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
Greetings and sal you take. As ive stated before sometimes it takes a life or death crisis to reveal someones true colors especially when it comes to our political leaders take Us Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell who this week showed us just once again how little he cares about the plight of the American People on a recent Conference Call with House Republicans discussing the you know the latest 3 trillion 1. 19 relief package politico is now reporting that the corporate job will himself promise the beefed up Unemployment Benefits and acted earlier this spring will not be in the next bill and then mcconnell said that republicans are going to quote clean up the democrats crazy policy that is paying people more to remain unemployed than they would earn if they went back to work in other words promising that the Unemployment Benefits keeping millions upon millions upon millions of u. S. Citizens afloat during these times of crisis will be no more by the end of july. Essentially forcing you b
A curfew ahead of more expected protests arties jacket outside the white house with the story fair and what do you see today. So sarah when we were here monday a lot of protesters here talking about racial inequality today its a little bit of a different theme were seeing more talks about the economy and big talks about religion all because of a Controversial Photo op the president had yesterday right here at St Johns Church actually in front of that sign youre seeing right there behind me now actually today there were 10 foot fence barriers actually installed yesterday 1st last night in front of Lafayette Park which is directly in front of the white house there is actually the barricade keep shifting back and back and back farther and farther back sarah now today whats going on actually is that you know we had crowds young and old black and white all saying that they want to peaceful protest not as much as that we saw yesterday but again its this big photo op that trump did in front o
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem
Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britains rivers to the far east. Tyson fury delivers a knockout performance in las vegas. The heavyweight fighter has convincingly beaten the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. A beautiful sunrise out there earlier, but beware, showers and thunderstorms may be heading your way. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The iranian authorities deny being involved. Amid the growing tensions, the british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, has begun a new Hunger Strike. She denies any wrongdoing. Simonjones reports. Outside the Iranian Embassy in london, a lone tent symbolising the growing tensions between the uk and tehran. T