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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 won't. train operating companies have to settle this. i don't think there is any need for the strikes at all and i appeal directly to people working for the railways, you are being led down a cul—de—sac by the union leadership tellin...

a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father's day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it's 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 it's 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. here's ou...

projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron�*s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean—luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen's far—right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at simil...

could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 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 gains. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron�*s presidency just got tougher. e...

is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. it's 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country's 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. i'm joined now by the bbc world service's americas editor, leonardo rocha. it isa it is a historic first for colombia, looking at his first leftist president. take us throu...