Thousands of homes have been evacuated in christchurch, new zealand, after two separate fires have combined, covering nearly 5,000 acres. And, a century of the wrens the navy marks the formation of the Womens Royal Naval Service during the first world war. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is that a potential deal to end the long running dispute on Southern Rail has been rejected by members of the Train Drivers union, aslef. In a ballot, 54 voted against the proposal which had been negotiated by the unions leaders. Southern says its hugely disappointed and will be seeking more talks as soon as possible. The union is expected to try to renegotiate the deal. But, for the moment, it means there is still no end in sight to the disruption on one of britains busiest commuter networks. 0ur correspondent, john young, is at Brighton Railway station where many commuters affected by the Southern Rail dispute travel from. More from you and what people have been saying there today . more from you and wha
Important questions that are not yet answered. Is he alone . Is this person acting alone some is this person the suspected bomber or someone connected to it . We are following all of this as we follow the progress of that van and the developments in this case. Keeping our eyes on the white house as well as President Trump is expected to speak any moment. Thank you so much for joining me. I will hand it off to john king with inside politics. We will continue our coverage. Thank you and welcome to inside politics. As kate noted, we will continue to following the dramatic Breaking News this hour. The Justice Department confirms federal authorities have arrested a man in South Florida in connection to the explosive packages sent across the country. That arrest a bit earlier today and now a dozen packages in total sent to political operatives and opponents of the president and cnn. A News Conference led by the
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Well you. This is deja vu news live from berlin chasseur on the back wall says she supports a breakfast at the lake with conditions but the germany does has an album urgency preparations in place right now. Into the very last day even the very last hour we will be pushing into the issue of the treaty that and the agency has never actually need to. Speak into the a German Parliament just a few moments ago before todays east summit thats certain to be focused on britains request for a breakfast at the leg also coming up. New zealands Prime Minister announces
a ban on semiautomatic and military style weapons that after the christchurch mosque few things only top Security Personnel including those now guarding mosques will have such weapons in the future. And the rains just will not stop all week after cycling to die struck Southeast Africa Tens Of Thousands are still without food or shelter in mozambique. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us german chancellor all america all says
support of ukraine and its fight against russia soon as natasha birch on has more on what happened at the summit today. secretary austin, address the shangri-la forum here in singapore earlier today in a major speech that focus on the idea of convergence of the united states and its indo-pacific allies. here in favor of security and the rule of law, thinly veiled message to china, which of course the united states has accused of flouting international a lot, especially when it comes to freedom of navigation in the season, in the air. now, secretary austin also emphasized the importance though, of military-to-military communications with the chinese remaining ongoing saying that that is what responsible nations do. and there s no substitute so that kind of direct dialogue between the us and they re chinese counterparts to that end, the secretary did in fact meet face-to-face. just the other day with his chinese counterpart for the first time since 2022. and importantly, secretary au
what caused the crash? officials say they re examining a number of theories, including the possibility of external actions leading mr prigozhin s jet to crash land yesterday. all eyes are now on vladimir putin, who was attending a summit today by video link. unsurprisingly, he made no mention of mr prigozhin s reported demise. yevgeny prigozhin is a businessman and former convict. his wagner mercenary group took part in some of the most brutal fighting in ukraine. mr prigozhin became increasingly critical of russia s military leadership, eventually launching a mutiny in june. his forces seized a major russian city and even marched on moscow before abandoning their insurrection.