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Rescue workers in lebanon are searching for a possible survivor from the port blast in beirut, that devastated the city a month ago. A sniffer dog alerted rescuers in the rubble of a collapsed building and the team then said their scanners had detected a pulse. Theyve been digging ever since and they say theyll keep going even if theres only a one percent chance of finding someone. Our International Correspondent orla guerin has been watching them work all day. Hands up for silence. Rescue workers and many in this battered city wait for a sign, daring to hope. And then, beeping that confirms b...

Been given more details about how gcse and a level grades will be calculated for pupils, whose exams have been cancelled because of the pandemic. The exams regulator, quual, says teachers will be asked to estimate a mark, when ranking students. As our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys reports, the results will be published no later than august, but could be earlier. Its quite a freeing, strange thought, not having to worry about revision and exam stress for the next few months. But it is a weird feeling, yeah. A lot of people are worried about the work that we have done till now because, obv...

After a decisive victory to become labours new leader. The former director of Public Prosecutions whos only been an mp for five years took 56 of the vote, defeating rebecca long bailey and lisa nandy. Sir keirs first task will be to respond to the coronavirus emergency and he has accepted an invitation from the Prime Minister to take part in briefings from next week. 0ur political editor, Laura Kuenssberg reports. Phone rings no eager crowd, no hush of anticipation. Instead, the ping of an e mail, the bleep of a text, labours new leader announced in lockdown. It is the honour and the privilege...

Senegal Ex-Rifleman In His 90s To Carry Olympic Flame In France

At over 90 years old, former Senegalese rifleman Oumar Dieme considers it something of a miracle that he will be carrying the Olympic torch as part of the opening of this summer's Paris Games.