the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
they say moon took 48%. they have counted about two-thirds of the ballots. park trumpeted her wealth and political experience during the campaign. she squared off with moon on a number of issues during the campaign. south koreans want their next leader to rein in the country s conglomerates. they say they are snatching market is share away from small and medium sized firms. park favors restraints to keep growth in check, but insisted that major companies should enjoy future regulations. on the diplomatic front, park on the diplomatic front, park on the diplomatic front, park on the diplomatic front, park on the diplomatic front, park argued that her country should built a relationship of trust with north korea before opening dialog with the nation. we have our team in south seoul, covering the south korean presidential election. kaho izumitani has more. kaho, what happened park win this vote? reporter: her name, for one thing. she is the late daughter of the architect of th
university. officials say at least 21 people are dead. four attackers have been killed. and if just the last few minutes, there has been a claim of responsibility from the pakistani taliban. let s get the latest on this situation. alexander field is watching developments. what s the latest? we are learning minutes ago the pakistani group is taking claim for a deadly attack in 2014 on a school that left more than 140 people dead. children. again, this grew now saying they are the one was terrorized a university in northwest pakistan just this morning. it happened when an explosion was heard at bacha khan university. officials connected to the school now saying at least 21 kill. but it is far too soon to be able to determine how many have been injured and if there are additional fatalities. they say four attackrs unleashed fire on the school have been killed that after troops took positions around the campus an even on rooftops. they say two of the attackers were kill by sni
of the prust campus. there was a student who reports watching a professor get struck. he was telling students to take cover. at this point officials connected to the schools say 21 are dead. we are hearing from local hospitals they are receiving bodies. they are also receiving wound. it is simply too early to tell how many could have been injured in this mornings attacks. we know there are still dead bodies inside of the school, itself. there were some 3,000 students who were on campus the morning at bacha khan university along with another 600 or so visitors. they were there to celebrate a day meant to commemorate the founder, the namesake of this university. bacha khan. so right now the latest we are hearing from security forces, they remain on campus, they remain trying to determine whether or not the total attackers was for, the four have been killed. thank you. let s talk more about this attack and in fact it could skill be ongoing. the former deputy director. thank
we want to get straight to that breaking news out of pakistan this morning. where the taliban is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a university. it took place in northwest pakistan. about 30 miles away from the city of peshawar. a local lawmaker tells nbc news at least 20 people are dead, another 60 injured, after gunmen stormed the university. they reportedly scaled the walls around the campus. one regional police chief tells nbc news the armed men fired at security guards, students and teachers. according to one military official, at least four of the gunmen were killed during a shoot-out with security forces. the taliban has also claimed responsibility for a bombing attack at a nearby police checkpoint yesterday, killing at least 10 people. and back in december 2014, the taliban attacked a nearby military school, about 150 teachers and students were killed in that attack. after the incident, pakistani officials increased security at several educational facilit