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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%...

in the north—eastern kharkiv region and its feared it will take "decades" to clear them completely. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse brought us this report. it reflects the size of the battlefield. the reality is, in areas where the russians initially advanced, where they occupied territory for a number of months on them. in the ukrainian counteroffensive, these areas where theissue counteroffensive, these areas where the issue of landmines is the most acute. these are also...

Clear its intention to cooperate fully with any police investigations. 0ne fully with any police investigations. one other update, it has already appointed a new dg, she was the former cbi chief economist and she has agreed to come back to rejoin the cbi as its new boss. thank you very much for the update. switzerlands parliament has just begun a three day emergency session debating and discussing the takeover of banking giant credit suisse by its rival ubs. the takeover was forced through by th...

These are live pictures from the swiss parliament. we will have continuing coverage of that. these are live pictures. the stories there is about gps and credit suisse. switzerlands parliament has begun a three day emergency session debating and discussing the takeover of banking giant credit suisse by its rival ubs. 0ur correspondent imogen foulkes is in the capital, bern. she told me more about what were likely to hear. the swiss governments position is this was the least worst option.