which unionists don t like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, here s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the rupture in relations between most of europe and russia since vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine has left european governments scrambling to end their dependence on moscow s oil and gas. it turns out there was another arena in which europe had become dangerously dependent on russia space. without russian rockets and other space know how, europe s short term space plans are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. let s start where i started in that introduction your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which you ve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? it s exposed a d
are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. let s start where i started in that introduction your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which you ve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? it s exposed a dangerous overreliance on cooperation with moscow? i mean, it is true that with the invasion of russia in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in the energy sector, in many other parts, that we suddenly have a war in front of our doors and also in space. and in space, what actually happened is exactly the same as in many other domains. the heads of states and heads of government of many european countries were encouraging everyone to embrace russia, to work with russia, get ru
Migrant ship that sank, killing at least 700 people. Only 28 survived when his overcrowded vessel went down. A court in italy finds him guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter. And donald trump nominates the ceo of exxon mobil to be the next u. S. Secretary of state. Oil and diplomacy. Rex tillerson is a friend of vladimir putin, and his nomination heightens concerns about conflict of interest between the president elect and the president of russia. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Rebels in aleppo have agreed on a deal to withdraw from the city and evacuate the people the civilians trapped inside. That is after the Syrian Military always crushed resistance there in the last 48 hours. Residents are now fleeing in their thousands as Government Forces retake control of the last pockets of formerly held areas by the rebels. The military offensive in the city is all but over, having left east aleppo in total rooms. Ruins. Reporter these could be scenes from the devastated
A court in italy finds him guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter. And donald trump nominates the ceo of exxon mobil to be the next u. S. Secretary of state. Oil and diplomacy. Rex tillerson is a friend of vladimir putin, and his nomination heightens concerns about conflict of interest between the president elect and the president of russia. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Rebels in aleppo have agreed on a deal to withdraw from the city and evacuate the people the civilians trapped inside. That is after the Syrian Military always crushed resistance there in the last 48 hours. Residents are now fleeing in their thousands as Government Forces retake control of the last pockets of formerly held areas by the rebels. The military offensive in the city is all but over, having left east aleppo in total rooms. Ruins. Reporter these could be scenes from the devastated cities of europe during world war ii. But this is today, and this is aleppo. Official evacuations hadnt even