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. officials say
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatme
or instagram @vicderbyshire. the eu will resume legal action against the uk over its plans to change northern ireland s post brexit trade arrangements. the european commission will be giving more details about their response to the british government in brussels shortly. people in the uk with a worrying cough, problems swallowing or blood in their urine can soon be referred for scans and checks by a pharmacist, rather than having to wait to see their gp. this is brilliant that we are encouraging people back into the health system, particularly if they have suspected, signs and symptoms of cancer. but what we must see is an investment into the health system to make sure once they are referred for diagnosis that there are enough staff, and enough kit in the nhs to diagnose and treat them soon enough. vets urge prospective pet owners to stop and think before buying an english bulldog because they have twice the health risks of other dogs. they also want people to stop sharin
people who do know it is a lie but they choose to repeat the lie and choose to live in that alternative reality? well your exactly right. there is a tendency to think this is somehow based on education or experience or anything else. and it is not whether you went to college or where you went to college that is the most likely predictor, it is whether you consumer right-wing media. you re more likely to bring conspiracy theories about vaccines and elections. that is the problem in this country. is that we have a very well funded, very aggressive operation that is spreading these lies for profit. and political gain. and it is incredibly dangerous. there are a lot of people who know better, particularly a lot of republicans on capitol hill, but there are also a lot who believe it, whose brains have been pickled by this. that is what is so scary. it is not a grift and people are controlling the levers of powner this country. it is pretty shocking. i want to ask you about sol
continues to press forward. and some of the harshest restrictions remain in china. why the brutal behavior of the workers enforcing it have many people concerned. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. the mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, was an unthinkable tragedy. 19 young students, two teachers gunned down. but now we re hearing more chilling details about police failures on that terrible day. a state senator says the incident commander police chief pete arradondo did not have a police radio on him at the time of the shooting. we re also getting new information about a desperate 911 call made by a 10-year-old student while the shooter stalked the building. cnn s ed lavandera with the latest. reporter: new questions raised in the investigation of the deadly school shooting in uvalde. texas state senator says the school district police chief didn t have a radio with him at the scene, something that may have