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
at this stage down toward south west england and probably south wales where we could see some 23s. the weather cooling down a bit across northern areas but still in the may sunshine it ll feel ok. from bank holiday monday, bit more of a breeze around for england but with the high pressure dominating it is a dry picture with most of us seeing some fairly lengthy spells of sunshine. 21 in glasgow, that ll feel nice. further south, temperatures coming down a few degrees, but still pleasant in that strong may sunshine. you can keep up with all of the latest developments on the website. from us it is goodbye but the news continues here on bbc one as it is now time tojoin continues here on bbc one as it is now time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. three into two doesn t go. leicester leeds and everton are hoping they are the one that doesn t go down in the
before france s top judges and betting on a crackdown: premier league clubs agree to remove gambling sponsors from shirt fronts within three years. campaigners say it s nowhere near enough. hello there. giving in to big pay demands by striking workers would be, quote, a terrible mistake so says the uk s finance minister chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who s been defending his policies after official figures confirmed the economy flatlined in february with growth of 0%. industrial action is seen as a key factor dragging on the economy with teachers, rail workers, civil servants and nowjunior doctors among those walking out in a wave of strikes over pay. mr hunt is in washington for the spring meetings of the world bank and imf, where he was asked about the strikes. the one thing we won t do, because it would be a terrible mistake, is to agree to an inflationary pay rise that means that we are still talking about inflation in one year s time. if we stick to the pl
surged 10% last year to $150 billlion. they have moved to reduce reliance on the us dollar by setting up payment clearing in the chinese currency, the yuan. former brazilian president dilma rousseff is to be sworn in today as head of the new development bank a rival to the world bank and imf set by by the so called brics countries of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. let s speak now to william jackson, who is emerging market economist at capital economics. xi has been signalling the post covid reopening of china by hosting a series of world leaders. what can we read into the fact that brazil s leader has been among the first? you are absolutely right. as china moves into its postcode environment it seems to be wanting to spread its international wings. we have seen talks between saudi arabia and iran recently, and now we have cordial words with president lula, hayes and china at the moment. there is a big political angle to this, to find a way to cement relatio
inappropriately restraining him. what would you like to say to families what would you like to say to families of what would you like to say to families of children what would you like to say to families of children abused . what would you like to say to families of children abused in what would you like to say to - families of children abused in your care? we confront the chief executive of the company about the mistreatment of people in their care. president biden meets the irish prime minister and addresses the country s parliament on the second day of his visit when mary quant invades new. and tributes to the fashion designer dame mary quant, designer of the mini skirt, who s died aged 93. and coming up in sport. it s a european night under the lights at old trafford. but have manchester united moved a step closer to the europa league semi finals? the fbi has arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence docume