how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, p
workers and the railway industry are outrageous. london euston station is eerily quiet this morning. some passengers are hoping to make a journey but there is widespread disruption across the rail network. how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home or did you have a trickyjounrey to work? do you support the strikes or not? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. in other news a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medalfor £81i million, to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. a former senior united nations official calls for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes at me all of a sudden. i pleaded with him to sto
to 5.3 million need help. how can you live with that everyday? children displaced by the war in ukraine will benefit from this record amount for this medal now heading to unicef, paid for by a mystery bidder as heritage auctions, which conducted the sale, has not revealed who it is. wow, that s a lot of dough. mark lobel, bbc news. people with hiv can now have full careers in the british armed forces. until today, potential recruits living with the virus had been banned from joining, while serving members were not deployed overseas. the ministry of defence says the change in policy recognises advances in the management, treatment and prevention of hiv. the president of france, emmanuel macron, is meeting political opponents today after he and his allies lost a majority in the national assembly. mr macron is now under pressure to secure support from rivals to fulfil his
the next month, he was attacked with red paint laced with solvent acetone aboard a train in russia. undeterred, he held this sale, partly to inspire others to sell their personal mementos too. though all is not lost. translation: i still have this one, have a look. - it s chocolate. so i have a souvenir. and the most important emotion? well, look, out of 15.5 million refugees, 40% are minors, of these, 5.2 million to 5.3 million need help. how can you live with that every day? children displaced by the war in ukraine will benefit from this record amount for this medal now heading to unicef, paid for by a mystery bidder as heritage auctions, which conducted the sale, has not revealed who it is. wow, that s a lot of dough. mark lobel, bbc news.
up, for nearly $30 million. that s what it is expected to cost to secure a seat on jeff bezos s first crewed spaceflight by his blue origin company. that s what one mystery bidder has paid, as the amazon founder auctions off the remaining seats on board his company blue origin s first flight. david willis reports. after a month long bidding process which attracted interest from more than 140 countries, top bid stood at $500 million, but once an online auction that figure rose dramatically. == online auction that figure rose dramatically. dramatically. $5 million. sold, $28 dramatically. $5 million. sold, $28 million! - dramatically. $5 million. sold, $28 million! the - dramatically. $5 million. i sold, $28 million! the identity has et sold, $28 million! the identity has yet to sold, $28 million! the identity has yet to been sold, $28 million! the identity has yet to been revealed, - sold, $28 million! the identity has yet to been revealed, but | has yet to been revealed,