Start your Monday Morning. A little bit of rain for some, even some Thunderstorms Mist and rain to start your Monday Morning. Good morning, its Monday 2nd september. One or two word 0fsted Inspection Grades for englands schools are being scrapped with immediate effect. Last year an inquest found an 0fsted Inspection had contributed to the suicide of primary headteacher Ruth Perry, leading to widespread calls for change. Headteacher Ruth Perry, leading the government said the overall grades werent fair or accurate, but the change was criticised by the conservatives for removing a vital indicator for parents. Heres our Education Editor Branwen jeffreys. After an inspection, Caversham Primary was but yes, its this. A relief, really, that no other Head Teacher will have to go through what ruth went through. So from today, overall Inspection Grades are scrapped, like good or inadequate. School inspection standards remain the same. And from september 2025, there will be a new Report Card for
Of the coalition. we are asking from our government to stop everything and to make a deal. And we also ask for the rest. Of the world to support israel, to stand with us, because there is no time. What is happening now in our country, in israel, is the same what is happening in russia. This is the same. Dictator vladimir putin, dictator is bibi, this is the same! hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, israel s army says they were shot by hamas in a tunnel under rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, 0ri danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, they ve caught me. And hersh goldbergpolin, a 23yearold usisraeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her cousin today inconsolable. It s too late fo
out of the gate. so what we know is he will sit down with elon musk tomorrow and talk through some of this. elon musk confirming that today, but stopping short of endorsing him in any way or saying that he has plans to endorse. so all eyes will turn to that, also here to miami, where he is going to gather his donors to talk to them about his presidential bid and really try to maximize this moment. again, going back to what his team wants. they want to go on the offensive. they want a big blitz coming out of this announcement. they want a lot of media attention and also money. they want to really have a strong showing with millions and millions of dollars right out of the gate so that s what you can bet they ll be leaning on their d donors to do then move toward the next phase of the campaign. jessica, so the event in twitter spaces is 6:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow, i believe. what is desantis going to do after that? right. so after that, we look ahead to next weekend. you me
and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors, who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. now, all of this ahead of president biden s trip to poland on monday to mark one year since president putin began his assault on ukraine. which has become the biggest conflict in europe since world war ii. there is no end in sight. it was nearly one year ago that russia used belarus territory to send troops into ukraine. remember those images, right? just yesterday, putin hosted the president of belarus for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation between the two nations. meanwhile, back in munich, ukrainian president zelenskyy thanked western allies for their support in a virtual address, stressing that more military aid is needed, and fast. i wanted to hear from the world, ukraine, we will be with you. unfortunately, i heard that only after russia struck our land. that is why we need to hurry up. we need the speed
the british volunteers reported missing in eastern ukraine have been killed, according to one of the men s families. and the conflict in ukraine could be set to change if germany as now seems likely approves the supply of tanks to ukrainian forces. the number of british firms struggling to survive hasjumped by more than a third according to the latest figures. we need your help. very busy today and no time to help you. and the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the field in the oscar nominations. and coming up on the bbc news channel. mikaela shiffrin breaks the record for world cup wins with victory in italy taking her total to 83. good evening. we start tonight with the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ever since the taliban seized power again in 2021 conditions have been grim and dangerous especially for millions of women and girls whose freedoms have been wiped out including access to education. afghanistan is now facing its coldes