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
A flight to moscow prompting western media speculation of the kremlin to foul play even as moscow offers to send him abroad for treatment. Of broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is R G International thomas certainly glad to have you with us now it is day 12 nationwide on rest in belarus in the wake of the disputed election earlier this month large crowds on both sides of the divide are making their voices heard those who support president Alexander Lukashenko and those who want to see him gone. People here chanting for the president to resign in the city of goma well but in contrast youve got a convoy of the president s supporters driving past them with the official red and green flag antigovernment demonstrators also gathered in the capital minsk where activists lined up along a Central Avenue meanwhile in eastern. And ampitheater in vitebsk packed earlier in the day with fouls and the people chanting their support for president lukashenko progovernment marchers were see
Bottle of a Global Pandemic meanwhile professor human government has been on the front line of the from there to secure london seeking to minimize the death rate from this a vicious virus they both join me in the studio. If you put a point weve no will. To this pandemic or what do we know about the splayed know if theres of this virus and in particular these renewed clusters which are happening in so many countries i think the real wake up call for everybody has been that where previously we regarded this as a bit like influenza in the sense that if you had symptoms you had it if you didnt have symptoms you probably didnt have it now we realize that a very significant proportion of people maybe 2 thirds of people who catch this new coronavirus have no symptoms and this is been its major Success Story from a virus point of view because its been very successful at hiding in plain sight were finding it very hard to track because people can catch it they dont know theyve got it they dont k
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And Nobel Peace Prize lets return to the Northern Irish winner, has died. Politician and Nobel Peace Prize winnerjohn hume, who has died at the age of 83. A bbc investigation finds the number of deaths an architect of the northern from coronavirus in iran is nearly ireland Peace Process, he was regarded as one of the most three times higher than important figures in recent the government claims. Irish political history. Earlier, we heard from the bbcs former ireland correspondent Islamic State militants denis murray, who paid tribute in afghanistan say theyre behind an attack on a prison in the city to the life ofjohn hume. In my opinion, he wasntjust a of jalala bad thats left at least 20 dead and hundreds of prisoners giant of irish politics, he was a trying to flee. Nearly two years giant of irish politics, he was a giant of irish politics, he was a giant of uk politics and i think it on from the collapse of genoas morandi bridge, was a giant of World Politics, as killing 43 people,