In cricket, india thrash england by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth test to secure the series 3 1. And the fate of the uighurs has become a geopolitical issue, but is anything going to change . Well be finding out in half an hours time, on hardtalk. Good afternoon. If you have just joined if You Havejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. The Group Representing Health Service trusts, nhs providers, Hasjoined Unions in saying the governments proposed 1 pay rise for Health Service staff in england is not enough. Ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. Heres our political correspondent, jessica parker. Pulling up a very public row about this weeks i pay offer with claims an increase of 2. 1 had been baked in as part of a longer term settlement. Which is actually enshrined in an act of parliament, so we have got a really strong legal basis here to say that that pay rise was there. Obviously, that was all set out pre pandemic, but actually the pandemic really only enhances the case for a pay rise for nhs staff. An nhs funding boost was enshrined in law, says the government, but not figures on pay. Its proposal will now be looked at by an independent Pay Review Body. Last night, again, the message pandemic has changed things. The challenge is that the nations finances are tight and whilst everybody else in the Public Sector is going to have a pay freeze, we are able to propose a pay rise for nurses. They also say overi million nhs staff are benefiting from existing deals, but is this new offer counter productive . A former conservative Health Minister says yes. You begin to erode morale and you press people to workers, agency staff and that ends up costing the nhs much more than actually employing permanent staff by giving them a slightly better annual wage settlement. Out on the water earlier this week, the Prime Minister post budget with a chancellor who talked about fixing the public finances. But with the threat of strike action, already the ride is getting bumpy. Jessica parker, bbc news. Well, we can speak now to the executive director of external relations for the Royal College of midwives, jon skewes, who is also lead negotiator on pay for nhs unions. Thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. You will have seen obviously all the criticism, the government line of defence. What is your unions position on this at the moment . I your unions position on this at the moment . ~. , your unions position on this at the moment . ~. ,. ,. , moment . I think our view is that a siunificant moment . I think our view is that a significant pay moment . I think our view is that a significant pay increase moment . I think our view is that a significant pay increase for moment . I think our view is that a significant pay increase for nhs i significant pay increase for nhs staff is affordable, necessary, economically sensible and it has public support and what the government seem to be doing is saying that it should only be i when they actually had already accounted for 2. 1 . Nhs providers have already said this. It looks like it is a bigger insult to the staff of the nhs, it looks like they are paying for the pp that they did not get at the start of the pandemic, but they are paying for the supply of that out of their wages. The ppe. The supply of that out of their wages. The ppe. Wages. The ppe. Untilthe pandemic wages. The ppe. Untilthe pandemic hit, wages. The ppe. Untilthe pandemic hit, presumably i wages. The ppe. Untilthel pandemic hit, presumably the wages. The ppe. Untilthe pandemic hit, presumably the garment had reasonable intentions about things like inflation, is it not possible that the 2. 1 figure then and the i figure now, because inflation is so low, might not be that far apart as they look on paper, because the economic circumstances are different, so another worth the money will go a bit further than it would have otherwise been . I when they were predicting would not have gone far because inflation would have eaten away. Now there is no inflation at the moment so that i is a real i , do you see my point . I the moment so that 1 is a real 1 , do you see my point . Do you see my point . I see your oint, do you see my point . I see your point. But do you see my point . I see your point. But i do you see my point . I see your point. But i do do you see my point . I see your point, but i do not do you see my point . I see your point, but i do not think do you see my point . I see your point, but i do not think it do you see my point . I see your point, but i do not think it is point, but i do not think it is true. See pih inflation, 0. 9 at the moment are predicted to go up to 0. 5, so anything below 2. 1 the government had accounted for previously but in the Long Term Plan would be a pay cut for the nhs. The other related point of this is it is a submission by the government, the unions made submissions, there is an independent pay organisation, pay mechanism, which ultimately will make the recommendation, presumably thatis make the recommendation, presumably that is really where you will appoint your effort rather than necessarily going for the government, because that is what you are most likely to get success, isnt it . ,. , isnt it . Yes, of course, we will cive isnt it . Yes, of course, we will give evidence isnt it . Yes, of course, we will give evidence to isnt it . Yes, of course, we will give evidence to the isnt it . Yes, of course, we will. Give evidence to the independent isnt it . Yes, of course, we will give evidence to the independent Pay Review Body, but that report in due course to the cabinet itself, so the end of the day there is a cabinet political decision on the pay of nhs workers, so in a sense going into this with a figure way below Everybody Knows that they had already accounted for is not a smart move. And i have to say that if they were then to grenade and what the Pay Review Body recommended, that would be a very serious position and i have no doubt that almost all organisations in the nhs would then look to consult their members. I think the Royal College of nursing put up a large strike fund. We have not had a Nursing Strike since i think i988, not had a Nursing Strike since i think 1988, and i not had a Nursing Strike since i thinki988, and i think not had a Nursing Strike since i think 1988, and i think kent clark even made films for channel 4 news because the garment was so worried that it was losing the argument. Do you think that is the Political Risk for them now . I you think that is the Political Risk for them now . You think that is the Political Risk for them now . I think the Political Risk is that for them now . I think the Political Risk is that they for them now . I think the Political Risk is that they look for them now . I think the Political Risk is that they look like for them now . I think the Political Risk is that they look like they for them now . I think the Political Risk is that they look like they are | risk is that they look like they are playing with the staff of the nhs at the moment and the headlines now about the budget are all about not funding the nhs properly, not investing in the staff of the nhs, where there are tremendous shortages, midwives are 3000 short in england alone as if we want to improve the services we have to invest in them and the biggest investment is in the staff of the nhs. Nobody wants to take industrial action, it is not something that midwives would ever want to do and they will always look after the women in their care, but the government can push beyond the toleration even of those midwives and Health Workers and they are beginning to do that. And Health Workers and they are beginning to do that. Thank you very much. Beginning to do that. Thank you very much thank beginning to do that. Thank you very much. Thank you. Pope francis has met the spiritual leader of iraqs shia muslims in the city of najaf on the second day of his trip to the country. Hes the first pope to hold talks with grand ayatollah ali al sistani, a highly influentialfigure in the middle east. Pope francis has now arrived in the ancient city of ur where the prophet abraham, central to islam, christianity and judaism, is believed to have been born. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports. If the first day of pope francis� visit to iraq was about the politics and about meeting the countrys dwindling christian community, today was about the outreach towards other faiths, most notably a meeting this morning with the countrys top shia cleric, grand ayatollah ali al sistani, bringing together the leader of the worlds catholics with perhaps the most powerful and influential figure in shia islam. Its thought that they discussed interfaith dialogue and the violence that Iraqi Christians have long suffered. Then the pope came on here to ur, the ancient birthplace of the prophet abraham, in which he met again with members of other religions and he spoke of how hostility and extremism and violence were, in his words, the betrayal of religion. He spoke in favour of peace, unity and against hatred. So the meeting this morning, perhaps the most symbolic moment of this trip, then the dialogue here in ur, as well, very much at the cornerstone of pope francis� attempts to reach out to other religions and using a figure of abraham, revered by christians, muslims and jews, to try to spur reconciliation today. Mark lowen reporting there. There are fears that thousands of School Children in england, and theirfamilies, could be forced to self isolate as a result of so called False Positives when Mass Coronavirus Testing begins next week. Every Secondary School pupil will be offered three rapid result tests over the next fortnight as part of government plans to bring children back into the classroom. 0ur Health Correspondent nick triggle has more. The tests that will be used in schools in england are designed to give quick, on the spot results. But its thought that for every 1,000 carried out, between one and three will result in an incorrect positive result, a so called false positive. When these tests are carried out at home, users are entitled to a standard covid test thats processed in a lab to check the result is right. But this will not be happening with the tests in schools. Instead, it will be assumed the rapid test is correct. The Royal Statistical Society and Testing Experts are worried low infection rates could cause a higher proportion of positive cases to be false, meaning thousands of pupils and families could be forced to isolate for no reason. The main concerns are that actually, tests are not going to be finding very many cases at all. The data from the last week of testing from the government, from 300,000 children and staff being tested, they were finding one positive for every 1,500 people being tested. And that means the tests are both missing cases, and its a large amount of effort and work being done, being put into this, to find very, very little. But government insists the Testing Regime will have a positive impact by identifying asymptomatic cases that would otherwise be missed. It says around one in three people who have coronavirus have no symptoms. Nick triggle, bbc news. The Department Of Health is expanding its Workplace Testing programme in england. Until now, only businesses with 50 or more employees have been able to get free lateral flow tests. Now companies of all sizes are eligible. The tests will be free until the 30th ofjune and businesses have until the end of this month to register. A soldier has died during a Training Exercise involving live ammunition in wales. The victim was a sergeant in the welsh guards and was fatally wounded at the castlemartin base in pembrokeshire on thursday night. The Ministry Of Defence says his next of kin has been informed and a Police Investigation is under way. The duke of edinburgh has spent his first night back at the private King Edward Viis hospitalfollowing his Heart Surgery at st bartholomews on wednesday. He has spent 18 nights in hospital, his longest ever stay. Buckingham palace says he will remain in hospital for a number of days. Police say theyre increasingly concerned about the disappearance of a woman in south london. Sarah everard, who is 33, spoke to her partner on the phone while walking from Clapham Junction to brixton on wednesday night, which was the last time anyone heard from her. A friend said it was extremely uncharacteristic for her to go missing. The headlines on bbc news. Pressure grows on the government over its pay offer to Health Service staff in england more unions have joined the backlash. Speaking out for dialogue pope francis meets one of the most powerfulfigures in shia islam on day two of his historic trip to iraq. Concerns over unnecessary Self Isolation for School Children in england, because of inaccurate coronavirus test results. Famous faces from the nations favourite Cookery Shows have joined forces with the nhs to tackle Covid Vaccine hesitancy and boost uptake in the British Bangladeshi community. Launching the campaign in a video message, nadiya, winner of the Great British bake off in 2015, says education is empowering. By educating ourselves around vaccination it allows us to encourage ourfamily members, loved ones and communities to get the vaccine. Lets have a listen. If we want to get back to celebrations and spending quality time with ourfamilies, we need celebrations and spending quality time with our families, we need to find a way out of this pandemic. We have been given that opportunity with the covid 19 vaccine, so i encourage you to read around the vaccine and ask questions to your doctor is. My sister has had the vaccine and suffered no side effects. When the time it comes, i will be getting my covid 19 vaccine too. We can speak to one of the three chefs who are fronting the campaign the chef and restauranter asma khan. It has been such a strange time, not least for the trade in which you operate, with so many restaurants closed and so many staff sitting at home twiddling their thumbs and feeling that sense of frustration. How important, we will talk about the community in the moment, but how important from the Restaurant Business Point Of View is it that this Vaccine Inoculation Programme is a success . It this Vaccine Inoculation Programme is a success . Is a success . It is very important, but it is beyond is a success . It is very important, but it is beyond just is a success . It is very important, but it is beyond just a is a success . It is very important, but it is beyond just a business i but it is beyond just a Business Interest that i think people need to look at it. It is really about our livelihood and responsibility, because we all need to get back to normal, but if there are too many people in our community who are hesitant and not taking the vaccine, it will never be completely safe and thatis it will never be completely safe and that is really important, we have been through one year of yo yoing and agony and three lockdowns. The calling is for all of us to invest in the community of which we are a part. In the community of which we are a art. ,. , part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost over part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost over the part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost over the last part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost over the last year i part. How much has the Bangladeshi Community lost over the last year in | Community Lost over the last year in terms of its traditional culture and the way people normally spend time together . 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I think there is going to be a huge impact for a lot of be a huge impact for a lot of bangladeshis who run the curry houses, little restaurants along the way, because i know, iam houses, little restaurants along the way, because i know, i am a restaurant too, it is hugely debilitating what has happened over the last year, but also out of every bangladeshi family getting together, eating together, not having that everyone feels bereaved, but it is so important, talking about bereavement, i lost three members of my family within 50 days in the first wave of the pandemic, so im notjust on board with this because i think it is imported as a community, but personally i know. Our community, but personally i know. 0urfamily will never community, but personally i know. Our family will never recover. No ramadan and no eid will never be the same without those three men who went so suddenly. It is important that all of us understand and many families have already been through this in this country. Vaccine is not a life choice, it is necessary. As we say in our community, it is your duty to take the vaccine. D0 we say in our community, it is your duty to take the vaccine. Duty to take the vaccine. Do you have a sense duty to take the vaccine. Do you have a sense of duty to take the vaccine. Do you have a sense of where duty to take the vaccine. Do you have a sense of where the i duty to take the vaccine. Do you i have a sense of where the hesitancy comes from amongst in particular bangladeshis in britain . It is about olitics. Bangladeshis in britain . It is about politics they bangladeshis in britain . It is about politics. They have bangladeshis in britain . It is about politics. They have always bangladeshis in britain . It is about politics. They have always felt i politics. They have always felt marginalised by the majority community, often found on the fringes of society. 0ne community, often found on the fringes of society. One of the reasons why so many bangladeshis came into this country in the 60s and set up restaurants was because they could not find any otherjob. They could not rent a house, get loans, they set up a restaurant, so this is a very Resilient Community who has always worked outside for some reason of the mainstream and this is the price we are paying now. They have never felt that their voice has counted or that they counted. They have always made do, they did not live off benefits, they worked very hard, they made their own lives, educated their children, and many running this campaign now are doctors and medics whose restaurant is parents rights in the restaurant. And with the vaccine is whether it is a level Playing Field and they must participate. This is a culture which is traditionally very welcoming visitors and very generous, in which all generations of the family want to meet and greet whoever comes into the household. All of that hasnt stopped, as it has for all the families, but ijust wonder what it has meant for bangladeshis in particular because of the nature of the culture . All of that has stopped. B. The culture . All of that has sto ed. � , the culture . All of that has stepped the culture . All of that has stoned. � ,. ,. , , stopped. A number of bangladeshis have disproportionately stopped. A number of bangladeshis have disproportionately got stopped. A number of bangladeshis have disproportionately got covid i have disproportionately got covid because of the way that three or four Microgeneration Slip in the same house, so this idea of a Community Living together and being together is inherent in this community. Generations live in the same house. It will take a long time to recover from this isolation, it is very alien in our community. We are always hanging around together and because of the location of where community live, you actually know everybody in your community your neighbours, you go to the same shops, and the fact that the same shops, and the fact that the shops are closed and you do not get to see the same faces again, it is very hard and i think there is also going to be this unspoken Mental Health issues in the community after this is all over, because they havent really found it difficult to separate themselves from each other. Bats have found it difficult. ~. ,. , difficult. When we can come together. Difficult. When we can come together, food difficult. When we can come together, food will difficult. When we can come together, food will be i difficult. When we can come i together, food will be important. Difficult. When we can come together, food will be important. Together, food will be important. They have found it difficult. I just they have found it difficult. I ust wanted to make i they have found it difficult. I ust wanted to make a i they have found it difficult. I ust wanted to make a huge i they have found it difficult. I ust wanted to make a huge leg i they have found it difficult. Inst wanted to make a huge leg of lamb, biryani, and the desert and the sweets. My heart aches because i feel incomplete because i cannot feed. I cannot sit at the full table of people and this is not because i am a restaurant, it is because of who i am and where i grew up. It is like you are not complete unless you have a table of people who you are feeding. I have a table of people who you are feedinu. , have a table of people who you are feedinu. ,. , , feeding. I hope that feeling comes back to you feeding. I hope that feeling comes back to you sooner feeding. I hope that feeling comes back to you sooner rather feeding. I hope that feeling comes back to you sooner rather than i feeding. I hope that feeling comes | back to you sooner rather than later and everyone heeds that your advice. Thank you very much for peeling with us. Being with us. I spoke to a bangladeshi doctor last night who had covid and said the worst thing was for a long time her socks smelt exactly the same as her food which was not a pleasant experience. In myanmar an increasingly brutal crackdown by police and the military has not stopped protests against the military coup. Meanwhile, the uns Special Envoy On Myanmar has urged the Security Council to restore democracy to the country. In a private meeting in new york, members were told that anti coup demonstrators were beginning to lose faith in the United Nations. Mark lobel reports. Gunfire. The crackdown continues on citizens calling out the coup. They chant. They remain defiant, despite the deadliest week here. Appealing for international support, these signs are reference to the uns responsibility to protect principle, to prevent mass killings. Now, a month after the uns top Security Body called for a return to democracy and for the Immediate Release of detainees, including aung san suu kyi, its met again. We requested this mornings meeting following further deterioration of the situation in myanmar. As of today, more than 50 people have been killed and many more injured since the coup began. 0ver1,000 people have disappeared or are unaccounted for, the economy is in a state of deterioration, and up to a Million People face a humanitarian crisis. But diplomacy can take time. Its significant that Security Council members and myanmar� s neighbours and trade partners china, russia, india and vietnam agreed to this meeting. But until a joint statement is issued, we wont know how far they are prepared to go. Well be exploring further National Sanctions and stand ready to consider possible measures under the un charter should the deterioration the situation deteriorate further. That could mean an asset freeze, travel ban or even arms embargo to cripple the junta. But at the meeting, the Un Special Envoy on myanmar warned of the consequences of no action. The envoy said that the people of myanmar, including committed civil servants, are the real heroes and protectors of their nations democratic progress. But, she warned, the hope that they have placed in the United Nations and its membership is waning. However, china and russia are unlikely to rush towards implementing sanctions, and other asean nations of which vietnam and myanmar are both members are seeking their own solutions, too. Nonetheless, there is no doubt at the shared frustration now building globally at the myanmar military� s increasingly violent approach. Mark lobel, bbc news. Pakistans Prime Minister, imran khan, has won a vote of confidence in parliament, days after suffering an unexpected political setback. Mr khan himself called the vote in response to the failure of his finance minister, abdul hafeez shaikh, to win a seat in the senate. A victory for the populist leader had been expected, with opposition mp� s deciding to boycott the vote. With Opposition Mps deciding to boycott the vote. Exiled tibetan spiritual leader, the dalai lama, has had his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. He enrolled himself for a vaccination when the programme started. Early this morning he was administered with astrazenecas covishield vaccine in the Indian Hill Town of dharamsala. In order to prevent some serious problem, this injection is very, very helpful, very good, so other patients also should take this injection for greater benefit. India have thumped england by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth and final test in ahmedabad. It means india complete a 3 1 series victory against the tourists. England collapsed to 135 all out in their second innnings on day three of the test. Its indias 13th consecutive test series victory at home and has secured their place in thejune final of the World Test Championship against new zealand. Spring is on the way here in the uk and that means its daffodil season. Britain produces 90 of the worlds crop, but this year, millions of the flowers will rot in the field because of a shortage of Seasonal Workers to pick them. Growers are blaming it on the governments post brexit visa scheme. John kay reports. It is a beautiful springtime sight, but not for Daffodil Farmerjames walkers. It is heartbreaking, it is heartbreaking. Its just saddening to see flowers going to waste. When theyre yellow, its too late to pick them, so 50 million daffodils are being left here to rot. Everybody loves to see it, it looks really, really nice as you drive around the county, but to a grower, its a crop loss. We would like to see nice green fields at this time of the year which we know have been picked. Like other farmers, james has come to rely on Seasonal Workers from europe. But this spring he only has half the number he needs. Aurimas has officially settled in the uk, but his lithuanian friends have stayed away. There are some who dont want to come any more because of all the brexit, especially this year, theres not many people in the field, as you can see. So we need more workers here. Farmers hoped they may be able to turn back the clock and attract more local workers like they did in the past. Pickers today can earn £1000 a week. How many british workers have you got here now . None, no british workers at all. We had five young lads who came to work for us, and then it got wet and it was windy and their backs Ached Theyjust said they couldnt hack it any more. And their backs Ached Theyjust the government has given 30,000 visas this year to foreign fruit and vegetable pickers, but farmers say the scheme also needs to include flowers. Ministers have promised they will make sure that all sectors will have the labour they need in future. If youre wondering why the farmers dontjust use machinery to pick the daffodils instead, well, they say its not really practical because there are so many different varieties of flower, all growing at different heights, and blooming at different times. They say without changes, their industry could also wither and die. Jon kay, bbc news, cornwall. What a beautiful sight and appropriately enough, where else could we go after that but to the weather . Well, it is fairly quiet on the Weather Front out there at the moment. It is a little on the nippy side and it has been like it for the last few days. That will not change in the short term and a frost on the way tonight. These are the temperatures Late Afternoon into early evening. Five, six celsius and a fair amount of cloud across the uk. Just a bit of rain there in the north west of scotland. Through tonight, we have light winds and clearing skies, temperatures will dip below freezing, certainly outside of city centres and even in some of the towns on the south coast it could be below freezing as well. But not in Western Scotland where there is an atlantic breeze here which is blowing in more cloud, bits and pieces of rain for places like the hebrides, so i think wet here into tomorrow. You can see the outbreaks of rain, but the vast majority of the country should have another dry day and remaining quite cloudy and also a little on the nippy side. Big changes on the way next week. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines pressure grows on the government over its pay offer to Health Service staff in england more unions join the backlash. Speaking out for dialogue pope francis meets one of the most historic trip to iraq. Concerns over unnecessary Self Isolation for schoolchildren in england, because of inaccurate coronavirus test results. A 50 year old man has been arrested in dundee in connection with the disappearance of a woman and two children. 0fficers entered a property in troon avenue in the city yesterday afternoon as part of an enquiry into a missing 25 year old woman. A warning for the un Security Council that anti coup demonstrators in myanmar are beginning to lose