this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of senior doctors in england take strike action , non—emergency planned care comes to a virtual standstill. there's a shock win at the women's world cup as the co—hosts — new zealand — beat norway 1—0 in the opening match. russia carries out attacks on ukrainian port areas, apple threatens to remove facetime and imessage services from the uk — in a row over proposed changes to the laws on security. more now on the two—day strike by thousands of senior doctors in england. it means that non—emergency planned care has come to a virtual standstill. it's the first time consultants have taken part in strike action in more than a decade. live now to our health

correspondent, nick triggle. remind us why the consultants and senior doctors are striking today. the dispute, like many others we see in the public sector, is about pay. the british medical association says that consultants have suffered pay erosion with below inflation pay rises for the past 15 years. that has prompted, as you say, the first strike by consultants since 2012. nhs bosses warned this will have the biggest impact of any of the strikes we have seen so far ofjunior doctors, nurses and ambulance staff. that is because consultants cannot be replaced. if you are relying on a consultant anaesthetist for a surgery to be carried out, that could mean a whole team of nurses and other theatre staff cannot work and other theatre staff cannot work and that list stops completely. so how much are consultants paid, then?

consultant contracts are quite complex. there are essentially eight separate pay grades. the starting salary last year was 88,000, rising to 119,000 at the very highest grade. but that level can take 19 years to get to. the government is increasing pay by 6% this year, which the british medical association says isn't enough. that means a starting salary, we can see here on the chart, will be just over 93,000, with the top of the band letting over 126,000. but it is important point out that consultants can earn significant amounts on top of their basic salary. last year, the average was nearly £30,000 more per person. half of that is for additional hours worked, but the rest is made up of performance

—related bonuses and other supplements. which means they are in the highest top 2% of earners in the economy. the highest top 296 of earners in the econom . ,., ., ., the highest top 296 of earners in the econom . ., ., ., ., economy. important to point out that the bma says — economy. important to point out that the bma says that _ economy. important to point out that the bma says that although - economy. important to point out that the bma says that although it - economy. important to point out that the bma says that although it says i the bma says that although it says consultants at the zero years, they will have done six years training and then another 1a years or so to get to that level. despite them being amongst the highest earners in the economy, pay has fallen, once you take into account inflation. the bma often use account inflation. the bma often use a figure of 35% since 2008, but that is their take—home pay, so it takes into account deductions made for tax and pension contributions. this is partly because of tax thresholds being frozen, which is something workers across the economy have had to deal with. if we just look at their total pay, and the institute for fiscal studies has been doing

that, we can see how their pay cut, once inflation is compare to other staff, we can see how that measures, they have suffered one of the highest levels of pay erosion since 2010. around 17%. if we look at nurses, a pay cut of around 12%, at estate staff, people such as cleaners, between 3% and 4% take—up in real terms. the government counters this by saying that over the past decade, it has prioritised pay rises for the lower paid, which is why we see some of the differences here. but the british medical association say there is no reason why a doctor today is worth any less than a doctor 15 years ago. good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. let's focus on the war in ukraine now. grain prices have gone up on global markets after russia suggested it would treat

commercial ships heading for ukrainian ports as potential targets. earlier this week moscow pulled out of a deal that had guaranteed safe passage for vessels carrying grain. the russian president, vladimir putin, accused western countries of using the expired agreement to "profiteer shamelessly". but during call with russia government officials mr putin said he was prepared to return to the accord immediately if certain conditions were met. they include reconnecting russia's agricultural bank to a global payment system. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in ukraine, james waterhouse who gave us the latest on the port attacks. it has been a miserable three days, frankly, for southern cities like 0desa. ., , . ., ., 0desa. the region is central to the now collapsed _ 0desa. the region is central to the now collapsed grain _ 0desa. the region is central to the now collapsed grain initiative. - 0desa. the region is central to the now collapsed grain initiative. we l now collapsed grain initiative. we have seen nights where more than 30 cruise missiles have been launched,

and these are missiles that are harder for and these are missiles that are harderfor air and these are missiles that are harder for air defences to detect because of height and they fly at. it seems like a very deliberate tactic by russia to target port infrastructure. we are told that city thousand times of grain was destroyed overnight. several people have been injured, one person killed in the south. there is no coincidence with russia pulling out of the grain deal and these attacks. under that initiative, moscow agreed to not target port involved in ukrainian exports of grain, and it is clear that russia is trying to say, we were not bluffing, we have left and premium business. a lot of frustrations are down to western sanctions in terms of it exporting its own agricultural products and the banking system you're referred to. the kremlin is also trying to frustrate ukraine in just about as

many ways as possible. it is true that russia still has the control of this region, the black sea, it has its naval fleet there, this region, the black sea, it has its navalfleet there, and kyiv is certainly feeling it. the russian defence ministry has just said that it has continued what it called a retaliatory strikes on ukraine, hitting targets in the black sea ports like 0desa, days after that deal to facilitate grain exports lapsed. let's talk about the impact that his issues have on food security globally. live now to kampala to million belay, coordinator of the alliance for food sovereignty in africa. thank you forjoining us. we see these pictures of grain, of ships coming out of port. tell us what this means in practical terms for food security in the region. i think the continent is already

suffering from the back of coronavirus and the climate crisis. and another of other impacts. previously, the price of oil, fuel, food and agricultural goods have increased. this has exacerbated the problems we are having. so any kind of conflict anywhere is really disastrous for africa, especially this one. ., ., ., ., this one. you are the coordinator, how much — this one. you are the coordinator, how much more _ this one. you are the coordinator, how much more difficult _ this one. you are the coordinator, how much more difficult as - this one. you are the coordinator, how much more difficult as your. this one. you are the coordinator, i how much more difficult as yourjob become since the war in ukraine? because of the war and host of other

impacts, on one side, it has opened the eyes of so many governments and so much civil society here in africa, how can we depend on food from other continents that are very far from africa? we from other continents that are very farfrom africa? we have from other continents that are very far from africa? we have the land of the other resources to produce our own food. it has brought the agenda of food sovereignty so high. there are a number of conflicts happening all over. there are a few companies controlling the food system. so all of this has shown to us that food sovereignty is very important. we have to be sovereign, that is the reality. have to be sovereign, that is the reali . ,., ., have to be sovereign, that is the reali . ., ., ~ ., ., ~

reality. good to talk to you. thank ou for reality. good to talk to you. thank you forjoining _ reality. good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is re—uniform in hull, a number of schemes we have seen in recent years, helping parents by sharing uniforms with others once their children have grown out of them. one councillor in hull is calling for more help for low income families in the form of an annual council grant that will help them pay for school clothing. that will help them pay for school clothin: . . that will help them pay for school clothinu. ., ., , ., clothing. there are families that will be looking _ clothing. there are families that will be looking at, _ clothing. there are families that will be looking at, do _ clothing. there are families that will be looking at, do i- clothing. there are families that will be looking at, do i pay - clothing. there are families that will be looking at, do i pay for. will be looking at, do i pay for food this month 0rdway put the money towards a uniform? do food this month 0rdway put the money towards a uniform? d01 food this month 0rdway put the money towards a uniform?— towards a uniform? do i pay my rent auestion towards a uniform? do i pay my rent question by — towards a uniform? do i pay my rent question by clicky — towards a uniform? do i pay my rent question by clicky williams _ towards a uniform? do i pay my rent question by clicky williams is - towards a uniform? do i pay my rent question by clicky williams is one . question by clicky williams is one of the coordinators. how does the scheme work? we of the coordinators. how does the scheme work?— of the coordinators. how does the scheme work? we get donations of used school — scheme work? we get donations of used school uniforms, _ scheme work? we get donations of used school uniforms, we - scheme work? we get donations of used school uniforms, we bring - scheme work? we get donations of used school uniforms, we bring it l used school uniforms, we bring it here, _ used school uniforms, we bring it here, sorted and then we send it to people _ here, sorted and then we send it to pecule who — here, sorted and then we send it to people who need it. it is open to anyone _ people who need it. it is open to anyone within the postcode, it is not means—

anyone within the postcode, it is not means tested, and we have seen an increase _ not means tested, and we have seen an increase in the number of uniforms _ an increase in the number of uniforms that have been requested. 0ur figures — uniforms that have been requested. 0ur figures have almost doubled on last year _ 0ur figures have almost doubled on last year. for our figures have almost doubled on last ear. ., ., , ., , our figures have almost doubled on last ear. ., ., last year. for more stories across the uk, head _ last year. for more stories across the uk, head to _ last year. for more stories across the uk, head to the _ last year. for more stories across the uk, head to the bbc- last year. for more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news i the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. union leaders have told the bbc... union leaders have told the bbc that the uk is falling behind in protecting workers from the effects of the ai revolution. the trades union congress says the eu and other countries are taking the lead on regulation, and that it's "deeply worried" uk employment law is not keeping pace. it comes as business leaders are hailing the potential of al to spur innovation — and improve productivity and customer service. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack has the story. hello, you are through to 0ctopus energy. this is georgie speaking. what can i do to help today? customer service as we know it. and i have the option of generating a reply using ai, so... customer service of the future. artificial intelligence is reading, interpreting and answering customer queries. it is doing the work of 250 employees,

and customers seem to like it. an e—mail written by our team members has a 65% satisfaction rating from customers. an e—mail written by ai has an 80% or 85% satisfaction rating. and so what the ai is doing is enabling our team to do a better job of serving customers at a time of great need. can we be realistic and honest about the fact that some jobs are going to go? with economic growth, we will be creating newjobs all the time, and ai will be enhancing what people can do with those jobs. you know, if we don't have a dynamic economy and we have cost—cutting companies, there is a risk that huge swathes ofjobs will be replaced by ai. pharmaceutical bosses say ai could unlock a revolution in health care. innovating in biopharma is difficult. it takes sometimes a decade, billions, and it has a 90% failure rate. you know, one in three of us is going to be battling with dementia. there are still many cancers that don't have solutions. so there is no doubt that artificial intelligence is going to help us

unlock better solutions to these challenges. business leaders are excited that artificial intelligence could mean more innovation, better customer service, more productivity and therefore more profit. they are less keen to talk about what it might do to staff numbers, workers' rights, which could change faster than people can retrain or new rules of engagement can be written. ai is already influencing our lives, and unions say the uk is falling behind when it comes to protecting workers from al making life—changing decisions on hiring, firing and working conditions, and they want new safeguards. we do not have any ai specific legislation and, increasingly, that is meaning that we are international outliers. workers have to fall back on the existing employment law system, but they do not go anywhere near far enough to meet the really radical changes that al poses in a workplace and in our society as a whole. can i go with you? sure.

even the creative arts feel their rights under attack. actors' voices are being sampled, recreated and used without paying people like laurence. if you want to use our material, you need to be upfront, you need to license it for the short—term, it cannot be in perpetuity, and there has to be compensation. if my voice is stolen, if my image is stolen, my career is over. ai is a technology with great power, and even its biggest fans say it must be used with great responsibility. simon jack, bbc news. live now to david wakeling, head of market innovations at a&0 — a law firm which is using al to draft initial versions of emails and documents. thank you forjoining us. how exact are you using ai? lode thank you forjoining us. how exact are you using ai?— thank you forjoining us. how exact are you using ai? we are using it to

cure writers — are you using ai? we are using it to cure writers block, _ are you using ai? we are using it to cure writers block, basically, - are you using ai? we are using it to cure writers block, basically, for - cure writers block, basically, for lawyers. they will do a first draft for a provision of a legal agreement or they will prepare a presentation, and we are using it to come up with and we are using it to come up with a first cut of that and then a lawyer is always in the loop, and you have this expert who will then take that and improve it, fix any errors and get it ready for use. so we have had to make sure we always have that lawyer in the loop to make sure it is deployed safely. but we experience quite a big productivity gain as a result of working without. at the moment, nobody was macrojob is in danger, is it? at the moment, nobody was macro “0b is in danger, is mfi is in danger, is it? that's right, and the main _ is in danger, is it? that's right, and the main reason _ is in danger, is it? that's right, and the main reason is - is in danger, is it? that's right, and the main reason is that - is in danger, is it? that's right, and the main reason is that the is in danger, is it? that's right, - and the main reason is that the tech has some pretty serious shortcomings. we have had to put in place a lot of guardrails to make sure that al is safely deployed and that lawyers know it's limitations.

we are saving a couple of hours per week per lawyer, so not huge, but significant. when you scale that across 3500 or 4000 lawyers in 43 offices around the world, it is a big deal. offices around the world, it is a bi deal. ., ., ~' offices around the world, it is a bi deal. ., ., ,, ., big deal. looking to the future, if thins big deal. looking to the future, if things improve — big deal. looking to the future, if things improve and _ big deal. looking to the future, if things improve and this _ big deal. looking to the future, if things improve and this ai - big deal. looking to the future, if things improve and this ai does l things improve and this ai does start to become more reliable and you use it more often and with less lawyer input, could you see it potentially taking over people's jobs? that is the worry that some people have. i jobs? that is the worry that some people have-— jobs? that is the worry that some --eole have. ., , ,, .,~ ., people have. i can only speak to the leual people have. i can only speak to the legal sector- — people have. i can only speak to the legal sector- i _ people have. i can only speak to the legal sector. i would _ people have. i can only speak to the legal sector. i would say _ people have. i can only speak to the legal sector. i would say that - people have. i can only speak to the legal sector. i would say that that i legal sector. i would say that that is unlikely on the technology i have seen today. i see it as augmenting a lawyer and making them more efficient and cheaper to use in the future, but not displacing them. the reason is that the fundamentals of the models are conducive to error. there is something called here looser nations, errors that you see in the machine —— hallucinations.

ask me again in three years, because technology moves quickly. absolutely. we have heard about the need for al specific legislation in this country. do you agree with that? i this country. do you agree with that? 4' this country. do you agree with that? ~ , ., ' . that? i think it is a difficult balance- — that? i think it is a difficult balance- i _ that? i think it is a difficult balance. iwill_ that? i think it is a difficult balance. i will pick - that? i think it is a difficult | balance. i will pick extremes that? i think it is a difficult - balance. i will pick extremes of otherjurisdictions and we have to decide where we will be. generally speaking, the us hosts a lot of tech companies, they want the development of ai and they have the best in business, pretty much. have some good stuff in the uk but they have a lot of stuff going on. the eu, there is a huge focus on protecting consumers and data privacy. for the uk, we are trying to walk that tightrope between those two things. i know the uk government is focusing on this in the autumn and we expect more rounds of policy with a clear indication of which side of the fence we will go.—

indication of which side of the fence we will go. 0k, it has been aood to fence we will go. 0k, it has been good to talk _ fence we will go. 0k, it has been good to talk to _ fence we will go. 0k, it has been good to talk to you. _ fence we will go. 0k, it has been good to talk to you. thank - fence we will go. 0k, it has been good to talk to you. thank you i fence we will go. 0k, it has been i good to talk to you. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. in response to concerns over the use of ai in businesses, a uk government spokesperson said: ai is set to fuel growth and create jobs throughout the uk while allowing us to carry out our existing jobs for efficiently and safely. that is why we are working with businesses and regulators to ensure ai is used safely and responsibly in business settings. apple says it will remove services like facetime and imessage from the uk rather than weaken security features if new government proposals are enacted. the government is seeking to update the 2016 investigatory powers act which would require tech firms to clear new security features with the home office before they are released to customers. for more on this let's go to our technology editor, zoe kleinman, who is in glasgow.

are they serious about this? apple has alwa s are they serious about this? apple has always been _ are they serious about this? apple has always been a _ are they serious about this? apple has always been a critic— are they serious about this? apple has always been a critic of- are they serious about this? apple has always been a critic of this - has always been a critic of this act. if you go back to 2015 when it was being created, apple was vocal about it then and it is coming out fighting now. the government is holding a consultation over these amendments and apple has submitted a nine page document outlining its objections. basically what it says is that it is not fair on its customers around the rest of the world for it to have to get clearance from the uk before it releases a new security feature everywhere else. it is also not fair to weaken its security for one country at not others. it doesn't want to be running different versions of its services in different countries. if these changes come in, rather than go down that route, it also people for services altogether. do that route, it also people for services altogether.- that route, it also people for services altogether. do you think that is likely? _ services altogether. do you think that is likely? i— services altogether. do you think that is likely? i think— services altogether. do you think that is likely? i think two - services altogether. do you think that is likely? i think two things l that is likely? i think two things would have _ that is likely? i think two things would have to _ that is likely? i think two things would have to happen. - that is likely? i think two things would have to happen. there i that is likely? i think two things l would have to happen. there will that is likely? i think two things - would have to happen. there will be

a lot of backlash against these particular rules. what we are focusing on is that the home office in particular has the power to demand that a company disables its encryption, its security if it believes that there is an issue of national security or harm to children. there is currently a process in which that has to be reviewed, a third—party oversight process, an appeals process. while thatis process, an appeals process. while that is going on, the tech company doesn't have to do anything. this update wanted to get would have that. 0nce update wanted to get would have that. once the tech firm are served this notice that it has to do it, it would have to do it straight away, thatis would have to do it straight away, that is what apple is saying, if it is served such a notice, it will some people,. i don't know how seriously this will be taken. it is not something that will coming soon, certainly not something that will happen overnight. if you use facetime and ten won, it will not disappear overnight. —— and

imessage. we are now starting to see these tech firms say, we have been reasonable, but you can't hold our product around the world, you cannot prevent us from doing what we want to do without product. apple say that security is an essential part of what it offers, it is what customers go to them for and it is not willing to weaken its security. interesting. thank you very much for that. new zealand have opened the women's world cup with a victory over norway. theirfirst—ever world cup with a victory over norway. their first—ever win at a world cup. there are eight so—called debutant nations, who are taking part this year. live now to the newsroom, and speak to mimi fawaz, bbc sport reporter. in terms of the numbers of countries taking part, how different is this

tournament compared to others we have previously seen?— tournament compared to others we have previously seen? indeed. as we have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken — have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, _ have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, in _ have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, in 1991 _ have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, in 1991 it - have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, in 1991 it was - have previously seen? indeed. as we have spoken about, in 1991 it was 12. have spoken about, in 1991 it was 12 teams that competed in the women's world cup, then we saw in 2019, when i covered it for bbc sport and bbc africa, it had expanded to 24 teams. incredible to see someone like me who has lived in france, nigeria and england to see how the tournament has grown around the world with so many fans all packing the stadiums to support the teams. now we are seeing in this current world cup the expansion of 32 teams, a record 1.4 million tickets sold for this competition. eyeballs of 2 billion people watching it all around the world. it is really making an impact, with the game making strides around the world. it is impact, with the game making strides around the world.— around the world. it is amazing, 'ust around the world. it is amazing, just looking _ around the world. it is amazing, just looking at _ around the world. it is amazing, just looking at pictures - around the world. it is amazing, just looking at pictures of- around the world. it is amazing, just looking at pictures of all. around the world. it is amazing, just looking at pictures of all of| just looking at pictures of all of the fans. just seeing the sheer

number people who were so excited about this competition. yes. number people who were so excited about this competition.— about this competition. yes, lots of eo - le about this competition. yes, lots of people excited _ about this competition. yes, lots of people excited about _ about this competition. yes, lots of people excited about the _ people excited about the accommodation. let's look at the teams that are not in europe or america who have qualified, debutants like haiti were making a first appearance at this tournament. the players has spoken about how important it is for the country, with everything going on, to qualify and bring joy to the country. if we look at african teams, i have covered a lot of them for the bbc, zambia are making theirfirst appearance at this competition. we are seeing african teams investing in the women's game. they are against switzerland, and they have beaten germany twice in friendlies before this competition. 0ne beaten germany twice in friendlies before this competition. one of the stories of the competition is morocco, the first arab country to qualify for the tournament. they have invested a lot in the women's game, putting a four—year plan in

place, and we have seen that evidence coming through in this competition. evidence coming through in this competition-— competition. what you think of encland's competition. what you think of england's chances? _ competition. what you think of england's chances? you - competition. what you think of england's chances? you can i competition. what you think of. england's chances? you can never rule out england. _ england's chances? you can never rule out england. all— england's chances? you can never rule out england. all of— england's chances? you can never rule out england. all of the - england's chances? you can never rule out england. all of the talk. england's chances? you can never rule out england. all of the talk is| rule out england. all of the talk is about the usa hoping to make it three wins in a row. england have had some injuries and missing key players, but you can never rule them out. they have the momentum coming off the back of winning the euros, so there is always a chance for an underdog in these competitions. lode underdog in these competitions. we love an underdog! thank you very much. some breaking news from the last two minutes from iraq, and it looks like the government has informed sweden that it will cut diplomatic relations if there is any repeat of the burning of the koran which took place in sweden last month. we have had a few classes in

iraq outside the swedish embassy and there was a storming of the embassy in baghdad overnight. sweden has condemned the iraqi government pot failure to prevent that, but despite that, after an emergency security meeting, the prime minister's office has accused sweden of having a provocative stance against the views of others. the iraqi government has said it will cut diplomatic relations with sweden if there is any repeat of that burning of the koran in sweden. we are across that story and will bring you more on it on bbc news. we are coming to the top of the hour. i am back in if you minutes. do stay with us will.

an unsubtle spell of mid—july weather it's set to continue. temperatures on the cool side for this time of year. this is the rainfall we are exciting to accumulate over the next few days. some areas receiving perhaps up to 70 mil metres of rain. some wet weather on the way, and it is looking unsubtle for the remainder of the month. through this afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers across parts of scotland. called to the north of this occluded front, just 13 or 14 degrees. furthersouth, high teens and low 20s. scattered showers for eastern england, one of two further west fading away overnight. rain working in across parts of northern

ireland overnight. to the north of that, a cool night, eight or 9 degrees. temperatures down in single figures for parts of central england as well. more cloud moving in across northern ireland, northern england and wales as well. during the afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers, as in previous days. most of them will be across parts of eastern england. perhaps the low 20s in the south—east. for the low 20s in the south—east. for the ashes and the open golf that continues, the weather is looking predominantly dry, but a chance of a passing shower. into saturday, this area of low pressure moves its way in from the atlantic. so from the word go, it affects parts of the uk for gales developing in the south—western particular, but wherever you white will be blustery with rain spreading eastwards and just offers scotland getting away

with quieter weather. temperatures 17 to 19 degrees for most of us on saturday. low pressure will linger into sunday as well, just slowly edging eastwards, so a spell of blustery weather for sunday into monday, with the tail end of that low pressure as well. some sunshine on monday, but also scattered, blustery and fairly heavy showers. goodbye.

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