street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis one, which had been due to take off for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed that couldn t be fixed in time; the next possible launch date is friday the second of september. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. our science correspondent, jonathan amos told us what went wrong. frustrating day today, ben, it really was. we had a number of little issues that cropped up. first of all, when we got here, it was pouring with rain and that delayed them tanking, putting all the propellants that they needed to go in this monster rocket over my shoulder. then they thought they had a crack halfway up the rocket, believe it or not, and decided that that was just frosti
carnival in west london is coming to an end this evening. and, coming up a five thirty, we investigate if workers are being exploited and if hustle culture has gone too far in the dark side of direct sales. in the last few minutes, its been announced that the conservative leadership candidate liz truss has pulled out of a bbc one television interview with nick robinson tomorrow evening. it comes after ms truss team hit back at criticism of her economic plans, after the institute for fiscal studies think tank said they were simplistic and warned that proposals to cut some taxes could crash the economy. our political correspondent damian grammaticus is here what more do we know about this interview miss truss will no longer be taking part in? with the bbc office of said is that she pulled out because she could no longer spare the time is what we have been told. this was agreed about two and a half weeks ago or so and so, liz truss of the time was scheduled to happe
hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in
powerful rocket has been scrubbed. technical issues delaying the historic liftoff until at least friday. we will get an update from the launch site and i ll get an update on nasa protocols for missions like this one. and nuclear fears out of ukraine. after weeks of delays, united nations inspectors are headed to europe s largest nuclear power plant now under russian control. ukrainian authorities are so worried after several days of shelling around the plant, they started giving out iodine tablets. the latest from the region. and new fallout over the former president s handling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. what we know about the intelligence community s review of the materials and how they will assess potential risks to our national security. that s precisely where we start this morning. the director of national intelligence, avril haines, says her office will launch a damage assessment into the potential risk to national security posed by those documents. that
results of a free election. they re working right now, as i speak, in state after state to give power to the elections in americas. they are empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. the president did somewhat soft in that message on friday. take a listen. [inaudible] he did repeat that election deniers and those who fought for the denial are a threat to democracy. it is going every day. join me now is the host of a daily digital show, hashtag rolling martin. this is the cofounder of the black voters matter fund. very excited to have this panel breakdown president biden s speech. i want to kick it off with you, what do you think, the joe biden capture the soul of america on thursday night? i think he did three things. one of, not it was one of his strongest speeches. i think he was able to capture the idea of hope. the last two years have been very difficult for people. having a sense of hope, that and itself he s a really good job. the second thing i t