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British police believe 80 people died or are missing presumed dead after the Grenfell Tower blaze two weeks ago, but it will be many months before the full death toll is known.

Fire checks have been carried out on some 600 high-rise buildings across England after a fire ravaged a social tower block in west London last week, killing at least 79 people.

A fire that engulfed a London tower block killing at least 79 people started in a Hotpoint fridge freezer and cladding on the building failed all safety tests, London police said on Friday.

Nicholas Holgate, chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea council, said he was forced out by Prime Minister Theresa May's government after the blaze at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower.

The death toll from the London tower block fire has risen to at least 30 and police are considering whether criminal offences had been committed

Adele was among people who gathered on Wednesday night close to a London tower block that was destroyed in a catastrophic fire, according to posts on social media.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday promised a public inquiry into a fire that gutted a 24-storey apartment block killing at least 17 people.

A huge fire broke out in a 27-floor block of flats in central London on Wednesday and British police said people were being treated

Flames raced through the high-rise Grenfell Tower block of apartments in the north Kensington area after taking hold around 1am.

A huge fire broke out in a 27-floor block of flats in central London on Wednesday and British police said people were being treated for injuries and residents were being evacuated.

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Doctors say a polymicrobial infection occurs when two or more micro-organisms are involved and can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi.

Sara Duterte makes her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

I feel so full of life, so much energy, because everything's new and I'm just focused on what is up ahead, Hamilton says.

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Years of rebuilding work, including clearing unexploded ordinance and millions of tonnes of rubble lie ahead.

Liew Chin Tong says the restrictions would not affect the development of the domestic data centre ecosystem as a whole.

A court cannot decide that the parliament or the government must take any specific action, the Supreme Court says.