environment experts blame the recent heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions which are already being seen in england, a month ahead of time. good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 2a hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. so, we ve had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously that s gonna take a lot of time now to get to the stadium and we re worried about what time we will get back and also what time the trains are running till. obviously, like, i am only quite young as well, so without me gettin
end of all military operations. a prominent critic of the president we ll be speaking to the human rights advocate, bianca jagger. a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in virginia. el shafee el sheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. el shafee elsheikh had always described himself as a simple iis is but that wasn t true. a trial lasting two weeks here a part of a cell of the nicest beetles due to their english accents. isis beatles the group rain of terror left the world reeling in nara. he was convicted of his part in a hostage murder plot
Struggling for form, scoring just seven goals in thirty three league appearances. Rashford has played for england seven times this season before being left out of the squad for a friendly against belgium in march and now he misses out altogether ahead of a major tournament. These are of course difficult decisions and you are talking about players who are very good players, who have been an important part of what we have done over a number of years, and with marcus, i feel other players in that area of the pitch have had better seasons, it is as simple as that. This is as complex a group as i have had picking and we have had a few complex ones but i think we can make better decisions by giving ourselves more time and we have got time. So there are moments where time does not help you to make a better decision but in this instance it will. Well, rashford has taken to social media in the aftermath of that annoncement, saying he wishes gareth and the boys all the best for the up and comin
Hello, im lewis vaughanjones. Youre watching the context on bbc news. One person died and houses destroyed as severe storms and tornadoes sweep through the us. The impact has been felt from alabama and tennessee in the south stretching far to the north. Aerial footage shows the power of the winds, debris strewn across roads and properties flattened. Migration and Border Security is going to be a key issue at the next uk election. And today labour laid out part of its policy. Sir keir starmer says a Labour Government would scrap the Tories Rwanda Policy Straightaway but would not bring back migrants who may have already been deported there. But the Labour Leader refused to commit to stopping the boats, saying he would not put false numbers on his plans as he laid out his proposals. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. We will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things Border Security command. Now this is about leveraging the