He and an engineer Sarah Gillis will wear a new type of Space Suit that can be worn both inside and outside the capsule, so theres no need for an airlock. Its the first time this equipment has been tested in space. During its mission the spacecraft reached a maximum altitude of 870 miles or 1,400 kilometres above earth. Thats nearly 3. 5 times the distance to the international Space Station at 250 miles or 400 kilometres. The Space Walk itself which is scheduled to last about two hours in all will take place about 435 miles or 700 kilometres above the earth. To talk us through what we can expect is our Science Correspondent Pallab ghosh who is with me in the studio. Iam i am saying all these numbers and figures butjust put this into context for us. And figures butjust put this into context for us. They are the numbers. Into context for us. They are the numbers. The into context for us. They are the numbers. The point into context for us. They are the numbers. The point is, i into context for us. They are. The numbers. The point is, they are important numbers because they are all first. We have heard the private sector doing things that nasa has done, you have had billionaires going out to space before, but this is different. This is a serious mission where there are going to be a series of firsts. The overall message, including the first ever commercial space. Is that the private sector, apart from going to the moon, has done everything that nasa and the Soviet Union in the 19605 and the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70s have done, but is cheaper and better. This is the start of the private sector taking over, reducing costs, and making Space Travel more commonplace. It will be awhile before you and i can do a Space Travel, but maybe our children and childrens children will be accustomed to going into space. It is a totally different kind of spacewalk to anything that has happened before. As you said, the spacecraft does not have an airlock. You might have seen Science Fiction films, the astronaut goes in the airlock, that airlock is the pressurised, his colleagues are swanning around in theirflight suits, and then the astronaut goes out and does a spacewalk. Without the airlock, they are all exposed to the vacuum of space. The capsule is exposed. They have done that to save money. To make Space Travel more accessible. It is also more accessible. It is also more risky. There is an added degree ofjeopardy. And that means it is quite a rookie through. 0nly eyes that has been to space before. The rest of them have never done space before and they are doing this all for the first time. That is the Public Sector for you, all for the first time. That is the Public Sectorfor you, they like to take Risks. The Public Sector for you, they like to take Risks. Like to take Risks. Bearing in mind how like to take Risks. Bearing in mind how dangerous like to take Risks. Bearing in| mind how dangerous spaces, like to take Risks. Bearing in mind how dangerous spaces, we have all seen the movies. Anything can go wrong very quickly. Why take such Risks in having this kind of crew . 0bviously they are all specialised in their fields, engineers and experts, but why take that risk . Mil engineers and experts, but why take that risk . Take that risk . All Space Travel is take that risk . All Space Travel is risky. Take that risk . All Space Travel is risky. Nasser i take that risk . All space i travel is risky. Nasser took huge Risks sending people to the moon. The astronauts in the Space Station are taking Risks. Stranded on the Space Station, taking Risks. But they believe in pushing beyond. Learning from mistakes. Clearly, they are not going to put the astronaut lives at risk. But they do want to push the envelope of learning a lesson. That way you get innovation, thatis that way you get innovation, that is how you reduce costs. That is why they are doing it, it is part of their culture. Thank you for talking us through this. I know you will be streaming this live. Thank you. Lets pick up on some of the points he was making. This first in terms of what we are going to see in the next few hours. Dr megan argo, a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the university of central lancashire. Welcome. I know you have been speaking to colleagues throughout this very exciting morning. We have been hearing about this is a mission of firsts. So much is being achieved by the private sector. Ijust achieved by the private sector. I just wonder for mere achieved by the private sector. Ijust wonder for mere mortals like ourselves, who will potentially never do this, maybe our children. Arguably, possibly, not even them. What are we looking out for, what are we looking out for, what are we looking out for, what are we getting excited about . This is very exciting, as he was saying. This is a first time that non governmental more astronauts have done this. Going out into the vacuum, leaving the relative safety of your spacecraft. This is the first time all the astronauts will be exposed to the vacuum of space. In Space Suits, exposed to the vacuum. It is hopefully, everything will run to plan. Brand new spacesuits. The capsule is tried and tested but opening the hatch, exposing the whole capsule to the vacuum of space and having two of the astronauts leave the spacecraft attached by umbilical cords, giving them the oxygen they need to survive, that is a first. A lot of things have to go right for this to work perfectly. We dont know what the delay is, they havent said, that they are making sure they are checking everything so that the astronauts are as safe as possible. That the astronauts are as safe as possible as possible. When you talk about being as possible. When you talk about being exposed as possible. When you talk about being exposed to as possible. When you talk| about being exposed to the vacuum of space, what does that mean . ,. ,. , vacuum of space, what does that mean . ,. ,. , mean . There is no air in space, no Atmosphere Mean . There is no air in space, no atmosphere. When mean . There is no air in space, no atmosphere. When you mean . There is no air in space, no atmosphere. When you get. No atmosphere. When you get above the earths atmosphere, there is no air. There is very little in the way of. Particles at all. It gradually gets thinner the higher you go. That means the Human Body cannot survive in that environment. Not only is it very cold, there is no air, no pressure, and that does all kinds of nasty things to the Human Body. Without the protection of a capsule or a Space Suit, humans wouldnt last very well at all. At, Space Suit, humans wouldnt last very well at all. Last very well at all. A lot of risk, a last very well at all. A lot of risk. A lot last very well at all. A lot of risk, a lot of last very well at all. A lot of risk, a lot of firsts, last very well at all. A lot of risk, a lot of firsts, that risk, a lot of firsts, that really puts it into context for us. Very exciting. Thank you so much for putting that into context for us. Just to let our viewers know,. Pallab ghosh will be hosting a special live stream of the Space Walk on the Bbc News Website and if youre watching in the uk on the Bbc Iplayer just click on the News Tab for our live stream. You can follow him and the team as it happens. A lot of firsts, as it happens. A lot of firsts, a lot of Risks, but very exciting. A major review of the Nhs In England has found the Health Service is in a Critical Condition with long waits for care, poor Survival Rates for cancer, and crumbling infrastructure. The surgeon and former labour minister, lord darzi, who wrote the report, also highlights failings in Social Care Which he says has both a profound Human Cost and economic consequences. Sir Keir Starmer will say later today that the service must � reform or die�. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, reports. When dealing with a sick patient, medics can treat the obvious symptoms first, but to actually find a cure, they need to diagnose exactly what� s wrong. That� s what the government has asked this man to do for The Nhs. Lord darzi, a respected surgeon and former labour health minister. His diagnosis is grave. Nhs, as we� ve heard from secretary of state, is broken. But it� s completely reversible. As i said, the vital signs are stable. We just need to put the right investment in The Nhs. We need to engage our amazing doctors, nurses, Community Staff in pathways of care and look at the whole pathway as we� ve done before, from the cradle to the grave. What does it mean to the patients, what can we do to improve the safety, the quality of care, and the safety and the Cost Effectiveness . Waiting is a big theme of thiS Report. Waiting in busy corridors in A E departments, to see your gp, the list goes on. Waiting for mental Health Services, for routine surgery, for cancer care. Lord darzi Points Out that the uk has worse Survival Rates for cancer than many other countries. The report is particularly damning about the physical state of The Nhs. Lord Darzi Talks about a £37 billion shortfall in buildings and equipment. He says if that had been spent over the years, it would have been enough to refurbish every gp practice, to provide Up ToDate Kit and to build the 40 new hospitals that were promised. Instead, he says, we are left with crumbling buildings and decrepit portacabins. He looks, too, at how things got into this state. He says it� s partly a hangover from funding, with 2010 being the start of the most austere decade in nhs history. He� s also scathing about a shake Up ToNhs Structures in 2012, calling it a calamity without international precedent. When covid hit, The Nhs cancelled or delayed more Routine Care than any other comparable health system. We hear week in, week out from the patients who have been waiting three weeks for a gp appointment, from those patients who can� t get a local nhs dentist, or from those patients who� ve been waiting Up To three years for a hip replacement. What we need to see now is action to address those problems, and we welcome the scale of ambition being outlined by the Prime Minister. Hello, nice to see you. The Prime Minister will say today that The Nhs needs to reform or die. The question is how he� s going to remedy it. Catherine burns, bbc news. A lot to pick up on in the report there. Joining me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo, and our health correspondent, nick triggle. This is being described as a scathing report. We heard some of the elements in it. Apparently three big shifts will be necessary, according to Wes Streeting. Point to the critical for us to know. Critical for us to know. This Re Ort Critical for us to know. ThiS Report was critical for us to know. ThiS Report was commissioned i critical for us to know. Ti 3 report was commissioned by the governments just after the election. Lord darzi was tasked with identifying the failings, not the solution is. Now it will be the task of the government to come up with some ideas and solutions to turn The Nhs around. Later we will hear Keir Starmer talk about three key things. They will be moving care out of hospitals and into the community, helping to prevent ill health so people don� T Need Hospital care. A digital revolution. Lord darzi� S Report says The Nhs is years behind the private sector. It also needs scanners as well as buildings. As i think you heard, we will hear Keir Starmer say that. He will be putting forward plans for the biggest Re Enacting of The Nhs for reform. It remembering, these are the things that we have been talking about for the last 20 years. Lord darzi produced a report for the Blair Administration in 2007 pointing out many of these things. It requires a lot of upfront investment to make a difference. The problem is the growing demands on The Nhs mean any extra money that is found often gets. Keeping The Nhs running from day to day. Thank ou. We running from day to day. Thank yom we have running from day to day. Thank you. We have been running from day to day. Thank you. We have been hearing running from day to day. Thank you. We have been hearing thej you. We have been hearing the challenge that nick was describing there. We are expecting to hear from describing there. We are expecting to hearfrom Keir Starmer a little later. What can we expect to hear . The oint can we expect to hear . The point about can we expect to hear . The point about money can we expect to hear . The point about money is point about money is interesting. Lord Darzi Talks about interesting. Lord Darzi Talks about the problems being underinvestment and the impact of the underinvestment and the impact of the Covid Pandemic on top of that of the Covid Pandemic on top of that so of the Covid Pandemic on top of that. So we are looking at potentially money for more investment, Wes Streeting has talked investment, Wes Streeting has talked about new hospitals, new technology. It is also clear that technology. It is also clear that because money is tight and they are that because money is tight and they are at pains to make that point they are at pains to make that point again and again about everything, they are trying to redirect everything, they are trying to redirect existing budgets and stop redirect existing budgets and stop Money Being swallowed up, as nick stop Money Being swallowed up, as nick said, by day today, being as nick said, by day today, being being fenced for investment. So that can change The Nhs investment. So that can change The Nhs in the Long Term. In terms The Nhs in the Long Term. In terms of The Nhs in the Long Term. In terms of how much money there is to terms of how much money there is to Track Terms of how much money there is to back up these bans, we are going is to back up these bans, we are going to have to wait for the budget and the Spending Review the budget and the Spending Review after that. That will review review after that. That will review the departmental budgets in the review the departmental budgets in the future years. The Labour Government is blaming the Conservative Party for a legacy. Conservative party for a legacy, specifically some reforms carried out in 2012 by the then reforms carried out in 2012 by the then Health Secretary which they say the then Health Secretary which they say have been catastrophic for the they say have been catastrophic for The Nhs. The challenge for labour for The Nhs. The challenge for labour is for The Nhs. The challenge for labour is to set out how exactly labour is to set out how exactly their Long Term plan, their exactly their Long Term plan, their big exactly their Long Term plan, their big bang reforms, as they are putting it, i going to be different from those that came before different from those that came before and arent going to result before and arent going to result in before and arent going to result in these unexpected consequences that have been seen consequences that have been seen in consequences that have been seen in The Nhs. Plenty of challenges, it is going to be some challenges, it is going to be some time before we see that plan, some time before we see that plan, this some time before we see that plan, this Long Term ten year piah plan, this Long Term ten year plan. Another thing to point out is plan. Another thing to point out is that Labour Havent come up out is that Labour Havent come up with out is that Labour Havent come up with A Out is that Labour Havent come up with a corresponding idea of how to up with a corresponding idea of how to Fix Up with a corresponding idea of how to fix the social Care Sector how to fix the social Care Sector. Lord darzi Points Out the number of Hospital Beds Being the number of Hospital Beds Being occupied by people who should being occupied by people who should be getting Social Care instead~ should be getting Social Care instead. Labour have not come up instead. Labour have not come up with instead. Labour have not come up with their own plan, they talked up with their own plan, they talked about the idea of a Cross Party Consensus on Social CareCross Party Consensus on Social Care they Cross Party Consensus on Social Care. They scrapped the previous conservative government plans. There is a Bil Government plans. There is a big Issue Government plans. There is a big issue in the social Care Sector big issue in the social Care Sector in big issue in the social Care Sector in terms of funding. They sector in terms of funding. They are sector in terms of funding. They are going to have to come up they are going to have to come up with they are going to have to come up with a they are going to have to come up with a corresponding Social Care up with a corresponding social Care Plan up with a corresponding social Care Plan as well as nhs reforms. Care plan as well as nhs reforms Care Plan as well as nhs reforms. ,. , ~ Care Plan as well as nhs reforms. ,. , reforms. Many thanks. Thank you so much for reforms. Many thanks. Thank you so much for bringing reforms. Many thanks. Thank you so much for bringing us reforms. Many thanks. Thank you so much for bringing us up reforms. Many thanks. Thank you so much for bringing us Up To so much for bringing us Up To date and what we can expect to hear a little bit later on from Keir Starmer. And we have a live page up and running with Reaction And Analysis to that report from lord darzi. We are expecting the Prime Minister to talk about The Nhs later. Follow it all on the Bbc News Website or app. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. To singapore now and it� s the second day of pope francis� s visit there on the last leg of his asia pacific tour. He� s had discussions with Government Officials and diplomats. In the next hour the pope will celebrate mass before 50,000 faithful in the national stadium. Pope francis has already visited indonesia, East Timor and papua new guinea. My Colleague Steve Lai is there for us. It is an important day for singapore� s catholic community. It certainly is. A significant day indeed. I am not speaking too loudly at the moment because behind me on stage there is a skit going on about a family and the trouble is they are having. There is obviously a message from the catholic church. 0ver My right shoulder you can see the stage is all set up for pope francis. That is where he will be presiding over us in a few moments time. We are expecting his Arrival shortly. We have seen a lot of security moving around, getting ready ropes to court and off the park that the pope is going to be coming through. We are hoping that will happen while we are on air. He has been here In Singapore. This morning he was at a university along with the president. They were talking about a president. They were talking abouta similar president. They were talking about a similar message, a combined message, of the importance of family and social cohesion. Religious dialogue in particular. 0ne cohesion. Religious dialogue in particular. One of the interesting messages he was trying to get across was the importance of the environment, the impact of climate change. While he has been getting around singapore in an electric vehicle. He is trying to walk as well as talk the talk. I caught up with the former foreign minister, he was a former minister, also a former minister of the american councilfor the economy. Minister of the american council for the economy. Not just here In Singapore, but also around asia. Enormously successful. Also around asia. Enormously successful. Singapore also around asia. Enormously successful. Singapore is also around asia. Enormously successful. Singapore is the l successful. Singapore is the wortdss successful. Singapore is the worldss most populous islamic Countrx Worldss most populous islamic country. Loved by the people. Expressing love for each other, that was expressing love for each other, that was very touching. Papua new that was very touching. Papua new guinea, East Timor, cathoiic new guinea, East Timor, catholic countries, the response was rapturous. Here in Singapore Response was rapturous. Here In Singapore we are eagerly awaiting his Arrival. It singapore we are eagerly awaiting his Arrival. Awaiting his Arrival. It is auoin awaiting his Arrival. It is going to awaiting his Arrival. It is going to be awaiting his Arrival. It is going to be quite awaiting his Arrival. It is going to be quite an awaiting his Arrival. It 3 going to be quite an event. Despite being 87, where do you think he might go next . There is some talk that china might be on the horizon. Certainly the intention of going to china. I the intention of going to china. , the intention of going to china. ~. ,. , china. I think he wants to visit china, china. I think he wants to visit china, vietnam china. I think he wants to visit china, vietnam and| china. I think he wants to visit china, vietnam and india. Step visit china, vietnam and india. Step by visit china, vietnam and india. Step by step. It is on the Cards Step by step. It is on the cards. Lets see whether god wishes cards. Lets see whether god wishes it cards. Lets see whether god wishes it to happen. We dont know where wishes it to happen. We dont know where the wishes it to happen. We dont know where the pope wishes it to happen. We dont know where the pope is wishes it to happen. We dont know where the pope is going next but we know he is going to be here imminently. Unfortunately it might not happen while we are on air. He is with us in Singapore Today and then tomorrow he will be meeting with. And also intimate dialogue with. At the catholic college. From there he will head onto rome. We arejust waiting there he will head onto rome. We are just waiting to see when the pipe arrives and hopefully we will be able to come across and tell you what he said in the hours ahead. Irate and tell you what he said in the hours ahead. We appreciate that. The hours ahead. We appreciate that lives the hours ahead. We appreciate that. Lives there the hours ahead. We appreciate that. Lives there in the hours ahead. We appreciate that. Lives there In Singapore. | that. Lives there In Singapore. We are keeping an eye on that but we are going to turn to the Middle East now. To the Middle East, where the Un Secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has said dramatic violations of International Humanitarian Law must stop after the Un Agency for Palestinian Refugees said six of its staff were killed yesterday in an israeli Air Strike on a school it runs in a Refugee Camp in central gaza. The Hamas Run government Media Office said at least 18 people were killed. Israel� s military said it had conducted a precise Air Strike on terrorists operating in the camp. Live tojerusalem and our correspondent daniel de simone. Very straight talking in his comments. Very straight talking in his comments. , comments. Yes, he is. He said what happened comments. Yes, he is. He said what happened is comments. Yes, he is. He said what happened is totally what happened is totally unacceptable. The head of the un. Which deals with Palestinian Refugees, has said this brings at least 220 the number of staff who have died in gaza since the war began in october last year between hamas and israel. They say it is a single. For its staff and it has lost six staff members including the manager of the shelter. It says that no one in gazais shelter. It says that no one in gaza is safe and that the shelter it was looking after over 12,000 displaced people, displaced by the war in gaza. Runs through what had happened on the ground, what information are we getting in terms of what happened in that . {liam are we getting in terms of what happened in that . Are we getting in terms of what happened in that . Own Rare Are Sa In happened in that . Own rare are saying that happened in that . Own rare are saying that it happened in that . Own rare are saying that it was happened in that . Own rare are saying that it was two happened in that . Own rare are saying that it was two air saying that it was two Air Strikes that hit the compound. It was an Air Strike, April Heiss a precise Air Strike. In the compound being used to plan attacks against israeli troops and israel itself. Israel said that Mitigation Measures were taken before the strike to protect civilians and this was an example of hamas exploiting civilian infrastructure for its own ends. The hamas authorities in gaza say 18 people were killed, meaning that 12 beyond the six Un Staff were killed. There is a significant dispute between israel and the Un Agency. They have previously accused them of being in support of hamas. The un has denied this but that was a un investigation earlier this year which led to nine Un Staff being dismissed because of evidence they might have taken part in the Hamas Attack on israel last october. Several other staff were not dismissed despite being investigated as the evidence against them was not found to support it. Not found to support it. Thank ou for not found to support it. Thank you for talking not found to support it. Thank you for talking us not found to support it. Thank you for talking us through you for talking us through this. And reflecting on Antonio Guterres words. We are monitoring the situation In Singapore. When the pope arrives. Much more coming up on bbc news. Hello. 0n hello. On wednesday we had a chilly north westerly airflow across the uk. That brought a mixture of sunshine and showers. Some dramatic showers. A beautiful strike of lightning there in nottinghamshire. So much hail in the county that it completely covered the roads and pavements in on trent. Showers particularly widespread, i am showing this because we have a similar look on the forecast as we head into thursday. A chilly flow of north westerly air coming down from polar regions. As that air gets eaten by the sea is, that makes the showers. As long as the cold feed of air comes in so will the showers. Most of the showers are draped around coastal areas. The showers are draped around coastalareas. Inland the showers are draped around coastal areas. Inland areas largely dry with clear spells. It is cold. Decoder spots down to around two celsius. Cold enough for some ground frost. A cold start to a september morning. Loads of sunshine, showers from The Word go around coastal areas. Temperatures rise, showers will start to break out across Inland Areas from the late morning and into the afternoon. Some showers will be heavy with Hail And Thunder and very widespread. Most places will see a downpour to throughout the day. Probably the heavier showers in the afternoon across the midlands and eastern england. By friday we see a area of high Pressure Building in, that is going to kill the showers. Another cold start to the day, lots of morning sunshine. We are going to see some rain moving to Northern Ireland towards the end of the day. Another cold day, temperatures about four celsius below average for september. All change into the weekend. An area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather. Gusts of wind around 60 mph for the north of england possibly scotland. Should they driver some sunshine and they driver some sunshine and the wind coming in from a south westerly direction across the uk, temperatures are going to leap upwards, closer to average for the times of year. Highs of 16 to average for the times of year. Highs of16 to 19 average for the times of year. Highs of 16 to 19 degrees. Next week high pressure is going to dominate so loads of drier weather around next week. Temperatures close to or running above average with some warm sunshine. This is bbc news, the headlines. Two private citizens are preparing to be the first ever to complete a commercial spacewalk. Spacex� s polaris dawn mission, funded by the billionaire, jared isaacman, launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in florida on tuesday. The nhs is in a Critical Condition with Ballooning Waiting Times and delays to vital treatment in a E And Cancer care, a government commissioned report reveals. As the race for the White House intensifies ahead of november� s election, we have a Special Report from the Battleground State of pennsylvania. Pope francis will celebrate mass with 50,000 people at the national stadium In Singapore. The three Day Visit to the City State the first by a pope in almost 40 years marks the final leg of his four Nation Tour of southeast asia. Animal rights campaigners have accused the british government we are monitoring this live scene. People have been waiting celebrate mass with the pope and that he is live as he is about to celebrate mass amongst 50,000 catholics in