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
and around the world. i m samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors 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. 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. a four day strike from this morning through to saturday morning. rbma is being accused of picking dates to ma
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Trevor ault on the search in New York City tonight. 24 hours after speaker Kevin Mccarthy was ousted, the first time in history, two contenders now jumping into the race. One of them declaring no money for ukraine. Mary bruce live on the hill. Former President Trump lashing out at the judge and new yorks Attorney General today. Trump in the courtroom. The a. G. Saying, i will not be bullied. Aaron katersky at the courthouse. A Mass Shooting outside a homecoming event, and the manhunt there tonight. Five people shot. Four of them students. Faith abubey in baltimore. The suspect accused of kidnapping that 9yearold girl at a new york state park. She was found in a camper. And tonight, the young man claiming to be the suspects son and what hes now saying about his father. Tonight, the new strike in the u. S. More than 75,000 Health Care Workers walking off the job across several states and washington, d. C. What theyre asking for, and what this means for patients. Tonight, our Team Reporti
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