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welcome to bbc news. we start here in the uk, where millions of people face more travel chaos, as the biggest rail strike in 30 years continues. today's planned walk—out by railway workers has gone ahead, after talks between the rmt union and railway employers broke down. the first day of industrial action on tuesday saw half of the rail network closed and 80% of services suspended. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. large parts of britain's railway have come to a halt again, overall, only about 20% of services will run, although in some places it is less. northern wi...

asylum seekers to rwanda — as he arrives there for a meeting of commonwealth heads of state. record waiting times for hospital treatment in wales — for the 24th month in a row. and test cricket gets underway again at headingley — the first england match since some claims of racism were upheld against yorkshire county cricket club. and coming up on the bbc news channel... the quarter finals are under at eastbourne, with both cameron norrie and harriet dart in action. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the taliban have appealed for international support after an e...

vote to go on strike. in afghanistan, the taliban say the search for survivors has been called off, just a day after a devastating earthquake which is thought to have killed more than a thousand people. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about 44 kilometres from the city of khost. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province —— the worst hit area. our kabul correspondent secunder kirmani is there, and sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. "these were my son's shoes," says ag...

handled the deaths of the four men murdered by stephen port. the waiting list for hospital treatment in wales reaches a new record level — more than 700,000 patients were waiting for treatment in april. and it's day two of glastonbury. more than 200,000 festival—goers will see headliners billie eilish, sir paul mccartney and kendrick lamar this weekend. just before we cover our top story — the earthquake in afghanistan — we're expecting to hear very shortly whether there will be further industrial action impacting travel here in the uk over the summer. a ballot has been held ...

elections less than two months after winning his second term as france's president. the energy regulator — ofgem — announces new measures to protect customers if companies go bust. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee return to court to try and keep him alive, despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. up close and personal — we have a special report from uganda on how a conservation effort to increase numbers of mountain gorillas has been a success. and in sport — england's matt fitzpatrick wins the us open after clinching his first major trophy, sealing a sensa...