hello and welcome. we begin today in the us. president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as outrageous and unacceptable . the country s latest mass shooting happened at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville. on sunday night, people gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of the shooting. 28 other people were injured, several critically. so far, there s been no information whether any suspect was killed or arrested. jessica parker reports from dadeville. what happened 7 confusion and fear the almost routine eruption of gun violence in america but uniquely devastating for a small community in rural alabama after a shooter opened fire at a 16th birthday party. police tape quietly hiding what you then can hear, the sound of horror and grief. wailing. four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. as far as the injuries, there are 28 individuals that were injured during the cou
a russian court has sentenced one of president putin s most prominent critics to 25 years in prison for treason. vladimir kara murza has also been convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co operation with an undesirable organisation . he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the russian british former journalist and politician is the latest of a number of putin opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. let s get more on this story now with sergei goryashko from the bbc russian sevice. could you start by telling us what happened, what we know about what happened, what we know about what happened in court today? todd? happened, what we know about what happened in court today? happened in court today? today in court, in happened in court today? today in court. in a happened in
in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the country s biggest paramilitary group, known as the rapid support forces, or rsf with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. they re both vying for dominance, after leading the two main factions in the ruling military regime. but, caught in the middle, is sudan s population of around 50 million people. many are displaced and millions need humanitarian help. the sudanese doctors union says almost 100 civilians have been killed since the clashes erupted on saturday. we ve been hearing a range of different voices from inside sudan. katharina von schroeder, from save the children, has been sheltering with her eight year old son in a
booster comes back, the starship itself will come back. tomorrow s launch, neither one of these things are coming back. but it s really the first full system test of the entire rocket and payload, or the spacecraft, i should say. but in the future, that means at a stage in the future, both will fully be recovered, which brings the economics of launching large things into space way down and it really is more revolutionary than i think most people realise. it s happening around 1200 gmt today. join us on bbc news as we watch that take place. after a record breaking 35 year run, the curtain has come down on the broadway production of the phantom of the opera. the show opened injanuary 1988 and has been watched on broadway alone by 20 million people and has grossed around $1.11 billion. the andrew lloyd webber musical is based on the classic novel about a 19th century
a little bit surprised that they ve been that successful. but that s just part of the process, part of the engineering development that they re doing. so we should expect failure. it s quite probable there will be some sort of failure along the way, but that s why they re doing it. that s why they want to learn from this. this will be the first of many tests. eventually, the plan is for starship to return astronauts to the lunar surface in a joint mission with nasa. spacex have then set their sights on mars. the first step, though, is to be able to launch and land to show this technology works. rebecca morelle, bbc news. as rebecca said in her report, elon musk isn t exactly oozing confidence about this launch. i guess i like tojust set expectations low. he laughs. you know, if we get far enough away from the launch pad before something goes wrong, then i think i would consider that to be a success. just don t blow up the launch pad. after a record breaking 35 year run, the curtain has