virgin orbit is officially no more. the rocket company has sold its facility and equipment to a slew of aerospace firms for some $36 million. the firm founded by billionaire richard branson, to send small satellites into space filed for bankruptcy last month. it had been struggling to secure long term funding, after a failed launch earlier this year. you are live with bbc news. new figures here in the uk show, that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison: in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to open up its âspaceâ to the private sector after being a closed government organisation for over 50 years. The first move came when ISRO allowed two satellites developed by private companies to be tested at the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) here.
Satellites from Tamil Nadu-based Space Kidz India and Bengaluru-based Syzygy Space Technologies have undergone testing at URSC, the media quoted sources in URSC. âIn both cases, we found problems with solar panels and our team is helping them fix them. URSC also tested UNITYsat, which had problems with the separation system which weâre setting right,â ISRO chairman K Sivan was quoted in the media.
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murder, and this reckless war in yemen are not our values or interests. i think that in addition to sanctions, it would be good to talk to the king about perhaps moving mbs sideways for a while and putting an adult in charge of saudi arabia. such as, the intelligence chief was widely admired but is now under house arrest because of mbs decision or even the foreign minister we used to be the ambassador was highly regarded. chris: you have a much better sense of this than i do. do you think if the president were to say that to the ruling family, that we have a vote and we can apply pressure? i don t think we have a vote but we can apply pressure. it is true that there are major financial transactions pending. not just with aerospace firms but with high-tech firms. i think the modernization
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there are major financial transactions pending, not just with aerospace firms, but also with high-tech firms. i think the modernization program, and i actually think i agree with this was going in the right direction, it would be the excesses that are derailing it. i think betty arabia wants and needs a modern future. they better do a course correction here. mark, let s talk about the realities in congress that used to be your job. that was until very recently the legislative affairs director for president trump. as we were discussing with rand paul, he came within for both last year of blocking an arms sale to the salaries. what you think are the prospects for any future arms sales in the foreseeable future, and how tough do you think congress, because a lot of republicans are talking tough on us, how do you think, how tough do you think there will get. i actually think thear prospects are greater than, i think very little has gone through.
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