hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the british transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes later this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation, and i call on them to reconsider. french president emmanuel macron s allies are facing a new alliance of left wing parties in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. western leaders including borisjohnson warn that russia s war against ukraine may go for years and support for kyiv must be sustained whatever the cost. and america becomes the first country in the world to approve use of the so called mrna covid vaccines for babies. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, it s a beautiful day, and i am in my home city o
victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for
a second body, believed to be that of indigenous expert bruno pereira, is still under analysis. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade. it is a beautiful day and i am in my home city of london where the international tourists are slowly returning and it s so good to have them back. 0ver and it s so good to have them back. over the last couple of months, i am back. over the last couple of months, iam pleased back. over the last couple of months, i am pleased to say, everyone on the show has been able to do their bit of travelling, too, and i know the whole team has been really happy that we ve been able to get back out there, especially after all the restrictions that we have all had to put up with over the last couple of years. so this week we re going to look back at some of the places we have been too as the world starts opening up again. 0k, first up, back in march, carmen went
e. 0ne party needs enough seats to form a majority government. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the show, meeting mummies in chile. wow, there are so many mummies here, vivien. ..grannies in austria. this is the open kitchen where our grandmas and grandpas bake their lovely cakes. ..and cabbies in england. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you ll find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence of an overlooked culture that once lived and thrived here on the western coast of south america. it s amazing how close these skeletons are to the surface and, apparently, there is layer after layer after layer of bodies going down as low as 2m underground. this is crazy. ifeel quite strange, walking on the dead here. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer chinchorro people called this area home and developed comple
shooting, and urges americans to reject the poison of white supremacy. defying the taliban to get an education, we ve a special report from the secret schools of afghanistan. leadership consists girls secondary schools will eventually reopen but that is being seen as unlikely. now on bbc news, it is time to get away from now on bbc news, it is time to get away from it now on bbc news, it is time to get away from it all. this week, on the show. meeting mummies in chile. wow, there are so many mummies here, vivien. ..grannies in austria. this is the open kitchen where our grandmas and grandpas bake their lovely cakes. ..and cabbies in england. oh, wow, look at this! this is amazing, john. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you ll find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence of an overlooked culture that once lived and thrived