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direct entry to the australian open later this month. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. junior doctors in england have begun a six day walkout in their dispute about pay the longest strike ever to take place in the nhs. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. the strike started at 7am this morning and will last for six days. it will end at 7am next tuesday january 9th. members of the doctors union, the british medical association, have asked for a 35% pay increase but the government says its demands are unrealistic. let s speak to sharon barber who is at the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. you have been there during the morning. what is the mood on the picket line? on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came out i on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came out on i on the picket line? aroun ....
the republican party slow march into autocracy, led by donald trump. the one day dictator wannabe. in a speech last night at the new york young republicans club gala, the gop front runner did not back down from his comment last week that he would only be dictator on day one of a possible second term in office. instead, he doubled down on it. baker today, in the new york times, he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn t say that. i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said, and you know why i want to be a dictator? because i want a wall, right? i want to wall, and i want to drill, drill, drill. reporter: for all the lying that he does, there is no reason not to believe him when he says he wants to be dictator for one day, what is unbelievable about it is that trump, who is not known for his restraint himself discipline, we only want to be dictated for a day. it is significant and disturbing escalation of rhetoric even for donald trump, ....