we ll be getting the reaction of commuters and businesses. also on the programme tonight. ambulance services and a&e departments in wales record their worst ever performance times. victims of the cladding crisis. a new study reveals anxiety, depression and thoughts of self harm. it s kind of like a crippling depression where you can t get up. i didn t see the point in anything, had a really bleak outlook on life. lady gaga talks to us about channelling her childhood experiences into her new film, house of gucci. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest on peng shuai, the tennis player who has not been heard of for two weeks since making sexual assault allegations against a top chinese government official. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds, which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines, w
for nine years, successive uk governments have repeated promises to revolutionise how we travel by train between the north of england and london. high speed rail2, or hsz, promised to modernise britain s transport infrastructure, cut travel times and integrate the economies of england s regions. hs2 will still go ahead, but today, the uk government confirms it is significantly watering down the project s ambition by scrapping its entire eastern leg. here was the original plan, in which hs2 connects london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. but as of today, it s been confirmed that the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be scrapped. and it s also ditching a planned new high speed rail link between manchester and leeds. instead the government says it s come up with an alternative rail package priced at £96 billion. it promises to upgrade existing train links and build new, but shorter stretches of high speed track. katy austin reports. this south yorkshire lo
azeem rafiq who called out racism against him at yorkshire cricket club apologises for using anti semitic language on social media ten years ago. the irish taoiseach micheal martin tells the bbc goodwill on all sides can solve the row over trade in northern ireland. the migrants trapped on the edge of the eu we follow one afghan family who ve tried dozens of times to get in. and prince charles visits the pyramids, saying they should inspire us to protect the planet as egypt prepares to host next year s climate change summit. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, rangers get their man former player giovanni van bronckhorst is the new manager of the scottish champions. the dutchman replaces steven gerrard. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deli
our selves and not consider how to help those people? it s very interesting, those who have come across very few of them are sent back because under the refugee rules and regulations, they qualify. so there are people from afghanistan, from syria, from eritrea ijust find it extraordinary that we are not talking about the humanity. i think that something that needs to happen. these are human beings. just talk happen. these are human beings. just talk about the humanity, if you ve seen any of our bulletins, you ll have seen huge coverage of the humanity of the situation on both sides of the border, from our correspondence in belarus and poland. tonight we ran a report on bbc news about the situation in bosnia, as well. it is well worth us giving the line, since you did ask in northeast poland says these british troops are not there in a combat capacity, the defence secretary said they would help build fences and observation posts. but we would not be there in a combat role.
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in washington, where president biden has suggested there s a new instrument to apply pressure on china over its human rights record. he said the us is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year s beijing winter olympics. a diplomatic boycott of next year s that would mean athletes would still compete but there would be no government representation. speaking to reporters during a meeting with the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, mr biden was thrown the question. a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics? it s something we re considering. well, that was a very brief comment, but then the white house press secretary said the idea of a possible boycott was driven by concerns over china s human rights record. that comes despite efforts to ease tensions at a virtual summit between the president and chinese leader xi jinping earlier this week. th