A nationwide strike by teaching staff in the UK has resulted in thousands of schools being fully or partially closed, affecting millions of students.

Tens of thousands of teachers across England and Wales are slated to take part in three days of industrial action in the long-running dispute over pay, resulting in the closure of schools.

Tens of thousands of nurses from the Royal College of Nursing Union and ambulance crews have gone on an unprecedented strike, calling on the NHS for increased pay as well as better work conditions

Half a million people from across the public sector came out on the streets in England and Wales demanding better pay and working conditions.

A record number of people have taken part in nationwide demonstrations across France in a second round of coordinated industrial action against French president Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64.

Union leaders hold protests outside 10 Downing Street while MPs are debating legislation which would see striking workers in key sectors legally required to provide a minimum service.

Thousands of British nurses are set to stage a new round of strikes in January amid the biggest wave of industrial action over pay and working conditions across the country.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories 11:00GMT, 04 December 2022

French Police have brutally confronted protesters venting their anger over the cost of living crisis & soaring inflation in the capital Paris.

The UK’s biggest private sector union, Unite, has warned of a “summer of discontent” over pay, as the government is set to limit pay rises in order to curb the skyrocketing inflation across the country.