i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news, ukraine is on the verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk. its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistle blowers call for an independent panel to investigate. an inquiry finds that the belfast health trust failed to intervene quickly enough on misdiagnoses by a consultant neurologist, resulting in northern ireland s largest ever patient recall. and princ
to the foreign office. the foreign office has long condemned the exploitation of british civilians and prisoners of war being held by pro russian forces in ukraine, but the kremlin sees them as diplomatic pawns who can be used to put pressure on the west, and officials here don t expect that strategy to change soon. james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office. everyone aged 50 and over will be offered a covid booster vaccine this autumn to top up their immunity. the announcement comes amid a continuing rise of covid cases across the uk, with some parts of the country nearing the record levels seen during the spring. our health editor hugh pym has all the details. yes, reeta, there was confirmation of those groups who are set to get another covid boosterjab in the autumn, including those more vulnerable who were offered a fourth dose in the spring. now they will qualify for a fifth. health experts say everyone aged 50 and over should be offered a booster in the autumn. prev
a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. and making a comeback after the pandemic: the legendary glastonbury festival kicks off for the first time in three years. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering. this is a huge, historic moment for america. cheering continues. as they hear the news from the
hitting him?! reporter: disturbing video showing the violent arrest of a young black man following a failed traffic stop. they re using force. they re using a taser. they re wrestling him. they re using a baton. i m definitely having nightmares. reporter: and new russian air strikes on a ukrainian port, just one day after both nations approve a grain export deal. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. summer swelter. some 85 million americans have spent the day under heat warnings and advisories. blistering temperatures are baking much of the nation, from its midsection to the northeast, many are seeing triple-digit highs. extreme heat is helping fuel a wildfire near yosemite national park in california. the oak fire has raced across 6,500 acres in two days. there is zero containment and some rural community have said evacuated. and the northeast is taking the brunt of the oppressive heat. tomorrow s boston triathlon has be
gatwick airport cancels hundreds of holiday flights this summer. it says staff shortages are still a major problem. covid infections jumped 43% in the week of the four dayjubilee bank holiday, according to the latest figures. that one sounded so good! england s cricketers break their own world record for runs scored in a one day international. and today s warm weather in the south of england has now been officially classed as a heatwave. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, callum tarren is making a name for himself in the second round of the us open. the englishman s battling to stay at the top of the leaderboard. welcome to bbc news at ten. there s more evidence today of the sharp rise in the cost of living, with the price of petrol and diesel breaking new records, and the rate of inflation heading to levels not seen for decades. ministers have urged people to be sensible in their demands for higher wages, but a major new survey for the bbc in