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
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The state of emergency has been extended despite promises of elections, already deemed a "sham" by the UN. Meanwhile, the US, Canada, UK and Australia imposed fresh sanctions.
into the involves indicating those weapons into the hands of military surgeons into the hands of military surgeons in myanmar have to be sanctioned. lets speak now to dan anlezark. he s the deputy head of investigations at the ngo myanmar witness. if there is still support from china, is that a key reason why it feels as though the west is not making any headway in changing things there in myanmar? first thank ou for things there in myanmar? first thank you for having things there in myanmar? first thank you for having me, things there in myanmar? first thank you for having me, in things there in myanmar? first thank you for having me, in regards - things there in myanmar? first thank you for having me, in regards to - you for having me, in regards to china and previously mentioned china russia it is important to take notes of the air and provisions of assets from countries like china and russia which are allowing the myanmar military to conduct these indiscriminate strikes.
On the second anniversary of the coup, democracy in the country is slipping further away. A Burmese-led organisation and an exiled journalist describe the landscape