Last night on truth social the former president said joe biden had turned the United States into a third world country. Here he is after securing the nomination. We will not take time to celebrate. We will celebrate in eight months when the election is over. Novemberfiftf, i believe, will go down as the most important day in the history of our country, so start thinking about it, start thinking about your vote, because this vote would be the most important vote youve ever cast. Im sparing a thought for the people in the seven Battleground States who will be also altered from here to november by ads, surrogates, the nominees, it would be a long stretch. ,. ,. , stretch. That is what it is about, the battleground stretch. That is what it is about, the Battleground States stretch. That is what it is about, the Battleground States where l stretch. That is what it is about, i the Battleground States where it could go either way, the map is pretty much drawn and theres been much redistricti
people slowly being collected throughout the day. there is an eerie quiet at the moment, we twice had to take cover after being told by the military that there was another strike, by the military that there was anotherstrike, it s by the military that there was another strike, it s known as a double tap, the russians have done it before, they strike the same place twice to inflict as much damage as possible. and then you hear the sounds of sobbing and screaming when people realise that those closest to them have been lost and while moscow gets ready for a party and when the kremlin tries to put on a big concert in a show of patriotism, this is what happens close to where the front liners. and the reasons for it are unclear, but when you look at the crater, when you look at what this area was used for, it s clear it was a targeted attack. we don t know why, but the devastation here is without question. devastation here is without question- question. james watt as in zaporizhz
with widespread disruption for passengers. the un secretary general meets ukraine s president for talks he says he s gravely concerned about safety at a nuclear power plant that s now in russian hands. joe fraser becomes the first british man to take gold in the european gymnastics final. and coming up on the bbc news channel. ben stokes helps limit the damage as england claw back wickets on the second day of the 1st test against south africa at lords, following a disappointing first innings. good evening. 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, when pupils did sit exams again. as you can see here, the proportion of top grades has fallen compared with 2020 and 2021 which are marked here in red that was when teacher assessments were used instead of exams because
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
and in his first comment since harry and meghan s bombshell interview prince william insists the britsh royal family is not racist. reporter: have you spoken - to your brother since the interview? no, i haven t spoken to him yet, but i will do. can you just let me know, is the royal family a racist family, sir? we re very much not a racist family. the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, one of the most widely used covid 19 vaccines in the world, has been suspended in three european countries amid reports that some people who ve had the jab have developed blood clots. each country s health authority have stressed the move was precautionary, and that evidence of the vaccine s safety and efficacy was good. norway and iceland announced their decision to pause its use, after denmark stopped its rollout for m days. astrazeneca says the safety of the vaccine has been extensively studied in clinical trials. here s denmark s prime minister. denmark will suspend the use of the astrazenec