Wales and northern ireland have risen for the first time since 2021, 20 7. 8% of all grades marked a star or a. Also, 20 7. 8% of all grades marked a star ora. Also, more 20 7. 8% of all grades marked a star or a. Also, more boys and girls got the very top a level grades this year, 9. 5% got a star grades and 9. 1% of girls. If you look at all the top grades at a star and a, that changes slightly. 0ur correspondent has all of the results and is live at burnley college as students have been receiving their grades. figs at burnley college as students have been receiving their grades. Been receiving their grades. As you said, we been receiving their grades. As you said. We have been receiving their grades. As you said, we havejust been receiving their grades. As you said, we have just got been receiving their grades. As you said, we have just got those been receiving their grades. As you | said, we have just got those topline figures that you will saying. Top a level results in england,
Minister warned other countries in the middle east to not undermine ongoing efforts to reach a deal. Diplomacy is being stepped up in the region to prevent a wider war between israel and lebanese armed group hezbollah, which is backed by iran. Tensions have soared following killing last month of hamas political leader ismail haniyeh during a visit to tehran. Israel has never confirmed it was behind the assassination. From jerusalem, our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports on the impacts of war in gaza. And a warning viewers may find some of the content of her report to be upsetting. In gaza, peace is for the dead, not the living not for faras and his five siblings, laying theirfather to rest today in khan younis. Majid baraka was killed in israeli artillery strikes, they said, as he went to help the wounded. We were just sitting around, faras said, he was playing with us. When the first strike happened, he went to rescue people. In the second strike, he was killed. But th
And palestinian medics saying i9 people have been killed in israeli air strikes on tuesday. Among them were four day old twins who were killed while their father was at a local government office registering their births. The strike also killed his wife and the twins grandmother. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. For four days, mohammed abu alqumsan was a father. This day will haunt him for ever. The day he left his newborn twins, ayssel and asser, at home with their mother, while he went to collect their birth certificates, and returned to find them killed in a strike on their building in deir al balah. Today, he prepared to bury them. A new parent, comforted like a child. I didn t even have time to celebrate them, he said. Gaza s health ministry says 115 infants, including ayssel and asser, have been born and killed during this war. We asked the israeli army why the twins family home was bombed and are waiting for a response. Fighting has continued
Military, allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops who d crossed the border. It s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge problem for russia. The governor of russia s kursk region put it in figures. He told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. The kremlin leader cut him off. Leave the numbers to the military, he said. Translation: the main task| is with our ministry of defence and that is to force the enemy from our territory. Our adversary will, of course, receive a fitting response and, without doubt, all our objectives will be met. As ukrainian troops have moved in, residents have moved out. Officials say that more than 120,000 people have been evacuated in kursk region, and thousands more in the neighbouring region of belgorod. There are fears of a ukrainian incursion there, too. What is happening is huge. For the first time in more than 80 years, foreign troops are fighting on russian soil. And yet, the country s l