indeed, thank you northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at _ northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, _ northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, lived - northern syria. indeed, thank you for that, at doucet, lived in - for that, at doucet, lived in gaziantep in southern turkey —— lyse doucet. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz schafernaker. good evening, the weather will stay settled for the next few days, high pressure establishing itself across much of europe and it will not budge in the next few days. a lot of dry weather on the way but having said that, it's not necessarily going to be that's only because on the one hand you have high pressure and settled conditions but also for cloud streaming in off the atlantic and it's all to do with the shape of and it's all to do with the shape of a high—pressure. it is this horseshoe shape stretching out of western europe and around it, the wind is blowing from the south and also out of the south—west and this is pushy in mild air across the uk. with the cloud, the mild air arrives and that means it will not be told tonight and impact early in the morning it 6 degrees in cardiff and newcastle and more or less in

edinburgh so no frost tonight. this is tomorrow a lot of cloud to start with, it will break up through the afternoon. are suspect to the east of the mountains in scotland and the east of the pennines and elsewhere, sunny spells possible as well. temperatures of 11—13 so just above the average point of the high pressure still close by around the near continent opened at the shape of it is still the same so that means the weather will be more or less the same. it's all to do with the wind direction. where the cloud breaks, temperatures about the same, it may be a degree lower on sunday, not that you will notice the difference. the next spell of weather or rain is expected around

mid week, probably reaching western parts of the uk on wednesday and wednesday night into thursday spreading a little further to the east. that is still a bit of a question but certainly a monday and tuesday are looking to dry across the bulk of the uk, perhaps a little cloudy at times but wherever you are, have a good thanks, tomasz. that's it. more coverage of the very latest from the quake zone on newsnight, getting under way on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it's goodnight. good evening. i'm chetan pathak with your sports news. ukraine's president says it would be a "manifestation of violence" if russian and belarusian athletes are allowed to compete at next summer's olympic games. volodymyr zelensky, who's already threatened a boycott if those athletes are allowed to compete, has been speaking to a virtual summit of sports ministers chaired from london. lithuania's sport minister says more than 30 countries including britain support a ban, whilst poland's sports minister believes russian and belarusian athletes should compete under a refugee flag. the international olympic committee is exploring a way for athletes from russia and belarus to take part

under a neutralflag — but volodymr zelensky says they have "no place" in paris following the invasion of ukraine. russia is a country that stands everything with blood, even their white flag. it must be recognised in particular, at the level of the international olympic committee. the international olympic committee needs honesty, honesty. it has unfortunately lost honesty, honesty that will help stop the russian terror and bring peace closer. next to manchester city. pep guardiola says he's convinced the club will be found innocent after being charged with more than 100 breaches of the premier league's financial rules. an independent panel's now investigating. at his press conference today the city boss said it feels like they've already been condemned and sentenced — and he believes the other 19 clubs are

conspiring against them: they opened a precedent right now. what they had done to us, be careful. be careful in the future because many clubs can make suggestions, and there are a lot of clubs that can be accused, like we have been accused, without maybe being innocent. i don't know whta's goig to happen in the future. do you suspect that this is been driven by the clubs? this is been driven by the other clubs? of course. it's the premier league. why do you think? i don't know. you have to go to the ceos and all these kind of people and ask them. go to the press conference and ask them. one game in the championships tonight, a few days after manager carlos corberan signed a new long—term deal after an impressive start as west brom manager — his side have been beaten 2—0 in the west midlands

derby at st andrews. a first senior goal for hannibal. the on—loan manchester united man scoring with a clever free kick. they are 10 points clear of the bottom three now while west brom missed the chance to go fifth. in scotland its fifth round weekend in the scottish cup and hearts are into the quarter finals with a 2—0 win at championship strugglers hamilton. stephen humphrys capping off a nice team move here to make it 1—0 before cammy devlin wrapped up the win in the second half. holders rangers play partick thistle on sunday. england captain owen farrell will wear the number ten shirt in their second six nations match against italy at twickenham on sunday. it means harlequins fly—half marcus smith drops to the bench. before that there are two matches tomorrow scotland host wales at murrayfield, and before that — there's a game in dublin that could have a big say in where the title is heading this year. the favourites ireland face the grand slam champions france. patrick gearey has more:

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jones and income five new faces. this is in between times for the welsh, over the horizon for murrayfield is the world cup in france. , ., , murrayfield is the world cup in france. , . , , ., . murrayfield is the world cup in france. , . , ., ., france. this game is important for us, but france. this game is important for us. but we — france. this game is important for us, but we need _ france. this game is important for us, but we need to _ france. this game is important for us, but we need to think _ france. this game is important for us, but we need to think long - france. this game is important for| us, but we need to think long term as welt _ us, but we need to think long term as welt we — us, but we need to think long term as well. we need to think of the next _ as well. we need to think of the next seven or eight months so we have _ next seven or eight months so we have a _ next seven or eight months so we have a huge disparity between those experienced players with a number of caps they— experienced players with a number of caps they got in a lot of the youngsters. caps they got in a lot of the youngsters-_ caps they got in a lot of the youngsters. change can bring vulnerability _ youngsters. change can bring vulnerability steve _ youngsters. change can bring vulnerability steve borthwick| youngsters. change can bring - vulnerability steve borthwick cosmic ambition to build a new england hit ambition to build a new england hit a hitch again and a team influx must now face a united italy, a nation they have never been beaten by. if they have never been beaten by. if some things that need fixing that they would not have appeared so clearly we have a job to do and there are things that need improving. we are confident we can do that. we also understand that it is a particular period of time but we are desperate to win. bi;

is a particular period of time but we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam _ we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam dream _ we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam dream will- we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam dream will be - we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam dream will be over. one grand slam dream will be over some a race atop the world others made tumbled to the back to the earth this 6 nations is always in motion. for the second season running, london irish are into the premiership rugby final after beating northampton by 30 points to 18, scoring three tries to the visitor's two. irish will face either exeter or sale sharks in the final — with those two sides playing each other on sunday. in cricket, sri lanka stunned the hosts south africa in the opening match of the women's t20 world cup, winning by three runs chasing 130 for victory in cape town, south africa lost wickets at crucial stages — making mistakes running between the stumps and twice suffering runouts. spinner inoka ranaweera was the pick of the sri lankan bowlers, taking 3—18. well england play there first match of the world cup tomorrow in paarl. they're up against west indies. henry moeran and alex hartley are in south africa with the test match special team:

england's tournament gets under way on day two against a side they know well. when it comes to tournament, things can be a bit different? especially when it comes to the west indies. they caused an upset on the 50 over world cup. england will know in world cups, england are the strongest side going in. england will inevitably played down their chances considering australia are very much favourites. where you see their chances? if they don't get to the final, i think it's a loss for england. they can beat australia with a new head coach. i think that's a really healthy place to be in. when you have that healthy

mentality, you ended up the results don't matter, let's just entertain. it seems like this team is quite relaxed. quite a simple format. pressure on the hosts, south africa. less pressure on england, but pressure on australia because of the expectation. so much expectation. they are expected to take on that trophy once again. they lost to ireland in a warm—up, so you never know what can happen. is that why you're wearing green? could be! gets under way on saturday. india will be looking to build a match winning lead when they resume their first innings on day three of their first test against australia... a meeting of the world's top two sides in nagpur. it's been built on a century from captain rohit sharma and unbeaten 50s from ravindra jadeja and axar patel. whlie australia spinner

todd murphy has taken five wickets on his debut. india will resume on day three on 321 for 7, a lead of 144 runs. that's all the sport for now. west brom missing the chance to go fifth. from all of us here good night. this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. across the uk, people are on strike. in england... there is a growing anger in this country. ..scotland... the workers united will never be defeated! ..northern ireland... horns sound ..and wales. how are people going to pay these bills? i workers spent more days on strike in 2022 than at any time since the 1980s.

unions and bosses are further apart than ever. so why are they striking and is there an end in sight? these strikes are completely unnecessary. i'm finding it really hard, like, to heat my house, to feed my children. our members have been. getting poorer and poorer. at the end of the day, i they deserve a pay rise. there has to be a reality check amongst the trade union colleagues about where that money would have to come from. no—one's taking it lightly but it's, kind of, the only way now we feel like we're going to be heard. if the union leaders - continue to be unreasonable, then it is my duty to take action. i'm not the grinch. i'm a trade union official and i'm determined to get a deal. the biggest strikes in a generation are happening even though fewer people are in unions. membership peaked in the late 1970s,

when 13—million people were members. since then, it's declined to about 6.7 million people — about a quarter of the workforce. it's mostly in the private sector that union membership has fallen, but unions are still strong and able to flex their muscles elsewhere. strikes, increasingly, are largely concentrated in the public sector or in the formerly public sector. so privatised utilities, for example. and we're seeing it in royal mail and we're seeing it, of course, the railways were privatised. trade unions are recognised for bargaining over pay and conditions in the public sector. that hasn't really gone away. it's been under challenge. it's got more fragmented but it still holds up. unions say strikes are a last resort and are usually called when negotiations break down.

workers, when they vote to strike, first have to weigh up the alternatives. people have to see a serious injustice in the workplace and then, if they're in a unionised workplace, they think that the union can actually do something about it. and also that they think, weighing up the costs and benefits, on balance, it's worth taking a deep breath and going on strike. the current wave of strikes has echoes in history. the uk's biggest industrial action was in 1926. the general strike shook the country, with coal miners playing a central role. one in ten men or boys of working age were employed in the coal industry. now, miners had won important gains in the 19105 and then during the first world war by having established a national system of pay bargaining.

so there was an attempt by employers to abandon national minimum and to reduce the overall volume of wages, so miners resisted and workers, trade unionists in other sectors of the economy, joined them in a sympathetic strike — the general strike. the government of the time, including the chancellor of the exchequer, winston churchill, refused to back down. after nine days, most unions called off their strikes, leaving the miners out on their own. they were ultimately unsuccessful in that the national system of pay awards was abolished in coal mining. protesters: two, four, six, eight, castle must negotiate! _ fast forward to the 1970s and the so—called winter of discontent, rolling strikes across lots of industries stopped work. rubbish piled up in the streets as refuse collectors joined the walk—outs. workers were attempting to protect themselves against attacks

on their cost of living and they were on strike because many of them worked in the public sector and their wages were being controlled downwards by the then labour government that was trying to seek a way out of the high levels of inflation in britain in the 19705, very similar to the 20205 where we are today. the disruption then was the biggest in modern times, with 29—million working days lost. estimates for today's strike suggest the total for 2022 could be 2—million. in may 1979, a conservative government led by margaret thatcher was elected and, within months, it passed new laws to limit the power of trade unions. they've certainly become less influential. they became less influential from the 19805 to the 20105. i believe they're becoming more influential now.

just as in 1979, today's strikes are being driven by powerful forces of economics. the covid pandemic saw a pay freeze on many workers, and just as things were getting back to normal, came the war in ukraine, causing a huge increase in the cost of energy. we want 10%! workers are experiencing the deepest and longest wage squeeze in 200 years. the cost of living crisis, energy prices soaring, the cost of fuel and household goods and food. people are on their knees and they're saying, "we need more. "we need a fair pay rise." inflation hit 11% as the latest wave of strikes began. the institute for fiscal studies estimates the cost of raising pay to match that across the whole of the public sector would be £18—billion. the government says that increase is unaffordable and would make inflation worse. we need to make sure that

in the round, the decisions that we take don't have big economic impacts, both in terms of causing an inflationary spiral, in terms of other wage ri5e5 a5ked by other people in the economy. also, putting money into the economy, it causes prices to go yet higher. and that's why these are very, very difficult decisions. unions point out pay is rising more slowly in the public sector than elsewhere in the economy. public sector pay has risen on average li% to 5% in 2022, according to the ifs. in the private sector, it's gone up about 6%. critics of unions, however, point to other factors in the argument. the people who are scraping a living lat the moment are people working i in things like retail, - agriculture — low productivity industries with low pay. the public sector... l you know, it's certainly true that l nurses are perhaps not paid as much as they are in some other countries

and so forth, but nurses earn morej than the national average. unions say some of their members are on the lowest pay and they say working conditions in the public sector are being worsened, too. it's about the staffing crisis that's been driven by 12 years of those pay cuts, but also a lack of adequate funding that has meant we've got real work intensification, excessive and unsustainable workloads. elsewhere across the economy, it's about insecure work, it's about attempts to reduce people's pensions and attacks on kind of increasing casualisation, so it is a range of factors. but bosses insist workers�* demands can only be met if unions accept the need to change and modernise. look at the railways, for example, where many of these issues - have been unresolved - for generations, literally. if you take the sort of weekend rota

arrangement, it's always been - dependent on overtime. that system was being argued about 50 years ago, right, - and it's still here today. and, you know, if we want to make our public and quasi _ public, like the railways, - have a sustainable increase in pay over time, and that's _ what we all want to see in a sense, then they've got to i increase productivity. money doesn't come from nowhere. it has to be funded, ultimately, by the industry itself. _ the research shows us that pay strikes tend to be effective, not necessarily in getting all that's claimed, but certainly in achieving a gain. it helps if you're in an occupation which isn't easily substitutable. an example of that is the barristers�* strike. you can't suddenly bring in a whole

load of replacement barristers to substitute for that job. barristers won one of the largest pay settlements of 2022, calling off their strike in november after the government offered a 15% increase in their fees. and there was a pay deal worth up to 16% for members of the cwu union after a walk—out at bt. here's how the union praised that agreement to its members. but such victories come at a cost. the general public has faced months of disruption, with unions targeting the busiest periods to strike and co—ordinating their action with other unions. border force staff at the uk's l

busiest airports announce eight days of strike action. this is a country right now where receiving a letter, catching a train, getting a driving test, even being collected by an ambulance or seeing a nurse might not happen. 124 different government _ departments, people who work in job centres, in tax offices, - in the department for transport, culture, in museums and galleries. this really is a very bitter dispute and there is no end in sight. of course, it's regrettable that inconvenience is caused and, wherever possible, our members seek to minimise that, but when you've got an employer who won't budge, who won't listen, that often is the last resort to many workers. and it's an important part of the tool box that they have in order to get an employer to come and negotiate and sit round the table. but it is at the workforce�*s discretion to withdraw their labour. it's a fundamental right that they have. that right to strike is limited by laws which have made it harder to go on strike.

unions have to hold a ballot with members voting by post. a strike can only happen if 50% of them turn out. where important public services are at stake, at least 40% must vote in favour. and since the summer, employers are allowed to bring in agency workers to replace those striking. but those aren't the only reasons going on strike can be difficult. it's a very risky, it's a very stressful thing to do. it can mean difficult relations with your colleagues. certainly it can mean difficult relations with your immediate managers. it's not an easy decision. strike action, historically, has not been a course of action for all workers. there are some groups which haven't been able to do so. the police are one group, prison officers are another, and military personnel. the government is proposing extending some of those restrictions

to other parts of the public sector, including paramedics and firefighters. that follows other legislation introduced over the years to reduce the impact of strikes. the laws on who can strike and where have changed since the 19705. now it's only possible to go on strike when you're in direct dispute with your employer at your own place of work. a poll in october found 60% of the public generally support workers taking industrial action, with 33% opposed. but will that support continue? we think that public support is really enduring. we know that everyone is looking to this industrial action because it means something for them, too. a win for members taking action is a win for all and that public support is really important to keep that pressure on employers, on government, to make sure that those workers get

a fair pay deal. i think public opinion on this can be very volatile. - at the moment, for example, - there's plenty of support for nurses and medical workers, generally. whether that will be maintained i if there were serious strikes over a long period of time, _ where waiting lists were going up and up and up and up, i doubt. ithink, you know, opinion i could shift very, very quickly. whistle blows for now, these strikes are going to impact many of us — students, patients, passengers and all the other users of the industries taking action. the number of strikes has risen, with no sign so far of a resolution. so, what's the way out? the way to end the current wave of strikes is to ensure that we get wages rising across britain. the priority for the government is to stabilise the economy and to grow the economy and in order

to do that you need to make sure that workers have wages in their pocket that mean they can not only keep their heads above water but they can go out and continue to stimulate demand in the economy. this intensive period of strike action will come to an end. people's personal circumstances, people can't survive without wages, and they can only carry it on for a certain amount of time. most people don't have large savings to buffer them against difficult times. most people are not being affected by these strikes. i unless the government sort of bottles and gives in, - i think these strikes will settle down. i we won't have these _ inflation—busting pay increases. but it does depend on the government having the will to, _ you know, override temporary unpopularity on this. - a5 inflation declines, the pressures themselves, the immediate pressures that are so acute that make people

prepared to take strike action, will decline as well. people adjust again... ..to making their already declined wages stretch, because it's that much easier to make it stretch when inflation isn't as high as it is at the moment. hello. the weekend's here. let's see if the weather's going to be kind to us over the next couple of days. overall, actually not looking too bad. having said that, it's not necessarily going to be all that sunny. in fact, a lot of cloud has spread across the uk and you can see that

layer of cloud across the country through the early hours. it's not cold, though. morning temperatures will be around six degrees in cardiff, will match that in newcastle and in some spots it'll be even higher than that first thing on saturday. but the clouds will remain thick through most of the day. however, at times they will give way to a few sunny spells, particularly towards eastern areas of the uk. and the temperature�*s a little higher than of late. so we're talking double figures pretty much across the board, up to about 13 degrees celsius. sunday is going to be similar across the uk, may start off quite grey, perhaps misty, murky first thing, but overall, not a bad day.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden, gave the order, after it was detected yesterday. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern command is beginning recovery operations now. hope and despare in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors continues, after the quakes. in the second and the third day after the earthquake they are finding a lot of people. hardly finding anyone now, almost no one. syria's government gives permission for international aid to be sent

to rebel—held areas, it follows days of