in england have started a four day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35% pay rise and the government refusing to negotiate until what it sees as a more reasonable pay demand is met. catherine burns reports. what do we want? pay rise! how do we get it? strike! this winter, we ve got used to seeing nhs staff waving banners on picket lines. we re now into the fifth month of industrial action, but this walk out byjunior doctors in england is bigger in scale than anything that s come before. the bma is being accused of picking dates to maximise disruption. their view is industrial action is meant to cause some disturbance. we ve been open and honest and transparent
you have to play good two games. in this competition, it s not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn t count what you have done three days ago. listen. tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it s a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it s an obligation to give my very, very best. some fascinating games in the champions league this week. later, portguese league leaders benfica take on inter milan, who are 22 points off the top of serie a. frank lampard takes his cheslea side to the holders real madrid on wednesday night. it s an all italian affair as napoli, who are on the cusp of the league title, go to ac milan. tuesday, april 11th marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand with organisers saying they re
in the north eastern kharkiv region and it s feared it will take decades to clear them completely. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse brought us this report. it reflects the size of the battlefield. the reality is, in areas where the russians initially advanced, where they occupied territory for a number of months on them. in the ukrainian counteroffensive, these areas where theissue counteroffensive, these areas where the issue of landmines is the most acute. these are also areas where people are looking to continue their lives and live an incredibly challenging conditions. we ve been to a town in the east. we ve been to a town in the east. this is what you call a scratching of the surface, a sweep and a gentle prod for hidden killers. a job with very obvious occupational hazards. translation: my family calls me in the morning l and tells me to be careful, to watch where i trad. of course, they are worried, very much worried. before we would work with shells from w
hello, welcome to bbc news. let s start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story has absolutely rocked the cbi. tony stepped aside last month as an investigation got under way, but the report into what happened hasn t actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. so we don t know the full details. at the cbi said today that it related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. it determined that tony s conduct fell short of that expected of the director general. so, he s been sacked with immediate effect. but he s clearly not happy about it bec