are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. let s start where i started in that introduction your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which you ve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? it s exposed a dangerous overreliance on cooperation with moscow? i mean, it is true that with the invasion of russia in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in the energy sector, in many other parts, that we suddenly have a war in front of our doors and also in space. and in space, what actually happened is exactly the same as in many other domains. the heads of states and heads of government of many european countries were encouraging everyone to embrace russia, to work with russia, get ru
showers for england, and wales for the most part, it s a dry day with some warm spells of sunshine throughout the day, really. now, on the satellite picture, we can see a lot of cloud coming into north western areas. and it s this cloud that s bringing those widespread showers at the moment to northern ireland, scotland and a few into the north west of england as well. now, through the day, into the afternoon, those showers become a little bit less widespread, so there ll be a bit more sunshine poking through the clouds here. it stays quite windy, though, with gusts into the 30s mph. further south, the winds lighter, there ll be more sunshine and it will feel warm with just a bit of fairweather cloud. temperatures reaching about 23 in the warmest areas, overnight, a few showers in scotland, but then later in the night, we ll see this area of rain develop in the western isles and the highlands. away from the northwest, though, it s a dry night with some clear spells and tempe
hears claims that donald trump orchestrated the attack in an attempted coup . a0 years after the end of the falklands war we look at the psychological toll on those who fought. and the sprint star dina asher smith tells us of her plans to compete at the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england had a decent start but new zealand had taken the initiative by the end of day one of the second test at trent bridge. good evening. the government has seen off a legal challenge to stop its first flight deporting asylum seekers to rwanda planned for next tuesday. campaigners and immigration charities went to the high court today to try to convince a judge that the home secretary priti patel s policy is unlawful and irrational as rwanda is unsafe. but the home office argued there was a significant public interest in the government being able to deport people deemed to have entered the uk illegally. here s our home editor mark easton. is it lawfu
very much in mind. and for these 90 minutes, it s allowed to be focused on this and then if you lose, you suffer together which is, you are not alone in this moment, if you win, you win, you celebrate together. and how the nation is set to spend millions of pounds on platinum jubilee memorabilia. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a new era for english test cricket as new men s head coach brendan mccullum prepares to take charge for the first time against new zealand next week. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s lunchtime news. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been ordered to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services. concerns have been raised about avoidable deaths and injuries to mothers and babies. the care quality commission says the trust has serious staffing and cultural problems. yesterday the senior midwife donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review of maternity care at the trust, which has said it is
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