struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including four—year—old liza dmitrievae on nhs emergency services or at an all—time high. and europe continues to struggle with rising temperatures — hundreds evacuate from their homes in spain as wildfires spread. good morning. our top story this morning — thousands of rail workers will go on strike again in the coming weeks. in addition to a day of strike action on the 27thjuly, the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk—out on saturday 30th july. sharon graham, the general secretary of unite union is warning of a "summer of discontent" as workers are being made to "pay the price of inflation". our economics editor faisal islam reports. there have been strikes on the railways and more have been announced later this month and in august, too. they have been threatened in the skies and across public services as employers,

liza dmitrieva, ukraine's first lady asked for twitter followers to quote, look at, her alive, pleaseck came as european union officials convened at the hague to discuss russia's war crimes in ukraine. the associated press and pbs's frontline have documented 346 incidents involving potential war crimes since russia invaded ukraine in nearly five months ago. joining us now, damon wilson, president and ceo of the national endowment for democracy. damon, what is your reaction to president zelenskyy calling yesterday's attack, a quote, open act of terrorism? >> jonathan, it's a pleasure to be with you. and my reaction to president zelenskyy is that he is speaking, plain language, the plain truth. and i think that there is something powerful in recognizing that russian attacks on shopping malls, on hospitals, and killing innocent civilians, that this constitutes war crimes, it constitutes terrorism. and -- in ukraine, we have had trouble just saying the truth, that russia was invading ukraine. for a long time we couldn't say that after 2014 and i think what you are hearing from president z

i welcome you to the first channel. of the four-year-old girl liza dmitrieva, who tragically died duringmy shelling in the middle of vinnytsia, and at that time many ukrainians were confused by headlines that, in my opinion, have always been ethical. for example, i cite radio svoboda in the telegram channel, a girl with special needs died on july 14 until the very day in her blog, her mother described the difficulties and happy moments of raising a child with down syndrome, however, death creeps up on me, a question that receives little attention in the information space especially now it is a question of how people with disabilities live and survive during this full-scale war of russia against ukraine and to start our conversation i would like to ask you if you have a publication can you share information about how many people with disabilities have suffered as a result of the full-scale military aggression of russia against of ukraine since february 24. perhaps you have information about the dead people with disabilities today in ukraine, you know there are two million and 700,000 peop

liza dmitrieva died on thursday after the attack on the central—west city of vinnytsia, which killednd in debris next to a pram. images of her pushing the same pram just hours before the strike have been shared around the world. let's turn to sri lanka now, where anti—government protesters are marking a hundred days of their public uprising. it's a movement that's brought results, forcing president gotabaya rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. the mass campaign started as a protest against the government's handling of the economy and the soaring cost of basic supplies. dr niro kandasamy from the university of sydney says any new leader coming to power will face enormous challenges. there are several urgent issues that need to be addressed regarding who becomes president and we will find out on wednesday for sure but presently the country needs fuel, cooking gas, it has critical shortages in medical supplies and children haven't been to school so urgent needs need to be addressed and that means having negotiations with the imf which will also result in austerity cuts but the gove

liza dmitrieva died on thursday after the attack on the central—west city of vinnytsia, which killedound in debris next to a pram. images of her pushing the same pram just hours before the strike have been shared around the world. the girl's mother was also seriously injured, and wasn't able to attend the funeral. the kremlin claims it had hit a military target. from the ukraine conflict to sri lanka now, where anti—government protesters are marking a hundred days of their public uprising. it's a movement that's brought results, forcing president gotabaya rajapaksa to flee the country and resign. the mass campaign started as a protest against the government's handling of the economy and the soaring cost of basic supplies. that is something that sri lanka is still dealing with right now. so what next for the people of sri lanka, as they try to navigate themselves out of this difficult political transition? we can speak with dr niro kandasamy from the university of sydney. it's great to get you on the programme and i want to start by asking, we are at this difficult political transitio

liza dmitrieva died on thursday after the attack on the central—west city of vinnytsia, which killedme pram just hours before the strike have been shared around the world. the girl's mother was also seriously injured, and wasn't able to attend the funeral. the kremlin insists it hit a military target. it's been revealed that a consignment of landmines was among the cargo on board a plane which crashed in northern greece on saturday. confirmation has come from the serbian company which was shipping weapons from serbia to bangladesh. our balkans correspondent guy delauney has more. this is all that is left of the soviet—era cargo plane that crashed near kavala in eastern greece. it was going to make an emergency landing at the city's airport, but it didn't make it that far. local people saw the antonov an—i2 on fire as it descended. then they heard a series of explosions after it hit the ground. all eight crew on board died, and locals felt they had had a lucky escape. translation: i wonder how it did not fall on our houses, - because it came from over there. it was full of smoke. it h

struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including four—year—old liza dmitrievage the government to apologise to thousands of women who were forced to give up babies for adoption between the 1950s and �*70s, because they weren't married. one woman says she had her baby pulled from her arms. my baby started crying in a way i had never heard her cry and i can remember my knees giving way, and that is pretty much all i remember until i was at home. pressure on nhs emergency services in england is getting worse, with ambulance callouts last month hitting an all—time high forjune. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. soaring temperatures have already sparked wildfires and caused damage across southern europe. greece spain and portugal are currently the worst affected while the heatwave is expected to continue in britain and france into next week. dozens of fires have broken out in portugal, including near the city of coimbra — killing at least one person. meanwhile the city of badajoz in spain endured temperatures of 44 degrees with the