Wildfires are continuing to burn in algeria in north africa, california and parts of greece. And under threat sea horses off the coast of dorset. Divers put this screw anchor into the sea bed, then connect it to these rubber pieces here, dense rubber, this is what replaces the chains on a traditional mooring that are said to do so much more damage. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. The premier league s chief executive says he s fully behind players taking a knee when the new season begins on friday. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. There are calls for an overhaul of the way a levels are assessed and graded in the future, after this year s results saw record numbers given top marks. Almost 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded a or a , fuelling concerns that soaring grades risk undermining confidence in the system. Ministers are reported to be looking at replacing the traditional a to e grades with numbers, similar to gcses.
Vote no. No, it s not. No, i got to make sure we re going to move to a better compromise. We are following those headlines. And this. Crucial meetings on the fate of america s crumbling infrastructure underway on the hill. Right now hundreds of billions of dollars to expand internet access and fix u. S. Roads and bridges. On the line. Cnn s jessica dean is live for us on capitol hill. First, the voting rights bill. We know it s doomed because of republicans and they need at least ten to come on board in order to pass this through the next level. The next step. But democrats, they want unity and given manchin s stance, how likely is that? well, we will just have to see. That is playing out as we speak down the halls as the senators talked with one heard. We heard from senator amy klobuchar who told us they are negotiating with senator manchin over specifically voter i. D. And also mailin voting as they try to get some consensus around a full unified democratic vote for this bill. But so
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eurovision song contest. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show, what s in store for 202a? another year of struggle for the global economy. but are things about to get brighter? how much we spend in the shops, jobs and interest rates as well as elections and war are all on the agenda for the next 12 months. but what will it mean for our cost of living? i m going to tackle those questions with these two, there they are, the chief economist atjp morgan, one of the world s biggest banks, who tells me why the us is still leading the way but europe is the big worry. and the boss of the world s biggest recruitment firm, randstad, is going to give me the lowdown on what might change in the world of work. plus, coming out of the clouds, the head of the global airline body, iata, tells me why the cost of flying is one thing that won t be getting cheape