chloe mccardel — an australian endurance swimmer — finishes a record—breaking crossing of the englishng up at 4:30 — dateline london discusses the deal between israel and the united arab emirates. hello, and welcome to bbc news. there's more uncertainty and confusion for hundreds of thousands of a—level and gcse students today. the exams regulator quual withdrew its advice for those wanting to appeal within hours of making it public. the government has been under fire since thursday's a—level grades were awarded — with nearly 40% downgraded by quual. gcse results are due this week — having been assessed using the same algorithm as a—levels. here's our political correspondent peter saull. in ordinary times, they'd know what their next step would be by now. and the class of 2020 is facing more uncertainty. three days after the results came out, here, or so we thought, was the criteria for appealing. on this page of quual's website, students and teachers could find out what a valid mock exam looks like, but just hours later, the document disappeared. in a statement, the regulator said...

chloe mccardel is now the second on the list of the most channel swims and broke the men's record inloe mccardel stepped into the water near folkestone in kent at 8pm last night to start her fourth crossing of the channel in 16 days. it took her ten hours and 40 minutes, swimming through the dark and the busiest shipping lane in the world. her safe arrival at calais just before seven this morning means miss mccardel moves to second on the list of those who have achieved the most channel swims but she's surpassed the male record holder, leaving her one place behind briton alison streeter. the australian's already been renowned for endurance swimming but this triumph was also a different kind of challenge for her. as a survivor of domestic abuse, mccardel wanted to raise awareness of those who may have suffered under lockdown. now, back on british soil, she says she's been reassured that, unlike other arrivals from across the channel, she won't have to quarantine for two weeks. john mcmanus, bbc news. popstar, taylor swift has been on 5 sell—out world tours. but it seems of all the pla

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