half trillion dollars of debt. that would leave workers not getting paid and the economy could spiral into chaos. earlier, our correspondent gave us this update. us this update. lots of lawmakers us this update. lots of lawmakers are - us this update. lots of| lawmakers are walking us this update. lots of- lawmakers are walking around the capital are walking round giving their viewpoints, expressing their disappointment at the bill but, look, there s at the bill but, look, there s a lot of confidence. president biden is confident it will pass. a man named tom mellor who is the width of the republican party. they need 18 votes, 218 is what they need and he says they are very confident that republicans will pass it through the house and he said those who are making the noise haven t fully read the noise haven t fully read the bill and hisses when they do they will get on board. are we seeing any defectors quiz mac there is house caucus, the ultraconservative members of the r
the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
good afternoon. rail passengers are facing fresh disruption with the start of another wave of strikes in long running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. today it s train drivers from the aslef union, taking strike action at 15 rail companies some of which won t be running any services at all. tomorrow an aslef overtime ban could mean more disruption. then, on friday, other rail workers, from the rmt union, will go on strike. before more action by aslef drivers on saturday, affecting travel to events such as the fa cup final. our correspondent ben king reports. busy rail hubs were unusually calm as train drivers at the aslef union walked out over pay and working conditions. here at manchester piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti piccadilly, there were no trains from ava nti west piccadilly, there were no trains from avanti west coast, no east midlands. great western, south coast and cross country are also affected as well. aslef has rejected a pay rise of 4% for
by russan forces, more than 19,000 children have been taken from occupied areas, according to ukrainian government officials. the bbc has not been able to verify that figure. russia says its motives are purely humanitarian, to protect children from danger. 0ur eastern europe correspondent rainsford has met some of the families, who have been fighting to get their children back. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ukrainian children sent to summer camps run by russia and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. daniil went to the camp when his city was occupied. when it was liberated, the russians wouldn t send the children back. translation: i should never have i
requested notes, whatsapp messages, things that were taken down at the time for the borisjohnson has now hinted that over to the cabinet office about which is a government department and urge the cabinet office to pass that on to the inquiry. that material we re told in a statement from boris johnson inquiry. that material we re told in a statement from borisjohnson is in full and unredacted. there has been speculation of the last couple of days about whether material should be handed over in redacted form if it is deemed relevant to the inquiry. others are saying the inquiry. others are saying the inquiry should be able to decide what is relevant and irrelevant. so we re now got the statement from borisjohnson saying, from his point of view, whatsapp messages, notebooks have been handed over in full, unredacted to the cabinet office which is the government department looking after all of this. the covid inquiry do to get under way in a couple of ways. it will be usually sign