this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. disruption as the latest rail strikes begin across the uk with only 20% of train journeys expected to go ahead. england's 4—0 thrashing of sweden — the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop the final — and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. reports that the us justice department is examining donald trump's alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the latest uk conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion on the cost of living and promises over cutting crime. also coming up in the next hour — we have a special report inside afghanistan, and the resistance fighters standing up to the taliban.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. large parts of the uk's railway network are facing disruption once more — just a few weeks after it was hit by three days of strikes. thousands of rail workers are taking industrial action again today in the continuing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. only 20% of the country's rail services are set to run today — but even these services will be limited. some parts of britain will have no trains at all. the disruption is widespread across the uk. today more than 40,000 members of the rail, maritime and transport union have walked out. they work for network rail and 1a different train operating companies around the country.

the tssa union is also striking at avanti west coast meanwhile, the drivers�* unions aslef has announced another strike this saturday there are more strikes planned for the 18th and 20th of august and it may not end there — there have been threats of further strike dates later in the year if the dispute isn't resolved. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. much of the railway has come to a halt as members of the rmt union walk out again. these passengers at preston yesterday had heard disruption was on the way. we did have things planned for tomorrow. so with the strike going on, we're not going to be able to go anywhere, because we need the train. if we are to plan anything, we're going to be a bit snookered. but we're staying local, anyway. to be honest, i understand why they're striking. yeah, i can understand that. i support them. for the money that they want, that's fair enough. _ itjust means a little inconvenience. as with the first of these national strikes injune, half the network is closed. some places have no trains at all.

0verall, about 20% of services will run, and they'll stop at about 6:30 this evening. but the last trains on some long—distance routes will depart early or mid—afternoon. a section of the workforce striking today are network rail signallers who control the movement of trains across the entire network. we normally have about 4000 of those, but today we've only got about 400. and they can only control and look after a skeleton service today, which is why we have so few trains running. and those trains are going to be finishing a lot earlier than normal. for instance, the last train out of here up to liverpool is about 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. so please, if you are thinking of travelling by train today, do check before you travel. many commuters can work from home, but lots ofjourneys will still be affected, including some summer—holiday trips and getting to the second women's euros semifinal tonight in milton keynes. a deal in the ongoing dispute feels far away, at the moment. the rmt said it would continue to talk, but a huge chasm remained between them and rail employers around pay, job security and working conditions.

it has scheduled more strikes for the 18th and 20th of august. the union said a strike was its only option amid a cost—of—living crisis. we haven't rushed into this, bearing in mind we've been seeking a settlement for two years now in our industry. we're not aiming to inflict massive disruption on ordinary people going about their lives, but we have got literally nowhere else to go. the rail industry is under pressure to save money after the impact of the pandemic. bosses argue modernisation is needed and reforms must happen to afford higher pay without taxpayers or passengers having to pay more. the transport secretary, grant shapps, today accused union leaders of trying to cause as much disruption as possible and urged the rmt to step back from industrial action, or risk passengers turning their backs on the railway for good. for now, people are being told don't take the train today unless yourjourney is necessary. katy austin, bbc news.

0ur correspondent simonjones is at euston station in central london for us this morning. welcome to you and it does seem looking behind you that most people are heeding that warning, just a handful there today? are heeding that warning, “ust a handful there today?* are heeding that warning, “ust a handful there today? handfulthere today? yes, euston is the sixth busiest _ handfulthere today? yes, euston is the sixth busiest railway _ handfulthere today? yes, euston is the sixth busiest railway station - handfulthere today? yes, euston is the sixth busiest railway station in l the sixth busiest railway station in britain normally. but if you look at the concourse down there, very few people, people heeding the warning to only travel if absolutely necessary. at times it seems there have been more staff members on the platforms than people trying to travel. if you look at the departure board, there are 14 services listed over the next couple of hours, but thatis over the next couple of hours, but that is it. normally you would have far more leaving from the station and that very much is the picture across britain. you have only got around 20% of normal service is running, around half of stations have no services at all and there are two sides in this dispute, you

have got network rail which oversees the rail network in the uk and you have also got the rmt union. and they are at loggerheads over the way forward over potential modernisation, overthe forward over potential modernisation, over the pay offer that has been put forward during a cost of living crisis. the british transport secretary grant shapps has condemned the strike action. he says the timing is cynical because you have the second semifinal of the women's euroes this evening at the start of the commonwealth games tomorrow and people travelling from all over the world to participate and also watch those games. there could be a knock—on effect for people trying to get to those games tomorrow. plus, we are at the height of summer and tomorrow. plus, we are at the height of summerand a tomorrow. plus, we are at the height of summer and a lot of tourists from around the world trying to get around the world trying to get around and scratching their heads, wondering how they are going to do it today and grant shapps says this action is completely unnecessary.

what you've got is one union, the rmt on strike today, a different union, the aslef on strike in three days' time and because they're colluding between themselves to set the strike dates, they're causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now i don't think that they should be able to go around doing that, we don't allow flying pickets, but we're allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there is permanent chaos on the railways. in fact, i was looking back and there hasn't been a single day in the three years that i've been transport secretary where there hasn't been either a live dispute or a strike going on. that is not normal. you know, that is no way to run any industry. i'm afraid these extreme, hard left unions have still got this bastian of power they used to disrupt the passengers and prevent obvious and needed modernisation, including modernisation to the safety of our railways from going ahead. it is very quiet inside the station here, butjust outside there is a busy picket line with people from

the rmt union there. they say that any pay offer put forward is very derisory when people are facing huge inflation, with prices going up, the cost of living crisis. they also do not believe guarantees they would be not believe guarantees they would be no compulsory redundancies and they say the modernisation changes have not been properly outlined. mick lynch from the rmt was at the picket line earlier. we haven't got an offer from network rail or the train operating companies that suits the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no offer on pay and they've given us no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. so the gap between the two parties is too big and the responsibility for that lies with grant shapps and this government, who dictate the terms that the companies can offer. and he's refusing to budge. we've got now into this leadership contest where people are puffing out their chests saying they are going to make strikes illegal, virtually. and we need to get some common sense into this equation. we need to get a proper set of proposals from the companies that will allow us to get

towards a settlement. both sides are talking tough, but they seem very divided. it is hard to see a way out of this. for people who are wanting to travel today, they are being warned that services will wrap up at around 6.30 in the evening. the last train from he will leave at around 5.30 and if you are looking to get from london to edinburgh, the finaltrain looking to get from london to edinburgh, the final train is at two o'clock this afternoon and if you are heading to manchester, it is at 3.30, so very reduced services. the warning is, of course, check before you set out. let's speak to nick garnett at manchester piccadilly station. very quiet behind you as well? it is, during the first strikes the message was out there was industrial

action, people didn't come all week and the train companies tell people not to go to a train station all week because of the level of disruption. this time, that message doesn't seem to have got through. i have had lots of people wondering why they couldn't get on a train at seven o'clock, eight o'clock in the money because they didn't know there was any industrial action. no money out of this train station, there are 14 platforms here, they will run one train every two or three minutes, about 60 or 70 trains per hour. it is just about 60 or 70 trains per hour. it isjust running ten about 60 or 70 trains per hour. it is just running ten at the moment. if you look behind me at those arrival boards, you will see on one side of it, looks like there is a lot of trains running. those are the stations those individual trains are running too. on the other side of the board, isjust a running too. on the other side of the board, is just a few trains, and thatis the board, is just a few trains, and that is what is running, six per hour, one every ten minutes is leaving piccadilly train station,

not the usual service. people here are doing whatever they can. 0ne not the usual service. people here are doing whatever they can. one of the big problems is what do normally do at a train station, you get a cup of coffee or something to eat, and thatis of coffee or something to eat, and that is a problem as well? the cafes, the restaurants are also closed as well. so those businesses also losing out on takings and the people here have very few choices as to what they correctly by while they wait for the trains that do run. the trains are running a skeleton service, it is arterial. 0ne going to the east coast, and going north, one going south every hour and one local service is feeding manchester airport as well. it is one of the busiest times of the year for manchester airport and a lot of trains and people will come back into the city centre from the airport, either on holiday or to try and get their way home. those are the trains running at the moment and they have tried to pick up the routes that will be most useful to most people. but there is no getting away with it, there are very few

trains running here at all. thank ou. england's women footballers are through to the final of the women's european championship and on the verge of winning their first ever major trophy. the hosts beat the tournament's top—ranked side sweden 4—0 in last night's semifinal, to set up a clash with either germany or france, who play in the second semifinal tonight. the final will take place at wembley stadium on sunday. it's the lionesses first major final since 2009 and follows the heartbreak of defeat in their last three semi—finals. ellie wilson, who plays for sheffield united women, was at the match last night — and she's got tickets for the final at wembley on sunday. welcome to you, great to have you on the programme, what was the atmosphere like last night? it the programme, what was the atmosphere like last night? it was fantastic, atmosphere like last night? it was fantastic. it _ atmosphere like last night? it was fantastic, it was _ atmosphere like last night? it was fantastic, it was the _ atmosphere like last night? it was fantastic, it was the best - atmosphere like last night? it wasj fantastic, it was the best women's game i have ever been to, hands down and it smashed record attendance as well for a semifinal. it and it smashed record attendance as well for a semifinal.— well for a semifinal. it was unbelievable. _ well for a semifinal. it was unbelievable. that -

well for a semifinal. it was - unbelievable. that performance was breathtaking at times, did you expect it given the pressure they are under and they went on as the underdogs?— are under and they went on as the underdous? , , ~ y., ._ underdogs? definitely, like you say there is a lot _ underdogs? definitely, like you say there is a lot of _ underdogs? definitely, like you say there is a lot of pressure _ underdogs? definitely, like you say there is a lot of pressure with - underdogs? definitely, like you say there is a lot of pressure with it - there is a lot of pressure with it being a home tournament and it being a semifinal game as well. the girls have been dealing with that pressure. i think equally, sweden would have felt the same. you could probably see that from the start of the game, it wasn't slow, but you could sense nerves from both sides. 0nce england got into their rhythm, especially after the first beth mead goal, they were flying. they have handled it really well up until now. what impact does their performance at this tournament, win or lose, but come the final, on girls and women in this country? i come the final, on girls and women in this country?— in this country? i think there will be a huge _ in this country? i think there will be a huge impact, _ in this country? i think there will be a huge impact, hopefully- in this country? i think there will be a huge impact, hopefully it i in this country? i think there will. be a huge impact, hopefully it will be a huge impact, hopefully it will be inspiring a lot of young kids, both boys and girls. it is great there is an opportunity for young girls to play and it is about enhancing that and really embracing that at the back of the tournament,

because we want to provide as many opportunities as we can for young girls to play football, especially in schools and grass roots, girls only teens and the fact these young players can now see role models on these big stages now, it is a visible pathway for them and something they can aspire to be. we talk about visible pathway, you play for sheffield united women, did you have such a pathway growing up? hat have such a pathway growing up? not what it have such a pathway growing up? iirrt what it would be now. i can only think what the girls are looking at and thinking now, their role models are in front of them and packing out stadiums, as we have seen, in this tournament. i did playful and only girls team, but a lot of players at my age did start out in boys teams, and in terms of the role models and accessibility to the semiprofessional game, as it was at that point, itjust wasn't semiprofessional game, as it was at that point, it just wasn't there. the growth of the game is really hotting up at the moment and we need to embrace as much as we can so it

has a positive impact on the younger girls coming through. what has a positive impact on the younger girls coming through.— has a positive impact on the younger girls coming through. what about the mone in girls coming through. what about the money in the — girls coming through. what about the money in the sport? _ girls coming through. what about the money in the sport? we _ girls coming through. what about the money in the sport? we still- girls coming through. what about the money in the sport? we still see - girls coming through. what about the money in the sport? we still see a i money in the sport? we still see a lot of young women struggling to pursue their footballing dreams and having to hold down a job to pay for themselves? having to hold down a “ob to pay for themselves?— having to hold down a “ob to pay for themselves? yes, there definitely is a barrier there. _ themselves? yes, there definitely is a barrier there. even _ themselves? yes, there definitely is a barrier there. even in _ themselves? yes, there definitely is a barrier there. even in the - a barrier there. even in the championship now there are three teams, sheffield united being one of them who are still semiprofessional. a lot of us have jobs alongside it, still studying and it is difficult to uphold than the standard of the game is increasing. there is increased pressure is on as players, rightfully so, because we want the game to become as professional and as elite as it can be. but it is in the right direction and the growth of the game over the last five to ten years has been immense and the quality of the football is better, the players are more athletic and it really is being reflected in the performances we are seeing. hopefully, if more sponsorship comes

in off the back of this, which there is interest from fans, it is going to keep adding to that and it is definitely going in the right direction. ., ., ,, direction. the final on sunday, you are lucky to _ direction. the final on sunday, you are lucky to have _ direction. the final on sunday, you are lucky to have tickets, - direction. the final on sunday, you are lucky to have tickets, who - direction. the final on sunday, you are lucky to have tickets, who do l are lucky to have tickets, who do you think our best chance is against, france or germany? the? you think our best chance is against, france or germany? they are both tou . h against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, _ against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, i _ against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, i am _ against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, i am going - against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, i am going to - against, france or germany? they are both tough teams, i am going to say l both tough teams, i am going to say france. purely because germany, just being a crazy day in itself and i am a bit nervous if it goes to penalties, so i will go with france and about that altogether.- and about that altogether. those dreaded penalties, _ and about that altogether. those dreaded penalties, let's - and about that altogether. those dreaded penalties, let's hope - and about that altogether. those dreaded penalties, let's hope it | dreaded penalties, let's hope it doesn't go there. thanks a lot. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... disruption as the latest rail strikes begin across the uk with only 20% of train journeys expected to go ahead. england's 4—0 thrashing of sweden, the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop the final — and the chance to win their first ever major tournament.

us media reports that the us justice department is examining donald trump's alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the former us president, donald trump, has given his first speech in washington since leaving office, repeating false claims that the election had been stolen from him. mr trump stopped short of announcing his candidacy for 2024 but predicted republicans would retake the white house. our country is being dealt one historic humiliation after another on the world stage. and at home our most basic rights and liberties are totally under siege. the american dream is being torn to shreds and we will not have a country left if this economic and social attack on civilisation itself is not quickly reversed. cbs correspondent dan lieberman told me if we can expect donald trump to run. the short answer is, we really don't

know for sure. he hasn't officially thrown his hat in the ring but some media outlets and pundits are saying this event yesterday washington, his first major speech in the capital since leaving office certainly felt like an unofficial campaign launch. he spoke about what he would like to do about undocumented migrants, crime, homelessness. he also promised to build his border wall and he did offer his supporters at ease, same with regard to another run, "we mayjust have to do it again". run, "we may 'ust have to do it auain'. ~ . , run, "we may 'ust have to do it auain'.~ . , run, "we may 'ust have to do it aain".. ., , again". what else was he saying, it was uuite again". what else was he saying, it was quite a — again". what else was he saying, it was quite a long — again". what else was he saying, it was quite a long speech _ again". what else was he saying, it was quite a long speech for - again". what else was he saying, it was quite a long speech for his - was quite a long speech for his first speech back?— was quite a long speech for his first speech back? again, crime was the to - ic first speech back? again, crime was the tonic he — first speech back? again, crime was the topic he hammered _ first speech back? again, crime was the topic he hammered hardest. - first speech back? again, crime was the topic he hammered hardest. he| the topic he hammered hardest. he was critical of the biden administration. trump proposed more funding for police, stiffer penalties for immigration violations and said the us should execute drug dealers. he also said he would send national guard troops to neighbourhoods with high crime rates and insist the us has become, "a war

zone" since he left office. tell and insist the us has become, "a war zone" since he left office.— zone" since he left office. tell us more about _ zone" since he left office. tell us more about the _ zone" since he left office. tell us more about the reports - zone" since he left office. tell us more about the reports in - zone" since he left office. tell us more about the reports in the . zone" since he left office. tell usj more about the reports in the us media that the us justice more about the reports in the us media that the usjustice department are possibly examining donald trump's actions during that raid on the capitol building? to trump's actions during that raid on the capitol building?— the capitol building? to be clear, at the moment _ the capitol building? to be clear, at the moment it _ the capitol building? to be clear, at the moment it is _ the capitol building? to be clear, at the moment it is not _ the capitol building? to be clear, at the moment it is not evident i the capitol building? to be clear, i at the moment it is not evident that donald trump himself is a target of the investigation, only that prosecutors in thejustice department are asking questions related to him and his aides and they want to talk to some of the witnesses who appeared before the january to sixth committee. the justice department has to be very careful here because there are several potential hurdles and pitfalls in charging a former president, perhaps the primary concern, it must decide whether any prosecution would appear political in nature, especially as we do start to enter a presidential election cycle during, which mr trump as we discussed earlier could run again. the attorney general here in the us insisted yesterday there is nothing

preventing him from investigating trump. in the next few hours, a co—ordination centre for ukrainian grain exports will open in turkey. it's part of the un brokered deal to get supplies moving, after the war with russia cut them off. the halt to grain deliveries has seen prices rise around the world. all parties to the agreement will be represented at the new centre. but it's far from certain that it will unblock grain exports — as azadesh moshiri reports. ukraine says the first ships carrying vital grain exports could leave its black sea ports within days. so all eyes are on whether russia will keep its word. despite a landmark deal meant to secure safe passage for the ships, many in the west are still concerned over its success and the russian missiles that have hit the port city of 0desa have done little to calm those fears. within ukraine, scepticism over the deal working long—term is also high.

for ukraine's front line farmers, the only choice is to carry on with their harvests despite the dangers around them. translation: we can't sell the grain and that's getting us _ into financial trouble. historically it makes no sense to make a deal with russia. they are only worth the paper they are written on. yet there is a lot riding on this deal. a russian blockade has caused soaring globalfood prices and shortages in some of the world's poorest countries. all this is threatening millions of lives. that's because before the invasion, together russia and ukraine produced 30% of the world's wheat supply, 20% of its corn, and 80% of its sunflower oil. that's why ukraine was often referred to as the world's breadbasket. and within ukraine itself, the government is hoping this deal could help restore its war—torn economy.

0ur expectation that country may export five million tonnes per month, so it means approximately $5 billion us by the end of the year. right now 20 million tonnes of grain are still trapped in ukraine's ports. to co—ordinate these deliveries, on wednesday the united nations and turkey will work with the warring parties to open a joint centre in istanbul. the hope is that in a few days time that grain will start trickling out to the rest of the world once again. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. the russian energy company gazprom — is further reducing the flow of gas to germany. moscow says it's because of technical problems with two turbines —

but industry sources say that's not true. it follows the eu agreeing to limit its use of russian energy supplies. german ministers have accused president putin of withholding russian gas to try to provoke political and economic turmoil in europe. 0ur correspondent in berlin, jenny hill, explained why people in germany are worried. there is a huge amount of concern here in berlin and that is because they simply don't know if perhaps when vladimir putin might decide to turn off the taps completely. you mentioned the eu ministers who met to agree to cut consumption of gas across europe by 15%. that was an announcement yesterday. berlin is very keen on solidarity from its neighbouring eu member states hoping that they will help in terms of the efforts to conserve gas for the winter. but the big headline on the agreement to conserve gas by 15% actually perhaps does rather conceal the reality which is that a number of member states have secured its exemptions and maybe the eu is not going save as much gas certainly ministers here in germany would like because they are scrambling to get themselves

prepared for the winter. at the moment, germany's gas stores are something like 66% full, they need to be at 80 or 90% capacity if germany is to get through the winter and even then, ministers say it could be tricky. interestingly, i did speak to an expert on energy, germany's leading expert a week or so back and she said that the modelling that they are doing here suggests that germany could get through the winter on far less gas but only if alternative sources are found. if germany manages to really save on consumption ahead of the winter months, if germany concentrates for example on renewable sources of energy, a whole host of ifs. and that is why people here really are concerned as the gas flow is further reduced this morning. a day ahead of the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games, the queen's baton is due to arrive in the host city of birmingham. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will compete in this year's games, which features the largest number of women and para—sport athletes

in its history. it will be the first multi sport event to award more medals to women than men, and the first major multisport event that is carbon neutral. jess phillips is the labour mp for birmingham yardley, shejoins me now. how has birmingham been preparing for this? how has birmingham been preparing forthis? it how has birmingham been preparing for this? . , , ., ., how has birmingham been preparing for this? ., , ., ., ., for this? it has been going on for what seems _ for this? it has been going on for what seems like _ for this? it has been going on for what seems like years _ for this? it has been going on for what seems like years and - for this? it has been going on for - what seems like years and birmingham city council have been preparing and were hit by the pandemic, which obviously slowed things down. as you can see there is a lot going on behind me and the games will be delivered on—time, on budget and everyone in the city is now looking forward to it. i think brummies have been largely waiting for something to spring up and that has very much happened now. tell to spring up and that has very much happened now-— happened now. tell us about the economic. _ happened now. tell us about the economic, the _ happened now. tell us about the economic, the environmental- happened now. tell us about the - economic, the environmental impact these preparations are having on the city? this these preparations are having on the ci ? �* , , ., these preparations are having on the ci ? ~ , , ., ., these preparations are having on the ci ? a .,

these preparations are having on the city? as you are saying in your introduction, _ city? as you are saying in your introduction, brummies, - city? as you are saying in yourj introduction, brummies, when city? as you are saying in your - introduction, brummies, when they are fully versed in exactly both diverse and how environmentally friendly these games are going to be, it will be really thrilled. as a local member of parliament, i am preparing myself for some of the teething issues, by transporting things. but we havejust teething issues, by transporting things. but we have just come from the earlier section at the baton relay session at birmingham university. the roads were clear, there were shuttle buses providing green energy going all round the city. it will be a cause for huge enthusiasm and a big sigh of relief when it gets under way. bud enthusiasm and a big sigh of relief when it gets under way.— when it gets under way. and there will be a huge _ when it gets under way. and there will be a huge number— when it gets under way. and there will be a huge number of - when it gets under way. and there will be a huge number of people, | when it gets under way. and there i will be a huge number of people, you are preparing yourself for possible transport issues, but they will be so many more people in the city? filth. so many more people in the city? 0h, es, but so many more people in the city? oh, yes. but we — so many more people in the city? oh, yes. but we are _ so many more people in the city? oh, yes. but we are a _ so many more people in the city? on yes, but we are a welcoming so many more people in the city? (31, yes, but we are a welcoming place so many more people in the city? 01, yes, but we are a welcoming place in birmingham. me and my sons have been in town for the last couple of days

in town for the last couple of days in birmingham city centre and we have seen their abandoned cycling team, teams and all their garb, the jamaica team was over at the university this morning. it is like a festival atmosphere, for people in birmingham, it is a very diverse and welcoming place. there might be pressures but we will take it like brummies take everything, we will shrug our shoulders and say, it will be all right. 1 shrug our shoulders and say, it will be all right-— be all right. i want to ask you, the shadow transport _ be all right. i want to ask you, the shadow transport minister - be all right. i want to ask you, the shadow transport minister has - be all right. i want to ask you, the i shadow transport minister has joined the picket line today with the rail strikes, and are empty picket line and it is something keir starmer has said shouldn't happen in previous days of the strikes, should he be disciplined, do you think? 1 days of the strikes, should he be disciplined, do you think?- disciplined, do you think? i don't know if he _ disciplined, do you think? i don't know if he was _ disciplined, do you think? i don't know if he was told _ disciplined, do you think? i don't know if he was told whether - disciplined, do you think? i don't know if he was told whether he l know if he was told whether he should or shouldn't go, i certainly haven't been told whether he should or shouldn't go on any picket lines. i don't know what conversations go on. i think, i don't know what conversations go on. ithink, it i don't know what conversations go on. i think, it is a difficult situation with regard to the

railways and difficult negotiations the government have failed on. i think that some of the junior labour politicians may have gone on a picket line. politicians may have gone on a picket line-— picket line. are you frustrated because it _ picket line. are you frustrated because it is _ picket line. are you frustrated because it is at _ picket line. are you frustrated because it is at the _ picket line. are you frustrated because it is at the start - picket line. are you frustrated because it is at the start of i picket line. are you frustrated | because it is at the start of the love games? 1 because it is at the start of the love games?— because it is at the start of the love ames? ., ., , , ., love games? i am always frustrated, the are love games? i am always frustrated, they are never _ love games? i am always frustrated, they are never at _ love games? i am always frustrated, they are never at a _ love games? i am always frustrated, they are never at a convenient i love games? i am always frustrated, they are never at a convenient time | they are never at a convenient time and i am frustrated it has come to that. i havejust come and i am frustrated it has come to that. i have just come from the railway station, where i park my car, people are managing to move around the city and a huge amount has been done to make sure people can get in and out of the city. there is never a convenient time for a strike, never a convenient time for workers to fight back, that is just reality. for workers to fight back, that is just reality-_ just reality. what have you got tickets for. _ just reality. what have you got tickets for, what _ just reality. what have you got tickets for, what are _ just reality. what have you got tickets for, what are you i just reality. what have you got i tickets for, what are you looking forward to most? 1 tickets for, what are you looking forward to most?— tickets for, what are you looking forward to most? i am going to the o enin: forward to most? i am going to the opening ceremony, _ forward to most? i am going to the opening ceremony, which - forward to most? i am going to the opening ceremony, which i - forward to most? i am going to the opening ceremony, which i am i forward to most? i am going to thej opening ceremony, which i am very excited about because i have heard

how brilliant it is from people who have been to the dress rehearsal. i am going to the velodrome, in london and some of the athletics at the alexandra stadium, which i'm really looking forward to.— looking forward to. have a great o enin: looking forward to. have a great opening ceremony, _ looking forward to. have a great opening ceremony, thanks i looking forward to. have a great opening ceremony, thanks for l looking forward to. have a great i opening ceremony, thanks for being with us. one of the two remaining candidates in the uk conservative party leadership contest, rishi sunak, has promised to temporarily remove vat on household fuel bills if the price cap goes above £3,000 in the autumn. when he was chancellor, he rejected an opposition party proposal to scrap vat on energy bills. he's been accused of making a u—turn on tax cuts by supporters of his leadership contest rival liz truss. meanwhile, she's said she'll tell police forces to cut the levels of violent and neighbourhood crimes by 20% — with league tables published to highlight underperforming areas. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonjoins us from westminster. good morning to you, bring us up—to—date on what rishi sunak has been promising?

up-to-date on what rishi sunak has been promising?— been promising? well, rishi sunak has suggested _ been promising? well, rishi sunak has suggested that _ been promising? well, rishi sunak has suggested that vat _ been promising? well, rishi sunak has suggested that vat could i been promising? well, rishi sunak has suggested that vat could be . has suggested that vat could be reduced to zero on your energy bills, for a period of a year, from the 1st of october this year, until next autumn, that is if there bills go above £3000, the energy bills are capped, if that cap was above £3000 in the autumn than dovi vat would be removed, but this has already become contentious because liz truss said very clearly that this is a screeching u—turn because when he was chancellor back in february, in the house of commons, he said that were vat on fuel to be reduced at that stage, not even scrapped but reduced, then the benefit would go disproportionately to wealthier households, he was also very sceptical that any reduction in vat should then be reversed in future, he said it might end up as a permanent subsidy and he made it clear that that was not a good idea when the country was trying to pay

down debt. so they are effectively saying, he is now, in the quotes of one of her campaign supporters, he is now desperate in this leadership race and that is why he is offering this. i think from his point of view, he would say, look, i've always said that we should do more if circumstances warrant it, and this is one of the weapons in his armoury to try to help with the cost of living, and he was under some pressure to say what he would do to tackle the cost of living, because liz truss has been very clear about her plans, which would include reversing a tax increase which he imposed. she has also said clearly that she would do other things, in terms of taxation, including halting increases in business tax, so i think he needed something specific to say, but it has brought criticism from his opponents, largely because also during the course of this campaign he has been arguing against immediate tax cuts and even suggested that liz truss's puzzles for tax cuts would be, quotes,

immoral. for tax cuts would be, quotes, immoral-— for tax cuts would be, quotes, immoral. , , , . ., , , immoral. distrust meanwhile has been makin: immoral. distrust meanwhile has been making promises _ immoral. distrust meanwhile has been making promises about _ immoral. distrust meanwhile has been making promises about policing? i immoral. distrust meanwhile has been making promises about policing? 's, i making promises about policing? 's, es. making promises about policing? "°~, yes. rememberthe people making promises about policing? "°~, yes. remember the people who vote for britain's next prime minister are not the voters as a whole, it is about 160,000 conservative party about 160 , 000 conservative party members, about 160,000 conservative party members, and it's not surprising that the candidates are trying to focus very much on their priorities, so there are big differences in some areas, such as tax and the economy, there are other areas where i think there are other areas where i think there could be similar messages, but competing on territory which they think will go down well with the membership. so, she is suggesting that crime could be cut by the end of this parliament, serious crimes, what are called neighbourhood crimes, which basically means burglaries, by 20%, setting specific targets for police forces, and also doing more to look at the performance of police forces, data which is already collected but behind the scenes is going to be made public on the performance of each police force in england, and if

the chief constable in charge of those police forces were in a category which is falling behind, some of their other colleagues, they would be called up in front of the home secretary and would have to explain what they were doing to improve their performance. so, not just tough on crime but tough on those who are meant to be cracking down on crime, too. my those who are meant to be cracking down on crime, too.— down on crime, too. my goodness, iain down on crime, too. my goodness, iain watson. _ down on crime, too. my goodness, iain watson, for _ down on crime, too. my goodness, iain watson, for now, _ down on crime, too. my goodness, iain watson, for now, thank- down on crime, too. my goodness, iain watson, for now, thank you. i the headlines... disruption as the latest rail strikes begin across the uk with only 20% of train journeys expected to run. england's 4—0 thrashing of sweden, the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop, the final, and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. us media reports that the us justice department is examining donald trump's alleged involvement in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the latest conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion

on the cost of living and promises over cutting crime. final preparations as the commonwealth games get underway in birmingham tomorrow. let's get more now on the former us president, donald trump, giving his first speech in washington since leaving office. he repeated false claims that the election had been stolen from him but didn't, as some had expected, announce that he would run for president again in 2024. we can get reaction to this from scott lucas, professor of us politics at the university of birmingham. welcome to view. so, what did you make of this speech? he didn't make any commitments but he hinted that he might? lt is any commitments but he hinted that he miaht? , , he might? it is the same tired lines from china. — he might? it is the same tired lines from china, which _ he might? it is the same tired lines from china, which is, _ he might? it is the same tired lines from china, which is, the _ he might? it is the same tired lines from china, which is, the election i from china, which is, the election was stolen from me, i'm the victim here, america is in a state of carnage, you need me to save

everything, and it was a very big hint, it effectively said, look at me, i got a lot of votes in 2016, i got millions more in 2020, hey, i might get more next time. he's running for president in 2024, the question is not if he is running but whether the republicans will actually support him as the party's candidate or whether they finally decide he is too toxic and switch to somebody else? and what do you think, do you think they will support him? i think it is a real open question at this point. i think you've got some republicans, we now need to call them trumpists, who are dug in with him, a lot of the republican house members are trumpists, but people like mitch mcconnell, who has been very silent, and other mainstream figures, and i think they may decide trump is too toxic to try to take over the white house, although they may go for

somebody who is a trumpist and i would be looking at this point at somebody like rod desantis, florida governor, who is very popular with the trumpist base and other republican so he may be basically trump in different clothing, but he is not connected to the capitol attack. 15 is not connected to the capitol attack. , , , , is not connected to the capitol attack. , ., , , , attack. is a split in the party? there has _ attack. is a split in the party? there has been _ attack. is a split in the party? there has been a _ attack. is a split in the party? there has been a split - attack. is a split in the party? there has been a split in i attack. is a split in the party? there has been a split in the l attack. is a split in the party? i there has been a split in the party for years, there has been a split in the party foryears, donald there has been a split in the party for years, donald trump was not supported by most republicans until very late in the 2016 campaign, and many republicans privately were appalled by his behaviour, and indeed do believe he in fact worked with the russians in 2016 to get elected, but publicly they thought they could use him to their advantage, especially senator mcconnell,, they could get more judges on the supreme court, they could get taxes cut, so they used trump just as he used them, the question is, do they want to go back to that kind of relationship, given notjust to that kind of relationship, given not just the damage to that kind of relationship, given notjust the damage he has called for the republicans, but to be

honest with you, the greatest threat to american democracy since the us civil war. , to american democracy since the us civil war. . ,., , civil war. there are reports in the us media — civil war. there are reports in the us media today _ civil war. there are reports in the us media today that _ civil war. there are reports in the us media today that the - civil war. there are reports in the us media today that the us i civil war. there are reports in the. us media today that the us justice department is possibly going to look into investigating donald trump and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, some people will be asking, why has it taken them this long? be asking, why has it taken them this lona ? , , be asking, why has it taken them this lona ? , . ., ., this long? festival, there are two sirnificant this long? festival, there are two significant pieces _ this long? festival, there are two significant pieces of— this long? festival, there are two significant pieces of information | significant pieces of information which you have alluded to. the first is that the attorney—general has said, we are not going to let politics stand in the way of this decision whether or not to prosecute. and secondly, officials have leaked to major newspapers that they were interviewing more witnesses about trump connection with the capitol attack. because why did they wait so long? the attorney—general would say they are being methodical, ithink attorney—general would say they are being methodical, i think they are being methodical, i think they are being politically cautious, whatever they say, because when you swing at they say, because when you swing at the would be king and his would be supporters, you had best not miss. in other words as soon as they announced charges against trump,

every trumpist is going to scream fake news, hoax, they are going to take to the streets, possibly, and the justice department take to the streets, possibly, and thejustice department is trying to out whether it wants to take that political risk in support of what might be a necessary legal prosecution.— might be a necessary legal rosecution. ., ., prosecution. scott lucas, professor of us prosecution. scott lucas, professor of us politics, _ prosecution. scott lucas, professor of us politics, really _ prosecution. scott lucas, professor of us politics, really interesting i of us politics, really interesting to hear your thoughts, thanks for being with us. abuse and neglect of disabled people living in ukraine has been uncovered by a bbc investigation, which found more than 100,000 children and young people living in facilities that can't meet their needs. human rights investigators say ukraine shouldn't be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes this system. a warning, this report from our correspondent danjohnson contains distressing images. this is the start of a life likely to be shaped by confinement, in a system that steals hope and squanders potential. these are the youngest children who've just been given up by their parents into the care of ukraine's network of institutions.

and, as they grow older, things barely change. the same cot, the same limited life. 0leg's face is pale from years in this bed. he doesn't get to sit up, even to eat. how are you, 0leg? she translates, he answers. very good. there's a spark of recognition. he remembers elena's last visit. you've met 0leg before? yes. i've been here about seven years ago. and 0leg was here. they converse. 0h! hi. it's good to meet you. he said, "oh, wow, you're a journalist!" they converse. it's my pleasure to meet you. he's excited. 0leg is 43, and has cerebral palsy.

and how long have you lived here, 0leg? she translates, he responds. very long. yeah. he had to stay in bed in this position for a long time — years, years to be like that. i'm just concerned about the potential that he hasn't lived up to because he was staying here for his whole life. he's been denied the chance to live independently by attitudes from a soviet past... ..other countries have put behind them. there has to be a change in mindset. institutional care has to be viewed as something that cannot exist. otherwise, these babies that we've seen — that will be what their future will look like. and i don't want this future for any child. gunta anca, vice—president of the european disability forum, joins us now.

welcome to you, gunta anca, just explain what the situation is like in these institutions in ukraine at the moment?— the moment? 0k, thank you for invitin: the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me _ the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me to — the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me to be _ the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me to be with _ the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me to be with you. i the moment? 0k, thank you for inviting me to be with you. and | the moment? 0k, thank you for| inviting me to be with you. and i would just like to say that of course, the situation in the institution in ukraine is a really bad one, but also i have the feeling that people living there are institutionalised, so it means that those people have not a choice of their life, they can't get any kind of development in their life, just because they have a disability, different kinds of disabilities, i am the vice—president of the european disability forum but i am also chairperson of another disability organisation here in riga

and here in riga we have a lot of common work together with a lot of ukrainian organisations and also with refugees. today in riga we have a big conference for people with disabilities from ukraine, one of ideas at the conference is to have a riga declaration, and the riga declaration will be a paper where we are going to ask ukrainian government, ukraine president, to change the situation. to change the situation for people with disabilities in ukraine, because we think ukraine wants to join the european union but we are absolutely sure that without changes, they couldn't be a european country. yes, we found that _ couldn't be a european country. yes, we found that 100,000 _ couldn't be a european country. yes, we found that 100,000 people, young people and children, are living in institutions and conditions like this, obviously, it's complicated by

the fact that there is a war on, but what needs to change? we were hearing in that report about a change of mindset, but it is also access to different facilities, isn't it, how does that change for so many people?— isn't it, how does that change for so many people? now, we are talking about a situation _ so many people? now, we are talking about a situation where _ so many people? now, we are talking about a situation where so _ so many people? now, we are talking about a situation where so many i about a situation where so many people with a disability, after the war, because there will be so many people who will be injured after the war, so we have... can't be putjust in institutions, people with disabilities. it could be kind of a push to change the situation in ukraine, as it was after the first world war, in many countries, and of course, we are talking about more about accessibility, about the way

how a new city's should be built to make them accessible to everyone, we are talking more about the social services, because people are not living in institutions, they do need social services, they do need support in the community to feel independent. we are talking more about treatment because these people don't have treatment, they can't be independent, so, everything is very connected. and we need all those things to make the situation in ukraine much better, and to make society much more inclusive. gunta anca from the _ society much more inclusive. gunta anca from the european _ society much more inclusive. gunta anca from the european disability l anca from the european disability forum, thank you very much for being with us. , ~ forum, thank you very much for being with us. ., ,, , ., if you want to see more on this, the documentary is now on the bbc iplayer, just search locked away: ukraine's stolen lives at bbc.co.uk/iplayer or on the bbc iplayer app now. it's almost a year

since the taliban retook power in afghanistan, and resistance forces loyal to the previous government are fighting an insurgency. at the moment clashes are limited to a handful of areas long known for anti—taliban sentiment and the group dismisses the threat posed by them. but resistance forces are behind the most sustained clashes afghanistan has seen over the past year. secunder kermani was given rare access to one of the areas where they've been activem the andarab valley. where they've been active, the andarab valley. out on patrol. the taliban are now more powerful than they've ever been. more powerful than the old afghan government ever was. but in this scenic part of the country, they're facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers, led by former army soldiers is launching attacks

here in andarab as well as in neighboring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it's hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they're the ones in charge. from what we've seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that's presumably why they're happy

for us to have visited. but they're also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year. relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i've been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed after being detained. we've spoken to people who knew them. eyewitnesses, they say they were arrested and then shot.

translation: there was one doctor. there was one doctor who was killed at his home that was due to some personalfeud. as for people being taken out of their homes, detained, bound and then killed, we totally refuse this. yes. if there is a clearance operation in an area and someone violently resist the government forces, they will be killed. or arrested. that happens everywhere in the world. accompanied by taliban fighters at all times, translation: there was one doctor. many we contacted secretly strongly oppose the taliban, but some also criticised the resistance forces. we managed to speak to one of their commanders. surely there's no actual chance of you defeating the taliban. so, what's the point in continuing the violence? translation: well, our fight is forjustice, i for brotherhood equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban,

which defames the religion. ourfight is for the rights of our sisters. the prophet muhammad said education is compulsory for both men and women. rhe taliban's insurgency over the past two decades was in part fueled by anger at aggressive raids and the killing of civilians by international forces and the afghan army. here in andarab and the surrounding areas, despite recruiting some locals, many see the taliban as outsiders, and they risk repeating the same mistakes as their old opponents. sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab. we all know what a printer does, but what about something that does just the opposite? well, a machine has been invented that can literally wipe the words off a page. the "deprinter" evaporates the ink, allowing the piece of paper to be re—used. our energy and environment analyst

roger harrabin went to check it out. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat — much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth—biggest carbon—emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven't got there. so, we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we're all using. i'm now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn't a trick. this is real. it's to do with solving the problem

of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world — all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there's a machine that's going to wipe the words off the page. this is barak yekutiely, who's behind the project. barak, we've got some printed paper here. can you wipe those words off the page, please? absolutely, roger. it's done with a powerful laser and a special paper coating that stops ink soaking into the page. each sheet can be reused up to ten times. and look at the transformation. ha! that is absolutely amazing. barak, what have you done with the words? well, we basically evaporated the ink. and what's left is just pigments of the ink, which we collect. and those can be recycled back into new printer inks. so you've vaporised the script. completely. so, how's this going to become an everyday part of office life? we're converting existing

printers with our solution. so, we have a printer, and then you have a deprinter that could sit next to every printer and work with every printer in the world. that invention may work with paper — but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail shifts online? do we really need it? this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we're simply consuming too much stuff. it's a terrible habit. we've got to kick it! roger harrabin, bbc news. if you fancy a serving of nostalgia, then you're in luck, as the bbc is opening up its archives to celebrate its 100th year. one hidden gem that's been unearthed is a local news report, is a local news report from 1988 of a newly opened, family—run ice cream parlour in the cheshire town of nantwich. well, more than 30 years later our reporter phil cunliffe has been to get the scoop on how they're all getting on.

a lazy day is out of the question for the cows down on park farm in nantwich. the 160 friesians and jerseys... ..are central to an award—winning business, which their owners are determined to milk. watching their younger selves back 34 years after martin henfield's report into their ice—cream making venture, entrepreneurs chris and cheryl sadler. you look so young! iwas _ you were! it was such a big deal. the tv coming, we were just getting going... i yes, so we had people up buying ice cream... 9:00 the next morning. yeahm _ there was someone waiting who'd come from manchester direction. _ and it doubled our takings, it sort of put us on the map, didn't it, really? there's bound to have been some spilt milk along the way, but the snugbury story, thankfully, has never turned sour. today, the brand is well—known throughout cheshire — mainly for creamy desserts, but also for these giant straw structures that attract passers by. well, this is the place that most

people associate with snugburys, this is the famous ice—cream parlour. everything sold here is made on site. it attracts more than 400,000 people every year, and with good reason. i'll leave the shot of someone slavering over an ice cream to hannah, chris and cheryl's eldest, who was just two years old when she was filmed by north west tonight. and this is hannah today. she now runs the business full—time, along with her sisters kitty and cleo. so, mum and dad have since retired. they've very much left us to it, which is brilliant. but every now and again, for a bit of wisdom, we do go back to them. when my parents first started literally making in the mixer and freezing into little containers of ice cream, we can now be running off three tonnes of ice cream a day. so there's a huge change between 1986 and today. kitty, you've not seen this yet, have you? all: no. - here we go, then. enjoy. thank you! we make a blend and then we flavour it.

so, that's our basic mix — it's very rich mix. they laugh. she sounds... all: ..so different. she looks so young. amazing. loved it! oh! - wow! — i want to watch it again! bring us another one! i "bring us another one!" but will customers still be saying the same of their ice—cream delights in the future? who doesn't love ice cream? it's at the happy end of everything. you know, break up with a boyfriend — have some ice cream. with a boyfriend — have some ice cream! it works. she laughs. a jacket worn by the astronaut buzz aldrin on the 1969 mission to the moon has been sold for $2.8 million. it's part of an auction of a collection of the astronaut�*s personal items including the pen the apollo 11 crew used to repair a broken circuit breaker switch which ended up saving the mission, and their lives.

hello again. for many of us today, the cloud will be building and it will produce one or two showers, but for most of us it will be mainly dry. today we've got high pressure coming in from the atlantic and moving all the way across us and as you can see from the lack of isobars, there is not much of a breeze. certainly not as windy as it has been in the last couple of days for some of us. the cloud continues to build, we could have a few showers around the midlands, possibly into wales and parts of the south—east, but many of us will be staying dry. a few showers across the far north of scotland, and these

are our average wind speeds, so, not much at all today. temperatures ranging from about 14 in the north to 22 in the south. average temperatures, 19 in edinburgh at this time of year, about 24 in london, for some of us, just a little below average. this evening and overnight we see more cloud develop, some showers over northern england, could prove to be heavy at times. a little bit milder than last night. and feeling body across the south. on thursday, high pressure edging further east, the air around it moving clockwise, scooping up some of the warmer continental air, some of the warmer continental air, so our temperatures are going to start to rise. thursday is looking like a murky start with a fair bit of cloud around, some showers across northern england, we could have one or two springing up across parts of wales as well, but there will be some sunshine across northern

scotland, south—west england and later in the day across pembrokeshire, and temperatures up to 24. for the weekend, friday, pembrokeshire, and temperatures up to 24. forthe weekend, friday, of course, this trend continues, it will continue to warm up, there will be some showers around, it will not be some showers around, it will not be bone dry, our high pressure continues to edge away into the north sea and the near continent, and low pressure takes over, allowing some weather fronts to come into the north—west. for friday on the weekend, at times there will some rain, more especially in the north and west, drier in the south and the east, but getting that bit warmer.

this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 11am... disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. england's 4—0 thrashing of sweden — the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop, the final and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. the team is super focused, to the team is superfocused, to be honest with you. the desire has been there from the very beginning. we are focused on every game, i don't think we have got ahead of ourselves, even though it can be quite overwhelming with the sport that we have had —— support. the latest uk conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion on the cost of living and promises over cutting crime. also coming up in the next hour — we have a special report inside afghanistan,

and the resistance fighters standing up to the taliban. large parts of the railway network are facing disruption once more, just a few weeks after it was hit by three days of strikes. thousands of rail workers are taking industrial action again today in the continuing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. only 20% of the country's rail services are set to run today but even these services will be limited. the disruption is widespread across the uk, with some parts having no trains at all. today, more than 40,000 members of the rail, maritime and transport union have walked out. they work for network rail and 14

different train operating companies around the country. the tssa union is also striking at ava nti west coast. meanwhile, the drivers' union aslef has announced another strike this saturday. there are more rmt strikes planned for the 18th and 20th of august and it may not end there — there have been threats of further strike dates later in the year if the dispute isn't resolved. the transport secretary grant shapps believes more legislation is needed to curb the power of the unions. what you've got is one union, the rmt on strike today, a different union, the aslef, on strike in three days' time and because they are colluding between themselves to set these strike dates, they are causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now, i don't think they should be able to go around doing that. we don't allow flying pickets but we are allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there is permanent chaos on the railways.

in fact, i was looking back, there hasn't been a single day in the three years that i have been transport secretary, that there hasn't been either a live dispute or a strike going on. that is not normal. that is no way to run any industry and i'm afraid these extreme hard left unions have still got this bastion of power that they used to disrupt passengers and prevent obvious and needed modernisation, including modernisation to the safety of our railways, from going ahead. the general secretary of the rmt union, mick lynch, says there's still no sign of agreement between rail bosses and his members. well, we haven't got an offer from network rail or the train operating companies that suit the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no offer on pay and they have given us no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, so the gap between the two parties is too big, and the response ability for that lies with grant shapps

and this government, who dictate the terms that the companies can offer. —— responsibility for that. he is refusing to budge, we have got now in this leadership contest, where people are puffing out their chests, saying they are going to make strikes illegal, virtually and we need to get some common sense into this equation and we need to get a proper set of proposals from the companies that will allow us to get towards a settle. our correspondents are all around the uk this morning — we've got reporters at london euston, manchester piccadilly, cardiff central and birmingham new street. our correspondent simonjones is at euston station in central london for us this morning. normally, such a busy station and it looks very empty behind you. yes, normally the _ looks very empty behind you. yes, normally the sixth _ looks very empty behind you. jéifv, normally the sixth busiest station in the country, but today, looking very different down there on the

concourse. very few passengers. it appears people have listened to the advice to only travel if they actually have to do. there are a few tourists around, wondering how they are going to get about their destination. if you take a look at the departure board, that helps tell the departure board, that helps tell the story. currently, only 13 services listed for the next couple of hours. that is massively down from what you will normally expect on a typical day, and in fact, the number of services that they are going to be running throughout the day is onlyjust under 60, when normally, they would run more than 300 services, so only around 20% of services overall are running today and many stations have absolutely no trains at all and that gives you a sense of the scale of this disruption. services have curtailed as well because if you want to travel from london to edinburgh, the last train will be run at 2pm. the last train will be run at 2pm. the last service from this station will be to bletchley at around 5:30pm. we

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visited by the secretary general this morning and also by the former labour leaderjeremy corbyn. inside, they have been speaking to the media. two sides of this dispute remaining physically apart, inside and outside stock idea logically, they seem worlds apart of what is going to fix this. there is no agreement on the facts of this, what is actually being offered in terms of pay and compulsory redundancies. it's hard to see a quick way out of this dispute. it's hard to see a quick way out of this disoute-_ it's hard to see a quick way out of this dispute-— this dispute. thanks for that, simon. simon _ this dispute. thanks for that, simon. simon jones, - this dispute. thanks for that, simon. simon jones, our- simon. simon jones, our correspondent simon. simonjones, our correspondent at euston. let's speak to nick garnett at manchester piccadilly station. nick, what is the picture there? there are actually more passengers here than there were during the first three days of industrial action last month and that's really because we are in the school holidays now, so the commuters that were around last time realised what happened and that there was industrial action, this time around,

holiday—makers, people coming back into manchester airport and making their way through to this station, piccadilly, right in the centre of manchester, were not so aware. people have been turning up with two cases, with bags and their packing ready to go off round the country, only to find that there are no trains. the only trains that are running here, there is about six per hour. when going down to southampton, went to bristol, went to preston in the north, one over towards not sure and i2 to preston in the north, one over towards not sure and 12 london —— towards not sure and 12 london —— towards yorkshire. usually there is one every two minutes and at the moment, it's only running one every ten minutes, so you can see how few trains there are. lots of people getting off when train and wandering around the station before making theirjourneys on but there are so few trains here, the trains that are running will be slightly busier than normal. so, the other problem that there has been here is with so few

services, the restaurant and the cafe is and the coffee bars simply don't find it worth their while opening, so lots of those have stayed shut. there is a whole concourse are full of cathy's and restaurants and most of those are closed or are empty, so it's affecting notjust the rail network as well but also the businesses that are linked to it. tomos morgan is at cardiff central. give us an update from fair. well, as nick was _ give us an update from fair. well, as nick was saying, _ give us an update from fair. well, as nick was saying, we _ give us an update from fair. well, as nick was saying, we are - give us an update from fair. well, as nick was saying, we are into i as nick was saying, we are into holiday season now. you can see people behind me, they have come with their bags and hoping to travel and holiday but they are unable to because there are so few trains running today. commuter pass really coming into cardiff central from the valleys or other areas across south wales and there is roughly around one per hour for wales and there is roughly around one per hourfor some wales and there is roughly around one per hour for some areas wales and there is roughly around one per hourfor some areas in wales and there is roughly around one per hour for some areas in the valleys today. one per hour across

south wales and further on to london, if not less than that as well. there is nothing going to north wales, so anybody looking to take a trip further north is in real difficulty today and would have had to make other plans. transport for wales is run by the welsh government, they are not in a disagreement at the moment, but however, because many of the tracks are run by network rail and many of the rmt union actually work for them, that means there is a huge scale disruption across the country here. similarly to last time, there's probably less than 10% of there's probably less than 10% of the usual amount of trains running today, so significantly less. hardly anything running today, really. this all comes in the backdrop of last week, reports by the of rail and road, saying that the rail services in wales were actually some of the worst across the whole of the uk and needed to be updated. so, really, a huge amount of disruption here in

wales today. a few people are asking around here what they can do in terms of roots, but knock on businesses of some places in the stations across the countries as well. ., ~ stations across the countries as well. . ,, , ., ., ., stations across the countries as well. . ,, ., ., �*, well. thank you for that. let's cross from _ well. thank you for that. let's cross from cardiff _ well. thank you for that. let's cross from cardiff central - well. thank you for that. let's cross from cardiff central to i cross from cardiff central to birmingham new street station. of course, all eyes on birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games. yes. course, all eyes on birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games.- of the commonwealth games. yes, it starts tomorrow _ of the commonwealth games. yes, it starts tomorrow commits _ of the commonwealth games. yes, it starts tomorrow commits the - of the commonwealth games. yes, it| starts tomorrow commits the opening ceremony, so today's strike will have an impact on those travelling up. there will be a knock—on effect on trains particularly in the morning, so the advice is check before you travel that the trains running on time. they are expecting i million extra passengers from tomorrow until the end of the games, just for about ten days or so, so this is a really important hub. you can notice the commonwealth games banners are everywhere and notjust here but everywhere across the city and widely across the midlands

region. saturday is a big day for the games, lots of events going on and that's the next day of the strikes, so that's where the impact could be felt particularly. the games are really designed around public transport, you can't really drive to the venues, there are buses that will get you there but most people are expected to arrive by train, notjust here but at other stations as well. from tomorrow, you will see people, volunteers of network rail, will be helping people get from a to b, so places, you could walk from here to birmingham arena, if you know the way. but you might need some help if you are not familiar with the city. it seems quite busy here on the concourse at the moment, not as busy as it normally would be, but that is because they have got around 30% of trains running as normal here, so 139 trains will leave birmingham new street today ahead to around a normal a50 or so. i've seen a few

going to southampton and edinburgh. in the next hour, they are going to london, manchester and bristol as well. not as busy as usual but a fair few people around and enough trains to get you around the country today. trains to get you around the country toda . ., trains to get you around the country toda . . ., ., ., ,, today. thanks for that, phil. thank ou to today. thanks for that, phil. thank you to everyone- — england are through to the final of the women's european championship at wembley on sunday — after thrashing sweden in last night's semifinal. the lionesses beat the tournament's top—ranked side a—0 to set up a clash with either germany or france, who play tonight. our correspondent natalie pirks was at the match, at bramall lane in sheffield. the relief was palpable, the joy was intense. and the dancing? fit for a wembley final. crowd sing sweet caroline. sweden are ranked second in the world and from the off

were intent on showing us why. commentator: earps forced into a very early save. - england yet again started with the same xi sarina wiegman had put her faith in throughout. within four minutes, top scorer beth mead almost repaid that trust. it's a good one. oh, off the bar. heart—in—mouth moments. england's goalkeeper busier than in all previous matches. england needed to take a breath, and with calm heads came the breakthrough. mead! she's done it again. england lead in the semifinal. the ecstatic gasps of 30,000 england fans inhaling the ball into the net for mead's sixth of the tournament. half—time brought a welcome respite and a chance to remind each other to leave no regrets on the bramall lane pitch. lucy bronze got the memo. lucy bronze strikes gold for england!

the dreaded var check meant an anxious wait. finally, confirmation came of how close it was. var once again sweden's nemesis. ellen white had played her part. the dynamic crowd favourite alessia russo came on, hoping to make another impact. she would get her chance, but not before england once again had to be alert. oh, what a save, earps. it wasn't a clean shot, but the save needed to be perfection. mary earps, take a bow. from one goalkeeper�*s pleasure to an absolute howler. russo, an absolute menace in sweden's box. but this backheel was audacious. oh, my — lindahl will never want to see that again. but if she thought it was over, she was wrong. england's march to the wembley arch was becoming a center and fran kirby's mastery in midfield reaped the rewards she so deserved. delirium inside bramall lane!

and when the final whistle blew and that semifinal hoodoo had been banished, the emotions could finally flow for players and for fans. i think on the full—time whistle, we didn't really know what to do. as you can tell, unbelievable atmosphere. we're ecstatic to be in the final. oh, it was brilliant. absolutely brilliant. i'm buzzing for the final. ithought, "oh, my, this is going to be hard." - and then, bam, a—o. it was a great game, though. a great game, crazy. a—0, who would have thought it, hey? semifinal, onto the final now, so, yeah, great stuff. i think sarina wiegman's done a fantasticjob. yeah. she's brought the youth back in, she's got experience there. these fans, these players, in sarina they trust. it's been less than a year she's been in thejob, but the impact she's made is clear. 13 years it had been since england had been in the final of a major tournament.

who would bet against them now? natalie pirks, bbc news, sheffield. with me is katie whyatt, football writer at sports website the athletic and helen hardy, founder of manchester laces football club. great to have you both with us. helen, i'm going to start with you, because i understand that you are at the game last night. so emotional. talk us through what it was like. yes, apologies for my voice because i'm still trying to get it back after last night but it was absolutely incredible. i have been following a lot of the games throughout the tournament and i've been trying to count them but i think last night was my 1ath euros game of this tournament and i have loved every minute of it, but my goodness, these england fans got behind england. it was incredible last night, the atmosphere was unbelievable. i didn't think it

could get better than brighton for the spain game last week but they managed to do it, it was amazing. katie, i assume you are watching on tv. what did you enjoy the most? russo's kick was so cheeky and audacious — russo's kick was so cheeky and audacious and it really sums up where — audacious and it really sums up where england are in this tournament and to— where england are in this tournament and to be _ where england are in this tournament and to be enjoying it so much and to be so _ and to be enjoying it so much and to be so confident that you would attempt — be so confident that you would attempt that in a semifinal, the first major tournament for russo, it really _ first major tournament for russo, it really embodies the spirit and the tone and — really embodies the spirit and the tone and everything about the england — tone and everything about the england team that has made so many peopte _ england team that has made so many peopte fatt— england team that has made so many people fall in love with them over the past — people fall in love with them over the past few weeks. an incredible aoal. i the past few weeks. an incredible goal- i would _ the past few weeks. an incredible goal. i would like _ the past few weeks. an incredible goal. i would like to _ the past few weeks. an incredible goal. i would like to take - the past few weeks. an incredible goal. i would like to take you - the past few weeks. an incredible | goal. i would like to take you both back to when you both started playing. helen, what was it like for you and what sort of attitudes did you and what sort of attitudes did you encounter? i you and what sort of attitudes did you encounter?— you encounter? i grew up in the north-east _ you encounter? i grew up in the north-east of — you encounter? i grew up in the north-east of england, - you encounter? i grew up in the

north-east of england, in - you encounter? i grew up in the - north-east of england, in newcastle, north—east of england, in newcastle, and for me, the accessibility was just simply not there, so itjust wasn't something that was really present and i remember my parents were really behind me playing football and they thought it was brilliant that i was so into it and that i wanted to do it but there just wasn't anywhere local, and up the road, little did i know, was one of the world's best players, lucy bronze. she was the same age as me. she was travelling down to sunderland to go to the academy and her parents really had to live and breathe it in order to get her to where she is today, so it really does show the dedication of the families that have brought the lioness is to the forefront of our imagination today and what they are doing but the accessibility wasn't easy and if you were a girl that played football, there was a lot of stigma that was around that and it was something that you really had to push through. you had to be a really certain type of personality to keep playing football, if you were a girl growing up in the 90s and the 90s.

katie, what was it like for you? i'm considerably older than you but we certainly didn't play football in pe. �* ., , �* pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24, so pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24. so i'm _ pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24. so i'm a — pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24, so i'm a similar— pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24, so i'm a similar age - pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm 24, so i'm a similar age to - pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm. 24, so i'm a similar age to some pe. i'm a little bit younger, i'm - 24, so i'm a similar age to some of the current— 24, so i'm a similar age to some of the current players, like russo, i think— the current players, like russo, i think nty— the current players, like russo, i think my experience is mixed. with some _ think my experience is mixed. with some of— think my experience is mixed. with some of the — think my experience is mixed. with some of the england players that we are seeing _ some of the england players that we are seeing now have clearly had some sort of _ are seeing now have clearly had some sort of pathway to be able to make it professional, they have had access — it professional, they have had access i— it professional, they have had access. i think even they would admit _ access. i think even they would admit that— access. i think even they would admit that envisaging getting to this point was absolutely not on the cards _ this point was absolutely not on the cards for— this point was absolutely not on the cards for them. i think leo williamson said in a recent documentary that she always thought they would be a wage for women's footbatt _ they would be a wage for women's footbatt in — they would be a wage for women's football. in terms of accessibility in schools. — football. in terms of accessibility in schools, i think it was dependent on whether— in schools, i think it was dependent on whether you had a visionary pe teacher— on whether you had a visionary pe teacher and — on whether you had a visionary pe teacher and the fact that i use that word _ teacher and the fact that i use that word is— teacher and the fact that i use that word is quite telling that there was no access—

word is quite telling that there was no access in pe. when i was in school, — no access in pe. when i was in school, we _ no access in pe. when i was in school, we had a five aside team, we had three _ school, we had a five aside team, we had three or— school, we had a five aside team, we had three or four of us that would io had three or four of us that would go to— had three or four of us that would go to tournaments and we can even .et go to tournaments and we can even get a _ go to tournaments and we can even get a five — go to tournaments and we can even get a five aside team together, even though— get a five aside team together, even though the _ get a five aside team together, even though the provision was that after school, _ though the provision was that after school, so — though the provision was that after school, so it was a lot more sketchy than it _ school, so it was a lot more sketchy than it was — school, so it was a lot more sketchy than it was today but i think the stats _ than it was today but i think the stats are — than it was today but i think the stats are like 60% of schools offer .irls stats are like 60% of schools offer girls football in pe and 40% offer it as after—school privileges, so we are still— it as after—school privileges, so we are still hovering around that hatfway — are still hovering around that halfway mark, so the provision isn't there _ halfway mark, so the provision isn't there even— halfway mark, so the provision isn't there even though it is considerably tretter— there even though it is considerably better than when i was at school. that's _ better than when i was at school. that's really interesting. helen, katie was saying that the provision are sketchy at school but they will have been young girls that have been watching the progress of the lionesses through this tournament and they will be inspired to play. what are the pathways for them to get on a pitch and kick a ball about? its get on a pitch and kick a ball about? , ., , get on a pitch and kick a ball about? , . , , ., about? its really interesting and katie is a spot _ about? its really interesting and katie is a spot on. _ about? its really interesting and katie is a spot on. we _ about? its really interesting and katie is a spot on. we were - about? its really interesting and | katie is a spot on. we were lucky that after 2019, the opportunities and accessibility is for little girls and also adult women, because

people like myself have been cut out of the football journey, so we people like myself have been cut out of the footballjourney, so we could have access to but it was really difficult after 2019 because there was a big explosion after the women's world cup. england got into the semifinal and were knocked out by the usa and we all came back from france expecting this big change to happen but there was no is a. it wasn't that gill did not want to play football, it was that the space had not been made. —— girl's. however, with it being on home soil and is based in manchester, we are one of the host cities of this euros, they have been working on —— they have been working on a project and we are starting to grow and we are starting to see little girls being able to find a pathway via the fa, who have launched tonnes of programmes, where you can go on a saturday morning to the park or you can play at quality facilities. they are filtering in mixed gender

sessions for younger age groups as well, so the sessions that already existed for little boys have now opened up for little girls as well. we are starting to see it, it is starting to happen and it's interesting what you say about the 60% stats for —— and for my local area, we have around 85% and it is used as a bragging thing but it's terrible, it should be 100%. helen mentions legacy — terrible, it should be 100%. helen mentions legacy there, _ terrible, it should be 100%. helen mentions legacy there, what - terrible, it should be 100%. helen mentions legacy there, what is . terrible, it should be 100%. helen| mentions legacy there, what is the potential legacy do you think of the tournament and does it depend on england winning on sunday or have they done enough already? i england winning on sunday or have they done enough already?- they done enough already? i think ou kind they done enough already? i think you kind of _ they done enough already? i think you kind of have _ they done enough already? i think you kind of have to _ they done enough already? i think you kind of have to separated - they done enough already? i think you kind of have to separated into j you kind of have to separated into two parts — you kind of have to separated into two parts when we talk about legacy. ithink— two parts when we talk about legacy. i think the _ two parts when we talk about legacy. i think the legacy in terms of the professional game is a different question— professional game is a different question because the women's super teague _ question because the women's super league have onlyjust been professional for a few years. there are still— professional for a few years. there are still some players who are earning — are still some players who are earning a _ are still some players who are earning a wage but it's not great, there's— earning a wage but it's not great,

there's a — earning a wage but it's not great, there's a big gap between the top teams _ there's a big gap between the top teams at — there's a big gap between the top teams at the bottom teams in terms of resources, so i think that's a totally— of resources, so i think that's a totally different debate that depends on stakeholders and loads of different— depends on stakeholders and loads of different things. the other part of legacy— different things. the other part of legacy is— different things. the other part of legacy is the grass roots and the public— legacy is the grass roots and the public and — legacy is the grass roots and the public and is the attitude, it's tittte — public and is the attitude, it's little things like when you have a baby shower and people say i bet you wish you _ baby shower and people say i bet you wish you were having a boy, so that they could — wish you were having a boy, so that they could watch a football with you. _ they could watch a football with you. it's — they could watch a football with you, it's about changing the perception of who football is for and who— perception of who football is for and who can access it and we need to make _ and who can access it and we need to make sure _ and who can access it and we need to make sure there are opportunities for girls— make sure there are opportunities for girls at— make sure there are opportunities for girls at grass roots. not only girls— for girls at grass roots. not only girts trut— for girls at grass roots. not only girls but as _ for girls at grass roots. not only girls but as an adult women. finding a five _ girls but as an adult women. finding a five aside — girls but as an adult women. finding a five aside team, for men it's very easy. _ a five aside team, for men it's very easy. but— a five aside team, for men it's very easy, but for— a five aside team, for men it's very easy, but for women, there are no locat— easy, but for women, there are no local five _ easy, but for women, there are no local five aside team for women where _ local five aside team for women where i— local five aside team for women where i live, it was all of those different — where i live, it was all of those different things. it's on stakeholders and governing bodies but it's— stakeholders and governing bodies but it's also on the public to reflect— but it's also on the public to reflect on— but it's also on the public to reflect on their attitude and look at the _ reflect on their attitude and look at the roles that they are playing in the _ at the roles that they are playing in the women in their lives and in their— in the women in their lives and in theirtocat— in the women in their lives and in their local communities as well.

we're _ their local communities as well. we're out — their local communities as well. we're out of time. i can't let you go without asking you, yes or no, we'll be on sunday? filth. go without asking you, yes or no, we'll be on sunday?— go without asking you, yes or no, we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming — we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming home! _ we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming home! we've - we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming home! we've got - we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming home! we've got to i we'll be on sunday? oh, come on. it's coming home! we've got to be confident. it's coming home! we've got to be confident- so _ it's coming home! we've got to be confident. so are _ it's coming home! we've got to be confident. so are we. _ it's coming home! we've got to be confident. so are we. great - it's coming home! we've got to be confident. so are we. great to - it's coming home! we've got to be confident. so are we. great to talk to ou confident. so are we. great to talk to you both- _ confident. so are we. great to talk to you both. it's _ confident. so are we. great to talk to you both. it's been _ confident. so are we. great to talk to you both. it's been so _ to you both. it's been so interesting. thank you. one of the two candidates in the conservative party leadership contest, rishi sunak, has promised to temporarily remove vat on household fuel bills if the price cap goes above £3000 in the autumn. when he was chancellor, he rejected labour's proposal to scrap vat on energy bills. he's been accused of making a u—turn on tax cuts by supporters of his leadership contest rival liz truss. meanwhile, she's said she'll tell police forces to cut the levels of violent and neighbourhood crimes by 20% — with league tables published to highlight underperforming areas. the policing and crime commentator danny shaw gave us this assessment of liz truss's proposals.

well, look, i think there are merits in having targets. targets can galvanise action and encourage these forces to focus on particular areas, and certainly, they can be effective, but the problem with targets is that it can also create perverse incentives. it can create incentives for police forces to game the system, if you like, either through the way that they recorded crimes, so that they manage to achieve their targets, but really kind of miss the point, so you have to be very careful when you set targets. one of the targets that she is suggesting the police forces should hit is to reduce crimes by 20%, by the end of 202a including homicide. well, with the best will in the world, no police force

is really going to be able to say with certainty that it can reduce murders by 20%. if you look at the metropolitan police for example, there are around 120 killings in the london area every year. that will mean getting those to around 96 every year. now, i think that they have only ever got less than 100 killings in the year once in the past 50 years, so that kind of target really is likely to be unachievable. it's not realistic. so, if you are going to set targets, you have really got to rather than plucking a figure out of the air, sit down with the police forces, with the chief constables, with the police and crime commissioners and devise a target that is achievable but also challenging enough. you need to give police forces a target that they feel that they can get to rather than sort of simply plucking a figure out of the air. a day ahead of the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games, the queen's baton is due to arrive

in the host city of birmingham. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will compete in this year's games, which feature the largest number of women and para—sport athletes in its history. it will be the first multi sport event to award more medals to women than men, and the first major multisport event that is carbon neutral. i'm joined byjatinder singh, president of guru nanak gurdwara smethwick — a sikh temple, and ashveen kaur kohli, founder of the united colours festival, run by global sikh vision. welcome to you both, great to have you with us. jatinder singh, i would like to start with you, if i may. i know you said that birmingham is not doing enough to engage with diverse communities and i wonder if you could tell us a little bit more about why that is, in your opinion? it's to do with what we have found

is that there is three months to go before the start of the game and there was a tremendous disappointment among community groups in regards to engagement. we felt there was a lack, not only that, but between birmingham and as a city and borough itself.— a city and borough itself. diversity forums have _ a city and borough itself. diversity forums have been _ a city and borough itself. diversity forums have been set _ a city and borough itself. diversity forums have been set up - a city and borough itself. diversity forums have been set up by - a city and borough itself. diversity forums have been set up by the i forums have been set up by the organisers, who says difficult to reach everybody, and i'm sure that you would accept with the pandemic, it has probably not helped in terms of outreach programmes and those sorts of things being delayed. do you acknowledge the challenges the organisers have faced? taste you acknowledge the challenges the organisers have faced?— organisers have faced? we do recognise _ organisers have faced? we do recognise the _ organisers have faced? we do recognise the challenges i organisers have faced? we do recognise the challenges that | organisers have faced? we do i recognise the challenges that the organising committees have faced, however, they have had the opportunities to reach out to community groups, who are key players in the regions and improvement has been made. we are looking forward to the legacy that

the games will leave behind. gk. looking forward to the legacy that the games will leave behind. 0k, we will come back _ the games will leave behind. 0k, we will come back to _ the games will leave behind. 0k, we will come back to that. _ the games will leave behind. 0k, we will come back to that. ashveen, i the games will leave behind. 0k, we will come back to that. ashveen, in i will come back to that. ashveen, in the meantime, tell me a little bit more about the festival that you have organised and what you will hope that will achieve? the united colours is one _ hope that will achieve? the united colours is one of— hope that will achieve? the united colours is one of the _ hope that will achieve? the united colours is one of the largest i hope that will achieve? the united colours is one of the largest south | colours is one of the largest south asian _ colours is one of the largest south asian culture festivals. we are run try asian culture festivals. we are run by a secret— asian culture festivals. we are run by a secret charity and the purpose of it is _ by a secret charity and the purpose of it is to _ by a secret charity and the purpose of it is to increase... it was actually— of it is to increase... it was actually one of the core parts of the commonwealth roadshow, it was one of— the commonwealth roadshow, it was one of the _ the commonwealth roadshow, it was one of the largest road shows that they had _ one of the largest road shows that they had and we had over 10,000 people _ they had and we had over 10,000 people and i think the main thing that's— people and i think the main thing that's important to this conversation is the fact that as a charity— conversation is the fact that as a charity and — conversation is the fact that as a charity and as a festival that is outside — charity and as a festival that is outside of— charity and as a festival that is outside of the gurdwara community, it means _ outside of the gurdwara community, it means that we have a voice of the community— it means that we have a voice of the community leaders, including myself and people that we have been working with and _ and people that we have been working with and they are not part of the .ut with and they are not part of the gut c— with and they are not part of the gut c and — with and they are not part of the gut c and faith part of the society.

we are _ gut c and faith part of the society. we are gracious to be included in the commonwealth games with. are you saying that your festival has basically been self generated and you basically presented what you've done to the organisers rather than them coming to you to include you from the grassroots? in share you from the grassroots? in are correct, you from the grassroots? in are correct. we _ you from the grassroots? in are correct, we previously did an event for bbc_ correct, we previously did an event for bbc children in 2019 and we got 400 musicians together and won a world _ 400 musicians together and won a world record and it was incredible, and what _ world record and it was incredible, and what we can learn is there's a bil and what we can learn is there's a big in— and what we can learn is there's a big in the — and what we can learn is there's a big in the uk but other marginalised communities get to celebrate as a festival— communities get to celebrate as a festival so— communities get to celebrate as a festival so we have prays that celebrate the lgbt community and carnivat— celebrate the lgbt community and carnival that celebrates the afro—caribbean community about four hours, _ afro—caribbean community about four hours. that— afro—caribbean community about four hours, that doesn't really exist, they— hours, that doesn't really exist, they have — hours, that doesn't really exist, they have small pockets but that's what united colours is and it's

probably— what united colours is and it's probably one of the things that particularly as i know, in the commonwealth, the legacy that remains — commonwealth, the legacy that remains after the games. the sport element _ remains after the games. the sport element is — remains after the games. the sport element is a common language across all the _ element is a common language across all the countries but things like this festival are a big part of the legacy— this festival are a big part of the legacy that remains to ensure that we have _ legacy that remains to ensure that we have the basis to be able to bring _ we have the basis to be able to bring it— we have the basis to be able to bring it in— we have the basis to be able to bring it in and celebrate the history— bring it in and celebrate the history and the great culture and food and — history and the great culture and food and music and artists that we have _ food and music and artists that we have in— food and music and artists that we have in our— food and music and artists that we have in our areas. just food and music and artists that we have in our areas.— food and music and artists that we have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more — have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more can _ have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more can be _ have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more can be done _ have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more can be done to - have in our areas. just -- jatinder, what more can be done to ensure i have in our areas. just -- jatinder, i what more can be done to ensure that the sikh and south asian communities play a large role in the legacy projects that presumably will come out of the commonwealth games? i think it's a great opportunity now for the organising committee and the

charity united by 2022 to engage in south asian communities and the sikh community and intra— community groups especially who can tap into their wider groups and just ensure that they are involved. we are going to be left with the assets of the birmingham 2022. what we don't want to have is a repeat of the olympics which were held ten years ago. what we saw there was there was a lack of legacy. what we want to do is use the assets that the games will leave behind for community groups, for community use so that they build a bridge between communities and just leave a legacy for people, for communities to remember for years to

come. ., ., ., ., come. you are nodding in agreement. i completely — come. you are nodding in agreement. i completely agree, _ come. you are nodding in agreement. i completely agree, there _ come. you are nodding in agreement. i completely agree, there so - come. you are nodding in agreement. i completely agree, there so many i i completely agree, there so many different— i completely agree, there so many different places i am involved in, so many— different places i am involved in, so many different places of artists and even — so many different places of artists and even our festival as well where we are _ and even our festival as well where we are ready and willing to receive that help _ we are ready and willing to receive that help open—handed and the legacy actions _ that help open—handed and the legacy actions that are going to be taking place _ actions that are going to be taking place after the games and it'sjust a matter— place after the games and it'sjust a matter of extending the olive branch — a matter of extending the olive branch and to say, have a seat at the table. — branch and to say, have a seat at the table, come and have a chat with us, you _ the table, come and have a chat with us, you guys— the table, come and have a chat with us, you guys don't have to be left behind _ us, you guys don't have to be left behind always and this sentiment that unfortunately we do have, especially as a minority, and as a sikh we _ especially as a minority, and as a sikh we had — especially as a minority, and as a sikh we had a minority within a minority— sikh we had a minority within a minority so it's making sure we have that seat _ minority so it's making sure we have that seat at — minority so it's making sure we have that seat at the table.— that seat at the table. thank you both for your _ that seat at the table. thank you both for your time _ that seat at the table. thank you both for your time and _ that seat at the table. thank you both for your time and i - that seat at the table. thank you both for your time and i hope i that seat at the table. thank you | both for your time and i hope you enjoy the games as well.- both for your time and i hope you enjoy the games as well. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's austin halewood.

ican i can hardly believe we're talking about the commonwealth games and we saw that last night's triumph! —— we've still got last night's triumph. good morning. we've got plenty of reaction from the lionesses brilliant semifinal win to come, but first to some breaking news in the last half—hour. dina asher—smith has announced that she won't be competing at the commonwealth games in birmingham. the former 200 meter world champion says she's pulling out because of a light hamstring tear. asher—smith won a bronze medal at the world championships last week in the 200 metres and was running the final leg for gb in the a—by—100 relay when she sharply pulled up with what looked like a hamstring injury. asher—smith returned home on sunday for a scan. in a post on social media she said...

not long to wait. the opening cermeony for the games is tomorrow. now to the euros and england are heading to wembley after blowing away sweden last night at bramall lane to reach the final. sweden started stronger but wasted chances before beth mead fired in her sixth goal of the tournament after half an hour, so it was 1—0 at the break england soon doubled their lead in the second half when lucy bronze's header went unchallenged and the game was as good as over when super sub alissia russo's fabulous back heel made in 3—0. fran kirby added a fourth before the final whistle brought delirious scenes. england will play either france or germany in the final at wembley on sunday. before the tournament and we still

see it every time that we want to inspire the nation, that's what we are doing —— we say it every time, so we hope we got everyone in the whole country proud of us and that even more girls and boys will start playing football. the results have been really, really good and that's very nice and i don't take for granted, sometimes it's really tight, we are here going to the final but we know how tight the game against spain was and sometimes it goesin against spain was and sometimes it goes in a good way, sometimes the wrong way and you don't believe in what you are doing so it's really nice and i hope we can do even better next sunday. what a night it was for english football. the former arsenal and england striker ian wright spoke to bbc sport about the importance of batting away negativity and the impact the lionesses' success will have on young girls around the country. you're never going to not get the

negativity from people. i saw a wonderful court, someone saying don't worry about the dinosaurs, screaming at the meteor, the women's games are here and the way these ladies are inspiring every body, nothing is going to stop them. i hope they can finish it off because they deserve it and all those heroes, the mums, dads, brothers, the uncles who had to take those girls all over the countryjust to try and get to play football, they must be sitting there so proud of what is happening at the moment, when you consider there is only 63% of girls who have the same access to football as boys, that's why i'm hoping the 202a it can happen in every school, 100% of girls can get the opportunity to play football. that's all the sport for now. more now on that brilliant win by england's women last night. they're through to the final of the womens' euros at wembley on sunday,

where they'll be roared on by a sell—out crowd. joining me now is vicki sparks, 5 live commentator who's been covering the tournament and will be there on sunday too. how special, how outstanding was that? it how special, how outstanding was that? ., , how special, how outstanding was that? . , . , ~ that? it was incredible. i think the fact that england _ that? it was incredible. i think the fact that england were _ that? it was incredible. i think the fact that england were playing i that? it was incredible. i think the | fact that england were playing with the weight of having reached the semifinals of the last three major tournaments, two world cups and 1 euro, and having gone out in the semifinals in all of those tournaments but they have a manager who is so calm, she so tactically aware, she won this tournament with the netherlands five years ago and took them to a world cup final and has this england team playing with the belief and a panache that i have not seen for a long time. the lionesses have had fabulous players for a long time but they are now

playing to the sum of more than they already excellent parts and that's why i believe that they can go all the way at wembley and win what would be the first major trophy in their history. you would be the first ma'or trophy in their historyh their history. you say they've got fabulous players _ their history. you say they've got fabulous players and _ their history. you say they've got fabulous players and it _ their history. you say they've got fabulous players and it seems i their history. you say they've got i fabulous players and it seems wrong to single out anybody but we have to talk about russo's gold because it was so audacious. as a commentator, could you believe your eyes at what you were saying? —— goal. i could you believe your eyes at what you were saying? -- goal.— you were saying? -- goal. i don't think anybody _ you were saying? -- goal. i don't think anybody in _ you were saying? -- goal. i don't think anybody in the _ you were saying? -- goal. i don't think anybody in the stadium i you were saying? -- goal. i don't i think anybody in the stadium could, it is the technique, power and ingenuity and putting it through the legs of the swedish goalkeeper and i think the fact that nobody expected it, she had just drawn a good save which she admitted later she should have stuck away and just to have the presence of mind in that moment, i saw somebody saying that back heels and football are pretty instinctive, the cross comes in and it's a

backheel to finish, this was a deliberate choice in this moment and i think she said afterwards, what is the quickest route to goal? and for her that was the backheel. i've never seen a stadium so collectively awestruck by a piece of skill, it's one of the best goals i've ever had the pleasure to commentate on. it keeps giving us an excuse to play it again and again, to have another look at it! hard to believe in some ways but it shows you the strength and depth of the squad, this is her fourth goal since she has come on as a substitute. does this present a bit of a headache for the manager come sunday, that she put her in from the starting line—up? —— does she put her in? i from the starting line-up? -- does she put her in?— she put her in? i think if she didn't put— she put her in? i think if she didn't put her— she put her in? i think if she didn't put her in _ she put her in? i think if she didn't put her in for- she put her in? i think if she didn't put her in for the i she put her in? i think if she i didn't put her in for the semifinal she's not going to put her in for the final and this is what serena wiegman does, it was good enough for the netherlands to become european champions, she has named the same line up for every single match with

england and there's caveat that unless russo has scored four goals from the bench, why would you not put in the starting line—up? but from a tactical perspective, ellen white, england's record goal—scorer, runs defences into the ground and so when russo comes on, it's not the reason for russo's success but is the reason she comes on and can bully her way through a defence that has been run ragged by ellen white and i think serena wiegman will say, yes, russo on a basic level could easily be in the starting line—up, but she is doing so well as a substitute that it's not so much about messing with the starting line—up, you don't want to mess with your substitution policy which is paying such dividends. i would not be surprised at all, barring any injuries or knocks or covid cases, there are no issues in those regards

as far as we know, i would not be surprised if she named the same starting line—up and i would not be surprised at all if russo and chloe came on and had a big part to play in the final at wembley. the came on and had a big part to play in the final at wembley.— in the final at wembley. the goals tet the in the final at wembley. the goals get the headlines _ in the final at wembley. the goals get the headlines but _ in the final at wembley. the goals get the headlines but england's i get the headlines but england's defence has been pretty impressive as well but looking ahead to sunday, you think england are going to win, do you? i you think england are going to win, do ou? ~ you think england are going to win, do ou? .. ., you think england are going to win, do ou? ~' . ., do you? i think england have everything — do you? i think england have everything they _ do you? i think england have everything they need - do you? i think england have everything they need at i do you? i think england have everything they need at their disposal to win, the manager, the players, the belief, the home crowd, the momentum, it will be germany or france, germany are eight time european champions, france are looking to reach the semifinal, it will be a very tough game. germany and france are also capable of winning the euros, germany have been really impressive in this tournament, but there isjust something, i belief in the lioness is at the moment, they have a brilliant chance. it's football, we know that anything can happen, but

they will have so much confidence going into that final at wembley. you will be there commentating, look forward to listening to that and thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. we all know what a printer does, but what about something that does just the opposite? well, a machine has been invented that can literally wipe the words off a page. the deprinter evaporates the ink, allowing the piece of paper to be re—used. our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin went to check it out. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat, much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth—biggest carbon—emitting industry.

amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven't got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we're all using. i'm now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn't a trick. this is real. it's to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world — all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there's a machine that's going to wipe the words off the page. this is barak yekutiely, who's behind the project. barak, we've got some printed paper here. can you wipe those words off the page, please? absolutely, roger. it's done with a powerful laser and a special paper coating that stops ink soaking into the page.

each sheet can be reused up to ten times. and look at the transformation. ha! that is absolutely amazing. barak, what have you done with the words? well, we basically evaporated the ink. and what's left is just pigments of the ink, which we collect. and those can be recycled back into new printer inks. so you've vaporised the script. completely. so how's this going to become an every day part of office life? we're converting existing printers with our solution. so we have a printer, and then you have a deprinter that could sit next to every printer and work with every printer in the world. that invention may work with paper — but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail shifts online? do we really need it? this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we're simply consuming too much stuff. it's a terrible habit. we've got to kick it! roger harrabin, bbc news.

that report is part of roger's last film for the bbc after more than 30 years reporting the environment. he'll bejoining me in the studio in a moment, but first here he is exploring other innovative ways of cutting emissions. one of these mixtures is 100% cement, the traditional way, and the other is 50% cement and 50% of the materials. they are just as strong as each other, exactly the same from the point of view of function, except one produces far lower carbon emissions. and the truth is, i can't remember which is which. i'm just going to give it a little taste. are you sure this is safe? it's safe. it safe, ok. here we go. it's sugar. just plain, ordinary sugar.

and this is going to become a plastic bottle one day? yes, at the end, it will be. absolutely fantastic. injust a decade, this gargantuan plant will close to be replaced by another plant making fossil free steel. in 35 years of reporting the environment, i think this is one of the most significant technological advances i've seen. and rogerjoins us now. great to have you with us, especially as it's your last day to day. especially as it's your last day to da . �* , , ., ., especially as it's your last day to da . �* , , . ., ,': day. indeed, it's been a long 35 ears. i day. indeed, it's been a long 35 years i know — day. indeed, it's been a long 35 years. i know a _ day. indeed, it's been a long 35 years. i know a lot _ day. indeed, it's been a long 35 years. i know a lot of _ day. indeed, it's been a long 35 years. i know a lot of viewers . day. indeed, it's been a long 35 l years. i know a lot of viewers and radio listeners _ years. i know a lot of viewers and radio listeners will _ years. i know a lot of viewers and radio listeners will miss - years. i know a lot of viewers and radio listeners will miss you i years. i know a lot of viewers and radio listeners will miss you very | radio listeners will miss you very much. i radio listeners will miss you very much. ., , radio listeners will miss you very much. . , ., , ., much. i have been love bombed on social media! _ much. i have been love bombed on social media! i— much. i have been love bombed on social media! i want _ much. i have been love bombed on social media! i want to _ much. i have been love bombed on social media! i want to pick - much. i have been love bombed on social media! i want to pick up i much. i have been love bombed on social media! i want to pick up on | social media! i want to pick up on the films we've _ social media! i want to pick up on the films we've just _ social media! i want to pick up on the films we've just seen - social media! i want to pick up on the films we've just seen and i i the films we've just seen and i suppose over these three decades

you've seen a lot of changes. what have been the most significant in your view? have been the most significant in yourview? i have been the most significant in our view? , have been the most significant in your view?— your view? i 'ust mentioned the steel your view? i 'ust mentioned the steet — your view? ijust mentioned the steel one, that _ your view? ijust mentioned the steel one, that was _ your view? ijust mentioned the steel one, that was really i steel one, that was really interesting, is the world's first zero carbon steel being made in sweden using renewable energy and hydrogen instead of cork in the chemical process of making the steel so it's a massive breakthrough —— instead of coke. unfortunately, other countries cannot make enough low carbon energy to compete with it so it's not a cure all but industries worldwide are trying to cut emissions. we saw the one with the plastic bottles, for instance, aluminium is also an attempt to make aluminium is also an attempt to make aluminium greener, but if we have a new invention now it would take 30 to a0 years to get it to fruition at scale in the economy so we cannot rely on any of these new inventions to do major things in the short term because the climate needs urgent

short—term action so unfortunately it's not quite as optimistic as it seems. ., ., , ., , ., it's not quite as optimistic as it seems. ., .,, ., i. ., seems. how hopeful are you about the future? there — seems. how hopeful are you about the future? there have _ seems. how hopeful are you about the future? there have been _ seems. how hopeful are you about the future? there have been some - seems. how hopeful are you about the future? there have been some really l future? there have been some really bad thin t s future? there have been some really bad things recently, _ future? there have been some really bad things recently, previously i i bad things recently, previously i think the public had the idea that there will be a linear graph that things will get a little bit worse and worse and they could try harder here and that would be ok but there have been a couple of events recently which have made scientists really think again. one of them was the five celsius temperature rise we had over the previous record in the uk recently. that may not mean a lot to people, but normally you would break a temperature record by 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 so to break it by 1.5, the met office people are just incredulous. the previous year in the usa and canada, there was a place where the previous temperature record was exceeded by 5 degrees.

that's unheard of and unthinkable. so there are things happening to the climate already which suggest that climate already which suggest that climate forecasting is going to get a lot more difficult and potentially our lives will get a lot more difficult. there are good things under way, there are things we can do, we clearly need to adapt to climate change, we clearly need to cut emissions but it has to be much faster and if you look at the current state of politics in the uk or the usa, you won't see much action on climate going on, it's not part of the debate.— the end of one particular professionaljourney, can i take you back to the beginning of the book? where did your interest come from? as a little boy were you always going around turning the lights off? my going around turning the lights off? my parents grew up in the wartime generation where there was rationing and nobody kicked off about there being rationing. we were fighting the germans, we could not get enough

food so that generation, i remember my grandmother's house was extremely cold, they had one coal fire, my grandmother's house was extremely cold, they had one coalfire, and it was really, really brutally cold in the winter and people were kind of used to it. i've been brought up without ethos of waste not, want not, my my mother in particular, the family was very poor and i think that carried through with me and when i started journalism, i used to read the observer and there was a man called geoffrey lean who is still around and was alone in reporting the environment in the uk media. he looked at the media in the mirror every day when he was shaving and i started to do the same as him and i started to do the same as him and people liked it so i carried on. for a while, other old hacks thought

this was silly, how is the environment a story? but margaret thatcher intervened in 1989 with a blistering speech, she was a research chemist previously, and she understood how these apparently small amounts of co2 in the atmosphere could be heating the climate and she gave a speech warning that this was a massive diplomatic problem and challenge for mankind and after then it got easier to get on but it's been a roller—coaster over the years and there have been long periods where outlets have not wanted to hear about it but i thank my editors for having faith in my reporting and we were right in the end. i having faith in my reporting and we were right in the end.— were right in the end. i was struck durint the were right in the end. i was struck during the pandemic _ were right in the end. i was struck during the pandemic when - were right in the end. i was struck during the pandemic when all i were right in the end. i was struck during the pandemic when all of i were right in the end. i was struck| during the pandemic when all of us correspondence and reporters were reporting from home on zoom and you are always there in a fleece or a jacket, even a scarf! i get the

impression in your household, the thermostat is not very high. brute impression in your household, the thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat worse, _ thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat worse, they _ thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat worse, they are - thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat worse, they are less i thermostat is not very high. we have thermostat worse, they are less bad | thermostat worse, they are less bad than when the kids were at home but that generation seems to have an idea that being able to walk around injust your underpants idea that being able to walk around in just your underpants is some sort of human right and i obviously think differently. of human right and i obviously think differentl . ., , , , ., differently. roger, we will miss you but thank you _ differently. roger, we will miss you but thank you for _ differently. roger, we will miss you but thank you for everything - differently. roger, we will miss you but thank you for everything you i but thank you for everything you have done both for our viewers and listeners and for all of us as colleagues as well over the last 30 years. good luck.— you can watch roger's full documentary on bbc iplayer now — it's called the art of cutting carbon. as we've been hearing, england's women footballers are through to their first major tournament final since 2009, after putting four past olympic finalists sweden in last night's euros 2022 semifinal. if you were watching the post—match celebrations from home, you may have spotted this little girl who seemed to be enjoying every

moment of england's victory. that was tess and this morning she was on bbc breakfast alongside her granny, susan, talking all about the match. it was amazing, i have no words for it, really. i think you will need to have some words, tess! thanks, susan! we could see the pictures of you dancing and enjoying and celebrating, i mean, just talk us through, what was going through your mind when you were celebrating last night? well, going through my mind was, because when i'm older, i want to be a footballer, so i was looking at how they were celebrating, and thinking of how i was going to celebrate. wow! tess, tell us about your football, how much do you play now?

well, i play on saturday mornings, but we broke up for the season. in september, i'm playing for leeds and i'm doing some football camps in august. stay right there, tess, because there is someone i know who is itching to have a word with you. ian, can you still hear us? tess is listening to you, i wonder if you want to have a quick word with tess. ijust want to say, tess, you know, when you see the girls playing, does it make you think, oh, i could do that one day? does it make you feel that? yeah, definitely. you see, when i saw tess celebrating yesterday, i was thinking, now, those are iconic scenes, and i'm sure if the girls in the dressing room, when they see that, they will be inspired by that, tess, you won't understand how much you've inspired the girls, because when they where younger, they couldn't have the dream that you're having right now of being professionals, doing this, what they're doing now,

and they know that they've led the way in making sure that girls like yourself, who gave ourselves beautiful scenes of you celebrating, can actually be a professional footballer, and this is why, people don't understand how wonderful the achievement is at the moment. could you give tess a few words of advice? i wanted to find out what position tess plays. well, i love playing midfielder. right, so what i would say, as a midfielder, tess, before the ball comes to you, and you're looking, you have to be looking around everywhere to see, that once the ball comes, you've already got the picture in your head of where you're going to pass the ball next. so my advice to you is, watch keira walsh — make sure you know what you're going to do next before you get the ball, as a midfielder. can you believe this, tess? you stand up and celebrate last night, you end up on the telly

and now you're being interviewed live on the telly, talking to ian wright, i mean, less than 12 hours ago...? it's crazy" did you realise you were being filmed when the camera was on you? no! like, normally, they look at the big screen and they're, like, "i'm on telly!" but i wasjust, like... you were in the moment. yes, didn't know i was... we were slightly shocked when she came on the screen, i must say. where you at home, granny? yes, yes, grandad and i were at home and trying to listen to the manager, because it was quite difficult to hear her amid the crowd, and then it obviously panned to tess and i think i screamed, actually! now it's time for a look at the weather.

after a sunny start for many of us, the cloud will continue to develop through the rest of the day and it will produce the odd shower here and there. in the midlands and parts of there. in the midlands and parts of the southeast. for many it will be a dry afternoon with light winds, temperatures 1a celsius in the north to 22 towards the south. through this evening and overnight, the thicker cloud already comes into the southwest and you can see how more of us will have a cloudy night and we did last night and that will produce some showers, some of which across northern england will be heavy at times but there will be some clear skies but a warmer night than last night, overnight lows of ten to 15 celsius and feeling muggy in parts of the south. we start with a fair bit of cloud tomorrow, showers across northern england, some sunshine for northern scotland, southwest england and pembrokeshire with temperatures of 1a to 2a celsius.

this is bbc news. the headlines... disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. and our reporters are at railway stations across the uk to tell us the scale of disruption caused by the strikes. england's a—0 thrashing of sweden, the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop, the final and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. the latest uk conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion on the cost of living and promises over cutting crime. police hope the case of three people killed by a lorry driver using his phone at the wheel will serve as a warning to others a year on from the crash in a new bbc documentary. and england's dina asher—smith withdraws from the commonwealth

games with 'light hamstring stain'. welcome to bbc news. large parts of the railway network are facing disruption once more, just a few weeks after it was hit by three days of strikes. thousands of rail workers are taking industrial action again today in the continuing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. only 20% of the country's rail services are set to run today, but even these services will be limited. the disruption is widespread across the uk, with some parts having no trains at all. today more than a0,000 members of the rail,

maritime and transport union have walked out. they work for network rail and 1a different train operating companies around the country. the tssa union is also striking at ava nti west coast. meanwhile, the drivers' union aslef has announced another strike this saturday. there are more rmt strikes planned for the 18th and 20th of august. and it may not end there — there have been threats of further strike dates later in the year if the dispute isn't resolved. the transport secretary grant shapps believes more legislation is needed to curb the power of the unions. what you've got is one union, the rmt on strike today, a different union, the aslef, on strike in three days' time and because they are colluding between themselves to set these strike dates, they are causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now, i don't think they should be able to go around doing that. we don't allow flying pickets but we are allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there is permanent

chaos on the railways. in fact, i was looking back, there hasn't been a single day in the three years that i have been transport secretary, that there hasn't been either a live dispute or a strike going on. that is not normal. that is no way to run any industry and i'm afraid these extreme hard left unions have still got this bastion of power that they used to disrupt passengers and prevent obvious and needed modernisation, including modernisation to the safety of our railways, from going ahead. the general secretary of the rmt union, mick lynch, says there's still no sign of agreement between rail bosses and his members. well, we haven't got an offer from network rail or the train operating companies that suit the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no offer on pay and they have given us no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, so the gap between the two parties is too big, and the response ability for that lies with grant shapps

and this government, who dictate the terms that the companies can offer. —— responsibility for that. he is refusing to budge, we have got now in this leadership contest, where people are puffing out their chests, saying they are going to make strikes illegal, virtually and we need to get some common sense into this equation and we need to get a proper set of proposals from the companies that will allow us to get towards a settle. our correspondent simonjones is at euston station in central london for us this morning. simon, give us an update from there. well, if anything, since we last spoke, this station seems to have got even quieter. it's usually one of the busiest in the country but this morning's at rush hour, there wasn't really a rush because people seem to have listened to the warning to stay away and to only travel unless it's necessary. there have been a few holiday—makers and tourists turning up, wondering how

they will get about. if you look at they will get about. if you look at the departure board over there, that really tells the story because there are currently 13 services listed but that's just the next couple of hours. normally, there would be far more than those 13. in fact, today, i'm told, they are only managing to run around 58 passenger services, and normally they would have 300 on and normally they would have 300 on a typical weekday. across the network, only around 20% of services are running. 50% of stations have no services at all. although it's lunch time, people are already having to consider the last trains because the last train leaving london and heading up to edinburgh departs at around 2pm. the last one to manchester is at 3:30pm. the last service at all from this station will be at 5:30pm. so, be warned, if you are travelling, you really need to plan ahead and check the trains actually running. for passengers, it's been a bit of a headache and

these are what some have been telling us this morning at euston. i think it has a huge impact and i was not in touch with the news and ijust came to know today about the strike, and when i came here to get a train, i found out that services were disrupted, so it's very frustrating. since we are from out of the country, we weren't really aware of the rail strikes until we arrived. there isn't much news coverage outside of the uk, but we took the bus, we are walking, we are trying to find alternate routes. absolutely right. i think good on them. i support them. i think it's appalling, i actually, what people are expected to live off, _ so, yes, it's annoying for commuters but i think we should all be in it together. i well, the two sides in this dispute remain very divided, and in fact, they are physically divided here at they are physically divided here at the station today because inside the station, we have had the boss of network rail talking to the media and outside the station, there is a

picket line of rmt members who are on strike, and basically, they cannot agree even on basic facts about whether there will be compulsory redundancies are not, what sort of offer has been put on the table. the picket line was visited earlier by mick lynch from the rmt and also the former labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who was asked whether he thought the current labour leader, keir starmer, should be here as well. what he decides to do is obviously his business but i do think that when you get to a situation, where the rmt, with a balance of its members, with a massive majority, decides to take action because they think there is no other course open to them, then it is up to us to support them. afterall, unions founded the labour party in the first place. well, it is hard to see a way forward in this dispute with the two sides differing in their views and

differing really on what potentially could be agreed. what we know is that there is more strike action scheduled for saturday and that is going to involve the union representing train drivers. two more strike dates by the rmt have been called for next month, so it looks like the disruption for passengers is going to continue. tomos morgan is at cardiff central station. what is the situation where you are? well, just speaking to one of the workers here from transport for wales that are not in dispute with any of the unions at the moment. they are saying the fateful day saw this morning on some of the busiest commuter lines coming down from the south wales valleys into the welsh capital is about 10% of what we usually see on a weekday and in cardiff central, they will be seeing around ten to 20% of the routes that

usually run across wales, there's about 12% running. nothing going up to north wales from cardiff today. just one per hour on one of the busiest lines all the way over to london as well. it was interesting earlier, few people travelling in wales today. they knew of the strikes but they didn't realise it would cause such an impact. a few people also told to just make their way straight over to the bus service on the other side of the city centre because they would not be able to get a trains where they need to go today as well. as i mentioned there, transport for wales are owned by the us government and they are not in dispute with any of the unions but they have said today that they are hoping that they can come to a resolution to this situation because they want commuters to feel that they want commuters to feel that they can get on a train whenever they can get on a train whenever they can, although they do respect they can, although they do respect the situation that some of the workers are in at the moment. there are a few more lines running today

than there were back injune and thatis than there were back injune and that is because network rail have been able to find some staff to work on some of the lines across the south wales valleys but as i mentioned, very few lines in operation here across wales today, and that will continue today and it might roll in or have a knock—on effect into tomorrow as some of those people working night shifts will be striking overnight, so it might run into tomorrow and possibly friday. and of course, saturday, we have got over strike action as well. nick garnett has been at manchester piccadilly station for us this morning. there are actually more passengers here than there were during the first three days of industrial action last month and that's really because we are in the school holidays now, and so the commuters that were around last time realised what was happening and that there was industrial action. this time around, holiday—makers, people coming back into manchester airport and making their way through to the station, piccadilly, right in the centre of manchester, not so aware, so people have been

turning up with their suitcases, with their bags, ready to go off around the country, only to find that there are no trains. the only trains that are running here is about six per hour. one going down to southampton, may be one to bristol, one to preston in the north, one over towards yorkshire and maybe one to scotland, as well as one to london but it all depends on what else is happening on the network. very few trains, about six per hour. they would normally run out of here, when every two minutes. at the moment, it's only running one every ten minutes, so you can see how few trains there are. there is one just come in from huddersfield and it's very busy, lots of people getting off it and wandering around the station before making theirjourneys on, but there are so few trains here that those that are running are bound to be slightly busier than normal, so the other problem that has been here is with so few services, the restaurant at the cafes

and coffee bars simply don't find it worth their while opening, so a lot of those have stayed shut and there is a whole concourse full of cafes and restaurants and most of those are closed or empty, so it's affecting notjust the rail network as well but also businesses that are linked to it. phil mackie has been at birmingham new street — a station which is expected to get very busy indeed, with people heading to the commonwealth games. it starts tomorrow, it is the opening ceremony, and so today's strike might have an impact for those travelling up because they will be a knock—on effect for trains, particularly in the morning, so the advice is to check before you travel that the train is running on time. they are expecting 1 million extra passengers from tomorrow until the end of the games for about ten days or so, so this is a really important hub stop you have noticed the commonwealth game banners are everywhere. widely across the west midlands region as well. saturday is

a big day for the games, lots of events going on and that is the next day of the strike, that is where the impact could be felt particularly highly. they are really designed around public transport, you can't really drive to the venues. there are buses and transport that will get you there. most people are expected to arrive by train, not just here but at other stations as well. tomorrow, you will see volunteers from network rail helping people get from a to b. for instance, you could walk from here to birmingham arena, if you knew the way. but you might need some help if you are not familiar with the city. it seems quite busy here on the concourse at the moment, not as busy as it normally would be, but that is because they have got roughly 30% of trains running as normal here, so 139 trains will leave them new street today compared to a normal a50 so, i'vejust street today compared to a normal a50 so, i've just seen ones going

from southampton and in the next few hours they will be going to london, manchester and bristol as well. not as busy as normal but actually a fair few people around and enough trains to get you around the country today. one of the two remaining candidates in the conservative party leadership contest, rishi sunak, has promised to temporarily remove vat on household fuel bills if the price cap goes above £3,000 in the autumn. when he was chancellor, he rejected an opposition party proposal to scrap vat on energy bills. he's been accused of making a u—turn on tax cuts by supporters of his leadership rival liz truss. meanwhile, she's said she'll tell police forces to cut the levels of violent and neighbourhood crimes by 20% — with league tables published to highlight underperforming areas. our political correspondent iain watson joins us from westminster.

good to see you, ring us up—to—date first of all with what rishi sunak has been saying about vat on household fuel bills. liz truss says this is a u—turn, his supporters say it isn't. which is it? it is this is a u-turn, his supporters say it isn't. which is it?— it isn't. which is it? it is a u-turn- — it isn't. which is it? it is a u-turn- i'm _ it isn't. which is it? it is a u-turn. i'm not— it isn't. which is it? it is aj u-turn. i'm not endorsing it isn't. which is it? it is a - u-turn. i'm not endorsing the liz u—turn. i'm not endorsing the liz truss campaign. they have very helpfully provided journalists with exact quotes from rishi sunak when he was chancellor saying that this would disproportionately help wealthier people and that he worried that any temporary cuts would become permanent and a permanent subsidy, when we have to sort out the nation's finances, so that is what he said back in february. he is now doing it all going to do it if he became prime minister in october. he says it would be £160 off the average bill. if he scrapped the vat for a year. now, what his campaign

says it is quite clearly that he has always been open to doing more to help the cost of living and he doesn't know in advance exactly the scale of the problem that people will be facing but he knows it is going to get worse and he has always said that once more information was available, he would respond, as he has done, in the past. so, this is partly one of the weapons in his armoury bet this is also targeted and temporary. liz truss is effectively promising far more in the way of tax cuts which would cost far more than they would be much greater borrowing and they are claiming, there can't have been saying costing £30 billion but many are saying it's much greater and its £55 million, so you are getting these arguments either side. standing back from this, you mentioned a u—turn, it seems to me that what is defining this contest isn'tjust that what is defining this contest

isn't just the that what is defining this contest isn'tjust the policies of that what is defining this contest isn't just the policies of the opposing candidates, it is the ferocity of the rebuttals, so that screeching u—turn today for example, on the weekend on saturday, it was rishi sunak at first said that liz truss' policies on tax paid for by borrowing, this wasn'tjust wrong or economically illiterate, he said it was actually immoral and i think we are reaching that kind of stage of ferocity in this campaign and it really shows how much is at stake for the conservative members having ballot papers next week. also, i think it's more difficult for the two candidates to unite once this is all over on september the 5th because how can you stand in someone else's cabinet when you are accusing them notjust of this and that better being immoral at same time? this leadership debate has been so dominated by the economy, hasn't it, and the candidates' different approaches of how they will deal

with the cost of living crisis? how significant is it in your view that liz truss is now turning the focus onto crime? i liz truss is now turning the focus onto crime?— liz truss is now turning the focus onto crime? ~' , .. . onto crime? i think the significance is that quite _ onto crime? i think the significance is that quite simply _ onto crime? i think the significance is that quite simply we _ onto crime? i think the significance is that quite simply we are - onto crime? i think the significance is that quite simply we are all i is that quite simply we are all concerned about crime, most candidates are laser focused on the fact that the people who choose the next prime minister of the electorate as a whole is 160,000 conservative party members, so they want to be talking about the issues that most concern then, so it's not just crime for example but remember there was a big push of a ten point plan on immigration from rishi sunak and also liz truss talking about immigration and the rwanda policy and extending that and now she is focusing on crime as i'm sure rishi sunak will as well, and what she is doing is suggesting that there needs to be more transparency of these forces across the uk and we will see more league tables, and if you are an underperforming area, you will be dragged in front of the policing

board is chaired by the home secretary and you will have to defend why you are not doing more to improve your performance. she is also setting some strict targets. one of these candidates will be prime minister pretty soon, so in practice, cutting by 20%, notjust that serious crimes but what she calls neighbourhoods climbs as well as burglaries —— crimes. the questions that other people will ask is where the resources going to come for all of this as well against a backdrop of tax cuts? these are big questions but i think it's true, once the ballot papers have landed with a view conservative members by the end of next week, we will see a focus on a wide range of issues, rather than just the dividing lines on tax and the economy. right now, head of those ballot papers going

out, the candidates are spending a lot of time trying to push their unique selling points. the danger for rishi sunak though is that if his unique selling point is financial responsibility, coming up with a tax cut of his own that he previously derived will be problematic.— the headlines on bbc news... disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. england's a—0 thrashing of sweden, the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop the final — and the chance to win their first ever major tournament. the latest uk conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion of the cost of living and promises over cutting crime.

let's stay with sport for the moment — and get more reaction to that sensational semifinal victory by the england lionesses. with me now are two of the volunteers who've been helping to make this tournament happen at bramall lane in sheffield. marianne morgan and gina berry were there for the match last night. it is great to have you both with us. what were you doing there last night? us. what were you doing there last nitht? us. what were you doing there last nirht? .,, us. what were you doing there last nitht? .,, ., night? so, i was part of the assemblies _ night? so, i was part of the assemblies team, - night? so, i was part of the assemblies team, so i night? so, i was part of the assemblies team, so just . night? so, i was part of the - assemblies team, so just before kick—off, there were three banners that were spaced out across the pitch and i'm part of the team that help out with those, opening them as the teams walk out, just before the national anthems, the teams walk out, just before the nationalanthems, it the teams walk out, just before the national anthems, it has been an absolute privilege doing that. i stood on the pitch with the national anthem going off, it's a really special moment.— anthem going off, it's a really special moment. have you watched ourself special moment. have you watched yourself back _ special moment. have you watched yourself back on _ special moment. have you watched yourself back on telly? _ special moment. have you watched yourself back on telly? i _ special moment. have you watched yourself back on telly? i haven't . yourself back on telly? i haven't come actually. _ yourself back on telly? i haven't come actually. i— yourself back on telly? i haven't come actually. i haven't - yourself back on telly? i haven't come actually. i haven't had - yourself back on telly? i haven't come actually. i haven't had the time. it's been quite busy. i might do it this week, just before the final. i do it this week, 'ust before the final. ~ , ., , ., , ., final. i think you should. gina, what was _

final. i think you should. gina, what was your _ final. i think you should. gina, what was your role _ final. i think you should. gina, what was your role last - final. i think you should. gina, what was your role last night? j final. i think you should. gina, | what was your role last night? i final. i think you should. gina, - what was your role last night? i was su -aortin what was your role last night? i was suaporting the _ what was your role last night? i was supporting the youth _ what was your role last night? i was supporting the youth programme, which _ supporting the youth programme, which involves the flag—bearers that carry the _ which involves the flag—bearers that carry the country flags, so they help— carry the country flags, so they help them when the national anthems went on _ help them when the national anthems went on. so, it was getting them ready. _ went on. so, it was getting them ready, getting them lined up ready for the _ ready, getting them lined up ready for the game. tell ready, getting them lined up ready for the game-— ready, getting them lined up ready for the name. ., for the game. tell me, what was the atmosrahere — for the game. tell me, what was the atmosphere like _ for the game. tell me, what was the atmosphere like there _ for the game. tell me, what was the atmosphere like there last _ for the game. tell me, what was the atmosphere like there last night? it| atmosphere like there last night? it was unbelievable, like nothing we have ever— was unbelievable, like nothing we have ever seen before. spine tingling _ have ever seen before. spine tingling. there have been a lot of buzz words — tingling. there have been a lot of buzz words going around at the moment— buzz words going around at the moment with these games but it was absolutely— moment with these games but it was absolutely electric last night. marianne, was that what it was like few? i saw the national anthem and everyone in the stadium was in such full voice, when they?— full voice, when they? yes, the loner full voice, when they? yes, the longer the _ full voice, when they? yes, the longer the tournament - full voice, when they? yes, the longer the tournament has - full voice, when they? yes, the| longer the tournament has gone full voice, when they? yes, the - longer the tournament has gone on, i have run out of words to describe the phenomenon a mac experience. it is phenomenon —— i have run out of words to describe the experience, it

is phenomenal. it is a really proud moment, so proud to be involved. i'm proud of everyone that we have spent time with, myself and gina, volunteering. it has been unbelievable, great experience. gina, you said that you are supporting the youth programme and that you have been with the team mascots, watched the young people make of it all? i mascots, watched the young people make of it all?— make of it all? i think the younger ones don't — make of it all? i think the younger ones don't quite _ make of it all? i think the younger ones don't quite realise _ make of it all? i think the younger ones don't quite realise what - make of it all? i think the younger ones don't quite realise what they| ones don't quite realise what they have been— ones don't quite realise what they have been doing because it is such a bil have been doing because it is such a big experience for them. a lot of them, _ big experience for them. a lot of them, they have come from local teams _ them, they have come from local teams and — them, they have come from local teams and local schools, so they have _ teams and local schools, so they have been— teams and local schools, so they have been chosen because they are already— have been chosen because they are already in_ have been chosen because they are already in that women's football world _ already in that women's football world but— already in that women's football world but they have been very excited — world but they have been very excited and it has been absolutely amazing — excited and it has been absolutely amazing. they have been so giddy but very well_ amazing. they have been so giddy but very well behaved and seeing them walk out— very well behaved and seeing them walk out and look around as they stand _ walk out and look around as they stand there in front of the players, i think— stand there in front of the players, i think they— stand there in front of the players, i think they will look back on this when _ i think they will look back on this when they— i think they will look back on this when they are older and certainly be

a moment— when they are older and certainly be a moment to treasure.— when they are older and certainly be a moment to treasure. marianne, how did ou aet a moment to treasure. marianne, how did you get involved? _ a moment to treasure. marianne, how did you get involved? i _ a moment to treasure. marianne, how did you get involved? ijust _ a moment to treasure. marianne, how did you get involved? ijust applied . did you get involved? i 'ust applied when the application _ did you get involved? i 'ust applied when the application is- did you get involved? ijust applied when the application is opened. . when the application is opened. being from sheffield, there was no way i was going to miss out on this opportunity. i love football and i'm really passionate about women's football and the role that women have in football, women have a place in football and to be involved in a home tournament for women's football, it was an opportunity i was never going to pass upon. [to football, it was an opportunity i was never going to pass upon. do you -la ? i was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used _ was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used to — was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used to but— was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used to but quite _ was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used to but quite a _ was never going to pass upon. do you play? i used to but quite a long - play? i used to but quite a long time ago- _ play? i used to but quite a long time ago- i _ play? i used to but quite a long time ago. i wondered _ play? i used to but quite a long time ago. i wondered if - play? i used to but quite a long time ago. i wondered if it - play? i used to but quite a long time ago. i wondered if it has l time ago. i wondered if it has insired time ago. i wondered if it has inspired you _ time ago. i wondered if it has inspired you to _ time ago. i wondered if it has inspired you to put _ time ago. i wondered if it has inspired you to put the - time ago. i wondered if it has inspired you to put the boots| time ago. i wondered if it has - inspired you to put the boots back on again? inspired you to put the boots back on auain? , inspired you to put the boots back onauain? , ., ,, ., ., on again? may be. i do spend a lot of time reflecting _ on again? may be. i do spend a lot of time reflecting on _ on again? may be. i do spend a lot of time reflecting on the _ on again? may be. i do spend a lot of time reflecting on the growth i of time reflecting on the growth that we have seen over the last 15 or ten years, and what this means going forward, i think we have really hooked people's interest and we turned up as volunteers with so much passion and enthusiasm and to see that reflected back from fans

it's unbelievable, it's astonishing that women's football is getting so much attention and the attention that it rightly deserves. i think we have learnt that men don't own football in this tournament and that women belong here. that inclusivity is important and i think going forward, maintaining what we have established is so crucial and it's exciting thinking about the next ten years for women's football. your enthusiasm _ years for women's football. your enthusiasm is _ years for women's football. your enthusiasm is infectious. - years for women's football. your enthusiasm is infectious. i'm - enthusiasm is infectious. i'm struck, gina, not wishing to be rude but i suspect you and i are slightly older than marianne and certainly, i didn't have any opportunity to play football at school at all. i don't know what your experience was like. the landscape has completely changed, hasn't it?— the landscape has completely changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part _ changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part of — changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part of my _ changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part of my life _ changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part of my life when - changed, hasn't it? yes, football became part of my life when i . changed, hasn't it? yes, football| became part of my life when i had children — became part of my life when i had children i— became part of my life when i had children. i have got two children who play— children. i have got two children who play and referee football and that's _ who play and referee football and that's how i got into it. like

marianne, _ that's how i got into it. like marianne, ijust applied but it was something — marianne, ijust applied but it was something that was passionate for me. locally, i have been heavily involved — me. locally, i have been heavily involved in— me. locally, i have been heavily involved in grassroots football, so when _ involved in grassroots football, so when i _ involved in grassroots football, so when i saw — involved in grassroots football, so when i saw it was local, it was a no-hrainer_ when i saw it was local, it was a no—brainer but i never expected it to he _ no—brainer but i never expected it to he like — no—brainer but i never expected it to be like this, so i don't actually play but — to be like this, so i don't actually play but i — to be like this, so i don't actually play but i am vocal from the sidelines _ play but i am vocal from the sidelines-— play but i am vocal from the sidelines. ., , ., , sidelines. out of interest, what is our sons sidelines. out of interest, what is your sons make — sidelines. out of interest, what is your sons make of _ sidelines. out of interest, what is your sons make of it? _ sidelines. out of interest, what is your sons make of it? they - sidelines. out of interest, what is your sons make of it? they are i sidelines. out of interest, what is l your sons make of it? they are very excited about _ your sons make of it? they are very excited about it. _ your sons make of it? they are very excited about it. they _ your sons make of it? they are very excited about it. they managed - your sons make of it? they are very excited about it. they managed to l excited about it. they managed to .et excited about it. they managed to get to _ excited about it. they managed to get to the — excited about it. they managed to get to the game yesterday, and again. — get to the game yesterday, and again. i— get to the game yesterday, and again, i don't really think again, idon't really think initially— again, i don't really think initially they realised it was going to he _ initially they realised it was going to he as — initially they realised it was going to be as big as it was. they think it has— to be as big as it was. they think it has been— to be as big as it was. they think it has been brilliantjust to bring it has been brilliantjust to bring it to sheffield, to see so many people — it to sheffield, to see so many people in— it to sheffield, to see so many people in our stadium and to have so many— people in our stadium and to have so many people talking about football, women's _ many people talking about football, women's football and sheffield, it hasiust_ women's football and sheffield, it hasjust been incredible. has 'ust been incredible. marianne, all hasjust been incredible. marianne, alle es hasjust been incredible. marianne, all eyes now _ hasjust been incredible. marianne, all eyes now turn _ hasjust been incredible. marianne, all eyes now turn to _ hasjust been incredible. marianne, all eyes now turn to wembley - hasjust been incredible. marianne, all eyes now turn to wembley and l all eyes now turn to wembley and london, i'm assuming that you can't be there at the match but you will

be there at the match but you will be watching on tv. what are your hopes? i be watching on tv. what are your ho es? ., . ., ., hopes? i am quite confident that encland hopes? i am quite confident that england will— hopes? i am quite confident that england will be _ hopes? i am quite confident that england will be able _ hopes? i am quite confident that england will be able to _ hopes? i am quite confident that england will be able to go - hopes? i am quite confident that england will be able to go all - hopes? i am quite confident thatl england will be able to go all the way and win the tournament. i don't know who is going to win tonight, i think it'll be a close game. i think both france and germany have turned up both france and germany have turned up and put in some great performances but i'm confident, i really am. i have been so taken and inspired by the conviction and the focus and determination that so many of the players have spoken about. we're out of time, unfortunately. it has been so lovely to talk to both. what a night, has been so lovely to talk to both. whata night, i has been so lovely to talk to both. what a night, i bet it will catch up to you. enjoy the game on sunday. thank you, both. the former us president, donald trump, who has given his first speech in washington since leaving office, repeating false claims that the election had been stolen from him. mr trump stopped short

of announcing his candidacy for 2024 but predicted republicans would retake the white house. our country is being dealt one historic humiliation after another on the world's stage and at home, our most basically rights and liberties are totally under siege. the american dream is being torn to shreds and we will not have a country left, if this economic, social attack on civilisation itself is not quickly reversed. cbs correspondent dan lieberman told me if we can expect donald trump to run. the short answer is we really don't know for sure because he hasn't officially thrown his hat in the ring but some media outlets are saying that this event yesterday in washington, his first major speech in the capital since leaving office, certainly felt like an unofficial campaign launch. he spoke about what he would like to do, he spoke about undocumented migrants, crime,

homelessness. he also promised to build the border wall and he did offer his support as a tease, saying with regards to another run, we may just have to do it again. what with regards to another run, we may just have to do it again.— just have to do it again. what else was he saying? — just have to do it again. what else was he saying? it _ just have to do it again. what else was he saying? it was _ just have to do it again. what else was he saying? it was quite - just have to do it again. what else was he saying? it was quite a - just have to do it again. what elsel was he saying? it was quite a long speech for his first speech back? again, crime was the topic he hammered hardest, and of course, he was critical of the biden administration. trump proposed more funding for the police, stiffer penalties for immigration and he said that the us should execute drug dealers. he said he would send national guard troops to areas with high crime and he said that it had turned into a war zone since he left office. i turned into a war zone since he left office. ., ., , , ., turned into a war zone since he left office. ., ., , y., office. i want to bring you some breakin: office. i want to bring you some breaking news, _ office. i want to bring you some breaking news, we _ office. i want to bring you some breaking news, we are - office. i want to bring you some breaking news, we are getting i office. i want to bring you some - breaking news, we are getting news that a man has been released from prison on furlough and has returned to his home in tehran i need to give

you some context on this news. you may remember that in may, a man was released from prison in iran and allowed to return to prison. morad tahbaz was the gentleman who was briefly released on furlough, but then, his travel ban was not lifted backin then, his travel ban was not lifted back in may and it was understood that he had been returned to prison. well, it now appears that, and this has been confirmed by the foreign office and a lawyer for morad tahbaz, who is a british iranians man being held in iran, that he has been released on bail with an electronic bracelet. the foreign office is saying that he continues to work closely with the united states to urge the iranian authorities to permanently release him and allow his departure from iran. he is being detained in iran

since 2018. he had been working in animal conservation projects on and off for a decade but he and several off for a decade but he and several of his colleagues were accused of spying and he was sentenced to ten years in prison. as i said, it was hoped that he would be part of the deal between the uk and iran that saw another man be released but now, the family have confirmed that morad tahbaz has been released from prison on furlough. as i say, his lawyer is saying that he has been released on bail with an electronic bracelet and is at their home in tehran and it would appear that those conversations are still ongoing to enable him to be released permanently to allow his departure from iran, so that you just into us at the bbc. we will bring you any more updates as soon as we get them. in the meantime, let's catch up with the weather.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. after a sunny start for many of us, the cloud will continue to develop through the rest of the day and it will produce the odd shower here and there. for example, in the midlands and parts of the southeast. for many it will be a dry afternoon with light winds, temperatures 1a celsius in the north to about 22 towards the south. through this evening and overnight, with thicker cloud already coming into the southwest, you can see how more of us will have a cloudy night and we did last night and that will produce some showers, some of which across northern england will be heavy at times but there will be some clear skies but a warmer night than last night, overnight lows of 10—15 celsius and feeling quite muggy in parts of the south. we start with a fair bit of cloud tomorrow, heavy showers across northern england, some sunshine for northern scotland, southwest england and later in the day for pembrokeshire with temperatures of 14—24 celsius.

hello, this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines: disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. england's 4—0 thrashing of sweden — the top ranked team at the women's euros. next stop the final — and the chance to win their first—ever major tournament. the latest uk conservative leadership debate is dominated by discussion of the cost of living and promises over cutting crime. police hope the case of three people killed by a lorry driver using his phone at the wheel will serve as a warning to others a year on from the crash in a new bbc documentary. and england's dina asher—smith withdraws from the commonwealth games with a light hamstring stain.

more on the conservative leadership race. rishi sunak and liz truss are vying for the title and today liz truss has given details for her plans for policing if she were to win the contest. she said she will tell police forces to cut the levels of violent and neighbourhood crimes by 20%. with league tables published to highlight underperforming areas. we arejoined by to highlight underperforming areas. we are joined by doctor megan o'neill, reader in social sciences at the university of dundee. i'd like to start by asking you what you make of liz truss's proposals to cut crime. ., .,. ., , ., crime. there are actually four thins crime. there are actually four things that — crime. there are actually four things that come _ crime. there are actually four things that come to _ crime. there are actually four things that come to mind - crime. there are actually four. things that come to mind when crime. there are actually four i things that come to mind when i heard these proposals. firstly, none of this is new, we felt proposals like this before, the police have had many types of performance management metrics and league tables going back decades and these types of announcements sound really good

during campaigns when politicians are trying to get elected. the problem is they don't tend to really accurately reflect what crime is like and how best to go about addressing crime and how to do policing. one thing to also mention is we already have a body that monitors the performance of the police, her majesty inspectorate of constabulary so this in a sense reinvents a wheel that is already there. secondly, these types of performance management metrics are not effective, they tend to focus on short—term policing, reactive styles of policing, law enforcement focused work and it doesn't help in terms of preventing crime from happening in the first place, it's a very short—term approach. another thing we have to keep in mind is that there are 42 police forces in england and these police forces are very variable in terms of their size, funding, local contacts and to

try to have one system that monitors all of them is not realistic. thirdly, these things tend to address the wrong types of crime. we've heard examples of burglary, for example. these are the volume crimes, assault, car crime, that kind of thing. what we are not hearing about is how we will address things like violence against women and girls, domestic violence, hate crime and cyber crime. crime is changing and more and more, crime has an element of cyber to it, cyber dependent or cyber enabled, these types of metrics don't address this. when police forces have performance management metrics imposed on them, they can have a really bad effect on morale so in effect officers are told not allowed to do policing the way you think you think you should, you have to do it the way we say and you have to do it the way we say and you have to meet these targets. that can be very damaging for police officers themselves. you explain

that comprehensively _ officers themselves. you explain that comprehensively and - officers themselves. you explain that comprehensively and it's - officers themselves. you explain that comprehensively and it's a l that comprehensively and it's a pretty damning assessment of what is being proposed. let's talk about one particular proposal, the proposal to set police forces a target of cutting murders, serious violence and neighbourhood crime by 20% before the end of the current parliament. from what you're saying, i'm getting the impression that you don't think targets are terribly effective, but would you accept that a challenging target does have its place and that police forces have to be working towards something? absolutely, but we have to agree on what that something is and to have one measurement that is applied across the country as a blanket is a very dull instrument to make a difference to people's lives. if we talk about homicide and murder, homicide is a terrible crime, there is no doubt in that, but in terms of

a metric, it's easy to measure, we know if someone has been murdered, that's obvious. what we are not getting a good sense of is the types of crimes that require people to trust the police in order to report them so violence against women and girls, domestic violence, it crime, people don't report these crimes because they don't trust police or don't have faith in them. if we're going to improve trust and confidence in policing, we need of these are slow style preventative approaches and that requires the police to work with other partners, youth services, health, social work, putting on measures to prevent these crimes from happening but to also build trust and faith in our communities. these types of crime are much more frequent than homicide, for example. 50 are much more frequent than homicide, for example. so you make a very interesting _ homicide, for example. so you make a very interesting point _ homicide, for example. so you make a very interesting point because - homicide, for example. so you make a very interesting point because i - homicide, for example. so you make a very interesting point because i was i very interesting point because i was going to say, you are not terribly in favour of anything that liz truss

has proposed a so what are the alternatives? you've talked about more youth prevention projects but what else can be done to get crime figures down? the what else can be done to get crime figures down?— figures down? the difficulty is the olice are figures down? the difficulty is the police are limited _ figures down? the difficulty is the police are limited in _ figures down? the difficulty is the police are limited in terms - figures down? the difficulty is the police are limited in terms of- figures down? the difficulty is the police are limited in terms of the | police are limited in terms of the effect they can have on crime in all honesty. there are some techniques like hotspot policing where police officers go into an area where there is a high level of a particular kind of crime and if they are in that area for 15 minutes, flooded with attention, come back out, that can have a short—term effect on levels of crime. that's great, however, is quite limited in scope. if we really want to make a difference to people's life's and what they feel in terms of their safety and security, it takes longer term preventative work which is slow and difficult to measure but, in the long term, will see results. it's just difficult to use that as a selling point when trying to get elected because it doesn't sound

snappy, is not a sound— snappy, is not a sound doctor o'neill, really _ snappy, is not a sound doctor o'neill, really good _ snappy, is not a sound doctor o'neill, really good to - snappy, is not a sound doctor o'neill, really good to talk i snappy, is not a sound doctor o'neill, really good to talk to | snappy, is not a sound doctor- o'neill, really good to talk to you, thank you for your thoughts and insights. a day ahead of the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games, the queen's baton is due to arrive in the host city of birmingham. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will compete in this year's games, which features the largest number of women and para—sport athletes in its history. in the last hour, we've heard that dina asher—smith has withdrawn from the games due to a hamstring injury. in a post on social media, the sprinter said she "was so excited to race in front of a home crowd and all the british fans. it's going to be such an amazing competition and i know team england will do you all proud." i'm joined by recently retired triple jumper nathan douglas, two—time olympian and five—time british champion who competed

in the commonwealth games in delhi, glasgow and on the gold coast. he spent much of his career in birmingham at alexander stadium and has been heavily involved in its redevelopment. that was a big build up! really good to talk to you and given all the competitions and events that you've been involved in, i have to ask first of all, is there a part of you that wishes you are competing in these games? ila that wishes you are competing in these games?— that wishes you are competing in these names? ., ., , ~ ., these games? no doubt, i think for me the pandemic _ these games? no doubt, i think for me the pandemic and _ these games? no doubt, i think for me the pandemic and obviously i these games? no doubt, i think for me the pandemic and obviously ofl these games? no doubt, i think for i me the pandemic and obviously of the draw of the commonwealth games has added an extra few years to my career. as you mentioned, i've had an international career of 22 years so i try to hang on, compete at our home games in a city that i've been training and living in for many, many years so it would have been fantastic to be part of it but i'm going to be part of it in a different way this time so i'm happy with that. ~ . . different way this time so i'm happy with that. ~ ., ., , ., ., ., , with that. what are you going to be doinu ?

with that. what are you going to be doinu? i with that. what are you going to be doing? i was _ with that. what are you going to be doing? i was the _ with that. what are you going to be doing? i was the ambassador i with that. what are you going to be doing? i was the ambassador for i with that. what are you going to be l doing? i was the ambassador for the stadium, doing? i was the ambassador for the stadium. for— doing? i was the ambassador for the stadium, for birmingham _ doing? i was the ambassador for the stadium, for birmingham city - stadium, for birmingham city council, so i've seen the stadium being built from the ground up and i've trained at alexander stadium for pretty much the majority of my career so i knew what it was like before they even put the scaffolding up before they even put the scaffolding up so to see it as this fantastic, brand—new stadium is amazing, it's something alexander stadium has needed, birmingham has needed, it's fantastic to see it there and i think the athletes are going to enjoy themselves, it's going to be a fantastic atmosphere being in a home games. i competed in glasgow which was an incredible atmosphere and i competed at the european indoor championships in birmingham as well and at that point, the crowd pushed me to a silver medal sol and at that point, the crowd pushed me to a silver medal so i know the power of a home crowd. no doubt the atmosphere in the stadium should be absolutely fantastic. {line atmosphere in the stadium should be absolutely fantastic.— absolutely fantastic. one of the athletes hoping _ absolutely fantastic. one of the athletes hoping to _ absolutely fantastic. one of the athletes hoping to be _ absolutely fantastic. one of the | athletes hoping to be competing absolutely fantastic. one of the i athletes hoping to be competing in that stadium was dina asher—smith and as i was saying, she's had to

pull out with what we understand is a light hamstring strain. can you give us a sense of as an athlete when you have been training for these events, how disappointing it is when you are injured? it’s these events, how disappointing it is when you are injured? is when you are in'ured? it's hugely disappointing. — is when you are injured? it's hugely disappointing. injury _ is when you are injured? it's hugely disappointing. injury unfortunately| disappointing. injury unfortunately happens to every athlete at some point. it's probably the hardest thing for an athlete to manage and deal with, thing for an athlete to manage and dealwith, no thing for an athlete to manage and deal with, no doubt it's going to be some strain for dina asher—smith managing those emotions. a tough season for all athletes this year, especially if they've been to a world championships in oregon, flying back to birmingham to deal with all of the time zone change, they are changing, training to compete, and there is also the european championships so it is a year where there'd it is going to be tough for athletes to manage all three but i'm intrigued to see how people are going to manage their fatigue levels. it's going to be

interesting to see what they've done. i'm gutted for dina, everybody wants to compete at home championships, i missed the 2012 olympics so i know how it feels to miss games. she will be ok in the long run but there is no doubt it will hurt to miss the championships. we've talked a bit about the competitors, what about the people of birmingham, what's it going to mean for them and the city? i think it's iioin mean for them and the city? i think it's going to — mean for them and the city? i think it's going to be _ mean for them and the city? i think it's going to be a — mean for them and the city? i think it's going to be a huge _ mean for them and the city? i think it's going to be a huge spectacle i it's going to be a huge spectacle for the city of birmingham. one of the bigger strengths of birmingham as it's a multicultural city and so i think that's going to really hit home and hopefully you're going to see that, but what i hope from my perspective is that the city is going to be inspired, i hope the country is going to be inspired. i hope it encourages people to take up sport to live a healthy lifestyle and look after their well being, so i think it is going to be huge for birmingham. the only step up from this multisport game is an olympic

games so you are setting a good footing for something that potentially could happen in future and i would love birmingham to be able to bid for an olympic games down the line. i haven't heard any word of that so i'm not suggesting anything, i'mjust saying word of that so i'm not suggesting anything, i'm just saying it would be amazing. anything, i'm 'ust saying it would be amazing.— anything, i'm 'ust saying it would be amazini. ., , , ., be amazing. perhaps we heard it here first! terrific — be amazing. perhaps we heard it here first! terrific to _ be amazing. perhaps we heard it here first! terrific to talk _ be amazing. perhaps we heard it here first! terrific to talk to _ be amazing. perhaps we heard it here first! terrific to talk to you, _ first! terrific to talk to you, nathan douglas, and i hope it goes well and you enjoy the games. we all know what a printer does — but what about something that does just the opposite? well, a machine has been invented that can literally wipe the words the deprinter evaporates the ink, allowing the piece of paper to be re—used. our energy and environment analyst roger harrabin went to check it out. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat, much of it created by polluting coal or gas.

this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth—biggest carbon—emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven't got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we're all using. i'm now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn't a trick. this is real. it's to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world — all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there's a machine that's going to wipe the words off the page. this is barak yekutiely, who's behind the project. barak, we've got some printed paper here. can you wipe those words off the page, please?

absolutely, roger. it's done with a powerful laser and a special paper coating that stops ink soaking into the page. each sheet can be reused up to ten times. and look at the transformation. ha! that is absolutely amazing. barak, what have you done with the words? well, we basically evaporated the ink. and what's left is just pigments of the ink, which we collect. and those can be recycled back into new printer inks. so you've vaporised the script. completely. so how's this going to become an everyday part of office life? we're converting existing printers with our solution. so we have a printer, and then you have a deprinter that could sit next to every printer and work with every printer in the world. that invention may work with paper, but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail shifts online? do we really need it?

this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we're simply consuming too much stuff. it's a terrible habit. we've got to kick it! that's the last time you will hear roger signing off because after a long and extensive career at the bbc spanning more than three decades, todayis spanning more than three decades, today is his last day but you can watch his full documentary on bbc iplayer now about cutting carbon. the russian energy company — gazprom — is further reducing the flow of gas to germany. moscow says it's because of technical problems with two turbines, but industry sources say that's not true. it follows the eu agreeing to limit its use of russian energy supplies.

german ministers have accused president putin of withholding russian gas to try to provoke political and economic turmoil in europe. our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill, explained why people in germany are worried. there is a huge amount of concern here in berlin and that is because they simply don't know if perhaps when vladimir putin might decide to turn off the taps completely. you mentioned the eu ministers who met to agree to cut consumption of gas across europe by 15%. that was an announcement yesterday. berlin is very keen on solidarity from its neighbouring eu member states hoping that they will help in terms of the efforts to conserve gas for the winter. but the big headline on the agreement to conserve gas by 15% actually perhaps does rather conceal the reality which is that a number of member states have secured its exemptions and maybe the eu is not going save as much gas certainly ministers here in germany would

like because they are scrambling to get themselves prepared for the winter. at the moment, germany's gas stores are something like 66% full, they need to be at 80 or 90% capacity if germany is to get through the winter and even then, ministers say it could be tricky. interestingly, i did speak to an expert on energy, germany's leading expert a week or so back and she said that the modelling that they are doing here suggests that germany could get through the winter on far less gas but only if alternative sources are found. if germany manages to really save on consumption ahead of the winter months, if germany concentrates for example on renewable sources of energy, a whole host of ifs. and that is why people here really are concerned as the gas flow is further reduced this morning.

the fast food chain mcdonalds has announced a number of price increases across its menu. items most impacted by inflation will rise by 10—20 pence. that includes the cheeseburger, which is going up for the first time in 1a years, taking it from 99p to £1.19. the firm says its costs are rising and it's committed to supporting its staff, suppliers and the 25 thousand farmers it works with in the uk and ireland. a jacket worn by the astronaut buzz aldrin on the 1969 mission to the moon has been sold for $2.8 million. it's part of an auction of a collection of the astronaut�*s personal items, including the pen the apollo 11 crew used to repair a broken circuit breaker switch, which ended up saving the mission — and their lives. england are through to their first major women's tournament final since 2009, after putting four past olympic finalists sweden at euro 2022 in sheffield.

if you were watching from home, you may have spotted this little girl who seemed to be enjoying every moment of watching england's victory. that was tess, and this morning she was on bbc breakfast alongside her granny, susan talking all about the match it was amazing, i have no words for it, really. i think you'll need to have some words, tess! thanks, susan! we could see the pictures of you dancing and enjoying and celebrating, i mean, just talk us through, what was going through your mind when you were celebrating last night? well, going through my mind was, because when i'm older, i want to be a footballer, so i was looking at how they were celebrating, and thinking of how i was going to celebrate. wow! tess, tell us about your football, how much do you play now?

well, i play on saturday mornings, but we broke up for the season. in september, i'm playing for leeds and i'm doing some football camps in august. stay right there, tess, because there is someone i know who is itching to have a word with you. ian, can you still hear us? tess is listening to you, i wonder if you want to have a quick word with tess. ijust want to say, tess, you know, when you see the girls playing, does it make you think, oh, i could do that one day? does it make you feel that? yeah, definitely. you see, when i saw tess celebrating yesterday, i was thinking, now, those are iconic scenes, and i'm sure if the girls in the dressing room, when they see that, they will be inspired by that, tess, you won't understand how much you've inspired the girls, because when they where younger, they couldn't have the dream that you're having right now of being professionals, doing this, what they're doing now, and they know that they've led

the way in making sure that girls like yourself, who gave ourselves beautiful scenes of you celebrating, can actually be a professional footballer, and this is why, people don't understand how wonderful the achievement is at the moment. could you give tess a few words of advice? i wanted to find out what position tess plays. well, i love playing midfielder. right, so what i would say, as a midfielder, tess, before the ball comes to you, and you're looking, you have to be looking around everywhere to see, that once the ball comes, you've already got the picture in your head of where you're going to pass the ball next. so my advice to you is, watch keira walsh — make sure you know what you're going to do next before you get the ball, as a midfielder. can you believe this, tess?

you stand up and celebrate last night, you end up on the telly and now you're being interviewed live on the telly, talking to ian wright, i mean, less than 12 hours ago...? it's crazy! did you realise you were being filmed when the camera was on you? no! like, normally, they look at the big screen and they're, like, "i'm on telly!" but i wasjust, like... you were in the moment. yeah, didn't know i was... and we were slightly shocked when she came on the screen, i must say. were you at home, granny? yes, yes, grandad and i were at home and trying to listen to the manager, because it was quite difficult to hear her amid the crowd, and then it obviously panned to tess and i think i screamed, actually! now it's time for a look at the weather with carol.

just over a week ago we were talking extreme heat by day and night with temperatures in many places not falling below the low 20s but first thing this morning, what a difference, low single figures to greet us, quite widely across the country and the reason being that high pressure is dominating but we had clear skies allowing temperatures to fall away and the wind source is coming from the north so that meant a cooler start for many. generally, it's going to be a fresher feel through the day today, there will be some cloud developing into the afternoon which could trigger off a few fairly isolated and well scattered showers, top temperatures generally ranging from 14 to 22 celsius, just below par for this time of year and this evening and overnight we will see more organised showers moving out of north wales into the north of england, drifting steadily northwards. more cloud through the

night tonight so temperatures will hold up widely into double figures. tomorrow morning, we are going to see some showers into northern ireland, northern england, gradually pushing across the borders into scotland. a fair amount of cloud generally through thursday, but the high pressure is drifting east and the wind direction is changing to more of a southerly so perhaps a degree or so warmerfor more of a southerly so perhaps a degree or so warmer for many through the course of the day. top temperatures 14 to 23 celsius and is the high pressure continues to push it steadily east into friday, warmer still. however, this weatherfront. to bring a strengthening wind and the risk of some rain later on in the risk of some rain later on in the day. but there will be lots of sunshine with those light winds coming through. dragging up and tapping into the warm air across the near continent at the moment, temperatures perhaps peaking in central and southern england into the mid to high 20s but there will be some wetter weather gradually pushing into the far north and west. that's going to continue to be an

issue for the start of the weekend so a bit of a north—south divide developing as we move into the weekend. breezy and wetter at times in the far north but the rain and never really getting into southeast england and east anglia with temperatures here once again into the mid 20s.

the lionesses celebrate and inspire — as they roar through to the final of the women's euros. in a thrilling performance, england thrashed sweden — ranked the second best team in the world — 4—nil. at its peak, over nine million people watched the match on tv — and the team encourages the next generation. i the next generation. am at the england camp wher lionesses i am at the england camp where the lionesses go back to business today after their triumphant evening. we'll hear more about what this means for women and girls participating in sport. also this lunchtime. more misery for rail passengers — only one in five train services are running today as thousands of workers stage another strike about jobs and pay.

the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends