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for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. heres ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sun...

its revealed that almost 400 hotels across the uk are now being used to house asylum seekers — at a cost of £6 million a day. and why something fishy has been going on after the body of a rare shark was discovered on a beach in hampshire. and coming up on the bbc news channel... facing a length ban — aleksandar mitrovic�*s moment of madness means he could be out for a significant part of fulhams season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for the increasingly isol...

the financial markets react to the emergency takeover of switzerlands second—biggest bank. in 20 years as the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple saddam hussein, we take a look at the legacy. the un secretary general antonio guterres has hailed a major new report on climate change as a "survival guide for humanity". climate scientists from intergovernmental panel on climate change said clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster. but they al...

fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum—seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. thats a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me its notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. ive got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they w...

jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. the event draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the walls plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away, hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they...

hello. welcome to the programme. the kremlin accuses ukraine of trying to assassinate president vladimir putin. the ukrainians say they had nothing to do with it. so what are the implications of all that? also tonight...at least eight pupils and a security guard have been killed in a shooting at a school in the serbian capital, belgrade. police have confirmed a 14—year—old boy — a student at the school — has been arrested. we will bring you the latest from belgrade. plus...a ma...

"my dearfriend," says president putin as he welcomes chinas president to moscow at the start of a and coming up on the bbc news channel... calls for fulhams aleksander mitrovic to face a lengthy ban, after his red card for pushing the referee during their fa cup exit at manchester united. the reappearing bubbling pools close to where hs to tunnelling good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the united nations, antonio guterres, says humanity is on thin ice and that ...

as israeli police stopped palestinian men from entering the compound, forcing them to pray outside the old city gates. tens of thousands of catholic worshippers have gathered in saint peters square in rome — as pope francis presided over easter sunday mass. the pontiff is expected to pronounce the traditional holiday blessing later. a four—storey residential building has collapsed in the french city of marseille leaving at least five people from the surrounding structures injured. ...

andi get home, and to keep going. um... and i dont know how much have left in me. more bad weather at the masters means it could be an epic final day. torrential rain means the third round is yet to be completed, with americas brooks koepka still leading the way at augusta. a panto at easter. oh, yes it is! sir ian mckellen and john bishop tell us how they ended up sharing the stage. and i said, i want him to be tall and handsome and younger than me. with good teeth. the teeth of the d...

20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american—led invasion got under way. well be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no—one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, its in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel... fulhams aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his ...