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Further strikes by UK energy workers
Following a five-day strike, engineers and office staff at energy company British Gas, owned by Centrica, held a further strike on Wednesday with another due today.
The GMB union members voted by an 89 percent majority for action. They are opposed to the company’s plans to “fire and rehire,” putting workers on a contract with less favourable conditions and 20 percent pay cut. Those involved in the strike included 4,000 service and repair gas engineers, 1,700 smart metering engineers, 600 central heating installers, 540 electrical engineers and 170 specialist business gas engineers. The strikers carried out socially distanced pickets throughout the country.
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As of January 19, 2021, 25.6% of the Israeli population have received their first vaccine dose, and 550,000 people have received both doses.
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Israeli Tanks Strike Hamas Positions After Rocket Attack: Military
01/19/21 AT 9:12 PM
Israeli tanks fired on Hamas positions in Gaza on Tuesday night after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards Israel, the Jewish state s military said. Late in the evening a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, the army said in a statement on WhatsApp. In response Israeli tanks struck Hamas positions in the south of the Gaza strip, it said.
An earlier military statement on the rocket said that warning sirens were not activated in built-up areas, indicating the projectile fell on open ground.
Israeli tanks on Tuesday fired on Hamas positions in Gaza after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave toward Israel, Israel’s military said.
“Late in the evening a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory,” the army said in a statement on WhatsApp. “In response Israeli tanks struck Hamas positions” in the south of the Gaza strip.
An earlier military statement on the rocket said that warning sirens were not activated in built-up areas, indicating that the projectile fell on open ground.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
It was the second rocket attack in as many days.
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