khamenei came on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979. now on bbc news: the new space race. 50 years ago, astronauts would regularly go to the moon. back then, many thought it wouldn t be long before people lived there. now, finally, that could be happening. we re notjust settling for doing the same old, same old. we want to push further. and rocket launches are now commonplace, sending up spacecraft for the benefit of life on earth. space is an integral part of society. our way of working only functions with satellites for telecom, for navigation, for earth observation, for weather forecasting, for many things. so, we need the satellites for our daily life. the country that first sent a person into space is crashing back to earth because of its war in ukraine. if russia doesn t partner up with another nation l or field its own space station, which given the current - circumstances and sanctions i is quite unlikely, it might not have any crewed space f
we start this hour with breaking news. reports are coming in of a strong earthquake that has hit turkey near the border with syria. the epicentre was in gaziantep and the tremor has been felt across the region. the united states geological survey said it was of 7.8 magnitude and at a depth of 10 kilometres, considered to be shallow. gaziantep has a local population of around two million people and is also hosting almost 500,000 syrian refugees. azadeh moshiri is our reporter. what can you tell us? this is what we know so far. the quaker s epicentre was in gaziantep, the southern part of turkey with a population of 2 million people. it is an industrial hub is lots of buildings chair. it s on the border of syria, so that s why it hosts about half a million syrian refugees will stop so it is an industrial hub, hosting many refugees, and the epicentre of this earthquake right now. when you look at the buildings, it is clear in the area that the damage is fairly significant. we ha
we start this hour with breaking news there has been a major earthquake in turkey near the border with syria. the epicentre was in gaziantep close to the border of syria. strong tremors were felt across the region. the quake was recorded at a magnitude of of 7.8 and at a relatively shallow depth of ten kilometres. reports have been coming in of many collapsed buildings. azadeh moshiri is our reporter. sketchy details but a lot of reports and people across the region have felt this? the governor region have felt this? the governor of region have felt this? the governor of malaysia, - region have felt this? tue: governor of malaysia, close region have felt this? tte: governor of malaysia, close to gaziantep and he has reported 130 buildings collapsed. when you look at the pictures, the pictures we re showing you now. . this hit local time at around a quarter past four and since the early hours of the morning. you re seeing people bewildered and search and rescue teams doi
from mr reznikov who hasn t been personally implicated in the procurement scandal involving the purchase of rations at inflated prices. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. viktor orban can make a strong claim to be europe s most successful leader. after four consecutive election victories, he s admired by cultural conservatives and nationalists from moscow to washington. he wins elections, yes but is he a democrat or has he subverted democracy and undermined the cause of freedom notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch critic. but has orban found a politicalformula illiberal democracy for which his opponents have no answer? zsuzsanna szelenyi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. when you look at your home country, hungary, today, in terms of its politics, its political culture, wha
greatjimmy greaves scored 266 goals for spurs. this was came s 267th, and his 200 in the premier league. manchester city also had a record to break. they have never won in the stadium, or even scored a goal there. with the chance to close in at the top of the table, pep guardiola demanded more. he brought on kevin de bruyne, who found julian alvarez, who found his route to goal blocked by eric dier. alvarez had another go four minutes later. it was going to be one of those days for the defending champions. there was a little late drama, a second yellow card for cristian romero for this foul onjack yellow card for cristian romero for this foul on jack grealish. yellow card for cristian romero for this foul onjack grealish. spurs held on and it was to be harry kane s day. although it does mean his club s biggest rivals are still five points clear of city. what might nottingham forest continued their surge up the premier league. forest are now six points clear of the relegation