justice department is examining donald trump s alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow with the opening ceremony. hello and good morning. england s lionesses are just one match away from glory after thrashing sweden 4 0 in their women s european championship semi final last night. they ll play the winner of tonight s second semifinal between germany and france in the final at wembley on sunday. it s the first time the team have reached the final of a major international tournament since 2009 and it follows the heartbreak of defeat in their last three semifinals. the england coach sarina wiegman hailed last night s performance against swden, the tournament s top ranked side, saying she was incredibly proud of her players. our correspondent natalie pirks was at the match at bramall lane in sheffield. the relief was palpable, the joy was intense. and the dancing? fit for a wembley fi
what you ve got is one union, the rmt on strike today, a different union, the aslef on strike in three days time and because they re colluding between themselves to set the strike dates, they re causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now i don t think that they should be able to go around doing that, we don t allow flying pickets, but we re allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there is permanent chaos on the railways. in fact, i was looking back and there hasn t been a single day in the three years that i ve been transport secretary where there hasn t been either a live dispute or a strike going on. that is not normal. you know, that is no way to run any industry. i m afraid these extreme, hard left unions have still got this bastian of power they used to disrupt the passengers and prevent obvious and needed modernisation, including modernisation to the safety of our railways from going ahead. it is very quiet inside the station here, butjust outsi
the government to get involved but the government to get involved but the government so you have to negotiate with network rail and the rmt would also like to negotiate with individual rail companies. it is all a bit of a mess and it s not going to get better anytime soon, because further strike action is planned by train drivers, scheduled for saturday and too much strike days by the rmt schedule for next month. ,, ., ., ., ., ,, i. the headlines on bbc news. england s four nil thrashing of sweden the top ranked team at the women s euros . next stop the final and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. i don t think we have got ahead of ourselves, even though it can be overwhelming with the support we ve had. disruption as the latest rail strikes begin across the uk with only 20% of train journeys
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