by rmt union. it has meant trains going out of service and millions of passengers going nowhere. my daughter s doing her gcses. i ve got to get her to and from school, so it s a right pain in the neck. i understand they want a pay rise and things change, i get that, but it s not fair for all the commuters. we are going to primarily focus on the two stories this hour, the rail strike in the uk and the hearing in washington, which is where we are going to begin. we start in washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 is holding another public hearing. today s focus is on pressure by former president donald trump and his team for individual us states to overturn the election results. central to this are two battleground states arizona and georgia. joe biden won both by a razor thin margin and president trump has kept pushing false claims of electoral fraud. in opening statements, we heard from the republican vice chair liz cheney.
moscow has threatened lithuania with serious consequences for stopping some goods entering the russian territory of kaliningrad. lithuania says its implementing eu sanctions but russia sees it as a blockade. kaliningrad is part of russia, but it s geographically separate it s an exclave. it borders poland on one side, and lithuania on the other. the head of russia s security council a close ally of president putin flew into kaliningrad today and said this. translation: russia will certainly res - ond translation: russia will certainly resond to translation: russia will certainly respond to such translation: russia will certainly respond to such hostile translation: russia will certainly respond to such hostile actions. - respond to such hostile actions. appropriate measures are being worked up by departments and will be taken in the nearfuture. their consequences will have a serious negative impact on the population of lithuania. because kaliningrad is separate from the
way. and in the middle of this story is lithuania, a relatively way. and in the middle of this story is lithuania, a relatively small - is lithuania, a relatively small nation which is having to represent the principles of the west. how do you assess how much support its receiving in this moment? riff you assess how much support it s receiving in this moment? of course, lithuania should receiving in this moment? of course, lithuania should be receiving in this moment? of course, lithuania should be seeking - receiving in this moment? of course, lithuania should be seeking support. lithuania should be seeking support from the lithuania should be seeking support from the whole lithuania should be seeking support from the whole eu, lithuania should be seeking support from the whole eu, because - lithuania should be seeking support from the whole eu, because it- lithuania should be seeking support from the whole eu, because it did l from the whole eu, because it did not do fr
those is not only lithuania. the target is those taking the decisions. very important those taking the decisions. very important weeks are coming. we will have eu important weeks are coming. we will have eu summit this week on candidates for ukraine, so they are trying candidates for ukraine, so they are trying to candidates for ukraine, so they are trying to scare everybody, that it will be trying to scare everybody, that it will be some kind of war attack against will be some kind of war attack against nato countries. sergei goryashko is from the bbc s russian service. i think we should categorise this as very tense i think we should categorise this as very tense situation i think we should categorise this as very tense situation between - very tense situation between lithuania very tense situation between lithuania and very tense situation between lithuania and moscow, - very tense situation between l lithuania and moscow, russia. very tense situation between -
adopted six packages of sanctions against russia. those are in response to its invasion of ukraine. on saturday, lithuania began enforcing those sanctions on kaliningrad. the eu sanctions list includes coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology. the russian governor of kaliningrad says the blockade would cover 40% 50% of the items his region imports by rail. here s lithuania s prime minister. translation: no blockade of kaliningrad translation: no blockade of kaliningrad is translation: no blockade of kaliningrad is taking translation: no blockade of kaliningrad is taking place. - translation: no blockade of kaliningrad is taking place. it | translation: no blockade of| kaliningrad is taking place. it is simply kaliningrad is taking place. it is simply that kaliningrad is taking place. it is simply that since kaliningrad is taking place. it is simply that since last kaliningrad is taking place. it is| simply that since last weekend, sahctiohs simply that