you re back, we re back, everybody s back, and this august, so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it s a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the edinburgh fringe. she s like, please never speak to me again . laughter filled with experimental performers, innovative shows and my favourite comedy. one of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loads of venues in the city, including this one the university of edinburgh s old medical school. and before we get stuck in to the comedy, we are going to talk about medicine specifically medical waiting times. now, if you re waiting for surgery, it can feel like an eternity and we all know that waiting times are longer than anyone would want. but one nhs trust in england is trialling an artificial intelligence that might be able to manage waiting lists better and, ultimately, bring
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here but the problems started early on, and when the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was spotted, and this is not a good thing. the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting did not work and the loach was stopped. over the last few hours, they have been poring over the data to find out what went wrong and they have announced the rocket will need significant repair work. this m
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the launch of nasa s big new moon rocket is facing a potentially lengthy delay. russia s main pipeline transporting gas to europe will stay shut. moscow blames maintenance problems. thousands of people have paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. and a warning of a rise in water borne diseases in pakistan, as the country struggles to cope with the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods.