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of the biggest transfers in football history. good morning from the dorset coast, where conservationists have come up with an innovative idea to protect a tiny yet very precious creature. the spiny sea horse. a dry and bright start this morning, rain and brisk winds in the north and west, and through the day they will travel east leaving brighter skies behind them. all the details in 25 minutes. it s wednesday august the 11th. our top story. there are calls for reforms to the a level system after this year s results saw record numbers of students given top grades. the government is considering a range of options for the future grading of results in england. labour says the coronavirus pandemic has widened the gap between private and state schools. simonjones has this report. oh, my god! a bumper yearfor top grades, with traditional exams replaced by teacher assessment. i ve got three a s. oh, my god! hard work rewarded after the most challenging of years but concerns, too, ....
the rule which means 51 votes 50 democrats are kamala harris as the vice president breaking the tie, is the only way it can pass the senate. manchin says he has serious concerns about the way forward. he says given the state of the economic recovery, it s simply irresponsible to continue spending at levels more sulted to respond to a great depression or great recession, not an economy that is on the verge of overheating. this $3.5 trillion plan is part of the larger, more than $4 trillion worth of joe biden s agenda. the other piece, that $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan that passed the senate with 69 votes yet. that still is awaiting action in the house. nancy pelosi has made clear she will not move on that bipartisan plan until the senate moves the larger democratic plan. you can see the challenge the democrats have both from the progressives, pushing the larger plan, moderates like joe manchin raising concerns about the price tag. it s a complicated dan ....
new zealand weightlifter laurel hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the tokyo olympics. whales have made it through to the last 16 of the euros, despite losing 1 0 to italy in rome. a full round up coming up. imy i my gosh! and is there anyone out there? a new us military report is said to uncover the truth about ufos and alien life. oh, my gosh! hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in france where we have seen the leading candidates in next year s presidential election but voters have delivered a rebuff to both president macron and his far right rival marine le pen. in the first round of regional elections, her national rally party failed to make predicted gains, receiving i9% of make predicted gains, receiving 19% of the national vote according to the exit poll. the president s centrist party polled badly with 11% while the centre right republicans did better than expected with a pretty did 27%. a predicted. they were bil ....
up upa up a public inquiry into how children with up a public inquiry into how children with haemophilia l up a public inquiry into how- children with haemophilia were given a contaminated drug gets under way. a blow for french president emmanuel macron and his far right rival, marine le pen, as their parties do badly in regional elections. new zealand weightlifter laurel hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the tokyo 0lympics. do you support transgender athletes competing at the olympics, or do you feel they have an unfair advantage? get in touch @vicderbyshire victoria@bbc.co.uk 0r@annita?mcveigh 0h, oh, and wales will find out tonight who they are playing in the knockout stages of the euros after getting through the group. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. senior health leaders in england say the government must start planning now for covid booster jabs, due to be given in the autumn. they say the question ....
and the defending european champions, portugal, are beaten in a six goal thriller in munich in the euros. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in brazil where the number of deaths related to covid 19 has passed half a million the second highest in the world. the virus continues to spread as presidentjair bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing. experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the start of winter. mark lobel reports. as covid death rate half a million here, the painful goodbyes continue. translation: the death rate has been much higher lately, despite all the precautions. i have lost members of my family. brazil s health minister members of my family. brazil s health minister tweeted - members of my family. brazil s health minister tweeted the - health minister tweeted the grim news of the 500,000 lives lost saying is working tirelessly to vaccinate all resilient in the shortest time possible and to change t ....