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
A pandemic as the number of cases continues to rise. An explosion kills at least 8 people and injures more than 100 others at a Religious School in pakistan. Calls for Peaceful Elections in tanzania off the violence and the arrest of an Opposition Leader in zanzibar. Welcome to the news hour well its of course exactly a week to go before the election in the United States donald trump and joe biden is spending choose day crisscrossing the country in an intense day of campaigning National Polls are giving democratic contender biden a solid lead but its a lot tighter in some of those crucial battleground states of course the coronavirus pandemic has continued to overshadow the campaigning President Trump is holding 3 mass rallies on tuesday again downplaying the impact of the pandemic hes been attempting to shift the focus on to the economy. Its troubling the number one region that observe the year because of through return that a room. 70 were going to read the great state of. Arizona yo
Not done that until this evening and what were hearing from officials too is that theyre going to use this they said and this came just after we saw that 1st main confrontation there use all means at their disposal and we saw what that means that means riot police and that means water can. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson says its time for his country to prepare for a no deal breakers it is office says talks with the e. U. Are over unless theres a compromise from brussels e. U. Leaders say theyre willing to continue negotiating one secret deal any cost. More than a 1000 prisoners whove been on the front lines of yemen civil war continue to arrive home the last 2 planes carrying hoofy 5 is being held by the Saudi Coalition arrived in the capital sanaa another plane carrying Coalition Fighters arrived in the southern port city of aden after leaving sama protests have caused major disruptions in cities across nigeria demonstrators are calling for a range of government and Police Reforms
Police in france have searched dozens of homes belonging to suspected islamised militants the rates are in connection with last weeks beheading of a teacher in paris a suspect was shot dead shortly after by police the victim some of that party had used cartoons of the muslim Prophet Muhammad to teach students about freedom of expression on sunday people across france took to the streets to honor his memory. Thousands of people came to the plaster lab eprom bleak in paris to show their solidarity with slain teacher Samuel Patton it was here where large groups also gathered following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. But today people want signs saying just we are saying no or i am a teacher. Many came here to grieve but also to protest they felt compelled to speak out in support of the teacher and freedom of speech. The level before were here to defend the republic liberty equality for turnitin and secularism but it was not just in paris communities came together across the country to reme
System. And japans plan against the daily news how a Major Construction project has helped ease floodwaters. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us prodemocracy protesters have again defied a Government Order aimed at preventing demonstrations 20000 people gathered in the streets of bangkok on sunday for a peaceful rally where they demanded political change it comes as thailands king returns to the country after months of on rest. 4 days of defiance tired prodemocracy protesters have been maintaining the momentum despite a ban on gatherings of over 4 people. We are here throughout. Says take a span of what we believe in. Their constitution. And also about the government of thailand and i think you find this to be a country for a while. But mostly student power would movement has been leading unrest in thailand since july for the last 4 days of same an escalation. On friday police used Water Cannons unsuccessfully dispersing the demonstrators many protesters were