taliban officials in the afghan province was hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1000 people, said the search for survivors in many areas has ended. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth heads of government. downing street said it is unlikely the uk s policy will come when he meets the prince of wales. the american artistic swimmer has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello. good afternoon. british airways staff at london s heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain s busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is no
we work now. but kamala has to travel by train for her teaching job in bath. i am on a zero hour contract, so i m only paid for contact hours. so if i don t work, i don t teach, i don t get any pay. like everyone else, she wants to know how long this is all going to last. this has become an increasingly fractious and bitter dispute, with both sides blaming each other. but negotiations between the rmt union and the rail companies are back on again today. there are some ideas being put forward by both parties- but the essential point of this - is that we need a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies and when we get that, i we can move on positivelyl to the other agenda items, which include the stuff that the company want to pursue about changes to working practices. rail bosses hope compulsory redundancy can be avoided, but there has to be reformed. but we are trying to do is work with the trade unions on how we modernise and reduced the overall
strike! yeah, it is annoying. annoying too if you had been planning to go by train to the test match at headingley in leeds. at london s paddington it was better news for travellers heading to the glastonbury music festival a few trains are leaving for somerset. these things happen, it is part of life, logistics are never easy, so the j whole theme of glastonbury is positive vibes. it is clear many have avoided all the picket lines and disruption by working from home. at this small financial services firm in cheltenham, they are back to meeting clients on zoom. it is far from ideal, but we had to adapt to a lockdown, now it is strikes, that is the way we work now. but kamala has to travel by train for her teaching job in idoth- contract, so i m only paid for contact hours. so if i don t work, i don t teach,