i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news, ukraine is on the verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk. its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistle blowers call for an independent panel to investigate. an inquiry finds that the belfast health trust failed to intervene quickly enough on misdiagnoses by a consultant neurologist, resulting in northern ireland s largest ever patient recall.
offer worth 3% and insisted it had no choice but to defend its members against what it called aggressive cuts to jobs and conditions. it has warned that more strikes could follow. i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be. 0therwise, we ll have to look at what campaigns we re going to put on going forward. we think other unions willjoin this dispute on the railway. the rail industry is under pressure to save money after the financial hit from the pandemic, and says ways of working need updating, from using more technology and maintenance to making weekends part of the normal rota. network rail says its changes, involving 1,800 fewerjobs, will enable a higher pay offer. it now hopes to push them through. we d stop that process at any point if there is a willingness to strike the deal. the prime minister told cabinet the country must prepare to stay
way, but i won t be able to do my fulljob way, but i won t be able to do my full job today. way, but i won t be able to do my fulljob today. but my colleagues have been really understanding. i have been really understanding. i have made the effort to try and get there, but today it is not going to happen. there, but today it is not going to ha en. ., , ., ., ., happen. commuters queued for london buses earlier happen. commuters queued for london buses earlier stuff happen. commuters queued for london buses earlier stuff on happen. commuters queued for london buses earlier stuff on the buses earlier stuff on the underground walked out too. leisure plans this week will also be affected. so from bradford sympathises with striking workers, but has had to find another more expensive way of travelling to a special birthday theatre trip. i special birthday theatre trip. i would get a return train forjust £6 or £8. plan b is taxis. and adding on extra expense, really. the return taxi
i don t think sunday will be the end of it from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we will have to look at what campaigns we re going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going to join to this dispute on the railway. the government could have made a move to settle this dispute but instead they are escalating it. the lies that they are telling about railway workers and the railway industry are outrageous, but they can t resist it because this is a government that s a stranger to the truth. more than 40,000 union members from network rail and 13 train firms have walked out in the dispute. they say the government is the hidden hand blocking negotiations. the mood music from the cabinet this morning shows little hope of a deal soon. we need to get ready to stay the course, to stay the course, because these reforms, these improvements in the way we run our railways are in the interests of the travelling public. they will hel
he said to his senior mps, don t show any support for the strikes, don tjoin picket lines. a few of them have to fight him. the question for him now is what, if anything, he s going to do about that. there s more updates, news and analysis on bbc news 0nline that s bbc.co.uk/news and by using the bbc news app. the time is 6:18 pm. our top story this evening: the biggest rail strike in a generation, there is disruption everywhere with no services at all in parts of the uk. coming up, i am at eastbourne where serena williams will shortly make her return to competitive action for the first time in nearly a year. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel: anthonyjohsua says he s the comeback king and can still unify the heavyweight division. he must first beat 0leksandr usyk in their august rematch.