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This is bbc world news — the headlines: train passengers in the uk face further delays today — as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike as part of a long—running row over jobs, pay and conditions. only one in five services are expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds — ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. a 33—year—old woman who died after being injured in a crush at a gig on thursday at london's 02 academy brixton is named as rebecca ikumelo — two other women remain in a critical condition. covid cases soar in china following t...

Let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. after weeks of protests, iran's attorney general says the country's religious police, who are responsible for enforcing strict islamic dress codes, has been disbanded. but this hasn't been confirmed by others in the ruling regime. there've been numerous demonstrations against the so—called �*morality police,�* after the death in custody of a young woman, arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. the world health organization says china could be "hit hard" by covid, as its relaxes strict lockdown measures. the country h...

Top officials in kind say the country is entering what they call a new stage and mission in its fight against the coronavirus. new video shows some residents tearing down barriers despite strict covid lockdown measures and some restrictions are being eased. days after we saw, of course, unprecedented public protests in at least 19 chinese cities. cnn's ivan watson. >> reporter: john, the chinese government has not declared that it is ending its strict zero covid policy. instead, senior officials are saying they want to tweak it. they want to make it less painful basically for the chinese popul...

Lockdowns in four districts and scrapped district-wide tested. shanghai will lift lockdown measures starting tomorrow, which is today there. china's national health commission is calling on local governments to, quote, resolve the reasonable demands of the masses in a timely manner. whether that's a real directive, we don't know. selina wang has more from beijing. >> reporter: anger boils over into violent protests at the world's largest iphone factory. workers stream out of the dorms in central china, protesting unfair treatment, dirty living conditions and chaotic covid rules at the apple su...

China has announced it will step up its efforts to vaccinate people against covid—i9 — with a focus on the elderly. the national health commission says it will also shorten the time gap between basic vaccination and booster shots to three months. over the weekend, there were protests in major cities against china's zero—covid policy, with some demonstrators calling for president xi jinping to step down. a senior chinese official acknowledged that lockdown measures in some places are being investigated. let's have a listen. the one size fits all approach, some localities have expanded the...