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>> hello, i'm christ. today's offer is final. there will be normal talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this your settlements, and no amount of strikes will change our decision. >> this dispute has to continue until this government recognizes that we are not worth less than we were in 2008. >> are you prepared to continue for months,? maybe into next year? >> yes. >> certainly are teaching unions will be recommending to the members that they accept the proposals and if that is the case, then i think we will see the end of strikes in education. ♪

christian: good evening. a pay rise on the table for public sector workers here in e u.k. the new offer for over a teachers, doctors, and other workers. it came on a day the union says is the longest strike in u.k. history. also tonight, what is the indian prime minister the guest of honor at this year's annual steel day parade? we will also talk movies, a glut of new releases currently at the cinema. the -- if the actors join the riders on the hollywood picket line, what will winter look like at the box office? all that to come. let's start on a positive note, the unions have called off their strike after the prime minister -- rishi sunak has ruled out any

further borrowing to increase the salaries of public sector workers, each means today's announcement goes welleyond the 3.5 percent deemed affordable by the treasury. which they said would need to come from existing budgets. mr. sunak said government departments will need to reprioritize spending to find the increase, raising fears of cuts across public services. the prime minister said this was a final offer and there will be no further negotiation. >> it would not be right to increase taxes on everyone to pay some people more. ticket only when household budgets are so tight. neither would it be right to pay for them by borrowing, because higher borrowing simply makes inflation worse. instead, because we only have a fixed pot of money to spend from, that means governmt departments have had to find savings and efficiencies elsewhere. in order torioritize paying public sector workers more. christian: let's take a quick

look at what has been announced today. police officers have been offered 7%, other 6%. junior doctors 6%, prison officers 7%, and the armed forces 5%. teachers are being given 6.5%. the general secretary of the national education union said she would be recommending that members bank this offer. the chair of the british medical association, who represents junior doctors, says the pay rise will not end the dispute, nor will it contain doctors and stop them from going abroad. >> the government has had knowledge of this award for several weeks. it has refused to negotiate, the only offer that was put on the table was 5%. it just shows this government is

playing games and it has announced it willile the cost of this on to the very workers they were tasked with maintaining the public sector. theris no evidence that public sector pay rises fuel inflation. that is the government's narrative and is completely disingenuous. christian: joining us is a senior researcher at a nonpartisan think tank. the prime minister in his speech today only refer to education when he said these pay awards were properly funded. in other departments, he talks about reprioritizing and savings. do think some of this money is coming out of frontline services? >> almost certainly, the money will come from elsewhere and departmental budgets which will necessitate what the government

calls efficiencies, but what we would call from our research, likely cuts from other parts of public services. that mean -- might mean some service is paired back, it might mean less than otherwise, but if there's no more funding. christian: the b picture is it adds 5 million pounds to the public sector and pay bill. it has to come from somewhere. i suppose the danger is if you meet the demands of workers, particularly within the nhs who are close to burnout, and you satisfy, quite legitimately, for bigger pay rise to meet the cost-of-living prices, you are in danger of not hiring new people, which is really robng peter to pay paul, isn't it? if you can't bring more staffing to the front line, you don't make retention any better. >> that's exactly what the unions will be arguing and what the government is aware of. when they make an agreement,

they asked him to look at how pay will affect recruitment, retention, and how it will affect departmental budgets and how will it affect inflation. if you don't provide main creases thatre competitive in the private sector, you're likely to worsen retention and worsen the crisis we are seeing a number of public services, not least the nhs and schools. so it is definitely needed to try and improve the situation across public services. christian: can we talk about the report from the office of budget responsibility today, they safe we continue to supply services as we are doing now, then we will see national debt rise to 300% of borrowing against gdp. it is currently about 100%. that's what we are facing, albeit over the long term. but when you talk to people out there, there doesn't seem to be much appetite for a smaller stake. >> if the government wants to

keep borrowing down and also wants to try and provide a good level of service, they will likely have to make some tough decisionin the future. there is no real -- if there is not some larger funding source for pug service there will likely be some sort of paring back of public services in the future. otherwise it seems likely that public services is not on the sustainable footing. christian: there's been lots of positivity for most of the unions today but the stand is the junior doctors who have begun what they say is the longest strike in nhs history today. they say six percent is not even a basis for negotiation so there doesn't seem to be much compromise there. if they don't come backo the table, how difficult is it going to be for the prime minister to meet one of his pledges to call hospital waiting lists?

it seems that today actually the number of people who are awaiting for routine surgery or care has gone up from 7.2 million to 7.40 7 million in may. so it is a chronic problem. >> exactly right. in short, it will be very difficult for the government to be their target of bringing down waiting list if junior doctors and consultants continue to strike more than nine months. it seems his payoff will not be enough to end the strike action. they may find there is support from the inverse, but from the noise they are making and the nature of the dispute up until now, i would be very surprised if they call off the strike's. every time the doctors walk out, there is a large reduction in activity across hospitals. that will make it very difficult to start to bring that seven point 47 million number back down again before the next election. christian: one of the prime minister's five pdges, we will

see what happens with that negotiation. thank you very much. new evidence uncovered by the bbc has cast further doubt on the greek postcards version of events surrounding that tragic sinking of a migrant boat in which it is feared 600 people may have died. the trawler sank off the coast of greece on the 14th of june. two survivors told bbc news the coast guard pressed them to identify nine egyptians on board as the traffickers. neweo vth oidef challenges thet guard's accounting of what went on. >> for the past month here at bbc verify, we've been trained to find out more about what happened to this boat, what happened to all the people on board. let's go right backo the beginning because the journey the vessel took was from the northern coast of libya. the idea was at people travel to italy. they didn't want to go to greece, but we know that the

journey went very badly wrong. this is in more detail the northern coast of libya. what survivors have told us is that aually were put on smaller boats of the coast guard and then they went further into international waters before getting onto the bier fishing boat. this is the journey we think that boat took. you can see it there leaving and it actually capsized off the greek coast and sunk. this redline here is the journey of the faithful warrior. remember that name, that is a much bigger vessel that was sent to deliver food and water to the migrant boat. there is a new video we've been looking at and i want to show you it here. this is the migrant boat. look at the situation it is in there, dangerously, precariously to one side. this is significant because at the time this video was taken, the greek coast guard continues to argue that the boat was not in danger and did not need to be rescued. just look again the video, you can see there was a much bigger

vessel in the background andf we look at what we've been working on here, the faithful warrior, we looked at this, this is a photo that exists of the boat, and just have a look at the windows. you've got two big windows, two smaller ones, one partially obscured there. if you take that pattern and apply to our video, you've got the two big windows, two smaller ones and two big ones. that enables us to visually -- to do a visual match, but also we were looking at the tracking data on that vessel and it places it in the sea at that particular time. we've been back to greece talking to people as we try to find out what exactly happened. in a park in central athens, we meet two survivors who ask uto hide their identity. they say the greek coast guard caused their boat to sink. >> everyone moved to the right

side of the boat to balance it. it tk on water quickly, causing the boat to flip. they came to drag it for >> >> quite a distance. the men allege that when survivors try to speak out about what happened, they were quickly silenced. the army men said 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. mind your business. >> we return to the port in southern greece where the coast guard interviewed survivors. there are now doubts about that process. our bbc investigation last month showed that in the seven hours before it went down, the boat had hardly been moving at all. now using court documents, witness statements, and the evidence of a new whistleblower, we can see a pattern of behavior by the greek coast guard.

>> after he watched our investigation last month, he contacted us. he wanted to explain that he worked as a translator in a previous people smuggling case where he believes an argument was built against two innocent men, with fellow survivors being threatened. >> they were told unless you specify sections such, the individual people smugglers, you will be treateunpleasantly. you will go to prison and be returned to the taliban. >> the greek authorities have charged nine egyptian men with manslaughter and people smuggling. the greek coast guard refused an interview and have not replied to our latest allegations. this new video raises more

questions about their actions. despite those allegations, there is no big, independent, international investigation into what happened, even though the likes of the united nations say it is really important that one takes place. that is something that survivors have said they are really disappointed about. they don't think this is getting the attention it deserves, and also they criticize the fact there is no big effort to go to the mediterranean try and find the boat. yes, it sank in one of the deepest parts of the sea, but the survivors we met in athens said it is not just a ship, it's the fact that our families, our loved ones and relatives, it is the resting place and they are desperate for their bodies to be recovered from it if it is at all possible. christian: interesting stuff therefrom nick, our thanks to him. steve speaks on refugee and migrant rights. steve, thank you for being with us. does it tell us there something

more worrying about the way the greek authorities handle these disasters? steve: we knew that already. only last year the european court of newman rights made a ruling on response responsibility, particularly the coast guard, for loss of life by trying to tow a boat way back in 2014 out of its waters. this is something that amnesty international and others have grave concerns about the actions of the greek coast guard, over years indeed, and increasingly so. both in terms of what is done with people who are on the water and indeed, as your report again highlights, attempts at scapegoating people for responsibilities that lie elsewhere. christian: that's what i don't fully understand about this. why are they so keen to pin this on nine egyptian's if the survivors are quite clear that they weren't responsible?

>> i'm sorry to say that we should all recognize that it's not just the greek authorities that are engaged in some very hostile attempts at simply preventing people making journeys, however illegal, immoral, or utterly reckless the attempt at stopping those journeys may be, elsewhere in the mediterranean, the atlantic, and in the channel, these things happen. and time and time again, authorities including in the u.k. attempt to single people out to blame them for journeys, pick them as if they are the people smugglers but claiming they are not, to try and deflect from the policies that calls loss of life and instances such as this, the actions of the actions of authorities that cause loss of life. christian: what rights do the

immigrants have, is there an international law that gives them rightto an investigation like this? >> there are two things that are paramount, one, international law is very clear about the importance of saving life and protecting line at sea. so any action such as this or anything like it is completely prohibited. for the obvious reason it is so utterly dangerous. but there is a second issue which is a broader one with the policies and -- -- actions of national authorities right across europe, in fact. people are entitled to seek asylum. while it may be true that some of the people on this vessel and others may not turn out to have good claims, many of the people certainly do, and they are entitled to make those claims. none of these countries make available alternative journeys for the people to do so. so i'm afraid european nations,

this country as well, i'll have to look hard at themselves because we should remember, somewhere around 25,000 people now lie dead in the mediterranean over the last less than two decades, and this is only going to get worse unless policy radically changes. christian: steve, thank you very much for your time. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. new figures suggest the u.k. economy shrank in may, but not by as much as economist predicted. gdp fell from the month before, analysts had forecast a bigger drop because of the holiday in may to mark the king's coronation. drivers being asked to brace themselves when dropping off at the airports in the u.k..

operators have defended the height saying the extra revenue is reinvested into their services. the royal veterinary college has estimated in 2021 more than 10% of puppies bought in the u.k. were illegally imported. that's more than double the figure from 2019. the rbc also says animals brought into the u.k. illegally are also more at risk of having been exposed to infectious diseases abroad. the charity says puppies brought in are more likely to be aggressive. you are live with bbc news. the indian prime minister is on a two day visit to france, where he will attend the traditional but still day parade tomorrow. he will is president macron's guest of honor. the two letters are set to discuss defensive issues. theed carpet treatment comes on the back of last month's state dinner in washington.

despite their differences, the war in ukraine and tensions do remain in india's human rights record, western democracies are still keen on deepening ties with india given mutual concerns about china. a senior fellow from the united states, we should probably start with the deals that will be signed in paris. i understand they're going to buy about three dozen raffaella fighters from the french. how important is that to indian defense? >> it is extremely important for indian defense, because india is really pushing to diversify away from russia. it wants to reduce its dependence on russia and has been able to do that the last decade. which is why france has been an extremely important part of the deal for the past 10 years.

france is the second largest military supplier to india after russia. this deal as welas three submarines for the indian navy is quite important. we are also anticipating some sort of collaboration between france and india in terms of co-manufacturing and co-designing, france and india working together which is important because india wants reduced dependence with any one partner. christian: he has made some bold claims of late, does india have the will and the means to deliver on those promises? >> i think india cerinly has a will to deliver on those promises. in terms of means, it is working on it. india's is working really hard on international capacities capabilities, i think a pressing concern for india is china at the border, india-china ties

have never been in this really bad low condition before. so they are trying hard to see partnerships elsewhere because there is strength in numbers. it wants to work in different coalitions, for example with countries like japan, australia, the united states, to build. christian: that's a point, it wants to work across many different coalitions. india is not anxious they say to alienate china and does not rule out collaborating with it as it does with the brick countries, as pick -- explicitly to beat back western domination. mr. modi doesn't want to get stuck with anyone coalition. >> would absolutely disagree with that statement. italy has not drawn a line when it comes to china. india has a very clear position when it comes to china. it is not trying to placate it

or trying to make nice with china. in fact, india is one of the few countries that has -- new delhi thinks that european countries that have not decided which way they want to go. the fact that india works in multilateral forms, india also has problems with expansion that is being proposed by china. so it is more nuanc than it seems. christian: but india has abstained five times from condemning the invasion of ukraine at the you in. president macron has been very critical of countries sting on the fence, accusing them of complicity in russia's new imperialism. do you think he is going to work on prime minister modi while he is there in paris? >> i think france as well as other your -- european countries have been bringing up ukraine

with new delhi and i think this issue will be mentioned again. i do believe that india has been quite open in discussing its position with european politicians as well as policymakers. so there some form of understanding of india's position, but there is definitely a push to make sure it aligns more with the west. christian: the indians in some ways are benefiting from this war because they have increased the imports o cheap russian oil which are price capped under those global sanctions. on the flipside, the warming's russia dependent on china, perhaps to its disadvantage. >> absolutely, it certainly does. new delhi is alarmed because in the border standoff that india currently is engaged in with china, and given how much it is dependent for the security on russia, even if russia wanted to play a neutral role or place

boiler in the conflict, it will not tip the scales in china's favor. for indian policymakers, this is an absolute long-term concern. which is why were also seeing ukraine and indians -- some of seen in the g20, india has been calling out russia and china two countries who are opposing the language of ukraine in g20 resolutions. we need to keep watching because there are certainly tensions in this relationship and they are only increasing. christian: really interesting, thank you very much for taking us around all of that. we will bring you some pictures of the steel day tomorrow here on the bbc which is worth watching. stay with us, we will go to a short break and we will talk about that hollywood strike and the other side of the break. actors and writers and barricades, what narrator: funding for this presentation of this program

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