Good evening. One of the most prominent figures in american politics, the Majority Leader in the senate, has called for new elections in israel. Chuck schumer says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his way and accused him of pushing support for israel to new lows. Mr schumer, a democrat, and the highest ranking jewish official in america, also called for the Palestinian Authority president , mahmoud abbas, to step down, saying a new generation of leaders was needed, to work towards peace. All this comes as the us imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli Settlers in the occupied west bank, whove been accused of harassing and attacking palestinians. The Settler Movement is controversial with many countries, including the uk, which sees israel as an occupying power, and the settlements as illegal. Israel disputes this. West Bank Violence has surged since the start of the gaza war, triggered by hamas s attack on israel on october seventh. The us and uk have already imposed fin
Test flight yet. The Starship Rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. But the mission is still being declared a big success. Heres our science correspondent pallab ghosh. New objectives thatll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. Twice before, Starship Blew Upjust minutes after launch. Was this going to be third time lucky . So far, so good. We are feeling the rumble. We are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. And now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. Oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. And heres a view of the lower section falling back to earth. But then, communication is lost. And acquisition of signal, well see if we can get some other video. But back in space, its all going fine, and the uppe
Strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. 0n strike across lufthansa through till saturday morning. On top of that there is Security Staff at cologne and dusseldorf and frankfurt airports are causing wild widespread cancellations. Anybody trying to travel to, from, or within germany at the moment is looking pretty shaky. Let pretty sha ky. Let us pretty shaky. Let us Focus On Cliff why are they such trouble with the unions . Partly because the entire aviation world suffered very much during the covid pandemic. Things are bouncing back. There is remarkable profits numbers at lufthansa, i billion euros, around 3 billion in profits, very similar to what the company which owns iberia of spain and British Airways did. They have earned that because there is huge demand for travel, but in europe in particular, capacity is still way down on pre pandemic times. Very simply, supply and demand kicks in. The unions are seeing the profits that are being made and they are very simply sa