won t be made until the end of the season, following a heavy champions league defeat. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. president trump s most senior diplomat is making his debut on the international stage at the g20 summit in germany. the new us secretary of state rex tillerson is meeting russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov this lunchtime at a time when contacts between the trump administration and moscow are under the spotlight. the us state department says mr tillerson will try to provide a comforting message to countries uneasy about apparent changes in america s foreign policy positions. we ll be live in germany in a moment, but first this report from wyre davies. with so much attention on his own difficulties at home, donald trump might be thankful that, for the next couple of days, the spotlight will fall squarely on the shoulders of his new secretary of state rex tillerson, attending the g20 summit in germany. among his first meetings was with
is at aslef headquarters in central london. as they point out this was agreed by aslef leadership so what is it the drivers don t like? we heard from another union involved, the rmt, they describe this deal as a scandalous sell outs and a disgrace. the leadership has said the deal would only have in certain circumstances, exceptional circumstances, exceptional circumstances, would there only be drivers but other unions and some of membership themselves felt there we re membership themselves felt there were too many exceptions to that. so were too many exceptions to that. so we had the rank and file membership overturning a deal done by the leadership. the results of the ballot have come through in the last half hour, and about 900 drivers work for aslef on southern, there was a turnout of about 72%. they we re was a turnout of about 72%. they were asked the question, do you accept the proposed agreement on driver only operation and related issues? 54% voted no. driver only op
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a deal which promised to resolve one of the country s longest and most damaging rail strikes on the country s largest rail franchise has collapsed, raising the prospect of further industrial action. train drivers, who are members of the trade union aslef, had been balloted about operating trains without a guard or onboard supervisor under certain circumstances. the proposed deal had been condemned as a shocking betrayal by the trade union that represents conductors, the rmt, who began the industrial action last april. their train driving colleagues have now rejected the deal, with 54% voting against it. aslef says it will respect the ballot of its members. southern‘s parent company, govia thameslink railway, has reacted to the aslef vote. in a statement, they have said: ‘naturally, we re saddened and hugely disappointed, as will be our passengers, with today s decision by drivers, particularly as the agreement carried the full
thousands of homes have been evacuated in christchurch, new zealand, after two separate fires have combined, covering nearly 5,000 acres. and, a century of the wrens the navy marks the formation of the women s royal naval service during the first world war. it s 5.00pm. our main story is that a potential deal to end the long running dispute on southern rail has been rejected by members of the train drivers‘ union, aslef. in a ballot, 54% voted against the proposal which had been negotiated by the union s leaders. southern says it s hugely disappointed and will be seeking more talks as soon as possible. the union is expected to try to renegotiate the deal. but, for the moment, it means there is still no end in sight to the disruption on one of britain s busiest commuter networks. 0ur correspondent, john young, is at brighton railway station where many commuters affected by the southern rail dispute travel from. more from you and what people have been saying there today?”