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A top year for marks. but now the government is under pressure to review the way qualifications are assessed and concerns have been raised about the attainment gap between fee—paying schools in england, where around seven in ten students acheived an a or a star, compared to state schools, where around four in ten did. the labour party is among those calling for change. well done, by the way, to all of those that got the results that they want. but the gap now is getting bigger and bigger, and there is baked—in unfairness. and yet again it is the students who most need the support of govern...

The clinton team is backing calls. john podesta put out a statement saying they support efforts to request a briefing on foreign intervention in the presidential election. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is looking into the reports of russian hacking interfering into the elections here rand joins me now from moscow. what have you learned so far on the ground out there? >> reporter: well, the reaction today from russian officials has been absolute denial. they say this is an effort by sore losers. i have heard the expression sour grapes. they say russia had nothing to do with it...

Controlled from president asaad. the heaviest security presence since the unrest began. syrian government is now considering lifting emergency law that has been in place since 1963, at least it says so. in egypt, the former interior minister and other top security officials are now being charged with murder and attempted murder of hundreds of protesters during the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak last month. 300 demonstrators were killed in those clashes. mubarak could also face similar charges. in israel, government air strikes hammered the gaza strip overnight after recent rocket and mor...