taking a tumble president biden falls off his bike near his weekend home but insists i m good . and coming up at 5.30 the story of manchester arena bomb survivor martin hibbert s epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is
for a pay rise to mitigate the soaring cost of living. the industry is under pressure to save money because of falling passenger numbers, and rail bosses insist reform is needed, but it s the passengers that will feel the brunt. lots of people will work from home, which we ve all most of us who can have become accustomed to that over the past few years, so it could be that it doesn t bite those people quite so much as it would have done in previous years. but for more of the leisure and travel events you know, glastonbury s often mentioned as being one of the big events that s happening next week the reality is that people willjust have to find another way to travel. the department for transport told the bbc that they are hugely disappointed and felt the strikes were premature and are urging the rmt to reconsider. but with no compromise in sight for the time being, it s set to be a stressful seven days ahead for passengers. vishala sri pathma, bbc news. let s speak to the rai