Grenfell fire: How 'dishonesty' led to 72 'avoidable' deaths
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Survivors of the 2017 disaster say the report shows they were "failed by calculated dishonesty and greed". Also: There've been widespread Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, The Pope is in Indonesia calling for inter-faith unity, we look at the multi-billion dollar business of 'manifesting' and the worldwide smash hit Beetlejuice is back.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 4th of September, |
| 0:09.4 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.2 | A long-awaited report into one of Britain's worst ever residential |
| 0:14.8 | fires has blamed decades of failure and dishonesty. There have been widespread |
| 0:20.6 | Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine. |
| 0:24.0 | I was walking up by the explosions. |
| 0:26.3 | Each month, each day, Russia is shelling Ukraine sending ballistic missiles. |
| 0:32.0 | It's part of nightmare we are living in. |
| 0:34.1 | The Pope is in Indonesia calling for interfaith unity and a mayor in the Philippines |
| 0:40.1 | is accused of spying for China. |
| 0:48.0 | Also in this podcast we take a trip to Eastern Europe. The Albanian country has been made famous through millions of articles in the world for its wilderness and its untouched beauty. |
| 0:58.0 | But with a huge drive for tourism growth, how long will it stay that way? |
| 1:03.0 | We start this podcast with the results of a long-awaited report into one of Britain's |
| 1:10.8 | worst ever residential fires that killed 72 people back in 2017. |
| 1:16.9 | The team conducting the inquiry was firm in blaming dishonest companies and in different authorities for the disaster. |
| 1:24.9 | The chair of it, Martin Moore-Bick, listed those behind the failings including successive |
| 1:29.6 | governments, building companies, the local council and the London Fire Brigade. |
| 1:35.0 | The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those who lived in the |
| 1:41.6 | tower were badly failed over a number of years and in a number of different ways |
| 1:47.0 | by those who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the building and its occupants. |
| 1:54.0 | Not all of them bear the same degree of responsibility for the eventual disaster, |
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