The plan presented by the chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, called for spending increases and higher taxes on the wealthy and the middle class.
In the Grenfell Tower blaze, a combustible element called cladding that ran up the outside of the 24-story building allowed the fire to jump from floor to floor.
Bamboo Scaffolding May Have Contributed to Hong Kong Fire, Like Grenfell Tower
Firefighters tried to douse the blaze at an apartment complex in the city’s northern Tai Po district, which killed at least four people.
Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze in the high-rise buildings. At least 36 people were killed, and many more were feared trapped inside the towers.
The last five-alarm fire in Hong Kong engulfed a 15-story building in the Mong Kong district, killing four people.
Firefighters were still trying to extinguish the blaze at an apartment complex in the city’s northern Tai Po district.
France’s highest court has upheld a conviction against Nicolas Sarkozy, who led France until 2012. It comes weeks after he was jailed in a different fraud trial.
The capital of Indonesia surpassed Tokyo as the world’s most populous city after the United Nations overhauled how it measures urban populations.
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