we are going to start with kenya in this hour. police in the capital nairobi have shot dead at least five people taking part in huge demonstrations against planned tax increases. crowds broke through police cordons and entered the city s parliament buildings, setting part of the complex alight. for several hours, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of protesters marched through the streets. about a0 people are being treated in hospital. our correspondent merchuma is following developments from nairobi and has the latest. this is the accident and emergency unit at the kenyatta national hospital here in nairobi, the biggest referral facility in the county and country. and the whole day, the medics here have been on standby to receive casualties from the protests that have been happening in town. initially, there were two other medical camps set closer to the central business district, with volunteer medical personnel taking care of the injured people, giving t
employees that will mean staff with children or grandchildren don t have to work in the school holidays. but it comes as the company is trying to fend off a bid by the gmb to be the first trade union recognised by amazon in europe. the gmb says a majority of workers in the amazon coventry warehouse want union representation, and it has applied to the central arbitration committee for recognition. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway has been speaking to regional operations director neil travis, and she started by asking him why amazon won t recognise a trade union in the uk. cheering. a bbc documentary team captures the moment amazon workers went on strike for the very first time injanuary. over the last nine months, the gmb has recruited nearly 800 workers here in coventry. i support yous all, ijust can t afford to join the union. you can, you can! i pawned my wedding ring and only got it back last week. that s how much they pay us.
the first from those jurisdictions, could scupper it. should this merger now collapse, it will be a major relief to bosses here at sony playstation, who have consistently opposed the deal. at one stage, it looked like this would go through, so today s result has come as a surprise to many. the appeal process could take several months. steffan powell, bbc news. here in the uk, the majority of workers at amazon s warehouse in coventry havejoined the gmb union. this could mean the company recognising a trade union in the uk for the first time, and lead to negotiations with staff about their wages, holidays and sick pay. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway has more. at the amazon distribution centre in coventry, workers could be about to make history. nearly 700 of them have joined the gmb trade union. the union says that s a majority of the workforce, and it s written to the company asking to be recognised.
some people look at america and see vulnerability. they all think we can be bullied, kicked around. you should know this about me. i don t put up with bullies. and when you kick back, it hurts them more if you re wearing heels. i m nikki haley, and i m running for president. to the uk now and auto maker ford has announced its cutting around a fifth of its workforce across the country. it s part of a major restructuring which will thousands ofjobs going in europe, including more than 2,000 in germany. 0ur employment correspondent zoe conway has the details. they don t make cars here at the ford campus in dunton in essex they research and develop ford s cars of the future. but now, 1,000 of the engineers and designers who work here are losing theirjobs. ford might be shrinking here, but it s expanding in the united states, investing $3.7 billion in electric car assembly,