our reporter sima kotecha has been speaking to two brothers searching for six members of their family, nadia choukair, her husband, bassem choukair, our mother, sirria choukair. her husband, bassem choukair, our this is nadia's children, mierna choukair, fatima choukair, and zainab choukair. and those are my sister's children. and zainab choukair. two brothers desperately searching for their family who have been missing since the fire. for their family who have they lived on the 22nd floor. for their family who have today they came to the tower to be close to where their family once lived, to hope for their return, and to pray for all those missing. we hope, we still hope, we still hope to find, to see them. hope, we still hope and we're not going to give up hope. hope, we still hope we will keep coming here and keep hoping to see them again. and keep hoping to see they describe themselves as bereft and say they have received no help from the authorities. ministers say they are doing all they can to assist those who have been affected. all they can to assist those i feel very angry, n

it's prompted the met office to issue a warning for later in the week. 0ur correspondent, sima kotecha it's believed the hottest place today was in surrey. with a top temperature of 31.3 degrees. these temperatures and conditions aren't expected to last much longer. sunshine over brighton beach and people here are relishing every minute of it i'm here with my woman. you are a beautiful woman myself. enjoying the weather. beautiful weather. glorious everything is easy in the sun. sit and have a beer. have lunch at the grand. it's amazing. sarah's birthday, couldn't be better. temperatures reached 27 degrees today. in london a hot 3 p1 degrees. it's too hot at the moment. i've never really known it quite so hot as this. for sleeping, it's diabolical. so what is a heatwave? the met office doesn't have an official definition but says heatwave conditions are created when temperatures reach more than 30 degrees celsius for five consecutive days. that is what will happen if the conditions continue thomas expected, making it the hottest speuin expected, making it the hottest spell in four year

in a moment we‘ll be speaking to sima kotecha, who‘s with the liberal democrats, and catriona rentont chris mason who‘s following labour and ben wright who‘s we will go to ben first of all. the latest there? a busy day, of course, for the prime minister. she began early at a meat market in london. it was down to southampton, to a labour—held marginal seat that the tories are clearly confident of winning. she appeared briefly at a bowls club and spoke to the members there and flew here it east anglia and on to the midlands later. we spoke to the prime minister on the plane, asked her how she was feeling. she said she had a great campaign, didn‘t regret calling the election, which clearly as it has been a more wobbly process and more difficult than she may have banked it being six weeks ago, as she has done already today, she will reiterate through the day the core campaign messages we‘ve heard so frequently through the campaign. strength and stability. talking about brexit and arguing that she is better—placed to handle it than jeremy corbyn. i did ask her, though, that there were man

sima kotecha, bbc news, london. jon kay is in west london for us.e seen grief and sadness turned to rage against the authorities, some up the feelings of the community now? i think some of the community now? i think some of the theory that we saw in the first few days has dissipated slightly today. —— some of that period. there is an acknowledgement that things are beginning to get on track and there is a sense of willingness to try to make it work, to get behind it and help this community and help those helping this community, but you walk around the streets this evening and there are so many people who will tell you of their frustration and suspicion and i don't understand why there can't be more accurate figures about the numbers of missing and dead, they have some questions about the cladding and the insulation. they have heard so many theories but there is a growing realisation and a cce pta nce there is a growing realisation and acceptance that it could be a long time before they get answers to those questions and i think tonight, having seen

relatives may still be alive, but they're also realistic, that the chances are slim. 0ur reporter sima kotechaas been speaking to two brothers, searching for six members of theirfamily. this is our sister... her husband... mother... her children... those are my sister's children. two brothers, desperately searching for theirfamily, who have been missing since the fire. they lived on the 22nd floor. today, they cane to the tower to be close to where their family once lived, to hope for their return and to pray for all of those missing. we hope, we still hope, we still hope, to see them. i'm not going to give up hope. we will keep coming here. we will keep hoping to see them again. they describe themselves as breath and say they we will keep hoping to see them again. they describe themselves as bereft and say they have received no help from the authorities. ministers say they are doing all they can to assist those who have been affected. i feel very angry, not supported. i feel the community have come together better. better than the government. all the support from the government. when the casu

sima kotecha, bbc news, london.ks. those from germany, france and russia sent messages of condolences and issued statements of solidarity. so too did president trump, although he appeared critical of the london mayor, sadiq khan. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports now on the global reaction. this attack may have been targeted on the people of london, but the threat of terrorism is global, and world leaders were quick to express their now familiar remarks of solidarity. from around the globe, they took to social media to express their horror and sympathy. president putin of russia spoke of the cruelty and cynicism of the attack. and chancellor merkel said that, in the fight against terrorism, germany is resolutely at britain's side. in rome, the pope led prayers for peace that were echoed by other christian leaders. translation: may the spirit give peace to the entire world, heal the plagues of war and of terrorism that even tonight, in london, hit innocent civilians. let's pray for the victims and th

sima kotecha is in kingston for us.ar from the outset, they dubbed themselves the outset, they dubbed themselves the anti—brexit party and nick clegg and tim farron turned up at the hospital behind me a little while ago, the first time they have campaigned together since this campaigned together since this campaign begana campaigned together since this campaign began a few weeks ago, and they have gone inside to speak to doctors and nurses who come from the eu, and they are voicing their concerns to these two men. ijust heard a nurse from denmark saying she was not just heard a nurse from denmark saying she was notjust worried about her future but her children‘s‘ future. she said, will they have to go back to denmark? the two men are listening to these concerns and i unfortunately left a few minutes ago and did not hear their reply but they are there to give advice and, they say, comfort to these people but they have been clear on this message that they want to remain in the eu, offering people another referendum if the

our news correspondent sima kotecha is with the liberal democrat campaign in hertfordshire.with their campaign today, the last eight of campaigning? well, we havejust left saint bones am aware tim farron was willing pines. dash—macro st albans. he spoke to business owners about the detrimental effect brexit could have on their finances. front and centre of the liberal democrats's ma nifesto centre of the liberal democrats's manifesto site has been another referendum to allow the people another vote on that deal between brussels and the government. they say people completed to leave the eu, but now people should be given the opportunity to say on what terms. so, st albans voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu, and now we are off to twickenham which also voted to remain. the party has also spoken about how they wa nt to party has also spoken about how they want to legalise cannabis, bring in tens of thousands of syrian refugees into the country if they are successful in the election, but as i said, right at the centre of their ma nifesto said, right at the centre of their m

sima kotecha is with tim farron and the liberal democrats in st albans.endum. so as i said, he has been pulling pints and talking to businesses about the detrimental effects he says brexit will have on businesses here and around the country. now, remember at businesses here and around the country. now, rememberat the businesses here and around the country. now, remember at the front and centre of the manifesto has been and centre of the manifesto has been a pledge if they were to win on friday that they would have another referendum, where they would offer the people a chance to have a say on that crucial deal between brussels and the government. that has been the core of their message. they have also announced other eye—catching policies along the way including legalising cannabis and allowing tens of thousands of syrian refugees to come in the country if they are successful. however, as i said, they've dubbed themselves as the anti—brexit party from day one on this campaign. however, there has been a mixed reaction on the doorstep. some people saying th