bombing. 22 people died in the 2017 attacked the inquiry finds mi5 didn t miss a significant chance to take action that might ve prevented it. as the number of dead from greases train wreck rises to 57 public anger mounts over decades of underinvestment and lack of safety standards. we began in india where the 620 meeting has taken place and where the us and russian foreign ministers met in public for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. their exchange has been tense. it s normal for a joint statement to be made at the 620 come at this time no statement was made. the disagreements between western countries and russia made that impossible. earlierwe countries and russia made that impossible. earlier we heard from the us secretary antony blinken. i told the foreign minister what i and so many others said last week at the united nations and what so many 620 foreign minister said today, and this war of aggression. engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce injust an
the authorities in south sudan are facing calls to release journalists who were arrested after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy,
scottish democracy. the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration, leaving hundreds of staff redundant. more rail strikes train drivers will walk out on the 1st and 3rd of february, after union bosses rejected a pay offerfrom rail companies. a double decker bus overturns in icy conditions in somerset. 56 people are injured. and after 31 years presenting his weekday mid morning show, broadcaster ken bruce announces he is leaving bbc radio 2. hello, good afternoon. for the first time, the uk government has announced it is blocking a law passed by the scottish parliament. the scotland secretary alisterjack told the commons he was blocking introducing reforms that would have made it easier for people to legally change gender. he said transgender people deserved respect and understanding, but he believed the bill would interfere with uk equalities law. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says her government will take legal action against the decision,
this is don lemon tonight, and we ve got news on two big stories tonight. we re live here at buckingham palace in london home to the new monarch, king charles iii. and there s news moments ago back home on the mar-a-lago investigation. they ve submitted their proposals to a federal judge for who should serve as special master to review materials from mar-a-lago and how the process should work. it is the latest legal turn in the criminal investigation into trump s potential mishandling of documents. so i want to bring in now cnn senior justice kraunlt evan perez, and senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, laura coates. welcome back to the program, both of you. evan, you just received these documents. tell us more you re learning. they have nominated both sides who they think should be special master, and there s also other details in there. right, don. they ve submitted two names each. obviously they couldn t agree who should be the special master. the judge is
we ll discuss the implications on u.s. relations with beijing. live from cnn center, this is c cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with two major weather events unfolding right now. the first here in the united states, a dangerous and blistering heatwave continues its stranglehold in the western part of the country. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above normal and electric companies in california are asking companies to turn off unnecessary lights addrend appliances in order to save energy. and in asiain, a powerful typho is bathering the southern islands with strong gusty winds and heavy rains. luckily it skirted past taiwan without making a direct hit, but waves hit the northeastern coast. and there is a heavy rain advisory for northern parts of the island. joining us now with the latest on both these stories is meteorologist derek van dam. so records being shattered across the western u.s. and typhoon acros