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victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. its sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the countrys biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling...

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...

in north london. a service of remembrance has been held. tolu adeoye was there. prayer recital. remembering the life lost and saying prayers for those whose lives were changed forever, when a man deliberately drove a van into a crowd near the muslim welfare house in finsbury park five years ago today. 51—year—old makram ali was killed in the attack. darren osborne from cardiff was found guilty of terrorism—related murder and jailed for a minimum of 43 years in 2018. he also injur...

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...

good evening. projections following parliamentary elections in france show president emmanuel macron is on course to lose his absolute majority. his coalition is on track to win the most seats, with between 210 and 250. but thats short of the 289 needed for a majority in the national assembly. projections show the left—green alliance ofjean—luc melenchon is set to win 150 to 180 seats, becoming the main opposition. mr melenchon says the result marks an �*electoral failure for mr ...

you are being led down a cul—de—sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise when there is, trying to create some sort of class war when there is none to be had. but the unions claim the government is not interested in finding solutions onjobs, pay and pensions — a message shared by labour. boris johnson and grant shapps want the strikes to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so that they can feed off the division. well have the latest on how the st...

is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. its 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the countrys first left—wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti— establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. im joined now by the bbc world services americas editor, leonardo rocha. i...

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