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Lufthansa pilots may extend a two-day strike that started on Tuesday. As Sara Hemrajani reports, the German pilots' union wants to step up pressure on management in their long-running dispute over cost cuts, retirement benefits and pay.
German flagship carrier Lufthansa cancels 1,350 flights, or 48 percent of scheduled services, as pilots stage their ninth walkout this year. Hayley Platt reports
Images of a picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London as hospital doctors in England begin their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- started a six-day walkout, in a major escalation of their long-running pay dispute with the UK government. IMAGES
Images of British nurses staging a second unprecedented strike to demand pay rises and better working conditions in front of St Thomas' Hospital in London. The strike, which began last week, comes against a backdrop of multiple walkouts in the UK, where inflation is running at over 10%. IMAGES
Images of Lufthansa airline passengers in queues at Frankfurt airport to exchange or get refunds on their tickets as the German airline group has cancelled almost all of its flights to and from its main German hubs in Munich and Frankfurt after pilots called a strike. According to Lufthansa, 130,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellations. IMAGES
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