to now have an explanation of this, we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends and the homes in which they lived. the local community is in profound shock and there is growing anger and a demand for answers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minster has visited the site of the devastating fire at the grenfell tower in west london and promised a full public inquiry into what happened. the fire which destroyed the residential housing block in the early hours of yesterday morning spread quickly and the number of dead confirmed so far is 17, though that figure is expected to rise. the emergency services say it will take weeks to complete a full search of the building. and there s a sense of growing anger in the local community about warnings being ignored. our first report with the latest on the tower block fire is by our home editor mark easton, and a warning, there are some distressing details in his report. exactly how many we do
Rewarding arthouse fare over commercial pictures. in recent years, smaller pictures have been the big best picture winners. some movie fans aren t too happy with the academy. i think that they re losing touch, and it s notanything, um. it s a lot of people that are more. pompous, i don t want to say pompous, but people who consider themselves these art, or these film. how do i say it? just educated film people. that s not the way that it should be. with the academy likely to hand out its big prizes once again this year to talents from lesser seen movies, it will be a challenge to bring in an audience for 0scars television ceremony. advertising monies from the telecast are a vital source of revenue. last year the audience shrank tojust 10.5 million domestically in the us,
What movie? belfast. i ve never heard of that in my life. what about west side story? nothing, don t know that. so what movie do you think should get nominated for best picture? best picture? i don t know spider man. ever since i got bit by that spider. spider man: no way home has been a huge hit. it could earn a best picture nomination, but it s not thought likely. its fans would love to see it included. if the academy has long favoured rewarding arthouse fare in recent years, smaller pictures have been the big best picture winners. some movie fans aren t too happy with the academy. i think that they re losing touch, and it s notanything, um. it s a lot of people that are more. pompous, i don t want to say pompous, but people who consider themselves these art, or these film. how do i say it? just educated film people. that s not the way
More ships into the mediterranean, one in particular a spy ship coming. one of the reasons you re seeing the aircraft carrier group, the uss nimitz in the red sea is a sign to the iranians as well as the russians, don t try to come to the defense of the assad regime. we re going to carry out a strike. it may notanything. that s why that aircraft carrier group is there. it is unlikely that the strategy has changed and that they re planning on having air strikes using planes over syria, but that aircraft group is basically there to send a message to the russians and the iranians. i ll go. jennifer, this is dana. i had a question about, last week, again, i was away, but as i understood it, there were several leaks from somewhere suggesting time, date, place, types of missiles, et cetera, that seemingly, i would imagine, either came from the military or made the military very frustrated. can you tell us a little bit