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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 ....
russia is laying the groundwork for invading ukraine, all that on top of runaway inflation record. lucas is live with more in delaware for the president is spending the weekend. lucas. reporter: the president arrived here last night, some of the strongest supporters say this week has been a disaster. there s a lot of talk about things we haven t done. reporter: this week u.s. inflation hitting fastest inflation nearly four decades. prices of houses 7% spike including 50% increase at the gas pump and 12 and a half points the grocery store in the fish in exile. the white house jen psaki lames nobody saw this coming. we are getting out of a pandemic the economic downturn at a rate faster than anyone thought could ve happened. week from hell some call it, talks from russia failing to stop tensions at the border with ukraine, the situation now growing even more tense serious speech in georgia by the president failed to give voting rights past, the segregation list. sup ....
after complaints of shortages. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. good morning. ending the so called loyalty premium. new rules means existing customers will pay the same price or car and home insurance as he once and it could save them billions over the next few years. manchester united ring out the year with a win. their unbeaten run under ralph rangnick continues with victory over burnley at old trafford. and with temperatures 15 degrees in parts of the uk, it is set to be the warmest temperature on record. more in 15 minutes. it s friday, the 31st of december. our main story. the prime minister has urged people to take a covid test before attending new year s eve parties this evening. no new restrictions have been introduced in england, but in scotland, wales and northern ireland tighter rules are now in ....
lost this year the iconic figures who helped change the world. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening i m peter alexander in tonight for lester just a day ahead of those festive new year s eve celebrations, a sobering reality check with covid cases raging across the country. the latest tally another all-time high. nearly 500,000 new infections in a single day. the eye popping case count causing major staffing shortages and more travel nightmares some cities are now canceling their new year s festivities but here in new york the mayor is allowing a scaled-back crowd in times square for the iconic ball drop still tonight, there is some promising news that omicron cases are less severe among the vaccinated, keeping hospitalizations down. and we re learning new details about the effectiveness of the vaccine in kids. we begin tonight with nbc s sam brock. reporter: tonight the u.s. is barrelling toward the new year s holiday under a tidal wave of new ....
hello again everyone. thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with breaking news pap string of violent tornado covering a path of destruction across six states. 79 people confirmed killed so far making the the deadliest december day for tornadoes on record. the national weather service says one of those storms tore a track of damage nearly 200 miles long. a kentucky man captured glimpses of one of the massive tornadoes. see it right there. extraordinary at lightning illuminates the sky. lightning, colossal. the full scope across the widespread area still being assessed. in illinois an amazon warehouse collapsed killing at least two people. rescue efforts continue to be under way. and in arkansas, a tornado decimated a nursing home. at least one person killed there. and then in kentucky, the governor issue as state of emergency. the death toll is expected to exceed 79 people. in that state alone, possibly many more. officials calling i ....