victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for
the railway lines in britain being closed. our shrinking coastline a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. december last year there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we are down to 3.4 metres. and how an elderly ukrainian woman has become the unlikely face of pro war russian propoganda. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after the biggest win of her career yesterday, britain s katie boulter is back in action at the birmingham classic on a busy day of grass court tennis. the government says prepartions are already under way for a new flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda after the first one was effectively grounded last nightjust before take off. at the last minute, the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board the plane, saying he faced a real risk of irreversible harm . ministers say they re surprised and disa
least legitimate committee in american history. over the next hour, we ll drill into what happened january 6th. we ll look at the revelations that may come out tonight. we ll ask what effect the january 6th riot has had on american democracy, and the way it is seen around the world. with the context attorney and former mayor of baltimore stephanie rawlings blake, ron christie, former senior adviser to president george w bush, and former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. after 11 months, nearly 100 subpoenas, and more than 1,000 interviews, the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the us capitol will deliver its findings. a few hours from now, on primetime television, the public will be shown the interviews the committee conducted behind closed doors with white house staff, trump campaign officials and the interviews they conducted with members of the former presidents own family. we know so much about january 6th, but
by her daughter the princess royal. we are here live at buckingham palace or you can hear the crowd is heating up. it s seriously getting quite loud. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severo donetsk where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. tonight there s an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to attend are harry and meghan, they re spending the day quietly at windsor. let s head to the mall there now and to the bbc s katty kay. katty? we are right outside buckingham