no way out, the ukrainian military says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region, a day after russia annexed the area. the uk s biggest controlled explosion for 75 years as redcar steelworks is demolished. we ll have a report from the teesside site. these beavers have something to celebrate. and these beavers have been recognised as a protected species in england, making it illegal to deliberately capture, kill or disturb them. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. more than 50,000 rail workers are walking out today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. in some parts of the country, there are no trains at all. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike, and it s
Taunt Israeli Border guards they retaliate with tear gas its been like this for the last two weeks the tension is getting to the man stores. In many ways christmas is different this year we can even smell the tear gas and tom as well because donald trump decided to move the American Embassy to jerusalem to see if we can say the jerusalem an arabic city where all religions should coexist in a city to. The more as in calls the faithful to prayer in the center of bethlehem two thirds of the towns Thirty Thousand residents are muslim one third christian but two faith communities treat each other with respect. And that we celebrate together with our christine presence and day with those there are no differences between us. Was. More and more tourists are coming to bethlehem the Palestinian Authority has stepped up Security Measures but a feeling of ease remains. At the grotto of the native of the where jesus is believed to have been born a group of pilgrims starts an informal choir a prayer
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Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Two items, the Collusion Case and the obstruction case. What would the president consider sitting down two with the approval of his attorneys . How much has this conversation evolved . Well, i think we have to take everything Rudy Giuliani says with a grain of salgt. And when were only hearing about these conversations from him, it is very unclear to me how accurate he is in relaying those conversations. But if it is true that giuliani is considering a response to mueller and that they are continuing to negotiate about this interview, it surprises me a little bit. Mueller has the carrot of a subpoena. And i think most legal experts including me believe that if this were to go all the way to the supreme court, that donald trump would have to sit for testimony in front the grand jury. But what it tells me is two things potentially. One is i think bob mueller doesnt want a fight. He doesnt want the li