The show boys to make space travel history to u. S. Astronauts on the 1st ever private mission into space to face the final and most important part of their test flight returning to earth with a brain or splashed down. Omarion evan steen its good to have you with us we begin in the australian state of victoria where a state of disaster has been declared amid a surge in corona virus infections a range of new long down measures has also been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the city of melbourne while this comes after previous long down measures failed to curb a spike in new covert cases. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the countrys strictest to date melbourne is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier has now declared a state of disaster. We cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have people simply in about for no good reason whatsoever it is not an easy
A decided to 5 in the morning nearly everyone in the city of melbourne has to stay indoors also on the show poised to make space travel history to u. S. Astronauts on the 1st ever private mission into space they face the final and most important part of their test flight returning to earth with a rare splash down to. America evanston a welcome we began in the australian state of victoria where a state of disaster has been declared amid a surge in corona virus infections a range of new lockdown measures has also been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the city of melbourne this comes after previous lockdown measures failed to curb a spike in new covert cases. Their last moments of freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the countrys strictest to date melbourne is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victorias premier has now declared a state of disaster. We cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have
A 2nd lockdown failed to contain a spike in corona virus cases. Marion evans dean its good to have you with us 2 u. S. Astronauts have just splashed down in the gulf of mexico on board space x. As a dragon capsule successfully ending the 1st private test flight into space the vessel reach temperatures of nearly 2000 degrees as it streaked through earths atmosphere astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken spent 2 months aboard the International Space station the 1st astronauts launch from u. S. Soil since 2011 and its the 1st water landing carried out by nasa since 1985 as 975 rather. Socially probs the water and lets go straight to keith cowing in washington hes the editor of the space news web site nasa watch dot com and also happens to be a former nasa employee good to see you again keith so we were all watching the splash down landing just a short time ago what did you make of it well it was sort of like nature will reduce when i was a little kid in the sixtys but one word you can pla
Suspected russian mercenaries are detained in baton rouge accused of trying to disrupt an upcoming vote. And we have major sports news stories today including criminal proceedings in switzerland against the fee for president a deadline for russia to avoid exclusion from takes and Saudi Arabian investors out of their bid to buy Newcastle United after months of premier league scrutiny. That it swept across the United States killing tens of thousands of people and now the devastating effects of coronavirus on the economy is becoming clear the United States is just recorded at shoppers downturn since the 940 s. And admitted all president dollar trump is floating the idea of pushing back novembers election is often talks of the economys strength but between april and june. Its shrunk at the fastest pace on record that is down 9 and a half percent in the past week another 1400000 people applying for jobless benefits his response to the pandemic is expected to be a key election issue the us h
We have a special report from el salvador, where there are calls for a change in the nations strict abortion laws. And federer through again. The eight time champion overcomes rafael nadal to reach his 12th wimbledon final. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore the city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says its as prepared as it can be and has told residents to say indoors from tonight. Our correspondent sophie long is in new orleans. What were experiencing at the moment are sudden downpours and gusts of strong winds. Now, forecasters are predicting that Tropical Storm barry could turn into hurricane strength before it makes landfall over the next 12 hours. So thats wind speeds of over 7a mph. Now, people here have been bracing themselves. The