a point behind leeds whilst huddersfield remain in third. that s all the sport for now. i ll have more for you in the next hour. the taliban have been trying to stop women in the afghan capital kabul from protesting on the streets. the taliban fired in the air as dozens of women protested against the restriction of women s rights. the demonstration comes a year after the taliban seized power in afghanistan. girls have been barred from attending secondary schools in most of afghanistan. women have so far only been allowed to work in a few sectors including public health and security. at least one person has died and dozens more are injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered
how have the strikes affected leeds station today? we how have the strikes affected leeds station today? station today? we have been here most of the station today? we have been here most of the day station today? we have been here most of the day now, station today? we have been here most of the day now, you - station today? we have been here most of the day now, you can - most of the day now, you can probably see there are still some services operating from the station because this is in the north of england a major hub. northern trains and transpennine express are among the operators who are not affected by the strike action today so there services are running relatively normally. there are people passing through the station, but it is quieter than it might normally be because the long distance services that run from here which are operated by lner and cross country which are affected by the strike action today are not running. cross country have no services at all running th
striking over pay and conditions, that means there is an extremely limited service or none at all nine operators. arriva, avanti west coast, cross country, great western, anglia, lner, south eastern, west midlands trains. as you can see, there is another train coming in. some train services are running, and speaking to passengers this morning people say that across the north northern trains and trans pennine largely unaffected, despite the warnings to expect disruption. mick whelan says unions do not want to strike but unless the deadlock was broken, there is a big possibility of even more walk outs. the members of even more walk outs. the members of other transport unions, the rmt, are also striking next week. the advice to passengers is to check before travelling and make other plans if you can. before travelling and make other plans if you can- plans if you can. philip norton in leeds, plans if you can. philip norton in leeds. thank plans if you can. philip norton in leeds, thank
the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insist that reform is needed first before any pay settlements are agreed to. we can look at reform, when we can see what type of reform we are able to get. that then frees up money. we do want to give our staff a pay increase, it s not that we don t want to do that, but we need to generate money to do that. disruption from today s action is likely to spill over into tomorrow. however, formal talks between aslef and the train companies will take place for the first time next week. perhaps a glimmer of hope in this dispute. but on thursday, commuters will face more industrial action as the rmt and tssa unions begin strike action too. it doesn t look like the end of the summer of strikes will come any time soon. ramzan karmali, bbc news. joining me now from leeds railway station is our news correspondent phillip norton.
and at this point in time, we know where the cost of living crisis is, and rail workers and all workers deserve a decent pay rise. the train companies say that revenues have fallen sharply and insist that reform is needed first before any pay settlements are agreed to. we can look at reform, when we can see what type of reform we are able to get. that then frees up money. we do want to give our staff a pay increase, it s not that we don t want to do that, but we need to generate money to do that. disruption from today s action is likely to spill over into tomorrow. however, formal talks between aslef and the train companies will take place for the first time next week. perhaps a glimmer of hope in this dispute. but on thursday, commuters will face more industrial action as the rmt and tssa unions begin strike action too. it doesn t look like the end of the summer of strikes will come any time soon. ramzan karmali, bbc news. our correspondent phillip norton has been assessing the situat