Daily briefing Saturday 20th June

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0:45A further 89 people were injured after an East Midlands railway service bound for London St Pancras collided with a stationary train on one of the country's busiest sections of railway. The transport journalist Christian Woolmar says the investigators will focus on two key areas. There is the possibility that a signal was passed at danger, maybe the warning system wasn't working or whatever, or there's a fault with the signalling system. Now, I understand there was going to be work on the signalling system over this weekend, that the line was going to be closed. That might be just a complete coincidence, but it's something that clearly will interest the investigators.

1:23A former advisor to Tony Blair says Sakir Starmer has to go, after cabinet ministers called on the Prime Minister to resign and make way for Andy Burnham. Although Starmer insisted publicly that he would fight any leadership challenge, the Times has learned from a source close to No. 10 that privately his position is more nuanced. According to the source, one minister said Starmer had appeared to accept that the writing was on the wall. John McTernan was an advisor to Blair during his premiership from 1997. Speaking to Times Radio, he said Starmer has to face up to reality. He can go quietly in a dignified way or he can go brutally in a contest, but he's got to go.

2:04But I think also as an emotional man, he doesn't want to leave, he wants to fight. And the danger is that defiance turns into just absolute denial of the reality. Britain has tested new long-range weapons that the government hopes can be delivered to Ukraine within a matter of months New systems capable of hitting targets at least 500 kilometres away have been fired at a range in the Hebrides It's after the Ministry of Defence challenged UK firms to develop weapons with a speed of more than 600 kilometres an hour at a unit cost of around£400 ,000 27 bids were made with Dragon's Den style pitches held earlier this year And the Scotland manager Steve Clarke says his players are ready to go once again after a 1-0 defeat by Morocco at the World Cup.

2:52Defeat in Boston means a draw with Brazil in Scotland's final Group C match would all but guarantee their place in the last 32 as one of the highest ranked third place teams, although even a narrow defeat might well be enough. First of all you have to let the players suffer a little bit over the next 48 hours because that's what they'll do, they don't like losing against anybody. So we'll rest, recovering ready to go again. The games don't get much easier. Elsewhere, Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 to claim top spot in Group C and the United States qualified for the knockout phase as the winners of Group D after their 2-0 defeat of Australia.

3:29There's more on all of these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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