the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. our correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the impasse. this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republican leadership wanted their first day as the majority in congress to go not by a long way. with each round, it seemed to be getting gradually worse for him and by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? fir
i m broke off in berlin this is the day. with the germany suspending vaccination with the astra zeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure we continue to be a very cool about the program and it s great to see it being rolled out in such a such speed across the across the u.k. that sanction against a country 19 doesn t refuse to answer many of the courses and the loss of trust in that that is leaving. less take will undoubtedly more depth analysis ensure that we did not reach his decision lightly it is always been clear to me that this is a decision for specialists not for politicians but it is. also coming up the war in syria 10 years of fighting have left a nation in ruin a people uprooted and a future so dark it already haunts the present now we have with us in tempe a move to the d biggest of the military crazy this is the 2nd world war many losses many of the current. composition of the i have to say that there is no life until the time. of our viewers on p.b.s. in the un
support themselves and forced to eat leaves concerns grow for thousands of people facing food shortages in ethiopia to grow a region. going going gone the digital art craze that has passed for millions of dollars for virtual worlds. so they re mammals military is being accused of torture and persecution over its brutal response to peaceful protests and un special rapporteur says it s likely they ve committed crimes against humanity thomas andrews is calling for sanctions against senior genter leaders amir mas oil and gas sector the military has dismissed his claim saying their forces are maintaining order. to get into james bays reports from un headquarters in new york. given the pictures the world seen in recent weeks the statement to the human rights council from the generals in myanmar claiming they re using utmost restraint was far from convincing it was made in a recorded address by a veteran diplomat who sounded nervous and mumbling his words. standing opposite countrie
remembers victims of its magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami the destroyed towns and triggered a nuclear meltdown for shame. and the prime minister of ivory coast is coming back to yoko played a critical role in mediation during the country s civil war. now myanmar s military has leveled new charges against a person leader aung sun suu kyi as it defends its decision to seize power a military spokesman says she accepted illegal payments worth $600000.00 plus goals while in government and secure demonstrators are continuing though to defy the military these images were taken earlier in the city of da way several deaths have also been reported during other rallies on state tourney chang is across all of this for us from bangkok in neighboring thailand tony we are talking about at least 6 deaths today what more do we know are. indeed we seem to have a confirmed death toll now 7 people in the central myanmar township of my own have died we understand one in mandalay one confirmed