a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach, after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. afghanistan s taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake that s believed to have killed a thousand people. un agencies are rushing to get emergency she
that could save hundreds of millions of pounds and that could be transferred into savings and a better pay offer we could put on the table. and where s the government in all of this? ministers say it s down to the rail companies and their workers to sort out. also tonight.. the grooming gangs of oldham an independent inquiry says the council and greater manchester police failed to safeguard vulnerable children. the mountain gorillas of central africa once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising. are their wider lessons for conservation? if you re on the hunt for a first major golf title, why not make it the us open? we ll have more on matt fitzpatrick s remarkable feat. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. reaction to the decision made by swimming s world governing body to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s races if they went through male puberty. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. britain is facing its biggest rail s
A shutdown avoided at least for now, but what is the future for House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy . And what of the spending for ukraine . Money promised by the white house was stripped from the bill this weekend, just hours before a pro russia candidate in slovakia, regained power. Good evening, jeremy hunt is the seventh chancellor in 13 years to addess a conservative Party Conference. Today he stood on stage next to a slogan promising long term decisions for the future. Not the easiest sell when your partys trailing 16 points in the polls, and the government is about to cancel a key part of a flagship infrastructure project, in which you have already invested billions of pounds of taxpayers money. A decision the current Prime Minister signed off as chancellorjust three years ago. We are also going to build better railways, madam deputy speaker. With spades going into the ground on hs2, our commitment to fund Manchester Leeds leg of Northern Powerhouse rail, we are going to build broadban
Not having them around, but i think this week of all weeks, its going to hit home with them that theyre not here, and i think they are going to miss being here more than we are missing them. I think this week is a realisation that the decision that they made has led to not being part of this week, and thats tough and the landscape in golf is ever changing and more dynamic, and we will see whats happening and whether they will be a part of it in the future. I always thought leading up to this week is when its going to hit home that they are not going to be here. Theres also been an all Star Celebrity Match Taking Place over seven holes on the ryder cup course. Novak djokovic traded in his Tennis Racket to take his opening tee shot, not a bad effort from the 2a time grand slam winner while gareth bale, wales all time record goalscorer, and a five Time Champions League winner was also taking part and they were both on the winning side playing for colin montgomerie, the american corey pavi