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Nurses hold a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, as part of the UK's biggest round of health service strikes, stepping up their demands for better pay to combat Britain's cost of living crisis. As well as nurses, thousands of ambulance workers represented by the GMB and Unite unions are also going on strike. IMAGES
The Bank of England announces in a press conference it is hiking its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the biggest increase in 33 years, to fight inflation set to peak around 11 percent in recession-hit Britain. The latest rate hike mirrors aggressive rate-tightening by central banks worldwide as economies battle the highest prices in decades. SOUNDBITE
Seoul, Dec 30 (EFE/EPA).- The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on Wednesday rose 52.96 points, or 1.88 percent, to close at 2,873.47.South Korea shares saw biggest annual gain since 2009. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN DEALERS WORK IN FRONT OF MONITORS AT THE HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Britain's annual rate of consumer price inflation has fallen below zero for the first time since the 1960s. As David Pollard reports, euro zone prices were flat, ending a four month run of falls.
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
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