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One very recent and very nice outcome of this collaboration has been the instrument is six telescopes in the uk are embedded completely in the european infrastructure. This has been tried for some time and it took work to do and now it means the whole infrastructure is much more robust and it can do new kinds of science that was much more challenging in the past. Also, and this is very recent, very interesting the infrastructure works in real time and so these 22 telescopes send data to jive and so these 22 telescopes send data tojive in the netherlands in real time by internet. The data is collected altogether and processed in real time collected altogether and processed in realtime and collected altogether and processed in real time and this gives astronomers the ability to study some of the processes happening in the universe. Thank you. From the joint institute of very long baseline infrastructure consortium. Now its time for a look at the weather with tomasz schaffernaker. Its a p
Skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large scale protest against chinas increasing control over the territory, the Jodrell Bank Observatory in cheshire which has been at the forefront of Astronomical Research is declared a unesco World Heritage site. At half past eight, the travel show dresses up and heads to dublin to join the competitors taking part in the 2019 irish cosplay championship. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Foreign Office has begun an investigation, into who leaked emails from britains ambassador to washington, which described the Trump Administration as being inept and uniquely dysfunctional. In the memos, obtained by the mail on sunday, sir kim darroch, says, despite his shortcomings, President Trump shouldnt be written off. Heres our washington correspondent, nick bryant. Inept, insecure, incompetent. In secret cables obtained by the mail on sunday, britains top diplomat in washington, sir kim darroch, used