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
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this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. uk s biggest rail strike in three decades is under way the first of three affecting england, scotland and wales. fewer than 20% of trains are expected to run today. with last ditch negotations failing, borisjohnson accuses the unions of harming the very people they claim to be helping. the unions say the government blocked negotiations. we need to get ready to stay the course, we need to get ready to stay the course, to we need to get ready to stay the course, to stay the course, because these course, to stay the course, because these reforms, these improvements in these reforms, these improvements in the way these reforms, these improvements in the way we these reforms, these improvements in the way we run our railways are in the way we run our railways are in the interests of the travelling publie the government could have made a move to settle this dispute but instead they are escalating.