's silence. a moment of reflection, joined by the footguards on the parade ground and the cavalry at the palace gates — in remembrance of those lost at grenfell tower, and in the terrorist attacks in london and manchester. in a statement issued at six o'clock this morning, the queen said: yesterday she'd visited the scene of the fire at grenfell tower and met some of those who have lost friends and neighbours. it had clearly

mark lowen is there. the organisers able to say that the march will take place? all. we are in an area just away from taksim square and you can see the heavy police presence as police chase people here and used tear gas to disperse the crowds. some people tried to unfurl a rainbow banner and stand up to the police but they were not having any of it. over here we can see the police trucks where these people have been detained and taken into custody. so the police are under strict orders not to allow the gay pride march to take place in any way, shape or form. pride march to take place in any way, shape orform. the government says this was because of a threat from ultranationalist says this was because of a threat from ultra nationalist groups says this was because of a threat from ultranationalist groups which we re from ultranationalist groups which were threatening public order and tourists but organisers and supporters of the gay pride parade say this is just a scapegoat for a conservative islamist government to clamp down on something anathema to their social

mark lowen, bbc news, north kensington. the queen observed a minute's silence at the trooping of the colour parade today in memory of all those who died in grenfell tower and in the recent attacks manchester and london. earlier, she issued an unprecedented statement on what is her official birthday in which she said it was difficult to escape the very sombre national mood. our royal correspondent nicolas witchall reports. before leaving buckingham palace for horse guards, she stood with the duke of edinburgh for a minute's silence. a moment of reflection, joined by the foot guards on the parade ground and the cavalry at the palace gates in remembrance of those lost at grenfell tower and in the terrorist attacks in london and manchester. in a statement issued at 6.00am this morning the queen said. yesterday she had visited the scene of the fire at grenfell tower and met some of those who have lost friends and neighbours. it had clearly made a deep impression. in her statement she said. she went on. her birthday parade went a

the bbc‘s mark lowen is there.rough the afternoon. armed police standing guard, police riot trucks and water cannon vehicles also at the ready. teargas has been released here in the centre of istanbul against those who try to ta ke of istanbul against those who try to take part in big gay pride march this year. the authorities put a blanket ban on the parade for the third year running, thank there would be a threat to public order because of threats from ultranationalist because of threats from ultra nationalist groups that because of threats from ultranationalist groups that had vowed to disrupt the parade. they had banned mac pride from taking pa rt had banned mac pride from taking part but still people tried to u nfu rl part but still people tried to unfurl their rainbow flags and banners to say they should be allowed to march and yet at the police have clamped down hard. the scuffles ca m e police have clamped down hard. the scuffles came down here to the centre of istanbul and what started at the square, there

mark lowen has been following events in the city.ter cannon vehicles also at the ready. bits of tear gas have been unleashed here in the centre of istanbul against those who try to take part in the gay pride march this year. the authorities put a blanket ban on the parade for a third year running, saying there was a threat to public order because of threats from ultranationalist groups that had vowed to disrupt the parade and they had banned the pride from taking part but still some people tried to unfurl their rainbow flags and banners to say that they should be allowed to march and yet the police have clamped down hard. it started off at the square, there were some plastic bullets, fired as the police try to contain those protesters and there have been some scuffles as the police have clamped down hard. now, what supporters of the gay pride are saying is that the government has used the threat from ultra nationalist groups as a convenient scapegoat because the conservative, increasingly islamist, religious government sees the gay p

mark lowen in istanbul. the former snp leader, gordon wilson, has died after a short illness.990 and represented dundee east at westminster for 13 years. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said he'd made an "immense" contribution to the success of the snp. it is the final day of the glastonbury festival, ed sheeran will close the show this evening. lizo mzimba is there. most people seem to think it's been a pretty successful glastonbury with an energetic appearance from katy perry and headline performances from the foo fighters and radiohead. yet perhaps one of the most prestigious parts of the festival is the sunday afternoon legends slot. in previous yea rs afternoon legends slot. in previous years they have at dolly parton and kenny rogers, this afternoon playing toa kenny rogers, this afternoon playing to a huge audience of all ages on the pyramid stage, barry gibb. # you should be dancing, yeah # you should be dancing, yeah # strictly yeah. # strictly yeah. # what you doing on your back? # what you doing on your back? # you should be dancing, yeah # you should be

mark lowen reports. this is a tragedy that has shaken the faith. in safety, equality and justice.a tight community even closer, waiting, still, for any news of the missing. dozens from grenfell tower are lost. faces from the floors that were in golf as the flyer rose. this backfire. it's always the public that runs to rescue. where is the authorities? where are they? forgotten corners of this area are becoming shrines to granville, to grief, to frustration. dahsa grenfell. the only comfort now will be adverse to what happened. instead, there is the pain of not knowing what happened. still missing, this 57—year—old from egypt's. his mother and nephew fear the worst. they —— he called his grandmother after three a. m.. the worst. they —— he called his grandmother after three a.m.. he told the police the smoke was coming into his house and they told him they were coming, closed the door, put wet towels on the floor and they are coming to get him. he said to my grandmother that once he was out, he will let her know that he is ok. we are all angry. we all want the same a nswe i’s , we

i am mark lowen outside groenefeld tower, where it is —— weather continued attempts to identify thoseed in the blaze on wednesday to be named — he was a 23—year—old syrian refugee who had fled the war for a better life here. we are going to be talking to his brother, hashem, and abdulaziz almashi, his best friend. we will bring you all the latest updates from the scene of the fire throughout the programme.

our correspondent mark lowen is there for us now. you are, so presumably by now things would be in full flow? yeah, this is the main shopping street in central istanbul, where they would have wa nted central istanbul, where they would have wanted the organisers of the pride parade. people showing pride in their sexuality and the lgbt i cause, but this is what you have got, armed police on every side street. tear gas and water cannon at the ready. this is repeated in all of the side streets of istanbul. the authorities have banned the march this year, because they say there was a threat from a far right of the nationalist group that would have endangered public order and endangered public order and endangered tourist in istanbul. critics and organisers of the parade have said is that the government should be standing up against these ultranationalist should be standing up against these ultra nationalist groups, not should be standing up against these ultranationalist groups, not giving into them. actually, it is a convenient it is use

mark lowen has that update.hey are in a critical condition. they are spread are in a critical condition. they are spread across are in a critical condition. they are spread across four hospitals, king‘s college hospital, chelsea and westminster, the royal free king‘s college hospital, chelsea and westminster, the royalfree and st mary ‘s. 24 still in hospital, 12 in a critical state, that is in addition to the 17 people who are known who have died at grenfell tower, but the fear is there are still dozens of people missing, the fears are that the number of known fatalities could rise above 60. police are inside trying to get higher up police are inside trying to get higherup in the police are inside trying to get higher up in the building but it is extremely unstable, they are using sniffer dogs to try to get to the higherfloors, using sniffer dogs to try to get to the higher floors, using dental sniffer dogs to try to get to the higherfloors, using dental records, dna samples, fingerprints, but really the true n

let's get the latest on the investigation into the fire now from our correspondent mark lowen, who'spolice cordon. you heard in richard lister‘s report a clip from the metropolitan police who came out here to give us a little more information this morning, in which they confirmed that there were at least 30 people known to have been killed in this fire, but the representative from the metropolitan police said there are many more bodies inside the building and that is now the painstaking forensic work that is continuing. when you look at the charred shell of grenfell tower, you can see how difficult it would be for people to access particularly the higherfloors for people to access particularly the higher floors will stop we have seen sniffer dogs here this morning, and they are using any means they can to try to establish the identities of those inside — dna and dental records, fingerprints and whatever. around the streets, as i have been wandering round, the number of missing person posters around, that is the agony that continues for those who do not know the fate of their loved on

let's get the latest on the investigation into the fire now from our correspondent mark lowen who's atolice cordon. we heard an update on the numbers confirmed dead, and that a criminal investigation is being carried out. yes, they believe that there is clearly accountability, criminal accountability, to be investigated and taken into account in this extremely difficult investigation will stop there are police and forensics teams trying to access the above lowers —— the upper floors of the tower. the police believe there are many more bodies inside the tower, but they do not believe they will find any more survivors inside. the missing posters are plastered over buildings, churches, vehicles, and the police are not confirming yet how many people remain missing. we have also had a statement from the department for communities and local government announcing that an emergency fire safety review has been launched to assess similar buildings across the country. they say they have begun a thorough audit of all local authorities to determine how many such buildings there are, how many are of

our correspondent mark lowen is there for us now.esting police have used rubber bullets in an attempt to break up groups of marchers. what have you seen? there have been skirmishes. we saw a few minutes ago, some on taksim square, military releasing tear gas. we have heard reports of probable it's on —— rubber bullets. police were under orders to not let anybody participate in the march. nobody could even get a rainbow flag. we saw one person changing their t—shirt off because it had "pride" and rainbow lettering. the authorities have clamps down hard on public order to ban the gay pride march. what supporters and organisers say is it is a convenient scapegoat for an increasingly islamist government. and the march is an anathema of the government. b get the mood around here. a heavy police presence, and this is the scene replicated down the main shopping street here. nobody is able to come onto here. this was not the scene for over a decade. for a decade, the gay pride march took place with tens of thousands of people on the street.

let's get the latest on the investigation into the fire from our correspondent mark lowen who's at the. mark, the police investigation continues. what more can you tell us about where they are? this morning, we've heard sniffer dogs behind us that are trying to get into higher levels of the grenfell tower. the structure is so unstable, as you can imagine, the painstaking work of trying to identify the remains of the victims from the upper floors is extremely difficult for police and forensic teams. they are using sniffer dogs. once they're inside, if there are teams inside, they are using dental records, dna samples, papers, fingerprints, when they can to get a clear idea of the scale of this tragedy and just how many people have been affected. we have updated figures on those in hospital. the nhs telling us that 211 people are still injured. 12 of them are critical. they are spread across four different hospitals. as you we re four different hospitals. as you were saying a little earlier, theresa may is going to visit the hospital, one of the hospitals to meet some of those injured af