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Thousands of homes have been evacuated in christchurch, new zealand, after two separate fires have combined, covering nearly 5,000 acres. And, a century of the wrens the navy marks the formation of the Womens Royal Naval Service during the first world war. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that a potential deal to end the long running dispute on Southern Rail has been rejected by members of the Train Drivers union, aslef. In a ballot, 54 voted against the proposal which had been negotiated by the unions leaders. Southern says its hugely disappointed and will be seeking more talks as soon as possible. The union is expected to try to renegotiate the deal. But, for the moment, it means there is still no end in sight to the disruption on one of britains busiest commuter networks. 0ur correspondent, john young, is at < ....
And the Womens Royal Naval Service founded a century ago, that marked a huge change in womens roles in the armed forces. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, Arsene Wengers future will be decided at the end of the season, after his arsenal side were humiliated in the Champions League by bayern munich. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Hopes for an end to the rail misery thats affected hundreds of thousands of commuters in Southern England have been dashed. Train drivers ignored their own union and voted against a proposed deal to end the long running dispute with Southern Rail. Its one of the countrys busiest commuter networks. Unions have been at loggerheads with the company fo ....
Changing technology? it s a great question. in reality this is something where corporations themselves have to take the initiative 90, 95% of the networks are privately owned, not publicly. the government has a role to play in helping but this is much this is significantly about trying to protect and prevent the hemorrhage of billions and billions and billions of dollar of value leaving our commuter networks and going to other criminal networks and states. i m sure a growing group of people wonder how much do you cede to the government in private companies in order for them to protect you. that s an excellent question. we hear about this being the new battlefield. is hacking ever grounds for war? well, the cyber is a potential battle space. ....
now is not my time. we saw the governor s sense of humor, the command of the room as he answered questions for a long time. gin acosta was right there. he was heavily urged to run, he was flattered, the pressure came from people of high stature, in the end it wasn t enough, why? reporter: well, john, answering that question should take a couple of minutes but chris christie, who never is at a loss for words held court in the news conference room for an hour and listened as every reporter in the room basically poked him with a stick, trying to get at why he was not going to make this decision to run for president. he was asked about whether or not it was that compressed primary calendar that all of the republican conditions are looking at right now. he was asked about his weight, whether or not his health might be an issue. he was asked whether his views as a republican are just too moderate for the party. but in the end chris christie said you could not get around o ....
With infiltration of commuter networks in government agencies and the defense establishment. that then fan out into the private sector. it grew and grew. in 07 we started hearing about it publicly, with the computers of robert gates hacked. angela merkel called out after other computers were hacked. google brought more attention to it last year and phenolly this year, just this month, last week, we ve seen the announcement of the most extensive campaign of cyber espionage yet. more than 70 governments and companies in 14 countries have been attacked. government secrets, designs schematics, sdoeshgs plans for business deals have been stolen. what this shows is that any organization with anything of value is vulnerable. the most recent that s been exposed, operation shady rat it s being called, has been going on for five years and ....