Ukraine says its forces have advanced further into russian territory. The number of students getting the top Grade A Levels across england, wales and Northern Ireland has risen for the first time since 2021. Overall this year, 28 of all grades were marked a star or a, but there were variations in the figures depending on where the students lived. Taylor swift and london are getting back together , are getting back together, for the first of five further dates at Wembley Stadium. The concert is under way with thousands in the venue in all their glittery get up enjoying the show. The coming hours and days could define the future of The Middle East the Words Today of the british foreign secretary, david lammy, as Peace Talks began, aimed at securing the ceasefire In Gaza that has, thus far, proved so elusive. The White House said negotiations in qatar had got off to a promising start but also warned it doesnt expect a deal between israel and hamas immediately. The negotiations are focused
And borrowed, and what that means for all of us. On a night of european drama, rangers rally late on to edge a seven Goal Thriller at Royal Antwerp in belgium with a winner in the 90th minute. And the stables are staying. Bbc breakfast viewers help raise more than £1 Million Pounds to keep young people with disabilities in the saddle. Plus, an incredibly mild few days to come, one or two could hit 17 degrees but do not be fooled. Plenty of rain around as well. The full forecast coming up. Good morning, its friday, february19th. Nasa has successfully landed its most advanced spacecraft yet on mars where it will search for signs of ancient life. The rover called perseverance travelled nearly 300 million miles before navigating a risky Landing Phase dubbed the seven minutes of terror. Heres our science correspondent rebecca morelle, whose report contains flashing images. Perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. A nerve racking wait at mission control. Perseverance is safely
Down for a little under 24 hours and its beautiful, but certain to cause a lot of headaches. Thats the case for sure. If youre waking up in the northeast today, plan on staying close to home. A noreaster is moving up the east coast through early tomorrow with more than 110 million americans in its path. With 20 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts, near Blizzard Conditions are possible with downed power lines and limited visibility on roads also a concern. Some areas in and around New York City possible two feet of snow. Theyve been canceled in and out of the northeast especially in that new york area. The Port Authority which runs the regions airports, tunnels, Bus Terminals gearing up with more than 500 pieces of snow gimt. The storm system leaving its mark. In the suburbs of richmond, virginia, fire truck spinning out and overturning on icy roads. Before it crossed the country, the same system watched out californias highway 1 near big sur looefg a huge gap. New york city mayor Bill De Bl
The virus is taking no time off. The u. S. Had a new single day record for infections, 440,000 not including athome tests. Julie all this is prompting the white house to consider a new Vaccine Mandate for domestic air travel. South dakota gov government he continues to impose mandates on the country. This president has taken unprecedented action to impose on the liberties and freedoms of the American People. Benjamin david spunt is traveling with the president in delaware. Good morning, david. Good morning to you. A difficult morning when you look at those covid numbers specifically yesterday we reached the highest amount of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020. Getting ready to enter the third year of this nightmare thats really stretched across the world. Clearly those numbers not going in the right direction. The white house keenly aware of that situation all the way up to the president of the United States who is here in wilmington, delaware this week. The
Jim. Thats right. Im jim sciutto in washington. A very busy friday morning. We begin with job numbers out this morning, well above forecasts. President biden is expect told address the nation on two fronts, those booming economic numbers, 531,000 jobs added in october as well as revisions upward in both september and august. This is key because painted quite a bleak picture around the time about slowing Economic Growth, but rescissions there and a big month in october. The president expected to address that. Also expected to address events up there on capitol hill, erica. Some big votes coming today. Does he move his agenda forward . There is a lot going on there as were looking at whats going to happen with both bills. Christine romans is our Business Correspondent and john harwood is at the white house. As we look at what is happening on capitol hill, what were getting in terms of those numbers this morning, there is a lot for white house to be happy about this morning. Christine, br