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 won t. train operating companies have to settle this. i don t think there is any need for the strikes at all and i appeal directly to people working for the railways, you are being led down a cul de sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise when there is, trying to create some kind of class war when there is none to be had. we want people to be paid more, we want to sensible reforms and modernisation of our railways so we can run it for the passengers. the government says it has spent billions propping up the railways in the pandemic and it now wants to see them modernised. the union which was part of the cost
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
They pray a last attempt at salvation and a prayerfor colombia s men. in a country used to decades of civil conflict, even the priests use the language of war. this is a call to action. they re fighting to put men back in control. but this isn tjust about religious conservatism, it s about political indoctrination. these priests are issuing a thinly veiled warning not to vote for the left. this is the man they re scared of. gustavo petro is a former mayor who promises to tackle poverty. a former rebel, too. if he wins these elections, he ll be colombia s first ever leftist president. and this is the man he s up against.
In the second and final round of presidential elections. they will choose between two very different candidates the leftist gustavo petro, who s promised more equality or populist businessman, rodolfo hernandez, who s been labelled a colombian trump. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports from colombia s capital bogota santa maria, madre dos. a last attempt at salvation and a prayerfor colombia s men. in a country used to decades of civil conflict, even the priests use the language of war. this is a call to action. they re fighting to put men back in control. but this isn tjust about religious conservatism, it s about political indoctrination. these priests are issuing a thinly veiled warning not to vote for the left.
Rodolfo hernandez is a businessman, an outsider, a man who s been called colombia s trump, and a man whose tik tok videos and womanising have become more famous than his politics. his supporters, though, aren t fazed. translation: |f| had money, i d - do my own thing if it made me happy. he s a good thing because he s a businessman. he s a self made man. he s a little confusing. the truth is that a vote for adolfo is against pedro. because we don t want socialism, we don t want these politics that are against the freedom, the economy, we are afraid about petro. for communtiies used to being cast aside, petro s politics are a welcome change. petro s running mate, is a black woman,