down. good morning from southampton, where northern ireland and england face each other in their final group game at the euros. england look to continue their winning form as they head to the quarterfinals, while northern ireland want to finish their first major women s tournament on a high. sunny in the southern half of the country at the moment but a cloudy and damp start in the north. it will brighten up. news of exceptional heat coming our way into next week. it s friday, 15thjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain s biggest union warns of a summer of discontent . the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon g
it s tuesday, october the 24th. our main story. two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 o clock local time last night. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the details. freed after more than two weeks in captivity. in a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the international committee of the red cross. not before 85 year old yocheved lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. hamas is designated a terrorist group
a new report, funded by the european union, has found that the world s super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite a decade of efforts to reduce evasion. the study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than half a percent of their wealth. the eu tax observatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires saying that if the richest 3000 people in the world paid 2%, then it would raise $250 billion a year. let s speak now to one of the report s authors quentin parrinello, senior advisor at the eu tax 0bservatory+. what more can you tell us about what this report is calling for and whether it s feasible? in this report we are trying to target tax evasion and mistakes have happened in the last decade in terms of tax evasion. mainly focusing on the taxation of billionaires. we are asking to replicate the agreement on the global scale. for global billionaires. as you said, global bil
crucially virat kohli was still at his end. india s sports icon was there to guide his nation through. he scored 95, his team were there with balls to spare. at this home world cup, they have five wins from five. india at their peak atjust the right time. we got the result but also bumrah are, and siraj, they took wickets and that a0 overs held us back a bit but we knew if we could have taken wickets early, as we showed through the middle, try to apply pressure, then we can take the game deep and do what the black caps do and fight until the end and you never know. pakistan have hit the fewest sixes of this world cup so far and their opening batter iman ul haq has been giving his team a bit of dietary advice to solve the issue. he believes it is time for his team to eat more protein and not that much carbohydrate. pakistan will face tricky opponents afghanistan in their next match in chennai. afghanistan have defeated the defending champions england during the tournament, whi
around 11 to 16 degrees. a tiny bit above where they should be, and not bad after the chilly start. overnight two areas of rain and in areas we don t need it, lancashire east midlands and south yorkshire. another pulse pushes up from the south west. with the cloud and rain around it will be a relatively mild start, but it will be a nuisance first thing tomorrow morning. not heavy and persistent rain, but some relentless showers in the east midlands and into yorkshire. that could just exacerbate the issues we have got here with localised flooding. you need to keep an eye on that. a better story across england and wales, sunny spells and a few scattered showers. a better story for most of scotland and northern ireland, dry and settle. 11 to 12 degrees. the high is 16, 60 one fahrenheit. as we move into wednesday and at the ridge of high pressure keeps things quiet to begin with, but not for long. low pressure was set to return and dominate the story as we head into the weekend.