Wont be made until the end of the season, following a heavy Champions League defeat. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. President trumps most senior diplomat is making his debut on the International Stage at the g20 summit in germany. The new us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson is meeting russias foreign minister Sergei Lavrov this lunchtime at a time when contacts between the Trump Administration and moscow are under the spotlight. The Us State Department says mr tillerson will try to provide a comforting message to countries uneasy about apparent changes in americas Foreign Policy positions. Well be live in germany in a moment, but first this report from wyre davies. With so much attention on his own difficulties at home, donald trump might be thankful that, for the next couple of days, the spotlight will fall squarely on the shoulders of his new Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson, attending the g20 summit in germany. Among his first meetings was with foreign secretary
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
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few weeks that dylan howard has done has done a lot of saber rattling, and has actually threatened booksellers around the world using a legal team that he s retained in just about every region if they carry this book. in australia, several retailers have pulled this book from sales, a big best seller here in the united states, it started an important conversation about press freedom and you see how fragile press freedom is when you see a book like this getting yanked from sale because of a spurious threat from a tabloid editor. there s other rev elations i the book, including everything that s happening at nbc and matt lauer. we will get to that in our next segment with you next hour. thank you, stick around, please. i ve literally been looking through your notes on the book and your copy of the book while you ve been talking. wow is there a lot in there. a big update overnight on the white police officer who opened fire killing a black woman inside her home. we have a live repor