a group of us senators from both the republican and democratic parties have reached agreement on a series of gun control measures. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. let s have a closer look at what s in the proposal. the framework agreement includes support for state red flag laws where guns could be kept from those who might pose a danger. also included, tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21. there would also be measures to prevent what s known as straw purchases, where people buy guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them. but what s not included are measures that the democrats and president biden had advocated, such as raising the age for buying semiautomatic rifles to 21, or new limits on assault style rifles. our north america correspondent david willis has been following the story. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals passed into law, they would represent the first gun co
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
Its all in the packaging the everyday items that recyclers say are impossible to deal with. And coming up in the sport on bbc news tonights swedish top division fixture between gothenburg and aik has been postponed, after an alleged match fixing attempt. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister, theresa may, has launched the conservative Party Manifesto this lunchtime, with a raft of policy pledges claiming to get to grips with the great challenges of our time. It includes major changes to social care in england. For the first time, the value of someones property would be included in the means test for care at home. Mrs may pledged changes to our State Pensions. She said therell be a new double lock system when the current triple lock expires in 2020. Theres also a promise for an increase in nhs funding, by a minimum of £8 billion in real terms over the next five years. On brexit, mrs may warned that if a government failed in the negotiations, the conseque
a bi partisan group of senators say they ve agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. gains for a new left wing alliance in the first round of france s parliamentary elections. the british government says a new law overriding brexit trade arrangements with the european union won t undermine the northern ireland peace agreement. are the machines about to take over? a senior tech engineer is put on leave after claiming an artificial intelligence tool has develped a mind of its own. and a month after mcdonald s pulled out of russia because of ukraine, a homegrown burger chain opens called tasty and that s it.
the european union won t be very happy with the brits but they ve got no intention of putting a border between the north of ireland and the south of arlen given the history of trouble there and they won t really be interested in a trade war. at this point, if you ask, what is good happen, will they resolve these issues? i think we just don t know. but there is one point like some help clearing up. let s imagine that this protocol is not enforced that the uk and the eu cannot find a way to agree, does that impact the trade deal that was done alongside it or do those two things sick quite separately? cuts the northern ireland issuejust separately? cuts the northern ireland issue just not function and feature a political follow up while the rest of all of those arrangements redo the uk and the eu continue to function? is a arrangements redo the uk and the eu continue to function? continue to function? is a crack in question- continue to function? is a crack in question- i continue to