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New mexico in the us. The Starliner-capsule'>Starliner Capsule developed Technical Problems shortly after launch, and nasa opted to leave the two astronauts On Board the iss until february. Its taken about six hours to get back from space. Earlier, nasa said that Butch And Suni the pair who are stranded were in good spirits and in regular contact with theirfamilies. We with their families. Have some commentary on Feed'>Tha Feed we have some commentary on that Feed from nasa so when we get that we will listen into it, but as you can see, remarkable images, Starliner-Spacecraft'>Boeings Starliner Spacecraft beginning its journey now Back To Earth, as we were saying, the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying, will be staying behind on the international Space Station. Nasa says it is now back on earth, and the empty craft, which had been switched to autonomous mode has undocked from the orbiting hug. Lets hub. Lets listen in. From the orbiting hug. Lets hub. Lets listen in. Hub. Lets listen in. Starliner is back on hub. Lets listen in. Starliner is back on earth, hub. Lets listen in. Starliner is back on earth, that hub. Lets listen in. Starliner| is back on earth, that lending coming at 11. 01. 35 central time, at white Sands Space Harbourin time, at white Sands Space Harbour in New Mexico. 0ur Landing and recovery teams will now wait for clearance before making their way to the Spacecraft. Making their way to the sacecraft. ,. , Spacecraft. One of the Changes Reuuired Spacecraft. One of the changes required with Spacecraft. One of the changes required with no Spacecraft. One of the changes required with no crew Spacecraft. One of the changes required with no crew on Spacecraft. One of the changes required with no crew On Board is that required with no crew On Board is that the required with no crew On Board is that the team here on the flight is that the team here on the Flight Control Room will be the ones Flight Control Room will be the ones to Flight Control Room will be the ones to command the parachute to be ones to command the parachute to be cut ones to command the parachute to be cut away so the wind doesnt to be cut away so the wind doesnt pull the capsule along, but doesnt pull the capsule along, but that doesnt pull the capsule along, but. That is no problem for them, but. That is no problem for them, so but. That is no problem for them, so now with Starliner down them, so now with Starliner down they can begin working on some down they can begin working on some of down they can begin working on some of the Post Landing to do items some of the Post Landing to do items. Again, we sought Starliner-touchdown'>Starliner Touchdown at 11. 0 1pm centrai Starliner-touchdown'>Starliner Touchdown at 11. 0 1pm central time. Central time. There you have it there. Central time. There you have it there the central time. There you have it there. The boeing central time. There you have it there. The Starliner'>Boeing Starliner there. The boeing Starliner-Spacecraft'>Starliner Spacecraft now back in the New Mexico desert, nasa about whether its commentary, you can see those images, quite incredible to see it being parachuted Back To Earth. And were staying on the live from nasa now, as i was saying just then, the astronauts who are supposed to be travelling on that Spacecraft are staying behind on the international Space Station. It was in some ways a troubled three month Test Mission, the capsule suffered Technical Problems after it launched, and nasser� s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who were On Board are remaining on the international Space Station because it was deemed to risky for them to return home. Lets speak to a former Nasa Astronaut, dottie metcalf lindenburger. Welcome to bbc news. It has been quite a moment for this mission, hasnt it . Been quite a moment for this mission, hasnt it . Yes, i have been listening mission, hasnt it . Yes, i have been listening and mission, hasnt it . Yes, i have been listening and following i been listening and following along since about an hour ago plus, and it has been good to see a touchdown. Plus, and it has been good to see a touchdown. How do you feel about see a touchdown. How do you feel about the see a touchdown. How do you feel about the plight see a touchdown. How do you feel about the plight of see a touchdown. How do you feel about the plight of your l feel about the plight of your colleagues, Butch And Suni who are not travelling back with it . I are not travelling back with it . , � 4 are not travelling back with it . , � ~ ,. , it . I dont think it is a plight. It . I dont think it is a plight. I it . I dont think it is a plight, ithink it . I dont think it is a plight, i think they i it . | dont think it is al plight, i think they are actually in a really good place and this was a great decision to be made because we now have redundancy of vehicles so we can keep them on orbit, and verify that the vehicle is safe and so there will still be many tests done after this, but both Butch And Suni are very experienced astronauts, both of them have commanded the international Space Station, and i bet you they are having a really good time and space, they are accomplished space walkers, they have done so much science and experiments, i bet this is an added addition to the great crew already so im sure they are having a good time and space as well. This was a really well thought out plan, and we did hear words earlierfrom them today plan, and we did hear words earlier from them today about their progress through the training on this vehicle, and i think thisjust speaks training on this vehicle, and i think this just speaks so well to how Engineering And Nasser works. ,. , ~ to how Engineering And Nasser works. ,. , ~. , works. You talk about them havin works. You talk about them having a works. You talk about them having a good works. You talk about them having a good time works. You talk about them having a good time while i works. You talk about them i having a good time while they are up there, you have been up there as well, have you to last what it is like. There as well, have youto last what it is like. What it is like. The international what it is like. The | international space what it is like. The international Space Station what it is like. The international Space Station is an international accomplishment, and that means of course always there are people from around the world working up there, so right now they are working with international colleagues, some of them are actually classmates of them are actually classmates of theirs, so that is always fun, i got to fly with two of my classmates on a Space Shuttle to the Space Station. You get a look down at earth and you also get to look out into the depths of space, and it can be a very humbling experience when you look out into that depth and the beauty of the stars, the milky way, and also when you look back at earth and think about what trying to accomplish in having this orbital lavatory and also preparing to go back to the moon. Laboratory. It is beautiful, it is wonderful, it is international, and Ijust Bet that they are soaking all about up. It bet that they are soaking all about Tip Bet that they are soaking all about up. It is so amazing to hear you about up. It is so amazing to hear you talk about up. It is so amazing to hear you talk about about up. It is so amazing to i hear you talk about something that so many of us can only imagine. To stay with us, i am going to bring in our Science Editor to the conversation, rebecca morelle, Whojoins Us In The Studio. This was supposed to be an eight day mission, it ended up being eight months. What is your assessment of it . The landing looks pretty good from where im sitting, there will be a Nasa Press briefing happening within the next 90 minutes so we will hear more about it than, but the Spacecraft seems to have performed well, everything looks 0k, performed well, everything looks ok, the teams will be rushing over to check it out now. When i say it went to plan, the bit but didnt go to plan, the bit but didnt go to plan was the fact that it didnt have the astronauts inside the capsule, it was coming back every empty, just their spacesuits and they are in fact. They have stayed behind on the international Space Station, as you said, for what was initially supposed to be eight days, that is now going to last for eight months, they are not coming back until february next year. It is because of the sort of complex scheduling of To Ing and Fro Ing from the Space Station so they have to wait for a Spacex Rocket and Spacecraft that will bring to astronauts instead of the four astronauts planned, and that means they will be able to come back on that Spacecraft when it leaves in february next year, making a team of four when they come Back To Earth. Before i bring dottie back in, i wanted to ask you what the goal of this mission was. You what the goal of this mission was. ~. ,. , mission was. What was the goal of it . It mission was. What was the goal of it . It is mission was. What was the goal of it . It is an mission was. What was the goal of it . It is an important of it . It is an important mission for nasa and it is not how nasa or boeing wanted to go. How nasa or boeing wanted to i o, ,. , how nasa or boeing wanted to go. This is all part of Nasas Lan go. This is all part of nasas [an to go. This is all part of nasas plan to have go. This is all part of nasas plan to have two go. This is all part of Nasasj Plan to have two commercial carriers to bring passengers and cargo to and from face because space because they were several years when america did not have its own way of getting into space, they were relying on russias soyuz Spacecraft for quite a long time. The idea of nasa having commercial carriers who they pay for seats, Taxi Rides in their Spacecraft, spacex has been doing this for some time, boeing also had a contract with nasa but there has not gone as well to plan i guess, it is quite delayed by several years and of course this Test Mission with a crew On Board has not gone to plan. What happens next boeing will be interesting. Nasa has emphasised its commitment to working with boeing so i do think we will see the Spacecraft fly again but how long before another pair of astronauts get inside it, that ought to be decided thatis it, that ought to be decided that is all to be decided. They have to fix the Technical Problems. Have to fix the Technical Problem have to fix the technical roblems. ,. , m, problems. Stay with us, rebecca and dottie. Problems. Stay with us, rebecca and dottie, which problems. Stay with us, rebecca and dottie, which continues problems. Stay with us, rebecca and dottie, which continues on l and dottie, which continues on the nasa Feed. And dottie, which continues on the nasa Feed. Both nasa and bowing out the nasa Feed. Both nasa and bowing out here the nasa Feed. Both nasa and bowing out here at the nasa Feed. Both nasa and bowing out here at white the nasa Feed. Both nasa and bowing out here at White Hands white bowing out here at White Hands White Sands in mexico. With that White Sands in mexico. With that, handing it back to mission that, handing it back to Mission Control in houston. Thank Mission Control in houston. Thank you Mission Control in houston. Thank you josh and leo, great to see Thank You Josh and leo, great to see starlight Thank You Josh and leo, great to see Starlight A Thank You Josh and leo, great to see Starlight A home Thank You Josh and leo, great to see Starlight A Home And L Thank You Josh and leo, great to see Starlight A home and ii to see Starlight A home and i envy to see Starlight A home and i envy you to see Starlight A home and i envy you the to see Starlight A home and i envy you the upper to see Starlight A home and i envy you the upper close to see Starlight A Home And I. Envy you the upper close view. Startinen envy you the upper close view. Startinen i envy you the upper close view. Starliner Starliner. I do as well. Starliner Starliner. I do as well. Starliner has Starliner. I do as well. Starliner has returned Starliner. I do as well. Starliner has returned safely, well done to the entire team for completing the mission with the successful un docking, D Orbit and landing. Starliner has once again proven herself a safe ride to and from space. 0n Safe Ride to and from space. On behalf of the entire boeing team, welcome home, calypso. Welcome home the commentary says, three i will bring you back in. Why wont the two astronauts able to return back . Dottie. Astronauts able to return back . Dottie dottie. There is a whole process dottie. There is a whole process at dottie. There is a whole process at nasa dottie. There is a whole process at nasa before dottie. There is a whole L Process at nasa before they make a decision to return the vehicle with the crew and they went through all the data, they went through all the data, they went through all the data, they went through the engineering that was understood at the time, and the decision was to keep the crew on orbit. And thatis keep the crew on orbit. And that is exactly why we want this redundancy of vehicles because they can have Butch And Suni stay On Board and that is just fine, and that luxury has not always existed as you heard. That is why they didnt come back, and that is ok, i think that is the wise decision. And we will learn from Starliner, and there will be much to come in the future, and that is the part of spaceflight, and we know it is risky, but was no need to take human Light Risk this time, and so that is why the decision was made to keep those astronauts on orbit, thats really wise. Human life at risk. We on orbit, thats really wise. Human life at risk. We will show you Human Life at risk. We will show you some Human Life at risk. We will show you some pictures Human Life at risk. We will| show you some pictures there from the international Space Station, i still have our Science Editor morelle In The Studio, i am Science Editor morelle In The Studio, iam reading Science Editor morelle In The Studio, i am reading an article you wrote on the bbc website, and one of the things you talk about when we talk about some of the challenges and problems is the capsule experiencing leaks of helium which you said put fuel into the propulsion system. So what were some of the Technical Problems that meant now you have those two astronauts who seem to be completely fine, they are still up completely fine, they are still up in space . Completely fine, they are still uinsace . , , up in space . Yeah, the problems started really up in space . Yeah, the problems started really quite up in space . Yeah, the problems started really quite soon up in space . Yeah, the problems started really quite soon after started really quite soon after launch, there were these leaks of helium, and there was issues with some of the thrusters on the Spacecraft as well. That is initially why the mission got extended, because while the Spacecraft, while Starliner was actually docked to the international Space Station, boeing and Nasa Engineers were sort of looking at these problems and working out exactly what was causing them and whether there was a way to actually resolve them in a manner to get the astronauts back down. It took them a long time, they spent months trying to get this, Workout Testing and space, but also testing on earth as well to try and look at why these problems were happening. I think in The End as dottie said the nasa, they have to weigh up the risks of this, you have the option of returning Butch And Suni in a capsule where there are these problems, there is a risk attached to that, or you can return the capsule back empty and they can come back later with much less risk to them doing so which is why it nasa went down outline. Taste doing so which is why it nasa went down outline. Went down outline. We are showing went down outline. We are showing pictures went down outline. We are showing pictures now went down outline. We are | showing pictures now again went down outline. We are i showing pictures now again of the unblocking which was many months ago. You talk about in your article, months ago. You talk about in yourarticle, rebecca, months ago. You talk about in your article, rebecca, that that was six hours ago, pardon me. That was the undocking six hours ago as it returns Back To Earth. In the article you have written, you talk about there being tension in the room between boeing and nasa when it wasnt making that decision about whether to have the astronauts back On Board in the astronauts back On Board in the timeframe that had been planned or whether to postpone things as has now been the case. Just tell us about that. This is from a Press Briefing this week, kind of an interesting insight into what went wrong, and nasa and their spokesman basically said boeing did want the Spacecraft to carry the astronauts back, they thought it would perform well, they run different models, they thought the safety issues were not enough to make it a risk to Butch And Suni coming home. Nasa disagreed with that ultimately end the decision does come down to nasa because they are Nasa Astronauts, it is a boeing Starliner-Spacecraft'>Starliner Spacecraft but they are Nasa Astronauts On Board. What has been interesting throughout this is running through a lot of these decisions, nasa has been looking back to its Space Shuttle programme, the two disasters which killed astronauts On Board, so they take these things really seriously and i think a particular over the last few weeks there has been a lot of openness from nasa about their Decision Making Process and what they have been finding out about the Technical Problems with the Starliner'>Boeing Starliner, so it has been interesting to see this process played out. Lets bring dottie back in. Would Butch And Suni have everything they need to last the next eight months, or to last until next february when they will be coming back . Would they have packed enough . Coming back . Would they have packed enough . Yes. Obviously they personally packed enough . Yes. Obviously they personally do packed enough . Yes. Obviously they personally do not packed enough . Yes. Obviously they personally do not take packed enough . Yes. Obviously they personally do not take all i they personally do not take all their gear up, a lot of the gear is prepositioned or will come up throughout a flight, and there will be adjustments made, the next Spacex Vehicle will only have two crewmembers so you can also potentially add additional things there that they may need. There is always enoughin they may need. There is always enough in space to astronauts, we actually dont need as much as we think we do on earth, because you dont really get dirty. You do sweat, there is other things like that, but there is always food available, they had already planned for they had already planned for the team that would be coming up the team that would be coming up on a Spacex Crew to have four people, there will be plenty of food to go around and the Clothing Part Isnt as big an issue, a lot of us where general sizes space. And that is part of. Many things on earth where you dont need a lot of stuff and i just know they will be adding and contributing greatly done up there. It is interesting done up there. It is interesting isnt done up there. It is interesting isnt it, | done up there. It is l interesting isnt it, it done up there. It is interesting isnt it, it is an insight a lot of us cannot relate to, but what is the longest time you were at the international Space Station for . I international Space Station for . , international Space Station for . ,. ,. , international Space Station for . ,. , for . I was Shuttle Astronaut so i was On Board for . I was Shuttle Astronaut so i was On Board for for . I was Shuttle Astronaut so i was On Board for 11 for . I was Shuttle Astronaut so i was On Board for 11 days, for . I was Shuttle Astronaut so i was On Board for 11 days, our| i was On Board for 11 days, our mission did extend just slightly because of some problems our vehicle had had and again our Ground Team worked to solve those problems and then we undocked. I have beenin and then we undocked. I have been in space for a total of 15 days, not nearly as long as clothing. Thank you been in space for a total of 15 clothin. , ~ ,. , been in space for a total of 15 clothin. ~. , clothing. Thank you for your unique insight clothing. Thank you for your unique insight into clothing. Thank you for your unique insight into this unique insight into this developing story. Before we move away from that story i will ask our Science Editor, rebecca, one more question. What comes next . Rebecca, one more question. What comes next . There will be testing the what comes next . There will be testing the Spacecraft, what comes next . There will be testing the Spacecraft, there testing the Spacecraft, there will be gathering data from it, they will be looking to see if they will be looking to see if they can overcome these Technical Problems, meanwhile spacex, the rocket will launch at The End of september and thatis at The End of september and that is going to be the Spacecraft that eventually ta kes Spacecraft that eventually takes Butch And Suni, the astronauts, back down in february. They are settling in, i am very pleased you asked about the clothing because that is the Question Everyone has been asking, how many pairs of pants do you take up to the international Space Station when youre supposed to go for eight days and suddenly it is eight days and suddenly it is eight months. It was good to get Dotties Insight on that. And i mentioned Rebeccas Article on the international Space Station and the Starliner, that is on the Bbc News Website and there is plenty of information. It was co authored by rebecca and also Alison Francis and michael shields, but yeah, you can see that on the Bbc News Website. The United Nations has called for a full investigation into the death of an American Turkish Dual Citizen in the occupied West Bank. The spokesman for the Un Secretary General reiterated that civilians must be protected at all times. Eyewitnesses and palestinian officials say israeli soldiers shot 26 year old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the head as she took part in a weekly protest against the Expansion Ofjewish Settlements in the town of beita, near nablus. The dual national was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Jonathan pollak, an israeli activist who was at the same protest, described how he tried to help ms eygi. I put my hand under her head to try and stop the bleeding, i took her pulse, she had a very weak pulse, we called the ambulance, from there looked at her. Tried to weak pulse, we called the looked at her. Tried to save her but failed. The Israeli Military has admitted firing at a demonstrator and said it was looking into the incident. The White House said it had Reached Out to israel for more information and described her death as tragic. Heres the us secretary of state. We deplore this tragic loss. Now the most important thing to do is gather the facts, and thatis do is gather the facts, and that is exactly what we are in the process of doing. And we are intensely focused on getting those facts. And any actions that we take are driven by the facts. So first things first, lets find out exactly what happened. Im joined In The Studio by said shehata from bbc arabic. You have officials and the family and friends of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who want to know more about what happened. The israelis say they are looking into this, what happens now . What happens now is there is pressure on israel to investigate. There is condemnation from some arab countries, that qatari � s, jordanians, some us lawmakers have raised the point about the settlements and settlers in the West Bank because the violence of settlers is increasing and recently come out last month, some settlers invaded one of the villages in the West Bank and set cars alight and that stuff. And one of the us lawmakers said the netanyahu government has done nothing to stop Settlement Expansion and a settler violence. So it raises the whole point about that, it is more settlements and over the last 50 years many settlements were built and more than 700,000 people live there and there is tension between the palestinians in this villages and the israeli settlements. So there is a big problem and The Americans put sanctions on some of the settlers and some other organisations who support settlers. So this incident puts a light on the situation. And it is not the first time to happen, this international Solidarity Movement which is the american Turkish Woman was part of it, demonstrating against the settlement, it has happened before, there is an american activist who was also crushed by Israeli Military bulldozer according to reports in 2003, so as not the first time to happen. So the investigation should be done, but one of the muslim american advocacy groups, the council on islamic and american relations, called for The Americans, the Minister Ofjustice to investigate that, because they dont trust the israelis to investigate and reach a conclusion which is in their opinion fair. So there is more pressure on israel from america and the arab countries but it is the problem of settlement and settlers should be sorted out because it is the case that it will carry on and might happened again. It will carry on and might happened again. It will carry on and might hauenedaain. , happened again. Thank you very much forjoining happened again. Thank you very much forjoining me happened again. Thank you very much forjoining me here happened again. Thank you very much forjoining me here in happened again. Thank you very much forjoining me here in the| much forjoining me here In The Studio. Donald trump will not face sentencing in his criminal hush Money Case until after the november elections. The judge overseeing the case said this was to avoid any appearance of influencing the vote. The republican president ial candidate has been convicted of falsifying Business Records to hide payments to an adult film star. Hes called the case a Witch Hunt and denies doing anything wrong. 0ur North America editor, sarah smith, has more. Donald trump was worried that being sentenced just weeks before the president ial election could harm his chances, because he could get a jail sentence, chances, because he could get a jailsentence, he chances, because he could get a jail sentence, he is facing up to four years in prison for those illegal hush money payments. So he had asked for the sentencing to be delayed. And the judge gave the sentencing to be delayed. And thejudge gave him the sentencing to be delayed. And the judge gave him what he wanted, although he was at pains to stress Mr Trump Wasnt getting any kind of special treatment, he said he felt he had to delay the sentencing until after the election in november so no one would think that it would impact the outcome of that election. It has to be said, it has been Donald Trumps legal strategy, will the cases he is facing, to delay, delay a delay as much as he possibly can and it has proven to be a remarkably effect of strategy. Lets run through all the other cases that are pending against him. There is the charges he was facing for having classified documents at his home in mar a lago. The Florida Judge has entirely dismissed that case because she says the Special Prosecutor who brought those charges had not been properly appointed. There is the accusations of Election Interference in the state of georgia, that case is effectively on holder since the revelation that the District Attorney was having an affair with the man she appointed as prosecutor. That case cannot continue until legal arguments about that relationship had concluded. And of course there was the 6january case and the federal charges of Election Interference, that has been delayed and wont be happening until after the federal election, delayed by the Supreme Court ruling that president s have legal immunity for any acts committed while in office. And dont forget, if Donald Trump does Go On to win that election in november he could then easily instruct his Justice Department to simply drop all of those january the sixth charges against him and it would entirely go away. In tennis, the World Number one Jannik Sinner has reached the Us Open final after defeating britains Jack Draper in straight sets. Sinner, who won this years Australian Open, is the first italian man to play in the final of the Us Open. He will face the american number 12 seed, taylor fritz, for the title on sunday. But today is the womens final the top belarusian, Aryna Sabalenka, is looking to win her third Grand Slam, but she too will face the Home Crowd, as she goes up against Buffalo Born Jessica Pegula. Lets speak to ben rothenberg, host of the Tennis Podcast no challenges remaining. Good to talk to you here on the bbc. Lets talk about the womens match, because that is happening first and Aryna Sabalenka is the favourite, i would expect. Would expect. Pretty clear favourite. Would expect. Pretty clear favourite, she would expect. Pretty clear favourite, she has would expect. Pretty clear favourite, she has won would expect. Pretty clear| favourite, she has won the Australian Open for the past two years, it is her full time in a Grand Slam final and that experience can matter. She is playing someone who has a lot of experience, Jessica Pegula has been on to a more than a decade, she is 30 years old, a long awaited breakthrough for her, she has beaten Aryna Sabalenka before, although Aryna Sabalenka did beat their more recent matchup in cincinnati. Aryna sabalenka is a favourite but not an overwhelming one. If the crowd really gets behind Jessica Pegula and can rattle Aryna Sabalenka at all, that could be a factor in making this match a tossup. A factor in making this match a tossu. ~ a factor in making this match a tossu. ~ ~. , a factor in making this match a tossu. ~ ~. ,. , tossup. We know who will be auoin tossup. We know who will be going headtohead tossup. We know who will be going headtohead in tossup. We know who will be going headtohead in the l tossup. We know who will be going headtohead in the mens going head to head in the mens final, we will talk about adding a second but disappointment forJack Draper, britains Jack Draper who exceeded expectations in this tournament. Exceeded expectations in this tournament. This was not really a breakthrough tournament. This was not really a breakthrough that tournament. This was not really a breakthrough that was tournament. This was not really a breakthrough that was seen i tournament. This was not really| a breakthrough that was seen as coming immediately for draper, he took advantage of the draw, he took advantage of the draw, he was in the Carlos Alcatraz Corner of the Jaw And Carlos alcatraz crashed out early, but then Jack Alcatraz crashed out early, but Thenjack Draper took alcatraz crashed out early, but then Jack Draper took advantage of that when Thenjack Draper took advantage of that when no one then Jack Draper took advantage of that when no one else could and made all his semifinals, semifinals got messy to him, he was struggling with some Vomiting Midway through the match and fought through it and admirably persisted at times, even though the umpire was begging for stoppages for cleanups on the court, but draper really was tough and seemed ready for the occasion mentally if not physically againstJannik Sinner today. In against Jannik Sinner today. In the against Jannik Sinnertoday. In the mens final of course with Jannik Sinner playing american taylor fritz, of course a Home Crowd likely to be going for taylor fritz. Jannik sinner is the World Number one, so it would have to take a lot for him to lose, you would say . He has been him to lose, you would say . He has been a him to lose, you would say . He has been a pretty clear favourite since a lot of the big favourites like djokovic and Carlos Alcatraz went out early, Jannik Sinner has been the favourite, he came into this tournament on a weird footing after the international Tennis Integrity Agency announced he had no Fault Or Negligence in a doping case, there was this weird revelation on the eve of the tournament that was a strange cloud over three for sure, it has affected a bit of a buzz or the vibe at the Us Open this year around him and the enthusiasm for him but he has not been distracted by it, he has seemed very focused and determined and looks very level, he is in a similar situation to Aryna Sabalenka, if the american crowd can really get into it they can make it more competitive than it might be on paper. 0therwise, though id do trustJannik Sinner� s mentality trust Jannik Sinner� s mentality to trustJannik Sinner� s mentality to shake it off more than Aryna Sabalenkas. To shake it off more than Aryna Sabalenkas to shake it off more than Aryna Sabalenkas. When rothenberg, aaivin us sabalenkas. When rothenberg, giving us the sabalenkas. When rothenberg, giving us the latest sabalenkas. When rothenberg, giving us the latest on sabalenkas. When rothenberg, giving us the latest on the sabalenkas. When rothenberg, giving us the latest on the us i giving us the latest on the Us Open, which of course is in new 0pen, which of course is in new york. Ben rothenberg. Before we go, lets recap on the developing storyjust in the developing storyjust in the last half an hour, lets show you the pictures again of Starliner-Spacecraft'>Boeings Starliner Spacecraft as it successfully landed in the New Mexico desert. Just about 25 minutes ago or so. It had travelled Back To Earth from the international Space Station, without the two Crew Members who were due to travel back with it. They were astronauts which will more and Suni Williams who are remaining for now at the international Space Station, because the Spacecraft developed Technical Problems, including leaks of helium shortly after its original launch and it was decided by nasa but it would be much safer for the two astronauts to remain On Board the international Space Station and we can bring you alive shot there from the international Space Station there, technology amazing when you can see all these kinds of pictures and we spoke to a former Nasa Astronaut who reassured us that Porch And Suni would have everything that they need on that Spacecraft to say safe and well fed until they return Back To Earth in february, they will return in a Spacex Capsule after they will have spent eight months in orbits. Nasa says both astronauts are in good spirits. We will be hearing from nasa in the next hour or so, hearing from nasa in the next hour orso, giving us hearing from nasa in the next hour or so, giving us an update on that but for the moment we will leave you with those pictures. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there. Before we get to the weekend, friday brought some very big