if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news ukraine is on verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk, its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistleblowers call for an independent panel to investigate. one, two, three, four. dance music plays. star dj fatboy slim holds a music workshop to help people with mental health problems. and prince william. the duke of cambridge turns a0 today. hello, good afternoon. deserted stations, empty tracks, and millions of frustra
and the prospects of agreement in the new talks. also tonight. tensions between russia and lithuania following a ban on the transfer of some goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad. some pharmacies run by boots are criticised for telling patients they can no longer have their drugs organised in plastic trays. game, set, match. williams. and serena williams comeback to tennis after almost a year out of the game brings victory in eastbourne. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a great day for the brits at eastbourne as katie boulter and jodie burrage pick up the biggest wins of their careers. welcome to bbc news at ten. the biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions of people. it was planned as the first of three days of action, but rail bosses and the unions now say they will hold new talks tomorrow to try to find common ground. the effects of today s action were severe, with only a fifth of services running across england, scotland and wales.
a industry are outrageous. fourth hearing into the ja| attack a fourth hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol is under way in washington as we speak. prince william, the duke of cambridge, is celebrating his 40th birthday. good evening. millions of passengers have faced disruption today after the biggest strike on britain s railways for 30 years got under way. the rmt union and rail bosses say they will resume talks tomorrow but even if there s any progress, it will come too late to avoid disruption on thursday, the next planned day of the walk out. what s the dispute about? as ever, it depends on who you ask. for the union, pay and job security are key. rail bosses says it s also about modernisation. they intend to start the process next month. borisjohnson had his say this morning, urging commuters to stay the course because as he said modernisation would be in their interest. our first report is from bournemouth and our transport correspondent, katy austin.
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
in just a few hours jeffrey rosen, former acting attorney general who oversaw the department for only a few pivotal weeks in time is set to testify before the january 6 committee later today and cnn has now obtained some of what he plans to say. rosen will be joined by two other top justice department officials, both of whom threat enned to quit. and jeffrey clark with no criminal trial experience was all in on the bogus theories being bandied about and told trump exactly what he wanted to hear. meantime cnn has learned that the justice department is widening its investigation into the plot to send the fake slates of electors to overturn biden s win. there is a fresh round of subpoenas to rogue electors from several swing states. here to help me sort through all of this is a former federal prosecutor and host of the podcast on topic. so great to see you. it has been a while. good to see you. great to have you. so today we re going to hear from more people, guards at the g