Plan to dismantle Grenfell Tower 'unforgivable', families say
The government plans to take the tower, where a fire killed 72 people in 2017, down to ground level.
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Grenfell Tower, Where Fire Killed 72, Will Be Demolished, Families Say
Survivors and bereaved families’ groups said Britain’s deputy prime minister had told them that the site of the 2017 catastrophe would be dismantled.The New York Times - 5h -
Grenfell Tower demolition would risk fire being forgotten, some survivors say
Grenfell United says voices of bereaved have been ignored and they fear disaster could be ‘put out of mind’. The demolition of Grenfell Tower could mean that the injustice of the fatal fire is “put ...The Guardian - 5h -
Survivors of London fire angry at plans to demolish death trap tower bloc
Some of those who lost loved ones in the fire that ripped through London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017 have blasted government plans to demolish the shell of the apartment block, which they want to ...ABC News - 6h -
Grenfell Tower to be dismantled
Decision by deputy PM Angela Rayner on safety grounds follows years of debateFinancial Times - 9h -
Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died, to be demolished, families are told
Angela Rayner meets bereaved to tell them west London block will ‘be carefully deconstructed’ . Grenfell Tower is to be demolished, bereaved families are understood to have been told by Angela ...The Guardian - 18h -
Olaf Scholz attacks rival’s ‘unforgivable mistake’ as AfD backs migration plan
Opposition leader Friedrich Merz accused of breaking longstanding political firewall against far-right populists. The leader of Germany’s conservative opposition has been backed in his ...The Guardian - Jan. 29 -
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Syria to dismantle Assad-era socialism, says foreign minister
Asaad al-Shaibani tells FT that Damascus wants to privatise state-run companies and secure sanctions reliefFinancial Times - Jan. 22
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