they didn't have to pay out and of course the whole underlying story was they see is that the east coast main line was a nationalized industry a nationalized main line up until the conservatives started to sell it off again so . there's been a lot of killing in. week saudi arabia nor much in the news about helping anyone in gaza at the moment instead there's a this i mean from one her own story to another so the saudi crown prince behind quota murder of dissident journalist lines up it for manchester united with cochairman avrohom delays are due to fly to middle east next week despite international for you know absolute confirmation we actually mantras do you know they should. have been days i mean the matter was reported this i think reported as well so it's got taking it from the sun i think it's got a speculation a minute but i mean they're on the long thrust of the story as of course we've had the for over a over jamal khashoggi the journalist who was allegedly murdered by saudi arabia this is a developing story that keeps going on apparently now we was an interrogation gone wrong is what c.n.

branson and stagecoach — collected more than £50 million in dividends from the west coast main line before abandoning their east back control of the east coast line and missed out on more than £2 billion of franchise payments. virgin trains said the west coast line had exceeded its targets to the taxpayer. shadow rail minister, rachael maskell, said passengers should be "central" to the way railways are run. the headlines on bbc news: the brexit secretary, dominic raab is currently holding unscheduled talks with his eu counterpart michel barnier. ambassadors from the remaining 27 eu member states will also meet for a brexit update later this afternoon. the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement demanding a "credible investigation" into the allegation that the journalist, jamal khashoggi was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul. virgin trains and stagecoach share between £51.2 million of dividends from the west coast mainline rail, shortly before walking away from the east coast contract. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy. good afternoon. scotland will need to

a payout of more than £50 million from their profit—making west coast main line, just months before handing the financially troubled easte main corridor between london and glasgow and makes a tidy profit along the way. virgin's west coast franchise did so well in the last financial year that owners sir richard branson and stagecoach's sir brian souter received a dividend of over £51 million. butjust a few months ago, the very same owners dropped out of a contract to run the troubled east coastline, the government was forced to step in and was left with a £2 billion shortfall. there is, of course, nothing to stop a private company rewarding its owners, but these large pay—outs will add to concerns that billionaires are cherry picking the most profitable parts of the railways. that's certainly labour's view. it says any money made in the west could be spread around the country if the railways were re—nationalised. buying a ticket is so extortionate these days that many people can't afford simply to travel by rail. so we want to see that investment being pulled back into a good, publicly owned railway system which really d

branson and stagecoach collected more than £50 million in dividends from the west coast main line before abandoning their eastcoast line and missed out on more than £2 billion of franchise payments. virgin trains said the west coast line had exceeded its targets to the taxpayer. shadow rail minister, rachael maskell, said passengers should be "central" to the way railways are run. rail future promotes better rail services. bruce williamson, its spokesperson, says although renationalisation of the railways has gained public support as a solution, it would make little difference to the current system. joe public does not understand or appreciate what goes into running the railway. it is a system which has private contractors doing that work for them. advocates of rail nationalization, which is a popular policy, polling shows that the public wants the railways renationalize, but if they were to be tomorrow, we would have very much the same things, same time tables run by the same people, so you would not see much immediate difference. how you do that is being debated. it is interesting that john how you do that

stagecoach shared more than £51 million worth of dividends from the west coast main line shortly before its other rail franchise, on the eastne, collapsed. the brexit secretary, dominic raab, has been holding face to face talks with his eu counterpart in brussels, as the government says it's working to resolve several outstanding issues for britain's withdrawal from the eu ahead of a summit this week. in the last few minutes the eu chief negotiator michel barnier, has tweeted, saying that ‘despite intense efforts, some key issues are still open‘, including measures to avoid a hard border between ireland and northern ireland. at home the prime minister is coming under intense pressure from leading brexiteers, with the — former — brexit secretary david davis enouraging a cabinet rebellion against the idea of a temporary arrangement which would see the whole of the uk remaining in the customs union until the irish border issue is resolved. our political correspondent vicki young reports. it's it‘s crunch time for brexit talks and theresa may‘s leadership. she has persuaded, cajoled and argued with eu leaders for 18 months. ala

stagecoach shared more than £51 million worth of dividends from the west coast main line shortly before its other rail franchise, on the east, collapsed. the brexit secretary dominic raab has arrived in brussels for face to face talks with his eu counterpart michel barnier, as the government says it's working to resolve several outstanding issues for britain's withdrawal from the eu ahead of a summit this week. at home the prime minister is coming under intense pressure from leading brexiteers, with the former brexit secretary david davis enouraging a cabinet rebellion against the idea of a temporary arrangement which would see the whole of the uk remaining in the customs union until the irish border issue is resolved. our political correspondent vicki young reports. the last get ended with angry recriminations. some cabinet members have threatened to quit over her plans. loyal colleagues say it is time for unity. everybody needs to get behind the prime minister and pulled behind her because she is trying to deliver the best deal for britain and that is the best way to ta ke britain and that is the best way to take this for

branson and stagecoach — collected more than £50 million in dividends from the west coast main line before abandoning their east of the east coast line and missed out on more than two billion pounds of franchise payments. virgin trains said the west coast line had exceeded its targets to the taxpayer. we're joined now by bruce williamson from rail future — which promotes better rail services. thanks very much for coming into the studio to talk about this story. on the one hand there is a privately reasonable argument for saying these are two completely different contracts. 0ne are two completely different contracts. one has been delivered well and the other has not been delivered well and is effectively back under government control, but just because they have messed up in one place, why shouldn't they get the benefits where they have succeeded in the other? indeed. that is the argument put forward by those who favour privatisation, and the government, or successive governments, have taken a decision that we are having a privatised railway and therefore it is inevitable that you have a contact such as version t

here on the east coast that would effectively mean a blackout that spans from maine to florida, all the way to minnesota to louisiana. hundreds of millions left in the dark, pour lines no longer energized and generating stations would be off. it means that your lights would be off, but also your air conditioning is out. kind of a miserable, ug xwly morning out there. appliances like your oven and refrigerator, your ability to charge your cell phone, no longer working. a systemwide blackout is mostly the stuff of nightmares and hollywood thrillers but also a consequence threat that our nation must be prepared to respond to. the united states has never seen a blackout of this kind that i have described of this scope and that's -- that is very fortunate, but the increasing risks presented by cyber attacks and the threats of electromagnetic pulse and solar storms make it more important that we be prepared. the question we have to be able to answer is, should all of the grid go down, how will we restart our generating stations, repower the lines, and safely deliver electricity to homes and businesses. the process after a systemwide blackout is known as blackstart. the nu