Urged to walk faster. Officials at Public Health england say high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. Good morning. Its thursday the 24th of august welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a fall in the number of pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland passing their gcses. Overall, the percentage of passes fell to 66. 3 a decline ofjust over half a percentage point from the previous year. The fall follows big changes in the testing and grading of gcses, especially in england where, to replace the traditional system, maths and english papers are being given a numerical mark on a scale from nine to one. The highest grade is nine, and will be awarded to fewer pupils than the a star is currently. The bottom of the old grade c, the lowest pass at the old o level, is equivalent to the bottom of the new grade four. Changes have also been made to make the exams more challenging. Not only are the questions set out in a different way, but the way the qualifications are taken
Rwandas Supreme Court says it will hear a case that will affect the president s political future. And ill have all the sport including serena williams. A starspangled ninth at the us open we start the newshour with the latest on the europe eeng refugee crisis. They announced plans to tackle the matter. 160,000 Asylum Seekers will be distributed among e. U. Member countries with binding quotas, the number of refugees to be resettled depends on the nations wealth, Unemployment Rate and asylum applicants processed. Countries refusing to take in refugees could face penalties. Germany welcomed Syrian Refugees waving e. U. Rules saying it expects to deal with 800,000 Asylum Seekers this year alone. Sweden is also in favour. Its taken the highest number of refugees in relation to its population. The czech republic, poland and romania opposed the idea of mandatory quotas, so has hungary. The check Prime Minister responded saying europe does not need a new plan to deal with migration. Now w we
Finally face justice and this family can begin healing tonight. Never, never. [cries]. Lewis says the face of her fiances killer still haunts her. It is really hard, i feel like i lost my best friend. Donaldson and lewis confronted with everett. He didnt say anything and he just stood there and all of a sudden he pulled a gun out and said give me what you got. The gun was pointed at her and everett. Everett would die at the scene from being shot in the stomach. This is four days after proposing to donaldson. Run for more than a week until polk county deputies caught up to him. I didnt get a chance to say goodbye or i of you. Darlene lewis wants to be everetts mother in law. It will never bring him back. I will forgive him but i will never forget. The 17 years old in this case is being charged with first degree murder tonight and also assault with a Deadly Weapon as well as armed robbery. I am cameron abc action news. The unidentified man tells officers that he saw the suspect hit two v
Asked about how the shooting in itself to relent from Michael Brown in ferguson last year. Was different from Michael Brown. Paurand paul Justice Needs to be blind. Whether you are a policeman or another policeman, no one is above the law. The problem without commenting too much of the details is that you do not know all of it. That is why we have a judicial system with lawyers on both sides. From first appearances, it is pretty horrific what the vidoe eo shows. Mark this might have been a chance for him to regain his footing in his Early Campaign mode, but did he regain his footing or not . Not. It was a little mystifying. It is his signature issue. It was after this really rocky start the day before. He is given this opportunity over and over again, and he doesnt even want to talk about it. He says things like well, most of the cops to a great job, i believe in justice of course he does. Mark the things i thought i would never say about rand p aul is platitudeness. He went to ferguso
Also, the executive pay firestorm continues to burn. Our becky quick is at ground zero of the dustup about cokes pay plan. Speaking with both Warren Buffett which is cokes largest shareholder and David Winters, the man who brought this issue to life. A lot still developing on this story. Is coke backing off or not on that executive pay plan . Becky will give us the very latest with bust with buffet and winters. Boxing great Floyd Mayweather was supposed to be but cancelled at the last minute without a reason. Im happy today, he says, im coming back and, boy, do we have a lot to talk about with mr. Mayweather including the big fight tomorrow. Also, his plans to try and buy the l. A. Clippers, even while praising the clippers embattled owner Donald Sterling. Dont miss this interview. I think ill even talk a little bit about boxing. Guess which one boxes . I do on the weekend. Thats my form of exercise. I dont. Lets check on the markets. Red arrows for the Dow Jones Industrial average. Th