this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 8pm... union leaders say talks to prevent rail strikes next week have failed — and the walkouts will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. theyjust want more money and yeah, they can hold the country to ransom. transport for london warn of "little to no service on all lines" on the london underground from tuesday, when strike action is due to hit. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. some asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats could be electronically tagged

in a new government trial. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. and in a dramatic final, leicester tigers win over saracens in english rugby's premiership decider. good evening. the rmt union has confirmed that next week's rail and tube strikes, the largest in three decades, will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. network rail say it's "serious" about trying to find a solution which gave people a "decent pay rise", but was also affordable for taxpayers and farepayers.

the strikes, on three days, will cause disruption across england, scotland and wales. our business correspondent, vishala sri—pathma, reports. it's set to be a chaotic time if you're travelling by rail at all next week. three 24—hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or indeed go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive — they're costly. they can hold the country to ransom. no, i don't back it at all. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that's affecting her treatment next week due to the strikes, so she's having to stay over there in a hotel. you know, everyone deserves fair terms and conditions, _ but it will impact so many people, especially post—covid _ and with the petrol prices going up, that daily commute's going to be i just that bit harder for everybody.

the rmt union says the dispute is overjob cuts and the need for a pay rise to mitigate the soaring cost of living. the industry is under pressure because of falling passenger numbers, and rail bosses insist reform is needed. the rail delivery group, who represent national rail, expressed their disappointment, claiming the unions were quick to walk away, with talks scheduled to carry on on sunday. the rmt, however, feel that not enough was put on the table by the rail companies to be able to meet in the middle. people need to know that their contracts, the people need to know that their contracts, their rights to have guaranteed hours and things like that, are not injeopardy, but the employer will not give us that. they are saying no pay rise and thousands ofjob cuts. some services will operate, but many will be disappointed.

lots of people will work from home, which we have all, most of us who can, have become accustomed to over the past few years, so it could be that it does not bite those people quite as much as it would have done in previous years. but for more of the leisure travel events — glastonbury is often mentioned as being one of the big events happening next week — the reality is that people willjust have to find another way to travel. the government say they are hugely disappointed, and feel the strikes disappointed, and feel the strikes are premature, urging the rmt to reconsider, but with no compromise in place for the time being, it is set to be a stressful seven days, the passengers days ahead, the passengers bearing the brunt. vishala sri—pathma, bbc news. earlier, i got the reaction of the times�* transport correspondent, ben clatworthy. speaking to network rail�*s chief negotiator earlier this week, he seemed to suggest to me that the strikes were all but certain to go ahead.

today we had that confirmation from the rmt, that their efforts, they say, have failed and that is why these strikes are going ahead. it will be a bitter blow for passengers, it will be a bitter blow for network rail, who really were hoping they would be able to find a way to avert the chaos that is going to come next week. unfortunately, though, they are stretched — the railways have cost £16 billion during covid — and they are simply not in a position to be giving out pay rises anywhere near in line with inflation in the rail industry, that is rpi, which is at 11%. so given that that is your thoughts, that there isn't the money there for these pay rises to match the levels they want, where does that leave us, with more strikes? well, that is the big worry. on top of that, we have the rmt�*s ballot, which allows them to strike for six months. alongside that, the tssa, another transport union,

are also balloting members. they started fresh ballots yesterday on south eestern and gwr. their leader has vowed to coordinate his action with the rmt as well. unfortunately, the way it's going and the rhetoric coming from unions at the moment is they are going for maximum disruption in the hope that they will be able to achieve high pay rises. it is worth noting that ministers yesterday were saying that ultimately public sector pay, which the railways largely are now because of the way they are funded, cannot rise in line with inflation, as that itself would be self—inflationary. well, given... if we take that as read, just as hypothetical, but there is room for some movement upwards on pay, do you think these strikes will be effective, that there will be movement from the other side? i think yes, i think, in so much

as network rail are looking at ways in order to give staff a pay rise, it is the same for the train operating companies, they are very open in saying they do want to fund a pay rise for their workers. the issue is that they need to find cost savings and they have been told by the department for transport that the budget and the treasury support for the railways needs to come down. they want to fund a pay rise. what they need to do is find efficiencies within the system. the big one is employing more technology, but also changing contracts to look at seven—day working, so you're not paying time and a half on a sunday. they want to give everybody a pay rise. the issue is that they are not able to do it at the level that unions are demanding at the moment. they hope, though, and keep saying their door is open for further negotiations. lastly, ben, we know the disruption will obviously be huge for passengers getting around, but also on other industries too?

yes, absolutely. the big one who is very concerned is the hospitality sector. i was speaking to the trade body, uk hospitality, this week. they have put a rough figure — and this is couched in, "we will see exactly what happens next week," but they think takings will be down by 540 million next week in the retail and hospitality, sorry, in the hospitality sector, largely, of course, in city centres and towns that are going to be cut off by the rail strikes. that, though, is a huge blow at a time when they are still recovering from effectively 18 months of very difficult trading with lockdowns and restrictions. thanks to ben clatworthy, thank you. this evening transport for london has issued a statement, saying the strike on tuesday... "will have a severe impact on the london underground network,

resulting in very little to no service on all lines, which is why we're encouraging people to avoid travel unless completely necessary." tfl is expecting the... "severe disruption caused by this strike to continue into the morning of wednesday 22 june." they also urged... "the rmt and unite to call off this strike and to work with us to find a resolution and avoid the huge disruption this action will cause to people's journeys and to our economic recovery." thousands of people have marched through central london today, calling on the government to do more to tackle the cost of living. the trades union congress demanded a "better deal" for people struggling to cope. the government has said it's providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. from the weekly shop to the price of filling up the car, all of us have seen the cost of living go up. today in london, unions called for better pay, but argued the government risked looking out of touch.

we've got millions of workers who are really struggling, we need to see a good increase in the national minimum wage, we need to see fair pay increases for nurses and public service workers across the board. and we need fair pay agreements. but ministers say that if you put up pay too much, that could just push up prices further, too. the prime minister says the country will get through the cost of living squeeze. i sympathise very much - with everybody who is facing pressures caused by the cost - of living, but what i would argue is that we will get through it, we will come through - on the other side strongly. don't forget we've got virtually record low unemployment, - the lowest for many, many years. lowest youth unemployment for a long time. _ the cost of living is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the government, one that will be key for millions of voters. ministers have already

announced support packages, discounts for bills in the autumn, and more help for those who need it the most. ministers are also looking at ways to keep household costs down, without necessarily spending more taxpayer cash, things like cutting red tape or persuading supermarkets to keep their costs down. but pay is going to be a key debate, with costs going up so much, many think their pay should too. the treasury, though, thinks that any pay rises need to be restrained, or inflation might get even worse. it was increases in pay that was on the mind of marchers. we have been on the front line, we just want some sort of pay rise, some sort of acknowledgement of the hard work that we do in the nhs. teachers have had a real terms pay cut of 20% in the last 12 years. and the way things are going, that is just going to get worse over the next 12 months. i am just hoping that enough people

l have come here today to really letl the government know that something needs to change and _ something needs to happen. this is a political issue that is dominating the minds of politicians. the answers are not simple. nick eardley, bbc news. frances o'grady, general secretary of the trades union congress, told us the government must heed the message from working people. this was a really important opportunity for people to come together from all over the uk, ordinary working people, saying "enough is enough." we've got a living standards crisis. we need action from employers and government to make sure that... working people, who have been struggling with pay cuts and pay freezes for over ten years now, just can't afford to take another hit. and they're asking for action from the government, saying, "we demand better." well, we want government to listen. you know, workers are not the cause of inflation, they're suffering

the impact of inflation. and there's a real danger for our economy, too, that because it's now shrinking and the risk is we're heading for recession is that if people don't have money in their purses and wallets to spend in local shops and businesses, this will make the problem even worse. we would like to see the government help those who are most in need. we have argued for an improvement in universal credit, we have argued for a fair pay increase for public service workers, but we need the government to back fair pay agreements in the private sector too, instead of what we have seen in the rail industry, which is getting in the way of train operating companies, who made £500 million worth of profit, negotiating a fair deal with the unions. the government will, of course, say that they have already banks to frances o'grady there.

the headlines on bbc news... union leaders say that talks trying to prevent rail strikes next week have failed and the walkouts will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. sport now and who is a round—up from isaac and the sports centre. leicester tigers have beaten saracens 15—12 to win the premiership after freddie burns kicked a dramatic last minute drop goal to win it. burns was on the field because a first half injury to fly half george ford. but he dropped back into the pocket and slotted home the winner to give the tigers theirfirst title in nine years. a couple of years ago leicester

were only sparred the drop because saracens were sent down because for persistently breaching a couple of years ago leicester were only spared the drop because saracens were sent down for persistently breaching salary cap regulations, but today they are champions. england women beat france in warrington today, in a warm—up ahead of the rugby league world cup, which takes place later this year. they scored seven tries in total, amy hardcastle scoring one in each half. georgia roach also scored twice. the final score was 36—10 to england. england's men are in action shortly against the combined world all stars. england's double header at warrington's halliwelljones stadium continued as the men's side hosted the combined nations all stars team — made up of some of the super league's best international players. they scored three tries — including this one from george williams — in an 18—1; victory. england head coach shaune wane said he was happy with his side's performance as they preapare for the first game of the rugby league world cup in october. ferrari's charles leclerc will start

the canadian grand prix from the back of the grid, as a result of a penalty for excessive engine usage. the move follows two engine failures in the last three races that have dealt a big blow to leclerc�*s title chances. leclerc had already incurred a ten—place penalty on friday in montreal and on saturday ferrari took further new engine parts that increased it. it's day three of the us open from the country club, brookline, in boston, where the world's top three golfers — scottie scheffler, jon rahm and rory mcilroy — chasing down co—leaders collin morikawa and joel damen. mcillroy will be beginning his quest for a fifth major title in around about 10 minutes�* time. morikawa and damen get started in around 30 minutes. italian matteo berrettini is just one match away

from defending his queen's tennis title, after reaching the final of the tournament this afternoon. the italian, who lost in the final at wimbledon last year, beat botic van de zandschulp of the netherlands in straight sets — winning 6—4, 6—3 in an hour and a half. he will face serbian filip krajinovic, who beat marin cilic 6—3 6—3. it's been announced that lucy bronze willjoin barcelona. the england defender left manchester city last month, after five seasons where she won the wsl title, two fa cups and two league cups. she has signed a two—year deal with barcelona, who are looking to strengthen after they were beaten in the champions league final by another of bronze�*s formerteams, lyon. james doyle on board naval crown claimed victory on day five of royal ascot in saturday's marquee £1 million race, the platinum jubilee stakes. the 33—1 shot narrowly edged out the william buick—ridden creative

force to earn trainer charlie appleby a one—two finish on the final day. the pair were followed across the line by america's campanelle and australia's artorius in a dead—heat. a report conducted between fifa and fifpro has found that 400,000 abusive social media posts were sent to players during the semi—finals and final of euro 2020, as well as this year's africa cup of nations. the study found that over 50% of players received some kind of abuse, and that black players who missed penalties, like marcus rashford, were the most abused players in the euro 2020 final. homophobic and racist comments made up the majority of the abuse, with most of it remaining online and having a "high probability" of identification. that's all the sport for now. i will see later. thanks for that, isaac.

some asylum seekers who arrive in the uk in small boats or on the back of lorries could be electronically tagged under a new home office trial. the prime minister says it's important to "make sure asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country." critics say the plan treats those fleeing persecution as criminals. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. after the plane chartered at a cost of several hundred thousand pounds to take asylum seekers to rwanda could not leave this week, the legality of the government's policy of deporting those seeking protection here must now be decided by british courts. so in the meantime, some of those who were due to be on board may be part of this trial and be electronically tagged while their cases are decided. when people come here - illegally and when they break the law, it's important - that we make that distinction. that's what we are doing with our rwanda policy. i that's what we are doing _ with our rwanda policy. with making sure that asylum seekers can't just vanish into the rest of the country. it's not illegal to seek asylum,

but the government is under pressure to stop the channel crossings, and tagging rather than detaining some whose immigration cases are being decided has been possible for several years. i think that the government is chasing headlines. what i want is a serious response, a serious response, because nobody wants these journeys across the channel to be made, these perilous journeys. everybody wants to clamp down on the gangs. that requires grown—up work with the french authorities and upstream works to actually tackle these gangs. you don't do that if you are a government asking the national crime agency to make cuts. the home office says it could be used in cases where there may be an increased risk of absconding and less incentive to comply with any conditions of immigration bail. i do think it's a sensible plan to try this so that we can keep tabs on people who are eligible for removal in order to deliver the government's required objective. tagging and monitoring is used for people subject to court or prison orders.

those who work with refugees say extending it to them is cruel and amounts to treating those who come seeking a welcome as criminals. actually, this is a diversion tactic from the government's complete failure to run the asylum system in an orderly fashion. at the moment, we have utter chaos. we have over 100,000 people in the asylum system waiting for a decision. so refugee groups say, in the face of the huge issues with the asylum system, tagging is a gimmick, and no other western nation does it. the numbers involved in the trial are likely to be small. damian grammaticas, bbc news. president zelensky has visited the frontline city of mykolaiv in southern ukraine. the city has been under near—constant shelling since late february, resisting russian offensives and preventing its forces from advancing on the key port city of 0desa. in his first visit to the city since the invasion began, mr zelensky pledged to help restore water supplies, which have been severely disrupted.

mr zelensky then travelled on to 0desa, where he inspected a national guard base and presented awards to a number of soldiers. in eastern ukraine, the donbas region continues to see intense fighting. the governor of luhansk says the situation there is "difficult but controlled," in reference to street fighting in severodonetsk, which russian troops largely occupy, and attacks on the neighbouring city of lysychansk. uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has warned of the danger of "ukraine fatigue" as the war against russia drags on. on his return from his second trip to kyiv since the russian invasion, mrjohnson said western support must continue for the long haul. the worry that we have is that a bit of ukraine fatigue is starting to set in around the world, but what you have got understand but what you have got to understand is that the ukrainians

are suffering terribly. in the east of their country, putin is continuing to commit appalling atrocities. the russians are grinding forward inch by inch and it's vital for us to show what we know to be true, which is that ukraine can win and will win. the russians are still sustaining huge casualties. they're running out of a lot of their most sophisticated weaponry. their precision weapons are starting to run down very severely and we've got to get over the message to the ukrainians and to the world how strongly we're backing them and how important it is that they succeed. militants in afghanistan have killed at least two people during an attack on the last sikh place of worship in the capital kabul. seven others were injured. the taliban authorities say a car bomb also detonated before reaching the gurdwara. 0ur correspondent,

secunder kermani, is in kabul. the attack here began at around 6:30 this morning. if you see those big, grey metal doors covered in shrapnel marks, that is the main entrance to the gurdwara, the sikh temple, and that's where this attack began with a number of assailants firing and using hand grenades to overpower a security guard and then get inside. now, there's also a number of taliban checkposts around here, and so members of the taliban who were stationed here immediately engaged the attackers in a firefight. and at some point a car that was parked around here, in which a bomb had been planted, that exploded, killing the commander of this taliban check post and causing all the damage that you see to these shops, many of which were owned by members of the sikh community, too. the fighting here lasted for around three hours, and you get a sense ofjust how intense it must have been from the state of this room. this was the main prayer hall, and it's been left completely devastated.

once upon a time, there were thousands, tens of thousands of sikhs living here in afghanistan. over the years of the conflict, that number dwindled and dwindled. there's been a spate of attacks carried out by the local branch of the islamic state group. one on another gurdwara two years ago in which around 25 people were killed, another attack in the eastern city ofjalalabad back in 2018. this was their last functioning gurdwara. now it's been attacked, too. there's only around 150 sikhs living in this country any more and the ones that we've been speaking to say they don't feel safe here any more — they want to leave. they're appealing to the indian government to help get them out. secunder kermani reporting. police in brazil have confirmed that a body found buried in the amazon is that of the missing british journalist dom phillips. journalist, dom phillips. a second body — believed to be his travelling companion, bruno pereira —

is still being examined. mr phillip�*s sister said he was a "leading light in journalism." katy watson reports. the grim news confirmed — dom phillips�* family can now, in the words of his wife, ale, say goodbye to him with love. these are the two men as their friends and family want to remember them — dom phillips, a passionate journalist writing a book on saving the amazon. i think he was a leading light injournalism. he was shining a light on an area which is a global problem and i would like to see any changes that we can make as a positive outcome of a tragedy. his travelling companion, bruno pereira, was an indigenous expert who knew the community so well and was loved by so many here. the authorities are still trying to establish whether the human remains also include those of bruno pereira. suspect amarildo da costa de 0liveira confessed to the crime

and lead the search teams to the place he buried the two men. authorities are also looking for a third suspect, jeferson da silva lima. they say he's currently on the run. the area where the two men disappeared is vast, remote and lawless. 0n the border with colombia and peru, there are illegal fishermen and poachers and drug trafficking, too. indeed, bruno's work trying to protect the indigenous communities from illegal activities made him enemies. he'd been threatened in the past because of his work. police, though, say the investigation suggests the suspects acted alone, not with a criminal organisation behind them. but, that was rejected by univaja, the association of indigenous communities, which had taken part in the search and had been calling for more to be done to find their friend bruno and his travel companion, dom. they believe it was a crime planned in detail. katy watson, bbc news.

finally, here's a view that could take your breath away. it's a new suspension bridge in georgia that's opened, nearly 200 metres above a canyon and river. but it's the diamond—type structure in the middle of the bridge that officials hope will draw the tourists. it doubles as a viewing platform. and if that is still not enough of a thrill, there's a bicycle zip line that runs parallel to the bridge — just don't look down! nope, not a chance! now it is time for the weather, susan powell. hello. cooler, fresher air is now making its way south across the uk, and marking that transition, we have a weather front along its length. sinking self at the moment, but some isn't going to go... across southern and eastern counties of the day to finish off saturday, the hot air just clinging on. this is the mark

that marks the boundary between the heat and the cooler air coming down from the north or north—west. quite lively for the small hours across the far south—east of the uk and down towards the channel islands by the end of the night. it could still be quite buggy here initially on sunday. elsewhere fresher, temperatures certainly more comfortable for heading off to sleep. through sunday the heat won't return, but it looks like some of those showers in the channel could surge northwards once again, livelier downpours to eastern counties, and temperatures ranging from the mid teens to the low 20s and some sunshine. hello this, is bbc news. the headlines... union leaders say that talks trying to prevent rail strikes next week have failed, and the walkouts will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling

and we need to help each other where we can. theyjust want more money and, yeah, they can hold the country to ransom. tens of thousands of people have marched in central london calling on the government to do more to help tackle the cost of living crisis. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in small boats to be electronically tagged. police in brazil confirm a body found in the remote amazon rainforest is the missing british journalist dom phillips. now on bbc news, it's time for political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with of that rather than interrogation of someone his