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UNITED KINGDOM

Rail services disrupted as train drivers walk out

Rail services were hit to large parts of the United Kingdom, including key tourist routes, as train drivers launched a new strike amid cost-of-living pressures and decades-high inflation. Members of the Aslef union representing train drivers are taking part in a three-day rolling strike that will also affect express services to London's Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow airports.