people who are in distress here relative to these topics, it is huge. we do our best to take care of those folks in-house as well. and through our local partners it s so important. we are a year into this, as we said. do you worry about a lack of empathy from the outside world, that attention might be turned away? michael holmes, the generosity in sport we have seen so far from the international community here has been, frankly, humbling. i know there are competing catastrophes we are looking at. i want to acknowledge what the people of turkey and syria are going through right now as a result of their. but i will say that there has been a continuity of support relative to the ukraine crisis that he s moving and impressive. so, i hope that continues and the situation continues to unfold. matthew stearns, international medical corps. bank so much for the work that you and your colleagues are doing there in ukraine. it s valuable. thank you so much, michael. i m happ
of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
it s gold again for laura muir. on another golden night for the brits in munich, muir retains her crown as the 1,500 metre european champion. (organ plays) they were once a key part of going to the pictures. we ll take a look at the cinema organs being raised back to life. good morning. it is a blustery start to the good morning. it is a blustery start to the weekend, especially in the north west of the uk where there are also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone will see wet weather today. all the everyone will see wet weather today. all the details are coming up. good morninu. it s saturday august 20. our main story: train passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk s rail network today as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. it s the sixth day of national walk outs so far this summer in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running
as the conservative leadership race goes to a third ballot. rishi sunak is still in the lead. more than 5000 train drivers will strike on saturday the 30th ofjuly. network rail staff also announce further action. pressure on nhs emergency services in england is getting worse, with patients waiting longer for ambulances and many staff off sick. and at st andrews a frustrating day for tiger woods as the 150th 0pen championship gets under way. later in the hour we ll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. welcome to bbc news at ten. russian forces have extended their reach into the heart of ukraine, bombing a city far from the eastern front line. at least 23 people, including children, were killed in a cruise missile attack, and more than 60 were injured, needing hospital treatment. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, called it an open act of terrorism . the attack took place in
mar-a-lago. and we re keep ing an eye o flooding in the southwestern u.s. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. the biden white house is officially hands off regarding last week s fbi search of donald trump s mar-a-lago residence. it turned up 11 sets of classified material, including some with the highest secrecy. privately, some white house officials admit they re worried about what other sensitive docu might be out there. as jessica schneider reports, the department of justice is pushing back. reporter: prosecutors have less than one week to submit proposed redactions to the judge so he can decide what might be released publicly. it will likely be a tall task for this department of justice. they have said repeatedly that any retaxedactions they would propose it would make the affidavit devoid of content. regardless, the judge wants their recommendation business next thursday at noon, and he might have additional conversations with the do