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UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak departs No. 11 Downing Street to deliver the national budget in Parliament, in which he is expected to extend several schemes to support the economy through the Covid-19 pandemic while making moves to shore up government revenues. IMAGES
Beijing, Jan 18 (EFE/EPA).-According to data issued Monday from the National Bureau of statistics, China's GDP rose 2.3 percent year on year in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(Camera: WU HONG)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF BEIJING, CHINA.
London, Aug 12 (EFE/EPA) .- (Camera: Andy Rain) The United Kingdom has officially entered a recession for the first time in eleven years after the country's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 20.4% between April and June, the second consecutive quarterly contraction in the year. FOOTAGE OF LONDON.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces £29.5 billion ($37.2 billion) of private funding for new UK projects as more than 200 CEOs descend on London for the 2023 Global Investment Summit. The investments are "a huge vote of confidence in our country's future," Sunak says in a statement before the opening of the event at Hampton Court Palace, just outside London. SOUNDBITE
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
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend a roundtable discussion at the Elysee Palace with business leaders from both countries during a summit between Paris and London. (COMPLETES VIDI33AW8N9_EN and VIDI33AW9B7_EN) IMAGES