Sport on bbc news the sternest test yet for the lions they take on the Maori All Blacks tomorrow, as Warren Gatland calls for reinforcements to his squad. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to at least 30, and police say they believe the final total will be higher. This morning the queen and Prince William visited the scene this morning they went to a Relief Centre which has been helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire. They spent time speaking to local residents, volunteers and members of the emergency services. Also this morning theresa may has been to chelsea and Westminster Hospital to visit the injured there. Richard lister has our first report and a warning that it contains distressing images. The queen came today to join a community in learning. Mourning. Many said they felt betrayed before and after this tragedy. At times the pain was overwhelming. In the background the queen could h
the us national security spokesman, john kirby said beijing had no reason to act aggressively. beijng, you ll remember, is conducting live firing exercises in the sea around taiwan for the next several days, in response to a recent visit there by the senior us politician, nancy pelosi. from taiwan, rupert wingfield hayes reports. it began with this barrage of rockets streaking into the sky from the southeast coast of china. it s thought these came down somewhere in the middle of the taiwan strait. but this was just the prelude. further inland, rocket forces were preparing to launch these much bigger and much more capable ballistic missiles. in all, china is thought to have fired 11 of these missiles into waters around taiwan. japan says several of them also fell inside its exclusive economic zone. in taipei, president tsai ing wen addressed the nation, urging calm and calling on china to end its irresponsible acts. i want to emphasise we will not escalate
beijng, you ll remember, is conducting live firing exercises in the sea around taiwan for the next several days, in response to a recent visit there by the senior us politician, nancy pelosi. from taiwan, rupert wingfield hayes reports. it began with this barrage of rockets streaking into the sky from the southeast coast of china. it s thought these came down somewhere in the middle of the taiwan strait. but this was just the prelude. further inland, rocket forces were preparing to launch these much bigger and much more capable ballistic missiles. in all, china is thought to have fired ii of these missiles into waters around taiwan. japan says several of them also fell inside its exclusive economic zone. in taipei, president tsai ing wen addressed the nation, urging calm and calling on china to end its irresponsible acts. i want to emphasise we will not escalate this conflict, she says. but we will firmly
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a deal was still possible but warned that the situation remained fragile. president volodymyr zelensky has declared wednesday a day of ukrainian unity after us intelligence suggested russia could attack on that day. moscow denies it s planning to invade. here s mark lobel. compare kyiv, where the american embassy now lies empty, with more eyebrow raising russian military drills. filled with live firing exercises using anti tank artillery in russia s north west. and you can see why fears are worsening of a possible russian push on neighbouring ukraine was made capital. and in settlement of its forces in the country s east. monday saw