And a dramatic end to the british grand prix as Lewis Hamilton wins with a puncture on the final lap. For the First Time Since the Apollo Programme 45 years ago, an american spacecraft has landed safely with a splashdown in the sea. The commercially owned capsule carrying astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken launched for the International Space station in may. Its all part of nasas plan to hand over such flights to private companies. Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle reports. Mission control 200 metres. Brace for splashdown. Copy, braced for splashdown. History in the making as the dragon capsule returns home. As you can see on your screen, we have visual confirmation for splashdown. Applause. The first private spacecraft to bring astronauts back to earth. Dragon spacex, separation confirmed. Their journey began from the International Space station. The spacecrafts owned by us company spacex. Inside, Nasas Bob Behnken and doug hurley are at the controls. As they hurtled thro
Hello. Welcome to the programme. For the First Time Since the Apollo Programme 45 years ago, an american spacecraft has landed safely with a splashdown in the sea. The commercially owned capsule carrying astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken launched for the International Space station in may. Its all part of nasas plan to hand over such flights to private companies. Our science correspondent, Rebecca Morelle reports. Mission control 200 metres. Brace for splashdown. Copy, braced for splashdown. History in the making as the dragon capsule returns home. As you can see on your screen, we have visual confirmation for splashdown. Applause. The first private spacecraft to bring astronauts back to earth. Dragon spacex, separation confirmed. Their journey began from the International Space station. The spacecrafts owned by us company spacex. Inside, Nasas Bob Behnken and doug hurley are at the controls. As they hurtled through the earths atmosphere, a heat shield protected them as temperatur
Government meeting in northeastern pennsylvania last night. Ross township is located about the gunman has been identified as rockne newell. Witnesses say he appeared to be shooting randomly. Police say he was involved in a longtime property dispute with the township. A local official tackled newell and shot him with his own gun. Newell was treated and this morning is in police custody. At least two others were wounded. Overseas theyve ordered the evacuation of an embassy in yemen. Were learning that a secret message between the head of al qaeda and a deputy in yemen prompted that action. It calls for a major attack against interests. Bob orr has details. Reporter sources say the head of Al Qaeda Ayman al zawahiri was pressing a meeting with nasir al wuhayshi. Sources say the two leaders vaguely referenced something big. Noting an attack could happen as early as sunday, august 4th. Wuhayshi who was once the personal secretary to Osama Bin Laden runs the yemenbased branch of al qaeda tha
The headlines the First Crewed Mission by a private company to the International Space station has safely returned to earth. The Spacex Dragon crew capsule splashed down off the coast of florida. Nasas administrator said the Missions Success marked the beginning of a new era in human space flight. An investigation by the Bbcs Persian Service has found the number of people whove died with covid 19 in iran is nearly three times higher than the government has admitted. They also show the first coronavirus death happened injanuary, nearly a month earlier than originally claimed. The philippines is bringing back strict quarantine measures in and around the capital manila, to tackle a leap in coronavirus cases. The measures are likely to include the shutdown of some businesses and public transport. Theyll start on tuesday. Now on bbc news
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Watching right there, president barack obama, the nation pausing on this veterans day to salute the men and women of our armed forces and for their sacrifice day in and day out, keeping this country safe. The president laying the wreath there at the tomb of the unknowns. He walks through the building, then he will be giving remarks, as is tradition at this veterans day ceremony. We will be bringing you those remarks as soon as they begin. We will be bringing you these very important moments throughout the hour. Just a beautiful scene you are seeing there in the ampitheater we are looking at. We will continue to watch this. As we watch live pictures from Arlington National cemetery, let us bring in our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, cnn Global Affairs analyst kimberly dozer and cnn military analyst Major General james spider marks. An important moment and also an important day for barack obama. This is the final veterans day ceremony he will be taking part in. He is taking part