hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. here in the uk, more than a million public sector workers are being given pay rises of between five and 7%, after the government accepted the recommendations of independent review bodies. the prime minister, rishi sunak, warned that this was the final offer — and further industrial action would not change that decision. the pay increases would be funded partially by a rise in visa fees and higher charges for migrants to use the nhs. the announcement came — asjunior doctors began five days of strikes — what their union calls, the longest strike action in the history of the nhs. they're demanding a pay increase, of 35 %.

let's have a closer look at some of the recommendations. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gp's — 6%. junior doctors — 6%. prison officers 7%. the armed forces — 5%. teachers 6.5%. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! teachers protesting, education disrupted, classrooms empty. for months, pupils and parents in england have been caught up in an angry row between teaching unions and the government. but could a 6.5% pay rise, alongside this promise from the prime minister, bring an end to it? there will be more money going into the schools budget to help schools pay for these new pay awards. so they will not have to make cuts, and that was something that was rightly important to the unions and we have worked with them to ensure that the funding

is there for schools. given the scale of disruption caused by industrial action this year, and notjust in schools, there is one question for trades unions tonight. will this mean the end of the strikes? well, i think in education, we will see a 6.5% pay award, properly funded pay of art, certainly our teaching unions will be recommended to their members that they accept the government's proposals, and if that is the case, then i think that we will see the end of the strikes in education. another part of the public sector, members will be weighing up the government's offer, crucially, they will be looking for those pay awards to be properly funded. what we can see is peter being robbed to pay paul. junior doctors in england started their longest walk out yet today over pay. here are a few dozen of them protesting in liverpool. they are on strike until tuesday. the union says the offer for them isn't good enough. so what do labour make of all of this? notably, kier starmer did not overtly criticise the government's announcement.

i know that news about the pay review body recommendations will be on the minds of many public sector workers today. those recommendations will, of course, be subject to negotiation. i don't think it's helpful for me to weigh in on that. at the heart of the government's decisions today are difficult choices, trade—offs... budgets are not infinite, when some ask for higher pay, that what always create pressures elsewhere. will you acknowledge explicitly that a consequence of your decision will mean cuts in the budgets of some key public services? this is a significant pay award. it's one of the most significant we've had in decades, and it is costing billions of pounds more than the government had budgeted for. and that has consequences. if we are going to prioritise paying public sector workers more, that money has to come from somewhere else. inflation, public sector pay, budgets. what will happen next?

that question posed by our political editor, chris mason. let's get more now with pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies, the leading economic research group. thank you for making time to talk to us. a bunch of difficult choices there. just your response to what there. just your response to what the government has decided to do, of course, the big question being where is this money going to come from? i think the government in the end, has made the right choice to implement the pay review body recommendations. that is the have it they have hung themselves on for the last year. don't forget to is next year's pay rise. the public sector workers in question have all had pretty big real pay cuts this year. this is for next year, and even if you put the two years together, teachers and nurses and so on will be worse off at the end of this than they were 18 months ago because put the two years together and they don't match

inflation. the amount of money that we are talking about is relatively modest in terms of the fall education and health budgets, may be 1.5% of the total. so we shouldn't overdo the scale of the additional money that is required here, but clearly that additional money for —— 4 billion or so a total will have to come from somewhere to him may mean a little bit less of some things within those services or, as the prime minister suggests, finding the money from somewhere else, but don't forget, there are all sorts of other pressures on government budgets, not least of these ever increasing interest rates, which are increasing constantly and the amount that government has to spend on debt interest. . , government has to spend on debt interest. ., , ., ., ., ,., interest. that is one of the reason one of the — interest. that is one of the reason one of the governments _ interest. that is one of the reason one of the governments because i interest. that is one of the reason . one of the governments because they were buried in the neck on effective inflation. how closely but those

feelings? inflation. how closely but those feelinas? ., , , . , feelings? not terribly closely, i don't think- _ feelings? not terribly closely, i don't think. these _ feelings? not terribly closely, i don't think. these increases i feelings? not terribly closely, i don't think. these increases in | don't think. these increases in public sector pay are not going to lead increases in the private sector. so what is not happening here is what happened in the 19705 where one group of workers get a very big pay raise, another group of workers want to follow that. that's not what is happening. the public sector are falling behind the private sector, not the other way around. that's not going to cause inflation, so what could cause inflation, so what could cause inflation as if the government were to borrow a lot more in order to pay for this. they said very explicitly they are not going to do that. so i don't see this as a problem for inflation in itself. so don't see this as a problem for inflation in itself.— don't see this as a problem for inflation in itself. so will this be enou:h inflation in itself. so will this be enough to _ inflation in itself. so will this be enough to stop _ inflation in itself. so will this be enough to stop the _ inflation in itself. so will this be enough to stop the strikes? - inflation in itself. so will this be l enough to stop the strikes? there inflation in itself. so will this be - enough to stop the strikes? there is still quite a discrepancy in many cases between what workers are asking for and what the government has offered. we asking for and what the government has offered. ~ ., ., asking for and what the government has offered-— has offered. we have to see what ha--ens has offered. we have to see what happens in _ has offered. we have to see what happens in terms _ has offered. we have to see what happens in terms of _ has offered. we have to see what happens in terms of strikes, - has offered. we have to see what happens in terms of strikes, but l has offered. we have to see what l happens in terms of strikes, but we have already seen that the teaching unions are recommending this offer to their members, even though, as i say, if you put these two years together, this is another cut to for

the overall pay for teachers, following a long period of real terms cut5 since 2010. 0bviously following a long period of real terms cut5 since 2010. obviously the term5 cut5 since 2010. obviously the effort to getjunior doctors is nowhere near the very large number that they are asking for but we will have to see whether they will agree to that. the government has at least been consistent in accepting leicester's recommendations and using that as a reason not to offer a lot more la5t using that as a reason not to offer a lot more last year and then accepting this year and put the two together, that is where the independent pay review bodies have set the train off, as chris mason wa5 set the train off, as chris mason was just describing.— set the train off, as chris mason was just describing. wasjust describing. fiscally, how much road _ wasjust describing. fiscally, how much road does _ wasjust describing. fiscally, how much road does the _ wasjust describing. fiscally, how much road does the governmentl wasjust describing. fiscally, how - much road does the government have left? how much runway is there still to increase paperwork if, indeed, this doesn't come to an agreement, if what they are offering isn't accepted and things do come to a head, how much runway doe5 accepted and things do come to a head, how much runway does the government 5till head, how much runway does the government still have to increase pay without borrowing, which, as you say, could lead to inflation. weill.

say, could lead to inflation. well, in broad terms, _ say, could lead to inflation. well, in broad terms, if— say, could lead to inflation. well, in broad terms, if you _ say, could lead to inflation. well, in broad terms, if you look - say, could lead to inflation. well, in broad terms, if you look over. in broad terms, if you look over all,, the government has got very little phy5ical room for manoeuvre. inextricable percent for public—sector workers is going to make very little difference, but this is in the context of an extremely difficult fiscal situation. today, we have also had another very big economic report from the office for budget responsibility looking at the long—term state of the public finances and the physical ri5ks we face and that makes very, very sobering reading as we spend more on debt interest, as we spend more on pensions as it looks like we will spend more on net to zero, defence, health. it is painting a picture of, no fiscal road at all, it is painting a picture of incredibly difficult choices over the next coming years, choices about big spending cuts are big tax rises is essentially the message we are gliding from the 0pr. bier?

essentially the message we are gliding from the cpr. very good to have urinalysis _ gliding from the cpr. very good to have urinalysis there. _ gliding from the cpr. very good to have urinalysis there. paul- gliding from the cpr. very good to l have urinalysis there. pauljohnson, thank you. we do hope later to speak to a member of the unions in this story. a bbc investigation that casts further doubt on the greek coastguard's account of the migrant boat sinking in the mediterranean a month ago. it's estimated that up to 750 people, mostly from pakistan, syria and egypt, were on board when the boat capsized on 1ajune. 104 people survived but only 82 bodies have been recovered. two survivors of the disaster say migrants were silenced and intimidated by greek authorities, after suggesting the coastguards may have been to blame for the tragedy. here's nick beake from bbc verify. new footage of the fatal journey — the packed migrant boat leaning precariously. bbc verify has confirmed this video is genuine. here's why. look at the much bigger vessel in the background. we've identified it

as the faithful warrior, which we know came to provide food and water. its shape matches, and its tracking data also places it in the area at the time. we believe this video was filmed by the greek coastguard, which continues to claim at this point that the migrant boat was not in danger. in central athens, we meet two survivors who ask us to hide their identity because they say and show how the greek coastguard caused their boat to capsize. they attached a rope from the left. everyone moved to the right side of our boat to balance it. the greek vessel moved off quickly, causing our boat to flip. they kept dragging it for quite a distance. the men allege that when survivors tried to speak out, they were quickly silenced. "you have survived death, stop talking about the incident and don't ask more questions about it. "stop talking about this. stop making accusations. "you are safe now. that's the most important thing."

we returned to the port of kalamata, where the coastguard interviewed survivors and where the authorities are under pressure to explain more about what happened. the greek coastguard initially denied they had tried to tie a rope to the migrant boat, but later admitted they had done, although insisted that didn't cause the vessel to capsize. their official version remains that until that point, the boat had been on a steady course towards italy. but our bbc investigation last month showed that for at least seven hours before it went down, the boat had hardly been moving at all. and now, using court documents, witness statements and the evidence of a new whistleblower, we can see a pattern of behaviour by the greek coastguard. after farzin khavand watched our investigation last month, he contacted us. he explained that he'd

worked as a translator in a previous migrant boat case. he alleged the coastguard tried to frame two innocent men and threatened other survivors. they were told, if, unless you specify such and such, that these were the individuals who were people smugglers, you'll be treated unpleasantly, you will be put in prison and be returned to taliban. as for this summer's disaster, nine egyptian men have been charged with manslaughter and people smuggling. the greek coastguard have not replied to these latest allegations. but there are now even more questions over what they have been doing on land and at sea. nick beake, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. two teenagers have been given life sentences for murdering a 16—year—old boy, in a case of mistaken identity.

ronan kanda was fatally stabbed last year outside his house in wolverhampton. his attackers, both 16 at the time, had bought their weapons online. prabjeet veadhesa will serve of minimum of 18 years, and sukhman shergill16 years. the bbc�*s director general tim davie will be questioned in parliament next week about the corporation's handling of allegations against huw edwards. the presenter is in hospital with mental health issues after it was alleged he paid a young person for explicit pictures. police said last night there was no criminality involved. michael gove has told the covid inquiry that planning for a no—deal bragg said to me day you came are match paid for dealing with the pandemic. michael gove, the cabinet office minister when the outbreak began in 2020 said that the eu pegs that planning with some of the best preparation possible for a crisis. he denied that moving staff to briggs at work was detrimental.

you're live with bbc news. a fierce heatwave is gripping parts of southern europe. temperatures have topped a0 degrees celsius, that's104fahrenheit, in some parts of italy, spain, greece and bulgaria today — and they're predicted to go even higher at the weekend. climate scientists say global warming is driving up temperatures. in italy, a red alert warning has been issued for ten cities including rome, bologna and florence. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza sent this update from rome. the italian health ministry has issued a red alert warning for ten cities today, including rome, bologna and florence. now it is the middle ofjuly. there are lots of tourists here in italy and some of them have collapsed in the last few days due to heatstroke. now, this heatwave could cause temperatures to reach 48.8 degrees celsius, and that would break the record

for the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe. but this is notjust in italy. it's a heatwave that's affecting several european countries, such as greece, spain, germany and france. now, because of climate change, heatwaves like this one are becoming more frequent and more severe and they could be quite dangerous. last summer was the hottest summer on record, and more than 60,000 people across europe died because of the heat. so there are fears that this heatwave could cause many more deaths this summer. and that's why italian authorities are advising people here to avoid doing exercise during the day, to drink plenty of water, at least two litres a day, to avoid coffee and alcohol and to avoid going out during the day. and they're also asking people

to check on their elderly neighbours if they live alone. so they're urging people to take this extremely seriously because these extreme temperatures are expected to continue for the next ten days. it isn'tjust europe that is hot. this summer has seen temperature records smashed in parts of canada and the us as well as across a swathe of asia — including in india and china. meanwhile in india, torrential monsoon rains have left parts key alerts are in effect for millions of people. in arizona, the city of phoenix is expected to break its record of more than 18 days with temperatures above 43 degrees celsius. meanwhile in india, torrential monsoon rains have left parts of delhi heavily flooded. water levels in the yamuna river, which runs through india's capital,

are now dangerously high. the river is now at its highest point for the last 45 years — and thousands of people living along the banks and in low—lying areas have been evacuated. injapan, at in japan, at least eight injapan, at least eight people are now known to have died in the country's west and southwest following flooding and landslides caused by days of torrential rain. more heavy rain has been forecast, especially in areas along japan's west coast. earlier, i spoke to an environmental researcher who told me the greater impacts of these extreme weather events.— weather events. think of weather on an civen weather events. think of weather on any given day _ weather events. think of weather on any given day as _ weather events. think of weather on any given day as like _ weather events. think of weather on any given day as like rolling - weather events. think of weather on any given day as like rolling the - any given day as like rolling the dice, and that dice is sometimes loaded to particular types of weather. so, for example, if you are in the uk, it's often wetter and colder than, say, greece. what climate change is doing is loading that base even further to greater extremes. so we are seeing that all over the world as we just heard from

the reporting there. so the weather we see in a particular region is that they are being made far, far more extreme and it's only going to be getting worse as pollution is put in the atmosphere in the global temperature rises. 50 in the atmosphere in the global temperature rises.— in the atmosphere in the global temperature rises. so what parts of the world are _ temperature rises. so what parts of the world are likely _ temperature rises. so what parts of the world are likely to _ temperature rises. so what parts of the world are likely to be _ temperature rises. so what parts of the world are likely to be hardest i the world are likely to be hardest hit by this climate change and extreme weather?— hit by this climate change and extreme weather? well, anywhere where they already _ extreme weather? well, anywhere where they already experience - where they already experience extremes and where people struggle to get by are going to be even worse hit. that's already happening around the world. nobody is really safe here because it's notjust those direct impacts like heat extremes and storms, extend the effects that ripple out in our globally connected world. so you mentioned india earlier, the monsoon there is getting stronger and more erratic, which is beginning to harm crop production and prices of key crops like tomatoes have been spiking recently. the effects on food and food availability and price they don'tjust food availability and price they don't just state within

food availability and price they don'tjust state within india, they ripple out across the world. so all countries will ultimately be unsafe in the face of the growing climate threat. , , ., , ..,, threat. given the very heavy cost that will be _ threat. given the very heavy cost that will be paid, _ threat. given the very heavy cost that will be paid, as _ threat. given the very heavy cost that will be paid, as you - threat. given the very heavy cost i that will be paid, as you described, how do we start to address this seriously?— seriously? well, fossil fuel pollution — seriously? well, fossil fuel pollution needs _ seriously? well, fossil fuel pollution needs to - seriously? well, fossil fuel pollution needs to be - seriously? well, fossil fuel. pollution needs to be stopped seriously? well, fossil fuel - pollution needs to be stopped being put in the atmosphere. the companies and the sectors who are making vast amounts of money from doing that, we need to make sure that the power they have of her politics is reduced. in america, where there are heat extremes, as we were just hearing, there is a county in the state of oregon that is taking fossil fuel companies to courts because of the damage that was done to their communities over the last couple of years with the extreme heat, and they are saying, and it can that fossil fuel companies have known about this for decades and they have still done all they can to sell their fossil fuel products, even though they know it will have these increasingly deadly impacts. to relax that power that they have

over political processes is crucial at this stage. we over political processes is crucial at this stage-— over political processes is crucial at this stage. we do often hear of, ou at this stage. we do often hear of, you know. — at this stage. we do often hear of, you know, fossil— at this stage. we do often hear of, you know, fossil fuels _ at this stage. we do often hear of, you know, fossil fuels as _ at this stage. we do often hear of, you know, fossil fuels as being - at this stage. we do often hear of, you know, fossil fuels as being a i you know, fossilfuels as being a necessary evil at this point in time. what is your opinion on that? and is there a sense of urgency that needs to be brought into that discussion?— needs to be brought into that discussion? , ., , , discussion? the use of fossil fuels, we can'tjust _ discussion? the use of fossil fuels, we can'tjust turn _ discussion? the use of fossil fuels, we can'tjust turn it _ discussion? the use of fossil fuels, we can'tjust turn it off— discussion? the use of fossil fuels, we can'tjust turn it off overnight, i we can'tjust turn it off overnight, i agree with that. large parts of world are dependent upon them. what is an unnecessary evil is the way that the political process is being subverted. let me give you an example of this. let's cast our minds back to the beginning of the covid—19 pandemic to january— february — march of 2020. imagine a situation there were a set of companies were making large amounts of money blocked the health organisation and the corporation of companies as they begin to lock down and look after their populations. we are in the same position now. the un climate conference that we have at the end of the year is literally

being presided over by the head of fossilfuel being presided over by the head of fossil fuel companies, the being presided over by the head of fossilfuel companies, the previous fossil fuel companies, the previous un fossilfuel companies, the previous un climate conferences, the fossil fuel industry has had more delegates than all countries, and this shows you how much there is a hold over our political processes. we've got to relax that hold or they will bring us down with them. that was our environmental _ bring us down with them. that was our environmental minister - bring us down with them. that was i our environmental minister speaking to me earlier. back to a major develop into the uk now, that announcement that more than a million public—sector workers are being offered pay rises of between 5—7%. it came after the government accepted the recommendations independent pay review bodies in full and we can talk more about this matter with shawn elliott who is from the national trade union. thanks for talking us —— talking to us at the bbc. is this a deal you will be recommending to your members as jealous of the tuc�*s members are that trade unions, we represent five

and half million working people and it will be up to each of our trade unions that represents members in those areas of the public sector that are affected by today's announcement. that's teachers, that's those working in prisons and police service, those working in the civil service that are directly affected. we want to be recommending to our unions what they should be suggesting to their members. but i would say that having to spoke —— having spoken to one union throughout today, there is a conscious welcoming of this announcement, i think it is right that the government are finally listening to workers and to their unions about the need for a pay rise. government had baked and pay rises of 2—3% and they were just completely unacceptable in the current context of this cost—of—living crisis. but what we need to be hearing from government is that these pay rises across the board will be fully funded because we know public services are really

stretched thin at the moment, and as much as the workforce needs this government need to be stepping up and fully funding today's pay rises. well, that is an important point to make, is intact, because many workers are not only concerned about their pay, they are also concerned about their working conditions and the services that they offer. rishi sunak has said the money is not going to come from borrowing. it will have to come from existing department budgets. how much confidence is there that peter want to be robbed to pay paul, so to speak, that the money want to be taken from other services that are necessary? i taken from other services that are necessary?— taken from other services that are necessa ? ~ ., ., necessary? i think at the moment, we are still waiting _ necessary? i think at the moment, we are still waiting on _ necessary? i think at the moment, we are still waiting on some _ necessary? i think at the moment, we are still waiting on some of— necessary? i think at the moment, we are still waiting on some of the - are still waiting on some of the detail of that. there has been some assurances that this want to be a case of money being taken from front—line services. there are guarantees big put in place for services and teaching staff. so in

education, we have a bit more detail, and that's why the education unions have taken the decision to pause industrial action and to suggest to their members and put this off or out to them and see if they accept it. and the prison and police were sent elsewhere in civil service, we are still waiting for some of the detail about how this payraise will be funded, and that is why we are very clear and strong in our message to government and that this means to be fully funded. for 13 years, or public services have endured deep, deep cuts that have run then into the ground at the same time public sector workers have seen their pay held down year on year. the average public sector worker now is taking home £260 less a month in real terms than they were in 2010. we need to tackle both problems, because pay cuts are at the heart of recruitment and retention crisis we see in education, we see in the health service and elsewhere in our

public sector, but we know that we need proper investment in our public services to get them back on their feet. , , , , services to get them back on their feet. , , , services to get them back on their feet. ,, , , , feet. just briefly come briefly, we've only _ feet. just briefly come briefly, we've only got _ feet. just briefly come briefly, we've only got 20 _ feet. just briefly come briefly, we've only got 20 seconds. is| feet. just briefly come briefly, - we've only got 20 seconds. is this the end of strike action? i we've only got 20 seconds. is this the end of strike action?— the end of strike action? i can't seak on the end of strike action? i can't speak on behalf _ the end of strike action? i can't speak on behalf of _ the end of strike action? i can't speak on behalf of members. l the end of strike action? i can't - speak on behalf of members. members tell their unions what they want to do, and where we get assurances, unions will be putting this offer to them. we unions will be putting this offer to them. ~ ., ., ., them. we will have to leave it there. thank _ them. we will have to leave it there. thank you _ them. we will have to leave it there. thank you very - them. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much i them. we will have to leave it. there. thank you very much for joining us from the trade union congress. this is bbc news. hello there. it's been a familiar story again today. cool, some sunshine and some showers. the next few days, though, could be turning wet and windy. this area of cloud is a developing area of low pressure that will bring the wind and the rain up from the southwest. and ahead of that, whilst the showers that we had today will fade away, we've got a bit of thicker cloud bringing some patchy rain northwards across wales, north west england, northern ireland and southern scotland. and they're probably going to be

a lot of cloud around overnight. so a little bit warmer than last night away for northern scotland where we've got single figure temperatures. but let's focus on the southwest. this is where we've probably got the worst of the weather, i think, for friday. as well as the rain, we've got these strong, gusty winds, gusting 50 miles an hour perhaps, and some rough seas. and that rain is going to be with us for much of the day. before it does clear away later, it could turn heavy and thundery. that rain will push further north and eastwards across more of england and wales, up into northern ireland, maybe eventually into the south of scotland. something a bit drier for the north of the country. could be muggy for a while in the southeast, but if anything, those temperatures are likely to be even lower than they were today in the wind and the rain. and it's all due to that area of low pressure deepening as it heads across the uk. it's going to be sitting around into saturday, lots of isobars on the chart, an indication it's going to be unusually windy, really, for this time of the year. and the rain when it comes could be heavy and thundery. of course, it's going to stay

on the cool side as well. focus on the winds, though, for saturday, and the strongest winds will be across england and wales. it's in this area that we're more likely to have some impacts because of the strength of the wind, and the strongest winds could be along some southern coasts and over the hills, but particularly gusty when those showers arrive and it doesn't take long for them to set off. we've got a lot of downpours developing widely across england and wales where it's windy. not quite so windy for scotland and northern ireland, but again, some heavy and thundery rain is possible. all depressing the temperatures, of course. that area of low pressure still with us, then on saturday will continue to just drift northwards, could take the worst of the weather away with it as well. but, if anything, it may be a windier day for scotland to northern ireland, perhaps the north of england, not quite so windy on sunday further south. and there may well be some sunshine around, but still some heavy thundery showers, wetter weather in the north and the top temperatures 20—21 celsius.

this is bbc news, the headlines. pay rises of up to 7% for public sector workers in england and wales — but the prime minister calls for an end to strikes. a bbc investigation casts more doubt on the greek coastguard's account of what happened to a migrant boat that sank a month ago.

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