journalist dom phillips. and coming up at 6.30 all the day s sport, including leicester tigers dramatic win over saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. 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 it, £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pande
rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. and in a dramatic final, leicester tigers beat saracens in english rugby s premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it s serious about trying to find a solution which gave people a decent pay rise , but was also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers. the strikes on three days will cause disruption across england, scotland and wales. 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 ar
it has been left completely devastated. and more than 30 people are killed in northern bangladesh as heavy monsoon storms trigger lightning and landslides. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine . some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. borisjohnson has meanwhile warned of ukraine fatigue setting in after returning from his trip to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake reports from kyiv. singing. the russians killed roman ratushny on the 9th ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24 year old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many
on an extraordinary afternoon. morning. as we go week, good morning. as we go through this week, turning much colder than it has been. snow and the forecast, potentially as far south as southern england. today we have a weather front moving south taking its cloud, patchy rain and drizzle with it. behind it, cold air digs in with snow showers in the north. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday the 6th of march. our main story asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats will be banned for life from returning to the uk or ever applying for british citizenship, under new laws expected to be announced by the government tomorrow. refugee groups say these proposals, which involve sending all small boat passengers to another country, such as rwanda, are unworkable. our political correspondent helen catt reports. small boats like these brought more than 45,000 migrants into the uk last year an unfair and immoral trade, according to the prime minister, whi