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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 britain s 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 network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. and in the last few minutes, aslef, the train drivers union, has announced a one day strike at nine train companies on saturday. the 13th of august. the union says firms failed to make a suitable pay offer. on the disruption, our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly, some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigat ....
it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock on - it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock on his - it s all rather depressing. onto the l death of james lovelock on his 103rd death of james lovelock on his 103rd birthday, stephen sackur how to talk with him, he was an extraordinary unorthodox scientist who never went along with the orthodoxy of the scientific world which made him so brilliant. did you read that book you did on the gaia theory of the universe, and just how pressing it he was about these things? of course backin he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and 705, itju5t didn t seem as relevant as it is today. leie i didn t read the book but i ve been reading about him, such an interesting character. for such an interesting character. far ahead of his time in the 1960s and 705. ahead of ....
should be repealed. the committee was reviewing hong kong s human rights record for the first time since the security law effectively shut down pro democracy protests there. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejenny kleeman who is a journalist and broadcaster, and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. welcome back to you both. the mirror leads with energy prices it says bills could rise to £500 per month, or almost £4,000 a year after christmas. shocking! energy bills are on the front of the express, too, with consumer campaigner martin lewis warning of a difficult winter ahead for many. the times says the uk s national security adviser has warned the west risks stumbling into a nuclear conflict with china or russia, as back door channels between rival powers have collapsed. rail strikes are on the front of the yorkshire post. around 40,000 members walked out today in a row over pay and condit ....
and we ll see you tomorrow night. a big show to get to tonight. thanks so much. this is don lemon tonight, and we are at a very critical point in this country right now. a crucial point, as a matter of fact. a moment when we get to decide whether we re going to do something about the gun violence that is killing more and more americans every day, even if it s only a first step, or do nothing and just watch more and more funerals, more and more families torn apart. this could be the moment. i don t want to get preachy about it but it could be the moment. a bipartisan group of senators working to hammer out a deal. but it s no sure thing and whatever they come up with will likely be less than what democrats want and a tough sell in the red states. they re looking at bolstering checks on 18 to 21-year-olds who want to buy semi-aublth v automatic weapons, red flag laws, school security and mental health care. the white house says that president joe biden is optimistic and ....
speak louder than words can that on tuesday at rob elementary school in uvalde texas, this first priority for every single law enforcement officer in the state did not come first. the awful truth which was confirmed today is that police officers waited to storm a classroom while children were hiding inside and calling 911 for help that would not come. for as long as an hour. now we often here police officers talk about split second decisions. this time, the decision to go into a classroom and confront the shooter took 3,600 of those seconds. a full hour. a bit of hindsight from where i m sitting now, of course it s not a right decision. it was a wrong decision. very. no excuse for that. but again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry there as soon as you can. that s steven mcgraw, director of the texas department public safety with the bottom line, different from what we ve been hearing all week long, dif ....