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Anger and fear for patients as strike delays operations

Lucy Clarke-Billings BBC News PA The resident doctors strike in England has begun after a dispute over pay between the government and the British Medical Association (BMA). Thousands of doctors are walking out over five days, with Health Secretary Wes Streeting insisting that disruption will be kept to a minimum. But several NHS patients have […]

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‘Hardline’ BMA blocks emergency pleas for strike doctors to work

NHS bosses have criticised the British Medical Association for its “increasingly hardline” approach in rejecting emergency requests for striking doctors in England to return to work. A system known as ‘derogation’ is in place whereby the NHS can ask for resident doctors, who are taking part in a five-day walkout, to cross the picket line […]

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US-EU deal winners and losers

James FitzGerald and Tom Geoghegan BBC News Getty Images The US and EU have struck what is being billed as the largest trade deal in history, after talks in Scotland. It actually resembles the framework for an agreement rather than a full trade deal, with details still unclear. But the headline figures announced by President […]

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Wildfires rage in Greece and Turkey as extreme heat persists

Greece continued to battle major wildfires across the country amid a severe heatwave, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday. Firefighters were working on five major fire fronts late on Sunday in the Peloponnese area west of Athens, as well as […]

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Dangerous heat dome begins baking more than 125 million across Southeast

Heat indices in the triple digits will bake areas in Florida and into the Carolinas through Wednesday. FOX Weather Meteorologist Bayne Froney said potential record-breaking temperatures begin Sunday.  July will make a potentially record-breaking exit this week as a heat dome will create triple-digit feels-like temperatures for millions from Florida to Virginia, prompting heat alerts […]

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