we haven t picked up as a country where the trump administration left off. to turn the focus towards china. unfortunately the biden administration hasn t been doing that and encouraging the see the treasury secretary is headed over there. i don t know that she will be there in a position of strength. we have to allow the chinese accountable and not allow them to set the table on what the economic partnership will look like. julie: lieutenant colonel daveis joins me now. china doesn t give a hoot about the united states or respect us in any respect, way or form. this is the sort of stuff they re pulling before the biden administration sends someone over there to try to come up with some sort of negotiation. they have no intent on negotiating. they just want to have the upper hand and they already do. talks haven t started. well, they certainly are trying to do that absolutely their intent. there is no question about that.
£90,000 worth of debt, they have expenses, somewhere like this in oxford is quite an expensive place to rent and thejunior oxford is quite an expensive place to rent and the junior doctors say they cannot afford to live here. they are being affected by the cost of living crisis. the union is saying in a first year, a junior doctor would and £40 an hour and they are saying it should be raised to £19 an hour. £14 an hour. a basic salary work would be around £29,000 but that wouldn t include additional payments for night time and over time. the government has said it is not affordable. the pay talks haven t yet begun. the health secretary has described that as it is disappointing but he does say he is disappointing but he does say he is having constructive talks with other health unions. they have pause to their strikes to negotiate on pay and those are continuing this week.
the uk prime minister is in california to discuss defence, and the potential threat from china, with leaders of the us and australia. china s national people s congress concludes as the new premier tries to calm the business community after the recent crackdown on the tech sector. junior doctors in england will walk out on strike for the next three days calling for a masive pay increase to reverse 15 years of below inflation pay rises. a great night for the eccentric, multi verse film everything everywhere all at once, which has won 7 oscars including best picture, best director, and best actress for michelle yeoh. this is proof that dream big, and dreams do come true. and, ladies,
it came too little too late. took place? what they said to me is it came too little too late. they - it came too little too late. they say the government knew about the intention to go on strike as far back as the summer. then there were the ballots and ballot results so they have had plenty of time to think this out and come to the negotiating table but it wasn t until friday evening that the health secretary wrote to the bma asking them to call off the strikes with a number of conditions and to talk about pay. the union felt that wasn t possible, there were too many conditions and there wasn t a credible offer on the table. junior doctors got an 80% pay rise as part of a four year deal that ended this month. 8% rise. to get back to the level in 2008 they are asking for a 35% pay rise and it is a lot bigger than other health unions but this union is saying junior doctors come out of medical school with
now to the uk. thousands ofjunior doctors in england are beginning a three day strike in a row over pay. their union, the bma, says newly qualified doctors could earn more selling coffee. just for a bit of clarity for people outside the uk, junior doctors does notjust mean newly qualified, it means everybody perhaps for years until they become what are called consultants. bosses at the national heath service say there will be widespread disruption to services. i m joined now byjenniferjenkins, a patient affected by the strikes and also a labour member. not particularly active though because you have had long covid so i m sorry to hear that has disrupted your life. just in terms of your experience, you re due to have an appointment today, monday, which you lost presumably at the end of the week when they were looking at what they could cover on a strike day. that was right, i had an appointment for this afternoon with the arrhythmia clinic in coventry and i