good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let s get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment from the train companies, there will be an offer made because there will be an offer made because there has not been an offer made so far. they also say that network rail has now committed to talks without conditions attached. speaking to people in the rail industry, they say the
russian shelling hits targets in ukraine overnight as nato and the western allies promise to continue helping kyiv to defend itself. hundreds of allegations of sexual or domestic abuse are made against metropolitan police staff. a report by conservationists says global wildlife populations have fallen by nearly 70% in less than five decades. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is coming under increasing pressure to rethink the tax cuts announced in last month s mini budget. one tory mp accused her of wrecking ten years of conservative policies aimed at helping working people. this morning the foreign secretary james cleverly warned tory mps that any attempt to replace liz truss as prime minister would be a disastrously bad idea . let s take a look at how we ve got this point. yesterday, liz truss appeared at pmqs for the first time since the chancellor set out the mini budget. she was repeatedly asked about her management of the economy which has bee
wimbledon champion. she became the first player representing kazakhstan to win a grand slam title, beating tunisian third seed onsjabeur in a gripping final yesterday. but britons alfie hewett and gordon reid s run of ten consecutive grand slam wheelchair doubles titles came to an end. joe wilson was there. in this famous corner of london, it was kazakhstan versus tunisia, a brand new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? well, only her. elena rybakina has power and stature but her touch initially was unreliable. jabeur took the first set 6 3. but even in a three set match, there s time to get better, to speed up. into the deciding set, rybakina retains her power but now she had the movement, the finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? well, she needed an answer early, she could not find one. third set, the victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. ryb
ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong s new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. and half a years since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on since a national security law. it is also 25 years since the b
let s get down to business. as promised, we have more for you on the nato summit that will be getting under way in a few hours time. where, as you ve been hearing, finland and sweden have joined the alliance after turkey dropped its opposition against their membership. so, two of the hot topics at the summit are deciding whether russia or china is the biggest threat to world stability currently, and how to share the combined costs of defence security. members are expected to meet the nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence. the uk presently spends 2.1% of its gdp on security, but there have been calls for an increase after russia s invasion of ukraine. michael rowe is vice president of aerospace and defence at frost & sullivan. good morning to you, michael. first of all, finland, sweden joining nato. what does that mean in money terms? good morning- mean in money terms? good morning. when mean in money terms? good morning. when you - mean in money