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sexual harassment offences among girls and teens on london transport. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. junior doctors in england will walk out again on strike just a week before millions of people go to the polls. the five day strike will begin at 7.00am onjune 27th and end early on tuesday 2nd ofjuly, just two days before election day. it means there ll be thousands more hospital appointment and treatments cancelled. it s their 11th strike since march last year. the government says it s a highly cynical tactic during an election campaign. the prime minister says it s politically motivated. the doctors say there ve been no new pay offers, despite talks. our health editor hugh pym is outside a hospital in london. sophie, the nhs was always going to be a big issue in this campaign, even more so now with this planned strike in england disrupting hospitals days before polling day. rishi sunak has said it is politically motivated. the doctors union the bma says it is
in the uk and around the world. hello. there s still confusion tonight over whether the long serving labour mp, diane abbott, can stand in the general election. her suspension from the party ended last night, following comments on race that she made in a letter to a newspaper last year. but she told supporters in east london this evening, that labour wants her excluded from parliament, a claim sir keir starmer says isn t true. joe pike has our top story. will you be standing as an independent? at the last election, she was labour s pick to be home secretary. this time round, diane abbott may not be allowed to run for the party at all. they just want to be excluded theyjust want to be excluded from parliament. 50 they just want to be excluded from parliament- parliament. so what happened to olitical parliament. so what happened to political independence? - what s your message to keir starmer? this morning, she told the bbc, i am banned from standing as a labour candidate.
very hard for him. remember the largest number of registrations in the united states are independents followed by democrats and republicans, the independents who dislike both parties frankly and 83% of the americans by the way do not want either of these two candidates to run for the presidency this time, those independents save doon not want a convicted felon so i do think that would hurt him. but the numbers are not, even though the polls are tilted his way right now and i think thatis tilted his way right now and i think that is because of all the media attention he is getting related to the case, as we get to the end of this thing, as things tighten up, this thing, as things tighten up, this is going to be a get out the vote election, these are two candidates in the united states who have been known to the american people for the last five decades, there are not a lot of people out there are not a lot of people out there who are left undecided about which candidate. so in
tonight there is still confusion over whether the long serving labour mp diane abbott can or can t stand again in the general election. she had been readmitted as a labour mp after being suspended last year. today she has said she has been barred from standing, but sir keir starmer later said that wasn t true and no decision had yet been taken. there is a rally tonight in support of her in her local constituency in east london. will you be standing as an independent? will you be standing as an independent? will you be standing as an indeendent? ~ . , ., will you be standing as an indeendent? . ., , ., ., independent? what is labour said to ou? she independent? what is labour said to you? she was independent? what is labour said to you? she was labour s independent? what is labour said to you? she was labour s pic independent? what is labour said to you? she was labour s pic after - independent? what is labour said to you? she was labour s pic after last| you? she was