this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of an italian american crime family in new york in the 1940s and 50s. it was, for a time, the highest grossing film ever made, a blockbuster that was also a work of great art. it was the godfather. i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. hello from new york, i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies godfather anniversary special. half a century on, we celebrate and reassess the landmark classic, directed by francis ford coppola, starring movie greats marl
hello, you re watching bbc news. i m been monday with the headlines. sevastopol, the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers strike for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. michael gove backs rishi sunak to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister, saying he has what thejob requires. he says rival liz truss s tax policies will affect the poorest in society. and it s a must win boxing re match for anthonyjoshua. he faces unified heavyweight champion oleksandr usyk in saudia arabia tonight. now on bbc news on the 50th anniversary of the godfather, often proclaimed the greatest film ever made, talking movies celebrates the landmark classic. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president
to residents in desperate need. plus, president biden sharpening his attacks, ripping into donald trump as his midterm message takes shape. why he says maga republicans are threatening, quote, the foundations of our republic, end quote. and despite getting knocked out of the u.s. open, all eyes are on tennis star serena williams. was last night s match the last one of her career? we re going to have a look back at her lasting and incredible impact on the court. welcome to your labor day weekend. we re grateful that you re sharing it with us. it s saturday, september 3rd. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. i m not mad that i m not on a plane off to vacation or anything. i m just really happy to be with you, boris. nowhere you would rather be than right here with us watching the skies, right? in a matter of hours nasa will try to launch its uncrewed artemis i rocket on a journey around the moon. we ll look at live pictures right now, preparations und
story from washington. pete, can you give us the latest on what we know, how long this pilot has been in the air, and what the danger is to the public at this point? reporter: well, sara, we know that this plane took off from the tupelo regional airport around 5:00 a.m. central time, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. we re coming up on the plane being in the air for about five hours now. the plane is a king air c-90. you can see it there, that s a small twin-engine turboprop airplane. it seats between six and eight people. it can go about 250 miles an hour. the question now is how this will end, how this story will end. will the airplane run out of fuel? we ve been talking to sources who fly king airs and they tell me it can only fly for between four and six hours if the plane is fully loaded with fuel. that is the track from flighfl flightaware. you can see the plane took off from touupelo airport, circled e airport at a relatively low altitude, then continued northbound over t
cnn s pete muntean and cnn aerospace analyst myles o brien joins me now. pete, let s start here. what is the latest on what is happened with the suspect and do we know anything new about what they were doing up there. reporter: sessentially the pilot lives to tell the tale, but likely in a courtroom. from two different government sources that the plane that was stolen earlier this morning, around 5:00 a.m., from the tupelo regional airport, according to the tupelo, police, crashed near ashland, mississippi. it flew around the area for about five hours. police in tupelo say they initially got a phone call at 5:00 a.m. central time from the person on board this airplane saying that they were threatening to crash the plane into one of the walmarts in tupelo, mississippi. according to flight aware, the plane flew around for about five hours, north west of the area and then over the holly springs national forest. we heard from sources that a king air like this, a beechcraft, sea