For students with disabilities. We showed ehsan ul haq manik, founder of the school, the footage seeing it for the first time. Aghast at the captions, he says it has nothing to do with religion. It s false. My nephew called from dhaka that your stuff is being used in the name of hindus. Manik is muslim. He believes it was politically motivated because he is a member of the awami league, the party of the now ousted prime minister. This is not a case of anti hindu violence, but it doesn t mean that that s not happening. There are reports of violence against minorities, but it is the scale of which they are happening that s being called into question. These social media posts claiming hindu genocide and violence at the hands of fanatical islamists have been verified as false by the bbc. Another case, this one seen more than 1. 6 million times asserting the home of a hindu cricket player, was burned. In reality, it was that of a former muslim cricket player and member of parliament for the
Top a level results have risen for the first time since 2021 with just under 28% of all grades marked at a star or a. That s up from 27. 2 % last year. Our correspondent nicky schiller is live at burnley college as students receive their results. Good afternoon. It is sending out here at the university, not quite so many people, there is a bit of confetti on the floor. Throughout the morning, we have seen the hundreds of students here coming in, collecting their envelope, opening it up and seeing what grades they have got. We have talked about the figures, the a levels, now those are the a star and a are up to about, a high since 2021, we also have t level results out in england, and then there are more vocational qualifications, those are the btec national also out. The students here do a range of those different courses. We will talk to some of them in a little while. I want to show you what it was like at o clock this morning. When i arrived just after seven o clock, there were hund
Those. Of the five polls that have been held since the 26th of july, he leads in only two. She leads in three. I fully expect the momentum she has will carry her through, unless it is a disastrous vice presidential choice. She ll be in the lead at the end of the democratic convention. Might seen that choice soon. Karl rove on friday preventing kamala harris s momentum will soon give her a solid lead over donald trump in the polls. It appears he is correct, with new polling showing harris is gaining on the former president in battleground states. Meanwhile, the vice president is expected to name her running mate before tomorrow s rally in philadelphia. We ll have the latest on the veep stakes. As for the former president, he was in atlanta over the weekend just days after harris held a rally in the same place. During his rally, trump complained about the massive crowd that turned out for harris, attacking the state s republican governor and congratulating russian president vladimir puti
America s commitment to israel s defence remains iron clad as it steps up its military presence in the middle east. The pentagon is sending additional warships and fighterjets as regional tension grows following the assassination of the hamas leader ismail haniyeh in tehran, and a hezbollah commander in beirut. Iran s revolutionary guards have said mr haniyeh was killed by a short range missile, launched from outside his room in a tehran guesthouse. It promised severe retalliation at an appropriate time and place. a short range from tel aviv, our correspondent jenny hill has this update. The us has said that it will be sending an extra squadron well of fighterjets to the region, as well as warships, stating that america s commitment to israel s defence is, quote, ironclad . Now, it s not the first time we ve seen such a scenario. Perhaps you ll remember that in april, iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at israel. Israel was able to intercept them, shoot them down with t
Good day, everyone. This is andrea mitchell reports in washington, with our special coverage of a day that transformed our nation. The first time in two centuries the continental united states had come under attack from a foreign enemy. Just like today, it s a clear, sunlit day, the skies were bright blue until the first plane hit the north tower destroying the lives of thousands and their surviving families. My brother kevin came into the lobby and he reported in to me, and he didn t say a word. We looked at each other wondering if each of us was going to be okay, and then i told him to go up to evacuate and to rescue people, and when he turned around and grabbed his unit, engine 33, that was the last time i saw my brother and engine 33. Have you ever, i don t know, tried to talk to him and tell him i m proud of you, you know? i know what you did? there s always when you stop and think, are you there? dad, are you there? you know? stick with us. What does it mean to you to have people