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hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577—seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron�*s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me...

set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but under pressure to take part in talks with the unions it says it wont. train operating companies have to settle this. i dont think there is any need for the strikes at all and i appeal directly to peopl...

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...

wednesday morning carley shimkus. >> ashley: ashley strohmier import todd piro. a chance to run for u.s. senator in alabama and mike collins securing a victory over vernon jones in georgia. next live with the latest results this morning, brooke, good morning. >> good morning, carley, ashley, we have big republican primaries in boulder congressional is out of yesterdays election with a strong g.o.p. ticket come november. virginia house candidate jen kiggans dominating the g.o.p. candida...

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...

and swimmings world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in womens races. after the uk promises more heavy weapons to ukraine — now the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. we want to start by bringing you some _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking news _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking news f...

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...

could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in france where president emmanuel macron looks set to lose his parliamentary majority. he now faces the prospect of having to work out deals with other parties to get his reforms through. but it was a good day for the far right and the far left — they both apear to have made large gain...