Guys, one, two, three, four. Scottish teenagers are the first in the uk to get their results after key School Qualification exams were cancelled pass rates rise but thousands of results are downgraded. In china a former fashion model handcuffed to his bed for so called re education rare footage of the uighur ethnic minorities held in secretive detention centres. We are lower than the world. The world . Lower than europe. President trump struggles in an interview as he tries to defend his handling of the coronavirus crisis. And fulham and brentford battle it out into extra time for a place in the premier league in whats being called the richest game in football. And coming up in sport on bbc news, rafa nadal wont be defending his title at the us open later this month after pulling out because of concerns over coronavirus. Good evening. A massive explosion has torn through the lebanese capital beirut, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than three thousand seven hundred. Its not
0k where are you from . Syria syria . Thereve been violent clashes in belarus as Alexander Lukashenko is declared the landslide winner of the countrys general election. And a metal detectorist says he was left shaking with happiness after discovering a hoard of bronze age artefacts in southern scotland. The find included a complete horse harness and sword. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Here in the uk, government ministers are insisting there is little evidence that coronavirus is transmitted in schools, as they push ahead with plans for all children in england to return full time to the classroom next month. The uk education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has suggested that an upcoming study will support the governments position on reopening schools. Borisjohnson, whos expected to visit a school later, is understood to have made it clear that schools should be the last t
Falls by the largest amount in over a decade, more evidence of the impact of the lockdown. They are laying off more people like myself who have got years of experience looking injob adverts every day and thinking, there is just nothing there. There is no end in sight. Obviously we want to see is a return to Economic Vitality and health and some parts of the economy undoubtedly showing great resilience but clearly there are going to be bumpy months ahead and a long, long way to go. Back to school in scotland, as the government there sets out what its doing about thousands of pupils whove had their exam results downgraded. The uk and france meet to discuss a new plan to deter migrants from crossing the channel to the uk. We have reaffirmed our unshakeable, shared commitment to making sure this rate of crossing the channel is made on viable. This route of crossing the channel is made unviable. Russia claims to have produced the worlds first Coronavirus Vaccine and president putins daughte
Scotlands education secretary, john swinney, will present a plan today to address problems with the way School Pupils were awarded grades this year in the absence of exams. Yesterday, the first minister, Nicola Sturgeon apologised for the method used, where the marks given to pupils were based partly on the past performance of their schools. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has more. It has been a tough few days for 16 year old olivia and her dad, david. Her dreams of studying medicine, after she got results that bore little resemblance to what she was predicted, for now on hold. I wasnt really nervous at all because i kind of knew what i was expected to get. Then i opened up the results and i was completely devastated. I was heartbroken. Literally, i thought my dreams were crushed. After days of defending the process, a u turn from scotlands first minister, who said she wasnt prepared for young people in more deprived areas to think the system is stacked against them. Despite o
The home secretary visits border patrols deployed to monitor migrants crossing the channel as britain says it wants to work with france to tackle the issue. Hidden for three thousand years, the bronze age hoard found by an amateur detectorist. And the american golfer wins the pga championship in san francisco. Nicola sturgeon has apologised after accepting her government did not get it right over scottish exam results. With no exams sat this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Qualifications Authority ran a system based on teacher assessments. Officials applied a moderation technique which led to about 125,000 grades being revised down. There was particular criticism after higher pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15. 2 , in comparison with 6. 9 for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds. Scotlands first minister said the pupils affected will not all be expected to appeal, and measures to correct the issue will be announced this week