In Pictures: Tears, hugs and smiles on A-level results day
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Teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been receiving their A-level results.
It was the first time the exams had been sat since the coronavirus outbreak, and there was delight for thousands of youngsters and their proud parents.
There were happy students and teachers at schools across London.
Opening the envelope was a tense moment for students.
Venezuela's major opposition coalition will back Edmundo Gonzalez as its unity presidential candidate for July's election, its leadership said on Friday, after intense internal negotiations to determine who could take on President Nicolas Maduro. The campaign has already been marked by arrests and bans on candidates, with critics alleging that Maduro's ruling party has prevented a free and fair election. Gonzalez, a former ambassador, is already registered to compete in the contest, after his name was put forward as a placeholder after both the winner of the opposition primary and her alternate were both unable to register.
The U.S. Senate has reached an agreement to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program and plans to vote on it on Friday night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said. If the Senate votes to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which the House approved last week, it would secure what supporters call a key element of the United States' foreign intelligence-gathering operation. "It's an important part of our national security toolkit and helps law enforcement stop terrorist attacks, drug trafficking, and violent extremism," Schumer said in a written statement.
New Hampshire drivers could someday pay more to get into Massachusetts after the Bay State's transportation secretary said tolls at the border could be a possibility.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) -Workers at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant have voted to join the United Auto Workers, an unofficial tally showed on Friday in a seismic victory for the union as it drives into the U.S. South and West. A majority of eligible workers had cast ballots in favor of the union, the UAW said. Counting is continuing with about 75% in favor of the UAW.