emergency powers to activate the protection at three sites. those three power plants in different parts of the country, and again, there have been missile strikes on infrastructure targets around ukraine. and it s already been reported by the mayor of kyiv. now there is confirmation from the grid operator that they have switched off, in effect, three, or disconnected from the grid three nuclear power stations. the big fear has been that if one of the stations were to receive a direct hit, whether from a were to receive a direct hit, whetherfrom a ukrainian russian
from 1976 where he enjoyed much of his success, winning three league titles and the 1981 european cup. he also had two spells at goodison park and was the first man to score for both liverpool and everton in a merseyside derby. he also scored six goals in eight appearances for england. that s all the sport for now. some breaking news coming out of the national grid system in ukraine, which has announced that the power units of three ukrainian nuclear power stations have been switched off after russian missile strikes across the country. ukraine s state run nuclear energy firm said at lunchtime that due to a decrease in frequency in the energy system of ukraine, the operator had used
attack for ukrainians using anti aircraft missiles to bring something down and collateral damage ends up causing is damage, it could trigger an out of control activity ljy trigger an out of control activity by the nuclear power plant and they might not be in a position to stop it once it started, so the idea is a precautionary approach. these sites are vulnerable to being hit on if they were hit they could trigger that kind of response, and then rapidly would get out of control and obviously ukraine has experienced that before in chernobyl when it exploded and went into meltdown rather than the reactor core reacting with the terrible consequences for people living there and for people hundreds of thousands of miles away reflected by contaminants. they want to avoid the scenario and they want to avoid this with nuclear power stations. the regulators has tried to get inspectors in that the russians have said they will allow them to inspect but they will not let them inspect in areas insi
undermine their wish to fight in this war. , ., ,, ., ., this war. let s talk about some of the other things this war. let s talk about some of the other things which this war. let s talk about some of the other things which are - this war. let s talk about some of the other things which are going l this war. let s talk about some of i the other things which are going on, not least the warning from the grid operator that leaders had to effectively disconnect three nuclear power stations from the grid. should we be worried by that? the power stations from the grid. should we be worried by that? we be worried by that? the way nuclear power we be worried by that? the way nuclear power stations - we be worried by that? the way nuclear power stations were, i we be worried by that? the way i nuclear power stations were, they produce electricity and it needs to go somewhere but because of the latest missile attack from russia, it has nowhere to go, so the latest is that hand ukrainian
to a localfirm instead. exxon is expected to launch a legal fight. german chancellor olaf scholz has ordered the country s three remaining nuclear power stations to keep operating until mid april, as the energy crisis sparked by russia s invasion of ukraine hurts the economy. originally germany planned to phase out all three by the end of this year. nuclear power provides 6% of germany s electricity. here in the uk, rail workers in the rmt union are voting on whether to continue strike action for a further six months. the ballot closes on the 15th of november and is part of an ongoing dispute over pay, job security and working conditions.network rail is preparing to make a revised offer to unions. to china now, where data was expected to be released on tuesday showing how the country s economy had performed during third quarter, however there s no sign of it! the very unusual delay comes as the ruling communist party holds its annual congress in