bells ring a nation paused today to remember the victims of an attack people here can t make sense of, that has brought pain and suffering. church bells rang out across the czech republic to mark the moment. to honour those killed when a student attacked his own university, shooting in the corridors and classrooms. so far, we know three of the dead, including lenka hlavkova, a teacher who was 49. here at the arts faculty that was attacked, some have personal connections to the victims. a friend of these women survived by locking herself into a classroom to hide. translation: she cowered under the table. i saw her yesterday and felt sorry for her. she was still shaking. shouting images from a body camera show the police hunt for the gunman inside charles university. at this point the 24 year old was prowling the corridors above. we re told most of his victims were female, but we have no idea of his motive. in the end, he turned his gun on himself. many people were seriously
has been criticised for not going far enough. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has thanked the us for abstaining at the un security council and reiterated tojoe biden that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. lucy williamson reports. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we wo
been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports. all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, there s another presence that keeps on giving. talking about workmen stuff straight outside your bedroom window from first thing in the morning until the very end of the day. i can t even think about christmas, to be honest. i m going to be probably leaving the flat for as long as possible. the building s management are apologetic, offering compensation and to buy back many of the 270 flats. as we approach the seventh year since the grenfell tower fire, there are now nearly 4000 blocks of flats identified as h
to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. the fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glenn represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents none of them have signed. we ve talked to freeholders, we ve talked to cladding action groups, and as far as i know, none of them have signed. it s a really difficult situation.
a chorus of concern about the government s building safety fund £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glenn represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents