ceremonies have been taking place in thailand to mark the start of a four day funeral for victims of a mass killing at a nursery. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today as workers walk out for the 11th time this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions in red, it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, a