a industry are outrageous. fourth hearing into the ja| attack a fourth hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol is under way in washington as we speak. prince william, the duke of cambridge, is celebrating his 40th birthday. good evening. millions of passengers have faced disruption today after the biggest strike on britain s railways for 30 years got under way. the rmt union and rail bosses say they will resume talks tomorrow but even if there s any progress, it will come too late to avoid disruption on thursday, the next planned day of the walk out. what s the dispute about? as ever, it depends on who you ask. for the union, pay and job security are key. rail bosses says it s also about modernisation. they intend to start the process next month. borisjohnson had his say this morning, urging commuters to stay the course because as he said modernisation would be in their interest. our first report is from bournemouth and our transport correspondent, katy austin.
on the baltic coast. after the floods, the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. and, after meeting preisdent zelensky in ukraine, the hollywood actor ben stiller tells the bbc he praises the spirit of the people. these are just people like you and i who have been caught in a circumstance totally beyond their control of. nobody wants to flee from their home. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. three us republican state officials have been describing the direct pressure they were put under by donald trump and his team to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. in an, at times, emotional testimony to the congressional committee, they described threats of violence directed at them from trump supporters when they refused to bow to the pressure. we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming
the highlands and into northern ireland and are more showers than we saw today and temperatures in the mid to high teens but we are starting to build the heat in the south and east, 27 is the high in london and pollen levels shooting up for all including scotland and northern ireland and moderate to high levels here. into thursday, spot the difference, more showers for northern ireland and parts of western scotland and longer spells of rain. fair hazy sunshine for england and wales and temperatures widely in the mid 20s but then the knights will get more hot and humid as well, so an uncomfortable start to friday and then a day of heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland but for england and wales in the sunshine we will see temperatures for eastern areas of around 30 or 33 degrees. a very hot day indeed. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 14th ofjune. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. developments on
tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it s time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! vote them out! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety measures, blocked by opposition from
hello and welcome to bbc news. tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating across the united states, demanding stricter gun laws in response to a series of mass shootings. president biden encouraged the protesters to keep marching, and called on congress to pass common sense gun safety legislation. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed a package of gun reforms last week, but republicans in the senate are likely to block them. barbara plett usher reports. another march against gun violence banging on the doors of the nation s capital. this is a movement powered by young people, demanding the country s leaders take action after yet another school shooting a horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. if our government can t do anything to stop 19 kids from being killed and slaughtered in their own school, and decapitated, it s time to change who is in government! all: vote them out! again! vote them out! for years, congress has failed to pass gun safety meas