a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergency she
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the second day of rail strikes is under way with half the network closed in england, wales and scotland and only 20% of services expected to run. they don t want theirjobs cut, they want a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, they want to defend their conditions whilst dealing with modernisation and of course we need a pay rise. many of our people have not had a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money the more the strikes go on, the more money that the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs industry, the more disruption money that costs industry, the more disruption il money that costs industry, the more disruption it causes, that means they disruption it causes, that means they have disruption it causes, that means they have less money available to make they have less money available to make a pay award. it is harder to get a deat it is harder to get a deal. meanwhile, a decision