now, at least the lithuanian government says this, as does the e. u is that lithuania is prohibiting certain sanctioned items from being transported via rail, from carrying grad through its territory through lithuanian territory to the rest of the russian federation. the russian government, however, sees things very differently, sees this as an infringement of its sovereignty. hence the references from that secret russian security council member to retaliation. hence the suggestion coming from him that the listen lithuanian people will suffer as a consequence of this. so yes, there s definitely very serious concern not just in the baltic states, but it has to be said at a pan e u level. the biggest rail strike in person is 3 deck in 3 decades is underway. tens of thousands of workers have walked out, demanding better pay and job security, or brandon? is it london to waterloo station? it s having a massive impact. i m here in london. at least some trains are running. but only
dead families in afghanistan. bama district prepare the final resting place for their loved ones. the damage is extensive. for many, the law is immeasurable. big will new, much power. it has destroyed the houses of our neighbors. when we arrived there were many dead and wounded. they sent us to the hospital and i also saw many dead body and nearby desperate families use their hands in anything they can find to search for survivors. delivering aid to affected areas as challenging. we are facing some difficulties. we custom unseasonal rain in the last few days and we know already that there are land flights that are blocking some routes. so that is certainly go into her efforts. hundreds of people are injured in particular province, access to hospitals and medicine is limited. people in this remote region near the border with pakistan are still struggling to recover from the war in afghanistan. and now another tragedy. most agencies in international support organizations pulled
israeli settlers. in the occupied westbank from the shelf. busy on on friday i held a series of talks with legal entity, curity officials, and i realize that in 10 days what the expiration of the regulation is, right will experience serious security damages and legal chaos. i couldn t allow that in the kill law. sophomore, we spirit. know if a galvanized through me the was needed to pass the regulations, but unfortunately if it s board, no fruit can therefore my friend and i decided to act together to dissolve parliament and sit and agreed upon date for elections. the up. he was one man hoping to return to power and the next election is former prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose now the opposition leader and smith has more from western islam. as israel had to its 5th election and 3 and a half years. it s a surprise to many israelis that this coalition has lasted as long as it has when it was pulled together just over a year ago. it was a strange combination of cars from
allowed into the state capitol to present what they called evidence of voter fraud . but he refused that i would allow an official committee at at the capital so that they could hear this evidence and that we could take action thereafter. and, and i refused. i said, up to that time the, the circus i called with the circus, had been brewing with lots of demonstrations, both at the counting center at the capital and other places. and i didn t want to have that in the house. i did not feel that the ovens granted in its absence, merited a hearing, and i didn t want to be used as a pawn heidi s. jo. castro has more from capitol hill. what s notable is kind of the lopsided balance of power. here you had the president of the united states, a personally calling these election officials who are republican in the swing states that had gone to jail biden. and we heard from that top election official in georgia, brad rapids, burger describing this phone call from trump, in which trump de
your child is there with me, so robin doha, reminder of all top news stories. the ear commission is recommending ukraine in moldova, as candidates for european union membership. the move is only the 1st step and a long process on it s on condition that you can carries out a number of reforms. in the view of the commission, ukraine has clearly demonstrated the countries aspirations and the countries determination to live up to european values and standards ukraine before the war had already embarked on its way towards the european union for 8 years now, it had already been gradually moving closer to ours union. public. kane is in berlin . he explains the process for e membership. the nuts and bolts of this are pretty simple. the government in care of wants to join the european union. the commission in brussels it seems, wants to help here. to the government here to achieve that. but the devil is in the diesel as candidates now the ukrainians must comply with several different