conservative party leader and prime minister, saying sunak has what thejob requires. he called rival liz truss s policies a holiday from reality and the government and unions say they re disappointed that p&0 ferries will not face criminal action for the way it dismissed 800 workers without notice in march. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us on this packed saturday sportsday. coming up. after a silver summer, it s a golden ending for keely hodgkinson at the european championships. twisting history great britain s men win team gymnastics gold, and it wasn t even close. to deliver the routines we did to say today under that pressure, i m proud of every one of us. and we ll be injeddah, looking ahead to the rematch between anthonyjoshua and oleksandr usyk. and we ve not forgotten the football. history for harry as he heads spurs top, but could arsenal overtake them in the late kick off? and two red cards and a late goal as rangers drop p
welcome to bbc news. we ll start with the conflict in ukraine, because ukrainian troops are reported to have carried out more attacks on russian forces in the crimean peninsula. smoke was seen rising from the headquarters of russia s black sea fleet in sevastapol, with moscow claiming it shot down a ukrainian drone. russia has occupied crimea since 2014 and there have been a series of recent attacks on russian military infrastructure there. james waterhouse sent us this report from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. it is what and where this is, which makes this smoke significant. another apparent strike in russian occupied crimea. over the last 11 days, there have been a series of explosions on mostly military targets. out of all of the ukrainian territory which moscow has taken, crimea is where its grip has been strongest. but that grasp appears to be weakening. translation: russian s commanders aren t saying what happened, - but it is either a failure of russia s air defences,
southwest middles. higher steppers on friday around 37, may be dropping across eastern scotland with the breeze from the sea. saturday to it all again by which point it will be london where we see the peak of those temperatures. just confirm how widespread the heat and sunshine is, capital city is forecast over the coming days, there could be some showers on sunday but we will need most of it to undo the dry ground at the moment. showers on sunday but we will need most of it to undo the dry ground at the moment. ., ., ., , the moment. extraordinary temperatures. the moment. extraordinary temperatures. thank - the moment. extraordinary temperatures. thank you. | the moment. extraordinary . temperatures. thank you. and the moment. extraordinary - temperatures. thank you. and that the moment. extraordinary temperatures. thank you. and that is the bbc news at six on wednesday the 10th of august. keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six o clock
and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18 year olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 year old thomas o halloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa take a lead in the first test as engalnd desperately try to limit their advantage on day two at lord s. good afternoon. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year and the proportion of top grades fell compared with the last two years, although they are still higher than before the pandemic. these pupils w
controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams, where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements, th