15/06/2017 Outside Source

The death toll in the London tower block fire is now 17. That figure is

certain to rise. Police are saying they hoped the number of victims

will not reach 100 but have warned some people may never be identified.

Theresa May visited the scene today. She said... We need to make sure

that this terrible tragedy is properly investigated. That's why I

am ordering a full public enquiry. With large areas of the tower block

still an accessible it only adds to the pain of the family of loved ones

missing. The last words she said, please forgive me if I've ever said

anything to upset you or hurt you, I don't think we are going to make it

out of the building. These are some of the moments of the

attack in which congressmen Steve Scalise was hit with bullets. He is

still in critical condition. Republicans and Democrats are going

ahead with their annual baseball game in a rare show of political

unity. And the latest on day one of the

second golfing major of the year, plus news of a mouthwatering final

in cricket's Champions Trophy. It's almost 48-hour since the fire

began at Grenfell Tower in west London. Still, there is no real

sense of exactly how many people may have lost their lives in the fire.

Police say they may never be able to identify all of those who died. Our

latest report comes from our special correspondent, Lucy Manning.

Mohammed Hakim fears he's lost everyone -

his mother, father, two brothers and sister.

All his extended family supporting him now rushed

to the fire when the calls of panic came.

I spoke to her and the last few words she said to me was,

please forgive me if I've said anything to upset you or hurt you.

I don't think we're going to make it out of the building.

They were supposed to be celebrating next month.

His sister, Husna, was getting married, but the entire family

And they were reciting from the Koran.

And it was just heartbreaking, and then it just cut out.

She was, like, we're not going to make it, we can't make it,

I kept saying, try and put things under the door to stop the smoke

coming in and get as low as you can and open the windows.

Someone's going to come, call the Fire Brigade, do something.

All I could hear was this crackling noise in the background,

because the phone was still on, but she wasn't saying anything.

I really need to find out where they are.

The family stood helpless outside, unable to rescue them.

This is the worst thing I remember in my life.

He kept shouting, "Please, help us, get us out."

He was saying Allah's name, and all this.

Mohammed, it must be extremely difficult, just not knowing?

Not losing one member of my family, but losing all five,

I don't have my parents any more and you only get one set

They are all gone, in the space of a couple of hours,

after leaving their house, they are all gone.

And no-one wants to give us any information about their whereabouts,

if they are still within the building, or not.

They still have hope, but feel bereft of help.

Adel Chaoui is another relative deep in grief and frustration.

Baby Leena Belkadi, just six months old,

is missing, along with her mum, Farah, and her dad, Omar.

They eventually found two of the baby's sisters in hospital.

We found one of the children there, the younger.

My brother is looking around, and he is staring at another bed.

And asks Farah's older sister to have a look.

Farah's older sister says, "That's the other child,

They were beds apart and nobody in authority was making any

So many families here are looking, hoping,

If you would like more information on this disaster you can find it on

the BBC News website and the BBC News app.

That's turned a story, a 22-year-old American student in North Korea

released from custody earlier this week. 17 months ago he had been

given a long prison sentence for stealing a propaganda sign. Now we

understand he is in a coma. North Korea said he contracted botulism

after his trial of March last year. It is a life-threatening condition.

That claim is being refuted by doctors treating him in the US. They

said he suffered a severe brain injury. This is his father giving

his assessment of North Korea's explanation. Even if you believe

their explanation of botulism in a sleeping pill causing the coma, and

you don't, there is no excuse for any civilised nation to have kept

his condition secret and denied him top-notch medical care for so long.

Let's bring in our correspondent from Washington. What do the doctors

in the US assess what might have happened much earlier on? They've

just been speaking. Their assessment of his condition now is what they

call unresponsive wakefulness. His eyes are open, he looks around, he

blinks, but he isn't aware of his surroundings. He doesn't speak. He's

had extensive loss of brain tissue. They believe this probably happened

in the weeks shortly after he was imprisoned in March 2016 because

they had a scan from the North Korean stated April 2016 which

already shows this damage. How it happened they cannot say for sure.

They say it doesn't look like what would normally take place if there

was a traumatic injury. It looks more like what would have taken

place if there was a cardiopulmonary arrest. In other words, if the heart

stopped sending blood and oxygen to the brain. They cannot say what

would have caused that. Stay with us. We know the sentence was handed

out in March 20 16. That was when President Obama was in office. He's

now been released while President Trump is in office. Is his father

commenting on the two presidencies? -- here is his father commenting on

the two presidencies. Do I think they could have done more? I think

the results speak for themselves. Do we know if the reason for his

release this week is connected to the Trump administration? The White

House said in February President Trump told Rex Tillerson to do

anything he could to get the imprisoned Americans released. There

are four of them. We know that in May the State Department's envoy to

North Korea had secret contacts with high-level North Korean officials in

Norway. At which he negotiated access to the prisoners. And then we

know that a few weeks later in June he was summoned to New York to the

UN with their North Korean diplomats. He was told then about

the condition of the prisoners. There was activity going on in the

last weeks and months. According to the victim's father, they say they

pursued the issue. They said they had a tough negotiating position.

We've heard from the State Department today. When Joseph Young

went to North Korea to bring him home a medical team was brought with

him so he could be transported back safely. During that visit he also

met the other three Americans who are being imprisoned there. This

administration does seem to have been quite proactive. We appreciate

the update. Thank you. Next, we will stay in that part of the US. Because

a video has emerged at the gun attack yesterday that's left

congressmen Steve Scalise in a critical condition. This is what a

bystander films. -- filmed. Following that attack that have been

calls for the political debate in the US to be tempered. This is what

President Trump has said. We may have our differences, but we do well

in times like these, to remember that everyone who serves in our

nation's capital is here because, above all, they love our country.

The shooting happened at a park in Alexandria, a suburb in Virginia.

The congressmen were training for a charity baseball game. That game is

going ahead today. It is happening across the river at the National 's

Park in Washington. Laura Baker is there. Tell us more about what is

happening. The baseball game will get underway in a couple of hours.

Since the shooting a further 20,000 tickets have been sold overnight.

Already this is a charity baseball match, already they have raise $1

million. Last year they raised $500,000. That is just put it into

context. They have added one extra charity to the list, and that is for

the Capitol Hill police Memorial fund, who will benefit from

tonight's game. There have been 80 people queueing. This is -- there

have been a few people queueing. This is a game which is a genuine

moment where politicians, Republicans and Democrats, come

together. It is a rare moment to see the politicians as players and

people, rather as somebody to whom you attacked a certain ideology. And

that the whole reason behind it. -- to whom you attach a certain

ideology. Both sides have called for unity ahead of the start of the

game. What is the security like there? It has been pretty tight, as

you can imagine. There are barriers. Capitol Hill police. A number of

bomb squads out just to check. Security is going to be tight.

President Trump, presidents have attended in the past, this game has

gone on since 1909, President Trump has decided not to come because it

would add to the security's burden. I mentioned political unity a second

ago. Despite this call for unity in that clip you just saw, in the last

half-hour he's been tweeting about crooked Hillary Clinton, his former

Democratic rival. Even though this game might show some kind of

bipartisanship, when it comes to politics it may be that aside for a

few hours, but they'll all have to go back into Congress tomorrow. For

those few hours, what they want to show to the people of America is

that although there are some fierce rivalries, there are some fierce

friendships there, too. Thanks very much.

Next: We will turn to a couple Bic sport stories. India through to the

final of the ICC Champions Trophy, that easily beat Bangladesh. It will

be an India Pakistan final, quite prospect. -- a couple of big sports

stories. This always looked like a mismatch, the semifinal.

Same with Pakistan over England in the first. We are hoping the final

will be closer. This is the first on Pakistan and India have met in a

50/1-day international final. It'll be a cracking game. Today's game,

this was their top scorer, Karen Iqbal. Only three players got off to

a good start. They set a paltry target for the Indian side. That was

called for a six, taking him to his century. Virat Kohli, the fastest

player to 8001-day international runs, he hit the winning runs for

his country and it'll be India versus Pakistan in the final. It be

a belter. We don't need to build it up any more. Every time they play

against each other, they haven't played a Test match since 2007. The

fans certainly love watching these sides play.

And the gold? Rickie Fowler is the leader. -- the

golf. Look down the leaderboard, Dustin Johnson, three over, the

defending champion, the world number one, he really struggled with his

putting. Sergio Garcia, the Masters champion, he is on two under par

after six. Early days, thanks very much.

Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor is on. Floyd Mayweather is

coming out of retirement. Conor McGregor has never fought a

professional boxing contest in his life. It looks like a mismatch.

There is one reason it is happening, both men could make around $100

million. Some people pick McGregor has a chance. Most are not

convinced. This is the Northern Irish boxer, Carl Frampton, a former

two-time champion with his reaction to the news. It is unfair. Boxing

and mixed martial arts are to map a different sports. Conor McGregor, to

be honest, I think that if he lands a glove on Floyd Mayweather he would

be doing very well. -- boxing and mixed martial arts are two very

different sports. I don't think McGregor has the boxing prowess to

do anything with Floyd Mayweather. It is unfair. Two different sports.

They will both make a lot of money out of it. I think McGregor knows

that himself. Is it just all about PR, building things up? I think so.

The showmanship. The razzmatazz. I can't imagine what the press tour

would be like. The guys will make a lot of money but Floyd Mayweather

will make. We haven't seen anything yet. It'll be a serious build-up to

the fight. Stay with us. We will update you on Vladimir Putin's

annual national phone in. He spent hours on live television taking

calls from all over Russia. He has been needling the US again. We will

show you how. Questions continue over how and why

the devastating fire in west London happened. Mark Ashdown has more.

It's been described as a disaster waiting to happen. A horrendous loss

of life which some believe could have been prevented. Others fear it

could all too easily happen again. The telco to state in Camden, 700

flats across four large tower blocks come up the road from Grenfell Tower

and similarly these blocks have been refurbished with cladding from the

same contractor. Margaret has lived on the 20th floor here for 40 years.

I tried not to think about it. Because it can be frightening. Have

there ever been any fires here? On the 17th floor, yes, and a couple of

minor ones. Another resident, Roger, has been watching and worrying if

his home is safe. Do you have fire drills? Never. We have fire alarms

in each flat. What is the advice? Same as the others, stay put. How do

you feel about that, would you? Absolutely not. But the signs say if

there is a fire, leave immediately. We have had a walk around. There

appear to be smoke detectors but I cannot see any sprinklers. If there

was a big fire the lifts would stop working, so this is the only way for

the residents to get out. This single stairwell. There are 160

flats in this tower block. This is the only emergency escape route. We

have been talking to councils across London. All of them say they take

fire safety very seriously. They all regularly inspect their council

properties, including tower blocks. Some of them have ordered an urgent

inspection in light of what has happened. From the sandal's fact you

can see the charred remains of Glen felt tower. -- from Nathaniel's

flat. A lot of these flats have had the extra will put outside. If that

is a fire hazard that is extremely worrying. In a statement this

afternoon the company which carried out the work at Glen felt tower said

it met all fire regulations and was signed off. -- at Glen felt tower

said it met all fire regulations and was signed off. -- Grenfell Tower.

Thousands of residents want reassurance that their homes are

safe. This is Outside Source. The Prime

Minister says there will be a full public enquiry into the tower block

fire in West London. 17 people have been confirmed dead but officials

are warning the final death toll may be higher and may take weeks to

determine. Next to a year-long investigation by

BBC Arabic and the Danish newspaper which has uncovered evidence that

the UK defence giant, BAE Systems, has made large-scale sales across

the Middle East. From sophisticated surveillance technology, including

to many repressive governments. These cells have included encryption

software which could be used against the UK and its allies. -- of these

sales. Our BBC correspondent has been travelling across the region,

looking at the systems, and I have been speaking to her. It is a

sophisticated piece of technology. It sits on the Internet. It hoovers

up all of the Communications. At the same time it can save it for

governments to look into later. We spoke to a former employee who work

in developing this technology. He told us that it has many components.

One of them is decryption, voice recognition, mobile tracking,

certain keywords, and all of this information is stored there for

governments to analyse at any time they want. In short it means the

governments have the ability to monitor their people all the time.

Which countries have bought the technology? We found out it has been

sold to various countries throughout the world. We focused on the Middle

East. That is where the majority of the country's worth. If we look back

to 2011, when the Arab Spring happened, one of the main tools that

protesters used was social media, Twitter, Facebook, to organise.

Governments in those countries were shopping around for cyber

surveillance technology because they really needed it. This was a huge

opportunity for companies like BAE Systems to sell this kind of

technology. Now, in 2017, we've been able to prove that Morocco has

bought this technology. Algeria, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, yes, these

countries have bought it. What response have you had to the

allegations you are making? Just this morning after the story came

out online the Danish Minister of business, because BAE Systems is

working through a subsidiary in Denmark, he said that his department

is going to, "Take a look at whether we can in future have higher

requirements for the country's documentation regarding end-user and

the risk of human rights violations: ". We approached all of the

countries that were involved, we have had no reply from any of them.

Their technology played a crucial role in combating terrorism and they

insist they are fully compliant with all export regulations. The British

government issued a statement saying all exports are evaluated on a

case-by-case basis and they will refuse any licenses where there is a

clear risk the technology might be used for internal repression. The

crucial point is surveillance tools can be used for combating terrorism

and they are actually very useful when they are used to combat

terrorism. But BAe has handed the surveillance technology to

repressive governments in the Middle East. What we have seen is that it

has had a huge impact on civil liberties come on human rights, and

on activism in the region. More on that story on the BBC News website.

Let's look at Vladimir Putin's annual Q and A. Inevitably the US

election came up. The former FBI director said he believed Russian

meddling took place in the US election process. But, again, he

didn't provide any evidence for this, as he put it there was

influence over their mind and how they should act. Does it ever happen

any differently in the world? What about the constant American

propaganda? Their constant sponsoring? For which they allocate

direct funds to. Isn't that influence over our mind and an

attempt to influence how we should behave during election campaigns? It

happens year after year. President Trump also showed his

mischievous streak. He was asked about this. James Comey came up. He

was the former FBI director Donald Trump fired. You know about that.

This is what Vladimir Putin had to say about him.

TRANSLATION: When the chief of the special service records the

conversation with the Commander in Chief, and then passes it to mass

media through his friend, what is the difference between the FBI

director from Mr Snowdon? He becomes a human is -- human rights director.

If any pursuit is applied to him in connection with this we are also

ready to supply political asylum for him in Russia. We shall see if James

Comey takes up that offer from Vladimir Putin. Thank you for

watching. We will see you next week.