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Multiple Deaths After London Tower Block Fire

A devastating tower block fire in London has claimed the lives of at least six people.

A devastating tower block fire in London has claimed the lives of at least six people. We ask architect and construction lawyer Matthew Needham-Laing of Katten UK if there are lessons to be learned from the way the tower was built. Also in the programme, Spain's prime minister has survived a vote of confidence in parliament. The 成人快手's Guy Hedgecoe assesses how damaged Mariano Rajoy has been by a string of corruption allegations. An airlift of cows is about to get underway to Qatar, after the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic ties to the country. Mohammed Sergie from Bloomberg News in Doha tells us more. The fight against deficit reduction seems to be going out of fashion around the world. Our regular economic commentator Dr Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute offers us his perspective. Plus we hear why farmers in the EU are celebrating as Europe's highest court cracks down on the naming of dairy substitutes. Michael Oakes is a dairy farmer in the English midlands.

(Picture: Grenfell Tower smoulders. Picture credit: EPA.)

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Wed 14 Jun 2017 14:32GMT

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  • Wed 14 Jun 2017 14:32GMT