is your summer holiday in jeopardy? as possible workers prepare to strike, unions say it could affecti million applications. tackling peanut allergies new research suggests giving young babies a tiny taste of smooth peanut butter could dramatically cut the number of children who develop reactions. and the businesswoman jacqueline gold, who transformed the lingerie chain ann summers into a multi million pound brand, has died at the age of 62. and coming up on the bbc news channel. four have been beaten now ireland just need a fifth win to claim another grand slam, but overcome england, and it ll be their first achieved in dublin. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader vladimir putin for war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of thousands of children from ukraine to russia, since last year s invasion. it s t
he acted pretty decisively in sacking nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, as he defends his handling of the affair. the kremlin rejects claims by borisjohnson that president putin threatened him with a missile strike before russia s invasion of ukraine. and the former all black campbelljohnstone becomes new zealand s first national player to reveal he is gay. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we wll have the draw for the fifth round of the women s fa cup, we re down to the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. firefighters and control room staff across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in 20 years over pay. last year the fire brigades union rejected a 5% pay offer. the union now says it ll give the government and employers 10 days to come up with a better offer, or the strikes will go ahead. it s the latest in a series of strikes announced by the public sector. on wednesd
and that s crucial to moving toward our enduring goal of palestinians and israelis enjoying equal measures of freedom, security, opportunity, justice and dignity. president biden remains fully committed to that goal. we continue to believe the best way to achieve it is through preserving and then realising the vision of two states. as i said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that vision is in ourjudgment detrimental to israel s long term security and its long term identity as a jewish and democratic state. you heard secretary blinken there referring to a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. what that envisions is an independent palestinian state in the west bank alongside israel, withjerusalem as their shared capital. next let s hear what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. to, perhaps achieve dramatic breakthroughs that i think could be both historic and enormously significant in our common efforts to bring
in a mosque in pakistan, at least 59 people have died and more than 150 have been injured in a suspected bomb attack. three years to the week when the uk left the european union, is it now possible to measure the economic impact of brexit? # well, i heard it through the grapevine.# and we remember barrett strong, the man behind much of the motown magic. and coming up on the bbc news channel. jarrod bowen on target for west ham against derby county in the fa cup with the winner taking on manchester united in the fifth round. good evening. for the first time in 20 years, firefighters and control room staff in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland have voted to go on strike. the main dispute is over pay, and the result of the ballot was overwhelming. the fire brigades union said while the mandate was very clear, it would not announce any dates for strike action until it had held talks with fire service employers in all parts of the uk. it s the latest in a series of pay
after major concerns over the bank s finances. its shares fell by almost a third on wednesday at one point, forcing the swiss central bank to take action. it issued a statement saying credit suisse can borrow up to $54 billion us to boost its bottom line. today the shares have rebounded and are currently up just over 20%. the selling has continued in asia today, with japan s topix banks index falling more than 4%, after recording its worst day in three years earlier this week. we re nowjoined by craig erlam, who s senior market analyst at oanda. for the story to come out was unfortunate timing. it has the backing of the central bank. covering short positions? it keeps investors that they are holding onto something that is not going to become more innocuous. we will see more volatility over the coming days and now investors are going to be looking at more financial institutions to see if there are material weaknesses there as well. i don t think this is over at this point, i t