Sir Martin Moore-Bick was forced to defend his inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire during a public meeting on July 6 in London. While Moore-Birk was assuring one audience member that he was not going to do a hatchet job on behalf of the government, another audience member interrupted, and drew comparisons to the Hillsborough investigation. At least 80 people were killed on June 14, when the Grenfell Tower in West London caught fire in the middle of the night.Jul 7, 2017
A newly found photo has reignited the debate as to the fate of famed pilot Amelia Earhart after she vanished while attempting a round-the-world flight 80 years ago. The photo, found in the U.S. National Archives by retired U.S. Treasury Agent Les Kinney and the subject of a new History Channel documentary titled, Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence, shows what appears to be a Caucasian woman sitting on a dock in the Marshall Islands.Jul 7, 2017
New Zealand Army soldiers of Task Group Taji performed a stirring haka near Baghdad, Iraq, in a powerful tribute to fallen comrade Private Morgan Fraser.Jul 7, 2017
Following his most recent outbursts on Twitter, many have labelled the U.S. president as unpresidential and accused him of acting beneath the dignity of the office. In the wake of this, we spoke with Professor Iwan Morgan, an expert on the American presidency from University College London, about what it means to be presidential, and whether Trump is the least professional man to ever sit in the Oval Office.Jul 7, 2017
Alabama-based roofing service company Digital Roofing Innovations has promised free rifles to customers in a highly unusual promotional video shared on 4 July that both satirizes and celebrates American patriotism.The video shows the companys owner, Zach Blenkinsopp, climbing out of a car clad in USA-themed socks, shorts, hat and bowtie. He puts out his cigar and downs a beer before introducing himself and catching an AR-15 rifle thrown to him by someone off screen.Get a roof, get a gun, flashes across the bottom of the screen as Blenkinsopp promises the viewer it is not a gimmick.Jul 7, 2017
The protesters, fit with giant face masks of Donald Trump and other world leaders, appeared in Hamburg, Germany on July 6, where the G20 summit is taking place. The campaigners called for G20 countries to put reducing inequality as number one on their agenda.Jul 7, 2017
Acapulco is the biggest city in Guerrero, one of Mexicos most lawless states and a centre of opium poppy production that has been a major concern to US officials. The prison carnage was particularly embarrassing to Mexico as it came the same day US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly was visiting Guerrero, which lies in the south-west of the country.Jul 7, 2017
It seems that airlines are in trouble for something every week - massive delays here, harassment of passengers there - so here are four of the biggest airline controversies in recent memory.Jul 7, 2017
