workers who worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. the unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and connecters, they were threatening the first rail strike in 30 years. the hang up was over a system that the union said penalizes workers for sick leave and doctors visits. amtrak had already cancelled routes in anticipation of the strike. with the midterms looming there was pressure to get a deal done here. the disruption would have been had catastrophic impacts on industries, travelers and families across the country. but the story is about what didn t happen. no disruption, at least one that won t last more than a few days now. let s go to jeremy diamond at the white house for the details of the deal. reporter: good morning. 20 hours of negotiations finally leading to an agreement between the unions and the railway companies involved here. this deal would avert a strike that would have started at midnight tonight. president biden announcing the deal in a statem
a nine year old girl dead. olivia pratt korbel died on monday night after two men, one armed with a gun, ran into her house. joseph nee, a former drug dealer and believed to be the target of the attack, has been arrested. the police are appealing for more information. and a fine of £1,000 faces anyone who breaches a hosepipe ban imposed by thames water in the south of england from today. coming up on the bbc news channel rangers seek to make the group stages of the champions league for the first time in over ten years. good evening. at least 22 people have been killed and around 50 others injured in a russian strike on a railway station in the east of ukraine. it comes exactly six months after russia launched its full scale invasion of the country. the head of the un antonio guterres said it was a sad and tragic milestone . the conflict has had a huge human cost the un says there have been more than 5,500 thousand civilian deaths, but the true number is likely to be far m
north west of scotland. noticeably fresher where we have had high humidity, 15 to 23 or 2a degrees. there is another weak weather front on friday which will not bring much significant rainfall unfortunately, it will bring showers across scotland but through wales and into the west country, i had a bit dry with sunshine, may be a degree also warm on friday, 25 degrees. it is the bank holiday weekend in england, wales and northern ireland, if you have outdoor plants it stays dry, settled and sunny, a bit fresher, may be the weather front will bring a bit of rain to scotland if you have outdoor plans. and that s bbc news at ten on wednesday the 24th of august, there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with faisal islam which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. hello, and welcome to our l
millions of households are urged to turn off their lights and appliances to tackle an energy crisis. and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to bbc news. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. hello. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declare