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Resident doctors in England began a five-day strike on Wednesday to demand better pay, a move that threatens to disrupt public health services amid a flu outbreak. The protest, called by the British Medical Association, follows failed negotiations with the government and marks the 14th strike by this group since March 2023. Resident doctors, who make up nearly half of hospital staff, are demanding a pay rise of more than 20 percent. The association also linked the strike to a shortage of specialized training places, noting that thousands of qualified doctors remain unemployed despite long waiting lists in the National Health Service.

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00:00Moving on to the United Kingdom, resident doctors in England are going on strike for
00:05five days to demand better pay, a move that threatens to disrupt public health services
00:10due to the current flu outbreak.
00:12The strike called by the British Medical Association began on Wednesday morning, after talks between
00:17the British Medical Association and the government to avoid it fail.
00:21This is a 14th strike by this group since March 2023.
00:26And group resident doctors who make up almost half of the medical staff in English hospitals
00:32are demanding a paid price of more than 20%.
00:35In addition to the salary issue, the British Medical Association has linked the protests
00:39to the shortage of specialized training places, arguing that thousands of qualified doctors
00:44cannot find work despite the long waiting lists in the National Health Services.
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