a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergency she
taliban officials in the afghan province was hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1000 people, said the search for survivors in many areas has ended. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth heads of government. downing street said it is unlikely the uk s policy will come when he meets the prince of wales. the american artistic swimmer has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello. good afternoon. british airways staff at london s heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain s busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is no
as the organisation gives it official candidate status. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 2:30 in the morning in afghanistan where taliban officials say the main search for survivors from wednesday s devastating earthquake in the south east of the country has ended. more than a thousand people are thought to have been killed in the remote part of the country. doctors say many children may be among the victims. relief efforts have been hampered by the destruction of already poor road and communication networks in paktika province , the worst hit area. entire villages have been destroyed with survivors saying they are finding it difficult to bury their dead. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is there and has just sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. these were my son s shoes, says agha jan. his three young children were killed in t
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