hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the british transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes later this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation, and i call on them to reconsider. french president emmanuel macron s allies are facing a new alliance of left wing parties in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. western leaders including borisjohnson warn that russia s war against ukraine may go for years and support for kyiv must be sustained whatever the cost. and america becomes the first country in the world to approve use of the so called mrna covid vaccines for babies. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, it s a beautiful day, and i am in my home city o
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
a second body, believed to be that of indigenous expert bruno pereira, is still under analysis. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade. it is a beautiful day and i am in my home city of london where the international tourists are slowly returning and it s so good to have them back. 0ver and it s so good to have them back. over the last couple of months, i am back. over the last couple of months, iam pleased back. over the last couple of months, i am pleased to say, everyone on the show has been able to do their bit of travelling, too, and i know the whole team has been really happy that we ve been able to get back out there, especially after all the restrictions that we have all had to put up with over the last couple of years. so this week we re going to look back at some of the places we have been too as the world starts opening up again. 0k, first up, back in march, carmen went
hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines. the british government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. critics fear it will treat people who have fled war and persecution as criminals. where people come here illegally, when they break the law, it s important that we make that distinction. that s what we are doing with our rwanda policy, that s what we re doing with making sure that asylum seekers can tjust vanish into the rest of the country. the home secretary priti patel has described the ruling by the european court of human rights which grounded the first plane due to take asylum seekers to rwanda as scandalous . the flight had been due to take off on tuesday night before the court intervened. supermarkets and utility companies should be helping people struggling with soaring prices that s according to the uk government s new cost of living adviser. militants have attacked
Around 400 years ago, a Spanish Nobleman Set Sail for the new world. His name . Lorenzo longoria. My ancestors arrival, along with millions of others through is centuries, changed history, creating Modern Mexico and a gateway between it and the rest of the world. This is the cradle of mexico, everything started here. Its also the cradle of mexican gastronomy, because all ingredients landed in this spot, and all the ingredients from mexico left from here. Chocolate, vanilla, the tomato. Can you imagine italian cuisine without the tomato, or french pastries without chocolate and have a vanilla vanilla . Impossible. The people here created a whole new cuisine. Wow. Im eva longoria, Born And Bred in texas, with mexicanamerican roots, which makes me a texican. Im exploring mexico to see how the people, their lands, and their past have shaped a culinary tradition as diverse as its 32 states. The ports strategic position saw them fight off repeated invasions right into the 20th century. But t