NICHOLS. YOU CAN TUNE IN FOR THAT AT 2:00 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW WITH ABC NEWS PATRICK REEVELL. STARTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS ANNOUNCING SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS WILL REMAIN IN THE REGION AFTER HIS HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS WITH LEADERS FROM PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. >> PATRICK , WHAT'S THE LATEST ? >> YEAH, I MEAN, SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS LEFT, BUT HE'S LEFT BEHIND TWO VERY SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE REALLY THROUGHOUT HIS TRIP, THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE, CALLING FOR CALM AMID THIS SPIKE IN VIOLENCE AND REALLY EXTREME TENSIONS BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS RIGHT NOW. AND THE PROBLEM IS , OF COURSE, THAT THESE TENSIONS VERY MUCH REMAIN SINCE HE LEFT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CONTEXT REALLY THAT IS PRETTY EXPLOSIVE. YOU HAVE THE MOST RIGHT WING ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IN ITS HISTORY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WHO WAS REALLY LOST MUCH OF HIS INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY AMONG PALESTINIANS. AND SO WE'RE SEEING A VERY, VERY DEADLY SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AT THE MOMENT WHERE THE TWO SIDES REALLY ARE MORE AND MORE ON A TRAJECTORY. IT LOOKS LIKE, TOWARDS MORE VIOLENCE. >> LET'S GO OVER TO THE UK, WHERE YOU ARE, PATRICK . NOW, MASSIVE PROTESTS ARE TAKING PLACE THERE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TEACHERS ARE ON STRIKE. >> PATRICK , WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? YEAH, THESE ARE HUGE STRIKES THAT HAVE HIT THE UK TODAY. IT'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND TEACHERS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE WALKING OUT, AND THAT MEANS THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE TEACHERS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER WORKERS JOINING THE STRIKE. THAT INCLUDES RAIL WORKERS AS WELL AS BORDER AGENCY STAFF. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT UP TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE MIGHT BE ON STRIKE TODAY. WE'VE BEEN SEEING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MARCHING THROUGH THE CENTER OF LONDON AND THEY'RE CALLING REALLY FOR INCREASES IN PAY BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WAVE OF STRIKES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT ARE BEING FUELED BY THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS HERE IN THE UK. THAT IS A RESULT OF INFLATION AND ALSO SURGING ENERGY PRICES. AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO FEED THEMSELVES INTO CHOOSE BETWEEN FEEDING THEMSELVES AND BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES WARM AND REALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THESE STRIKES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE, WHICH WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ALMOST