:00:00. > :00:11.The NHS contaminated blood scandal more than 30 years ago -
:00:12. > :00:13.the Government finally orders an inquiry.
:00:14. > :00:26.More than 2,000 people died and thousands of other victims
:00:27. > :00:28.were left infected with HIV and hepatitis C.
:00:29. > :00:31.The inquiry, that I've announced today, will give them those answers,
:00:32. > :00:33.so they will know why this happened, how it happened.
:00:34. > :00:35.This was an appalling tragedy and it should never have happened.
:00:36. > :00:39.Andy Evans was infected when he was five and contracted AIDS at 16.
:00:40. > :00:40.He's campaigned for an inquiry for years.
:00:41. > :00:42.At the very minimum, we were let down.
:00:43. > :00:45.At the worst, I think there are people to blame for a lot
:00:46. > :00:53.We'll be asking why victims have had to wait so long for answers.
:00:54. > :00:57.President Trump's son publishes emails showing he was keen to accept
:00:58. > :00:59.an apparent Russian offer to help his father's
:01:00. > :01:08.Orphans of war - victims of so-called Islamic State.
:01:09. > :01:10.We report on the desperate plight of the Iraqi children
:01:11. > :01:20.but don't receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday
:01:21. > :01:24.pay according to a Government commissioned report.
:01:25. > :01:30.British tennis mystery is made. It's been 39 years. -- history is made.
:01:31. > :01:33.And Johanna Konta becomes the first British woman to reach
:01:34. > :01:34.the Wimbledon semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978.
:01:35. > :01:37.A moment of history that she celebrated on centre court.
:01:38. > :01:40.Standing in between Johanna Konta and the Wimbledon final,
:01:41. > :01:43.Venus Williams - a five-time champion, who becomes the oldest
:01:44. > :02:03.semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years.
:02:04. > :02:07."An appalling tragedy that should never have happened."
:02:08. > :02:11.That's what the Prime Minister called the contaminated blood
:02:12. > :02:14.scandal of the 1970s and '80s, as the Government announced
:02:15. > :02:24.It's been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the NHS.
:02:25. > :02:28.patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis C and HIV,
:02:29. > :02:30.after being given blood products by the NHS.
:02:31. > :02:40.Andy has had a life on medication because he was given
:02:41. > :02:45.At the age of five, he was infected with HIV and hepatitis C.
:02:46. > :02:53.Since then, all he's wanted is answers.
:02:54. > :02:56.I'm very worried that there was deliberate acts behind these
:02:57. > :02:57.infections, as I say, at the very minimum
:02:58. > :03:04.At the worst, I think, there are people to blame for a lot
:03:05. > :03:11.It's been called the worst disaster in the history of the NHS.
:03:12. > :03:13.Patients expected safe treatment - haemophiliacs needing
:03:14. > :03:17.blood clotting agents and others needing transfusions.
:03:18. > :03:21.But they were given products tainted with life-threatening viruses.
:03:22. > :03:24.Much of the inquiry's focus will be on Whitehall and what was happening
:03:25. > :03:31.Victims and their families have long argued that senior Government
:03:32. > :03:34.officials were aware of the dangers with contaminated blood products,
:03:35. > :03:38.but allowed patients to continue receiving them.
:03:39. > :03:41.After that, they say, there was a cover-up.
:03:42. > :03:44.A Scottish inquiry by a judge Lord Penrose was dismissed
:03:45. > :03:51.An earlier inquiry in England was privately funded
:03:52. > :04:06.Today a Labour MP, whose campaigned on the issue,
:04:07. > :04:08.told the Commons those affected by the scandal were owed
:04:09. > :04:12.They deserve to be told what went wrong, why it went wrong
:04:13. > :04:14.and who is responsible for what happened.
:04:15. > :04:17.The story of the injustice they have suffered also needs to be set out
:04:18. > :04:23.The Prime Minister later said their voices would be heard
:04:24. > :04:31.They have waited too long for these answers.
:04:32. > :04:35.What we want to do is talk with the families, talk to them
:04:36. > :04:37.about the shape that this inquiry should take, so we ensure
:04:38. > :04:40.that it is able to provide the answers and the justice
:04:41. > :04:43.The former Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, who's alleged
:04:44. > :04:45.it is a criminal matter with medical records falsified and said
:04:46. > :04:47.there were failures by successive governments.
:04:48. > :04:50.All political parties have let down those who've suffered as a result
:04:51. > :04:55.And all parties must now put differences aside,
:04:56. > :04:58.work together and give them truth and justice without further
:04:59. > :05:04.And for this campaigner, who has hepatitis C,
:05:05. > :05:07.there's only one thing which really matters.
:05:08. > :05:20.Whether that full truth emerges after this long campaign will depend
:05:21. > :05:23.on what sort of inquiry is convened and its powers.
:05:24. > :05:28.And our health editor, Hugh Pym, is with me now.
:05:29. > :05:36.Why have the victims had to wait so long for this inquiry? Well, Sophie,
:05:37. > :05:41.the Government line is that it's always had an open mind but in the
:05:42. > :05:44.last few weeks, new evidence has emerged. Some published in a
:05:45. > :05:47.newspaper and there's other material held by Andy Burnham, alleging
:05:48. > :05:52.criminality that he is ready top hand over to police. And there is a
:05:53. > :05:55.political issue only on Sunday the leaders of the main opposition
:05:56. > :05:59.parties at Westminster, including the DUP, wrote jient letter calling
:06:00. > :06:02.for a public inquiry into this scandal. That's highly significant,
:06:03. > :06:11.given parliamentary arithmetic these days. So with a debate due to start
:06:12. > :06:15.at twoemsd, called by -- to start at Westminster, called by a Labour MP,
:06:16. > :06:19.the Government moved. The Scottish Government has welcomed this and
:06:20. > :06:23.said it would be a UK-wide exercise. Whatever the reasons, whatever the
:06:24. > :06:27.facts, the victims and their families have welcomed what they see
:06:28. > :06:29.this, as a landmark move, but they've yet to be convinced it
:06:30. > :06:31.really will deliver the truth. President Trump's son has
:06:32. > :06:33.published a chain of e-mails, which show that he was keen
:06:34. > :06:35.to accept an apparent offer from the Russian
:06:36. > :06:37.government last year, to help his father's
:06:38. > :06:39.presidential campaign. Donald Trump Jr is promised
:06:40. > :06:41.official documents that would incriminate his father's
:06:42. > :06:43.rival, Hillary Clinton. It led to a meeting in New York
:06:44. > :06:48.between a Russian lawyer, Mr Trump Jr and two of his
:06:49. > :06:51.father's key advisors. Our chief correspondent, Gavin
:06:52. > :07:05.Hewitt, is outside the White House. For nearly six months there has been
:07:06. > :07:09.a shadow over the Trump administration, with the allegations
:07:10. > :07:14.that the Trump campaign last year in some way colluded with the Russians.
:07:15. > :07:17.But today a series of highly-damaging e-mails were
:07:18. > :07:25.published, suggesting that Russian officials were actively trying to
:07:26. > :07:32.help the Trump campaign. Congratulations dad, we love you.
:07:33. > :07:38.Donald Trump Jr was at the heart of his dad's election campaign. Today
:07:39. > :07:42.he embarked on a high risk strategy. He decided to disclose the e-mails
:07:43. > :07:46.today between himself and the publicist who arranged the meeting.
:07:47. > :07:53.The e-mails raised serious and disturbing questions. The four pages
:07:54. > :07:57.of e-mails reveal exchanges between Trump June rye, Rybarikova junior
:07:58. > :08:09.and a British pub list, Rob gol Steyn.
:08:10. > :08:21.- - - to Donald Trump Jr. The e-mail continues:
:08:22. > :08:32.In reply Mr Donald Trump Jr says: The meeting was set up by a British
:08:33. > :08:35.publicist, Rob Goldstein. Much was promised but the Russian lawyer
:08:36. > :08:42.today denied any links with the Kremlin. She was asked, why those at
:08:43. > :08:47.the meeting thought she was going to deliver any information on Hillary
:08:48. > :08:52.Clinton. It is possible they were looking for such information, they
:08:53. > :08:54.wanted the so bad lid. But the reaction from politicians today
:08:55. > :08:56.shows that these drip, drip revelations are proving damaging to
:08:57. > :09:01.the Trump administration. It's serious and this is a serious
:09:02. > :09:06.situation and one that is a long way from over. It doesn't appear that
:09:07. > :09:09.when they had information that this person might be connected with the
:09:10. > :09:12.Russian Government or a Russian national, that they didn't
:09:13. > :09:16.immediately call the FBI This is very problematic. We cannot allow
:09:17. > :09:19.foreign governments to reach out to anybody's campaign and say - we'd
:09:20. > :09:24.like to help you. It is a non-starter. What does President
:09:25. > :09:27.Trump make of it all? Today he says that his son was a high-quality
:09:28. > :09:33.person and praised his transparency. But the President is also said to be
:09:34. > :09:36.frustrated that after today the questions are only likely to get
:09:37. > :09:41.more searching. Tomorrow the President goes back to Europe, to
:09:42. > :09:42.France, determined to avoid the impression that his is an
:09:43. > :09:48.administration under siege. The United Nations say as many
:09:49. > :09:51.as 3,000 civilians remain trapped in the Iraqi city of Mosul,
:09:52. > :09:53.despite government forces declaring Skirmishes continue between Iraqi
:09:54. > :09:59.troops and so-called Islamic State. Those trapped are mostly
:10:00. > :10:02.the young or the elderly, who've become separated
:10:03. > :10:03.from their families. From Mosul, our defence
:10:04. > :10:05.correspondent, Jonathan Beale, This is an orphan of
:10:06. > :10:13.the Battle of Mosul - a baby whose parents
:10:14. > :10:22.have been killed. He's one of the victims
:10:23. > :10:24.of the fight against the group He was left at this
:10:25. > :10:27.clinic, malnourished The medics here say there
:10:28. > :10:31.are many more like him. Yeah, I mean, kids,
:10:32. > :10:33.without parents, a lot of them. You know, they've either been killed
:10:34. > :10:36.by Isis or killed by air strikes There is a massive
:10:37. > :10:40.amount of devastation. That's the only way
:10:41. > :10:47.I can put it into terms. Iraq's Prime Minister may have
:10:48. > :10:49.declared victory but there's still pockets of resistance
:10:50. > :10:51.and streams of civilians trying They often collect the children
:10:52. > :11:06.of others along the way. Seeba says she was shot at by IS
:11:07. > :11:09.snipers as she tried to escape. The baby she's now
:11:10. > :11:13.holding is not hers. She said the mother and father
:11:14. > :11:20.were both buried under group. There are dozens of women
:11:21. > :11:25.and children here, waiting to be taken to safety and they're not just
:11:26. > :11:28.war weary, they are weak And if you listen, the only sound
:11:29. > :11:37.you can hear is babies crying. At West Mosul's main hospital,
:11:38. > :11:41.they're just about coping. They're still having
:11:42. > :11:43.to treat the wounded, as well as the weak -
:11:44. > :11:46.this man's barely alive And there are more
:11:47. > :11:53.orphans here, too. This is Galeb who's crying out,
:11:54. > :11:55."Where's my father?" He only stops when they manage
:11:56. > :12:04.to distract him with a game. He is crying, asking
:12:05. > :12:11.for his father, mother. I can't be his father,
:12:12. > :12:16.I can't be his mother. Even trying to identify the dead
:12:17. > :12:24.is proving difficult. Search and rescue teams
:12:25. > :12:27.are looking out for any forms of identity as they sift
:12:28. > :12:30.through the debris of war. Iraq will not just have
:12:31. > :12:32.to rebuild this city, but mend broken lives,
:12:33. > :12:34.too, Jonathan Beale, All work in the UK's economy should
:12:35. > :12:45.be fair and decent, according to a Government-commissioned review
:12:46. > :12:49.of employment practices. It looks particularly
:12:50. > :12:53.at the so-called gig economy - a growing sector of workers
:12:54. > :13:01.who currently work flexibly but do not receive employee benefits -
:13:02. > :13:03.though the review says they should. It also examines the use
:13:04. > :13:05.of zero-hour contracts and recommends that everyone should
:13:06. > :13:08.enjoy a baseline of protection. With more, here's our economics
:13:09. > :13:10.editor, Kamal Ahmed. Whatever work we do, we spend
:13:11. > :13:17.half our waking hours doing it. Steady or insecure,
:13:18. > :13:21.full-time or self-employed, high pay or low pay,
:13:22. > :13:24.the world of work is changing. Appearing alongside Theresa May,
:13:25. > :13:26.Matthew Taylor said Our national performance
:13:27. > :13:33.on the quantity of work is strong. But quantity alone is not enough
:13:34. > :13:36.for a thriving economy We believe now is the time
:13:37. > :13:42.to complement that commitment in creating jobs with the goal
:13:43. > :13:46.of creating better jobs. Flexible, work the hours
:13:47. > :13:54.he wants, few benefits. I just switch on and off
:13:55. > :13:56.whenever I wanted. And in the middle of my day,
:13:57. > :14:00.if I want to pop down to the seaside or watch a Spiderman movie,
:14:01. > :14:03.I can do that. For Felicity, it is a different
:14:04. > :14:07.story from the world I could never budget because some
:14:08. > :14:14.weeks I'd get too much work, Some weeks, I wouldn't get enough
:14:15. > :14:18.work so I just really That, actually, caused me
:14:19. > :14:22.quite a bit of stress. There are certainly many
:14:23. > :14:24.new ways of working, The gig economy, that's those
:14:25. > :14:31.food delivery drivers, those minicab drivers,
:14:32. > :14:33.there are around 1.3 million people And people with no guaranteed hours
:14:34. > :14:43.of work, on zero-hours contracts, there are about 905,000
:14:44. > :14:48.people on those. Then, there is what the report
:14:49. > :14:51.calls the hidden economy. That is the cash in hand payments
:14:52. > :14:54.to your window cleaner that avoid The report says that is worth
:14:55. > :14:59.?6.2 billion a year and should Mr Taylor said in his review,
:15:00. > :15:04.much of this new world of work is good work,
:15:05. > :15:06.but for those being Sick and holiday pay benefits,
:15:07. > :15:13.a right to an enhanced minimum wage because the work does
:15:14. > :15:19.not guarantee hours. Then there's talk of better
:15:20. > :15:21.enforcement of the present laws and higher taxes
:15:22. > :15:23.for those gig firms. Paying National Insurance
:15:24. > :15:26.for the first time, which many of them avoid
:15:27. > :15:29.at the moment. The big question -
:15:30. > :15:32.will any of this ever happen, given the Conservatives lack one
:15:33. > :15:36.important thing - a majority. You cannot give any guarantees that
:15:37. > :15:42.you will be able to pass a report like this and the recommendations it
:15:43. > :15:46.has had through Parliament? I would hope, as I said
:15:47. > :15:50.in my speech, people will see across the political world,
:15:51. > :15:54.will see the importance It is about the future
:15:55. > :16:02.of our economy. There seems little
:16:03. > :16:04.chance of consensus. Labour said the report
:16:05. > :16:07.was a huge missed opportunity, particularly when it came to not
:16:08. > :16:11.banning zero-hours contracts. We have to get rid of
:16:12. > :16:13.zero-hours contracts. Obviously, we have to get rid
:16:14. > :16:16.of the gig economy and the bogus self-employment which actually
:16:17. > :16:21.is a wonderful way for a minority of employers to avoid paying
:16:22. > :16:26.National Insurance contributions. The world, frankly, does not lack
:16:27. > :16:29.for government reviews on everything The question now, will this one make
:16:30. > :16:35.a difference or just be left to gather dust on some
:16:36. > :16:38.Whitehall shelf? Johanna Konta made history tonight,
:16:39. > :16:45.after becoming the first British woman in almost 40 years to make it
:16:46. > :16:49.to the Wimbledon semi-finals. The world number seven beat
:16:50. > :16:52.the Romanian second seed, She'll now take on Venus Williams
:16:53. > :16:57.for a place in the final, On Centre Court, a British woman
:16:58. > :17:02.in a Wimbledon quarterfinal. Never mind the rest of her career,
:17:03. > :17:06.Johanna Konta's progress here had Where every mood, every
:17:07. > :17:14.move is scrutinised. Johanna Konta first played
:17:15. > :17:16.at Wimbledon as a junior, When her Hungarian-born parents
:17:17. > :17:21.moved to Britain, she followed. Really Konta is not a product
:17:22. > :17:26.of one nation or a tennis system but a product
:17:27. > :17:31.of her own intense motivation. Against her here, Simona Halep,
:17:32. > :17:34.a player ranked higher, capable of matching Konta,
:17:35. > :17:37.almost nothing between them. Just look at Hawk-Eye,
:17:38. > :17:42.a fraction off. At crucial moments, Konta
:17:43. > :17:49.was making more mistakes. Still, adversity is just
:17:50. > :17:55.an opportunity for resilience, The second set went
:17:56. > :18:00.to another tie-break. Deep breath, deep
:18:01. > :18:06.breath, now ex-hail. Into the third, could Konta
:18:07. > :18:12.break the Halep serve? Match point and the
:18:13. > :18:20.crowd on the brink. Listen for a scream
:18:21. > :18:27.and watch the reaction. Halep distracted, while retaining
:18:28. > :18:30.focus is everything - 40 years since you won,
:18:31. > :18:33.Virginia, 40 years. Konta says she's
:18:34. > :18:35.believed she could be a champion Regardless of whether it was
:18:36. > :18:40.going my way or not, I felt I really struck to my true
:18:41. > :18:44.self and tried to create as many I knew going into the match
:18:45. > :18:51.against Simona, that she was really not going to give me
:18:52. > :18:54.a match for free. Well perseverance was a thing today,
:18:55. > :18:58.off-court and on it and who sums it up better than Venus Williams,
:18:59. > :19:03.into another semifinal at 37 History will always hang over
:19:04. > :19:08.British players here, but the future, the present
:19:09. > :19:11.is nothing to be scared of. Smile and Centre Court
:19:12. > :19:14.smiles with you. An aristocrat, who wrote an online
:19:15. > :19:22.post, offering ?5,000 for the businesswoman
:19:23. > :19:25.and campaigner, Gina Miller, to be run over, has been found
:19:26. > :19:28.guilty of two charges Rhodri Colwyn Philipps,
:19:29. > :19:33.the 4th Viscount St Davids, wrote the message four days
:19:34. > :19:38.after Gina Miller won a Brexit legal Philipps, who called
:19:39. > :19:42.his comments "satire", There have been fresh calls
:19:43. > :19:48.for drastic improvements in the care given to people with learning
:19:49. > :19:51.disabilities in England. More than 2,500 of them
:19:52. > :19:54.remain in secure units, that's despite Government promises
:19:55. > :19:57.that they would close. In one year alone, 50% of all deaths
:19:58. > :20:02.of people with a learning disability were recorded as avoidable,
:20:03. > :20:06.compared to 23% for Our social affairs correspondent,
:20:07. > :20:14.Alison Holt, has the story. The front room of the family home
:20:15. > :20:17.in Essex, 34-year-old Ian Shaw lies quietly comforted
:20:18. > :20:21.by having his parents at his side. He has learning disabilities,
:20:22. > :20:30.autism and epilepsy. He also has terminal cancer,
:20:31. > :20:33.which his parents say should have I was told there was no
:20:34. > :20:40.treatment because it had They couldn't treat it
:20:41. > :20:46.because it would be too much. The family asked us to tell Ian's
:20:47. > :20:54.story because they believe it shows how the system still fails people
:20:55. > :20:58.with learning disabilities. As he grew up, Ian's
:20:59. > :21:02.behaviour became challenging. When in pain, he'd throw things
:21:03. > :21:07.and bang his head scarring himself. In 2007, he was sent to the first
:21:08. > :21:10.of three secure units. Because things became out
:21:11. > :21:17.of control, the secure So once he was there, it felt
:21:18. > :21:23.like you couldn't get him back out? This weighty family file tells
:21:24. > :21:31.the story of Ian's life It shows his mum raising numerous
:21:32. > :21:40.concerns about levels of medication, There are records of Ian
:21:41. > :21:45.being restrained as well as family letters fighting to get him moved
:21:46. > :21:49.to a supported home It took nine years, but Ian left
:21:50. > :21:58.the last secure hospital in 2016. Within months, testicular
:21:59. > :22:01.cancer was found. The family believes in the secure
:22:02. > :22:05.unit early signs were first missed Bernadette Adams provided
:22:06. > :22:12.the family support in meetings Jan has been saying for many months
:22:13. > :22:22.that Ian was in pain or Ian had infections and she was,
:22:23. > :22:27.you know, on many occasions, In a statement, the Department
:22:28. > :22:35.for Health says: It and NHS England
:22:36. > :22:43.also insist they are making progress in improving care and
:22:44. > :22:46.closing secure units. But not fast enough
:22:47. > :22:51.for Sir Steve Bubb, author of two He's written to the Prime Minister
:22:52. > :22:55.calling for an Independent Commissioner to speak up
:22:56. > :22:58.for people like Ian. It's scandalous and very sad the use
:22:59. > :23:08.of physical restraint, overmedication, secclusion
:23:09. > :23:10.and a serious neglect of health It's all too typical and it has
:23:11. > :23:14.led me to believe that institutional care is,
:23:15. > :23:16.at root, abusive and we must The Government says it has no
:23:17. > :23:21.plans for an Independent Ian's family want his legacy to be
:23:22. > :23:28.that in future others The head of the bank JP Morgan,
:23:29. > :23:37.one of the City's biggest employers, has told the BBC that Brexit
:23:38. > :23:41.could easily mean thousands of his In an exclusive interview,
:23:42. > :23:46.Jamie Dimon said there was no question that Europe had more cards
:23:47. > :23:49.at the negotiating table. His words come as the new French
:23:50. > :23:52.government makes a pitch for bankers to relocate to Paris,
:23:53. > :23:56.after the UK leaves the EU, as our gusiness editor,
:23:57. > :23:59.Simon Jack, reports. The Prime Minister of
:24:00. > :24:05.France today rolled out his own red white and blue carpet
:24:06. > :24:08.to the UK's finance industry. Here in Paris's financial
:24:09. > :24:18.district, there is There is a sense the UK's financial
:24:19. > :24:26.services industry has been wounded by Brexit and Paris has been
:24:27. > :24:32.the most aggressive capital of those trying to nibble away at London's
:24:33. > :24:36.dominant position in global finance. France is bending over backwards
:24:37. > :24:41.to attract an industry its former President once
:24:42. > :24:43.described as an enemy. Loose employment laws
:24:44. > :24:47.and new international schools It is a list aimed
:24:48. > :24:56.squarely at international bankers like Jamie Diamond,
:24:57. > :24:59.chief executive of JP Morgan, who employed 16,000
:25:00. > :25:01.people in the UK. He has warned thousands
:25:02. > :25:03.of those may go before Brexit and today that
:25:04. > :25:10.could just be the beginning. We're at the negotiating table and
:25:11. > :25:13.sometimes the other person has more cards. There's no question Europe
:25:14. > :25:18.has more cards to play here. You once said 4,000 jobs, you say that
:25:19. > :25:23.may well yet be true? Yes, easily, yeah. Even more? I'm hoping it's
:25:24. > :25:29.just a few hundred. Again, we hope it's none. But yes, the negotiation
:25:30. > :25:34.will determine how many. Back in London, giving evidence to the House
:25:35. > :25:41.of Lords, David Davis said the banks need for quick answers was being
:25:42. > :25:44.used for leverage by EU negotiators. Enough American banks are saying oh,
:25:45. > :25:49.we'll go to Paris. Good luck to them. Even Frankfurt, even better
:25:50. > :25:53.luck to them. They encourage the other side therefore to hold back.
:25:54. > :25:58.There's no holding back the man of the moment, though. New president
:25:59. > :26:03.Emmanuel Macron has a gnaw preach that is -- has a gnaw preach that is
:26:04. > :26:07.resonating with businesses big -- has a new approach that is
:26:08. > :26:10.resonating with businesses. We know things like Brexit or Donald Trump
:26:11. > :26:14.are factors into why they're looking to coming and work here. Obviously
:26:15. > :26:18.there's a huge Macron effect as well, with the new president. I
:26:19. > :26:23.think for once, we're starting to have a probusiness image. The French
:26:24. > :26:26.government is hoping that will make banks consider Paris less a tourist
:26:27. > :26:30.attraction and more like a permanent home. Simon Jack, BBC News, Paris.
:26:31. > :26:33.Tonight marks a month since the Grenfell Tower fire
:26:34. > :26:36.in which at least 80 people lost their lives.
:26:37. > :26:39.Police believe 255 people managed to escape the building that night.
:26:40. > :26:42.One of them was Antonio Roncolato, who lived in a flat
:26:43. > :26:48.He's been recounting the events of that night
:26:49. > :26:54.with our correspondent, Jeremy Cooke.
:26:55. > :27:01.The memories, though, are sharp, clear, fresh in the mind.
:27:02. > :27:08.For those who survived, the events of a month ago
:27:09. > :27:15.Antonio shared a flat in Grenfell Tower with his son,
:27:16. > :27:20.Christopher, who came home late that night to find the building on fire.
:27:21. > :27:25.When my son called me around 1.30am, he told, "Pappy, wake up,
:27:26. > :27:29.get dressed and get out of there because the tower is burning."
:27:30. > :27:32.The flames came down Christopher's room, on the outside.
:27:33. > :27:38.Smoke was very thick, very horrible smell,
:27:39. > :27:43.I said, there's no way I can go out there, no way.
:27:44. > :27:56.For the fire brigade, Grenfell Tower was an unprecedented challenge.
:27:57. > :28:00.Antonio knew he was in mortal danger, but he could do nothing
:28:01. > :28:05.They banged on the door very strongly.
:28:06. > :28:07.They said, follow me and we'll tell you to do.
:28:08. > :28:10.They told me to grab on his jacket in the back.
:28:11. > :28:12.We went through so synchronised with these two firemen,
:28:13. > :28:18.A lot of water coming down from above.
:28:19. > :28:23.A lot of debris, a lot of mud, water on the floor, really noisy.
:28:24. > :28:26.Hundreds did escape the tower that night.
:28:27. > :28:31.Some even filmed as they made it out, made it to safety.
:28:32. > :28:36.For Antonio, a breath of sweet, fresh air.
:28:37. > :28:39.I was out, I say, oh, my God, I said thank you,
:28:40. > :28:42.I say thank you, right and left, up and down.
:28:43. > :28:44.Then they escorted me out of the building.
:28:45. > :28:47.I had to walk a few steps to the ambulance.
:28:48. > :28:50.Then I could see a glimpse of the tower burning.
:28:51. > :28:53.Antonio escaped the chaos, still he mourns neighbours
:28:54. > :29:01.Two in particular, brother and sister, that
:29:02. > :29:15.And still, so many questions about how all of this could have
:29:16. > :29:22.happened in our capital city one month ago.
:29:23. > :29:30.The ancient network of trade routes known as the Silk Road brought goods
:29:31. > :29:36.Now China's president is resurrecting the route
:29:37. > :29:40.with a 7,500 mile railway - costing more than ?1 trillion.
:29:41. > :29:44.But is it a win for all or a bid for strategic influence?
:29:45. > :29:46.In a series of special reports this week, our China editor,
:29:47. > :29:49.Carrie Gracie, is travelling the length of China's
:29:50. > :30:00.Tonight, she continues her journey starting in Western China.
:30:01. > :30:07.This is the face of the new Silk Road.
:30:08. > :30:11.Behind the stage make-up, Buhalima is a Muslim
:30:12. > :30:16.Her people left behind by China's growth.
:30:17. > :30:21.Here in Xinjiang, the state fears radical Islam.
:30:22. > :30:26.And ethnic unrest has kept many away.
:30:27. > :30:30.TRANSLATION: Tourists I met told me they heard Xinjiang was unsafe,
:30:31. > :30:35.that they couldn't be sure to get out unharmed if they came here.
:30:36. > :30:41.Some people did some bad things and it's affected all of us.
:30:42. > :30:45.China is trying to re-write the script.
:30:46. > :30:48.At this theatre, a grand narrative of ethnic unity
:30:49. > :30:56.The wealth gap between West China and the coast, a challenge
:30:57. > :31:08.This economy is addicted to building but the coast now has as much road
:31:09. > :31:16.So China's seeking new frontiers at home and abroad.
:31:17. > :31:23.To solve economic and security problems with one blow.
:31:24. > :31:27.The Silk Road was once unimaginably remote to most Chinese.
:31:28. > :31:34.In less than a decade, China's built twice as much rail
:31:35. > :31:39.as the rest of the world combined and pushed it out to the far west,
:31:40. > :31:44.towards the fabled Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang,
:31:45. > :31:53.a magnet for the biggest tourist force in the world.
:31:54. > :31:55.One government hopes will kick start growth and stabilise the region.
:31:56. > :31:59.Heading west to troubled Xinjiang, do they fear
:32:00. > :32:10.There are people looking after our safety everywhere we go.
:32:11. > :32:13.TRANSLATION: A small group of people are causing
:32:14. > :32:22.At Xinjiang's Grand Theatre, they're spending $250 million
:32:23. > :32:27.on a Silk Road centre-piece but the more China invests,
:32:28. > :32:38.The ancient Silk Road story has moments of danger.
:32:39. > :32:45.And China's grand new narrative is fraught with peril.
:32:46. > :32:52.Deliver on the spin of opportunities for all, or forever scan the crowd
:32:53. > :33:05.And Carrie continues her journey tomorrow in Kazakhstan,
:33:06. > :33:12.where China is challenging Russia's influence.
:33:13. > :33:15.Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two. Tonight, we'll be delving deep
:33:16. > :33:19.into the Trump e-mails, the disclosure today that one
:33:20. > :33:22.Watergate prosecutor described as a smoking cannon.
:33:23. > :33:25.And we've an exclusive investigation into one work place,
:33:26. > :33:33.where staff have been paid the equivalent of one third
:33:34. > :33:37.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.