behind the work. welcome back. i said i would keep you up to date with the events in new york and i will show you the live pictures. they are debating at the moment and they are holding a meeting currently on the african union. we are told they would go back into consultations on the gaza draught and a couple of hours time, so i don t think we will get a vote until the early hours of the morning here and perhaps late in the evening eastern time. so that tells you there is something in that text the various parties don t like. junior doctors were back on the picket lines today, the second day of a three day strike. they refuse to back down from a demand for a 35% pay rise and will walk out again for six days in the new year. around 98% ofjunior doctors voted in favour of the strike action, giving the bma a mandate to keep striking until the end of february. and that will put paid to one of rishi sunak s five pledges. the walk out could tip nhs waiting lists above 8 million fo
the bbc has filmed patrols by afghanistan s ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue as they enforce the taliban s strict new laws, most of them targeting women. along with a raft of hard line laws, they announced the face veil will be compulsory for women in public. now on bbc news, we take a look at an in depth look at chronic pain and those living with it. this is the story of lives that have been changed in an instant. i am a shell of the person that i used to be. i wish i could turn the clock back. this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by a condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that mi
the world is around me, i am trapped in a room. it is often poorly understood, misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped as a society or as a healthcare system to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely onjust to get medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i inner withdrawal, i want to hit my horses. it is like my subconscious was screaming, you are going to die. and, the new understanding of chronic pain that has restored how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it is not something i can change, it isjust it is not something i can change, it is just something it is not something i can change, it isjust something i can coexist with. that is sort of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that persistent pain is very different and complex means very different and complex means that you actually have the ability to change it yourself. i - yourself. i am dominic hughes, your
this is the story of chronic pain, described as relentless, debilitating, overwhelming. thousands of people have told us how their lives are controlled by the condition that is often hidden from view. the world around me is advancing and i m trapped in a room that s the killer. it s poorly understood and often misdiagnosed. i don t think we are equipped, either as a society or as a healthcare system, to deal with that. there is the toll taken by the medication that millions rely on just to get through the day. when i m in withdrawal i could murder. i want to, you know, hit my horses. it s like my subconscious was screaming, you re going to die. and the new understanding of chronic pain that has transformed how people think and talk about what they are experiencing. it s not something i can change. it sjust something i can coexist with, and for me that s kind of what acceptance is, just finding a way to coexist. knowing that pain, persistent pain, is different and very com