putin did not attend. now on bbc news, split at birth: twins divided. in the 1960s, an adoption agency split up infant twins and placed them in different families as part of a controversial study, having a seismic impact on many of their lives. february of 2018, there was a 2020 episode about louise wise agency separating identical twins back in the mid 60s, and my older sister who s adopted, called me and said, can you imagine if either of us was a twin? and i said, well, that s ridiculous. and i remember getting a shiver all over my body thinking, wow, what if this was real? in the 1960s, an adoption agency in new york, the louise wise services, began a policy to deliberately split up identical and fraternal twins, and place the infants in different families. the adoptive parents were never told that their children had siblings. any louise wise adoptee from the 605 has every right to think perhaps they have a twin. the separated twins were placed in a controversial s
nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. and, serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street, looking back at borisjohnson s time in number 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning that this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, li
with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni
in the next three to five hours. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. a £2 cap on bus fares across england for three months from january is announced by ministers in the hope it will help people cope with the rising cost of living. a to me, it is a no brainer. there is no point taking the car and then paying for parking fees and everything. it is costing me £15, normally, for a trip, for a day ride for myself and then a day ride for my children. it is extortionate. this will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months of the winter, when we know things are going to be tough. and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when fuel costs are so high. russia s main pipeline transporting gas to europe through germany will now not reopen as planned. russian state energy firm gazprom said it had found an oil leak in a turbine on nord stream 1, meaning it
when you start counting pennies on your bank account or in your pocket. we do the same and count our casualties. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. nasa s second attempt to launch the artemis moon rocket has failed. launch control announced a second scrub on the mission after a liquid hydrogen leak which has started during the fuelling process couldn t be stopped. a brief hydrogen leak was spotted on the original launch date last monday but it was thought the sensors may have been wrong. that first launch attempt was halted after problems with pressure levels in one of the rockets four engines. our science correspondent, jonathan amos is there. thank you. a disappointing day to day. the second postponement in a number of days. this time for a slightly different reason. we had a hydrogen leak on this vehicle, there is huge rocket that you see behind me here. they have to fill it with 2.7 mil