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Tonight at 10: Police release the first pictures

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from inside Grenfell Tower, after the devastating fire,

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that's feared to have killed more than 58 people.

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The charred remains of one flat where everyone escaped,

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is testament to the ferocity of the blaze.

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Today the Mayor of London, said it was an avoidable tragedy.

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Remember those who lost their lives in a preventable accident that

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didn't need to happen, and the tragedy we are seeing

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is because of the consequence of mistakes and neglect

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of politicians from the council and from the government.

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Services have been held to remember the victims,

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as the local council leader defends his handling of the crisis.

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The council has been incredibly active since the early hours of

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I was here at 330 on Wednesday morning, I have

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Tonight the first payments from a ?5 million Government fund,

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have been made to survivors of the fire.

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All eyes are on Brussels, as Britain prepares for the opening

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President Macron looks set to win a huge majority

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COMMENTATOR: That is in the air, it is all over!

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And Pakistan thrash their fierce rival, and title holders India,

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in the Champions Trophy final, at the Oval.

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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says the Grenfell Tower fire disaster,

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in which more than 58 people are feared to have died,

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was the consequence of years of neglect by successive governments

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He says the tragedy was totally preventable.

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He was speaking as the leader of the local council

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in Kensington and Chelsea said he was doing everything

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he could to provide help to those affected.

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Tonight, the police have released pictures from inside the tower,

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showing the devastating aftermath of the fire, as our

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The people who lived in these flats are all accounted for.

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They agreed police could release these images tonight to show just

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how much damage has been done, to show the conditions recovery teams

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are now faced with as they search Grenfell Tower.

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Father, we pray for those who are suffering loss, while

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we pray for those who are waiting with hope, in the end fear.

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Beneath the tower, people of all faiths are

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It continues to be a time of anxiety,

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Some of the dead and missing are known in this

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congregation, and even in moments of peace,

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Heaven knows what the next few weeks...

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If the death toll rises, I am deadly serious, what is going to happen,

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because the anger, I have never seen anything like it.

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The community is terrible, and they are mad about everything.

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At a nearby mosque, more donations for the bereaved

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The community response remains overwhelming.

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But five days on, some feel they are still having to do

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what the authorities should be doing.

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Are you from the Home Office? No, I live up the road.

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No one knows that they are here, they are sitting

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But there are signs of progress, the main rescue centre is now being

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run by a neighbouring council after all the criticism

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And the extra foot patrols promised by the Prime Minister are now here,

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brought in from other parts of London to provide

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But politicians from all sides know that

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Angry not simply at the poor response in the days afterwards from

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the council and the government, but the years of neglect from the

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Tonight, the Prime Minister has announced that every household

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affected is to get ?500 cash immediately with at least ?5000 more

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to follow, and that there will be additional money available to pay

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for funerals and mental health services.

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It is a good gesture, I guess, in a way.

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But Patricia, who lives nearby, told me money is only

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I'm a mother and a grandmother, and no amount of money

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The leader of Kensington and Chelsea visited the scene today.

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He said he understood all the criticism, but he

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The council has been incredibly active since the early hours

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I was here at 330 on Wednesday morning, I've been here

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There are still so many questions about the way

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the tower was built, the way it was

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And despite the desperate need for answers, people

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Gratitude tonight for the firefighters searching through the

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wreckage, months of gruelling work lie ahead.

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While politicians talk of the legacy and of lessons learned,

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One a day like this, they say, it is impossible

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The families of some of those still missing,

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remain hopeful their relatives may be alive, but they're

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also realistic that the chances are slim.

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Our reporter Sima Kotecha has been speaking to two brothers,

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searching for six members of their family.

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This is Nadia's children, Mirna Choucair, Fatima Choucair

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Two brothers, desperately searching for their family,

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Today, they came to the tower to be close to where their family once

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lived, to hope for their return and to pray for all

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We'll keep coming here and keep hoping to see them again.

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They describe themselves as bereft and say they have received no help

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Ministers say they are doing all they can to assist those

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I feel the community have come together better than the government

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When the casualty bureau number came out, I actually rang it and it

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To hear that message, that was just like a knife in the chest,

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The tall tower looms large here, its shadow dominates the area.

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I'd like to see reform to all high-rise buildings within London.

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I want the removal, I'd like to see the government remove any

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future plans of cladding within high-rise buildings.

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We need to act, we need to learn from our mistakes.

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The sunshine blazed down on London today but the mood

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For many, the pain is too great and too raw.

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Even though they were on the 22nd floor at the time of

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We have seen grief and sadness turned to rage against the

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authorities, some up the feelings of the community now? I think some of

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the theory that we saw in the first few days has dissipated slightly

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today. -- some of that period. There is an acknowledgement that things

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are beginning to get on track and there is a sense of willingness to

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try to make it work, to get behind it and help this community and help

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those helping this community, but you walk around the streets this

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evening and there are so many people who will tell you of their

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frustration and suspicion and I don't understand why there can't be

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more accurate figures about the numbers of missing and dead, they

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have some questions about the cladding and the insulation. They

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have heard so many theories but there is a growing realisation and

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acceptance that it could be a long time before they get answers to

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those questions and I think tonight, having seen those pictures from

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inside the block which showed how intense the blaze was, I think there

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is also a growing realisation that some of the families like those we

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have heard waiting for news, that some of them might never know what

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happened to their loved ones in there. Thanks for joining us.

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The Chancellor Philip Hammond, says Brexit talks must safeguard

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the British economy, and that reaching no deal,

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He was speaking ahead of the start of negotiations,

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with the European Commission, due to begin tomorrow.

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Here's our political correspondent Alex Forsyth.

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It was a key reason for calling the election.

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Every vote for the Conservatives will make me stronger

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when I negotiate for Britain with the Prime Ministers,

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Presidents and Chancellors of the European Union.

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On the campaign trail a repeated plea.

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Strengthen my hand in those Brexit negotiations.

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Instead, by losing her majority, negotiations look tougher.

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On Brexit the Prime Minister faces pressure from all sides.

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Some think the Chancellor who backed Remain is one of those pushing

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Today he upped the stakes on the need to get

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No deal would be a very bad bad outcome from Britain.

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But there is a possible worse outcome that is a deal

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that is deliberately structured to punish us.

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To suck the lifeblood out of our economy.

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He said the UK would leave the single market and the customs

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union but there couldn't be a cliff edge.

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There would have to be transitional arrangements to keep trade flowing,

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He even attacked the Tory election campaign for not making more of it.

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It's true that my role in the election campaign was not

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I met lots of very interesting people and I heard lots

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I would have liked to have made much more of our economic record.

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Whatever the reason for the election result, this is the outcome.

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Anger from some, but lacking enough MPs on their own,

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the Tories have turned to Northern Ireland's

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Democratic Unionist Party, and their views on Brexit will now

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Theresa May is facing tough battles here, there's a whole raft of laws

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relating to Brexit that need to be passed.

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The Parliamentary session has been extended to two years.

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The Tories alone are divided about what Brexit should mean.

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And that's without the views of political opponents.

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Labour could flex its muscles, suggesting today the UK could stay

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in the customs union which allows tariff-free trade within the EU.

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Well, I think that should be left on the table.

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So we could stay inside the customs union?

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There's also this notion of no deal being a viable deal

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which Theresa May and the government have repeatedly said.

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No deal is what happens if you get to the end of the two years

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and you haven't been able to reach agreement.

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Extracting the UK from the EU isn't going to be easy,

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and there's still no real clarity from anyone about what Brexit

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should or will look like, but it's clear that here

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as well as in Brussels, the Prime Minister is

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It's almost a year since the UK voted to leave the European Union,

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and it's two months since the formal Brexit process was triggered,

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under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty governing

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That means Brexit will take place in March 2019.

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So, what will the negotiations in Brussels tomorrow involve?

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Our Europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas explains.

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Monday morning 11 o'clock Brussels time, at the seventh floor of EU

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headquarters, the talks that will decide the UK's future finally

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began, so who are the key players for the UK? David Davis the Brexit

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secretary takes the lead and for the EU Michel Barnier is the chief

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negotiator. A former French Foreign Minister has spent months preparing.

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Meeting Prime Ministers and chancellors across Europe, and also

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tweeting, he's not averse to self-promotion, and those who know

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him say he is level-headed but South, and on holiday he said there

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is a long road ahead. Michel Barnier is a realist, he is calm, I hope the

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Conservatives will also be calm because that is the best way for

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negotiations. The EU has laid out its plan and will expect UK to

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follow it, and the first phase will deal with exit terms, and only if it

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is satisfied with move to the second phase, the UK's future relationship

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with the EU. UK wanted trade talks on the start so that the issues are

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to be focus on first include citizens rights, the rights of EU

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citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU, and financial

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obligations, how they will be calculating and the Irish border,

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how to avoid one between North and South. Some in the EU say one thing

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Michel Barnier will make clear is that the UK's expectation that it

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can get as good a deal outside the block as inside is not realistic.

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What is the wishful thinking that you are hearing that you think he

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will bring down-to-earth? I give you an example. Great Britain decides to

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get out of the single market and of the customs union, but decides to be

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in again. I mean, you are out. You are out. Or you are in, you are in.

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The talks have to be wrapped up by late next year and the timetable is

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very tight, the issue is very complex. The concern, a logjam in

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any one area could scupper the whole thing. BBC news, Brussels.

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Portugal has declared three days of mourning,

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as the emergency services battle to contain a forest fire which has

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The blaze took hold in a densely forested region,

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of the district of Pedrogao Grande, in central Portugal.

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Many of those who died were trying to escape the flames in their cars.

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A desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature.

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Searing heat, strong winds and low humidity -

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Large areas of central Portugal now ablaze.

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This mountainous area is no stranger to forest fires, but these are some

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The speed and ferocity of the flames catching people

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As the fire rages on several fronts, entire villages have been evacuated.

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Officials still not sure what remains.

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TRANSLATION: We were inside the house, the fire was all around us.

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The firefighters came to get us out because we could

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As to whether the house burned or not, it must

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Almost instantly, we saw the fire on the right hand side of the car,

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and within 15 seconds at the most, the wind that the fire created

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leapt across to the other side, and within 30 seconds,

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it was to the right, to the left, to the back of the car.

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You had no option but to keep driving into the fire.

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At times, the response has seemed chaotic.

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Hundreds of firefighters working furiously since yesterday.

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But some people say they have been left to fend for themselves

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Thick low-lying clouds of smoke are making it hard for firefighting

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France and Spain have sent their aircraft to help.

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As the death toll mounts, the goverment has declared three

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With no signs of a break in the weather, this battle isn't over.

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Exit polls in France suggest President Macron's centrist party

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has won a clear parliamentary majority in the election there.

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The far-right leader Marine Le Pen has won a parliamentary

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Projected results say his La Republique En Marche party

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and allies secured 62% of the 577 seats in the lower house.

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The Conservative Les Republicains allies 22%.

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And Marine Le Pen's Front National 1% of the seats.

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Two months ago, this result would have stunned France, more than 60%

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of Parliament won by a party that year ago did not even insist. The

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only surprise today that they didn't win more. Proof of how much Mr

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Macron and his party have reshaped French politics. TRANSLATION: Today

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you have given a clear majority to the president and his majority will

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have the mission to act for France, the majority of French people have

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preferred to choose hope over anger over optimism over pessimism. And

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trust over fear. The Front National won just a handful of seats, one of

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them going to their lead at Marine Le Pen. She will enter the national

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parliament for the first time. TRANSLATION: In the face of this

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party and in the face of this beast of the system, we are the only force

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of resistance to the dilation of France of its social model and its

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identity -- dilutions. Never before has a French political party won

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such a stunning majority from scratch, big enough for Mr Macron to

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push forward with his bold and controversial Labour reforms, big

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enough even for him to whether the inexperience and diversity of his

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new MPs. And with around 200 seats shared amongst a divided opposition,

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some are asking where real political pressure will come from. We must put

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something on the table and for the moment we have nothing to put on the

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table but to say, you are going to work more. And you are going to be

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paid less. If he will succeed, he will have to cope with us and it

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will be a fight. Who wins, I don't know. We will see. Emmanuel Macron's

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sweeping victory hides a more complex national mood, the turnout

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was just 43% today, the lowest for decades, and many voters wanted

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change but most did not pick Emmanuel Macron as their first

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choice for president. And not everyone agrees with his plans for

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economic reform. His new elected army has been drafted quickly, most

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have never served before. Having swept away the old political order,

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will they deliver something new? Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Paris.

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Pakistan have thrashed the title-holders and their fierce

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rivals India, by a staggering 180 runs, to win the Champions

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Pakistan racked up 338-4, before wiping out India for just 158.

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Here's our Sports Correspondent, Joe Wilson.

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South London - neutral territory for a rivalry, a relationship.

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This match, the sporting event of the year.

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It cost me ?1,000 for a flight, I'm returning tonight,

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People are selling it for ridiculous prices.

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Even online it's going for ?1,000, ?500.

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Pakistan's journey was a surprising one.

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Foot over the line, no ball, not out.

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Fakhar Zaman was the reprieved batsman.

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For a while, the only place he was being caught was in the crowd.

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His 114 was a foundation for Pakistan.

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Play until he's 100, you might never match that feeling.

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Now, these two countries don't tour each other at the moment,

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thanks to the political climate, so this final was like

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Want to watch? Find a roof!

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Remember the fast bowler, Mohammad Amir?

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He stopped India before they could start.

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Three rapid wickets, including the captain Virat Kohli.

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MS Dhoni, India's former captain, experienced, powerful - out.

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Hardik Pandya had walloped sixes and he was making Pakistan worried.

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Pakistan, world cricket's unpredictable, improbable champions.

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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