will risk patient safety. it s three and a half hours since the action began. let s go around the country and join our reporters on the picket lines. first, to our correspondent sanchia berg, who s outside the university college london hospital. we hospital. can see those pictures behind you, we can see those pictures behind you, junior doctors on the picket line, tell us what they are saying to you. line, tell us what they are saying to ou. ~ . , ., line, tell us what they are saying to ou. . , , to you. what they are saying is they are resolute- to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they want to you. what they are saying is they are resolute. they want the - are resolute. they want the government to come, sit down and negotiate with them. they are saying they are prepared to strike, to continue to strike and saying they want a restitution of what effectively they say a pay cut over the last ten years
directly. how concerning is this to see? please hugely concerning. it is something that president biden urged prime minister netanyahu on sunday not to. what he said, actually, saturday night, i guess, it is not:00, that conversation. he said that they should take the win, declare victory, they deterred the attack and even earlier today, the cia director was at the bush farm in texas saying a spectacular failure, the iranian attack. all the messaging from the u.s. had been, iran failed, very few of the missiles ever penetrated israeli airspace. the air defense was spectacular, and the words of one of the officials but tonight, a source tells me that indeed, the me strike has taken place that the
eight have lost. we have lost a quarter of eight to have lost. we have lost a quarter of eight to put have lost. we have lost a quarter of eight. to put it into context, it would eight. to put it into context, it would mean lifting a first year doctor s would mean lifting a first year doctor s pay from £14 to £90 an hour, doctor s pay from £14 to £90 an hour, which doctor s pay from £14 to £90 an hour, which doesn t seem an unreasonable ask to me. and hour, which doesn t seem an unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia- unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia. you unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia. you are unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia. you are in unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia. you are in your- unreasonable ask to me. and fran is from croatia. you are in your first i from croatia. you are in yourfirst year of practising on the wards in the uk. you are telling me, in croatia it is 7 euros a
consultations, won t be able to do those, which is where you see this big gap in operations that might be delayed or cancelled this week. elsewhere in the uk, so we have been talking a lot about england today. this strike is england s only bet other parts of the uk are affected. in scotland, junior doctors there are being asked for their opinion on whether to take industrial action. that ballot will close on the 5th of may. in wales, the welsh government has made a commitment to pay restoration, to restore paid to that 2008 level. doctors in wales would like to see a further commitment and have not ruled out strike action. in northern ireland, doctors there say they are also watching the situation closely, complicated in northern ireland by at the moment there is no functioning executive. so today, this week, this strike is very much england only but other parts of the uk could very well be affected in the future. back to you. as far as negotiations are concerned, they don t appear to
day strike. you can probably hear from all the noise behind me that at this point there is a huge amount of energy in it. we will obviously have to see what happens over the next few days. to see what happens over the next few da s. :, ., to see what happens over the next few da s. ., ,, ,., to see what happens over the next few da s. ., ,, y., ., to see what happens over the next fewda s. ., ,, ., , , few days. thank you at university colle . e few days. thank you at university college london. all the latest on those strikes in our bbc website. you are watching bbc news.