a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but, under pressure to take part in talks with the unions, it says it w
disobey the european union laws on budget and so on and is a very, very radicalfigure. 0f budget and so on and is a very, very radicalfigure. of course budget and so on and is a very, very radical figure. of course the suits map and in the way because they can always say i represent the loss of sensible middle ground that suits macron. but that also means that when people eventually foot fed up with him, which is bound to on the far left of the far right. the far left of the far right. the far left of the far right. the far left or the far right. the new head of the army has told british troops they need to prepare to fight in europe once again as the conflict in ukraine continues. in a letter addressed to all ranks and civil servants, general sir patrick sanders, said there was a burning imperative for the army to be ready to fight alongside allies to defeat russia in battle. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood has more from the ukrainian town of irpin, outside the capital k