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it s wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. it s the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekend s epsom derby and the fa cup final. here s our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters staying away during rail strikes has already cost it about three quarters of a million pounds. it s another blow on top of the pandemic and cost of living pressures. nothing has hit us harder than the train strikes. the train strikes are crippling to the business, and we re in a time when we re already seeing so many businesses on a knife edge and up against the wall. we need a period of stability. today s action by train drivers in the aslef union is the first of three strike days this week. aro ....
alexandria: this is last day of combat readiness controls, according to beijing, an aircraft carrier has been used to send jets. all in response to taiwan president visiting with speaker kevin mccarthy in the u.s. last week. u.s. lawmakers hardening the island in an event to by china. this is very serious. if you look at the authority of the chinese air force together with the ships becoming close to taiwan and any accident might spark uncontrollable war between taiwan and china. and if other countries try to intervene, it might be the start of a war of grand scale. alexandria: china state television sharing what a missile attack could look like. congressman michael mccaul weighs in. this is intimidation tactic they are known for. the size of this one is quite large, one of the largest ones we ve seen and it is not going to intimidate us. if we have deterrence for peace, we need to get weapons into taiwan. alexandria: china claiming the u.s. illegally in ....
in parts of england, the environment agency warns it could last into next year. a hot unlikely dry weekend ahead, temperatures today and tomorrow could stop at around 36 degrees. we are hopeful we could see a little more rain and cooler temperatures as we head into next week. i will have all of the details. stanford wins team gb s first gold medal at the european championships the 33 year old is first over the line in the women s triathlon in her final major competition. the last of her parents. it s saturday the 13th of august. our top story: the author, sir salman rushdie, remains seriously injured in hospital, after he was attacked and stabbed a number of times, on stage at an event in new york state. a 24 year old man from newjersey has been arrested. sir salman s agent released a statement saying that he may lose an eye. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from outside the hospital in pennsylvania where the author of the satanic verses is being treated. the attack happ ....
vossoughian, if you re just joining us, welcome if you re still with us thanks for sticking around. it s time to make the case, 17 months after the january 6th riot, nearly a year after reform this week the committee investigation into what happened will finally start laying out its case to the american public. thursday will be the first primetime hearing of the committee and we re already getting details on what they ll present including tapes and interviews with first daughter, ivanka trump and jared kushner. this is happening as committee members say their goal is to give everyone the overall big picture. the american people i think, we ve seen a number of bombshells already, there is a great deal they haven t seen but perhaps most importantly the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, how one lying to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. w ....
second trump ally indicted on a contempt channel. we begin the reidout with a choice, a choice about the continuation of mass murder and school shootings that are plaguing this country because it is a choice, not an inevitability as some might want you to believe. in fact, one of our political parties has gone to great lengths to make you think just that. well, at this point shouldn t the republican party just keep it real and openly admit at long last that they believe that a substantial number of dead church-goers and dead shoppers and dead doctors and, yes, dead chirp, big kids and little ones, is an acceptable trade-off for them to have as many guns as they want whenever they want with as little inconvenience as possible, and no one has said it better than democratic congress montana dare jones who spoke during yesterday s contentious debate over democrats package of gun safety bills. as the youngest member of this committee, i need to address my republican col ....