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on twitter @annitabbc. a decision is expected today over whether hundreds of gmb union members working as check in and ground staff at heathrow airport will take strike action. the taliban appeals for international help in afghanistan after a powerful earthquake kills more than 1,000 people. we are desperately trying to work with local partners to get through that rubble and see if there are any survivors that we can administer first aid to get to local hospitals. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. polls have opened in two parliamentary by elections which are taking place today in wakefield, and tiverton and honiton. eight medical staff who treated the football legend diego maradona in the days before he died are to stand trial for alleged criminal negligence. dat two of glastonbury gets underway. more than 200 thousan ....
a great day for british tennis at eastbourne is topped off by harriet dart winning two matches in a day to make today s quarter finals. for many of us today we will see some sunshine, but there are some showers coming up from the south which are likely to be heavy and thundery. forthe which are likely to be heavy and thundery. for the rest of the week it will turn cooler and more unsettled. it s thursday the 23rd ofjune. our main story. most trains in britain are not running again today, as thousands of workers walk out for the second time this week. just 20% of services will operate after talks between the rmt union and railway employers broke down. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has the details. large parts of britain s railway have come to a halt again. 0verall, only about 20% of services will run, although in some places it s less. northern will operate fewer than 10%. where trains are running services will start late and finish early. kamala lives in cheltenham, ....
a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergen ....
is under way. it sets the stage for a wednesday decision on whether they ll hike interest rates, or leave them unchanged. our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york. what do you get when you add strong consumer spending? a tightjob market and remarkable growth. you get a resilient economy, an economy that defied earlier predictions of a recession and one that s not buckling under the weight of the fed s interest rate hikes. see, raising interest rates is the fed s best tool to combat persistently high inflation, which consumers have seen reflected in higher prices for nearly everything. and while inflation has fallen by half from itsjune 2022 high of 7%, it s still higher than the fed s target of 2%. earlier this year, federal reserve policymakers hinted that they may hike interest rates once more before the year is out. they ll have a chance this week or at their last meeting in december, or they could not do it at all. investors and economists are p ....
the yen has been steadily depreciating against the dollar. it recently crossed the 150 yen to dollar threshold. let s speak now to damian thong. he is the head of japanese equity research at financial services firm, macquarie group. it s firm, macquarie group. a big tailwind, especially for it s a big tailwind, especially for exporting from japan. even for exporting from japan. even for manufacturers outside it means a lot of the profits they would generate overseas will be brought back into japan and an attractive rate of exchange. {iii attractive rate of exchange. of course japan s biggest trading partner china will be getting quite a lot of weak economic data, how concerns are japanese companies be? i data, how concerns are japanese companies be? companies be? i think it depends companies be? i think it depends on companies be? i think it depends on the - companies be? i think it depends on the firm. i companies be? i think it. depends on the firm. this a companies be ....