many people know about malala yousafzai. she got cracking results yesterday.results were. three as. just a cool three as. she is starting to make studying at lady margaret school, studying at lady margaret school, studying at lady margaret school, studying at the same place as the pakistani prime minister. we will see what she does after three or four years studying. a career in politics, one hopes. congratulations to her. that is it. we have to go. banks, richard. goodbye. -- thanks. hello there. friday is looking a bit cooler across the board, and there'll plenty of showers around, too, some of them merging together to produce longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. we start the morning off, though, with sunshine and dry in the south and eastern areas. there will be plenty of showers from the word go, particularly across scotland. some merging together to bring longer spells of rain in the north—west and eastern areas as well. a little bit of sunshine to the south. some sunshine and one or two showers for northern ireland

five years after being shot by the taliban, malala yousafzai has won a place at oxford university.s saying she's "so excited" to study philosophy, politics and economics. in the business section of the south china morning post, it says this. "unicom revamp gets mass support," as private and state sectors back a mixed ownership scheme. but the rush to execute the plan raises problems.

the nobel prize winning activist, malala yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the taliban for advocatingbeen accepted into 0xford university. she'll read philosphy, politics and economics, starting this october. around a dozen sailors from the united states navy are facing punishment over a collision with a philippine cargo ship injune. the commanding officer, executive officer and master chief of the uss fitzgerald are all being removed from the ship. the navy‘s deputy chief says he's lost trust and confidence in their ability to lead following the incident. a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his mother in canada three years after being captured by the so—called islamic state. emad tamo was reunited after a relative alerted his mother to his photo posted online after his rescue. the family were held captive by is in 2014 after their town was captured. emad's mother escaped with some of her children, arriving in canada as a refugee. the war on drugs in the philippines continues to take a deadly toll. police say they've killed another 26 suspected drug dealers, and arrested h

the nobel prize—winning activists, malala yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the taliban for advocatingg education for girls and pakistan has taken the social media to show she was admitted into 0xford university. she starts this year. finally, some much needed good news. a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his family three years after being captured by so—called islamic state militants in iraq. the family were held captive in 2014. his mother, who now lives in canada, only discovered her son was alive last month, as the bbc‘s adam mcilrick reports. a lot is going on in this hour. the main news. police in spain are still hunting the driver of a van that was deliberately driven into people in barcelona, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 100 on the popular street of las ramblas, forcing people to flee. in the last half—hour, police are reporting four suspected terrorists shot dead and one wounded by police. a second attack to hit catalonia. apparently it happened in a coastal town just south of barcelona. they are trying to establish whether the people they we re to e

nobel prize winning activist malala yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the taliban for advocatingedia to reveal she has been accepted into oxford university. she'll study philosphy, politics and economics, starting this october. a 12—year—old yazidi boy has been reunited with his family, three years after being captured by so—called islamic state militants in iraq. his mother, who now lives in canada, only discovered her son was alive last month, as the bbc‘s adam mcilrick reports. his report contains some flash photography. flanked by family and photographers, this was a moment worth capturing. mother and son together again. 12—year—old yazidi boy emad mishko tamm was given a hero's welcome to what is now his new home in winnipeg, canada. translation: i am happy and very thankful to everybody who had anything to do with helping to reunite me with my mother. emad reserved special thanks for his uncle, steve, and the canadian government for making this all possible, a day few thought would ever come. emad and his family were captured by so—called islamic state in 2014, when the mil

one of the most famous students who got her results today was the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzaiold has gained a place at oxford university to study philosophy, politics and economics. malala was campaigning on girls‘ rights to education in her native pakistan in 2012, when she was almost killed by the taliban. president trump says american history and culture are being ripped apart by the removal of statues, some of which commemorate those who fought to retain slavery. the violence in virginia last weekend was sparked when far right nationalists protested against proposals to remove symbols celebrating those who fought to defend slavery in the american civil war. the clashes left one woman dead and many more injured. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel, reports from leesburg in virginia. bell tolls. does this statute represent heritage or hate? dignity or division? last night, this monument to a confederate soldier — the army from the south in the us civil war that fought to maintain slavery — was vandalised. today, as we filmed in leesburg, virginia, the local authorities decid

and one student who will be pleased this morning is the nobel peace prize winner malala yousafzai.ng to go to school in pakistan — has tweeted that she has a place at the university of oxford to study politics, philosophy and economics. later today, you will have your chance to put your questions to ucas about your higher education choices. whether you got better results than expected or you disappointed. you can find out more about how the clearing process works and what options are open to you. you can text us or tweet. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the number of people receiving top grades at a—level has risen slightly. but the number of university places allocated so far has fallen. the bbc understands britain will look to keep these are free travel for european visitors after brexit, but they will need a permit to work, study or settle here. dozens of firefighters are tackling a huge blaze in the east end of glasgow. there are no reports of any injuries. and in sport, celtic are pretty much but themselves a place in the champions league. they won 5—0 in the first leg of

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. >> jimmy: hey, this is pretty cool. 20-year-old nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, has beento oxford university. [ cheers and applause ] when she puts her nobel prize on the shelf, her roommate will quietly put away all of her youth soccer trophies. [ laughter and applause ] no big deal. this made me laugh. you know the band belle & sebastian? well they accidentally left its drummer behind at a walmart in his pajamas -- [ light laughter ] with no phone or wallet. [ light laughter ] so they called walmart to see if there was a guy wandering around in his pjs with no phone and they said, "you got to be way more specific." [ laughter and applause ] "there's like 20 of those dudes here." and finally, this is everywhere. during last night's red sox's game, a fan got to throw out the first pitch and it was just a little wild. take a look at this. >> oh! [ audience ohs ] >> jimmy: the count is, two balls, one strike. there you go -- >> steve: hey! [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and

. >> and malala yousafzai is going to one of the top universities.o excited to go to oxford. the hardest year, best wishes for life ahead. she said she'll be studying philosophy, economics. that does it for us on this friday. >> she has a bright future ahead. i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >> good morning. it's friday august 18th. welcome to "morning joe." with us we have kasie hunt, rick stengel joining willie, joe and me. viewers may find the following footage disturbing. it is. at least 13 people are dead. more than 100 injured, many seriously after a person drove a rental van through a crowded pedestrian plaza in the heart of barcelona, spain's second largest city. three people have been detained relating to the attack, though police say none of them are the driver, who remains at large. isis has claimed responsibility but as if often the case has offered no proof. one person was killed, several more injured on wednesday night following an explosion in the town about 125 miles

finally five years after nearly being killed by the taliban for her efforts to educate girls malala yousafzai been accepted to oxford studying philosophy, politics and economics and congratulated all the other students who got in saying she's so excited with three exclamation points. i'm always reminded despite all she's done that she's still a young woman. >> congratulations to her. that's awesome. >>> and now we'll go to search for a group of bandits would pulled off a jewelry heist in london in broad daylight. abc's james longman has the story. >> reporter: it looked like a scene right out of a hollywood action movie. a gang wielding hammers making their getaway after smashing and robbing an exclusive jewelry store speeding off on three mopeds as stunned pedestrians look on in broad daylight. watch again. you can see one of the masked men holding a sledgehammer used to break their way in. witnesses say the gang carried off the heist in less than a minute making off with jewelry and expensive watches. the store told abc news no one was hurt. it would not reveal the exact worth of the stolen

studio: one student who will be pleased is malala yousafzai, the feminist activist who was shot in ther attempting to go to school has tweeted that she has won a place to study politics, philosophy and economics at the university of oxford. we will be speaking with teachers about whether these new tests are more difficult. rebecca jones is in the bbc newsroom with a summary jones is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. president trump says he is shutting down two business councils after a raft of resignations by the leaders of some of the united state”s biggest companies. around a dozen company heads left their roles following mr trump's decision to blame left—wing protesters as much as right—wing supremacists for the violence which erupted in charlottesville at the weekend. david willis reports. at the top of our agenda is the creation of great high—paying jobs. voiceover: set up to help the president deliver on his promise to help "make america great again," the business advisory councils brought together the heads of some of the biggest companies in the u