victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for
It is not clear what caused the fire, which broke out when the club was still busy. With more on this is Azadeh Moshiri in the newsroom. He mentioned the police and Emergency Services are still looking for people who are missing. Relatives are also there giving their dna, trying to find loved ones whom they know were at the nightclub that night. You just have to look at these images to see how serious the situation was. These huge plumes of smoke and these large flames and there are devastating stories coming out of spain. 0ne Local Paper wrote of a 28 year old woman who sent a voice note to her mother as the fire broke out saying, maam i love you, we are going to die. As far as we know she hasnt been found yet. A spokesperson said there was also a Birthday Party at one of the main my clubs thats been affected by this fire. Emergency services are looking for those who are missing and we do know that at least four people have been treated for Smoke Inhalation at a nearby hospital. There
Court as 12 americans are selected to decide the former president s fate in the socalled hush money trial. The jury called you how did that make you feel . Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that breaking news. A jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. Seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who is charged with falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 president ial election. One alternate has already been selected, and the court needs five more to begin the case. The judge said he hopes to have that wrapped up tomorrow. Now, earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. Thats because two jurors who were already seated were then removed. Tonight, prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt
Government ambition, commitment and consistency. A relaxation of 2030 would undermine all three. Here is mike hawes, chief executive of the society of Motor Manufacturers and traders. As you would expect, a great deal of concern. The industry has invested billions in this transition and a lot of it has gone into the uk already, the government has backed that. You have seen them invest in the Tata Battery Factory in somerset, mini production in cowley, Electric Vehicle for commercial Vehicle Production in ellesmere port. So weve got mixed messaging when youre investing in there. If you want to attract and continue that investment, you need a strong market. We want to see what is being said, because at the moment we are getting this mixed message about what is it that the government wants. Ill tell you, if you want to achieve net zero, you have to decarbonise road transport. This morning Home Secretary Suella Braverman backed the Prime Ministerfor making difficult decisions on net zero a
sighting of daniel khaleef, the 21 year old terror and spying suspect, who escaped from wandsworth jail two days ago. daniel khalife. this is a new image of the former soldier, and a reward of £20,000 is now being offered for information leading to his recapture. a member of the public says they saw him crawl from beneath a van about a mile from the prison, still dressed in the chef s uniform he was wearing while working in the prison kitchen. detectives say he d managed to cling onto the underside of the vehicle, using straps, as it left the jail. the met have released of images showing the chef s uniform daniel khalife would have been wearing as he escaped from the kitchens of the prison. the head of the metropolitan police also says the force is exploring the possibility of whether staff at wandsworth prison actually helped him escape. live now to new scotland yard, and our correspondent helena wilkinson. i think crucially, detectives now have something concrete potent