from berlin. tonight, southern europe sweltering under extreme heat. temperatures soaring above 40 degrees celsius, more than 100 degrees fahrenheit. millions are advised to stay indoors in the air conditioning. also coming up, u.s. president biden praising nato unity after a week that saw the alliance expand. its newest member, finland. and hollywood paralyzed after

tens of thousands of actors go on strike. the work stoppage is the biggest in decades. tv movie actors are joining the thousands of screenwriters who have been on the picket lines since may. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. parts of southern europe are baking under an extreme heat wave. temperatures have soared over 40 degrees celsius and parts of italy, spain, greece, croatia, and turkiye. in southern italy millions are sweltering under the heat. the island of sardinia could see 47 degrees celsius in the coming days. in the greek capital athens, high temperatures could reach 45 degrees on saturday. authorities are urging residents

and tourists to be careful. extreme temperatures are likely to continue well into the weekend. scientists say the droughts, heat, wildfires, and other dangerous weather events are becoming more likely and severe across the world due to climate change. reporter: floods in india, sp ain, and parts of the u.s. wildfires have been raging in canada since april. more than 9 million hectares of forest have burned and more than 150,000 people have had to flee their homes. at the same time, heat waves have been scorching europe, particularly spain. >> i have one of these umbrellas here. if shop owners allow you can stand in front of the entrance. we just drink a lot of water. we have no other choice. >> it is really sad. this is climate change. and we just have to get used to it somehow. reporter: it's a crisis that has

long since become a reality across the globe. man-made climate change is making extreme weather more likely. yet nall extreme weather can be attributed to a heating planet. for example, according to climate models, the heavy rain in italy earlier this year were not more intense due to human induced warming. it was actually an extremely rare and fierce weather event for the region. on the other hand, extreme heat waves in another -- in africa and europe lest winter were different. they would have been almost impossible at this time of year without climate change. and when it comes to the severe flooding that hit pakistan in 2022, models suggest global warming increased rainfall intensity by 50%. the event affected 33 million people and destroyed 1.7 million

homes. brent: liz bentley is a british meteorologist and chief executive of the royal meteorological society. earlier i asked her how experts such as herself can't attribute extreme weather events to climate change -- can attribute extreme weather events to climate change. liz: most weather events tend to be attributed to climate change. we have a method we can do to scientifically look at how we attribute these extreme events. for example, we run models with all the human induced greenhouse gases that we have put into the atmosphere and we see how likely these events are to happen. we also run models without the greenhouse gases we have put in the atmosphere and see what the likelihood is that the world could produce these kind of events without those human induced greenhouse gases. so we get these figures of things being 100 times more likely or twice as likely to

happen because of these studies. mos t heat events are to be did climate change. -- are attributed to climate change. there was a recent study in the recent floods in northern italy which are not due to climate change, but many are. it allows us to scientifically look at particularly extreme events and the impact climate change is having. brent: we saw last week these new record average temperatures being broken one day after the other. now we're seeing record highs here in europe. when do these high temperatures become life-threatening? when should we be talking about deadly new record highs? liz: they are already. and if you look back to the heat events that we had last summer, the heatwave events across europe, we are now seeing scientific papers being published. a recent paper in nature showed

there were extra -- were 60,000 extra deaths in europe due to heat waves in 2022. we can look at the real data of actual deaths of people during the heat waves. there was a 40-year-old man who died in northern italy. he was out working in the extreme heat. unfortunately he got heat exhaustion and himself passed away. so we are seeing it happening in real time and we are getting these studies that can actually look at the number of extra deaths because of the extreme heat events that we have been seeing this year and last year. brent: these extreme weather events, liz, they are becoming the new norm. it's almost a regular pattern now that we are having to live with. are we prepared for this? do you see national governments taking action to adapt to this new norm? liz: yeah. so there's a couple of things

here. the first thing is government action to try and limit further warming. we talk about this regularly, but there's not enough action now being taken by governments, businesses, and by ourselves as individuals, to mitigate against climate change, and we are seeing our climate changing around us so we have to adapt to that changing climate. that's extremely challenging because a lot of the time it requires a large investment into the infrastructure around us. because infrastructure was built on a climate that was probably 30 years ago, not the current climate and certainly not the future climate. we have to adapt for our health as well. in parts of northern europe we are not used to these kind of extreme heat events. our buildings are there to keep us warm, not cool. we have to think how to manage and keep ourselves healthy and fit. even across southern parts of europe where we do get heat events.

we don't see these kind of extreme, life-threatening temperatures. you have a red heat health alert going out across many countries in southern europe at the moment saying do not go outside. even between 11:00 and 4:00, do not go outside. that is how dangerous it is. brent: of course that is if you have air conditioning. and in northern europe most people don't. liz bentley, as always we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. u.s. president biden has reaffirmed his commitment to nato's newest member finland. speaking in helsinki, biden said the u.s. and finland are working in lockstep for a more secure path for nato. biden said the nordic summit which he attended this week, included sweden, denmark, iceland, norway, as well as finland, addressed challenges

including clean energy, regional security, and technology. the talks came on the heels of this week's nato summit in lithuania. with the war in ukraine high on the agenda, biden says he is hopeful negotiations will one day bring this war to an end. >> i don't think the war can go on for years for two reasons. number one, i don't think that russia could maintain the war in terms of their resources and capacity. number two, i think that there is going to be a circumstance where eventually putin will decide it is not in the interest of russia, economically, politically, or otherwise, to continue this war. but i cannot predict exactly how that happens. my hope is in my expectation is that you will see that ukraine makes significant progress on

their offensive, and that it generates a negotiated settlement somewhere along the line. brent: at that meeting biden also called finland an incredible asset to nato. joshua shifrinson is a professor of international relations at maryland university. i asked him what finland brings to the table. joshua: right. they do two things for the alliance. number one, finland and sweden were long-standing neutrals in europe. there was always a latent possibility of them joining the alliance if russian behavior became truly abhorrent. and of course since the russian invasion of ukraine, it has done so. so this further indicates to russia that its strategic plan has backfired, it is now really isolated itself. number two, nato expansion took the alliance further and further eastward including into the

baltic states. one of the questions the alliance faced for many years is how do you defend the baltic states. this is still very hard to do issue but by virtue of having finland and sweden at the alliance, it becomes somewhat easier to possibly find ways of defending the baltics. brent: finland shares a border with russia that is more than 1300 kilometers long. do we know how the sense of security in finland has changed now that is a member of nato? joshua: it is a wonderful question. i mentioned a second ago that the reasons for bringing finland in is to help defend nato's eastern flank. the problem is finland itself has a long border with russia and it is not clear how this border can be maintained. now that finland is in the alliance, any intentions nato has with russia will be transmitted to finland itself. it is not clear to me that the finnish people or government

have really thought through the risks that result from this. i expect over time we are going to see it finished concern over what nato membership really means for their own security. because now of course there implicated in any nato/russia tensions. brent: do you think there is uncertainty about how nato would respond if there was a russian attack on finland or on lithuania, latvia? is there a lack of clarity right now? joshua: there has always been a lack of clarity because nato's article five amendment guaranteeing that an attack on one is an attack on all only requires the other members of the alliance to render all assistance deemed necessary. now, the problem is for many years this was understood to imply a willingness to go to war. i think when it comes to the baltic states and finland, there is not a question over whether the allies will go to war, but

whether they will do so in a way and in a time limit that resolves the military problems these countries face. i don't think there is a question of the alliance respondent, it is what the response will be. brent: our viewers may remember the last visit of a u.s. president to helsinki that was about five years ago. former u.s. president donald trump when he met with russian president vladimir putin, i mean, the contrast between then and now, it really could not be greater, could it? joshua: no. it is a stark night and day difference. we can easily understand it. number one, then-president trump under league reutimann -- came under legitimate criticism over his friendly relationship with russia. two, the russian invasion of ukraine has totally transformed the political dynamics of european security. so the prospect of a sitting

u.s. president and nato leader being friendly and chummy with russian leadership is off the table right now. brent: there was also talk today about climate change. and the nordic countries there talking about cooperation. before we let you go, talk to me about this cooperation and if it can make a real impact on mitigating climate change. joshua: nato is not really an alliance well-suited to tackle climate change. it is a military alliance, a security alliance. but over time because there has been long-standing concerns about dependency on russian gas, climate change is causing problems for the alliance. the alliance is beginning to take action on the climate front. i do not think nato's actions on its own will solve or even meeting for millie -- or even meaningfully contribute to the climate change threat.

but i do think action by the alliance might solve some of their strategic problems. brent: international relations professor joshua shifrinson, we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. thank you. joshua: my pleasure. brent: here are some of the other headlines we are following for you. the united nations says it has found evidence of a mass grave in sudan's west darfur region containing the bodies of at least 87 people who were allegedly killed last month. many of the victims were come -- were from the ethnic african tribe. the u.n. says it has credible information the rapid support forces paramilitary group carried out the massacre. germany's cabinet has approved a new foreign policy for china, which is germany's biggest trading partner, but it also is considered a potential geopolitical rival. the strategy urges german companies to de-risk, or to reduce their dependence on beijing without cutting off

cooperation. the u.s. food and drug administration has for the first time approved a birth control pill that does not require a prescription. the over the counter pill called opill will be available beginning next year. it dramatically widens contraceptive access in the u.s., where abortion rights are increasingly under threat. tinseltown shut down. the hollywood actors union has unanimously voted to go on strike. contract talks with film studios collapsed earlier today. the actors are demanding their fair share of streaming profits and say they want regulations put on the use of artificial intelligence. the after strike will join the writers guild of america strike which began in may. these joint strikes are the first to hit hollywood in 63 years. union president ntb star fran

drescher -- and tv star said they had no choice but to strike. >> the eyes of the world and particularly the eyes of labor are upon us. what happens here is important. because what is happening to us is happening across all fields of labor. by means of one employers make wall street and read their priority and they forget about the essential contributors that make the machine run. brent: i want to pull in kj matthews, entertainment journalist following the story in los angeles. it is good to see you. we just heard it from fran drescher. show us the money. the industry is facing the first simultaneous strike by hollywood writers and actors in more than

60 years. i want you to walk us through what went wrong during these negotiations. kj: you heard it from fran drescher. she said the two sides were so far apart that it was impossible for them to even meet in the middle. and she showed outrage during the press conference which happened a little less than one hour ago and went on for about 40 minutes. she said she just could not believe how the studios and the networks are treating the actors and even the writers that they have known for years and showing such disrespect. the bottom line is that they really could not come to an agreement over core issues. what are the core issues? pay, salary, residuals, benefits, and ai, artificial intelligence. also i am hearing solve tape -- selftapes. a lot of the tapes they are being asked to send in for parts, they want to get back to

the good old days where they were going in person to casting agencies and talking to casting agents and auditioning in person to get those jobs. now they have to put some restrictions on those type of things. brent: return to the good old days of casting calls. this is the first time two major hollywood unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960. and i think that was when ronald reagan was the actors guild president. kj: that is exactly true. he had to step down of course, because he had other aspirations. but yes, can you believe that? ronald resident was president of the sag union back then. that is really what the actors and the writers are saying is that we have streaming platforms, we didn't have streaming platforms decades ago. so a lot of the rules and regulations and policies and in

terms of how they got paid were mainly for networks and film studios. there's really nothing out there now chartering the territory for the streaming platforms. a lot of them are complaining that when you have a hit show on television, on a television network, or you have a film that is out, you know what the box office is. you know exactly how much money that phil makes. likewise would -- that film makes. likewise with television, you know how many viewers it has. but with streaming, it has been impossible to nail down the streaming platforms on exactly how many subscribers you have and how many are watching our program and how many times. that is a key issue. because you have a show where there a lot of people watching, more than anybody else, and they believe they should be paid accordingly. brent: the business models have been turned on their heads, disruption everywhere. but tell me, what do these two strikes, what will it do to hollywood?

kj: it is shutting it down. when the writers went on strike, the thing about the writers is they already had a lot of things they had written months in advance. in other words, if you are working on a tv show and you went on strike tomorrow, you probably already wrote episodes months in advance. so you might not have seen the effect right away. when it comes to the actors, everything shuts down. that means if you are promoting mission impossible and barbie, let's say it was opening next week, now you cannot do that. as an actor and especially as a screenwriter, you will not be on the red carpet, you will not be promoting upcoming films, you will not be going to comic-con or cinemacon in las vegas. any promotion at all that uses actors will not be seen. but there's a silver lining for some people in hollywood. reality shows. reality show producers, they are probably loving this because

they are thinking these streaming platforms and also the tv networks, they are going to ask for more. brent: i have been saying my mom should do a reality show from her cul-de-sac. it would be a hit. kj matthews, she may be the only woman with a job in hollywood for the next few months. thank you. we want to move on now to the jenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank. refugees there are repairing the damage after israel's military launched its biggest raid in more than 20 years per 12 palestinians and one israeli soldier died. israel said the operation was successful in calling what he called terrorist infrastructure many including the head of the u.n. said the district did -- destructive raids in jenin could fuel more violence. rebecca ritters reports. rebecca: trying to put her life back together.

when israel's army rated jenin camp, this family was given just minutes to evacuate. no time to pack belongings or even there i document -- identity documents. she shows me what they found when they returned. >> they broke everything. they spilled the oil, sugar, they broke all the jars, windows, doors. i did not recognize my house. they vandalized it all. i am still suffering. this is painful. i cannot go back to my normal life. >> they destroyed everything. rebecca: mohammed shows me his brother's flat. this one will take much more effort to repair. so far, he says there's been no help from local authorities. >> assistance from the palestinian authority's, no. most of the assistance we are

receiving are from locals. from other palestinian cities and villages, and from the u.n. rebecca: the agency charged with assisting palestinian refugees around 900 houses in the camp affected, home to at least 5000 people. the camp's only health center was destroyed beyond repair and many schools were damaged too. the full cost will take time to assess, and who will lead the reconstruction is another uncertainty. this latest raid further exposed the lack of palestinian leadership in jenin, which is perhaps why the palestinian leader made this rare visit to the city, his first in over a decade. it's that absence of the palestinian authority that is often blamed for growing militancy in the camp. israel's military says they were successful in rooting out weaponry and infrastructure.

but militants we spoke to in the camp say they are undeterred. >> the situation will not end until the occupation ends. if we die, others will replace us. we will keep going until the end. rebecca: for every fighter, he says, they have 10 more willing to replace them. >> we keep going. we do not get sad. we have no emotions anymore. we are happy for the martyrdom and 20 come to replace them. we keep going, the young generation and the old one. rebecca: this family meanwhile is trying to find the will to rebuild, even as the specter of more violence hangs over their lives. brent: in tennis news, elina svitolina's dream run at whim of tin has ambled -- has ended in semifinals. she was beaten by another

unseeded player of the czech republic. she made light work of her opponent, at one stage winning seven consecutive games in a 6-3, 6-3 victory. she becomes the first unseeded finalist since billie jean king in 1963 and she will be the underdog against the succeed, one jeabeur, who beat aryna sabalenka in the other semifinal. but she's just happy to be there after enduring a miserable 2022. >> i did not play for six months last year. you never know if you can be at that level again. i am just so grateful to be here and to be healthy and play tennis again. last year watching my best friend playing qualities from the couch, so yeah, it's a change. but i am very grateful. brent: she is. one jabeur at a much tougher time in her semifinal against

the hard-hitting opponent from belarus. sabalenka took the first set after a tiebreak, but jabeur fought back, taking the next two sets to reach the final for the second consecutive year. she says she has learned from last time when she lost after going one set up. after a short break i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> the time is 10:00 p.m. and you are joining us live here on france 24. these are your headlines this hour -- indian prime minister narendra modi begins a two-day visit to france ahead of unique bastille day celebrations. fresh russian strikes overnight claimed the lives of three people in ukraine with heavy shelling coming shortly after nato's summit in vilnius. and stars walked out of the "oppenheimer" movie premiere as the hollywood writers union

announces a strike -- the hollywood actors union announces a strike that could stall the whole industry. thanks for joining us here live in paris. when the fireworks go off for bastille day friday, it will be india taking center stage. the country has been chosen by france as the guest of honor for the celebrations with prime minister narendra modi set to attend the parade on deschamps alize -- on the champs-elysees you're new delhi has agreed a deal in principle to purchase 26 ships and three submarines. >> is a very big contract on the table.

india has announced it will be buying 26 fighter jets from france as well as three submarines as they upgrade their fleet. this is obviously a huge contract for france. we don't have the official figures yet. they are still working out the prices apparently, but it has been estimated at $9.75 billion, so a very valuable contract for france. this marks the 25th year of france and india's strategic partnership. it is a valuable partnership for india which does not have a big arms manufacturing sector. it will be cooperating with france on building those marines . yes, a very important visit for both india and france. >> with bastille day tomorrow, it is not all fun and games.

the riots have taken a bit of a toll. some places have decided even to cancel celebrations altogether as fears persist. take a listen. >> liberty, equality, and fraternity will file with security. this time, days after protests turned into riots across france, the government will deploy extra forces. >> the goal is to guarantee maximum-security so people can enjoy the national holiday without facing a bunch of offenders. the order is to detain those who try to disrupt order. >> 130,000 security officers thursday through saturday. 45,000 every evening. there will also be 34,000

firefighters, elite forces, helicopters, and drones will be used to monitor the situation. public transportation, buses, light railway will be suspended at 10:00 p.m. subsidies are planning -- some cities are planning exceptional curfews for minors. >> security forces will take minors back to their homes. prosecutors will follow up on the case with potential fines. >> rare measures, which are exactly what police and security forces wanted. >> local official, police, and everyone don't want to relive the violence we had a few days ago. >> some towns canceled bastille day celebrations altogether to avoid any risk of new vandalism and looting. >> russian shelling killed three people in ukraine, injuring a further four in kyiv as ukraine's capital came under attack for the third successive

night. ukraine officials said air defenses managed to shoot down all 20 drones launched overnight on wednesday evening, and the deaths suffered were as a result of smoke and debris. i was the drone strike, a woman was killed -- hours after the drone strike, a woman was killed and another man died after the shelling. a third person was killed with russian attacks coming hours after nato wrapped up its annual summit. as ukraine continues to call for more aid, russia says it will regard any western f-16 fighter jets sent to the country as a nuclear threat. foreign minister sergey lavrov made the comments thursday based on the planes' capacity to carry atomic weapons. lavrov spoke of a u.s. plan to transfer f-16's to ukraine, although washington has not given the go-ahead for any country to supply them. >> a nuclear threat -- that is

how the kremlin will regard f-16 fighter jets if they are sent to ukraine, at least according to foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> russia cannot ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons. no amount of assurances will help. we will regard the very fact that ukrainian armed forces have such systems as a threat from the west in the nuclear sphere. >> ukrainian officials say f-16's and other advanced western fighter jets are needed to enhance air defenses since frequent barrages of russian missiles are exhausting kyiv's existing munitions. many believe the f-16 could deter russia's vastly superior air force from attacking ukraine in the future. washington has still not given the go-ahead for any country to supply the jets to ukraine, but the u.s. has authorized what if you ukrainian pilots to be trained in the jets. at the nato summit in vilnius,

it was announced a coalition will start training pilots in denmark next month. >> the message from this summit with no announcements over long-range cruise missiles, more armored vehicles, and more air defense systems, and training of f-16 pilots, is we support them so they will have a stronger hand at the negotiating table. that is what this is about. >> the ukrainian defense ministry has hailed the move, saying they hope they see pilots ready to fly in six months' time. >> i'm joined now by a lecturer in international peace and security at king's college, london. thanks for joining us. how seriously should we take sergey lavrov's statement? >> i think we need to see this as another kind of russian

threat in a long series of threats he made in the last year or so. it has become a standard moscow line. at the same time, these f-16's in theory do have the capacity to carry nuclear weapons, but actually, i think most fighter aircraft do have that capacity. it is not something that is easily done and not something that will happen, and i think even russians know that. a system that cannot be just sort of inserted in any kind of easy way, it is all about nuclear codes and so forth, and the likelihood of f-16's

carrying nuclear weapons is basically zero, and the russians know that. >> may be a bit of a tactical game being played, which has been the case for much of the war, but in terms of the claims -- in terms of the planes' imagine a capacity aside from anything nuclear, how desperate is ukraine for the delivery of these weapons? >> i think in your report, you also mentioned that clearly russia has had air superiority over ukraine since the beginning . i think any fixed wing aircraft and training of pilots and so on is going to be valuable, but it is difficult. the report said it will take about six months for these pilots to be trained. it is one of those difficult things to tell how crucial these

f-16's will actually be. obviously, it will have to be seen in a broader context and in conjunction with other weaponry and so on what is given to ukraine in the longer term. some say is it's very unlikely f-16's will give ukraine any air superiority, and what ukraine has been doing, which has been a successful strategy, if you like -- their strategy has been air denial to russia -- i'm sorry, air superiority denial to russia rather than trying to achieve air superiority outright, which seems unlikely, which is not to say that these aircraft will be useless, but, you know, it may be that that is just not

achievable. some are also saying that what ukraine needs is more initial range air defense systems because -- which essentially meant ukraine is trying to advance, particularly across this endless, flat terrain. they are coming under compartment from russian attack helicopters. it is about having probably a range of different missiles and weapons at one's disposal. of course, the u.s. has still not transferred any tactical missiles to ukraine, and i think those will probably be very helpful to ukraine. >> we will see how helpful they are. thank you very much. you show -- the show won't be

going on for now. the hollywood actors union has decided to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades. production is said to be shut down across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with hollywood studios and streaming services broke down. >> a strike is an instrument of last resort. we tried for four weeks to reach a deal, and unfortunately, they have left us with no alternative. although we are all disappointed with their reluctance to corroborate solidarity, although we are all disappointed with their reluctance to cooperate, the solidarity among members is unprecedented. >> what reasons were given by the union to decide to undertake them? >> let's begin with the first sticking point. it is all about residuals, which

is the money that actors, writers, producers make when a project i have been working on goes on to be sold to, for example, a cable tv channel or to streaming services. many say the money they have been getting from streaming residuals does not reflect how big streaming services have become. there was a report in "the los angeles times" a secondary actor that took part in "jurassic world" movie got about $1500 from that being sold but in terms of streaming residuals, he only got $40. that is one of the main sticking points. another issue of contention is that because of streaming services, tv seasons have become shorter, with less episodes, which means less work, and one of the big issues is generative ai. actors want protections to ensure that a computer will not come in one day and generate a

picture or video of them and their body and their face of them taking part in a scene they actually never filmed. it is with pointing out that last time there were two unions going on strike at the same time was back in 1960. it was also the fear of another medium, television back then. actors and writers were looking for protection against that new big, scary box in everybody's living room at the time. at the time, the actors union was being led by none other than ronald reagan, who evidently was a little less antiunion than he turned out to be during his presidency. >> nice little addict out there. obviously, this is going to bring the industry to a halt. how long can we expect these strikes to go on for? >> all bets are off. this is a striking difference between the past few days and final few days before the

beginning of the writers strike, which began a little over two months ago. in the run-up to the rider's strike, we were already seeing before the strike was even declared speculation this make take a few months, that this may turn out to be longer than the 2008 strike, which went on for about 100 days. this time, i think it is because this is if not unprecedented, it has not happened in six decades. really just a huge number of factors to be taken into consideration, but what i can tell you is it really has not been an environment conducive to peaceful talks and peaceful negotiations over the past few weeks. we have really seen some nasty talk, some serious leaks going on also from the studios and different unions. just a couple of days ago, something that really made headlines, one media entertainment website was

quoting a studio executive saying the studio's plan was to let writers go broke -- that is their quote just let them loose their houses and apartments, and they will go back to their table , to the negotiating table. you can only imagine what that article did to reinvigorate the writers who have been picketing for the last two months. more comments this morning by bob iger, the ceo of disney, who said the actors' demands were unrealistic and that they were only adding more disruption to the industry. and, all bets are off as to how long this simultaneous strike, the first in six decades, will last. >> all bets are off. thank you for reporting to us from los angeles where that strike has just been announced. time now for a look at the day's

top business news. the big news with this hollywood actor's strike, but now one of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations, what we have been talking about, what are residuals? >> these are payments that actors and writers receive when their films and shows are licensed for rebroadcast after their initial runs. think of all the cable networks that rebroadcast shows like "friends" for example. the rise of streaming has severely curtailed that lifeline. >> for decades, it has been a key part of hollywood's business model. residuals are paid when content actors and writers have worked on is released. >> it has to do with how a

business model is structured in terms of residuals for streaming revenue. >> actors save the streaming age has upended the old model, arguing that residuals paid by streamers does not reflect the shows' international popularity, nor is it paid to viewership statistics. a one-hour primetime episode on abc can fetch a check of just over 24 $1000. for netflix, residuals can be cap annually at just over $20,000 while smaller platforms like max limit rates at just over $13,000. the rates decrease every year after that if the content is not taken off-line entirely. the use of artificial intelligence is also a point of concern. actors are demanding proper compensation not only when ai is used to create new performances but also went their work is used to program ai systems. the strike brings hollywood to a halt as actors join screenwriters who walked off the

job in may. their last industrial action in 2007 cost the industry $4.5 billion. >> to the u.k. next where the government is offering pay raises for millions of public sector workers. prime minister rishi sunak accepted the recommendations of independent pay review bodies. it is a bid to and crippling strikes that have seen health care workers, teachers, and industry personnel walk off the job. teachers unions have already accepted the deal. it comes on the same day that national health service workers have begun a five-day walkout to demand that their pay be brought back up to 2008 levels after accounting for inflation. sunak says his offer is final and said the decision was contingent on the raises being funded without new spending. that's raising fears of yet more cuts to public services.

>> all public sector workers actually exhausted after years of chronic underfunding of public services. waiting list for elective procedures nearly topping seven point 5 million people. this is completely unacceptable, and we need to address the ongoing issue, both in terms of underfunding and for underpaying staff, which is leading to a retention crisis. >> producer prices nearly rising in june with annual inflation for producers at its lowest rate in three years. that data sending wall street higher after wednesday's consumer price index showed cooling inflation on the consumer side. investors are confident that a quarter percent rate hike in july will be its last for this cycle. shares in media giant warner bros.-discovery recovering mostly from earlier losses to close down slightly as that actors strike that's underway. the s&p 500 on the nasdaq ending

the day at their highest levels of the year. but, for business, savers in france got some disappointing news -- finally for business, savers in france got some disappointing news. the rate well below the country's published inflation rate of .8%. the rate is based on the inflation rate along with the interbank lending rates. by that formula, it should be currently paying around 4.1%. the 55 million french people who have one of those accounts losing purchasing power by keeping their savings there. officials say the decision is meant to help support the french real estate market which has been in decline as mortgage rates rise. analysts say it is also supposed to encourage spending rather than saving. >> french people are doing more saving than spending.

consumption is falling in france, and that is inhibiting growth. higher interest rates means more deposits and less spending. >> i'm feeling a bit like a sucker right now. >> a bit poor along with 55 million other people in france. not the news we want to hear today, but maybe some better news now in terms of sport. we are joined by selena sykes to tell us more about history possibly being made at wimbledon with a certain african. >> that's right, ons jabeur as another chance to become the first african to win wimbledon for the second year in a row. the 28-year-old produced a superb come back to defeat aryna

sabalenka. she lost in last year's final as well as at the u.s. open and looked destined for more heartbreak before fighting back, passing up for match points before eventually clinching victory. he will be facing the first ever unseeded player to reach a final at wimbledon in the women's singles after ending an inspired run from elina svitolina. she beat the ukrainian who was also unseeded after giving birth just nine months ago. that women's singles final is on saturday, and we are guaranteed to have a first-time champion at the all england club. on friday, novak djokovic is up against jannik sinner while carlos alcaraz will be taking on daniil medvedev in the men's

singles. he told her the spaniard took lots of risk going downhill and used his strong time trial skills to thwart his rival's chase for cap a spectacular 30-kilometer solo run. his second stage when at the tour de france seven years after his first. there were no major movements in the general classification. and, of course, is a steel day, friends's national holiday, being marked with an iconic summit finish.

it is the first of three grueling mountain stages that will provide a lot of opportunities for sparring. finally, with just a week to go until the beginning of the women's world cup in australia and new zealand, france saved the disputes that have long plagued the squad are behind them. tensions between the coach and players came to a head earlier this year when several players, including the captain, said they would not play at the world cup. afton was fired and then replaced. he famously led saudi arabia to a win against argentina at the men's world cup last year. france arrived in australia last weekend and are preparing for their first group game against jamaica on july 24. reports or spirits are high at the camp. >> if you are not able to have

good team spirit, it will be so difficult. you have no choice. since more than three months now, to be honest, they are perfect. i'm very impressed about the application. they are very dedicated, working very well, very professional. the atmosphere is fantastic now. i'm not trying to convince you. this is the truth. so far, so good. ex-pence probably up there with the big favorites in the tournament. they definitely have a talented squad and could have a your surprises. >> you never know what they could achieve. also the power of that white shirt. selena sykes with the sports, brian quinn with the business. thanks for watching. that is all for now. we will be back with more on

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