of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
war, the u.s. and russia have had confrontations at air and sea. these incounters have only rarely blown up into serious incidents. that s because at least to some extent there are routines that are followed, less so for russia, everyone involved acts professionally. that was not the case today. an american reaper drone was intercepted by two russian fighters. it was damaged and then forced down. somebody could have gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but certainly in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people, so this is clearly, this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. russia s ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll also get perspective from mark hertling, but oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. r
russian fighters who damaged it and was then forced down. somebody could ve gotten hurt. nobody wants to see that happen. and it could lead to miscalculations between two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together, but in proximity in the region. we don t want to see this war escalate beyond what it is already done to the ukrainian people. so this is clearly, it was an appropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian. pilots russians ambassador to washington was summoned to the state department. we ll have more on that shortly. also get a perspective from retired three star general mark hertling. but the latest on the incident rob leaning joins us from the panic. is it clear what happened? this all plays out early tuesday morning over international borders over the black sea, when u.s. air force reaper drone is doing what it has done countless times before. not only the during the war, but before the war, that is surveilling the black sea
that wa warm welcome to tho joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room this is the united states property, we obviously don t want to see anybody getting their hands on it. this type of behavior from the russian pilots is uncommon and unfortunate and unsafe. we didn t have snow all winter long and now the biggest storm of the year. this snow is very heavy, wet and dense. it is sticking to all the trees and power lines. in the wake of this banking crisis even as it seems to be receding from the brink, there is recognition that perhaps the fed will have to change course. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 15th, in washington white house officials say the u.s. is taking steps to ensure that an air force drone hit by russia in the black sea doesn t end up in the wrong hands. the pentagon says russian fighter jets intercepted the surveillance drone on tu