in sport, england s matt fitzpatrick wins the us open after clinching his first major trophy, sealing a sensational victory in boston. why gorilla populations in parts of africa are on the rise. we have a special report form the front line of a conservation success story. it s monday 20th june. train services across england, scotland and wales will run on a severely reduced timetable from this evening, ahead good of the biggest walk out on the railways in 30 years. strikes will take place on almost all major lines from tomorrow, with disruption expected all week. the rmt rail union has warned it will intensify industrial action if a deal over pay isn t reached and says it will run its campaign for as long as it takes. morning. here s our business reporter esyllt carr. a chilly for this it ll be a week of huge disruption. and it starts tonight as services begin winding up ahead of the first of three days of industrial action. thousands of workers represented by the rmt union t
now on bbc news. russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov speaks to the bbc s russia editor, steve rosenberg about the country s invasion of ukraine and the impact of the war on russia s standing in the world. it s nearly four months since russia invaded ukraine. in that time, towns have been reduced to rubble, thousands of civilians killed. millions of ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. moscow has become an international pariah. but does it care? in an exclusive interview, russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, will answer my questions about russia s invasion. hello. the really hot and humid air has now finally left our shores. still plenty of heat across europe, however, as marked by the amber colour behind me and central europe will continue with heatwave conditions on into the week ahead. we are now in cooler, fresher air, that is pulled in from the north. the boundary between the two air masses, a weather front marked by this area
projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen s far right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, une
last tuesday. another difficult weekend for air travel and airlines canceled or delayed thousands of flights. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is pushing airlines to make sure they can operate their plan summer schedules and since his department could take action against airlines that failed to meet consumer protection standards. wall street journal global economics contributor is standing by with his reaction we have fox team coverage tonight jonathan serrie with airline delays and cancellations, first to lucas tomlinson live at the white house right now. president biden says a recession is not inevitable. the top economic advisor disagrees and calls us federal gas tax gimmick. i think the likelihood is that in order to do what s necessary to stop inflation, the fed is going to raise interest rates enough that the economy will slip into recession. we call the grave warning before passing a 1.9 trigon dollar covid stimulus bill saying it would cause skyrocketing in