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this was a final offer and further industrial action would not change that decision. the teaching unions immediately responded, by suspending their plans for further strikes. the announcement came asjunior doctors began five days of strikes — what their union calls "the longest stirke action in the nhs' history." these are the pictures from one of the picket lines in central london. they're demanding a pay increase of over 30%. ministers have said that's "unreasonable" and risks fueling inflation. we'll have more on that in a minute. let's have a quick look, though, at the recommen...

for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hong kong is marking 25 years since britain handed over control of the territory to china. xijinping, china's president, has been in the city to celebrate the event. this was the scene at the railway station as mr xi arrived. he was greeted by the outgoing chief executive carrie lam, who he credits for stopping what he called "chaos and violence" in the territory. her time in office saw the erosion of civil liberties and the crushing of huge...

,off their strikes. —— and call off their strikes. it comes asjunior doctors in england start a five—day strike — described by their union as "the longest in nhs history" — after their calls for a 35% pay increase were rejected. a bbc investigation finds new evidence that casts doubt on the greek coastguard's account of last month's migrant boat sinking. and the oscar—winning actor, kevin spacey, begins giving evidence for the first time in his sexual assault trial. we'll be live outside the court. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking sto...

Country, but also the nhs as a whole because if_ staff, if the conditions and pay keep deteriorating as they are, we are not going to have the staff that we need to provide the health care this country needs. let�*s turn to rebecca now. i know you work in maternity here. yes. no such thing as a typical day, but give us an idea of what you face when you go into work and how challenging it can be. so, it is an absolute privilege to do - the job that i do. i love it. and at the same time, | it is very, very intense. it is the same job, if you have seen this is going to hurt, _ which i think was...

Live now to helena wilkinson in the newsroom. she has the latest on the story and has been following it through the course of the week. let�*s do this in stages. forthe course of the week. let�*s do this in stages. for the bbc, course of the week. let�*s do this in stages. forthe bbc, restarting their investigation, what are the outstanding questions for them? i mean, there are lots of questions, aren�*t there, for the bbc? we know that, as you mentioned there, there will be no criminal investigation into this and the bbc had to pause their internal investigations until their internal ...