the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
that residence and one day after the former vice president was subpoenaed by special council jack smith in the investigation into former president trump s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. this hour, rick scott s bad week gets worse with republican leader mitch mcconnell slamming the florida senator s entitlement proposal that gave president biden all that political ammunition at the state of the union. miracles within the rubble. more survivors, including children, rescued four days after that 7.8 earthquake, as the numbers continue to skyrocket, 22,000 dead, more than 75,000 injured and millions left grieving over family members lost and decimated communities. thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington. andrea is on assignment. as we follow breaking news from indiana, where fbi agents are searching former vice president mike pence s home, a search agreed to by mr. pence after weeks of negotiations between his attorneys and federal off
. will: welcome to the fox & friends. that is the united states air force brass quintet performing live on fox square because it is the 75 anniversary of the united states air force. we were sitting here on the couch trying to do math. figuring out exactly when that date, the united states air force, which isness 1947. how is that? think of air force playing a big role in world war ii. but in fact it was. pete: u.s. army air corps. the army had planes they decided it should be its own service. correct me if i m wrong. that was in the moment. rachel, you should know. rachel: i should know as a air force brat but i don t. maybe we ask chief master sgt. miguel campos, my dad coming on to the show at the end of the show. at least he has time to google. four hours. will: happy birthday to the united states air force. we re celebrating it all morning long. send your photos to friends at foxnews.com. we do that at the morning edition of the american national anthem. pete: best on
as union soldiers spread paving the way for them to mayor, to vote, to vote and to worship and decide their own destiny. the civil war officially ended in april 1865, but in a small community of gavelston island, texas, enslaved slaves were owe believious to their reality, two and a half years after the signing of the emancipation proclamation when a u.s. general informed the last enslaved black people in america that freedom had finally comp the people erupted in joy. that joy became the catalyst for juneteenth. in 2021 juneteenth became an official federal holiday. now recognized across the united states as a day of national celebration. juneteenth is a reminder. it is a reminder of what black people in america have been through and what black people have overcome. it is a commemoration of our resilience. our ingenuity, and most importantly our capacity for joy. our joy is worthy of celebration, and on this day we remember that our freedom must be honored, nurtured and pr
good afternoon. net migration to the uk hit a record level last year almost three quarters of a million more people coming to live here than leaving. the figure stood at 745,000 last year, according to the office for national statistics, higher than previously thought. but the indications are that net migration is now slowing. in 2010, the then prime minister david cameron promised to bring it down to the tens of thousands. our home editor mark easton is here with more details. mark. the figure i think most people will be looking at and the one that will raise eyebrows is the right advised net migration figure for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000. down a bit from what we now think happened last year and it looks like net migration is maybe on a downward trajectory. who