security forces, the police, all the armed guards, they are nowhere to be seen. another public building here in sri lanka which is now being occupied by the people. we ll have the latest from sri lanka, where a state of emergency has now been imposed. also on the programme. and then there were six we consider who s got momentum and who hasn t after the first ballot for new conservative leader. there s to be another strike by rail workers on 27thjuly, in the dispute over pay, conditions and jobs. the dj tim westwood is accused by a woman of having sex with her when she was 1a. and at st andrews, they re getting ready for the 150th open championship, on the historic old course. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll have the latest from the women s euros, where sweden have taken theirfirst victory in the championship over switzerland. welcome to bbc news at ten. we start with the chaos in sri lanka, where the economic and political turmoil is intensifying. a state of em
the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr