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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer offers a state apology for the Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 72 people in 2017, as the release of a final report found the deaths were avoidable. "It should never have happened. The country failed to discharge its most fundamental duty. To protect you and your loved ones, the people that we are here to serve. And I am deeply sorry," Starmer says in a statement to parliament. SOUNDBITE
Grenfell Tower Inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick and other members of the inquiry panel arrive at the venue in London where the findings of their investigation are to be heard. The Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people on June 14, 2017, in Britain's worst residential fire since World War II. IMAGES
Images of Grenfell Tower in London as the city marks five years since Britain's worse residential fire since World War II. A total of 72 people were killed when a fire that started in a faulty freezer ripped through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in west London on June 14, 2017. IMAGES
People gather at the foot of Grenfell Tower in London - the block of flats where three years ago a huge fire claimed the lives of 71 people. The fire started in a small kitchen in London's West Tower and became the deadliest domestic fire since the Second World War. IMAGES
Shah Aghlani, who lost his mother and aunt in the deadly Grenfell tower fire in 2017 says 'escape was always possible' and that London Fire Brigade 'gave up too early', as family members of the victims react to an official report made public on 30th October. The report criticises the fire service saying its readiness for such a blaze was 'gravely inadequate' and that its response suffered from 'systemic' failures. SOUNDBITE
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