the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 24 hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members and voted on them. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar rail passengers and the rest of the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services are severely disrupted. we had to leave early from home due to the strike action. it will take a lot of time to go to the stadium and we are worried about what time we will get back and what time the trains are running too. i am young, without me getting back to liverpool, i am stranded. it s not really like the best for anyone trying to get back to somewhere out of london. we are going to get on one - in an hour or so unless something happens
and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
continues its offensive in eastern ukraine. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uefa champions league final is under way, with liverpool taking on real madrid at the stade de france, the kick off was delayed by more than half an hour as fans struggled to get into the stadium. some liverpool fans said french police had used pepper spray and tear gas as they tried to enter. let s go straight to our correspondent danjohnson, who is at the fanzone in central paris. so, paris. the drama started even before the so, the drama started even before the kick off, dan. so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan. so, the drama started even before the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium - the kick-off, dan. yes, we are quite a distance from the stadium here. i a distance from the stadium here. this fan zone