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by rmt union. it has meant trains going out of service and millions of passengers going nowhere. my daughter's doing her gcses. i've got to get her to and from school, so it's a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it's not fair for all the commuters. we are going to primarily focus on the two stories this hour, the rail strike in the uk and the hearing in washington, which is where we are going to begin. we start in washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 is holding another public h...

vote to go on strike. in afghanistan, the taliban say the search for survivors has been called off, just a day after a devastating earthquake which is thought to have killed more than a thousand people. the earthquake struck early on wednesday about 44 kilometres from the city of khost. heavy rain and the destruction of road and communication network have hampered relief efforts in paktika province —— the worst hit area. our kabul correspondent secunder kirmani is there, and sent this report. homes reduced to rubble, lives reduced to memories. "these were my son's shoes," says ag...

european union leaders have agreed a compromise plan to block more than two—thirds of russian oil imports. european council chief charles michel said the deal cut off "a huge source of financing" for the russian war machine. he added that it put "maximum pressure on russia to end the war". european commission president ursula von der leyen praised the deal. i'm very glad that the leaders were able to agree in principle on the sanctions package. this is very important, thanks to this council should now be able to finalise a ban on almost 90% of all russian oil imports by the end of ...

east. for the 19 children and two teachers gunned down inside their classroom one week ago there's growing anger now over the police response as the justice department prepare tuesday launch a review how law enforcement responded. >> reporter: we're now getting our first glimpse add some of the information related to officers outside robb elementary school as a massacre was unfolding on the inside. abc news obtained a portion of video that appears to be audio from one 911 operator relaying information from a child inside the classroom. >> you have a child on the line. >> reporter: ...

survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. >> i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can't continue like this. >> bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? >> reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was h...