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and final preparations as the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow. it is the official opening ceremony. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britains train services are running — many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating, but netwo...

Ukrainian rocket strikes have forced russia to close a key bridge connecting the occupied city of kherson to the east bank of the dnipro river, in southern ukraine. the antonovsky bridge was hit overnight for the third time in a week. the bridge is a crucial supply route for russian forces occupying the city. western military sources say that a ukrainian counter—offensive in the kherson region is "now gathering place." lets discuss this with jonathan marcus, defence analyst at the strategic st...

With putin at this moment would real be a huge risk for his presidency. >> perhaps timing is not right. jonathan in. >> eyebrows were raised here in florida when rick scott, the governor of florida, took the job of vice chair of the rr ga. why is that a big idea? thats the chair of the rgr in 2018, a group that oversees governors races for the gop. that will take him off the field against bill nelson who is the incumbent senator in florida in 2018. why does that matter? because the gop here in w...