the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
Hello, and welcome to todays verified life. A tense stand off has developed outside the parliament in the georgian capital of tbilisi after mps approved a controversial goal which would force Civil Society groups and Media Organisations to declare foreign funding. Scuffles broke out in the chamber, while outside the protesters tried to break through barriers. Security forces for slumber, hundreds of most rioters converged on parliament from several directions in an attempt to her to the protesters. They were met with anti russian champs, critics say the new law is modelled on a russian one designed to stifle democracy. They were met with anti russian chants. These are the live pictures from tbilisi, we have cameras in several different parts of the capital around the parliament. The president has said she will veto the legislation but the Prime Ministers Georgian Dream party has sufficient support to force the new law through. Many of the protesters are young, they say the future of ge
The opportunity to lead to my home well, that has been the most tremendous honour that i did not think was reserved for people who looks like me. Msps then voted in a new snp First Minister, who said he agonised over whether to stand because of his concern for his wife in the Pinkjacket Who has multiple sclerosis. I cannot let this moment pass without making it clear to elizabeth my profound eternal gratitude for the sacrifices she is prepared to make to enable her husband to serve our country as First Minister. As for policy, he named one priority. So, i will be unapologetic about bringing to this parliament the measures we can take to eradicate Child Poverty and i look forward to seeking the support of others to achieve that aim. Words underlined with deeds, Asjohn Swinney crossed as mr swinney crossed the floor to shake the hands of the opposition leaders. So, john swinney insists he wants to get back to the founding principles of this parliament, to the politics of consensus. But t
And theres been plenty of detail from Stormy Daniels this afternoon . There certainly has. The woman who donald trump paid 130,000 to to keep quiet has been speaking out in great detail in court. He of course vehemently denies having had any kind of sexual encounter with her just before she appeared his lawyers in court, trying to limit how much salacious detail could actually be heard on the court, that she was giving evidence, theyjumped up frequently to object to what she to say. She described in a lot of detail visiting donald trump in his hotel suite at a Golf Tournament in 2006 and ending up on the bed having sex with him, and so much detail on the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust the fact that even the judge had to tell her just to the fact that even the judge had to tell herjust to answer the questions. As donald trump heads to court, waving at the cameras, it looks much the same each day, but they are not the same. Today, he had to watch a woman who claimed she had