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Welcome to Navarra Live. I'm Michael Walker and I'm joined for the first time in the studio.

This is the first time we've ever met in real life. Ash Sarkar. I've never seen you on all three dimensions before. Isn't it incredible? Yeah. We've got so much to talk about today. I'm really looking forward to it. There is a Doctor's Strike on. I promised you on Monday I was going to try and get someone

from the BMA and I do have a deputy chair of the, they're not called the junior doctors, the resident

doctors committee. Really interesting interview coming up. Unison have a new general secretary.

She's of the left. This could be a big problem for. Kirstarmer could also revitalise

the British Labour movement. Jamie Driscoll goes green. I speak to him. And Greater Manchester

Police and the Metropolitan Police have said they will arrest people if they chant globalise

the interfaida, even though it's not against the law. So I'm not sure how that's going to work.

And on a more serious note, those Palestine action, or those people who were detained for

alleged to have engaged in Palestine action disturbances, one of them has been hospitalized on day 46 of her hunger strike.

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First story.

Resident Doctors today began a five-day strike seeking more jobs and better pay.

The junior doctors, sorry, the resident doctors,

received a 28% nominal pay rise over the past three years.

But after more than a decade of wage erosion under the Tories,

they are still being paid less than they were in 2008,

and they want a path to full pay restoration.

And they're also protesting at the lack of training posts,

which makes it harder for doctors to progress in their careers. Now, as you'll probably know,

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