04/07/2017 BBC News at Six

The family of the youngest victim

of the Manchester bombing speak publicly for the first time.

Saffie Roussos would have been nine today.

Her mother was taken to hospital, where she's still being treated.

She looked at me and said, "Saffie's gone, hasn't she."

She just looked at me and said, "She's gone."

We'll also hear from Saffie's sister about how that

North Korea test fires a missile and claims it could reach America -

the country's dictator wants to put a nuclear warhead on it.

Calls for the chairman of the Grenfell Tower

inquiry to step down - we speak to residents

How mapping your genetic make-up could open the way

This year's Wimbledon favourite takes centre stage -

we'll have the latest on day two of the championship.

And in sport we will have all the latest action and reaction

Join me for Wimbledon Sportsday at 6:30pm on BBC News.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at six.

Amidst all the horror of the Manchester bombing in May

was the fact that the youngest victim was just eight years old.

Saffie Roussos would have been nine today

and her family have chosen the occasion to speak to the BBC

The terror attack on the Ariana Grande concert left 22 people dead.

Some of those who survived have life-changing injuries.

Saffie's own mother is still in hospital.

Saffie Roussos shone - always and smiling,

Saffie Roussos shone - always singing and smiling,

she loved music, and couldn't wait to see her idol onstage.

You couldn't be out with Saffie without having fun.

It was her everything, and we bought her the tickets for Christmas.

She was just counting the days, the seconds, and it was just

Ariana Grande 'til nine, ten o'clock at night, and she would

so to see how happy she was, it was just...

You were watching her watching Ariana?

She kept going, "Come on, Ashlee, you promised me you would

Saffie was at the concert with her mum, Lisa,

They were all caught in the blast just as the rest

I remember I was thrown to the ground, and then my next

instinct, I just sort of rolled over and crawled, because

For you that night, Andrew, had you come to the arena to collect?

Just a few minutes, and didn't hear anything,

Hell broke loose, just people, children, screaming, crying.

Then, as I turned round the corner, I saw

The detective that I spoke to in the hospital, he went away

and he came back about 12, half 12, and told me.

And you have all had to cope, haven't you, with Saffie's loss

I mean, she's got that many injuries around her body, just that alone.

And when she came round, you had to tell her.

She looked at me and said, "Saffie's gone, isn't she?"

She just looked at me and said, "She's gone, isn't she?"

Do you have thoughts about the person who did this?

I've not seen pictures, I don't want to know.

If I could think about it, analyse it, break it down, sort it

out and get Saffie back, I would do it, but I can't.

There are times when you are sad and times

when you are happy, so it is

You met Ariana Grande - tell me about that

I wanted to meet her to tell her what Saffie meant to her,

and I wanted to tell her from a father's point

Saffie's family say she would have been a star one day.

Now, her name is known, but for the saddest of

We have, because life will just never be the same.

The family of Saffie Roussos there, speaking to our

North Korea has tested what it says is a missile capable of striking

The claim, if confirmed, raises the prospect that a country

ruled by a dictator may be a step closer to its goal of having a long

Responding on Twitter, President Trump urged

North Korea's main ally, China, to intervene.

Here's our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale.

This is the moment that North Korea says it became a major power. The

launch of a missile that it claims can reach across continents and

deliver nuclear weapons as far away as the United States. The news was

announced on state television with barely constrained joy. We have

become a nuclear power with intercontinental ballistic missile

is, the presenter said, showing the handwritten order given by the

country's leader, Kim Jong-un. He personally supervised the launch of

a missile which he believes will secure his power, protect his people

and dismay his opponents. If North Korea ignores our military's warning

and continues provocations, we are clearly warning Kim Jong-un's regime

will face destruction. This is the missile that could carry the

regime's nuclear weapons. It was launched from an airfield here in

western North Korea, and it was aimed at a steep angle, and rose to

an altitude of about 1700 miles it's claimed, thought to be the highest

any North Korean missile has got to. It then landed 37 minutes later more

than 500 miles away, somewhere in the sea towards Japan. The key point

is that if this missile were fired at a more shallow angle it might

have the power to reach potentially more than 3400 miles, the minimum

defined range for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

And if so that could mean reaching as far as Alaska on the mainland of

the United States. The pressure being applied internationally is

having very little effect on changing the tactics of the regime

towards development. It's also significant as well because it has

been reported that it is an intercontinental ballistic missile

which means North Korea are making tangible steps towards being able to

target the US. Experts said it was still not clear if North Korea had

the technology needed to protect a warhead on re-entry and guide it to

its target but if North Korean missiles can now reach the US, it is

a significant step forward and one that President Trump said earlier

this year just wouldn't happen. Today in a tweet he again urged

China to put pressure on North Korea, but

so far China has shown no willingness to do that. The

president of China was in Russia today, both he and President Putin

called for a freeze on North Korea's weapons programme and suspension of

exercises by the US and North Korea. The fear among diplomats is the

dispute could destabilise an already tense region packed full of

conventional weapons. At this weekend's G20 Summit, all sides will

be looking for answers. Let's speak to our Washington

Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue. President Trump seems to be leaving

it to China to deal with this. China has the most leverage over North

Korea of any country in the world, but make no mistake, here as

Americans celebrate their independence Day, this is being seen

as a serious provocation against the United States. We understand from

reports the national security officials are meeting now to discuss

potential responses. I have come off the phone to the Pentagon and they

tell me that having already... They are conducting a detailed assessment

of what this projectile was with a night to seeing if it was an

intercontinental listed missile. If it is, that threat becomes even more

serious. The US can then up its diplomatic effort, it can increase

its military footprint in the western Pacific, though that would

antagonise China. The difficulty is that any pre-emptive strike runs the

risk of tens of thousands of people in South Korea being subject to

artillery bombardment from across the border in the north so the

options here are not very good, but the prospect of America being within

range of a nuclear missile from North Korea is increasingly on the

horizon. Gary, thank you very much. Even before the Grenfell Tower

inquiry has got under way properly there's growing pressure

on the judge leading Labour MP for Kensington

Emma Dent-Coad says Sir Martin Moore-Bick

lacks credibility with And the London Mayor,

Sadiq Khan, has also warned to improve relations

with the community. Our Home Editor Mark Easton has been

getting the views of residents Grenfell Tower is black with urgent

and unanswered questions. The community in its shadow seeks

answers but many say they don't have confidence in the man the Prime

Minister has appointed to head the public inquiry. Sir Martin

Moore-Bick, Cambridge educated and called to the bar in 1969, is a

former judge but his professional credentials don't impress the area's

local Labour MP who says he should quit now. We don't have anyone we

can trust and some of the groups are refusing to cooperate with the

inquiry, and what kind of inquiry is that? There is no inquiry at all if

people refuse to cooperate and I understand that, these people have

been betrayed. Close to the Tower I met Chris, a local charity worker

who lost a close friend in the fire. His views reflect those of many

here. If we can get someone who can empathise or understands the feeling

of the people they are representing and the people they will interview,

because he's going to interview witnesses, he needs to knows where

they are coming from. If he doesn't have that kind of background, it

will be difficult for him to even imagine. The London mayor, echoed by

Labour's leader, has not called for the inquiry had to go but says he

must win the community's confidence. Dominic Grieve inks we should let

him get on with the job. I think we should be careful in reacting and

saying someone else has got to be provided. Once we start going down

this road there's potentially no stopping it. This community has long

felt marginalised from those who have power over them, respect and

trust were always in short supply. This tragedy has served to diminish

those priceless commodity is still further. In one of the flats beneath

the tower, I met a mother with a couple of preschool kids

who's also a local Labour councillor. She says the borough's

Conservative leader, newly appointed, also faces an uphill

struggle to win the trust of the people in this ward. Why would

anything change now? I am quite doubtful because I feel like they

will cover up a lot of things. This is a community still grieving, still

in shock. And it is hard, as a mum, to imagine what the parents went

through when the fire was coming and they were on the phone to some

people, and they said the fire is coming, we cannot get out. The

physical and emotional needs of those touched by the tragedy are

still being dealt with. The response team said it has now fulfilled the

promise to rehouse all of those made homeless by the tragedy within three

weeks. But this family, currently in a hotel, say the flat they have been

offered is too small and too far away. I told you, I'm not going away

from this area. Then they offer you, you don't like it, you don't take

it, you will be on the street. It is no more. Building the strength and

trust needed to move forward from this tragedy is going to take

courage and commitment. The family of Saffie Roussos -

the youngest victim of the Manchester bombing -

pay tribute on what would have And coming up on BBC News, join me

for Wimbledon Sportsday at 6:30pm. We will have all the latest

action and reaction from the All-England Club,

including a rather controversial Most cancer patients could be

offered genetic tests within five years to help create more

effective, personalised treatments. That's the ambition outlined

by England's Chief Medical Officer. In her annual report,

Professor Dame Sally Davies says there needs to be a national network

of genome testing. Here's our medical correspondent

Fergus Walsh on how genetic testing could bring

about a step-change in medicine. His report contains

some flashing images. Could I have two

cappuccinos, please? Both his parents died

from it and he was diagnosed with colon

cancer four years ago. Now, he's one of 31,000 patients

who have had their entire For me, hopefully, if my cancer

decides to come back, More importantly, it will benefit

a lot of other people, for future generations,

for better treatments, for quicker Dame Sally Davies says

genome testing is still a to be the norm for cancer

patients within five years. Patients will benefit if we can

offer them the scan of their genome that'll make a difference

to their treatment. That's clearly all people

with rare diseases, of whom there are 3 million or more

in this country. It's most patients with cancers,

and quite a lot of infections. Our genome contains the instructions

for how our bodies work. Errors in the DNA code

can trigger disease. Six out of ten cancer patients

who have genome analysis can benefit from targeted treatment -

drugs which attack DNA faults This can spare them the more toxic

side effects of chemotherapy. It costs ?680 to scan

a genome, and that price In some cases, it's now cheaper

than existing tests, The NHS believes it can protect

genomic information, but some are concerned

about the safeguards. If you're going to take a lot

of sensitive information from people, then you need to make

sure that every use of it is consensual,

that people have choices and can make choices, that it is handled

safely, that you've got security, rules that are applied around

who can access it. The more we learn about our DNA,

the greater the potential Concerns over sharing data will need

to be resolved if patients are to get the full benefits

of the genome revolution. A Conservative MP has appeared

at Westminster Magistrates Court charged with allegedly overspending

in the 2015 General Election. Craig Mackinlay is accused

of inaccurately recording expenses during the campaign,

when he defeated former Ukip leader Mr Mackinlay and two members

of his team pleaded not The case has been sent for trial

at Southwark Crown Court. The latest round of talks to restore

the Northern Ireland's power sharing executive -

which has been suspended for months because of a dispute

between the political parties - In the last couple of hours,

the DUP has said it wants to continue discussions

over the summer. Sinn Fein has blamed Theresa May's

political arrangement with the DUP What this constitutes

is a monumental failure She has set back decades

of work that has been done And it's a consequence,

as we all know, of the DUP supporting the Prime Minister,

and in turn, the Prime Minister I want to send that message very

firmly to the people that we represent -

that we are still here, still trying I think what we want

to see is an agreement which everybody can buy into,

whether you are a nationalist Our Ireland Correspondent Chris

Buckler is at Stormont How long can this go on for? How is

Northern Ireland running without a government? I think that a lot of

people will be asking that tonight. There have been months of talks

since power-sharing collapsed in January but they have failed to

bridge the gaps between the DUP and Sinn Fein. There are many

disagreements but at the heart of the dispute is Sinn Fein's demand

for legislation that would give official status to the Irish

language. Yesterday the Northern Ireland Secretary in his statement

to the House of Commons seemed relentlessly upbeat, talking of the

possibility of a deal in the coming days. That doesn't seem realistic.

Even yesterday there were parties here shaking their heads. James

Brokenshire released a statement tonight saying the government will

do everything it can to try to resolve or help resolve the

outstanding issues between the parties. However, it feels the deal

at Westminster between the DUP and Conservatives has added an extra

level of distrust and angst here. That press conference from Sinn

Fein, talking about how Theresa May was partly responsible for the deal

doesn't feel like it's in the near future, anyway.

Female genital mutilation has been banned in Britain

for more than 30 years - and yet it persists, now,

It's a practice carried out in the name of tradition

that is common within some immigrant communities, notably from Africa,

New figures published today show there were almost 5,400

Our Midlands Correspondent Sima Kotecha has been looking

at what the authorities in Birmingham are doing

This can't happen. She's my daughter.

A daughter's potential mutilation, and his fight to stop

the five-year-old from being taken abroad by his wife for FGM.

My wife thinks it's the right thing to do,

Her family are very strong believers in it,

and it's very hard to convince her.

It's not only illegal to carry out FGM here in Britain,

but it's also against the law to send someone abroad

Here in diverse Birmingham, FGM is very much part of some cultures.

It's striking to hear people defend it and explain that

it's done out of love and good intentions.

You need to know about female genital mutilation, or FGM.

Some girls, who originate from places like Gambia and Somalia,

are taken there during the holidays to have it done.

That's why schools are using the next couple of weeks to tell

So what did the nine-year-olds take away from the session?

It's done because of their culture, and it could hurt them.

It causes different feelings like anger, depression, sadness.

They thought it was the right thing to do,

but now they banned it and they are trying to stop it.

They figured out it's not the right thing to do.

West Midlands Police want more schools to do the same,

because the number of girls who live here and have been cut

However, questions are being asked as to why nobody has been convicted

for carrying out the procedure when it's been illegal for decades.

A prosecution may send a really clear message to communities.

However, we don't take children off all families,

understanding that this may be something that's not against the law

in the country of origin maybe cultural to that family,

but if they are living in the UK and the children

go abroad and are cut, it's a crime and we investigate.

But for some FGM victims, speaking out is the best deterrent.

I wouldn't want anybody to go through it, because cutting

She says the memories of how she was cut will haunt her forever.

World champion Peter Sagan has been kicked out of the Tour de France

after an incident with British rider Mark Cavendish. Peter Sagan appeared

to elbow Mark Cavendish into the barriers as they approached the

finish, sending Cavendish crashing to the ground.

He received medical treatment before getting back on his bike

Race leader and fellow Britain Geraint Thomas was involved

in an earlier pile-up but retains the leader's yellow jersey.

It's day two at Wimbledon, and the top seeds in this year's

draw have made it safely through to the next round.

Novak Djokovic wasn't on court long - his opponent retired.

And the top seed in the women's draw, Angelique Kerber,

But for many, today's star attraction was this

year's favourite - seven-time winner Roger Federer.

Our Sports Correspondent Joe Wilson is there for us this evening.

If you had a ticket for centre Court today, settling in for a feast, you

ended up with more of a snack, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, their

opponents couldn't last. Maybe those players shouldn't have started the

tournament carrying injuries. We were looking for clues for the

fortnight today, but we ended up with just a glimpse of the future.

You don't normally see this Court at Wimbledon, it's whether kids come to

have a go. Don't rush, it takes decades to peak. The top four seeds

in the men's draw this year are all in their 30s. But they will be

stretched at some point. The number one seed in the women's singles, a

mere 29. Angelique Kerber, at the top of the screen, windbag in

straight sets in what was a full match. She was runner-up last year

but time moves on. -- won in straight sets. Is this man knows.

Novak Djokovic is the tennis player who once had it all. There was a

time in 2016 where he was reigning French, Wimbledon, US and Australian

open champion. The Grand Slam. Now, they have all gone. Djokovic's

current form was difficult to judge on Centre Court today because it was

clear he was playing a man who couldn't really move. Djokovic

served five aces in the first set, winning 6-3, but Martin Klizan's

calf wouldn't support him. A shame, injury ended it in the second set.

Glass half empty or half full? Because now Roger Federer, the

flying 35-year-old, on court earlier than planned. Far too slick and

smooth for Alexandr Dolgopolov. Hang on, in the second set, now the

Ukrainian decided he couldn't continue. The crowd, as you can

imagine, wanted more. BOOING Federer wins. That was Federer's

85th Wimbledon win. A record, yes, but not the way he planned it. I

know a lot of fans also outside Britain and they have travelled a

long way. I'm sorry for them that they couldn't see more tennis today.

At the same time, Wimbledon remains an unbelievable place for the

players to play in and fans to come through and I'm sure there are other

things happening today. On Court three, two British players walked

out, Kyle Edmund or Alexander Ward? The lady on the right, Alexander's

mother, celebrating her birthday. Kyle Edmund prevailed, about time he

won his first match here. Everybody has to start. A bit of rain on

Thursday for Wimbledon, Louise? Day three looks very nice indeed if

you want it hot, 29 degrees, but there could be thundery showers on

Thursday. The best of the weather in the south-east, clouding over little

in the afternoon. Highs of 25. Miserable for parts of Northern

Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England under the cloud and

rain, 12 or 13 at the best. That whether from staying with you

overnight, but a band of cloud and drizzle by then. Patchy mist and fog

over northern England. Further south, a warm and sultry night. 17

degrees is the overnight low with a view sharp showers in the south-west

in the early hours. A good deal of dry, sunny weather across England

and northern Wales. Despite drizzle early on, it will ease the cloud

breaking up and showers to the east of the Pennines but generally a

better day for Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland and a

degree or so warm as well with highs of 18 degrees. Highest value in the

south-east, 29. Heading into the classic summertime weather, two or

three fine days and then thunderstorms. A plume of warm,

moist air coming from France could trigger sharp and thundery

downpours, anywhere from East Wales, stretching up through the Midlands

into East England. The showers will be hit and miss, but if you catch

them, some of them could mean business. Some showery rain easing

away through Scotland, improving that picture. Highs between 19 and

22 degrees. Quieter as we had through Friday with a return to more

sunshine clouding over a touch in the West.

That's all from the BBC News at Six - so it's goodbye from me -

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