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how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over ....
if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news ukraine is on verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk, its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistleblowers call for an independent panel to investigate. one, two, three, four. dance music plays. star dj fatboy slim holds a music workshop to help people with mental health problems. and prince william. the duke of cambridge turns a0 today. hello, good afternoon. deserted stations, empty tracks, and millions of f ....
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 by heathrow based gmb union members, who are employed by british airways. the ballot closed at midday, with the result expected to be released very soon. if the workers vote in favour, it could mean a walkout during the summer holidays. we can cross straight to heathrow and our business correspondent, theo leggett. just remind us what the voters all about, what might happen here? well. about, what might h ....
one of the factors driving inflation is this nationwide labor shortage. it continues. take a look at these brand-new job numbers. a mere 128,000 added jobs to the private sector just last month. this is less than half what was expected. it marks the slowest growth since the start of the pandemic. bill: if that doesn t make you feel better this won t, either. gas prices hitting another record high, $4.71 a gallon. we have hit a daily new high almost every day over the past month. sandra: people are feeling it. president biden saying there is no near-term solution to the problem and now the head of a major american bank is forecasting disaster. it is a hurricane. right now it s sunny, things are doing fine. everyone thinks the fed can handle this. that hurricane is right out there down the road coming our way. we just don t know if it s a minor one or super storm sandy. bill: north lawn of the white house, a lot of fires to put out there. jacqui heinrich begins ou ....
care of, for a change. i the chancellor is rasing some of the cash from a one off tax on oil and gas companies. we ll have their reaction, too. also tonight. the texas primary school mass shooting questions about how long it took for police to challenge the gunman. up to an hour, some say. the actor kevin spacey has been charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. the allegations date back to when he was in the uk. abba as you ve never seen them before. a0 years after they last toured, digital technology takes them on the road again. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rhys mcclenaghan is told he won t be allowed to defend his gold medal at the commonwealth games in a move that s been described as reprehensible. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. timely, targeted and temporary the three words chancellor rishi sunak used this afternoon to sum up a £15 billion package to help millions of households across the country through the cos ....