in the uk and around the world. i m tadhg enright. we start here in the uk where a summer of strikes could get even worse in the winter as two of britain s largest trade unions have put forward motions to co ordinate future walkouts in an effort to cause maximum impact. this the latest move to build pressure on the government and companies as workers demand higher wages in the face of soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis. the summer has seen industrial action from railway workers, to dock workers through to criminal barristers. and there could be more to come as nurses and local government workers are set to make decisions in the coming weeks. joining me now is gervais williams, head of equities at premier miton investors. whenever we talk about such things, we often reference the winter of discontent from the 1970s when there were widespread strikes in the face of high inflation. could this match it? iithink i i think it s very serious, when we look at the cost of
in the uae, some of the worst flaring is hidden away from the public on rigs out at sea. across the gulf from iran and iraq to kuwait we will reveal how the health of millions is being put at risk by the toxic flares. coughing samira is one of the 20 million people walking as part of the annual shia pilgrimage of arba in, which starts in basra, southern iraq. this part of the 700km route is highly polluted, as it crosses through areas just metres from gas flares, including the town where samira lives. in 2022, our bbc arabic investigation exposed how oil giants toxic air pollution puts children living next to the flares at risk of cancer. now we re investigating how this almost entirely avoidable pollution spreads across the region, and how it impacts people s health hundreds of kilometres away. volunteer nurses on the arba in route say that many pilgrims are reporting health issues. the biggest source of flaring here is from a giant oil field called rumaila, managed b
are we serious about saving the planet? if we give up, we rejust going to let our earth go. we can t. we can t give up. and then i wrote to everyone. no one knew about it. all of the groups, even puddletown. yeah. monday morning and the weald action group are in session. it s remarkable, there s all these explorations going on, and yet it s not publicised. mm mm. mm. - it s actually. on the agenda opposition. ..to plans for oil drilling in the surrey countryside. well, i ve been concerned about climate change for a long time. then one day when i saw a notice in my local paper that there was plans for an oil drilling site in surrey, i couldn t really believe it. so, it sjust throu~h here, is it? . we just go round this corner and then over another style. there s already two small oil wells on horse hill. surrey county council has approved four more. and how long has this been here, then? well, since 2014. they drilled the first well. residents have spent four years in the co
Our road map begins with the dow within striking distance of 18,000 as jobless claims fall to about eightyear lows. Ecb and bank of england hold tight. Costco comp sales up, walmart downgraded, Dollar General missing expectations. Only hours left in the cbs dish standoff. Boath ecb and bank of englan standing pat on interest rates. The bank staff stepped up preparation for further members to combat deflation risks. Jobless claims fell last week by 17,000 to 297,000. Blue chips within about 88 points of 18,000. I liked the cover of usa today as we prepare for the jobs number tomorrow. Front page story on how americans are more willing to quit. People quitting their jobs at a rate not seen since 2008. Thats confidence. Takes a lot of confidence to quit. It does. It helps to have health care or know you can get it. That with some of the people who support the aca say that is one thing it would promote mobility in the work force. Mobility is important. If oil stays here, there are 16 state
The China stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had fallen more than 40 points or 1.3 percent.