Jared isaacman became the first non professional astronaut to walk in space. His first words as he stepped outside the Resilience Spacecracft were beautiful world. He used the first privately funded spacewalk to do Mobility Tests of the new type of spacesuit that will be at the forefront of the next generation of space exploration. Our Science Correspondent Pallab ghosh has the story. Back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here, earth sure looks like a perfect world. Historic words for an historic moment. Out comes the first private Sector Astronaut to walk in space. Silhouetted in earths orbit, billionaire Jared Isaacman paid millions of dollars for this experience. Earlier, he was suiting up, as were the other three crew members. The capsulte has no air lock, so the entire spacecraft is in the vacuum of space once the doors opened. Then, the all important checks to make sure that the spacesuits dont leak. Theyd been upgraded for the spacewalk, stronger and more flexibl
In a speech delivered earlier today, Sir Keir warned the Health System must reform or die as working people cannot afford to pay more to revive the institution. He also blamed the previous conservative government for the situation. Let s take a look at some of the findings in that report. It found that if you turn up to an Accident And Emergency department it s likely that One Hundred people could be in front of you waiting for treatment. It also found that there are around Fourteen Thousand avoidable deaths a year. And the last time the nhs met the Cancer Treatment Target which is 62 days was nine years ago, in 2015. Sir Keir Starmer says some of their changes won t be universally popular, but he says he will do the right thing for the nhs. Lets take a listen to some of what he had to say. We ve just got to be more ambitious. Like children s Mental Health or children s dentistry, you know. And look, i know some Prevention Measures will be controversial, but i m prepared to be bold, e
Threat that people on the front Line Face every day. Attacks like this or humanitarian vehicles being struck like this is rare. I think a couple of months ago we saw a vehicle belonging to the international Food Kitchen get hit. But this is certainly, uh, certainly looks like a severe situation. Two people have been injured, three killed, as you say, as a team from the international red cross were giving out Coal And Fire to a village which really is close to the Front Line. And when youre within ten, 20km, theres always the looming threat of either drone or missile attacks or artillery strikes, as well. Its a reminder of the risks. And as the fighting continues, the World Health Organisation has warned a renewed focus on health in ukraine is crucial as the country approaches its third winter amid full scale war. As of today, the who has confirmed close to 2,000 attacks on health in ukraine including hospitals, Health Workers and patients. Hans kluge is the regional director for europe
To strike russian territory. He said this would change the nature of the conflict, and mean the us and other nato countries were fighting with russia. The british prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who is currently heading to washington, is expected to discuss the use of such missiles with President Biden on friday. Damian grammaticas reports. Two and a half years after vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, and almost nightly russian bombs and missiles continue to batter the country. Strikes launched from deep inside russia. To counter these, ukraine has for months been urging the west to allow it to use the long range weapons they already supply to hit back, against airfields, logistics and military targets that sustain these assaults, and to blunt the Advances Russia is making on the ground. For ukraine, the timing, with winter coming, is critical, so on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer heading to washington with the foreign secretary, whether to green light attacks on russi