and foreign minister agree to dissolve parliament, triggering new elections the fifth election there in three and a half years. the european union says russia s blockade of ukraine s ports which prevents millions of tonnes of grain from being distributed across the world is a real war crime . this is a desperate attempt to use the foot to make to create hunger. welcome to the programme. we start here in the uk which is gearing up for the biggest set of rail strikes in thirty years. which is gearing up for the biggest disruption is expected all week. which is gearing up for the biggest there will be rail strikes on tuesday, thursday and saturday. and a london underground strike on tuesday. almost all major lines in england, scotland and wales will be affected. the rmt trade union is striking that stands for the national union of rail, maritime and transport workers. so, thousands of staff are due to walk out staff working at network rail responsible for the rail
The telegraph claims senior Cabinet Ministers are in talks with labour counterparts to come up with a plan to force the government to soften its brexit strategy. The ft focuses on the warning from the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier to get on with brexit talks, or face the prospect of the uk failing to secure a deal before the country leaves the union in march 2019. The i refers theresa mays comments to the 1922 committee as her mea culpa, saying the Prime Minister pledged to stay only as long as she was wanted. The times reports that mrs may told tory mps that she was prepared to scrap further cuts to public services, in a bid to win back support for the party. According to the guardian the Prime Minister was contrite at the 1922 Committee Meeting and that she sought to reassure back benchers more would be done to reach out to younger voters. The daily mirror portrays mrs may as Princess Leia from the star wars films, paraphrasing the movies famous line, may the force be with you.
Workers in greece and say they are dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees held on the island of lesbos. Bags of Rubbish Pile Up in birmingham as rubbish collectors step up their industrial action. Collection has already been disrupted for weeks. And its only just bought it. A Driver Looses Control of his new £200,000 ferrari. That was one hour after he picked it up that was one hour after he picked it up from the garage. Good morning. Its friday 28th july. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The bbc understands that at least 60 high rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower, have failed a new fire safety test. The test is seen as more thorough than previous ones, as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So farjust nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. Theyre in salford in greater manchester, where the local council is asking for help from Central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers w