The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
Hello, this is bbc news, the headlines groups including right wing activists have clashed with police in Central London as they gathered near houses of parliament. Officers have been trying to stop the far right groups from reaching hyde park, where a Peaceful Anti racism rally has been taking place. In paris, Riot Police Fire Tear Gas and charge at pockets of violent protesters at an anti racism rally. The queens official birthday has been marked with a ceremony at windsor castle. Now on bbc news, deforestation has skyrocketed in colombia since the peace deal of 2016. Our world joins a team of scientists from the royal botanic gardens, kew, as they go on a mission into virgin tropical rainforest. They hope to discover and save rare plant species before they are destroyed and vanish forever. In the forests of colombia, nature is under attack. Since the civil war ended in 2016, deforestation has skyrocketed. Im frank gardner, and i am heading into what remains of the virgin tropical rai
Africa. They are 262 49. All of the good afternoon. Hard graft for coming up on afternoon englands cricketers on day one of the second test against south live, all the sport details at 4 30pm. Africa. The batsmen have struggled to kick on in cape town. They are its live, all the sport been another mixed day for doing 0k, 172 fought for and we will englands its been another mixed day for englands cricketers in south africa tell you why they have banned after choosing to bat in the second darren bett has all the weather. Football at 2 30pm. Test, they have reached 227 for six thanks, ben, and darren bett weve seen more sunshine but it has with 30 minutes left on day one. Been colder. It will turn milder has all the weather. Ill tell you why they are not using over the weekend with more cloud and its been colder but sunnier through football in the warm any more. There is more energy in the thats at 3 30pm. Atmosphere as we move into next today. Mild weather is set to week. More details la
After being charged with assault. As australias bushfire crisis continues the countrys Prime Minister defends the coal industry and defies calls for new carbon targets. We need to take action on Climate Change. You dont run government on sentiment, you run government on fa cts. And later in the programme private eyes editor, ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. There are calls for a government inquiry into racism within football after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of hearing monkey noises from the crowd during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. The referee stopped play during the second half after rudiger complained of hearing monkey noises in the crowd. Shortly after the stoppage, an announcement was made over the public address system warning that racist b
From futuristic, what happened here yesterday seems to be another worrying indication that in fact things are going backwards. A professional footballer telling the referee, telling the world, that he has heard monkey chants. Not on a distant football pitch in eastern europe. This was Chelseas Antonio Rudiger at tottenham hotspur, in englands capital city, famed, theoretically, for its diversity. Rudiger himself posted several tweets expressing his dismay at the incident, but also stressing the importance of talking publicly about racism, so that its notjust forgotten about, as he suggests always happens. Rudiger also points out that in a modern ground like tottenham hotspurs, with so many cameras in place, it should be possible to both isolate and punish the offender. Announcer racist behaviour among spectators is interfering with the game. Please remember that in football there is no place for racism. A warning was made over the loudspeaker three times at the game, but there was no m