hello this is bbc news. the headlines. union leaders say that talks trying to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walk outs will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. theyjust want more money and yeah, they can hold the country to ransom. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m isaac fanin tigers on top again leicester are premiership kings after late drama at twickenham. day three of the
england fast bowler katherine brunt has announced her retirement from test cricket. brunt made her test debut in 2004 and is england women s third leading test wicket taker. she ll continue to play one day and t20 international cricket. england women got their preparations for october s home rugby league world cup off to a fine start with a 36 10 victory over france. lydia campbell watched the action in warrington. just ten months out from the world cup, a match against the french is the perfect dress rehearsal. france started of the better of the sites but it was england who got the score up but it was england who got the score up and running, holly dot swerving through the first five again. caitlin beevers added the second before amy hardcastle, a nurse of the rugby pitch, finish near the posts. it wasn t all one way traffic, though. france getting one