and swimming s world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in women s races. after the uk promises more heavy weapons to ukraine now the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. we want to start by bringing you some we want to start by bringing you some breaking we want to start by bringing you some breaking news we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from - we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from the i some breaking news from the elections some breaking news from the elections in some breaking news from the elections in france, some breaking news from the elections in france, coming . some breaking news from thei elections in france, coming in some breaking news from the - elections in france, coming in from reuters elections in france, coming in from reuters. , ., ., reuters. president emmanuel macron is on course
to make progress on climate change for example, are willing to make deals then he can legislate because his policies are moderate policies that the majority of french people support. if a coalition can be made around the policy, it is not the preference of macron but he has the team with the skills to go with it in terms of the environment. thank ou for in terms of the environment. thank you for coming in terms of the environment. thank you for coming to in terms of the environment. thank you for coming to speak in terms of the environment. thank you for coming to speak to - in terms of the environment. thank you for coming to speak to us - in terms of the environment. thank you for coming to speak to us so i you for coming to speak to us so soon after the polls close. that was a former adviser to president macron. and the biggest teaching union, the neu, has said it will ballot its members on strike action in england unless the government offers a pay rise of more than three per
so the uk wide strike will have a significant impact on scotrail and on the days of the strike, which is the 21st, 23rd and 25th, we ll only be able to operate a very limited service in the central belt, and that will be across five routes. so our advice to customers is to plan ahead, only travel if it s really necessary, and nothing further out operating than the central belt. so, when you talk about the central belt, you re talking about that area around edinburgh and glasgow, so what areas will be covered and how many services will still be running for customers going between the two cities? so there ll be five routes, so we ll connect edinburgh and glasgow. some of those services will run via shotts, falkirk high. we ll also see a service from edinburgh to bathgate, and we ll see larkhall and lanark serviced.
the strength to go ahead. they want the strength to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so they can feed off the division. strike to go ahead. plat they can feed off the division. strike to go ahead. strike to go ahead. not true says the government strike to go ahead. not true says the government but strike to go ahead. not true says the government but this - strike to go ahead. not true says the government but this week i strike to go ahead. not true says| the government but this week will see significant disruption on the railways and there could be more to come. scotrail say 90% of trains will need to be cancelled during the three days of action by the rmt union. the dispute does not involve scotrail staff, but it relies on network rail workers to operate signal boxes and maintain track. our scotland reporter, alexandra mackenzie, has the latest from glasgow queen street station there s going to be a lot of disruption here across scotland. there are some pas
this is bbc news the headlines at seven. 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. yeah, i feel sorry for them, yeah, ifeel sorry for them, they want to appear rightjust like the rest of us but what can you do? the transort rest of us but what can you do? the transport minister has not been listening transport minister has not been listening to them for decades and it is time listening to them for decades and it is time they listened. it is listening to them for decades and it is time they listened. is time they listened. it is awful for peeple. is time they listened. it is awful for peeple. they is time they listened. it is awful for people, they need is time they listened. it is awful for people, they need to - is time the