tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower. that report set to be released on wednesday in the uk.he uk, this is bbc news. you are watching newsday on bbc news. pope francis has spent his first day injakarta in indonesia at the start of an historic and ambitious trip to the asia—pacific region. indonesia is the world's most populous muslim—majority country and the vatican says the focus of the trip is inter—faith harmony. he was welcomed to jakarta by refugees and orphaned children at a reception at the city's papal diplomatic mission. the 87—year old has reduced his travel in recent years due to health problems, but this twelve—day trip is his longest as pontiff. as well as visiting indonesia, he will also travel to papua new guinea, east timor and singapore. he is set to travel nearly 33,000 kilometres during the trip. and he is scheduled to attend more than a0 events. jonathan had is following the indonesia stop of the two. he continuing — indonesia stop of the two. he: continuing a long—standing policy of the vatican of upholding the best possible relations with the country in

tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.n israeli settler outposts in the west bank, an area occupied by israel since it captured the territory in 1967. there's no official record of how many settlements there are, but by piecing together hundreds of satellite images and information found on social media, the bbc has established there are close to 200 such outposts, half of them built in the last five years. the uk foreign office has strongly condemned unprecedented levels of settler violence against palestinians in the west bank, also highlighted by the bbc. here's emir nader. here in the occupied west bank, aisha and her husband nabeel say they're being forced from their home. this is the man she's accusing, a settler named moshe sharvit. but moshe sharvit paints a different picture of his presence here. he lives in an unauthorised settlement in the west bank. it's what's known as an outpost, illegal under both israeli and international law. illegal, but they're rarely removed, and in some cases they're later legalised. an

tom symonds, bbc news.at criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the tragedy. but they may have to wait at least a year before they find out whether any those charges will be brought. 0ur correspondent adina campbell has been speaking to one man, 0mar alhaj ali, who survived the fire but lost his 23—year—old brother, mohammad. the two siblings fled the war in syria, and were living on the 14th floor of the tower block. i have a boy and girl. i have called the boy mohammad after my brother mohammad. i always wanted to call my son mohammad because my brother had a really, really nice personality. mohammad was my best friend, notjust my brother. he wasjust, like, one year younger than me. the situation in syria was really bad and it was not safe at all for us. so we came to the uk around 2014. we found this nice apartment in grenfell tower. can you take us back to the day, what you were doing before the fire started? we were invited for iftar at one of our friends home. then some of us decide

tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower. tom is with me. a big day tomorrow. seven years on.from inquiry evidence, years of inquiry evidence. it starts with the governments, labourand governments, labour and conservatives, who governments, labourand conservatives, who have known for some decades that the flammable cladding used on that building was dangerous. they have been test reports, otherfires, reports by mps, but it was never banned. one of the reasons, which i think the inquiry will almost certainly look at, is the decision in the 2010s to get rid of red tape, to get rid of, really, restrictions on business which may have made it harder to bring in fire restrictions. then there are other manufacturers that made the materials put on that building, in particular, arconic, which made the cladding and knew there were problems with this product, but didn't really tell the uk industry. the problem there will be, i think, uk industry. the problem there will be, ithink, what link uk industry. the problem there will be, i think, what link is there between that and the use of th

tom symonds, bbc news.ma has killed four people dead wounded 18 more. police say several gunmen fired into a large group of people in the five points south district of birmingham, atjust after 11:00pm local time. two men and one woman died at the scene. a fourth victim died in hospital. some of the wounded have life—threatening injuries. police have not arrested any suspects and are appealing to the public for information. it comes as president biden has said he will announce a new executive order on gun law soon. as soon as we get more details we will get it to you. time for the sport. anthonyjoshua says he won't give up after being defeated by daniel dubois — who retained his ibf world heavyweight title with a blistering performance on saturday night. dubois dominated the all—british fight in front of 96,000 spectators at wembley stadium and ultimately knocked joshua down for a fourth and final time in the fifth round. he could not keep me down. he was going to have to nail me to that canvas. i was unstop

tom symonds, bbc news. those who died have finally been told what led to the disaster. now they want justice. but what they don't know is whether anyone will be held to account and face criminal prosecution. seven years on, victims�* families and survivors are still trying to come to terms with what happened here. our special correspondent lucy manning has spent the day with some of them. sakina afrasehabi.| fatemeh afrasiabi. 72 names, and one of them, khadija khalloufi, is theirs. khadija khalloufi. ..their daughter, sister and aunt. rabeya begum. khadija was a joyful person. my sister is always smiling. she always have a positive attitude. how does it feel to hear that your sister and the other deaths were avoidable? when you are hearing that, everything was avoidable, you hurt also because of their dishonesty. you have anger inside you. you say, what are they waiting for, to make charges, to make criminal prosecution manslaughter, to give us justice? and this is what we want. 1,700 pages that amplify in

tom symonds, bbc news.i’vivoi’s seven years on, survivors of the fire and those bruised by it's a thatjustice has not been delivered. lucy manning has spent the day with people affected —— say that. 72 names, and one of them — khadija khalloufi — is theirs... khadija khalloufi... ..their daughter, sister and aunt. khadija was a joyful person. my sister is always smiling. she always have a positive attitude. how does it feel to hear that your sister and the other deaths were avoidable? when you are hearing that, everything was avoidable, you hurt also because of their dishonesty. you have anger inside you. you say, what are they waiting for, to make charges, to make criminal prosecution manslaughter, to give us justice? and this is what we want. 1,700 pages that amplify injustice, grief and fury. we are traumatised. we are empty inside now. seven years, justice delayed isjustice denied. and we were robbed of our right for this justice. it's thought 52—year—old khadija went to check on another family as she t

tom symonds reports.r grenfell with no definitive answers to the question — why did this happen? today was different. but this is how it all began. a fridge caught fire. the owner called 999, then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later, flames reached the roof, then unstoppable. buildings are designed to prevent fires spreading. as these pictures show, this one totally failed. nick burton was among the few rescued, guided to safety. i don't actually remember coming out into the light. i don't remember, like, being handed over. i don't remember when i took my first real breath. i know that i thought i was going to die and melt at some stage... he coughs. ..in the tower. they call that the grenfell cough. but he lost his wife, pilar, after the fire. she was the last of its 72 victims. and this was the final conclusion of the chairman of the seven—year public inquiry. the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable, and those who lived in the tower were badly failed over a

here's tom symonds.elpless. there was nothing really i could do. it is only through being brave enough and honest enough to look at our failings that we can grow. there is not closure i to the whole situation. there is still an awful lot i of people stuck as a result of what happened at grenfell tower. many lives have been lost and scarred by this tragedy and its still unfolding consequences. every major milestone in my life, i try and make sure that i come here to pay my respects to. physics students tiago alves didn't hesitate, the night his dad said... get ready, we need to leave. i think there's a fire in the building. it likely saved his life. he watched, helpless, as the fire destroyed the tower and killed many of his friends and neighbours. the public inquiry has already revealed what happened that night. the cladding, added in a disastrous bid to make this building warmer and drier, turned it into a fire truck. tomorrow, we will find out why it happened and tiago needs that. —— and drier, turned

tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower. he was known as "britain's schindler". oversaw the czech kinder—transport, which brought children from german—occupied czechoslovakia to safety in the uk in 1939. now, years later, a street has been named after him in prague. rob cameron watched the unveiling. this document saved milena fleischmann from certain death. a pass, allowing a nine—year—old jewish girl to travel by train across nazi germany in august 1939, and start a new life in england. milena, now lady milena grenfell—baines, had no idea then that it had all been arranged by a young stockbroker from london. i think it is so important because you know, very soon, no eyewitnesses will be here any more, and people need to remember, why is that street called nicholas winton street? the story of how nicholas winton saved hundreds of children from the holocaust only came to light in the 1980s, thanks to the british tv programme that's life. can i ask, is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to nicholas winton? — if so, could you stand up, please?

tom symonds, bbc news. the families of those who died finally know what led to the disaster.ount and face criminal prosecution. seven years on, the families are still trying to come to terms with what happened. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has spent the day with some of them. sakina afrasehabi. fatemeh afrasiabi. 72 names, and one of them, khadija khalloufi, is theirs. khadija khalloufi. ..their daughter, sister and aunt. rabeya begum. khadija was a joyful person. my sister is always smiling. she always have a positive attitude. how does it feel to hear that your sister and the other deaths were avoidable? when you are hearing that, everything was avoidable, you hurt also because of their dishonesty. you have anger inside you. you say, what are they waiting for, to make charges, to make criminal prosecution manslaughter, to give us justice? and this is what we want. 1,700 pages that amplify injustice, grief and fury. we are traumatised. we are empty inside now. seven years. justice delayed is justjustice denied. and we were robbed of our right for thisjustice. it'

tom symonds has more.hat happened here could've happened anywhere dangerous materials were used on high—rises. that fact triggered a rush to make buildings safe, so now there's a new question — when will it end? have you got a timeline? i haven't got a definitive timeline yet, but... the deputy prime minister had to admit that this morning in a tour of the studios, but the pressure's now on to get rid of the scaffolding and get thejob done. she says the money — £5 billion — is there, but... sometimes there's very complex structures to these buildings. some are owned offshore, and i'm looking at that now and how we can continue to really hold these building owners to account to make sure that they do the work. there's no excuse. there'll be a new plan in the autumn, she said, so what's the scale of the challenge? well, more than a600 blocks above 11 metres — about six storeys — have so far been found to be unsafe, but only 1350 have had work completed. that is about 29%, and this has been going on for years

tom symonds, bbc news.ct or even ban the use of smartphones in schools amid growing concerns about their impact on students learning and behaviour. since then, a growing number have chosen to do just that, as our reporter amy garcia has been to find out at one secondary school in the north of england. into week three that we have what's in there, around half a dozen mobile phones we have confiscated from a population of nearly 1,600, and we have a couple of headphones in there. when will these pupils get their phones back? the phone is actually kept overnight and the parents are asked to come and collect. forge valley high school is getting tough on mobile phones. head teacher dale admits previous rules of phones turned off and out of sight was not working, and three weeks into the new policy, things feel different. last year, we'd see children walking into school with their phones out, glued to the screen. children just covertly just checking their phones, and in lessons, children distracted. that is gone.

with me is our correspondent tom symonds.he women who said they were forced to go through these medical examinations. indie forced to go through these medical examinations. we have been looking — medical examinations. we have been looking at _ medical examinations. we have been looking at all— medical examinations. we have been looking at all the - been looking at all the accounts of the woman said the bbc documentary came out. from there we started to look at the enablers, the people who made it happen for harrods and mohammed al fayed. what did the authorities who were made aware of this issue do about it? one of this issue do about it? one of these is the general medical council, who regulates doctors and says that they are fit to practice. i spoke to a woman who went for a job interview at harrods, was asked to do a very intimate medical examination. it was fun she had an infection. she said that this be kept confidential, she was told yes, but she had a meeting with mohammed al fayed and seem to know all about it. she wa

tom symonds, bbc news.d heavyweight boxing champion have been dashed after he was knocked out by daniel dubois in the fifth round in front of a record 96,000 fans at london's wembley stadium. dubois, who retained the ibf heavyweight championship, dropped joshua multiple times before the referee called the fight off. anthonyjoshua said the loss would not stop him from rebuilding but did admit he and his team came up short. our sports reporter, ade adedoyin, watched the fight at wembley. what a performance and a win by daniel, who stunned the boxing world with the upset win against anthonyjoshua. he came in as the underdog despite being the champion and if there were any nerves, he showed no signs, dominating from the opening bell. you had joshua down in opening round and it was one—way traffic. joshua showed courage to stay on as long as he did, he looked out on his feet but somehow rallied. in the fifth round, when it looked like he was getting a foothold, he was nailed by a thunderous hand which put him do

tom symonds has been hearing from people whose lives have forever been changed, by the tragedy.rton walked the dogs he is a glimpse of where his flat was at the top of grenfell tower. he escaped with his wife through choking smoke. i with his wife through choking smoke. ., �* , _, smoke. i don't remember coming out of the — smoke. i don't remember coming out of the light, _ smoke. i don't remember coming out of the light, i _ smoke. i don't remember coming out of the light, i remember - out of the light, i remember being handed over and i remember my first real breath. i know i thought i would die and melt at some stage. in the tower. and, as the cop still from the? i went to the doctors the other day about my cough. as they call it the grenfell tower cough. i was seriously sick for months.— tower cough. i was seriously sick for months. afterwards he and his wife — sick for months. afterwards he and his wife spent _ and his wife spent long stretches in hospital but for her the effects of the fire came on top of dementia. she died injanuary 2018, regarded as the last in 72nd vict

tom symonds, bbc news, at grenfell tower.ed in what's being called the deadliest migrant disaster to happen this year in the english channel. on tuesday morning, a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized. the french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off the coast of cap gris—nez at around 6:00am with everyone on board ending up in the water. an emergency medical care centre has been set up at boulogne—sur—mer. at least 51 people have been rescued but many are in need of medical treatment. our correspondent andrew harding sent this update. the rescue operation at the harbour here in boulogne is now over. a little earlier today the french interior minister visited emergency workers at the quay site, praising them for responding so quickly to the incident a little further north off the coast here. saying 51 people had been rescued from the waves because they responded so quickly. but he did say that amongst the 12 were a pregnant woman and also a number of children. he did not reveal the nationalities of those invol

ourfirst report tonight is from tom symonds.g — it includes images of grenfell tower on fire. there have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen? today was different. why did this happen? but this is how it all began. why did this happen? a fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later, flames reached the roof, then unstoppable. buildings are designed to prevent fires spreading. as these pictures show, this one totally failed. nick burton was among the few rescued, guided to safety. i don't actually remember coming out into the light. i don't remember, like, being handed over, i don't remember when i took my first real breath. i know that i thought i was going to die and melt at some stage... he coughs ..in the tower. they call that the grenfell cough, but he lost his wife, pily, after the fire. she was the last of its 72 victims. this was the final conclusion of the chairman of the seven year public inquiry. t

our correspondent tom symonds can tell us more.ination. it found she had an infection, and she was given a prescription to go and get something from the chemist, but then she was asked to go up and see mohamed al—fayed. he was wearing a dressing gown, she said, and he immediately asked her, "got that thing taken care of and did you pick up that thing?" and he felt she was talking about that medical test result and the need to get a prescription, so she complained. to the general medical council, which regulates doctors in the uk, and she said that her medical information had been inappropriately shared. but the gmc said it couldn't investigate because it has a rule that it can only look at things that have happened within the last five years, unless they�* re really, really serious and it can waive that rule. and if there is a reason within the general public interest. and he said that didn't said that didn't count in this case. now the victim in this case has said that she is furious at that still, and that a minute level of inves

tom symonds, thank you very much.r starmer, has been giving his reaction to the report our political correspondent nick eardley is at westminster for us. correspondent nick eardley is at westminsterfor us. what correspondent nick eardley is at westminster for us. what has the prime minister been saying, nick? ben, among the litany of criticism that you were just hearing tom talk about, there is some really significant and considerable criticism of how successive governments failed in their duties when it came to fire safety. the report talks about, from the mid—90s, missed opportunities to identify risks and to act on them, significant criticism in particular of what used to be the department for communities and local government, saying it was badly run, that it's attitude was complacent and defensive, in particular, there was also criticism of the coalition government under david cameron, for its deregulation agenda. it saw, this report says, red tape as a bad thing, and that dominated thinking, to the extent that sa

tom symonds, bbc news.ng offensive. 0ur correspondent anna holligan reports. it's rare to hear this sort of history from the people who made it. in a few months, mervyn kersh will celebrate his 100th birthday. he remembers being deployed in 1944. didn't have time to think. i thought we were getting closer, then i was frightened as we got closer to land. once we landed, we were told to get off the beach quickly and then told to go up to the top of the cliff and told to hurry on a move on their and didn't have time to think about whether it was good or not good. mervyn is one of the few surviving veterans of arnhem, present in 0osterbeek today to commemorate 0peration market garden, an audacious allied airborne invasion of the netherlands that sought to recapture a series of strategically important bridges from the nazis and open a new route into northern germany. it is flattering but i feel i didn't do that much. ijust did a job. that was it. and i'm glad we did thatjob and am always glad and i hope it will

here's tom symonds.hrle, technical manager at arconic, which made the cladding.— technical manager at arconic, which made the cladding. hello? tonight in france he told _ made the cladding. hello? tonight in france he told us _ made the cladding. hello? tonight in france he told us the _ made the cladding. hello? tonight in france he told us the deaths - made the cladding. hello? tonight in france he told us the deaths were a tragedy. but in the 2000s he had test evidence that when his company's product was folded into box shapes, as it was at grenfell tower, it became far more dangerous in a fire. yet in 2010 he e—mailed colleagues that they should be kept very confidential. the inquiry described some of his actions as "deliberate dishonesty in order to support the sale of the product", and while arconic continues to insist its cladding can be used safely the inquiry says it concealed safety information. claude wehrle told us, "0thers safety information. claude wehrle told us, "others in the company wer

here's tom symonds. we now know why 72 people lost their lives.that fact triggered a rush to make buildings safe, so now there's a new question — when will it end? have you got a timeline? i haven't got a definitive timeline yet, but... it became far more dangerous in a fire. yet in 2010, he e—mailed colleagues that this should be kept very confidential. while they continue to insist it's cladding can be used safely commit as a concealed safety information. all of this is why grenfell tower happened and in turn there was a building safety crisis. the government is now under pressure to resolve it quickly.— resolve it quickly. have you got a timeline? i _ resolve it quickly. have you got a timeline? i haven't _ resolve it quickly. have you got a timeline? i haven't got _ resolve it quickly. have you got a timeline? i haven't got a - resolve it quickly. have you got a l timeline? i haven't got a definitive timeline? i haven't got a definitive timeline yet- _ the deputy prime minister had to admit that this morning in a tour of the studios. but the p

our correspondent tom symonds reports.at are going to be in black and white. you know, tell the truth about these — especially about these corporations and, um, and their part that they played in the fire. good morning, everyone. welcome to today's hearing. getting to that truth wasn't easy. at one point, senior counsel to the inquiry — richard millett kc — showed his frustration. i invited the core participants not to indulge in a merry—go—round of buck—passing. regrettably, that invitation has not been accepted. the inquiry�*s already concluded that cladding added in the disastrous 2016 refurbishment of grenfell allowed flames to spread rapidly. today it will explain how the cladding and combustible insulation got there... ..and why firefighters seemed unprepared to evacuate the building when they couldn't stop the fire — including former firefighter ricky nuttall. what training had you had for dealing with a cladding fire? i'd had no training for a cladding fire. how about for evacuating a whole building? no training fo

tom symonds, bbc news. it's with that story that we end this edition of the world today.ny weather for west scotland and northern ireland, where there's been barely a cloud in the sky, to the rather different—looking skies across the south of england and wales, with heavy rain moving in here. and, in fact, when the rain arrived across the south of england, it was really intense. had i4 millimetres of rain recorded injust one hour in parts of kent and 12 into parts of hampshire. that's half an inch of rain in the space of an hour. rain that intense, i'm sure, would have led to some localised surface water flooding. and the weather front responsible for that rain is going to stay across those areas all night. the rain, though, is likely to turn at least a little bit lighterfor a time. probably quite murky, with a lot of low cloud around, some hill fog patches developing here. and across east scotland and eastern areas of england, as the weather turns increasingly humid overnight, there'll be thickening of the low cloud and also a bit of mist, fog and drizzle. so that takes

our correspondent tom symonds can tell us more. cal examination? absolutely, and it relates to a wider question as to whether there were opportunities to find out what was going on at harrods. this recruited to harrods in 2008 had a very intimate medical examination. it found she had an infection and she was given a prescription to go get something from the chemist. but then she was asked to go and see mohamed al fayed, she said he was wearing a dressing gown and immediately asked her, "got that thing taken care of? did you pick up that then?" she felt he was talking about the need of the medical test result. she claimed she was traumatised about what happened to the general medical council nine years later. she said her medical information had been inappropriately shared, but the gmc said it couldn't investigate because it has a rule that it can only look at things that have happened in the last five years unless they are really serious, and it can waive that rule, and if there is a reason within the general public interest. it sai