fires are continuing to burn out of control, as parts of europe endure record breaking temperatures. in france, thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes, almost a week after the first blazes broke out. in portugal the entire country has been put on alert. the leader of britain s biggest private sector trade union is warning of a summer of discontent with widespread strike action. sharon graham of the union unite says that workers, and particularly those who got us through the pandemic, should not now be paying the price of inflation. the government says action like strikes on the railways are only creating misery for passengers across the uk. our economics editor faisal islam reports. injune, thousands of rail workers walked out in a national strike now more announced for july and august. and rail isn t the only industry affected by strike action. workers are increasingly willing to walk out to help push up they pay in tough times, says the chief of the bigge
this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden tells mohammed bin salman, saudi arabia s de facto ruler, he holds him personally responsible for the murder of a dissidentjournalist. he basically said he was not personally responsible for it, and he took action. record temperatures, health alerts and fires burning out of control, europe struggles to cope with an unprecedented heatwave. children were among the civilians killed by a missile strike hundreds of miles from the front line in the fighting against russian forces. sri lanka swears in a new acting president, but will it be enough to end the unrest triggered by crippling economic crisis? president biden has told the de facto ruler of saudi arabia that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. his comments came during a vist tojeddah, the latest stop on his tour of the region. the american leader fist bumped with mohammed
indicated he would like an assault weapons ban sank it makes no sense for people to be able to purchase a weapon with 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and say his powers don t go that far. this saturday he also urged our country to unite honoring sacrifices of our troops. president biden remembering americans you made the ultimate sacrifice in what he calledle a sacred ritual. we must never betray the lives [indiscernible] hety depended democracy amon the war in ukraine. he stood alongside goldstar families. he addressed the families of th service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but make specific mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forc to diet by enemy attacks since he took office. the ceremony is coming one day after he privately grieved for the shattered community in uvalde, texas, telling reporter there s some hope for gun control agreement in congress, encouraged by mitch mcconnell to find com
serving politicians. we should be making change and, you know, that s what we hope that this government will do. it s been a long time in the darkness and now, finally, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised voters safe change as he worked to kick out the conservative liberal national coalition, which has been in power since 2013. it says a lot about our great country that the son of a single mum who was a disability pensioner can stand before you tonight as australia s prime minister. shortly after his election victory, i caught up with australia s new leader. mr albanese told me he was looking forward to working more closely with the uk government. they re going to look to you for some policies on climate change. this has been divisive, it s been difficult throughout the campaign. what should they expect from you? it s far less controversial in the uk. it shouldn t be controversial here and we have an opportunity now to end the climate wars in australia. it s bee
For four of 1983 of bowden card is considered armed and dangerous. He is a Person Of Interest, however, and thats well label him that moving forward until that changes. If people see him, they should not approach card or make contact with him in any way. A massive active shooter manhunt is underway at this hour in lewiston, maine it follows the shooting death of at least 22 people in several locations. Hi again, everybody. Im kevin corke in washington. And im Marianne Rafferty in los angeles. A shelter in place order remains in effect in lewiston as Law Enforcement look for suspect robert card, the Person Of Interest in this Mass Shooting. Hes a Firearms Instructor and former military. He was recently treated at a Mental Health facility. For more on the mood in the town and how things are going at this hour, lets turn to fox news correspondent molly line. She has been at the scene for a couple of hours now and she joins us live with more. Molly. And were outside of the Central Maine Me