details in the programme. it s saturday the fifth of november. our main story: passengers are being warned to expect significant disruption on the railways today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled, as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today s strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but says services which had been cancelled can t be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finished by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union of 1a real companies and network rail are involved in the lo
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: heading out of the one day world cup as their test talisman heads for surgery england s cricketing picture gets ever more murky. i m fighting and my players are with me erik ten hag is determined manchester united will put it right after their poor start to the season. ahead of a repeat of the world cup final tomorrow, wales end their first wxv campaign winless, as tournament bosses insist crowds will get better. also coming up on sportsday: are you one of the 100 million people to try parkrun? the event is celebrating the milestone this weekend. hello again. england s chances of reaching the semifinals of the cricket world cup, that have gone from high before the tournament to non existent six games later, may well be extinguished once and for all tomorrow. perhaps fittingly, a disastrous campaign could be ended by australia. but it s notjust defeats that have been undermining england s world cu
with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv, as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about isreal s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas, a proscribed terror organisation has been speaking in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said, the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 124 british nationals are on the list of people who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says more than 9,000 people have been killed in the strip since october the
israel says its troops in gaza are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is back in tel aviv, as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. antony blinken talked about israel s right to defend itself, but also the need for concrete steps to minimise harm to civilians in gaza. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation has been speaking in lebanon. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said the possibility of total war is realistic . one other important line to update you on more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point into egypt. 92 british nationals are on the list of people who are being allowed to leave. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says mo
as real s military has struck an ambulance, they said it was being used by hamas, they accuse hamas of using ambulances to transport weapons. we ll tell you what has come out of those meetings, this as the leader of hezbollah gives a speech praising the hamas attacks saying the possibility of war is realistic. israel says its troops in gaza, are engaged in face to face combat with fighters from hamas. the israeli military says its troops have now completely encircled gaza city, in the north of the territory, almost four weeks since the start of this war. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been back in tel aviv as washington increases the pressure for a humanitarian pause. meanwhile, the leader of hezbollah, like hamas a proscribed terrorist organisation, has spoken from a secret location. hassan nasrallah praised the hamas attacks and said the possibility of total war is realistic . more foreign nationals have been getting out of gaza at the rafah crossing point