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
there are now 15.5 million refugees, and how one must deal with this is completely incomprehensible. we thought for a long time about what we could do, what each individual could do, and we thought that everyone should give away that which is dear to them, important to them. in march, muratov halted his independent newspaper s operations in russia after a warning from moscow over its russia ukraine war coverage. 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. i 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
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.