resigns after an inquiry found he sexually harassed multiple women. in my mind, i ve never crossed the line with anyone, but i didn t realise the extent to which the line has been redrawn. what a welcome for lionel messi one of the world s greatest footballers as he flies into france to agree a deal with paris st germain. hi, i m max. and coming up, we meet an 11 year old boy from devon preparing to spend his 500th night camping outside for charity. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the number of a level students receiving an a or a star has risen to a record high after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. the education secretary, gavin williamson, has praised students for dealing with unprecedented levels of disruption over the past year. students were assessed by teachers in england, wales and northern ireland 45% were awarded top grades, compared to 25% in 2019 before the pandemic. the gap between private and state school student
this is rowan bridge in mold in north wales, where an amber weather warning for significant ice and snow could bring disruption through today. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least nine people have been killed in ukraine as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. there s been severe damage to parts of its energy infrastructure as well as residential areas. the mayor of kyiv says 40% of the capital s residents are without heating. shelling overnight in southern ukraine has damaged the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly missiles were fired at areas, including these shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, str
bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let s begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw donald trump try to do that s come out through the course of these hearings and before about how he tried to pressure vice president mike pence to overturn election results, pressure state officials to disregard the election, refuse to concede, claimed the election was stolen without any evidence of proof of widespread fraud. what this aims to do is make it very clear that a vice president s role in
n. tate reeves just defeated brandon presley. mississippi did not bend. ohio voters protect abortion. we need a national strategy. trying to censure she will not work. defending an anti-israel chant. [. president biden must listen to and represent all of us. we are now in month two of the war between israel and hamas. [gunfire] there will not be a cease-fire without the release of hostages taken by hamas. the former president repeatedly spard with the new york prosecutor questioning him. this judge decided this case and my ability before we walked up those stairs. the family affair continues with ivanka trump slated to testify. chicago residents are sick of living in a sanctuary city and they re letting their leaders know it. believe we should remain a sanctuary city? no. good morning, everybody, and welcome to the post game show. after a big election night coast to coast. we have got some results. you were in virginia yesterday interviewing governor
and we have some news from abroad. we start in the united states and across parts of the south in particular because we have some enormous thunderstorms breaking at the moment. they will be capable of bringing some pale and later today there is a significant risk of seeing some very strong tornadoes across this kind of area. some of those could be on the ground for quite a long time so there is a risk of significant damage because that part of the united states later today. here in the uk there is more cloud than yesterday but still some fine spells of sunshine. for most of you through the afternoon. the exception is across parts of east anglia and the south east england where we have some rain which could be on the heavy side across essex, kent and sussex before that clear through. most of us than see some sunshine and if you are out of that chilly wind temperatures as high as 14 chilly wind temperatures as high as m in glasgow and around 15 for chilly wind temperatures as h