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and final preparations as the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow. it is the official opening ceremony. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating, but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. and in the last few minutes, aslef, the train drivers union, has announced a one day strike at nine train companies on saturday. the 13th of august. the union says firms failed to make a suitable pay offer. on the disruption, our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly, some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigat ....
the ukrainian leader warns his troops in the eastern city of severodonetsk are outnumbered by stronger russian forces. there we go. the technology is working. it isjust there we go. the technology is working. it is just that time of the evening! welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. hopefully the tech gremlins will let us speak to our guests and show you the papers. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the iea the institute of economic affairs the free market think tank, and also with me is the broadcaster john stapleton. good evening to you both. i am glad to see you alive and working there, envision! good stuff. yes, john, fingers crossed! let s run you through those front pages of the newspapers. the mail leads with the rmt s planned industrial action, referring to it as a hard left strike which will paralyse britain. unsuprisingly, it makes the front page of the metro too. the strike will see 50,0 ....
It is early days yet, let s not rush to judgment, it is early days yet, let s not rush tojudgment, but we have it is early days yet, let s not rush to judgment, but we have seen this kind of thing in the russian game plan before. we ve seen it in syria, we ve seen it elsewhere, where the russians appear to do things to leave pressure, to give an inkling of hope that some accommodation can be reached and then they pull the rug from underneath it to relieve pressure. so i think early days yet. let s see where that grain flow actually starts operating and how sustained it actually becomes. jonathan, thank you for now, jonathan, thank you for now, jonathan marcus from the university of exeter. we re just going to to some news that relates to the rail strakes. we rejust some news that relates to the rail strakes. we re just hearing that shadow transport minister, this is labour s sam tarry, has been removed from the front bench after appearing at one of the picket lines. as part of this ....
The future, just this general sense of malaise that people are feeling at the of malaise that people are feeling at the moment, mainly due to the cost of living crisis, but it will certainly cost of living crisis, but it will certainly be compounded by that. i know certainly be compounded by that. i know we certainly be compounded by that. i know we will come in to talk about the fact know we will come in to talk about the fact that people will really struggle to get around the country, because struggle to get around the country, because it struggle to get around the country, because it is notjust rail strakes, but you because it is notjust rail strakes, but you have soaring prices at the petrol but you have soaring prices at the petrol pump in all sorts of chaos taking petrol pump in all sorts of chaos taking place at british airports. and so taking place at british airports. and so what to do? the sun has a rather bleak assessment of what our summer might look like, ....
Conservative and tiverton, were the where the conservative party have decent majorities commit particular in the latter. majorities commit particular in the latter. for majorities commit particular in the latter, for some polls are suggesting they could lose, and these suggesting they could lose, and these will be symbolic defeats, wheat these will be symbolic defeats, wheat field as a core redwall constituency. a force can hang onto that, constituency. a force can hang onto that, it constituency. a force can hang onto that, it signifies their still tory support that, it signifies their still tory support in that, it signifies their still tory support in the redwall, which will help him support in the redwall, which will help him support in the redwall, which will help him if boris can hang onto that, help him if boris can hang onto that, it help him if boris can hang onto that, it signifies there is still. tiverton. that, it signifies there is st ....