increases of between 5 and 7%. that comes after the government accepted recommendations from independent pay review bodies. prime minister rishi sunak said that after months of public sector strikes this was a final offer. further industrial action, he said, would not change that decision. all four teaching unions in england have recommended their members accept their offer and call off strikes. the announcement came as junior doctors began five days of strikes, what their union calls the longest strike action in the history of the nhs. they re demanding a pay increase, of 35%. ministers have said, that s unreasonable . we ll have more on that in a minute. let s have a quick look, though, at the recommendations in a little more detail. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gp s 6%. junior doctors 6%. prison officers 7%. the armed forces 5%. teachers 6.5%. those other rounds of office from the review bodies. those are the rounds. this wa
the nasa news conference. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. bryson dechambeau s the man to catch at the us pga championship as several big names have work ahead of them on the second round at oak hill. world number onejon rahm is in a battle to stay in contention. rahm s back on 6 over and not out again till later today. adam scott, dustinjohnson are pushing for the lead along with england sjustin rose. they re on 3 under. rory mcilroy s begins his second round on 1 over. dutch police have said they ll investigate footage of the incidents and try to identify supporters following ugly scenes after west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa confernece league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the europa conference final after beating their opponents 3 1 on a
hello, i m mark lobel. ukraine s president zelensky has arrived injapan where he s meeting world leaders at the g7 summit. he s said that peace will become closer , after the us agreed to train ukrainian pilots on american f 16 fighterjets, paving the way for european countries to supply the warplanes to kyiv. moscow said western countries will be running colossal risks if the jets are sent to ukraine. our political editor, chris mason, reports from hiroshima. the airport here has welcomed rather a few leaders in the last few days. and here came another one. after a tour of europe and a trip to the middle east, president zelensky arrived in japan today. long haul diplomacy amid a long, drawn out war and ongoing pleas for help. they met on monday in the uk and they met again here. the president and the prime minister made it. ukraine s leader said enhanced cooperation would bring victory for him and claimed peace is closer and closer to peace. for months, ukraine has been a
following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night s match between west ham and az alkmaar when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that on this, the asoth day of the war the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. here he is