:00:10. > :00:12.The number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has
:00:13. > :00:15.risen to at least 30 - police say they believe the final
:00:16. > :00:20.The Queen and Prince William have been visiting here this morning -
:00:21. > :00:26.they went to a relief centre to meet survivors and rescuers.
:00:27. > :00:29.The faces of some of the many who are still unaccounted for -
:00:30. > :00:32.young and old - many of them had been trapped on the upper
:00:33. > :00:48.An investigation is underway into the cause of the blaze -
:00:49. > :00:50.but there's growing frusatration here about the lack of answers.
:00:51. > :00:52.And the other stories in the news this lunchtime:
:00:53. > :00:54.A second soldier has died following the incident involving
:00:55. > :00:57.a tank at an army firing range in Pembrokeshire.
:00:58. > :01:00.Security officials tell the BBC that hackers in North Korea carried out
:01:01. > :01:02.the cyber attack which crippled large parts of the NHS last month.
:01:03. > :01:05.And the British and Irish Lions prepare for their biggest
:01:06. > :01:07.test yet Down Under - can they roar against
:01:08. > :01:14.And coming up in the sport on BBC News:
:01:15. > :01:17.The sternest test yet for the Lions - they take
:01:18. > :01:19.on the Maori All Blacks tomorrow, as Warren Gatland calls
:01:20. > :01:55.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at One.
:01:56. > :02:00.The number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has
:02:01. > :02:02.risen to at least 30, and police say they believe the final
:02:03. > :02:07.This morning the Queen and Prince William visited
:02:08. > :02:09.the scene this morning - they went to a relief centre
:02:10. > :02:14.which has been helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
:02:15. > :02:16.They spent time speaking to local residents, volunteers and members
:02:17. > :02:19.Also this morning Theresa May has been to Chelsea
:02:20. > :02:21.and Westminster Hospital to visit the injured there.
:02:22. > :02:24.Richard Lister has our first report - and a warning that it
:02:25. > :02:43.The Queen came today to join a community in learning. Mourning.
:02:44. > :02:48.Many said they felt betrayed before and after this tragedy. At times the
:02:49. > :02:53.pain was overwhelming. In the background the Queen could hear a
:02:54. > :02:56.woman clearly overcome with grief. Prince William describes the fire is
:02:57. > :03:01.one of the most terrifying things he'd ever seen, and he praised those
:03:02. > :03:08.who had to respond to it. A brilliant job... Stung perhaps by
:03:09. > :03:12.criticism she didn't meet survivors yesterday, the Prime Minister was at
:03:13. > :03:18.Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to meet some of those injured. While it
:03:19. > :03:23.could take weeks to get a final figure, the confirmed number of dead
:03:24. > :03:26.continues to rise. Sadly, as I said before, we always knew the number of
:03:27. > :03:33.those that died with increased, and I am able to say at this point in
:03:34. > :03:40.time -- would increase. We know that at least 30 people have died as a
:03:41. > :03:45.result of this fire. Sadly, and tragically, that includes one person
:03:46. > :03:53.who was taken to hospital, and despite the very best medical care
:03:54. > :04:00.from the NHS, has no sadly died. This is the flat that I live in...
:04:01. > :04:03.Sajar watch the fire destroyed his home that night and is now among
:04:04. > :04:08.those wondering what the future holds. The council is paying for him
:04:09. > :04:12.and other Grenfell Tower residents to live in nearby hotels. Their food
:04:13. > :04:21.is being paid for as well, but this is not home. He still has the keys
:04:22. > :04:27.to his old flat and no idea about what went wrong that night. Facey
:04:28. > :04:30.stay in your building. Is that true? When there is a fire, should you
:04:31. > :04:35.stay in? People stayed home and people died. I saw with my own eyes
:04:36. > :04:40.people jumping out, because they had read that sign and they thought they
:04:41. > :04:44.were safe if they stayed. The only chance they had was to jump out.
:04:45. > :04:49.That is one of the factors to be considered by the public inquiry
:04:50. > :04:52.into this disaster. There are many questions, most urgently about the
:04:53. > :04:56.cladding on this building. Getting all the answers will take months at
:04:57. > :04:59.the very least but the Government is scrambling to ensure millions of
:05:00. > :05:04.other high-rise residents that their homes are safe. The community
:05:05. > :05:07.support has been almost overwhelming. Refuge centres say
:05:08. > :05:10.they no longer need donations of food and clothes. What is really
:05:11. > :05:22.needed for new homes for the hundreds of
:05:23. > :05:24.survivors. The council says finding them temporary accommodation has
:05:25. > :05:27.been hard. Finding permanent homes will be even harder. What we are
:05:28. > :05:29.committed to doing is making sure every household from Grenfell Tower
:05:30. > :05:32.tower can find a permanent new home in the local area, but because of
:05:33. > :05:35.the shortage of housing in London, but in particular in this borough,
:05:36. > :05:41.that will take some time. We could be talking about a couple of years
:05:42. > :05:44.while we get to that end point where every household is back in a
:05:45. > :05:49.permanent new home in the borough. But the trauma of this event will
:05:50. > :05:52.last long beyond the need to find new homes.
:05:53. > :05:55.This has been life changing for all those affected, survivors and also
:05:56. > :05:59.the emergency teams. The conversations I have had, you know,
:06:00. > :06:03.one colleague said he was going in there are literally having to choose
:06:04. > :06:07.who to save and who to leave to die because, you know, you only have two
:06:08. > :06:11.hands and can only take out so many people. My colleagues who went in,
:06:12. > :06:22.to people out, went in again, to people out, the scenes they would
:06:23. > :06:25.have encountered in the early hours of Tuesday morning, it is absolutely
:06:26. > :06:28.unimaginable. As the days pass the need for answers is becoming even
:06:29. > :06:30.stronger and the grief, it seems, is just as raw.
:06:31. > :06:33.Well, there are still a lot of people who are unaccounted for.
:06:34. > :06:35.Heartbreaking stories of last phone calls and messages from people
:06:36. > :06:39.Sophie Hutchinson reports on the desperate search for the missing -
:06:40. > :06:47.and again viewers may find this distressing.
:06:48. > :06:53.Outside a local church, people have come to honour the injured and the
:06:54. > :06:58.dead. The number of flowers, candles and toys has been growing, as the
:06:59. > :07:02.extent of this tragedy emerges. The official death toll is now 30, but
:07:03. > :07:10.no one is in any doubt that actual figure will be far higher. Mohammed
:07:11. > :07:15.al-Haj Ali, a Syrian refugee, the only victim to have been officially
:07:16. > :07:20.named. His friend paid tribute to him. He was a kind man, he was full
:07:21. > :07:25.of passion for his family. He was a great individual. He came here
:07:26. > :07:30.looking for safety. They wanted to do his degree in civil engineering,
:07:31. > :07:34.and once I asked him, why are you studying civil engineering? Why
:07:35. > :07:38.don't you study IT so I can find you a job? He said, because I want to go
:07:39. > :07:43.back to Syria when the war is over and help rebuild the country. He
:07:44. > :07:48.said, they will need us. This is the kind of person he was. These are
:07:49. > :07:57.some of the faces of those who are missing. The BBC believes as many as
:07:58. > :07:59.76 people are unaccounted for. These siblings lived on the 20th floor
:08:00. > :08:07.with their parents and little brother, and all are missing. Zainab
:08:08. > :08:10.lived on the 14th floor with her two-year-old son. She called her
:08:11. > :08:14.brother and said she had been told to stay in her flat. Eventually the
:08:15. > :08:19.phone cut out. Local residents are still reeling from what happened.
:08:20. > :08:23.Just thinking of the people who died, the babies, the children, the
:08:24. > :08:29.families, the mothers, the grandfathers and grandmothers, all
:08:30. > :08:32.our minds are with them today. 24 people who were injured in the blaze
:08:33. > :08:38.are still being treated in hospital. 12 hour in a critical condition.
:08:39. > :08:41.Today police said they didn't expect to find any more survivors. Sophie
:08:42. > :08:51.Hutchinson, BBC News. There has been a lot of focus
:08:52. > :08:54.on the new exterior cladding that was put on this 1970s tower
:08:55. > :08:57.block just last year as part of a ?10 million
:08:58. > :08:59.refurbishment. But there are still many
:09:00. > :09:00.questions outstanding for the local authority,
:09:01. > :09:02.builders, and subcontractors, as well as the company
:09:03. > :09:04.that managed the tower. Simon Gompertz reports
:09:05. > :09:14.on the investigations that will take There are still so much unclear,
:09:15. > :09:19.evidence perhaps destroyed in the fire, which is no subject to what is
:09:20. > :09:22.bound to be a lengthy investigation and public inquiry, but some
:09:23. > :09:26.worrying claims are emerging. Firstly, that the sort of cladding
:09:27. > :09:33.that may have been used at Grenfell Tower, the polyethylene inside it
:09:34. > :09:36.not being fireproof enough, is banned in high-rise buildings in
:09:37. > :09:40.other countries included the United States. Polyethylene as a material
:09:41. > :09:44.is used as the core of certain composite panels and it does have
:09:45. > :09:47.the ability to burn. Having said that, the panels on this building,
:09:48. > :09:52.we don't yet know precisely what the make-up was. If they include an
:09:53. > :09:58.element of polyethylene, that could be acceptable if the other materials
:09:59. > :10:04.going with it are noncombustible. It is common among refurbishments of
:10:05. > :10:08.older tower blocks to attach a layer of foam insulation, leave a gap,
:10:09. > :10:11.then have a cladding likely to consist of aluminium outer layers
:10:12. > :10:15.and filling that could be plastic, the standard version, or a fire
:10:16. > :10:19.resistant material. There is concern Grenfell Tower had the standard
:10:20. > :10:22.cladding likely to be around ?2 cheaper per panel. It is alleged
:10:23. > :10:27.today fire resistant panels would have cost just ?5,000 more overall.
:10:28. > :10:32.Now other buildings have to be assessed. The first point is to
:10:33. > :10:40.identify those buildings. About 4000 high-rise buildings in the country,
:10:41. > :10:43.but not of them have been very clouded, but let's not make the
:10:44. > :10:46.assumption it is all about cladding. We need to be led by the experts. As
:10:47. > :10:49.soon as we have more information from the experts, which we expect a
:10:50. > :10:53.day or over the weekend, I think that is what should be used for
:10:54. > :10:57.these emergency inspections. The six towers in London estate just a mile
:10:58. > :11:00.from the fire so the challenge now faced by councils up and down the
:11:01. > :11:06.country. You can see the cladding that has put on here recently, as in
:11:07. > :11:09.so many buildings around the country. The local authorities say
:11:10. > :11:13.they complied with safety regulations and there is no reason
:11:14. > :11:18.to suppose it is exactly the same material as at Grenfell Tower,
:11:19. > :11:21.however it does come from the same supplier and now urgent checks have
:11:22. > :11:26.been ordered into the cladding itself, and the way it is being
:11:27. > :11:29.installed. I have a lot of cousins here living in this building, and
:11:30. > :11:34.over there as well, people in both the properties. And if they have
:11:35. > :11:38.done that in a similar way they should do something about it. I know
:11:39. > :11:41.some people who actually went to the housing that live in these towers,
:11:42. > :11:46.and they have told the housing that they do not want to live here any
:11:47. > :11:52.more. And that is very stressful for the housing as well. Everyone is
:11:53. > :11:57.very upset, scared. Families are scared. Even young kids are scared.
:11:58. > :12:01.The aim must be not just to find out why this happened, but to make sure
:12:02. > :12:05.it can never happen again, and allay the growing fears of people living
:12:06. > :12:09.in tower blocks. Simon Gompertz, BBC News.
:12:10. > :12:14.The response from the community here continues to be extraordinary.
:12:15. > :12:17.Some of the centres and sports halls that have been used
:12:18. > :12:19.as temporary shelters have received so many donations they've had
:12:20. > :12:24.Yet as many people continue to search for loved ones,
:12:25. > :12:27.the mood has turned to anger at the failings that have
:12:28. > :12:51.The messages keep coming. Love, support. People here want action and
:12:52. > :12:55.answers. You've got to trust in the local services and public
:12:56. > :12:59.confidence, and that is a huge thing to do... For them to rebuild that
:13:00. > :13:07.confidence, I feel they have to be held accountable. Her friend and a
:13:08. > :13:16.video live on Facebook as she anchor-2-mac: Young children were
:13:17. > :13:19.trapped on the top floor. -- this as she and her two young children were
:13:20. > :13:23.trapped on the top floor. How did you feel about her being trapped in
:13:24. > :13:28.her apartment? It was the wrong advice given to her. She said, OK,
:13:29. > :13:33.I'm not going to move, and all of a sudden at the end of the video, she
:13:34. > :13:38.said, they are telling us to get off. How are we going to get off
:13:39. > :13:41.from this top floor. She was a bit confused, to be honest. Very
:13:42. > :13:47.confused about what she had to do. Do you think she could have got out?
:13:48. > :13:50.I think so. This morning volunteers still organising the huge quantity
:13:51. > :13:56.of things people have donated, to help those who survived. Everybody
:13:57. > :14:00.wants answers. Everybody's feeling upset and angry. Little babies have
:14:01. > :14:05.lost their parents. Sad, feeling very sad. I'm a local resident and I
:14:06. > :14:09.just felt I had to come and help out. You wanted to do something? To
:14:10. > :14:16.do something and help. They need a lot of help. It is just so
:14:17. > :14:19.upsetting. Yes, there is unity and, yes, this incredible response from
:14:20. > :14:23.the community here, but as people learn more about how this tragedy
:14:24. > :14:27.unfolded, there is more anger. Some are angry that on her visit
:14:28. > :14:32.yesterday the Prime Minister did not meet with local residents. Theresa
:14:33. > :14:36.May is awful, she shouldn't be Prime Minister, because at the end of the
:14:37. > :14:39.day, you came down here, you didn't speak to people, survivors, the
:14:40. > :14:48.local community. You didn't care about the people, but you want us to
:14:49. > :14:51.let you read us. -- lead us. This community has shown itself to be
:14:52. > :14:58.incredibly strong but everyone here is asking how this could happen.
:14:59. > :15:04.This has become a focal point, the wall of condolences, people can pay
:15:05. > :15:08.tribute. Heartbreaking reading some of the messages here, you can see
:15:09. > :15:12.these missing posters all around this area, not just the wall here, a
:15:13. > :15:16.large amount of flowers and a sombre mood here, you can see people are
:15:17. > :15:21.coming all throughout this morning to write a message, leave flowers.
:15:22. > :15:25.Young Jessica, 12 years old, I have spoken to a family friend this
:15:26. > :15:33.morning, when I spoke to them, they still had no information about where
:15:34. > :15:36.she was. Messages of support, messages in other languages,
:15:37. > :15:40.reflecting the diverse community. Comparing the sense of helplessness,
:15:41. > :15:47.the people trapped inside the tower block to those on board the Titanic,
:15:48. > :15:50.message here. There is a lot of love, there is people saying, never
:15:51. > :15:53.give up, there is growing sense and pressure on the government, locally
:15:54. > :16:00.and nationally, that they want answers quickly and properly. We
:16:01. > :16:04.believe that local residents will march towards the local authority,
:16:05. > :16:09.the town hall map later this afternoon. One word, if you come
:16:10. > :16:14.down... -- the town hall, later this afternoon. One word, in among all
:16:15. > :16:18.the love, there are messages of recrimination, that people need to
:16:19. > :16:21.be held to account, and there is just one word here, which sums up a
:16:22. > :16:29.lot of messages we have been receiving.
:16:30. > :16:35.Within the last hour, the Prime Minister has
:16:36. > :16:38.visited some of the victims of the fire in hospital.
:16:39. > :16:40.Meanwhile, the government has promised it will do "whatever
:16:41. > :16:42.is required" to ensure people living in tower blocks are safe.
:16:43. > :16:46.Our Political Correspondent Chris Mason is at Westminster.
:16:47. > :16:51.Chris, we heard a little earlier from local people expressing a lot
:16:52. > :16:56.of anger at Theresa May. She is under a lot of pressure. She is, and
:16:57. > :17:00.I think there is a striking response this morning with the Prime
:17:01. > :17:04.Minister's visit to the hospital in the last hour, to meet some of those
:17:05. > :17:08.recovering after the fire this afternoon she will chair a committee
:17:09. > :17:14.meeting in Whitehall, involving senior ministers, as she spearheads
:17:15. > :17:17.the government responds to this. I think there was a keen awareness of
:17:18. > :17:21.the criticism that had come the weight of the Prime Minister, as we
:17:22. > :17:25.heard reflected a couple of minutes ago, her decision not to meet local
:17:26. > :17:29.people in the visit she made yesterday. A clear desire from
:17:30. > :17:32.Downing Street to emphasise that the Prime Minister in particular and the
:17:33. > :17:39.government in general is doing all that it can. We have seen the Leader
:17:40. > :17:44.of the Commons, Angela Ledson, pay a visit, face questions from local
:17:45. > :17:48.people. -- Andrea Leadsom. And Sajid Javid. Community secretary.
:17:49. > :17:51.Strikingly he has said repeatedly that the government will do all it
:17:52. > :17:55.can and cost is not an issue. Local authorities and fire authorities
:17:56. > :17:58.across the country are examining buildings in their area to see what
:17:59. > :18:02.may need to be done, and particularly, in their area, the is
:18:03. > :18:07.sticky and financially, there is a huge issue if some buildings are
:18:08. > :18:10.deemed not to be safe. As we have heard, some people fearing they do
:18:11. > :18:15.not want to stay in those tower blocks. We also know, with the
:18:16. > :18:20.public enquiry missed, Judge lead, that this whole issue of housing,
:18:21. > :18:24.its safety, how much money has been spent, a question that steps back
:18:25. > :18:29.and whole generation in terms of little responsibility. This whole
:18:30. > :18:30.issue will remain politically salient for months, if not years to
:18:31. > :18:44.come now. This is the end of a week of tragedy
:18:45. > :18:48.and trauma here in West London. We have seen authorities at every level
:18:49. > :18:54.racing for answers, and local people desperate for action. This is a week
:18:55. > :18:59.that people will never forget. As we reflect on what has happened, there
:19:00. > :19:06.is a feeling of real turbulence here, and a desire for justice.
:19:07. > :19:11.Jane, for the time being, back to you.
:19:12. > :19:18.the number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has
:19:19. > :19:22.Police say they believe the final total will be higher.
:19:23. > :19:25.The Queen and Prince William have been visiting a relief centre this
:19:26. > :19:31.morning to meet survivors and rescuers.
:19:32. > :19:34.coming up in sport, successful start to the summer tour, Wales beat
:19:35. > :19:51.Tonga, 24-6. after being wounded in an incident
:19:52. > :19:58.involving a tank at an army firing Two other soldiers were injured
:19:59. > :20:11.at Castlemartin Ranges VOICEOVER: Flags lowered to
:20:12. > :20:17.half-mast at Castlemartin as a mark of respect for the two soldiers
:20:18. > :20:20.died, two others were seriously injured during a training exercise
:20:21. > :20:23.carried out here by the Wiltshire -based Royal Tank Regiment on
:20:24. > :20:28.Wednesday. Inevitably, because they are trying to get as close as
:20:29. > :20:32.possible to the real experience of testing and firing their weaponry,
:20:33. > :20:37.there is a danger element, a risk element attached to that. This
:20:38. > :20:41.serves to remind us that, as I say, these guys put themselves in this
:20:42. > :20:44.position on our behalf on a daily basis. The Castlemartin Ranges is
:20:45. > :20:52.one of two training areas in the UK used for tank training, where a live
:20:53. > :20:55.firing exercises can take place. It is understood this incident
:20:56. > :20:59.involved ammunition. What happened here is being investigated by the
:21:00. > :21:04.Ministry of Defence together with death if Powys police and the Health
:21:05. > :21:08.and Safety Executive, for the moment, tank live firing at
:21:09. > :21:14.Castlemartin has been suspended as a precaution. The Ministry of Defence
:21:15. > :21:19.has not yet released any information about those who were killed or
:21:20. > :21:24.injured here. One soldier died in hospital, his family by his bedside,
:21:25. > :21:31.they have asked for privacy before any details are made known. --
:21:32. > :21:37.Dyfed?Powys Police. STUDIO: It's appears this
:21:38. > :21:38.lunchtime that Britain has that Brexit talks should agree
:21:39. > :21:42.citizens rights and a financial settlement before moving
:21:43. > :21:46.on to a future trade deal. The latest from Europe
:21:47. > :21:54.correspondent, Damien Cler Matt DeCourcey, in Luxembourg. What more
:21:55. > :21:56.can you tell us. -- Damian Grammaticas is in Luxembourg.
:21:57. > :22:03.. We have a clear understanding of what will happen next week when
:22:04. > :22:06.Brexit talks begin. One face-to-face negotiations between David Davis and
:22:07. > :22:12.Michel Barnier, we have then been told by a source at the is that the
:22:13. > :22:16.subsequent pattern is going to follow what they believe what the EU
:22:17. > :22:20.has set out, one week of face-to-face talks every forward
:22:21. > :22:26.ekes, and the understanding is that the talks will follow the EU's
:22:27. > :22:31.desired pattern, they understand, which is to deal with exit issues
:22:32. > :22:37.first, that is, citizens rights and money issues, before moving on to a
:22:38. > :22:40.future trade deal. David Davis, Brexit secretary, had predicted the
:22:41. > :22:42.row of the summer would be about that sequence. We will see what he
:22:43. > :22:46.says on Monday in Brussels. A man has been tasered by police
:22:47. > :22:49.outside the Houses of Parliament, after he reached for a knife
:22:50. > :22:51.when approached by officers. Police on routine duties became
:22:52. > :22:54.aware of a man acting suspiciously. The man, in his 30s,
:22:55. > :22:56.was arrested for possession He's now being held in a central
:22:57. > :22:59.London police station. British security officials have told
:23:00. > :23:11.the BBC that hackers in North Korea carried out the cyber
:23:12. > :23:13.attack that crippled parts The hackers are thought to have
:23:14. > :23:17.done it to make money, to which the computer
:23:18. > :23:19.virus would spread. Here's our security
:23:20. > :23:27.correspondent Gordon Corera. VOICEOVER: The cyber attack
:23:28. > :23:31.spread around the world, with hackers demanding a ransom
:23:32. > :23:39.be paid Britain's National Cyber Security
:23:40. > :23:43.Centre led the investigation and security sources have told
:23:44. > :23:45.the BBC that the centre believes in North Korean-based hacking
:23:46. > :23:47.group known as Lazarus
:23:48. > :23:52.launched the attack. The same group is believed to have
:23:53. > :23:55.targeted Sony Pictures after it planned to release a film involving
:23:56. > :23:58.the North Korean leader and was also thought to have been behind
:23:59. > :24:01.the theft of more than $80 million from Bangladesh's
:24:02. > :24:04.central bank last year. The ransomware last month did not
:24:05. > :24:07.target Britain or the NHS specifically and may well have been
:24:08. > :24:09.a money making scheme especially since the hackers have
:24:10. > :24:15.not yet retrieved any of the ransom money that's been
:24:16. > :24:24.paid into the accounts. STUDIO: A service will be held
:24:25. > :24:26.at Southwark Cathedral this afternoon, in the wake
:24:27. > :24:29.of the terrorist attack on London The Service of Hope,
:24:30. > :24:35.as it's being called, will be attended by survivors
:24:36. > :24:38.and their families, and members Our religious affairs correspondent
:24:39. > :25:01.Martin Bashir is outside The Dean of Southwark Cathedral has
:25:02. > :25:05.said that while they were at the centre of the horrific events, this
:25:06. > :25:11.is an opportunity for Southwark Cathedral to renew its commitment to
:25:12. > :25:13.being a place of healing, of reconciliation and community, also
:25:14. > :25:19.an opportunity to honour those who were impacted by this terrible
:25:20. > :25:24.attack. The 48 or so people who were taken to five hospitals and of
:25:25. > :25:28.course the eight individuals whose lives were taken. I am also told the
:25:29. > :25:31.Archbishop of Canterbury will preach, and will be given -- we have
:25:32. > :25:37.been given a brief note of what he will say: here, in this building,
:25:38. > :25:41.built to say that the future that each of us has in Christ is one of
:25:42. > :25:51.life, hope and eventually, though hard it may be to see it today, Joy.
:25:52. > :25:53.He he says, hope flowers in the desert of suffering when it is
:25:54. > :26:01.watered by love. American politicians have
:26:02. > :26:03.played their annual charity baseball a day after a leading Republican
:26:04. > :26:07.and three other people were shot Steve Scalise is still
:26:08. > :26:10.critically ill in hospital, Our correspondent Laura Bicker
:26:11. > :26:22.reports from the site VOICEOVER: Together,
:26:23. > :26:27.with hands on hearts, their minds were on those
:26:28. > :26:31.who could not be here. Congressman Steve Scalise
:26:32. > :26:34.is critically ill in hospital President Donald Trump had this
:26:35. > :26:39.video message for the players. This game is always an important
:26:40. > :26:42.moment for both parties to come build friendships and celebrate
:26:43. > :26:48.our national pastime. The ceremonial honour of the first
:26:49. > :26:53.pitch went to David Bailey, the Capitol Hill police officer
:26:54. > :26:55.who was injured when he helped bring
:26:56. > :26:59.down the government. The crowd had come in their
:27:00. > :27:01.thousands, to pay tribute
:27:02. > :27:08.to the spirit of this game. these politicians put and often
:27:09. > :27:13.bitter and entrenched For those who survived the gunmen's
:27:14. > :27:17.hail of bullets, that message We are glad to be here,
:27:18. > :27:24.raising twice as much money for charity as we usually do,
:27:25. > :27:28.twice as many eyes on us tonight, All of us are pulling
:27:29. > :27:36.for Steve Scalise. Republicans and Democrats
:27:37. > :27:40.will manage to put their bitter But what happens
:27:41. > :27:43.after the last inning? It is less than one mile from this
:27:44. > :27:48.stadium to Capitol Hill. Can the bipartisanship
:27:49. > :27:51.mood make that journey? Democrats and Republicans can lower
:27:52. > :27:54.the temperature on our rhetoric in the hopes of proceeding in a way
:27:55. > :27:58.that does not incite people. The Democrats were well ahead
:27:59. > :28:04.by half-time, though perhaps because yes,
:28:05. > :28:07.the rivalries are fierce, but so are the friendships forged
:28:08. > :28:19.on this field. STUDIO: The British and Irish Lions
:28:20. > :28:22.are preparing for the biggest match With the first test just a week
:28:23. > :28:30.away, the Lions are in need of a morale boosting win, having
:28:31. > :28:33.been beaten in two of their four matches and having lost key
:28:34. > :28:35.players through injury. Tomorrow they face
:28:36. > :28:38.the toughest of tests, playing the Maori All Blacks
:28:39. > :28:40.in Rotorua, from where Katie Gornall
:28:41. > :28:46.sent this report. In New Zealand, passion is never
:28:47. > :28:48.far from the surface. This is how Rotorua Boys' High
:28:49. > :28:56.welcome back one of their own. For these schoolboys,
:28:57. > :28:59.Liam Messam is a reminder of the dizzy heights rugby
:29:00. > :29:03.can take you. he now has 43 All Black caps
:29:04. > :29:13.to his name and will play for
:29:14. > :29:15.the Maori All Blacks The whole energy has
:29:16. > :29:24.changed about the country, about them being here, so I'm
:29:25. > :29:27.looking forward to going out there. We get to test ourselves
:29:28. > :29:30.against the best opposition With a population of just
:29:31. > :29:33.over 4 million people, New Zealand really punches
:29:34. > :29:35.above its weight when They start them young here,
:29:36. > :29:39.these boys will have begun playing when they are around four years old,
:29:40. > :29:42.and almost all of them grow up So far, nine boys from here have
:29:43. > :29:46.fulfilled that dream, and all along the walls,
:29:47. > :29:57.reminders that the path from Rotorua to rugby's elite
:29:58. > :30:00.is a well-trodden one. We are not just talking
:30:01. > :30:02.about All Blacks, I've jsut Funnily enough, he was never
:30:03. > :30:05.an angry man at school, He contributed well
:30:06. > :30:09.to our XVs programme. With no room for England's
:30:10. > :30:13.captain on this tour, Warren Gatland has others
:30:14. > :30:15.to lead the Lions. Ireland Peter O'Mahony
:30:16. > :30:20.will captain the side. He was meant to be joined
:30:21. > :30:24.there by Owen Farrell, before the fly half was ruled out
:30:25. > :30:26.with a thigh strain. this was expected to be
:30:27. > :30:30.a first choice team. We've got to make sure we are not
:30:31. > :30:33.fully showing our hand, We need to keep the All Blacks
:30:34. > :30:36.guessing a little bit the Lions have found
:30:37. > :30:41.hazards at every turn. This is their moment
:30:42. > :30:57.and they intend to seize it. Now, for a look at the weather, Jay
:30:58. > :31:02.Wynne has joined me. Good news for those who like warmer conditions.
:31:03. > :31:08.It is going to turn hot, not everybody does like that, nice start
:31:09. > :31:14.to the day in some parts of the UK with good spells of sunshine. Warm
:31:15. > :31:18.with good spells of sunshine, not for all, a bit cloudy in Wales but
:31:19. > :31:22.that is showing signs of breaking up. They cloud towards the
:31:23. > :31:25.north-west, that a bit of rain with it. When coming in from the
:31:26. > :31:32.south-west, bringing increasingly warm out. Temperatures on the rise.
:31:33. > :31:36.Wetter weather to be had in the north-west of the UK. The rain is
:31:37. > :31:40.not overly heavy, nevertheless, not much getting across to the eastern
:31:41. > :31:44.side of Scotland, we could see temperatures into the upper teams,
:31:45. > :31:48.more like the low 20s in Northern Ireland, nice afternoon here, drips
:31:49. > :31:52.and grabs getting in, the north-east should see some good spells of
:31:53. > :31:54.sunshine, temperatures in the high teams, the low 20s, peaking around
:31:55. > :32:02.23 degrees in the south-eastern corner. Lots of sunshine in the
:32:03. > :32:07.south-west, about breaking up. Pollen levels are high or very high,
:32:08. > :32:10.lots of people sneezing and sniffling out there this afternoon.
:32:11. > :32:15.Through the evening, patchy rain moving across the North from the
:32:16. > :32:19.West of Scotland, elsewhere, dry night, clear spells, wind coming in
:32:20. > :32:22.from the south-west. It is going to be a warm night, temperatures for
:32:23. > :32:28.some places no lower than 16, 17 degrees. Quite a difficult night for
:32:29. > :32:32.sleeping across large swathes of the UK. Warm start to what will be a hot
:32:33. > :32:37.weekend. To the south, Iberia, hot weather, roughly where the air is
:32:38. > :32:42.coming from on the south-westerly breeze. Into the weekend,
:32:43. > :32:46.temperatures soaring up to 30 Celsius, may get higher than that
:32:47. > :32:49.early next week. Away from the north-west, the best of the
:32:50. > :32:53.sunshine. In the north-west, breezy, cloudy, outbreaks of rain. For most
:32:54. > :32:58.places, lovely day, sunshine, heat, hot in the south-east, it is the
:32:59. > :33:04.middle 20s, quite widely, 24 degrees elsewhere. Sunday, similar day,
:33:05. > :33:09.north-west, cloud, outbreaks of rain, most of the places, fine and
:33:10. > :33:13.dry and warm, middle to upper 20s. In central London, 30, 30 1 degrees.
:33:14. > :33:21.Probably do it again on Monday, another hot day much of England and
:33:22. > :33:26.Wales. -- 30, 31 degrees. Tuesday, temperatures in Cardiff and London
:33:27. > :33:30.creeping down to something nearer to normal.
:33:31. > :33:36.The main story here this lunchtime: the number of people known to have
:33:37. > :33:41.died in the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to at least 30, police say
:33:42. > :33:46.they believe the final total will be higher again. That is all from the
:33:47. > :33:48.BBC News at 1pm, goodbye from me.