Cnn Closed Captioning brought to you by mesobook. Com if you or a loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to 14000 the legal war is over what are the legal war over the election is already underway and its being fought from Texas To Georgia as members of the latino civil Rights Groups say their homes were targeted by the Texas Attorney general in voter fraud rates. While in georgia lawsuit aims to block new gopbacked election certification rules. And the Israeli Military rescues a hostage held by hey, hamas in a complex operation, the father of 11 now reunited with his family, but israel claims 108 more hostages living and dead are still being held in gaza as hopes for a Ceasefire Deal are fading like it or not, a. I. Is coming to your iphone the latest on apples plans and how the new technology could change, how you use your device. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in
for new sd scanners. in sport, taking control in the title race as liverpool sweep aside bournemouth to move five points clear in the premier league what yer starin at? ain t yer never seen a toff? and consider yourself entertained we head to the theatre with fundraisers and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie, as hughie lands his dream role in oliver the musical. it s monday, the 22nd of january. our main story. storm isha has caused disruption across the uk overnight, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power and causing extensive travel problems for the morning rush hour. trains have been suspended and flights cancelled. flood warnings are in place across england, wales and scotland, and wind speeds of up to 99 miles per hour have been recorded in northumberland. sellafield nuclear power station also suspended operations overnight as a precautionary measure. aru na iyengar reports. storm isha has hit hard. wales saw winds reaching 90 miles per hour. this was th
the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike and it s the biggest yet. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to fund raise for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant she had to make other plans to get there. so for me, this just blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. so ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked, just worried about it. the red lines on this map are the only parts of the rail network which do have services today. where trains are running, they started a lot later than usual and they ll finish a lot earlier than normal as well. there are no trains running between london and some
no way out, the ukrainian military says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region, a day after russia annexed the area. the uk s biggest controlled explosion for 75 years as redcar steelworks is demolished. we ll have a report from the teesside site. these beavers have something to celebrate. and these beavers have been recognised as a protected species in england, making it illegal to deliberately capture, kill or disturb them. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. more than 50,000 rail workers are walking out today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. in some parts of the country, there are no trains at all. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike, and it s