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The prime minister has ordered a public inquiry into the tower block fire in west London

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. At least seventeen people have died in the Grenfell fire, with whole families unaccounted for.

At least seventeen people have died. Whole families are unaccounted for - but police say they hope the number of dead won't reach "triple figures".

President Trump says reports he's being investigated for obstruction of justice are part of "the greatest single witch hunt in US political history"

We talk nationalism, Brexit, and the Irish peace process with the writer who tonight won the Orwell Prize for Journalism

(Photo - flowers laid at the base of a message wall near tower block destroyed by fire in West London; credit REUTERS/Neil Hall).

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