details in the programme. it s saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today s strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but says services which had been cancelled can t be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finished by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union of 1a real companies and network rail are involved in the lo
asia just over a week ago. that trip by mattis, of course, reassured the japanese that the u.s. was a solid ally both in relations towards china and towards north korea. mattis signaled also the u.s. wants to sort of back off any confrontation with china. so north korea rng sends this out as a symbolic response. they doe this time and time again. it pointedly is trying to disrupt that u.s. message of a firm alliance with japan and with cooperation with china. let s talk about the optics and context of what we saw coming from the president of the united states. this is not the president on twitter. this is not the president signing executive orders talking to a domestic audience. rather, this was the president of the united states on stage with another world leader talking about a big international issue. giving a very brief statement just your thoughts, your reaction from what you heard from that brief statement from president trump.
made it up. which indicates when they did this crosscheck she was from colombia. she speaks no spanish. that is it. how syma fell for them to have figured this out. these are professors, it is not the average person on the street which even they would get this right. everyone watches tv. they know you use the prints to see who she is. they did not check out a teenager s identity and send her off to another continent. shepard: and colombia is refusing to send her back. but that will get fixed. it is my understanding that will get fixed. this has become a big international issue. arthur: okay. shepard: you could not finish that thought in five seconds? no? arthur cannot do anything in five seconds. anna-sigga, thank you. arthur.
claims. she made up a name. made it up. which indicates when they did this crosscheck she was from colombia. she speaks no spanish. that is it. how syma fell for them to have figured this out. these are professors, it is not the average person on the street which even they would get this right. everyone watches tv. they know you use the prints to see who she is. they did not check out a teenager s identity and send her off to another continent. shepard: and colombia is refusing to send her back. but that will get fixed. it is my understanding that will get fixed. this has become a big international issue. arthur: okay. shepard: you could not finish that thought in five seconds? no? arthur cannot do anything in five seconds.
a speech in a short time. aides say obama will honor lives lost in the storm and celebrate the resiliency of the people of the gulf. he will recommit the nation to rebuild saying there is more work to be done. and on to tuesday, the president gives out major oval office address on the end of the u.s. combat in iraq. with an uptick in violence in iraq in the last few days and weeks, the president says he is keeping his promise to end the war. he previewed his speech in his weekend radio and internet address. the bottom line is this. the war is ending. like any sovereign independent nation, iraq is free to chart its own course. by the end of next year, all of our troops will be home. tuesday s oval on the rock is followed by another big international issue. wednesday and thursday, the president just ended the middle east peace process. he will host talks and dinner with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and palestinian president mahmoud abbas.