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in birmingham has been named as mohammed rayaz. he remains in a serious but stable condition. a man arrested on suspicion of his attempted murder has now been arrested over a similar incident in west london last month. the main union representing train drivers in the uk has announced rail strikes by its members at 14 train companies. the suspensions are scheduled to take place on the 30th of march and the 1st of april, following discussions with management on wednesday. the rmt has already resolved its row with network rail in a similar dispute. the us central bank, the federal reserve, has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. it s trying to balance the need to tackle inflation while protecting the financial sector. the collapse of two us banks this month were blamed in part on higher borrowing rates.
have been suspended. these were scheduled to happen on the 30th of march and the ist of april. they ve been suspended after discussions with the rail delivery group today. the rmt already called off action as concerns, members of network rail, which looks after the tracks of the railway network. they ve also postponed their strikes for the time being as well. it looks like a breakthrough on that rail strike there as well. emmanuel macron has defended his decision to decrease the retirement age. he appeared in a televised interview after days of widespread and often violent protests which are continuing. the president said the changes are a necessity, not a luxury, and he
have done is backdated this year s pay to last octobers, meaning more “p pay to last octobers, meaning more up front and a bigger lump effectively. and rmt for the lowest paid members. this would bring their salary up to 40.4%. this does not mean that all strikes are off though because this was network rail members and not to those who are chilly work for the train operating companies. 50. chilly work for the train operating companies- chilly work for the train operating comanies. ., , ,, , ., companies. so, though strikes that those workers companies. so, though strikes that those workers have companies. so, though strikes that those workers have still companies. so, though strikes that those workers have still got - companies. so, though strikes thatl those workers have still got planned is still in the pipeline, but is this looking like their breakthrough that might affect all rmt workers? i that might affect all rmt workers? i think that is the big question now, because the
we think it s very modest that is the best that can be said of it. does that mean these strikes have failed then, if it s not the offer you wanted? no, they haven t failed. at the start of the dispute they offered 2%. for passengers, hope that the end of walk outs could be approaching. i do a lot of train travel so, very good, yeah. due to that, we were not able to travel with the train, - we had to travel on the motorway i so it was very difficult for us. . if they are happy with the deal then that s brilliant. strikes by rmt members who work for train operating companies guards, for example are still due to go ahead, on the 30th of march and the 1st of april. their dispute carries on. the industry and government have repeated their calls for those workers to get a vote too. they haven t had the chance to consider this pay offer and i hope their union gives them the chance to consider it and decide whether, like their network rail workers, whether they want to settle this disput