to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail users, another strike by rmt railunning dispute about guards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. coming up at 6am on breakfast, dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. plus more on reports of airline passengers having to wait as long as 2.5 hours in passport control queues at the uk's biggest airport, heathrow. that's significantly longer than the border force's own 45—minute target. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: turkey has pledged it will take action to calm the financial markets after its currency plunged to a new record low in asian trading. the lira has lost 20% of its value against the us dollar in the past week following a trade disagreement with washington. 40% since january. there's been tight security in washington as a small number of far—right supporters held a rally near the white house. organisers had said up to 400 people would be marching but farfewer attended. they were outnumbered by a large crowd of anti—nationalist protestors. now it's

the largest rail union rmt called for them to be kicked off the tracks, arriva. new timetable is leading to thousands of train services being cancelled, disrupting hundreds of thousands of users, prices have gone up thousands of users, prices have gone upfor thousands of users, prices have gone up for some as well and another franchise was nationalised by the government. there is another slew of strikes potentially on the way next month over a very long—running row over the role of god southern trains. thank you for that. -- over the role of guards on trains. the government says it's planning to introduce new offences of causing death by dangerous or careless cycling. under the proposal, cyclists who kill pedestrians would be treated in a similar way to dangerous drivers, who face a prison sentence up to 14 years. cycling campaigners are calling for wider reform of road safety legislation. simonjones reports. kim briggs was knocked over by a cyclist in london in 2016. she died a week later. the bike that hit her shouldn't have been on the road — it was designed f

the rmt union said it was an attempt to impose a pay cap on its members. tom burridge reports.i payjust over £1000 a year. john has two kids and commutes from outside wigan into manchester. it's absolutely horrendous. sometimes one train turns up, sometimes they don't. now his season ticket could cost an extra £32 next yearin ticket could cost an extra £32 next year in line with inflation. remember, this is august, when things are supposed to be quiet but after half an hour of ourjourney, it was standing room only and remember, these passengers have suffered weeks of disruption with cancellations and delays. at the end of january‘s rail they arise, cancellations and delays. at the end ofjanuary‘s rail they arise, the government has suggested a lower measure of inflation, the consumer price index, rather than the retail price index, should be used in future to produce smaller increases to ticket prices but it says costs, like rail workers wages, should go up like rail workers wages, should go up at like rail workers wages, should go upata like rail workers wages, should go up at

it comes as a new study commissioned by the rmt union has revealed that railfares are rising twice asley in 15 minutes' time, but now it is time to catch up with all of the sports news with our tea m with all of the sports news with our team in sport today. see you soon. goodbye. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme — time to play the waiting game, as tiger woods looks set be named as a captain's pick for next month's ryder cup against europe. former world number one andy murray is knocked out in the opening round of the cincinnati masters by luca pouille. and he's won a world cup and two european championships, but david silva is calling it a day with spain. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with golfing news. the ryder cup between europe and the usa takes place next month in paris. eight players have already qualified for the 12—man american team with captainjim furyk set to name four wildcard picks in early september.

well, earlier today i spoke to craig johnstone of the rmt union who told me the cancellations are damagingproblem. 0n fridays, according to the passenger user group, they cancelled around hundred services and part—cancelled more on friday. it isn't just sundays. it is happening on weekdays as well. less services. the basic thinking is that they would be able to run a more robust timetable. however, that doesn't seem to be the case. 0n weekdays it is a shambles as well. people just don't find it reliable any more. wel, little earlier our news correspondent joe lynam gave us this update the explanation is that planned engineering works meant that the couldn‘t get the staff they needed to operate a full schedule of services over the weekend. most rail workers volunteer to work on weekends and are paid overtime. they don‘t have to turn up. the management usually get the staff. we had this problem during the world cup final. even though england weren‘t in that world cup final, a lot of people didn‘t want to work. they thought they were. the timetable has been disrupted. 80 services. to put that

members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays. usual services, with buses replacing some trains. it is 9.12. let's return to one of those stories we were mentioning. catholics in ireland are this morning preparing for the arrival of pope francis — his first visit to the country and the first papal visit in almost four decades. the trip comes at a time when the catholic church has been engulfed by abuse allegations. let's discuss this with the author paul vallely, who has previously written about pope francis. let's start by talking about the significance of this visit. it was 1979 when we last had a papal visit. 0ur 1979 when we last had a papal visit. our biggest today going to be violent? it's very difficult to say. he is very popular, people like him asaso he is very popular, people like him as a so it will still be a big occasion, but there is still not down in ireland over the six —— there is still meltdown in northern ireland over sexual abuse. in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1000 kids abused by priests over the decades. the po

members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays.of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. that brings you up—to—date with the main stories. after being imprisoned in an iranian jail in 2016 on spying charges that she denies, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was this week granted temporary freedom. in the last two days she's been reunited with her four year—old daughter, now herfamily and legal team are attempting to extend her release which is due to end tomorrow. her husband, richard ratcliffe, joins us now from our edinburgh studio. good morning. lovely to have you back on the programme. a smile today, at least she has had a couple of days of freedom? has been a couple of good days, a magical day on thursday and a good day yesterday. as you say, we are getting a bit more nervous because she has to get back to prison tomorrow. but it was a good experience. i wonder if you could tell us how this three—day freedom pass came about? in some ways i don't really know. we have promises for a while, for the best part of a year, tha

members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays. its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. that brings you up to date with all of the news. later this morning, pope francis will arrive in ireland, the first papal visit to the country in almost a0 years. more than a million people turned out to seejohn paul ii in 1979, around half that number are expected to attend this weekend. let's speak to mairead fallon from catholic comment, which throws light on the work of the church and will be at the celebrations. shejoins us now. i believe you're going to be at the celebrations. this is a big dealfor ireland. what is the mood like at the moment? good morning, steph. you're absolutely correct, this is a huge dealfor you're absolutely correct, this is a huge deal for ireland. you're absolutely correct, this is a huge dealfor ireland. the you're absolutely correct, this is a huge deal for ireland. the second biggest event that's ever happened in the country, the first being the visit of popejohn paul ii eight or nine years ago. i'

well, earlier today i spoke to craig johnstone of the rmt union who told me the cancellations are damagingtjust on sundays we are having this problem. 0n fridays, according to the passenger user group, they cancelled around hundred services cancelled more on friday. it isn'tjust sundays. it is happening on weekdays as well. less services. the basic thinking is that they would be able to run a more robust timetable. however, that doesn't seem to be the case. 0n weekdays it is a shambles as well. people just don't find it reliable any more. our business correspondent joe lynham joins me now. joe — how significant are these cancellations? the explanation is that planned engineering works meant they couldn't get the stuff they required to offer a full schedule. most real workers volunteered to work on weekends and paid overtime. they don't have to turn up. not rostered and that sense. they usually get the staff. we had this problem during the world cup final. the tame table has been disrupted and 80 services... 1500 train services have been affected. it is not a huge chunk. northern is owned b

the rmt union said it was an attempt to impose a pay cap on its members. most affected — the passengers. people have accepted that they don't have a choice, and you feel exploited, to some extent. passengers are really frustrated. you can see today, i'm standing right next to the door. i could just about get into the train. commuters crammed into a rickety old carriage early this morning. i payjust over £1,000 a year. john has two kids and commutes from appley bridge, outside wigan, into manchester. it's just absolutely horrendous. sometimes one train turns up, sometimes they don't. now his season ticket could cost an extra £32 next year, in line with inflation. i don't know how they can justify that when they can't even get it to run on time at the best of times, so it's an absolute disgrace. remember, this is august, when things are supposed to be quiet, but after half an hour of ourjourney, it was standing room only. and remember, these passengers have suffered weeks of disruption, with cancellations and delays. amid the anger overjanuary‘s rail fare ri

it comes as a new study — commissioned by the rmt union — has revealed that rail fares are rising twicet turmoil as the country's row with america deepens. turkey's president erdogan, said its nato ally was seeking to "stab it in the back" after the us imposed sanctions over its refusal to extradite a us preacher imprisoned in the country. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. in his 37 years of work, this man has never seen it this bad. he imports all his stock from abroad and as the turkish lira plunges, he is making huge losses. from selling 40 pairsa is making huge losses. from selling 40 pairs a day, he is selling two. translation: banks used to beg me to give me loans. now i'm begging them. i'm cancelling my order to try and sell what i have now and in three months i will see if i have to close down. turkey is in a full-blown currency crisis — the lira crashing by 18% on friday and still falling. for long, there were warnings the economy was overheating. fuelled by credit and construction. but the colla pse credit and construction. but the collapse was sparked when donald trump hit t

members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays.% of its usual services, with buses replacing some trains. the headlines on bbc news: pope francis is set to arrive in ireland to begin the first papal visit to the country in almost a0 years. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel following the unexplained deaths of a british couple. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins. good morning. warrington wolves will be back at wembley for the fifth time in ten years later as they face french side catalans dragons in the challenge cup final. wolves will be favourites, but dragons have impressed many in their run to this, their second cup final. they're coached by former england boss steve mcnamara and he told us what he changed when he arrived in the south of france. the french culture is, you know, they drink wine and they eat bread at ev

it comes as a new study, commissioned by the rmt union, has revealed that rail fares are rising twicely abused boys while running summer camps for young christians in the 1970s and 80s has died. john smythe, who was 77, had a heart attack at his home in south africa. he had been accused of taking boys from the camps to his home in south—west england, and beating them with a cane. victims have called for an independent inquiry. a model has been found guilty of murdering his fashion rival in a row over a girlfriend. george koh stabbed harry uzoka in the heart over the dispute. he was accompanied by two others, one of whom was found guilty of murder and other of manslaughter. adina campbell reports. moments after their violent attack, these are the men responsible for killing harry uzoka, seen here running off after being stabbed three times. before his death, harry uzoka was enjoying a successful modelling career with some of their biggest high—street brands, including river island, levi's and top man. but the 25—year—old had been arguing with fellow model george cowan. they fell out wi

well, earlier today i spoke to craig johnstone of the rmt union, who told me the cancellations are damagingn'tjust on sundays we are having this problem. on fridays, according to the passenger user group, they cancelled around hundred services cancelled more on friday. it isn'tjust sundays. services cancelled more on friday. it is happening on weekdays as well. services cancelled more on friday. less services. services cancelled more on friday. the basic thinking is that they would be able to run a more robust timetable. however, that doesn't seem to be the case. on weekdays it is a shambles as well. people just don't find it reliable any more. the family of the airport worker who stole an empty passenger plane from seattle airport — before crashing into an island — say they are "devastated" and "in complete shock". richard russell — an employee with the ground staff — performed aerobatic manouevres before crashing on a nearby island. it's thought he was killed instantly. no—one else was on board. jenny kumah reports. this is the man thought to have stolen a passenger jet from seattle airpo

the rmt union again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise.o mark the 20th anniversary of the 0magh bombing. 29 people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the town centre, planted by the dissident republican group the real ira, several months after the signing of the good friday agreement. today's event was the last official annual commemoration of the attack. it's a mission that will get us closer to the sun than ever before. in the early hours of this morning, nasa launched a solar probe that will become the fastest moving man—made object in history. the parker spacecraft is protected by a special heat shield which will allow it to function in searing temperatures once it goes into solar orbit. scientists hope it will improve our understanding of the sun, and how it affects life on earth. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. three, two, one, zero — lift—off! into the night, and on its way to touch the sun. a daring mission to shed light on the mysteries of our closest star, the sun. nasa's parker solar probe will get closer to

members of the rmt union are set to walk out for six consecutive saturdays.placing some trains. guests at a colorado hotel would have been in for a surprise if they went down to the lobby in the early hours as a special visitor was getting his bearings. here he is. that is a bear. this bear had a snoop around the stanley hotel, which overlooks the rocky mountain national park. hotel staff had to relax the rules onjumping on hotel staff had to relax the rules on jumping on the furniture. you wouldn't want to challenge that bear, would you 7 know, especially if he had a sore head! —— know, especially if he had a sore head! as we've just been hearing, torrential rains, severe flooding and high winds have caused havoc in parts of hawaii after hurricane lane came close to hitting some of the islands. the storm is set to bring hurricane conditions to maui. chris norberg has been providing storm updates on the website, maui information guide, joins us now. how is it there at the moment for you? well, it doesn't fill right complaining about a tropical storm but it is

well earlier today i spoke to craig johnstone of the rmt union who told me the cancellations are damaging to the passenger user pressure group, they cancelled around a hundred services and part cancelled many more on friday. it‘s not just sundays, cancelled many more on friday. it‘s notjust sundays, it is happening on weekdays as well. they run less services so the basic thinking would be they would be able to run a more robust timetable but that does not seem robust timetable but that does not seem to be the case, and it‘s a shambles on weekdays as well, people do not find it reliable any more. what do you think is the best way to get this fixed? what is your advice to northern? my advise is to pack up and go and hand the franchise back over to the public sector which would work any much more coordinated and structured fashion. these people have a major problem. passengers are sick of them and the staff are sick of them as well. nobody has any faith in them, the local politicians have had enough and it‘s damaging the economy of the north of england. it's the economy of the north of engla

the rmt union again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise.harged with assisting unlawful entry intro britain after four people were rescued from a fishing boat off the coast of kent on thursday. the group, which included two men, a pregnant woman and a child are said to be iraqi nationals and were found in a fishing vessel near ramsgate harbour. a remembrance service has been taking place to mark the 20th anniversary of the 0magh bombing. 29 people were killed when a car bomb planted by dissident republicans exploded in the town. 0ur correspondentjohn campbell is in 0magh now. the memorial behind me describes an ordinary day when ordinary people we re ordinary day when ordinary people were doing ordinary things. 21 people died almost instantly on the streets of 0magh, another egg died in hospital or on the way to hospital. among the victims were a grandmother, two babies and a woman pregnant with twins. in many ways the families haven't been able to grieve privately. that is because in the 20 years since the bombing they have had to carry out

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, in bbc news. heathrow airport is calling on the government to relax passport controls for certain passengers arriving in the uk in a bid to reduce delays. the latest figures revealed that in july visitors from outside the european economic area were left queuing for up to two and a half hours. the uk border force managed to achieve its goal of seeing 95% of visitors within 45 minutes just once last month. the headlines on bbc news: a doctor who was struck off over the death of a six—year—old boy wins her appeal to practise medicine again. the murder of 25 year old model harry ozuka. two men are found guilty at the old bailey. labour's antisemitism row. nowjeremy corbyn hits back at criticism from the israeli leader. moves to ease turkey's currency crisis have failed to stop market turmoil as the country's row with america deepens. turkey's president erdogan said its nato ally was seeking to stab it in the back after the us imposed sanctions over its refusal to extradite a us preacher imp

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month inuth korea says president moonjae—in will meet the north korean leader, kimjong—un, in pyongyang in september. it will be the third summit between them this year, and the first visit by a south korean president to the northern capital for more than a decade. it's hoped the meeting will give fresh impetus to the stalled disarmament process. over 300 people have been injured at a music festival in spain after part of a wooden platform collapsed into the sea. witnesses in the northwestern city of vigo reported scenes of panic as people tried to scramble to safety. the platform had been packed with crowds watching a rap artist at the time. british asians are more socially conservative than the wider uk population, a survey for the bbc‘s asian network suggests. it found that a third of british asians don't agree with sex before marriage or same—sex relationships. more than 2,000 responded to the poll as part of the bbc‘s big british asian summer season of programmes. nomia iqbal reports. the

craig johnston is from the rmt union and hejoins me now from our carlisle studio.r assurances from baroness beverley hughes, what is your take on this? it's not just on hughes, what is your take on this? it's notjust on sunday that we have this problem, on friday according to the passenger user group they cancelled around 100 services and cancelled around 100 services and cancelled many more on friday. it's not just cancelled many more on friday. it's notjust happening cancelled many more on friday. it's not just happening on cancelled many more on friday. it's notjust happening on sunday, it's happening on the weekdays as well. what's going wrong? i don't know if you can hear me, what is going wrong, that these cancellations are taking place, the latest one they say is they are having problems with crew due to engineering works, surely they must know what's coming 7 surely they must know what's coming he surely they must know what's coming up? the will, there are a number of things going wrong. 0n up? the will, there are a number of things going wrong. on sunday t

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the rmt union again called for northern to be stripped of its franchise.ze winner, sir v s naipaul, who's died at his home in london. his best—known books include a house for mr biswas, a bend in the river and in a free state, which won the booker prize. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has been looking back at his life. the bookcase had been made at short hills by an out of work blacksmith, who wished to show his gratitude to mr biswas. a house for mr biswas in 1961, established v s naipaul‘s name as a writer. it was inspired by his own life, an oxford educated author, whose roots lay in the indentured indian workforce of the caribbean sugar plantations. i was born in trinidad. all these facets of one's background, personality and life have to be explored. in 2001, he was awarded the nobel prize for literature. it was just one of many awards, but sir vidiadhar could also be gruff, prickly, his views on islam and africa ensured he had his critics. he was not afraid of upsetting people. he didn't try to keep the worst aspect of his earlier behaviour awa

the rmt union says that's unacceptable. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live.my colleague, tim willcox. two days of official mourning have been declared in genoa following the colla pse been declared in genoa following the collapse of this motorway bridge behind me and the confirmed number of dead now standing at 39. there are still several more missing. that number is expected to rise. heavy cranes and having lifting gear behind me are pulling chunks of concrete away. but according to red cross workers we have in speaking to, hopes that any survivors will be found have now passed. at the same time there was a big political row brewing as well. the people who have been running this motorway section, autostrade, have been directly blamed by political leaders, who are also accusing the eu of not spending enough on infrastructure projects following the years of austerity that this country have to go through. it's just over a 2a—hour is ago that a major thunderstorm hit one of the central pillars of this bridge. 0ne one of the central pillars of this bridge. one of

members of the rmt union will walk out until sunday night.r the judo world championships in baku next month. the 2017 world championship bronze medallist has moved from london to walsall for her training. after a disappointing rio olympics she's looking to reverse her fortunes over the next two years. i always had tokyo in mind. i was really ha p py i always had tokyo in mind. i was really happy that i qualified for rio and obviously devastated that i couldn't have gone further in the competition, but that has been pushing, fuelling me on for this cycle. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. there is that industrial action affecting railway services at. traffic is building on black paul lane northbound at. on the camera it is starting to get quite. —— white is starting to get quite. —— white is the. the traffic lights are not working at when victoria street in kanin street. and in norbury, lane one is closed at the junction with colm road. lets have a check on the weather now with geo

if there was a flaw to model t it was that ford held on to the design too long rmt he built 15 million of these cars. state of the art again in 1908, 1909. he kept building them largely unchanged into the mid-1920s and by 1925, 1926, it is a dinosaur and superceded by anything else on the road. tried to boost sales. he could reintroduce color. you could buy a model t in a color other than black and only other thing to drop the price on the car. you can only cut the profits so much before the company can't afford to do it. i think ford got to one point in the mid-'20s making as little as $2 on each model t he built and wasn't sustainable and after a lot of hard, hard thinking and soul searching, ford motor company ends production of the model t in 1927 and basically has to shut down the plant for six months to retool for the next car which we'll take a look at here. the build-up from the model t to its successor car was one of the great early examples of marketing in the automobile industry. people were absolutely fascinated by what ford was doing and purposely was secretive and kind of

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, inn trains. joe lynam, bbc news. we've got some remarkable pictures out of china for you, a car narrowly escaped being dragged into a sinkhole. it opened up after hours of torrential rain in the north west of the country. local residents helped pull the car to safety. nobody was injured, according to state media. goodness me. did you just learn that up goodness me. did you just learn that upfor me goodness me. did you just learn that up for me completely? teamwork making the dream work? because... sorry, yes, sally, iwas linking things together perfectly. what a few days dina asher—smith has had. i know this is the european championships, but she is world class. dina asher—smith won a third gold medal at the european championships in berlin. she brought home the baton for great britain with a fantastic anchor leg in the sprint relay. the men's team also won, and laura muir took gold in the1,500m. premier league champions manchester city got the defence of their title off to a winning sta

the rmt union said it was an attempt to impose a pay cap on its members. 0ur transport correspondentrom those most affected — the passengers. people have accepted that they don't have a choice, and you feel exploited, to some extent. passengers are really frustrated. you can see today, i'm standing right next to the door. i could just about get into the train. commuters crammed into a rickety old carriage early this morning. i payjust over £1,000 a year. john has two kids and commutes from appley bridge, outside wigan, into manchester. it's just absolutely horrendous. sometimes one train turns up, sometimes they don't. now his season ticket could cost an extra £32 next year, in line with inflation. i don't know how they can justify that when they can't even get it to run on time at the best of times, so it's an absolute disgrace. remember, this is august, when things are supposed to be quiet, but after half an hour of ourjourney, it was standing room only. and remember, these passengers have suffered weeks of disruption, with cancellations and delays. amid the anger overjanuary‘s rai

company said the cancellations would offer passengers "more certainty in planning their journeys. " the rmt its franchise. called for northern to be fighting is continuing today in the afghan city of ghazni where the taliban have attacked police headquarters and government buildings. police headquarters 17 years on from the us—led invasion of afghanistan, british troops who are part of an increased uk military presence have been arriivng in the capital, kabul. the hope is to support afghan troops and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. and diplomatic efforts 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. back to the dust and heat of helmand. this, the place where hundreds of british troops were killed, and which nearly fell to the taliban when they departed. four years ago the british left for good, but the americans soon returned. left for good, but the albeit in smaller numbers. left for good, but the now they are on their own, patrolling what was the sprawling british base of camp bastian. patrolling what was the sprawling it was necessary for us to come back in here a couple of y

to compel things for some, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month about the long—runningng game birds on a sunday is illegal in england so the season started today on the thirteenth instead. for those involved in the sport it really is an unlucky day. the weather has hit the grouse populations so hard the majority of shoots have been cancelled. cathy killick‘s been on the moors today where it's unseasonably quiet. just today where it's unseasonably quiet. listen to that. deafening. just listen to that. the silence is deafening. i cannot hear grouse and i cannot hear on guns and that is not a good sign for the local economy. today is the first day of the grouse shooting season but 70% have been cancelled. the reason is there is nothing to shoot. why are there so few grouse? the weather hasn't done for them, they eat the heather so the heather got hammered by the cold weather and then baked by the sun and the the nutrition in the heather the grouse have not done well. they would go for these little fresh bits here and take the top of what with the snow on top followed by th

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, inhalf past eight. now it's time for a look at the weather. good evening, a very changeable week of whether with no two days the same. to date brought sunny skies but also gathering storm clouds. these storms will fade away as we go through this evening. patchy rain across scotland and northern ireland, certainly more cloud here and cloudy go —— clouding over generally for western coastal areas and a muggy field towards the south—east. for tomorrow across england and wales some spells of sunshine but generally large amounts of cloud, and a small chance of a shower across east anglia. further north, thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. and a range of temperatures, 17 degrees for glasgow but up to 25 in the south—east of england. for wednesday, more but up to 25 in the south—east of england. forwednesday, more rain but up to 25 in the south—east of england. for wednesday, more rain in the north—west, dry and muggy in the south—east, turning fresher for all of us on thursday. hello, this is

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, inwhite nationalists attending a rally in washington. around two dozen white supremacists took part in the march, while police kept the two opposing groups apart. it came a year after violence in charlottesville, virginia, that left one person dead. hundreds of chanting opponents denounced white supremacy and racism. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. crowd: whose streets? 0ur street! in washington's streets there was anger and frustration, as thousands gathered to demonstrate against a protest by white nationalists right in the centre of the capital, and within sight of the white house. exactly a year before, the same right—wing group had held a controversial protest in charlottesville, in virginia. a woman was killed when a car was driven into a crowd of cou nter— protesters. holding this event on the anniversary of heather heyer‘s death was seen by many as deliberately provocative. while antifascist campaigners filled the streets, only around 20 white nationalist turn

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, ing at your atlantic winds. looking at the summer, what's left of it, is it coming back? june and july were dominated by high pressure but this week we're going to influenced more by low pressure. the winds are coming in from the atlantic, it's more unsettled, the wettest weather in the north—west and the drier and warmer weather for and the drier and warmer weather for a time in the south—east. it looks like that sort of weather pattern, that sort of scenario will continue into next week. we've got the jet stream, the pressure and the air mass. it's going to run a couple of times, giving you a flavour of next week. we've got a strongerjet than earlier in the summer, and it occasionally dives further south, and thejet occasionally dives further south, and the jet stream picks up areas of low pressure. mainly, that will be more towards the north—west of the uk, but occasionally the lows go further south. if you are wondering where the heat has gone, it is mainly across mainland europe. we

to compound things for some train users, another strike by rmt rail workers is set for next month, inguards on trains. joe lynam, bbc news. reports suggest at least 39 people, including 12 children have been killed and many are still missing following a blast that brought down a building in the syrian province of idlib. the building is said to have contained munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. idlib is the last major rebel—held area, and is expected to be the next target for syrian armed forces. turkey's central bank has announced measures to try to stabilise the country's plunging currency. the lira has been at record lows, amid a trade spat with the united states. lebo disekko reports. turkey's president stood defiant on sunday, telling supporters the fall of his country's currency was a political plot against turkey. as the event continued, he repeated a less than thinly veiled threat to a nato ally — the united states. translation: our response to those who wager trade war against the whole world and include our country in that would be heading towards new markets and new a

mick lynch is assistant general secretary of rail union, the rmt, hejoins us from millbank now.. can you outline your issue with that? wage rises and salary packages are negotiated. chris grayling will not pick it to us and we won't allow him to dictate to an industry what our wage increases will be. we have free collective arginine, with network rail, the train operating companies and london underground and we will be negotiating on the face of the retail price index, which includes housing, most of us want a house even though it might be unaffordable to be able to pay for those houses and our members will be looking for above rpi increases this year and for next year. will be going into negotiations with network rail this autumn and our target is to increase our members wages by above the rate of the retail price index and we will not tolerate any other index being used and we will not settle for a agreement that do not settle for a agreement that do not achieve above inflation pay deals at the measure of the retail price index. you say people want to buy houses, people also w

the rmt is saying he is trying to introduce a paid pack on its members so they are not happy about that. while the inflation figure tells us when we look backwards what prices have done it‘s also very useful for is looking forward because it‘s the one the bank of england keeps an eye on. it likes inflation be a 2% and if it ru ns likes inflation be a 2% and if it runs higher an increase in interest rates tend to be on the cards. that's right. given that cpi did rise this month they are closely following it. they expected the end of that. they bring things like transport costs and computer games. they still predict inflation will keep falling. they are looking at are coming down to their target of 296 are coming down to their target of 2% next year. are coming down to their target of 296 next year. the latest figures on house prices, a bit of a split between london and the rest of the country. london and the south-east prices fell but the rest of the country showed that small rise. but the rate of growth is slowing. if we look at london particular, in london the tends to be a lot of mort