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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. swimming s world governing body, fina, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it s a very sad situation and i call on them to reconsider. we want a settlement to this dispute but we we want a settlement to this dispute but we are we want a settlement to this dispute but we are facing a crisis for our members. but we are facing a crisis for our members, thousands ofjob cuts, no guarantee members, thousands ofjob cuts, no guarantee these redundancies won t be compulsory. as the conflict in ukraine continues, the new head of the british army tells his troops they should be prepared to fight ....
good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. it s saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12 month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls dangerous routes. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. simonjones reports. another busy week for the border force in the channel, more than 1000 migrants brought ashore after being picked up the sea. the government says it will seek to remove those who have passed through several safe countries before claiming asylum in the uk. and, as part of a year long pilot scheme, some of those awaiting deportation will be fitted with electronic tags. official ....
next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. just the want help each other where we can. just they want more money and they can hold the they want more money and they can hold the country to ransom. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now on bbc news, martin hibbert was one of the closest people to the manchester arena bomb to survive the blast but was left paralysed from the waist down. bbc breakfast reports now on his epic five da ....
people are dead and 14 injured outside a night club. in arizona, two people were killed and two others injured were outside a bar. in lexington, kentucky, people were shot at a funeral. in summerton, south carolina, one woman was killed when someone opened fire on a graduation party. these are just the shootings that cnn has details on to share with you. let s go to the terrifying shooting in philadelphia. polo sandoval is there. polo, a chaotic scene in a very busy area. what are police saying today? reporter: it s sunday afternoon, fred, and there s a sense of normalcy restored here in philadelphia s south street district. very popular entertainment district. there are many questions about what transpired on these streets last night. investigators saying one of those patrol officers was only about 10 to 15 yards away from the gunman. he returned fire on the gunman and that prompted the gunman to drop the weapon. investigators are looking to see whether the suspect w ....
thursday is the first time that they re going to present their findings to the american people, and as you mentioned, they re going to do it in prime time. it shows you they re going to try to present the most compelling case possible around what they have collected. now, we know that they re going to present or they promised to present material that we haven t seen before. we know they re going to preview future hearings that haven t released a witness list yet. but we expect thursday s hearing to be really explosive and set the tone for the hearings that follow it. now, congressman, a democrat served as a house impeachment manager, he talked about his expectations for the hearings in a cnn interview yesterday. he said he expects the evidence to be disturbing. take a listen. thereby, i think, substantial evidence that demonstrates the coordination and planning and effort despite the fact that they understood the donald trump last the election, and even once the insur ....