a world heritage site, because of new developments on the famous waterfront. and injapan, team gb have started their olympic campaign successfully, as the women s football side beat chile. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the oval invincibles win the opening game of cricket s new hundred competition, as a new era begins. good evening. months after rejecting a pay offer of 1%, most nhs staff in england have now been awarded 3% in recognition of the unique impact of the pandemic according to the government. back in march, the department for health and social care said 1% was all it could afford. the 3% rise is being given to staff including nurses, paramedics, consultants, dentists and salaried gps and is backdated to april this year. but some health unions have already warned that the rise in no way reflects the immense efforts made by nhs staff over the past year. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. nhs staff are at full stretch again, many on th
and that gust of heat hits you in the face. hello and welcome. opponents of cuba s communist government say dozens of activists have been arrested after thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades. some were detained at the demonstrations, others were arrested at their homes. the protests called for democratic freedoms and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. president miguel diaz canel has blamed the united states embargo for the unrest. he said it was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. our north america editor jon sopel has more. libertad! libertad , the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. but while many cubans feel this in their hearts, it s extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. translation: we are here because of the repression l against the people. they are starving us to death. havana is collapsing. we have no house, nothing, but they have the money
gesture politics. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. opponents of cuba s communist government say dozens of activists have been arrested after thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades. some were detained at the demonstrations, others were arrested at their homes. the protests called for democratic freedoms and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. president miguel diaz canel has blamed the united states embargo for the unrest. he said it was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. our north america editor jon sopel has more. libertad! libertad , the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. but while many cubans feel this in their hearts, it s extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. translation: we are here because of - the repression against the people. they are starving us to death. havana is collapsing. we have no house, nothing, but
hits you in the face. and why google s boss says the model of a free and open internet is under attack. hello and welcome. the cuban opposition says that dozens of activists have been arrested since sunday, when thousands of people joined the biggest protests in decades against the island s communist government. many were detained at the demonstrations, which called for democracy and criticised the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. cuba s president has blamed the united states for the unrest and said its embargo of cuba was aimed at encouraging dissent and social unrest. our north america editor jon sopel has more. libertad! libertad , the crowd in havana shouts, orfreedom. but while many cubans feel this in their hearts, it s extremely rare for protesters to take to the streets to give vent to their anger in this one party communist state. translation: we are here because of the repression l against the people. they are starving us to death. havana is collapsing. we hav