for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o clock in the sun won t set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expect to a
the financial markets react to the emergency takeover of switzerland s second biggest bank. in 20 years as the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple saddam hussein, we take a look at the legacy. the un secretary general antonio guterres has hailed a major new report on climate change as a survival guide for humanity . climate scientists from intergovernmental panel on climate change said clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster. but they also warned a key global temperature goal will probably be missed. they say the world is expected to warm above one point five degrees centigrade by the early 2030s. secretary general antonio guterres has been speaking at the launch of the ipcc report and said everyone needs to work together quickly to achieve the climate change goals.. today i am presenting a plan to supercharge efforts. it starts with parties immediately hitting the fast forward button on the net zero deadlines to get to global z
fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
a review of london s metropolitan police is expected to heavily criticise the force for racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. uk passport office staff are to strike for five weeks, which could have a major impact on holidaymakers booking summer holidays. and making waves a former professional surfer breaks the world record for the longest surf session in australia. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for president vladimir putin and the head of the russian children s commission for alleged war crimes in ukraine. they are accused of forcibly deporting children from ukraine to russia. the icc says there are reasonable grounds to believe mr putin bares individual criminal responsibility for such deportations, which it says started soon after moscow launched its full scale invasion nearly 13 months ago. the warrant means mr putin could be detained if he leaves the country. the kremlin has denounced the move, calling it outrageous and unacceptabl
behaviour. welcome to the programme. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader vladimir putin for war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of thousands of children from ukraine to russia, since last year s invasion. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent, serving political leader. moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous, saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from ukraine s capital, kyiv. vladimir vladimirovich putin, president of the russian federation and now alleged war criminal. accused along with a senior official of illegally removing children from ukraine, accused by this man s court. the judges have reviewed the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that there are credible allegations against these persons