a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but, under pressure to take part in talks with the unions, it says it w
Greens? yes. it is, of course, hiuhl greens? yes. it is, of course, highly relevant greens? yes. it is, of course, highly relevant and greens? yes. it is, of course, l highly relevant and noteworthy greens? yes. it is, of course, - highly relevant and noteworthy that what was a few weeks ago the challenge of the far right and within the pen is now the far left and jean luc melenchon and partly because the far left does not ever do well in parliamentary elections because of the two van system where people vote to keep them out but we have got to get that relative because marine le pen is going to do well with her far right party this time around as you might get up to 40 time around as you might get up to a0 seats that you never had before. now french politics is the centre this is the stream is what the centre seizes the extremes, whether on the far or far left. jean luc melenchon has got a. he is a man of the anti nato is an south american that he believes all the wrong is in amer
The railways? we already see a lot more people, of course, because of the pandemic, working from home. maybe those who have to travel by rail generally will think twice about going into the office if they see potentially a summer of discontent stretching ahead on the railways. discontent stretching ahead on the railwa s. ., , ~ discontent stretching ahead on the railwa s. . , ~ ., railways. certainly think more eole railways. certainly think more peeple will railways. certainly think more people will work railways. certainly think more people will work from - railways. certainly think more people will work from home, | railways. certainly think more l people will work from home, as railways. certainly think more - people will work from home, as we saw through the pandemic, and it is those commuters that have come back most slowly to rail, but the area of real growth and real strong growth is that the leisure market. that s people taking weekend breaks, going away for the day, seeing
Disobey the european union laws on budget and so on and is a very, very radicalfigure. 0f budget and so on and is a very, very radicalfigure. of course budget and so on and is a very, very radical figure. of course the suits map and in the way because they can always say i represent the loss of sensible middle ground that suits macron. but that also means that when people eventually foot fed up with him, which is bound to on the far left of the far right. the far left of the far right. the far left of the far right. the far left or the far right. the new head of the army has told british troops they need to prepare to fight in europe once again as the conflict in ukraine continues. in a letter addressed to all ranks and civil servants, general sir patrick sanders, said there was a burning imperative for the army to be ready to fight alongside allies to defeat russia in battle. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood has more from the ukrainian town of irpin, outside the capital k
Want this resolved and we believe it can be resolved with goodwill and i ve met all the political parties in northern ireland and i ve met with industry in northern ireland. we believe we know where there is a landing zone to resolve issues around the operation of the vertical to give northern ireland the best chance in terms of access, obviously, to the european union market and the uk market, of course, and that would position northern ireland well in terms of inward investment. ireland well in terms of inward investment. ~ ~ , investment. mikel martin the irish taoiseach there. micheal martin the irish taoiseach there. now some of the day s other news. flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by seasonal monsoon weather have left at least 59 people dead in bangladesh and india. rescue teams have been working throughout the region