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pupils in england must be allowed to buy some uniform from high street shops, according to new government rules. how much are you paying for your kids school uniform? do you think this move is a good one? get in touch with me this morning via twitter, i m @rebeccajonesbbc. or you can use #bbcyourquestions. we ll be speaking to the child poverty action group in around 45 minutes. also today. # mew, mew, mew. and the duchess of sussex as you ve never seen her before, as she plays a prank on unsuspecting members of the public during a us television interview about family life. welcome to bbc news. english cricket is facing fresh accusations of racism, after it emerged that a player wore black make up at a fancy dress party in 2009. a photograph of alex hales, who plays for nottinghamshire, has been published by the sun newspaper. he responded by saying he was dressed as his musical hero, the rapper tupac shakur, and he deplored discrimination in all its forms. the england ....
and yet another demonstration of the big strategic mistake that president putin made with his legal annexation, his legal annexation of crimea and the war against ukraine. as russia continues its assault, it is even more important to continue our support to ukraine. earlier today, russian state media have published pictures of the defence minister, sergei shoigu, who hadn t been seen in public since the leader of the wagner mercenaries, yevgeny prigozhin, demanded his removal. it s unclear when the pictures were taken, they have not been verified by the bbc. it s the first such reference to him since the mutiny over the weekend. russian news agencies have reported that the wagner leader, yevgeny prigozhin, is still under investigation for trying to organise an armed munity, despite a claim at the weekend that the charges against were to be dropped. but there s been no public appearance of president putin, or the leader of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin. sarah rains ....
for months, rail workers have been striking over pay and plans my guest is mick lynch, leader of the biggest rail union, the rmt. the stakes in this fight are high. can the workers win? mick lynch, welcome to hardtalk. you are the leader of a union that s been in a long running dispute now. it goes back to last summer. there have been rolling, sporadic strikes. as it goes on, does it feel harder to find your way to a compromise? well, there s no easy way out for either side. the government has boxed themselves into a corner, to a large extent. and i think that s predicated on the idea of setting precedents for public sector. we ve seen the nurses, ambulance drivers, many civil servants in dispute along similar lines. people aren t being paid enough in this society at the moment and many public sector workers have had long term pay cuts measured against any measure of inflation, so there s some catch up to be done, and that makes it harder because the government wants ....
longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and we ll have more from westminster in just a few minutes. also this afternoon: ukraine s president says nearly one third of his country s power stations have been destroyed after another round of russian attacks. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who appeared in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and the climate activist greta thunberg says she will not pursue a career in politics because it is too toxic. welcome back to westminster, the prime minister liz truss has chaired the cabinet after apologising last night for mistake she had made since entering number ten as pm. speaking to the bbc, she admitted her premiership so far hadn t been perfect but said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election, this despite widespread criticism from within her own party. yesterday the new chancellor jeremy hunt scrapped most of her tax cutting plans, ann ....
liz truss of trying to avoid scrutiny of her economic plans as she prepares for an emergency budget if she becomes prime minister. a bbc investigation unmasks the man responsible for a huge online community which traded non consensual sexual images and videos of more than a hundred woman. and as a new law to make school uniforms more affordable in england misses the start of the academic year let us know about the cost of kitting out your children and whether you ve been able to make any savings. you can contact me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. and knock, knock. who s there? that s right it s the funniest joke at the edinburgh fringe comedy festival, but what is it? find out later this hour. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes we have got a result amongst barristers in england and wales. they have voted to go on an all out strike in england and wales next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot voting for an ....