have now infiltrated every sector of british society. and lights, camera, picket line. the actors join the writers at the barricades, after negotiations with the studios collapse. but first, to the pay award. over a million public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get a rise in this financial year of up to 7%. rishi sunak has agreed to honour the recommendations of the independent, pay review bodies. the deal covers 45% of the public sector. and on top of that pay award, the government has committed additional funding for schools above what was proposed in march and in addition to the £2 billion already given to schools in the autumn statement. the four teaching unions said that was a basis to call off strike action. which will be welcomed by parents up and down the land. however the junior doctors, who went on strike today, say it is not enough. their continued absence will make it almost impossible for the pm to meet his promise of cutting waiting lists.
nbc s ken de lane yan got a demonstration back in december. reporter: amid the quiet beauty of the utah desert, a deadly new kind of weapon on display. nbc news got an exclusive look at a so-called killer drone. it doesn t fire a missile. it is the missile. this is about the size of a toy drone i bought my 12-year-old a few years ago. reporter: the switchblade can be carried into bat until a backpack and launched miles away from a threat. wauns target is identified the switchblade can find and kill it in minutes. launching. reporter: the drone s manufacturer showed us how an operator. starting our turn. reporter: can put a switchblade through the window of a truck. onboard cameras capture the moment before impact. how far away was the switch blaids when it took the picture? three meters from the target. reporter: $6,000 each, the switchblade costs a fraction of the $150,000 hellfire missiles fired from larger military