and the prospects of agreement in the new talks. also tonight. tensions between russia and lithuania following a ban on the transfer of some goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad. some pharmacies run by boots are criticised for telling patients they can no longer have their drugs organised in plastic trays. game, set, match. williams. and serena williams comeback to tennis after almost a year out of the game brings victory in eastbourne. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a great day for the brits at eastbourne as katie boulter and jodie burrage pick up the biggest wins of their careers. welcome to bbc news at ten. the biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions of people. it was planned as the first of three days of action, but rail bosses and the unions now say they will hold new talks tomorrow to try to find common ground. the effects of today s action were severe, with only a fifth of services running across england, scotland and wales.
But theresa may stands by him. Well, the conservative Party Continues to believe that these allegations are unfounded hes innocent until proven gulity and remains our candidate. Former ukip leader nigel farage, who lost to Craig Mackinlay in south thanet in 2015, says hes baffled by the Prime Ministers stance. Once again, it is bad judgment from theresa may. Why on earth would you allow someone to go ahead as a general election candidate when this cloud was clearly hanging over him . The reaction to Donald Trumps withdrawal from the paris Climate Change accord sparks a political row here opponents attack the Prime Ministerfor notjoining other european leaders to condemn the move. Given the chance to present a united front for our international partners, she has instead opted for silent, and once again, subservience to donald trump. Its a dereliction of both her duty to this country, and our duty to our planet. And scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, clarifies her position on whe
Chris gard and connie yates wanted 10 month old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, to undergo a Therapy Trial in america. The governor of the Bank Of England has issued a warning about the amount of money banks are lending to us. It comes as Consumer Borrowing reaches its highest level since 2005. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well be speaking to a Cyber Security expert about the latest major cyber attack targeting ukraines National Bank and its largest airport. Its been fifty years since the first atm opened in the uk well be looking at how far the technology has come since then. And at seven welljoin katty kay and Christian Fraser in 100 days plus, for more on what the us says is the compelling evidence that president assad is preparing a chemical attack. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Damian Johnson with our ma
Its rare for britains Intelligence Community to make a Public Statement about anything. So the fact that gchq felt it had to rebut allegations that it spied on donald trump shows how seriously they took the comments made by the White House Press secretary, sean spicer. Gchq said the claims were nonsense, utterly ridiculous, and should be ignored. £225 i292; £553,516 . £52531 777, Downing Street says its been promised by the white house that the allegations wont be repeated. It is an extraordinary claim, that donald trump was bugged by gchq on the orders of barack obama, a claim that has led to strenuous denials from london. It was first tweeted by President Trump who said his phone had been tapped before his inauguration. He said president obama was a bad or sick guy. The Intelligence Committee said there was no evidence. The evidence remains the same, we do not have any evidence that took place. We have cleared that up, we have seen no evidence of that. Where is the president getti
Sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. Also today there will be no Armada Heading to gibraltar. The british Prime Minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. Jared kushner arrives in iraq. The president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in St Petersburg. President Vladimir Putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. The head of russias National Anti terrorist Committee Says another explosive device was later found and made safe at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. St petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time its been targeted. Richard galpin has the latest. In the immediate