London fire: Tower victims 'may never be identified'
Police have warned they may never be able to identify all of the people who died in the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats.
Emergency services are to spend a third day searching for bodies in the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in North Kensington.
Seventeen people are known to have died but that figure is set to rise, with dozens missing - including families.
Fire chiefs say they do not expect to find more survivors, while Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry.
The prime minister - who faced criticism for not meeting survivors of the tragedy on a visit to the scene on Thursday - said the victims "deserve answers".
CNN boss blames Trump for rising threats towards journalists, and says they are worse than people realise
Mr Trump has called the media 'scum' and 'liars'
The head of CNN has launched an attack on Donald Trump and other politicians for creating an environment in which journalists are more at threat then most people realise.
“[It is] unconscionable and dangerous and they should know better,” said Jeff Zucker.
During the election campaign, Mr Zucker was frequently criticised for the huge amount of free air time he came to Mr Trump. The New York tycoon, who led the Republican field after he announced his candidacy, received markedly more coverage than other candidates, a move that underscored his appeal both to viewers and advertisers.
This coming from the head of a network that broadcast live an empty podium for more than 45 minutes before Donald Trump finally gave a speech.Trump to limit travel, restrict business with Cuba
Donald Trump is set to reverse "Obama's policy of appeasement" toward Cuba, with new travel and business restrictions. With Cuba at a crossroads, some think the plan will further entrench the dictatorship.
In a draft presidential memorandum released late Thursday, the White House said the new policy was "designed to empower the Cuban people."
"This is not directed against the Cuban people, but the Cuban regime," the statement read.
The aim, it said, is political and religious freedom and respect for human rights.
On Friday, Trump is set to appear in Miami, the home base of the Cuban-American exile community, to announce the new policy aimed at stopping the flow of US cash to Cuba's military and security services.
In the final years of his term in office, former US President Barack Obama initiated a diplomatic breakthrough with the former Cold War foe, which included the restoration of relations and the reopening of embassies.
As homelands devastated, Indonesian tribe turns to Islam
Indonesian tribesman Muhammad Yusuf believes his conversion from animism to Islam in a government-supported programme will eventually make his life easier.
"Thank God, the government now pays attention to us; before our conversion they didn't care," says Yusuf, the Islamic name he has adopted.
Yusuf is a member of the "Orang Rimba" tribe. His small community now gathers around a stilt-mounted wooden hut, while children inside wearing Islamic skullcaps and hijabs enthusiastically recite the Koran.
Not far away, other members of the tribe who remain faithful to the old ways stalk through palm oil trees in a desperate hunt for prey in an area that was once lush Sumatran rainforest.
Stick-thin and wearing only loincloths over their weather-beaten skin, they brandish homemade rifles as they search for their next meal.
What Turkey's crackdown on NGOs means for Syrian war relief
After two months of detention in Turkey, the four Syrian staffers from a Danish relief agency were released and expelled from the country, part of an escalating battle between the Turkish government and Western aid organizations that is complicating relief efforts for Syrian victims of war.
The four were flown to Sudan, where Syrian nationals do not need visas. That was a bit of good news for DanChurchAid officials, who were relieved they were not forced to return to Syria, now in its sixth year of a brutal civil war.
But the staffers’ extradition in late May came in the midst of an unprecedented period of uncertainty for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), which have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid from Turkey to Syria, delivering critical food and supplies through risky cross-border operations.
Theresa May Avoids Survivors of Grenfell Tower Fire During Visit to Scene of Disaster
AS FAMILIES OF those still missing appealed for help in finding their loved ones, Prime Minister Theresa May visited the scene of a deadly fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, West London, on Thursday, but declined to meet survivors.
May, whose new chief of staff has been accused of failing to implement the recommendations of a fire safety review that might have prevented the tragedy, also refused to permit journalists to accompany her during a briefing by firefighters.
That shielded her from uncomfortable questions — about her own role in “radical reforms” that saved money but cut the number of firefighters by 10,000 nationwide — and made for a striking contrast with a visit by Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, who spent an emotional half hour with residents and relatives of the victims.
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