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30/06/2011

The UK braces itself for as many as 750,000 public sector workers going on strike. Plus, there is more trouble in Athens and the Los Alamos wildfire continues to rage.

Rhod Sharp with news from around the world.

Up All Night is live in Athens after a day of running street battles between protestors and security forces.

The health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is again thrown into doubt after the country suspends a regional summit.

On the day as many as 750,000 public sector workers across the UK could take industrial action over changes to their final salary pensions, Rhod looks back to the winter of discontent of the late 70s with two men who were at the centre of the crisis, Margaret Thatcher's policy adviser John Redwood and longtime Guardian columnist and sketchwriter Michael White.

The wildfire surrounding the nuclear research facility in Los Alamos intensifies.

Google launches its rival to Facebook.

Plus, Dr Smith stands in for Dr Karl to tackle your science questions.

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