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
crucially temperatures continuing to drop. a 2a, 20 5 degrees, a degree or two higher than we would expect forjuly. 2a, 20 5 degrees. the odd heavy, thundery showers towards the south on friday, temperatures build once again over the weekend, close to 30 across the south and south east. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 20th ofjuly, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the hello i m 0lly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. can the england lionesses keep their winning run going, they face spain for a place in the semi finals of the women s european championship? i mjane i m jane dougal in i mjane dougal in brighton ahead of england quarterfinal match in spain where they ve been given a boost with their manager back in the dugout. we ll head live to oregon after an historic night for british athletics at the world championships. jake wightman storming to victory in the 1500 metres i kept expecting somebody to
gun violence. sir keir starmer sets out his party s position on brexit the opposition leader says labour will not be campaigning to take the uk back into the eu. and halo by name halo by nature the cockpit invention that saved the life of a formula 1 driver this weekend, in a spectacular crash at silverstone. tonight with the context, from tel aviv, political analyst dahlia scheindlin andjim murphy, former secretary of state for scotland and now managing director at arden strategies. hello and welcome to the programme. breaking news this evening six people are known to have been killed and 31 others taken to hospital in another mass shooting incident, this time during an independence day parade in the state of illinois. the incident took place in highland park, lake county, 50 kilometres north of chicago. the gunman is thought to have been firing from a rooftop position towards the parade. police say a high powered rifle was recovered. but the gunman, said to be white
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