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
you have to play good two games. in this competition, it s not about the form you are in the premier league or fa cup. this competition is to be good during this 95 minutes. that doesn t count what you have done three days ago. listen. tuesday and wednesday, football is is is the competition where you want to be. if you are there as a player or you have the possibility to be there as a coach, it s a gift from life. and i appreciate it a lot. and it s an obligation to give my very, very best. some fascinating games in the champions league this week. later, portguese league leaders benfica take on inter milan, who are 22 points off the top of serie a. frank lampard takes his cheslea side to the holders real madrid on wednesday night. it s an all italian affair as napoli, who are on the cusp of the league title, go to ac milan. tuesday, april 11th marks 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand with organisers saying they re
to the big match. hello and welcome. presidentjoe biden is set for talks for european leaders in poland on tuesday, just hours after he left ukraine, following a secretly planned visit. mr biden s arrival in kyiv came just days before the first anniversary of russia s invasion and ahead of a major speech by the russian president to his parliment. vincent mcaviney reports. american presidents normally arrived to military band but in kyiv yesterdayjoe biden s historic visit was to the sound of an air raid siren. after months of planning, biden travelled in secret by a train for ten hours to an active war zone to mark the one year anniversary of russia s illegal invasion on friday. with unprecedented security in the capital, the americans had warned the kremlin thatjoe biden was coming. a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack but its most powerful ally was there to show its leader and people his support. the symbolism of the visit might be strong, but a few hundre