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Added on the 09/12/2022 21:34:02 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
This remote-controlled, wheeled robot is called Thorvald and it was designed to able to fill the gaps in British farm labor which some people anticipate when the UK finally pulls out of the EU. The four-wheeled device, which is controlled by a joystick and comes equipped with a GPS, is a modular robot created by Norwegian and British engineers to handle manual labor jobs such as picking and seeding. According to the Government’s official figures, 22,517 EU-born workers were employed in UK farms in 2015. Agriculture all over the world is going through a major technological change and Thorvald is one of many new machines out there leading the charge.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK will act again if Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen persist in attacking shipping in the Red Sea, speaking after a second round of joint US-UK strikes. "We urge the Huthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal and unacceptable attacks. But if necessary, the United Kingdom will not hesitate to respond in self-defence. We cannot stand by and allow these attacks to go unchallenged," he tells parliament. SOUNDBITE
Emergency workers respond to the aftermath of a missile strike in Kyiv, with overnight Russian missile attacks across the country killing at least three peole. The army's chief said Russian forces had fired 41 missiles and that Ukrainian forces had shot down 21. In Kyiv, mayor Vitali Klitschko said 18 people had been injured and 13 hospitalised. IMAGES
Thousands of people take to the streets of Sanaa in protest against overnight US and British strikes on Yemen's Huthis. An ally of Hamas, the Iran-backed group has carried out a growing number of attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza. IMAGES
Striking railway workers invade the former headquarters of Crédit Lyonnais in Paris, the historic Centorial building which now houses Blackrock offices in the French capital. IMAGES