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and final preparations as the commonwealth games get under way in birmingham tomorrow. it is the official opening ceremony. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating, but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. and in the last few minutes, aslef, the train drivers union, has announced a one day strike at nine train companies on saturday. the 13th of august. the union says firms failed to make a suitable pay offer. on the disruption, our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly, some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigat ....
i worry about it s commitment to health disparities, to the ten year cancer programme, to five more years of a healthy life longevity commitment, to our whole commitment to making britain healthier. liverpool s hero. liverpool win the fa cup, beating chelsea 6 5 on penalties after a goalless game at wembley. and the eurovision final is getting started in turin. there are high hopes for the uk s sam ryder, but ukraine are favourites to win. good evening. russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. as this map shows, russia and finland share a 800 mile border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have tol ....
diplomatic correspondent paul adams. it s a significant moment at the un today. i it s a significant moment at the un toda . ., , , , ., today. i would slightly question that because today. i would slightly question that because there today. i would slightly question that because there isn t - today. i would slightly question that because there isn t going l today. i would slightly question | that because there isn t going to today. i would slightly question - that because there isn t going to be a resolution passed calling for a ceasefire. the americans don t agree with that principle and i would imagine they will veto it. i haven t seen the wording of the resolution but they share israel s ambition which is to destroy hamas as a military organisation and defeat it politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that the job politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that thejob is not politically in gaza. they also agree with israel that the job is not yet ....
Listening to what the judge says. that is fascinating but also presumably very strict parameters. the camber willjust be on the judge, we don t want anybody to feel unsafe, all sorts of issues and that? , unsafe, all sorts of issues and that? ~ y , unsafe, all sorts of issues and that? absolutely. this isn t going to be showbiz, that? absolutely. this isn t going to be showbiz, fight? that? absolutely. this isn t going to be showbiz, fight? this - that? absolutely. this isn t going to be showbiz, fight? this is - that? absolutely. this isn t going l to be showbiz, fight? this is going to be showbiz, fight? this is going to be showbiz, fight? this is going to be locked off, looking at a judge delivering his sentencing remarks. we re not going to see the victims, we re not going to see witnesses, juries, we won t even see the lawyers. you can see lawyers in other cases at the moment in the court of appeal where it is dealing with legal points because of those cases are televised. t ....
Kharkiv are overwhelmingly ukrainian, in terms of ethnicity, but also some russians, full ticketmaster s paws of the city. again, it is close to the russian border so it is a huge failure for putin and it underscores his aims and ukraine are not achievable. find and ukraine are not achievable. and how mi . ht and ukraine are not achievable. and how might it and ukraine are not achievable. and how might it impact pressure s strategy on this conflict? well, putin already strategy on this conflict? well, putin already adjusted - strategy on this conflict? -ii putin already adjusted somewhat, while he personally still want to subjugate ukraine, his and others speak and say they are trying to reinforce gains in the south in the east, but says this is ukraine s second largest city and it is in the east, is adjust things on the east are not going well, and in they are not, just as they are not going well in the south. not, just as they are not going well in the south- in the south. and ....