To him by the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, and then sexually abused. An apology from the greek prime minister, for failures in tackling widlfires, which continue to burn across parts of the country. Lionel messi has agreed a two year deal tojoin paris st germain, following his shock exit from barcelona. And could dementia be diagnosed in just one day? scientists begin trials of an artificial intelligence system that could lead to that breakthrough. Good afternoon and welcome. More a grades have been awarded for a levels this year, after exams were cancelled for a second year because of the pandemic. Nearly 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded an a or a star that s an all time record, and much much higher than when exams were last held in 2019. Students work was assessed and graded by their teachers in place of exams. This year, no algorithm was used to moderate grades, after a backlash to last year s results led to a u turn from the government
let s start with a major resignation in the world of banking. the boss of credit suisse antonio horta osorio has stepped down after being investigated by the bank s board for breaching covid 19 quarantine rules. horta osorio had only been in the role for eight months and had promised to restore the swiss bank s reputation following a spate of high profile scandals. credit suisse has already announced axel lehmann will be its new chairman. joining me now is russ mould, who s a investment director at aj bell. good morning to you. for those of us good morning to you. for those of us in good morning to you. for those of us in financial news we know this man of us in financial news we know this man very well, a former ceo this man very well, a former ceo of this man very well, a former ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you surprised to hear this? in a way it is a terrible shame because mr horta osorio did a fantasticjob at b
twitter is reborn as x, it is the latest big change since elon musk bought the social media platform for $41; billion last year and at the weekend, he said he was ditching the famous blue bird and changing the logo of twitter to an x. the ceo addressed the rebranding in he claimed usage was an she claimed usage was an all time high and they should not share any specific metrics. and as to what x might look like in changes in audio, payments and banking. it s no secret that elon musk wants to transform twitter into a super app, similar to chinese and indonesian social media platforms. these apps let people send and receive payments and content, and access things like food deliveries. but do the us and consumers wanta superapp? they already have easy access to other things, but to them traffic and revenue is down and it s now got a smaller workforce to pull off such a transformation. not one to shy away from hyperbole, elon musk believes, if done right, x could become half the
lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the party s probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just moments ago here at the courthouse? the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies. sal s across america. into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievous harm to dominion. in the country. today s settlement. 787,000,500. represents vindication. and accountability. lies have consequences. now, jake, the dominion attorneys. they came to the podium right after court let out. but the fox attorneys, they went down the street did not take any qu
it s revealed that almost 400 hotels across the uk are now being used to house asylum seekers at a cost of £6 million a day. and why something fishy has been going on after the body of a rare shark was discovered on a beach in hampshire. and coming up on the bbc news channel. facing a length ban aleksandar mitrovic s moment of madness means he could be out for a significant part of fulham s season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. for the increasingly isolated russian leader vladimir putin, it is a hugely significant moment the chinese leader xijinping has travelled to moscow to meet him. president xi says today s state visit will give new momentum for relations between the two superpowers. mr xi will be the first foreign leader to shake vladimir putin s hand since an international arrest warrant was issued for the russian president on war crimes charges. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. when xi jinping arrived you could tell