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Added on the 05/02/2017 05:10:19 - 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
Images from outside King's Cross station in London as British railway workers begin a strike over jobs and pay, billed as the biggest walkout in thirty years. Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke down, meaning more than 50,000 members of rail union RMT will walk out for three days this week. IMAGES
Smoke billows after a strike hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, as the Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day. IMAGES
Paris's iconic Eiffel Tower remains closed for a fourth straight day. CGT union leader Sophie Binet stops by this morning to show support to staff who is on strike over the monument's financing. IMAGES
A strike hits near the Rafah crossing where dozens of people have gathered as the crossing is set to open for a second day for the evacuation of wounded Palestinians, foreigners and dual nationals. IMAGES
Smoke billows following strikes as Israel continued to pound Gaza, vowing to "destroy" Hamas on the sixth day after the militants' unprecedented surprise attack. IMAGES
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