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and around the world. im samantha simmonds. we begin here in england, where thousands ofjunior doctors have started a four—day strike that threatens to bring the worst disruption in the history of the health service. it runs all the way through to saturday morning, and could mean the cancellation of 350,000 appointments and operations. the doctors�* union is in a row with the government over pay forjunior doctors, with the british medical association sticking to its demand of a 35%...

will risk patient safety. its three and a half hours since the action began. lets go around the country and join our reporters on the picket lines. first, to our correspondent sanchia berg, whos 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 ...

tony christie about living with dementia, music therapy and recording a new song for this years thank you day. it isa it is a cold start for many but largely dry, with sunshine. that will change as heavy rain barber and strengthening winds push in from the south—west. all the details later. its tuesday the 11th of april. our main story. a four—day strike by junior doctors in england that begins this morning is expected to be the most disruptive in the nhss history. more than a quar...

other countries, like spain or france, the pay of doctors there is either slightly below that you would expect in the united kingdom or ruffling on that level. it does depend which country you pick if youre at comparisons. fix, depend which country you pick if youre at comparisons. a, lot depend which country you pick if youre at comparisons.— youre at comparisons. a lot of --eole youre at comparisons. a lot of peeple might _ youre at comparisons. a lot of people might have _ youre ...

departments, and to make inroads into the backlog of care that built up into the backlog of care that built up and was building up before covid and built up a lot more during covid. that balancing act, meeting demand and making inroads into the backlog, is a tough thing to do it the best of times, it is impossible to do when you are losing around half your medical staff. so there is no question that the targets we have set for ourselves, the aims we have got to reduce those waiting lis...

this is the impact that we will see as a result of those strikes. at least a quarter of a million appointments and operations affected, but that number could be higher. it could be as high as 350,000 appointments affected. —— 250,000 appointments. lets look at the uk in terms of doctors and nurses compared to other 0ecd nations. so you have austria at the top and the uk at the bottom. when we look at the number of doctors and nurses, compared to western europe. of course, this is t...

crisis that weve seen this kind of stunning bank collapse. thats why when president biden before the market came on the airwaves and told the nation that the government would be stepping in. watch. >> no losses -- this is important important. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. let me repeat that. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. instead, the money will come from the fees that banks pay in to the deposit insurance fund. >> martha: is that accurate? lets bring in david as...

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thats a fact. thats not a.i. im bill hemmer. good morning at home. todays house oversight hearing looking at the chaotic withdrawal of kabul and the way it was handled that allowed u.s. military equipment to fall into the hands of the taliban, destabilizing the entire region and resulting in the deaths of 13 u.s. service members and hundreds of americans left behind. a separate hearing on afghanistan yesterday taking direct aim at previous denials of the chaos by the white house. denia...

intervene. >> sandra: you see how absolutely brutal and scary that was, and new concerns over crime and disorder, not just in chicago, but across america. so, how can leaders prevent the culture of lawlessness from overtaking these once great cities? well good giano caldwell, he says soft on crime policies are to blame and will join us live what we are learning out of chicago and coast to coast crime on the rise. >> begin, though, with the fiery hearing from the house oversight committ...