This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Wendy R. Carton, and in the early hours of Friday the 14th of July, these are our main stories.

Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors have been called out on strike after talks over pay

and the use of artificial intelligence broke down.

President Biden tells a summit in Finland that Vladimir Putin has already lost the war in Ukraine.

And for the first time, women in America will soon be able to buy the contraceptive pill

without a doctor's prescription.

Also in this podcast, the UN says ending the HIV pandemic is still achievable by 2030,

but warns underfunding and stigmatization is harming efforts.

And why a Canadian zoo is restricting mobile phone viewing for its gorillas.

We don't know exactly how they perceive that content, so we just want to make sure that

the things that they're seeing are things that we think are acceptable.

Hollywood actors are going on strike over pay and the use of AI in the industry,

leaving hundreds of productions in limbo.

Hollywood writers walked out weeks ago and now that members of the SAG after a union have joined

them, it will bring the entire industry to its knees.

The actor, comedian and president of the Screen Actors Guild,

Fran Drescher is fuming.

The entire business model has been changed by streaming, digital, AI.

If we don't stand tall right now, we are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines.

We are being victimized by a very greedy entity. I am shocked by the way, the people that we have

been in business with are treating us. I cannot believe it. How they believe that they're losing

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