accusations of chaos one of the biggest train operators in the uk is stripped of its contract. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news and we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary that cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision required an adequate response from our military. he has ben morris with the announcement in the house of commons. ican i can confirm that the uk is donating storm shadow missiles to ukraine, a conventional precision strike give ability complementing the long range system already gifted including happen missiles as well as ukraine s on neptune christmas oh and longer range missions elsewhere gifted. the donation gives ukraine the best cha
a political clip for instagram. and a senior un official visiting kabul says progress is being made to ensure that afghan women continue work with aid agencies, despite the taliban ban. you are watching bbc news. now newscast. hello, it is chris, back in the studio in westminster and no longer in edinburgh. here in the studio. we have got this week, we ve had to guess in recent weeks in the first edition of newscast in this, we have three. forthe edition of newscast in this, we have three. for the price of one. we have brigid phillipson, labour, shuttle education, we have grand, the business secretary and we have the deputy leader in the house of competence. and we ll talk about that in the second and an issue that has dominated our lives down the last couple of days which is the coming together of two very naughty and complex and controversial issues and complex and controversial issues and what is the uk constitution and the other one is this planned lot of the other one is
it s been a busy afternoon in downing street dominic raab is back as justice secretary and deputy prime minister james cleverely stays as foreign secretary ben wallace remains defence secretary and michael gove looks set to return to government. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. grant shapps a big supporter of rishi sunak. stay with us in downing street for all the appointments so far. welcome to downing street where the new prime minister, rishi sunak has started to assemble his new cabinet with a number of appointments into the top jobs in government. let s into the top jobs in government. run you through v so let s run you through what we know so far. let s run you through what we know so far. jeremy hunt who took as chancellor after kwasi kwarteng was sacked following the fallout of the mini budget remains in post at the treasury. dominic raab is back in government a key supporter of rishi sunak. he is back asjustice secretary and reappointed depu
dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2000 workers are taking part in the eight day action after rejecting a seven % pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. people are so angry now that a company who made £240 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in dividends to its shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7% pay rise, with a £500