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a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate fathers day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says its not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a "stunt" — saying its for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an "act of self—harm." the labour leader, sir keir s...

good afternoon. the transport secretary says its not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a �*stunt�* — saying its for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an �*act of self—harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to �*sow division�*...

good afternoon. the transport secretary says its not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a "stunt" — saying its for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an "act of self—harm." the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to "sow division" in society. h...

and millions of others are stranded after floods in bangladesh and india. communities in finsbury park gather to mark five years since the terror attack — in which a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque. its two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left—wing parties. a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate fathers day. good afternoon. le...

has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in womens elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. as the conflict in ukraine continues — the new head of the british army tells his troops they should be prepared to "fight in europe once again". its two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left—wing parties. good afternoon. the transport secr...

Far left whos forged a new alliance out of four separate parties, including the socialists and the greens. un, deux, trois. cheering his tactical flair and savage and sarcastic attacks on macron have, in a few short weeks, transformed the left�*s chances. now, its an invigorated left and far left, rather than marine le pens far right, thats become the main opposition. applause for emmanuel macron, this week playing up his presidential role in ukraine, todays vote is crucial. his centre—right...

Than marine le pens far right, thats become the main opposition. applause for emmanuel macron, this week playing up his presidential role in ukraine, todays vote is crucial. his centre—right coalition should still beat melenchons left into second place, but will he get an outright majority? with turn—out once again set to be extremely low, president macron risks losing a lot of his seats in the parliament to the point of having to make deals with other parties like the conservatives if he wa...

For a second term, and now this — a chance at the parliamentary elections for his opponents, especially those on the left, to get their revenge. man of the hour is jean—luc melenchon, the 70—year—old veteran of the far left whos forged a new alliance out of four separate parties, including the socialists and the greens. un, deux, trois. cheering his tactical flair and savage and sarcastic attacks on macron have, in a few short weeks, transformed the left�*s chances. now, its an invigor...

His centre—right coalition should still beat melenchons left into second place, but will he get an outright majority? with turn out once again set to be extremely low, president macron risks losing a lot of his seats in the parliament to the point of having to make deals with other parties like the conservatives if he wants any of his reform programme to get through. macrons second presidential victory in april was a high point in his career, but is it about to take a downhill turn? im joined ...