12/07/2017 BBC News at Six

A month after the Grenfell fire police release new footage

from inside the tower block as the search for victims goes on.

Officers are going from floor to floor, sifting through the debris.

This staircase was the only way out for those trapped by fire.

All I can say is please be patient - we are doing our utmost best

for you, and we are working as hard as we can.

The BBC has learned a residents were still being told to stay put in

their flat is almost two hours after the fire broke out.

Within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire -

Only 34 victims have been formally identified so far

and police say it will take months to search the whole flats.

The gay man who's won a landmark ruling which will give his husband

the same pension rights as a wife, and could affect many others.

President Trump calls the controversy surrounding his

son's meeting with a Russian lawyer - the biggest witch hunt

Andy Murray crashes out of the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and

finally admits he was injured. My hip has been sought for most of the

event. Yeah, it was just a little bit too sore today and I was

obviously struggling a bit on serve. Coming up in Sportsday, we will be

rounding up all of the Wimbledon rounds from the championships.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at 6.

Police have released new footage from inside Grenfell Tower,

a month after the fire that killed at least 80 people.

It shows officers climbing the blackened staircase,

which was the only way out for hundreds of people

So far only 34 victims have been officially identified.

Today ten more inquests were opened at Westminster Coroner's Court.

It comes as more questions were asked about why residents

were still being advised to stay put until almost two hours after

Here's our special correspondent Lucy Manning.

Into Grenfell Tower, and up the stairs.

The narrow stairs - the only escape route,

Now those identifying victims climb up, struggling for breath.

Many of the residents who were told to stay during the fire didn't

The BBC has seen documents setting out how the residents

of Grenfell Tower were told to stay in their flats until 2:47am.

The first 999 call was made at six minutes to one and that means

for one hour and 53 minutes, those who were calling for help

It took nearly two hours for the advice to change to evacuate.

These pictures from 40 minutes after the first emergency

call show just how high the flames had reached.

An hour later it had engulfed the whole tower.

There's no doubt the firefighters were heroes, but the fire

policy for tower blocks was and still is to stay put.

The stay put advice is broadly sound.

But clearly this was an unprecedented fire and at some

point it was clear that the advice needed to change - whether it should

have been changed earlier, I wouldn't want to speculate

on that, but the inquiry clearly needs to look at it.

For the families still waiting for relatives to be

identified, the information that for nearly two hours the advice

This man's mother, sister, brother-in-law and

their three children lived on the 22nd floor.

And this man's uncle was on the top floor.

Two hours - does that sound like a long time?

Within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire.

After that time, the chances have dropped for them and

It's like as if, you know, you're taking away that chance.

When you say, stay in your house, you know, stay in your house,

Firefighters did risk their own lives to try to save others.

The BBC understands 31 were injured, almost

The London Fire Brigade said the stay put policy

would be for the public and police inquiries to look at,

but the advice given can change as the fire

This was a flat where everyone did escape, but a month on

debris in the tower is now being looked at for remains.

Only 34 victims have been formally identified.

I deeply understand the frustration the families have,

All I can say is, please be patient, we are doing our utmost

But with trust in the authorities low, the new council

leader's admission that she's never been in a high-rise tower block

Yeah, I accept I might not have been up a tower block,

but I have been in a huge amount of other people's houses and flats,

A month on, the families want to bury their

relatives, and they want those responsible arrested.

Our home editor Mark Easton joins me now. A month on and still so many

unanswered questions? Yes, four weeks on. Today we had a political

debate on Grenfell in the Commons and the talk was all about cladding,

fire safety regulations, and who would pay for improvements like

sprinklers, local or central government? But we also had ten more

inquests of those who have been formally identified, from their DNA

or dental records. Two things are happening right now. One is about

safety, and the other is about people, and I think the unsettling

fact that one month on we still don't know who and how many people

exactly died in that fire... For Government ministers I think there

are difficult questions about Whitehall's responsibilities on the

safety side, but also the responsibility of all politicians to

do more, to listen to people who live in places like Grenfell. Let

the legacy of this awful tragedy be that we resolve never to forget

those people. These are not my words but the words of the Prime Minister

and the Labour mayor Siddique Khan has said something similar. Across

the political spectrum I think there is a recognition that Grenfell poses

profound questions actually for our whole society. Mark Easton, thank

you. A gay man has won a landmark ruling

at the Supreme Court which will give his husband the same

pension rights as a The ruling could have a dramatic

effect on the entitlement of thousands of people in same-sex

marriages or civil partnerships. Victory after an 11-year

legal battle. John Walker worked for the company

Innospec for 23 years, paying Victory for basic

fairness and decency... Civil partnerships became

legal in December 2005. Shortly after, Mr Walker and his

long-term partner entered into one. They are now married, but Innospec,

relying on an exemption in the Equality Act,

refused to take account of his pension contributions before

that date, dramatically reducing the pension Mr Walker's

husband would receive. The highest court in the land

found that an anomaly. If Mr Walker married

a woman, even after his retirement, indeed even now,

she would be entitled to a pension. The court ruled that EU equality law

trumped any British exemption. Mr Walker's husband will be entitled

to a spouse's pension on Mr Walker's death,

provided of course that It would be the same with anybody,

whether it is a heterosexual couple or a same-sex couple -

someone you love, that person, you want to make sure is looked

after as long as they are alive. I'm older than him,

therefore statistically the chances are that

I will die before him. I wanted to ensure

he was looked after. The effect of today's

ruling is massive. It doesn't just affect John Walker -

it affects everyone who is in a civil partnership

or same-sex marriage and that is whether they are paying

into an occupational pension scheme with a private employer

or within the public sector. Supporters were thrilled,

but the human rights group Liberty, which supported John Walker,

sees a possible storm It is only EU law that

allowed him to win today. So obviously what Mr Walker wants

to know and what Liberty want to know is what is going to happen

to these rights when we leave The Government says it's

reviewing the ruling. John Walker is happy that equality

at the heart of civil partnerships and same-sex marriage has finally

caught up with pensions, and there The defending champion and world

number one was beaten in the quarter quarter-finals by the

American Sam Querry. Throughout the championships

there've been continuing questions about Murray's fitness -

and problems with his hip. Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson

reports from Wimbledon. No player owned Centre Court, but

it's where Andy Murray In 2008 he reached his first

Wimbledon quarterfinal. But from feet, through hip,

to mind, we knew this By the end of today's

match, he looked empty. It started so well

against Sam Querrey. Murray broke at the

first opportunity. That is a hungry performance from

Murray. Murray was bossing

the second set, too. And Querrey suddenly

has an opportunity. Inspired, he won three games

in a row, and from nowhere Well, he said there was no point

in calling a trainer. In the third set tie-break,

we saw sheer endeavour. Murray scrambling, covering every

blade to get it back. And hoping his opponent

might do this... But he could barely

compete in the fourth set. His mind was urging,

but his body wasn't responding. Nervousness gripped the crowd,

but Sam Querrey was getting In the fifth set Querrey kept

moving and reaching, kept Murray chasing in a way that

seemed almost cruel. And Murray tried, he

pursued, but it was gone. Murray lost the final set

6-1, and as he walked towards the handshake,

that limp seemed more The whole tournament I've been

a little bit sore, but, you know, So, you know, I'm proud

about that but it is obviously You know, at Wimbledon there

is obviously an opportunity there, To knock out the champion

is a fine achievement, but along with everyone watching,

I wondered if Murray had Obviously he didn't want

to relinquish his crown too easily. But today he was half

the player that he normally is, towards the latter

stage of the match. And it was sad to see him go

out in that fashion. Because, you know, he's a great,

great player and he was so desperate to play here, and you could see

the pain he was in today. But all those years of effort

and excellence take their toll. August 28th is the day to have in

mind, the day the US Open starts. Andy Murray has said today he is

aiming for more majors, but also has said he is doing everything he can

really to manage the wear and tear on his body. This is an issue for

all the top players in fact in the last few minutes on Court number

one, Novak Djokovic has just retired, hurt, in his quarterfinal,

so his opponent was there. Still, he did manage to be two set up at the

age of 35. Some words to cheer us up in the meantime, Johanna Konta

tomorrow. STUDIO: Thank you for that, from

Wimbledon. The greatest witchhunt

in political history - that's what Donald Trump has called

the controversy surrounding his son after it emerged he met a Russian

lawyer last year who was said to have information from the Kremlin

which would help his Today the president

said his son had been open and transparent -

and was innocent. Our chief correspondent

Gavin Hewitt reports. Donald Trump's son has been

out defending himself. After revelations that he met

a Russian lawyer who he believed had incriminating information on Hillary

Clinton. In retrospect, I probably would have

done things a little differently. Again, this is before

the Russia-mania. This is before they were building

it up in the press. For me, this was

opposition research. In his interview, Donald Trump Jr

said that he hadn't referred It was such a nothing,

there was nothing to tell. I mean, I wouldn't have even

remembered it until you start It was literally just

a wasted 20 minutes. President Trump was quick

to praise his son's television So who are the key players involved

in the meeting last year? The initial approach

to Donald Trump Jr about a potential Russian meeting came

from Rob Goldstone, He helped schedule the appointment

with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Also in the room was Paul Manafort,

Trump's campaign manager, and Jared Kushner, Trump's

son-in-law - a clear sign they thought the meeting

would be significant. The White House has been active,

pointing out that there has been no illegality and no law broken and no

sensitive information exchanged. But that doesn't mean there are no

risks in all of this The meeting in and of itself may not

be illegal, but it's got a lot of hallmarks

of a criminal conspiracy. In this atmosphere of political

crisis, focus turned towards Capitol Hill

and the confirmation hearings His predecessor had been

fired by Donald Trump. An issue today,

the FBI's independence. I pledge to be the leader

that the FBI deserves. The proposed FBI director seemed

to contradict President from today, saying that the probe

into whether Russia meddled into last year's American election

was not a witchhunt. Questions are being asked about how

the White House is coping with this, there have been reports of the

president is paralysed and the White House paralysed and he is spending

lots of time watching cable TV, but today he hit back at that, saying

the White House was functioning perfectly. He had no time to watch

TV. But there is a sense in this town of an administration under

siege. STUDIO: Thanks for joining us.

A month after the Grenfell fire - police release new footage

from inside the tower block as the painstaking search

And still to come all the pomp and ceremony

Coming up in Wimbledon sports day, more reaction to Andy Murray's

quarterfinal exit and use of a fifth stage victory for Marcel Kittel at

the Tour de France -- news of. The parents of the terminally ill

baby Charlie Gard will return to the High Court tomorrow

as their legal battle to allow him to be given an experimental

treatment abroad continues. At the very centre of the case

is the question of how far you should go to keep a terminally

ill child alive? In a separate case,

Branwen Jeffreys has been speaking to the mother of a seriously ill

10-year-old girl who is facing She contacted the BBC because she

wanted to tell her story. For ten years, Juliet has

cared for her daughter. All her life, Rose has been

in and out of hospital. She's blind, can't move,

her brain isn't fully developed. She's suffered frequent seizures

since she was a baby. It's so distressing to actually

watch, even though I've I've laid next to her to see what's

happening and I can feel her body And I can only begin to imagine

what it will be like if that was me And if I can't say,

"This really hurts". There's no name for what causes

this but she can hear There have been better times,

but earlier this year Her mother now wants

doctors to consider The best solution in my heart

would be that if Rose is going to continue suffering

like she is suffering now, if her future is going to be very

limited, quality-of-life, then the kindest thing we can do

right now is to withdraw things that are keeping her alive

which is her medications, her fluids, because she's

now fed through a tube. Rose is on various medications, tube

feeding has the same legal status. It is counted as

life-sustaining treatment. It is a dilemma no

parent wants to face. How do you balance the right to life

against the fear that more treatment Quite simply, it's the child's

interests that have to be put first Juliet is Rose's main carer

as well as her mother, Doctors use guidelines to help

decide on a child's best interests. Every single case has to be looked

on in terms of the quality-of-life It's something that people,

medical professionals and parents and carers,

spend a lot of time thinking about and really

considering in depth. What about the need to protect

the life of every disabled child, to do everything we can to keep them

alive, to keep them well? This is not about the fact

that Rose is disabled. Whether she has the brain of a baby

or in a wheelchair being blind, This is about the complexities

of her medical needs. And the day-to-day suffering

and the future potential suffering. Rose is being assessed

by another team of doctors, to help future decisions

about what's best for her. Unemployment has fallen

to its lowest level since 2005. It dropped by 64,000 to 1.49 million

in the three months to May. Figures out today also said that

earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 2% year-on-year,

slightly higher than expected, The Royal Bank of Scotland has

agreed to pay nearly ?4 billion to the US authorities

for its role in selling A separate deal with

the Department of Justice The mortgages - which had been

repackaged as investment products, later proved to be worthless

when the financial crisis hit. A huge iceberg has just broken

away from Antarctica. The giant block is estimated to

cover more than 2000 square miles. Experts are not blaming

global warming, though, they say it's normal behaviour

for ice sheets. The European Union's chief Brexit

negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said that Britain must recognise

the existence of its financial Yesterday the foreign secretary,

Boris Johnson, suggested that the EU could "go whistle"

for what he described Today, Mr Barnier hit back saying

he couldn't hear any whistling, Our Europe Correspondent Damian

Grammaticus reports. In Brussels today,

determination and frustration. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator

venting his feelings, first on this, what Boris Johnson said yesterday

about the money the UK owes. The sums that I have seen that

they've proposed to demand from this country seem to me to be

extortionate and I think to go whistle is an entirely

appropriate expression. That's because time to reach

a deal is slipping by. "It's not a ransom in any

way", said Mr Barnier. "It's not an exit

bill, a punishment, Adding, "We have to settle

the accounts before we can discuss Another of Michel Barnier's

frustrations - he's produced nine publicly available documents

on these areas under negotiations, David Davis has produced

one, on citizens, so the EU side doesn't

know what the UK wants. In the Commons today,

the Brexit secretary sought to laugh it all off, but Emily Thornbury,

standing in for Jeremy Corbyn, was What is the plan in the event

no deal is reached? On March the 12th he said

that there was a plan, on March the On May the 19th

he said he spent half And yesterday he said that he wasn't

prepared to comment. Commenting today, standing

in for Theresa May, Damian Green said the plan is to get a deal,

but not one that punishes the UK. And we believe that it is not just

in the interest of Great Britain but also in the interests

of the other member states of the European Union to reach

a deal with what is one But here in Brussels

it is clear Michel Barnier He says he wants clarity and fast,

preferably by Monday, because that is when the real

hard negotiations begin. Damian Grammaticus,

BBC News, Brussels. The King of Spain has told

parliament he's confident the UK and Spain can reach an agreement

over the future of Gibraltar. King Felipe and Queen Letizia

of Spain have begun a three day It's being seen by the government

as an opportunity to forge closer ties with Spain as the UK prepares

to leave the European Union. Our royal correspondent

Nicholas Witchell reports. A state visit is pageantry

with a purpose. High-end hospitality with a strong

dose of interstate diplomacy. Greeting the King of Spain

as if he were family. Both are descendants

of Queen Victoria. So, too, is the Duke of Edinburgh,

who escorted King Felipe as they This supposedly is the Duke's last

appearance at a state visit before he steps back from public life

in the autumn. From Horse Guards to the mall,

and a carriage ride escorted But behind all the ceremony,

there is serious business. And a state visit creates a mood

in which friendships can be deepened and difficult messages can be made

without giving offence. Between Britain and Spain there

is one intractable issue, Gibraltar. Last year King Felipe called it

a colonial anachronism. Today he told parliamentarians

at Westminster it was time to seek I'm confident that through

the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able

to work out towards arrangements Tonight at the Palace,

the State banquet. There will be speeches by the Queen,

and another by King Felipe. As Brexit approaches,

Britain wants closer ties That, for Britain, is the subtext

of this state visit. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,

at Buckingham Palace. Time for a look at the weather

here's Chris Fawkes. Over the last 24 hours parts of

southern England have seen over half a month's worth of rain and we have

some dangerous driving conditions first thing this morning, this was

in Twickenham, but the rain cleared very quickly. This is spectacular.

This is Cumbria, barely a cloud. Those scenes were repeated around

the country, plenty of sunshine. Clear skies overnight will allow

temperatures to fall away free quickly. -- very quickly. In the

countryside it will be cold enough for some pockets of ground frost and

it will be a chilly start to Thursday, but we have the area of

high pressure still, the Atlantic front is quite skinny and that will

come in late in the day. Fine weather in the morning and for the

most part it is dry with sunshine, but cloud will bubble up through the

afternoon and that will provide the focus of showers in England and

Wales. Some of these could be quite heavy, but they will stay away from

East Anglia and south-eastern and where it is forecast to stay dry.

Northern Ireland will have a skinny band of rain. Similar picture in the

western Scotland, with the weather going downhill, but late in the day,

and they will be sunshine before that. And if you showers in the

north-east. At Wimbledon, there won't be any further upsets in terms

of the weather, sunny spells for the rest of the tournament. Temperatures

into the low 20s. Friday, more cloud, but still dry weather and

sunny spells, and laid on the day we have another Atlantic front

approaching the north-west and this will bring a band of rain and cloud,

the rain spreads overnight, leaving a legacy of cloudy skies for the

start of the weekend and a you showers in the North West but it

could become warm and humid in the south-west if we have sunshine

coming through the crowd. So it's goodbye from me -

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