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
president putin chaired a meeting of his security council. this is unusual as security council meetings are normally held on fridays. so that s the situation in russia. inside ukraine, emergency energy shutdowns are happening across the country to stabilise its power grid. the grid s been repeatedly attacked by russian missiles. strikes on monday were russia s eighth substantial missile attack in eight weeks. this was the response from president zelensky. every russian missile shot down is concrete proof that terror can be defeated. but, unfortunately, we still cannot give complete security to our sky there were several hits. unfortunately, there are victims. as of this time, there are four people killed in russian strikes today. my condolences to their family and friends. ukraine s energy minister said critical infrastructure including power generation facilities were hit. he said amongst the worst affected areas included kyiv and odesa in the south.
within hours of the attacks, president putin chaired a meeting of his security council. this is unusual as security council meetings are normally held on fridays. so that s the situation in russia. inside ukraine, emergency energy shutdowns are happening across the country to stabilise its power grid. the grid s been repeatedly attacked by russian missiles. strikes on monday were russia s eighth substantial missile could attack in eight weeks. ukraine s energy minister said critical infrastructure including power generation facilities were hit. he said amongst the worst affected areas included kyiv and odesa in the south. russia s targeting of the power grid continue to disrupt people s lives. mass blackouts like these are common and they often last for many hours. let s hear from one resident in lviv.