the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travels to la scala in milan, italy, to follow four young singers as they are put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing here. i am meeting four young opera hopefuls reaching for the stars as they train at the prestigious la scala academy. i had to come to europe, especially italy, to develop my career, so i can achieve my goals and my dreams. i was the first female chinese singer in this academy. i was very, very proud of myself. if you are here in the academy of la scala, it s because you i w
between the two air masses. it will continue to give showers into southern england into the evening. monday, it tends to drift away to the south. wind is far light across scotland and in sheltered spots, temperatures dipped down as low as three or 4 degrees. a fresher night. first thing monday, lots of sunshine, the winds in the east will continue to far light, to the north west, the weather front will push mask allowed into scotland, some rain on and off for orkney and shetland. call here. elsewhere, the low 20s. more fine weather to come, anticipate across england and wales we could reach the mid to high yet again. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. voting is under way
this is bbc world news, the headlines. union leaders say that talks to try to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. thousands of people march in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now, ina now, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travelled to la scala in milan italy to follow four young singers being put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing he
the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travels to la scala in milan, italy, to follow four young singers as they are put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer dreams of performing here. i am meeting four young opera hopefuls reaching for the stars as they train at the
i am meeting four young opera hopefuls reaching for the stars as they train at the prestigious la scala academy. i had to come to europe, especially italy, to develop my career, so i can achieve my goals and my dreams. i was the first female chinese singer in this academy. i was very, very proud of myself. if you are here in the academy i of la scala, it s because you want to be the greatest. ambitious and talented, but do they have what it takes to get to the top and stay there? let me take you to the opera.