this is the communication workers union _ this is the communication workers union plan — this is the d will be — faces? i am available that any time and will be all _ faces? i am available that any time and will be all the _ faces? i am available that any time and will be all the way _ faces? i am available that any time and will be all the way through i faces? i am available that any time and will be all the way through the | and will be all the way through the situation — and will be all the way through the situation i— and will be all the way through the situation. i wrote to the communication workers union last night _ communication workers union last night and _ communication workers union last night and made it very clear that i am more — night and made it very clear that i am more than happy to have a discussion— am more than happy to have a discussion with them, to go through the details _ discussion with them, to go through the details of our final offer. i 'ust the details of our final offer. i just want— the details of our final offer. i just want to come back to that again

appropriately named line is, the appropriately named andy assistant general secretary at the communications workers unionour senses . december leave of your senses. december is the most important month the delivering of letters and cards and you're going on strike. well, i think that question should be directed at mail. and simon thompson, the ceo . the simon thompson, the ceo. the responsibility for this dispute lies firmly and squarely his doon he lies firmly and squarely his door. he knows actions has provoked our members currently . provoked our members currently. i think royal mail is losing provoked our members currently. i think royal mail is losin g £1 i think royal mail is losing £1 million a day. this is going to mean the and they are going to be dramatically higher. and don't get fact if people don't you get the fact if people can't post christmas cards via royal they'll find other ways to it. your commercial rivals will lap up all the extra work and that will probably put even more pressure on your who pressure on your members who could potentially then even lose their . well, let's be their

community relies on his venue. for royal mail workers have announced a further series of strike in the run up to christmas . the communication christmas. the communication workers union six states in december including christmas eve. that's in addition to the four days coming up over the two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging . to help with the damaging. to help with the worsening cost living crisis. the uk's biggest retailer is offering its staff advances on their pay under the tesco scheme around 280,000 workers can receive up to quarter of their pay receive up to quarter of their pay early . the supermarket chain pay early. the supermarket chain says it will help avoid having to take on debt with high payments . to twitter has payments. to twitter has temporarily closed its offices amid , a wave of staff amid, a wave of staff resignations . the measure was resignations. the measure was reportedly by fear , fears reportedly by fear, fears disgruntled staff could snap the company. hundreds of are believed to have quit after elon musk asked them to sign up for long hours at higher intensity or leave . musk has tweeted he or leave. musk has tweeted he is

the two—day stoppage has been called by the communication workers union, and comes at one of the busiestoyal mail says it has offered staff a 9% pay rise over 18 months, and would make no compulsory redundancies before march next year. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: preparing for the parade. the traditional giant balloons are inflated ahead of new york's thanksgiving celebrations. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number ten to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air - balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed i to mind very much. as one local comic put it, it's not hot air- we need, it's hard cash. cuba has declared nine days of mourning foll

but the other aspect i was speaking to andy fury about this, the communication workers union, is that is that we've got these public bodies or at least public services, but they are private, the own things. so the royal basically is trying to be a commercial operation, but it's in a situation where it was still doing the job. it was in the 1970s. this is always the issue , wasn't it? and, you know, issue, wasn't it? and, you know, again, this goes back to the debates we're having in the seventies, the eighties, when you these essentially you privatise these essentially pubuc you privatise these essentially public these public public goods these public services, you know, like the railways, they're basically natural monopoly, as we say in economics like the postal service in some is. it's not as much of monopoly as it was back then because . we've got the then because. we've got the internet, we've got a lot more private sector postal services. you know, you've got the whole network of amazon and the tech retail giants. they don't use mail. yeah. so royal mail being challenged, but it

and on top of the rail strikes are postal strikes. 115,000 staff at the communication workers union willin this friday, black friday, as well as six dates in december, including christmas eve. royal mail has said that staff will not be delivering letters, with the exception of those sent by special delivery, but they cannot guarantee they will arrive. and the list of impending action is getting longer and longer. 0ne industry expert told us we are getting closer to a general strike. a number of different types of work and different unions taking industrial action, being balloted on industrial action. planning to take strikes is the biggest probably for a generation, if not more. so we have university lecturers will be going on strike later this week. the royal college of nursing will probably be announcing some industrial action later this week. unison, the big public sector union, they'll be announcing the results of a ballot of 300,000 of its members and health service later this week. midwives are currently voting on whether to go on strike. physiotherapists are voting. teachers are v

the communication workers union has rejected the company's final pay offer and more industrial action is planned in the coming weeks. cw general secretary dave ward says the union will continue renew the fight for jobs . they renew the fight for jobs. they are talking about destroying the role model as we know it today. they want to turn role now into another partial career and. we're not going to accept that. this is an important part of the uk infrastructure. we believe the public will support this dispute. we're in this situation because of gross mismanagement of the ceo and the board. a roll out and we need a government inquiry now to look into the actions of the and wales are chasing an historic world victory in council with their match kicking off against iran in just under half an hour's time. tonight, england will be seeking three points to secure the team's in the knockout stages . lions manager gareth stages. lions manager gareth southgate's urging his players to think big ahead of their game against the usa, which kicks off at 7 pm. in cardiff and told us what it means to s

the communication workers union claims the royal mail is to spin people into thinking modernising the calling for the service. it's calling for the government to intervene . the the government to intervene. the postal chief executive has made negotiations difficult and should be sacked . tv online should be sacked. tv online under the post radio. this is . under the post radio. this is. gb news. here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pounds will buy you $1.2106 an d ,1.1613. the buy you $1.2106 and ,1.1613. the price gold is buy you $1.2106 and ,1.1613. the price gold i s £1,452.74 per price gold is £1,452.74 per ounce and the footsie one hundredths at 7482 points . very good morning. it is 1038 on thursday this is bev turner earth day on gb news. you have been sending in your views are of course very important to me and. we're going to talk about this just a moment. and. we're going to talk about thisjust a moment. i'm and. we're going to talk about this just a moment. i'm just going to put this out there, because some of you are basically getting a little bit cross with me.

the communication workers union has rejected the company's final pay offer and more action is plannedn the weeks. cw general secretary dave ward says the will continue to fight for jobs. they talking about destroying the roma as we know it today. they want to turn roma into just another parcel korea and we're not going to accept that. this is an important part of the uk's infrastructure . we believe the infrastructure. we believe the pubuc infrastructure. we believe the public support this dispute we're in this situation because of mismanagement of the ceo and the board to roll them out and, we need a government inquiry now to look into the actions of the vote. i'll you rep in northern ireland . collins says royal mail ireland. collins says royal mail needs to recognise that postal workers the foundation of the company the c postal workers want to be on industrial action on saturday night in the freezing cold on loss in pay and the most christmas . so basically the most christmas. so basically you know the company need to obviously down and come to an agreement that is going to be in

the communication workers union claims the royal mail is trying to spin people into thinking it's modernthe service. it's it's modem. the service. it's calling the government to intervene, saying the postal chief executive has made negotiations difficult and should be sacked . tv online should be sacked. tv online before radio. this is gb news. it's back to tom with the briefing . briefing. good morning. it's 34 and this is the briefing with me, tom, on your tv and your radio . now to news that's broken radio. now to news that's broken in the last 3 minutes. the onus has revealed that net migration to the united kingdom has risen for the year to june 22. this was, of course expected it's up from last year's number which was 239,000 people in the year to june last year. we'll bring you those details very shortly. now, we were, of course, expecting a considera increase this year . we expecting a considera increase this year. we were expecting that increase to come up. but and i want to tell you some of the details about that increase to because, of course, 2022 was a bit of an year and do

the communication workers union says new walkouts will happen on the ninth, the 11th, 14th, 15th, 23rdd 24th of december. the industrial is in addition to three strikes later this month and the 1st of december. meanwhile, ground handlers at london's heathrow airport will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay. the unite union said the strike action is by workers at aviation firm menzies . it'll affect firm menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights from terminals to three and four. nancy pelosi has stepped down as speaker . the has stepped down as speaker. the us house of representatives . her us house of representatives. her announcement comes after the democrats lost the house republicans in the mid—term elections . the republicans will elections. the republicans will swear in the new speaker in january next year. nancy pelosi will stay in congress as a backbench lawmaker , tv, online backbench lawmaker, tv, online and radio. this is gb news now is back to mark. mark thank you, tamsin. as i remark this , the united kingdom of this, t

the communication workers union says new walkouts will happen on the ninth, the 11th, 14th, 15th, 23rdd 24th of december. the industrial is in addition to three strikes later this month and the 1st of december. meanwhile, ground handlers at london's heathrow airport will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay. the unite union said the strike action is by workers at aviation firm menzies . it'll affect firm menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights from terminals to three and four. nancy pelosi has stepped down as speaker . the has stepped down as speaker. the us house of representatives . her us house of representatives. her announcement comes after the democrats lost the house republicans in the mid—term elections . the republicans will elections. the republicans will swear in the new speaker in january next year. nancy pelosi will stay in congress as a backbench lawmaker , tv, online backbench lawmaker, tv, online and radio. this is gb news now is back to mark. mark thank you, tamsin. as i remark this , the united kingdom of this, t

the communication workers union says the new walkouts are over a pay dispute . industrial action dispute. the industrial action is in addition to three strikes later this month and one on the 1st of december. meanwhile ground handlers at london's heathrow will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay . the unite dispute over pay. the unite union said strike action is by workers aviation services firm menzies . it'll affect a range of menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights from terminals two, three and four. nancy pelosi has stepped as speaker of the us house of representatives. her announcement comes after the democrats lost house to the republicans in the mid—term elections. the republicans swear in the new speaker in january yeah in the new speaker in january year. nancy pelosi will stay in congress as a lawmaker. tv, onune congress as a lawmaker. tv, online and dab plus . this is gb online and dab plus. this is gb news. it's back to dan . news. it's back to dan. unless less than one half hour today. the une

the communication workers union says the new walkouts are over a pay dispute . industrial action dispute. the industrial action is in addition to three strikes later this month and one on the 1st of december. meanwhile ground handlers at london's heathrow will begin a 72 hour strike from tomorrow in a dispute over pay . the unite dispute over pay. the unite union said strike action is by workers aviation services firm menzies . it'll affect a range of menzies. it'll affect a range of airlines and disrupt a number of flights from terminals two, three and four. nancy pelosi has stepped as speaker of the us house of representatives. her announcement comes after the democrats lost house to the republicans in the mid—term elections. the republicans swear in the new speaker in january yeah in the new speaker in january year. nancy pelosi will stay in congress as a lawmaker. tv, onune congress as a lawmaker. tv, online and dab plus . this is gb online and dab plus. this is gb news. it's back to dan . news. it's back to dan. unless less than one half hour today. the une

now, meanwhile, members of the communications workers union are planning seven more strikes. next month in what the union's calling the biggest strike demonstration this country's seen. on the 9th country's ever seen. on the 9th of december. now, workers across england are planning to strike before christmas . it's part of before christmas. it's part of a dispute over pay and staffing levels. unison said. thousands of 999 call handler ambulance technicians and paramedics will strike across the north london, yorkshire and the southwest . two yorkshire and the southwest. two members of a far right militia group have been convicted of plotting to stop president biden taking office . stewart rhodes, taking office. stewart rhodes, founder of the oath keepers, was among those found guilty of seditious conspiracy for last year's attack on the us capitol. the charge, which carries a maximum 20 year sentence, occurs when two or more people conspire to overthrow put down or to destroy, destroy by force. the us government . fellow group us government. fellow group member kelly meggs, who

the communication workers union says that unless the row about pay, jobs and conditions is resolved,tinued to rise at a record rate last month, according to figures from the british retail consortium. the cost of items including milk, sugar and teabags all went up — pushing food inflation to more than 11%, due in part to higher costs for ingredients and energy, as well as a shortage of labour. the music world has been paying tribute to hip—hop star takeoff — who's been shot dead at a bowling alley in texas. the twenty—eight—year—old had enjoyed great success with the group migos. he had previously collaborated with artists including drake, cardi b and katy perry. time for a look at the weather forecast with christopher blanchett. some autumnal weather today across much of the country with cloud and heavy rain and strong wind. in the next few hours the heavy heavy rain and strong wind. in the next few hours t parts vy heavy rain and strong wind. in the next few hours t parts of the continues. across parts ofthe showers across scotland south—east. showers across scotland merging to giv

royal mail says it's made a best and final offer in an attempt end its dispute with the communication workers unionrikes in recent weeks. royal mail says has cost the company £100 million. a fresh 48 hour strike is due to be held thursday and friday. millions of pensioners will get a cash boost from today as part the government's expanded winter fuel payment scheme. 11.6 million people will receive up t 0 £600 to help with their to £600 to help with their energy bills . the government energy bills. the government says most payments will be automatic, with households getting money in their bank accounts over the next few months. the uk is escalating its support for ukraine, supplying helicopters for the first time. the government sending three former british military sea to kyiv. a further thousand artillery rounds are also being sent to help ukraine secure newly recaptured territory. the announcement the prime minister's visit to ukraine the weekend where he pledged a further weekend where he pledged a furthe r £50 million for air further £50 million for air defence up know today on gb news i'll br

the communication workers union says unless the row about pay, jobs and conditions is resolved, morestmas will be considered. a fugitive wallaby, which was seen hopping around gardens in gateshead for more than a week, has been caught. choppy — as he's been named — is now settling into a new home at northumberland college zoo. it's believed he escaped from a smallholding last month, and was captured by an animal rescue team and rehomed. his keeper says he's bounced back from his ordeal. choppy is doing really well. since he's been with us saturday, you know, he's come round from his anesthesia really well, and he's responding to treatment. and every day he's getting more and more active and he's back to his normal, bouncy self. what was he doing all that time? write little trip. speaking of normal bouncy cells, let's talk to carol. ,., ., normal bouncy cells, let's talk to carol. , ., ., ., normal bouncy cells, let's talk to carol. ., , ., , carol. good morning. this morning is the auiet carol. good morning. this morning is the quiet before _ carol. good morning. this morning is the

royal mail workers have also announced a further series strikes in the run up to christmas . the communication christmas. the communication workers unionout in six states in december , including states in december, including christmas eve . that's in christmas eve. that's in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging the football association has criticised qatar overits association has criticised qatar over its u—turn on alcohol. it comes fifa announced that beer will be sold at the islamic countries world cup stadiums. the fsa criticised the timing of the decision which comes just two days before the tournament kicks off. fans had previously told they would be allowed to dnnk told they would be allowed to drink within the ticketed perimeter of each match venue . perimeter of each match venue. south korea and united states have held a joint air drill in response to north korea's latest missile launch . the exercise missile launch. the exercise included firing against targets, simulating missile launches. a senior us government official said. north had fired a missile that can

the communication workers union says its members want a pay rise that matches the surging cost of livingmatt. another of those days, today, where the vast majority are grey, misty and cold, but a few brighter spots to pick out, south—west england, western whales, like yesterday, some brightness across parts of southern england, as well as north and north—eastern scotland. temperatures on the optimistic side for some, for many of you around for — 5 degrees, with mistiness staying in place. some of it will return tonight, fork into the morning, a touch of frost here and there, not so much, but either way, away from the west of scotland and northern ireland, a chilly day tomorrow. more in the way of rain and drizzle across scotland tomorrow, maybe one or two more brighter breaks toward southern england and into wales, temperatures not far off today. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: an historic breakthrough in the treatment of alzheimer's. a clinical trial finds a drug that can slow the progression of the early stages of the disease. heartbreak for wales as last night's d

royal mail workers have also announced a further of strikes in the run up to christmas . the communication to christmas. the communication workers unionalk out on six days in december including christmas eve in addition to the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging the football supporters association has catl over its u—turn on alcohol. it comes fifa announced that beer will not be sold. the islamic countries world cup stadiums. the fsa criticised the timing of the decision , which timing of the decision, which comes just two days before the tournament kicks off . fans had tournament kicks off. fans had previously been told they would be allowed to drink within ticketed perimeter of each much . sou ticketed perimeter of each much. sou have held a joint entry in response to north korea's latest launch. the exercise firing against targets , missile against targets, missile launches. against targets, missile launches . a senior us government launches. a senior us government official . north korea launches. a senior us government official. north korea had fired a missile that can hit many ma

begun a 48—hour strike in the run—up to black friday after talks between royal mail and the communication workers unionnt. earlier this month, nurses across the uk voted to strike over pay with action expected to start by the end of the year. and earlier this week, the rmt union announced that industrial action will be held across four 48—hour periods on dates in december and january. 0urfirst report is on the strike in scotland with hundreds of thousands of pupils forced to stay at home. here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. school is out. with tens of thousands of teachers in school is out. with tens of thousands of teachers in scotland walking out, hundreds of thousands of children affected and parents left making alternative plans for their kids. 15 left making alternative plans for their kids. , ., ., , ., left making alternative plans for their kids. ., , ., , left making alternative plans for their kids. , ., ., , ., , ., left making alternative plans for theirkids. ., , ., ., their kids. is one to be a bit of a stressful day — their kids. is one to be a bit of a stressful day for _ t

it's the communication workers union.s in december and christmas well now, in christmas eve. well now, in addition to the four straight days coming up in the next royal mail has called the action damaging says there be damaging and says there will be disruption services. japan has warned that a missile fire by nonh warned that a missile fire by north korea overnight had sufficient range to reach the us . the white house says that the vice president, harris, will meet leaders later to meet with world leaders later to discuss new threat. the discuss the new threat. the latest , a discuss the new threat. the latest, a series of missiles being launched by north korea this year . being launched by north korea this year. heavy rain and strong winds going to cause winds are going to cause disruption. morning, the of disruption. this morning, the of scotland the north—east of scotland in the north—east of england areas most england and to be the areas most affected the office has affected. the met office has issued a yellow rain

the communication workers union says that unless the row about pay, jobs and conditions is resolved, government over failings in the asylum system. rishi sunak admitted not enough claims are being processed after labour accused the government of having lost control. a damning report today says hundreds of recruits to the police in england and wales arejoining of recruits to the police in england and wales are joining the force when they should have failed vetting procedures. the former israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, looks set to make a dramatic comeback. with about 80% of the votes counted, his conservative likud party and its far—right allies have a slender lead in israel�*s fifth election in four years. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. basking in the moment, benjamin netanyahu is celebrating what looks like his political comeback. "we truly love you all, from the depths of our hearts," he tells supporters. promising he will build a government of power, not weakness. but it�*s his allies on the far right who werejumping forjoy. with this result, their leader

royal mail workers have announced a series of strikes in run up to christmas. the communication unions. that's in addition to , the four days addition to, the four days coming up over the next two weeks. royal mail has called the action damaging and fifa alcohol will not be in the stadia at. qatar's world cup. that's just two days before the tournament kicks off in the islamic country. fans had previously been told they'd be allowed to dnnk been told they'd be allowed to drink within the perimeter of each stadium. alcoholic drinks be available at some selected fan zones. official sponsors the competition budweiser have since taken to social media saying well, this is awkward tv online and dab+ radio. this is. gb news. on today's markets the pound will buy you $1.191 an d ,1.1482. will buy you $1.191 and ,1.1482. the price of gold is will buy you $1.191 and ,1.1482. the price of gold i s £1,480.71 the price of gold is £1,480.71 per ounce, and the footsie hundredths . at 7406 points . welcome back. 1138. before the break we were just chatting about the impacts of the autumn statement an

to go on strike as the train drivers yet again and the train drivers yet again and the communications workers unionhave to be thinking about which people they're are going to be most are ones that are the better off that can pay their way through and find solution that the problem a strike is causing . or is it going to be causing. or is it going to be working plus plus people that are going to be suffering more . are going to be suffering more. my are going to be suffering more. my submission to you is that it is not coming back to the nhs though the nhs has a budget which is now verging too on hundred billion pounds. but tony blair first came to government in 1997. we paid blair first came to government in 1997. we pai d £33 billion, so in 1997. we paid £33 billion, so that's virtually a six fold increase in the amount of money we spend just on the nhs increase in the amount of money we spend just on the nh s £200 we spend just on the nhs £200 billion, just to put it into context is the whole the size of the portuguese economy and is on an organisation which is about 1.3 million employees. i beli

to go on strike as the train drivers yet again and the train drivers yet again and the communications workers unionhave to be thinking about which people they're are going to be most are ones that are the better off that can pay their way through and find solution that the problem a strike is causing . or is it going to be causing. or is it going to be working plus plus people that are going to be suffering more . are going to be suffering more. my are going to be suffering more. my submission to you is that it is not coming back to the nhs though the nhs has a budget which is now verging too on hundred billion pounds. but tony blair first came to government in 1997. we paid blair first came to government in 1997. we pai d £33 billion, so in 1997. we paid £33 billion, so that's virtually a six fold increase in the amount of money we spend just on the nhs increase in the amount of money we spend just on the nh s £200 we spend just on the nhs £200 billion, just to put it into context is the whole the size of the portuguese economy and is on an organisation which is about 1.3 million employees. i beli

begun a 48—hour strike in the run—up to black friday after talks between royal mail and the communication workers unionits 106—year history. the rmt union leader mick lynch will meet the transport secretary mark harper today. earlier this week, the union announced that industrial action will be held across four 48—hour periods on dates in december and january. our first report is on the strike in scotland with hundreds of thousands of pupils forced to stay at home. here's our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon. school's out with tens of thousands of teachers in scotland walking out, hundreds of thousands of children affected and parents left making alternative plans for their kids. so it's going to be a bit of a stressful day for them. whilst some parents will be supporting the strike action, i'm sure deep down every parent will really be worrying about the change to schedule, trying to manage childcare, trying to manage kids at home, juggle work. it's just going to be a worrying day. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers in scotland receive a rise of up to 6.85%. it's more

communication workers . unio n £100 million. workers. union £100 million. llo is live at king's cross where the rally for communication has been taking place this afternoon. ali going on. well good evening to you, patrick . it looks as though we patrick. it looks as though we are heading head first into a winter of discontent. already we've heard from royal mail who have announced a new set of strike dates from their postal workers . ambulance workers have workers. ambulance workers have also voted to strike today . but also voted to strike today. but today we saw the large just rally ever for the universities and college and the largest one in their history way. over and college and the largest one in their history way . over 1000 in their history way. over 1000 lecturers. but not just lecturers. but not just lecturers. also, i technicians, support staff , lecturers. also, i technicians, support staff, librarians, anyone that works in a higher education setting. they hosted a rally here on the concourse outside king's cross station and they filled the conco

the communication workers union has rejected the company's final offer and more industrial is plannedn the coming weeks. offer and more industrial is planned in the coming weeks . the planned in the coming weeks. the union's general secretary, dave , says it will continue to fight for jobs. they are talking about forjobs. they are talking about destroying the roma as we it today. they want to turn royal mail into just another parcel courier. and we're not going accept that. this is an important of the uk's infrastructure . we believe the infrastructure. we believe the pubuc infrastructure. we believe the public support this dispute we're in situation because of mismanagement of the and the board to roll them out and need a government inquiry. now to look into the actions of the rep the unions rep in northern ireland. denise collins says royal mail needs to recognise that postal workers are the foundation of the company. u.s. foundation of the company. us. postal workers don't want to be on industrial on stormy night in the freezing cold, on loss in pay the freezing cold, on loss in pa

the communications workers union is an announcement, comes after a series of strikes that have takened at £775 million. a decision on whether to go ahead with the new coal mine in cumbria has been delayed for a third time. the decision about the proposed —— was expected by the 8th of november but has been pushed back until after next week's climate summit in egypt. the department for levelling up housing and community said it would now be made on or after the 8th of december. the planning inspectorate's report has been with the government since april. the department says it needs more time to consider the case. the government has revealed details of a previously secret programme to defend ukraine against russian cyberattacks. you can expect have been helping with what has been described as a daily onslaught on government and infrastructure computer systems. foreign office minister explains more about this.— foreign office minister explains more about this. ,, . , ., , more about this. since february, we have been working _ more about this. since february, we have been working in _ mo

meanwhile members of the communication workers union are planning seven more strikes next month in whatmonstration this country's ever seen. on the 9th of december. well, meanwhile, ambulance workers across england are planning to strike before christmas as part a dispute over pay christmas as part a dispute over pay and staffing levels. unison said thousands of 999 call handler ambulance technicians and paramedics will across the north london and southwest . north london and southwest. a member of the buckingham palace household resigned and apologised after making unacceptable comments towards a guest at the queen's consort's reception last night . and joseph reception last night. and joseph alani, founder of a domestic abuse charity, says she was repeatedly asked where really came from at the event , came from at the event, describing the conversation as a violation. she said the household challenged her claims that she was born in the uk and was. buckingham palace say all members of the household are being reminded of diversity and inclusivity, policies a major trial of an experimen

the communication workers union.months and a new profit scheme for employees. royal says a series of strikes across weeks has cost the company across weeks has cost the compan y £100 million. a fresh 48 company £100 million. a fresh 48 hour strike is scheduled for thursday and friday your right up to date on gb news. bring you more news as it happens. now let's get back to . let's get back to. patrick welcome back, you wonderful people. yes, it's patrick christie's here on gb news. now a massive issue for all of you and that i certainly am not and one that i certainly am not going is what's been going to drop is what's been going to drop is what's been going asylum seekers going on with our asylum seekers and with our homeless and indeed with our homeless people in uk, people right here in the uk, which is a bit of context on this. suella braverman has been accused being out of a depth accused of being out of a depth home secretary. that is according lib home according the lib dem home affairs spokesperson, alistair

the communication workers union says, unless the row about pay, jobs and conditions as a result, morerning that he has changed his mind on the cop27 climate summit, which is coming up. he had originally said he would not be going because he was too focused on the economy and domestic issues, but this morning he changes mind and decided that he will be going. other issues, of course, what is going on at manston, and the backlog in the number of asylum seeker cases and those record arrivals of migrants coming across the channel, described by the home secretary suella braverman as an invasion. 40,000 migrants across the channel so far this year, so numbers on that front have been going up since record—keeping began in 2018 on the number of migrants coming across the channel. so, those are some of the issues that rishi sunak is likely to be questioned on add his second prime minister's questions since becoming prime minister. we are going tojoin our becoming prime minister. we are going to join our colleagues at politics life ahead of prime minister's questions now. we are going to welcom

but the communication workers union announced last night these six strike days.9% pay increase on the table, which is conditional on changes to working practices. there is the clue. what this is really about is the terms and conditions under which postal workers go about their day. the key to understanding this is where royal mail want to direct their focus as a business. there is no money to be made in letters. they want to move the focus to parcels, in particular next—day delivery. if you go on to an online website and you want something delivered the next day, royal mail wants to be there at the forefront of making that happen. that means changing the working day. later start times, because parcels arrive later in the sorting office and a longer day. bud arrive later in the sorting office and a longer day.— arrive later in the sorting office andalonaerda .�* ., , and a longer day. and also, perhaps, dro -|n~ and a longer day. and also, perhaps, dropping letter— and a longer day. and also, perhaps, dropping letter deliveries _ and a longer day. and also, perhap

well, let's talk to the general secretary of the communication workers union, dave ward.o see morning, dave. it's nice to see you and are you going to achieve anything this, do you think ? anything this, do you think? well, i mean, we to put the context of this dispute to your viewers this morning, i mean, only 18 months ago, postal workers were hailed key workers in this country. they 32 million addresses every day during the connected country, looked after people was often the only point of contact people 18 months on they are facing the most brutal attack on jobs that this country has seen in decades. we're talking about not the 10,000 jobs that the company announced just few weeks back. they're not willing admit the real number. we believe it's closer to 25,000 jobs given we've seen their plans and i'll say to you today that at the same time as they are second postal workers , they are second postal workers, they also want us to agree that self—employed workers come in and replace those workers jobs and replace those workers jobs and entrants coming in as well. a mixt

the communication workers union says its members want a pay rise that matches the surging cost of livings right and the other significant news is they have avoided the netherlands in the last 16 to come after the netherlands beat qatar. it 16 to come after the netherlands beat qatar-— 16 to come after the netherlands beat qatar. . , ., ., ., beat qatar. it means england go on to face senegal _ beat qatar. it means england go on to face senegal on _ beat qatar. it means england go on to face senegal on sunday, - beat qatar. it means england go on to face senegal on sunday, it - beat qatar. it means england go on to face senegal on sunday, it gives| to face senegal on sunday, it gives them that extra day's preparation, they will have a five day gap between playing that game against wales last night and that last 16 tie to come on sunday. england, a momentum building victory yesterday, breaking those welsh hearts with that 3-0 breaking those welsh hearts with that 3—0 those welsh fans that 3—0 victory. those welsh fans now to head home from this now preparing to head home from this world cu

and on top of the rail strikes are postal strikes. 115,000 staff at the communication workers union willof impending action is getting longer. 0ne industry expert told us we're getting closer to a general strike. and just to add one more strike. a number of different unions planning to take strikes. that is the biggest probably for a generation if not more. so we have university lecturers going on strike later this week, the royal college of nursing will probably be enhancing industrial action later this week. unison, the big public sector union, they will be announcing the results of a ballot of 300,000 members this week. midwives are voting as to whether to go on strike a physiotherapist are voting, teachers are voting. royal mail workers are going on strike this week. ., ., ., this week. the royal college of nursin: this week. the royal college of nursing was — this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. - this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. it - this week. the royal college of nursing was mentioned. it has| nursing was mentioned. it has confirmed its wor

investments, delivering lower cost for clean energy, spring good paying union jobs for workers in advancing environmental justice in our communitiesplause] folks, we are proving a good climate policy is a good economic policy. it is a strong foundation for resilient economic growth, driving progress in the private sector, driving progress around the world, and the some totals of the actions my administration is taking is putting the united states on track to achieve our paris agreement goal of reducing emissions 52% below 2025 levels by 2030. [applause] let me just take a moment and sign some meaningful it is that i can say that. i introduced the first piece climate legislation in the u.s. senate way back in 1986, 36 years ago. my commitment to this issue has been unwavering. today, finally, thanks to the actions we have taken, i can stand here is the president of the united states of america and say with confidence that the united states of america will meet our emissions targets by 2030. [applause] we are racing forward to do our part to avert the climate hell that the united nations secretary general so passionately warned abou

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unions to increase wages. however, the demands of the workers were not heard by the regions due to the austrian strike, railway communication with other countries was also interrupted. elon musk announced a revolution against online censorship in the united states, the billionaire promised to present documents with information about the suppression of freedom on the internet. in particular, speeches about moderation apple's content businessman said the public should know the truth. he posed a question to the users. are they aware that apple has a secret 30% tax on all purchases in their app store and posted a survey. should the company publicize all the censorship actions it has taken that affect its own customers musk previously said that apple threatened to remove the twitter app from the apple app store so the international day of solidarity with the palestinian people is celebrated palestine to preserve its identity is a benchmark for the international community. in support of the inalienable right to create their own independent state, the belarusian leader says in his congratulations to the president of palestine, mah

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the san francisco labor council, the service workers union and teachers union and the firefighters union and san francisco democratic party, many community organizations, the san francisco (indiscernible) coalition. if we want to keep families in san francisco, we want to keep vulnerable residents in their homes, we also want to jump start economic growth, we urge you to support proposition e, e for everyone. it will create the tools for san francisco to follow through on its prop this to deliver real affordable housing. >> thank you. corey, your thoughts. >> san francisco has a fannating choice ahead of us with two competing measures that sounds similar but at the end of the day, there's one key difference. affordable homes is going result in affordable house nothing san francisco. it's going to do that because it eliminating unnecessary hears and eliminating the board of supervisors to slowdown or blockhousing projects which they have done on numerous occasions and 469 stephenson, 450 official and 1800 sutter street which is a supportive housing proposal. the fact that these hearing exist in law suits could still exist if the competing

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trade unions declared a nationwide strike on the austrian railway worker 50,000 people did not go to work today, trains across the country do not go to trains interrupted by the same communicationh neighboring participating states, strikes demand an increase in wages against the backdrop of rising prices and tariffs. earlier , the austrian economic chamber agreed to increase and pay a one-time bonus. however, the workers were not satisfied with the compromise in early december, the us railroad workers are preparing to go on strike, who are also seeking to improve working conditions. the authorities are negotiating with trade unions. however, until an agreement is reached, some experts predict that the strike will be devastating to the state economy. salary gap from the real cost of living was the result of a thoughtless policy of sanctions to lift economic restrictions are increasingly being called to rallies in europe and industry representatives, but the eu authorities do not meet them halfway, moreover, they are tightening the legislation. so today, the eu council recognized the circumvention of sanctions as a criminal offense, their definition and penalties will be discusse