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iskander. starting with developments in tennessee, where us presidentjoe biden has tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the tennessee three. he thanked them for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation s democratic values. us vice president kamala harris has made a speech in nashville on a surprise visit after two state lawmakers were expelled yesterday over their protests on gun control. justinjones and justin pearson, as well as a third lawmaker, gloria johnson, who narrowly survived, have become known as the tennessee three . they called for gun reform after the nashville school shooting that killed six people. in the last hour, kamala harris has been talking let s listen. because they chose to show courage. in the face of an extreme tragedy, which is that 11 days ago, six people, three educators, and three babies, nine years old, were murdered. senselessly. due to gun violence. they chose to lead and show courag ....
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 ....
and he saw it right from the beginning and he made important decisions on the likes of lockdown, and test and try scan on ppp, and care homes and then the vaccine roll out. so there is plenty for him to be asked about here at the inquiry, but the criticism has been ongoing over the last few weeks. we have heard from civil servants and aides who say that he had new colour levels of confidence, he had a tendency to over promise and under deliver, and then those who said he downright lied. we have heard that on a number of occasions from civil servants and from dominic cummings, borisjohnson s closest servants and from dominic cummings, boris johnson s closest aide. servants and from dominic cummings, borisjohnson s closest aide. we boris johnson s closest aide. we have found out, according to documents in the inquiry, that there were calls for him to be sacked. he didn t get sacked, in the end he resigned because he broke his own social distancing rules by having an affair with ....
those families of those hostages. the largest number of foreign nationals taken by hamas on october the 7th when they seized 250 people of nationality in breaking news line, the israeli military said they have retaliated today to cross border fire from southern lebanon, the united nations keep peacekeeping force in lebanon has told the reuters news agency who are reporting this and reuters witnesses said they had blasts along the south eastern lebanese frontier with israel and we know this is an extremely sensitive area and hundreds of thousands of israelis have been moved out of that area where there have been skirmishes since october the but reuters reporting the israeli military have retaliated on thursday to cross border fire from southern lebanon and of course that is a his brother stronghold. let s bring you the latest from dubai. c0 p28 co p28 taking place. cop28 taking place. such a significant event. we cop28 taking place. such a significant event. cop28 takin ....
Watchword in how we deal with taiwan. ., a, ., ., taiwan. there are a lot of witticisms taiwan. there are a lot of witticisms of taiwan. there are a lot of witticisms of the - taiwan. there are a lot of witticisms of the current l taiwan. there are a lot of- witticisms of the current biden administration, particularly from republicans, that they are weak and china. do you agree with that? in weak and china. do you agree with that? weak and china. do you agree with that? , ., ,.,, with that? in terms of posture, there are with that? in terms of posture, there are certainly with that? in terms of posture, there are certainly reasons - with that? in terms of posture, there are certainly reasons to l there are certainly reasons to argue that this administration has not been as forceful as the previous one. in terms of policy, there is not a whole lot of difference i would argue in terms of what we are seeing out of the biden administration and what we were seeing out of the trump ....