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[ad_1] The BBC’s Sophie Long looks at why Hollywood television production has nearly ground to a halt. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Viewers will almost immediately notice that there will be no new episodes of their favourite late-night talk shows, like The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Real Time with Bill Maher and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who had been on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison for 87 days to protest his detention, died early Tuesday, according to his lawyer and Palestinian and Israeli officials.It was Mr. Adnan, 44, who helped usher in the practice of individual hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners, conducting a 66-day strike in 2011 that inspired others to use it as a means of protesting Israel’s incarceration of Palestinians, especially the practice of administrative detention.This time, Mr. Adnan had been on a hunger strike since his arrest on Feb. 5. In recent days, Israeli doctors…

[ad_1] Israel says Khader Adnan, an Islamic Jihad activist, had refused any medical tests or treatment. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hollywood’s 15 years of labor peace shattered Monday night, as movie and television writers said they would go on strike, bringing many productions to a halt and dealing a blow to an industry that has been rocked in recent years by the pandemic and sweeping technological shifts.The unions representing the writers said in a statement that they had “voted unanimously to call a strike.” Writers will begin walking picket lines on Tuesday afternoon. Their three-year contract was set to expire at midnight Pacific time on Monday.The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of Hollywood companies, said in a statement…

[ad_1] TV and movie writers will walk out on Tuesday after pay talks with major studios broke down. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Image caption, The i leads on the nurses strike in England, as members of the Royal College of Nursing union join the latest bout of walkouts in England over pay and working conditions. During the 28-hour strike that began on Sunday evening, A&E, intensive care and cancer wards will be hit for the first time, as nurses warn Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to “improve wage offer or face more walkouts”. An RCN insider tells the i extended strikes will damage Sunak at the polls. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] It will be the largest industrial action by nurses so far and risks patients’ safety, NHS bosses say. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The NHS says ‘positive discussions’ with the RCN mean nurses will cover some departments. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Royal College of Nursing members in England start their 28-hour strike at 20:00 BST on Sunday. [ad_2] Source link