relatives of the young men murdered by the serial killer, stephen port, welcome a decision by the police watchdog to begin a fresh investigation into the way detectives handled the inquiry. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government. downing street says it is unlikely the uk s rwanda asylum policy will come up when he meets the prince of wales. good evening. taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of afghanistan has ended. more than 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication networks in paktika province the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed, with survivors saying they re finding it difficult to bury their dead. 0ur afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there a
saying they might be able to cover some but they won t be able to cover all of them. i think it s pretty certain there will be flight disruption, on top of all the disruption, on top of all the disruption this industry has faced in the last couple of years, it s the last thing this company and airport needs, really. but again, there is a little window now, i don t think any strikes will be called probably for a week, they will probably get together next week and once people start talking, there is always a chance it will be resolved. is always a chance it will be resolved- is always a chance it will be resolved. ., ~ , ,, .,~ is always a chance it will be resolved. ., ~ , , , ., ~ ., resolved. thank you. let s speak to andrew, resolved. thank you. let s speak to andrew. the resolved. thank you. let s speak to andrew, the founder resolved. thank you. let s speak to andrew, the founder of resolved. thank you. let s speak to andrew, the founder of blackstockl andrew, the founder
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implement the necessary reforms. also the chief of staff to president zelensky will say kyiv will do everything it can to implement the plan. this is bbc news. the headlines. taliban officials in the afghan province worst hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1,000 people, say the search for survivors in many areas has ended. eu leaders have granted candidate status to moldova. air passengers face further disruption this summer after hundreds of ba ground crew and check in staff at heathrow voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. it comes as the second day of rail strikes is underway strikes is under way with half the network closed in england, wales and scotland. only 20% of services are believed to be running.
inconvenienced, summer holidays are ruined, it s possible the mood will change and that might affect the way the rmt decide their next move. but at the moment, it looks, unless there is a breakthrough in the few days, is no more strikes will be called. they will carry on meeting, who knows, they might get to some kind of deal next week. but i think at the moment, the probability is, the public isjust at the moment, the probability is, the public is just about with them. going onto the british airways strike by some heathrow staff, of course it s not all staff, just under 50% of british airways customer facing staff at heathrow. so it s not all staff. but do you have a sense of what kind of disruption that may cause or the public when that goes ahead? yeah, it s mainly check-in public when that goes ahead? yeah, it s mainly check-in staff, public when that goes ahead? yeah, it s mainly check-in staff, so - it s mainly check in staff, so there will be disruption. you can t fly unless