in a turbine, which will have implications for europe s energy supply this winter. newswatch is here in about 10 minutes. now on bbc news, click. you re back, we re back, everybody is back, august, so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it s a melting pot of theatre, music, dance and opera, and on the side, as its name suggests, is the edinburgh fringe. please, neverspeak to me again. laughter. filled with experimental performance, innovative shows and my favourite comedy. one of the beautiful things about the fringe is that it takes over loads of venues in the city, including this one the university of edinburgh s old medical school. and before we get stuck into the comedy, we are going to talk about medicine specifically medical waiting times. now, if you re waiting for surgery, it can feel like an eternity and we all know that waiting times are longer than anyone would want, but one nhs tru
but says she won t be letting it interfere with her climate activism. # there s a starman waiting in the sky. and the hand written lyrics to david bowie s 1972 hit starman go up for auction later this month. hello and welcome to the programme. china has warned it ll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti ship missiles, air to air missiles and support for taiwan s surveillance radar programme. so, how will the spend be broken down? $1.1 billion has been promised by the us government. $355 million will be spent on harpoon air to sea missiles. $85 million is earmarked for sidewinder air to air missiles. $665 million is for a surveillance radar system. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more details on the deal. well, we know that this is a very big package of measures. $1.1 billion, so it inc
spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan. i ve concluded that it s time to end america s longest war. it s time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find any way to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so, fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport and there was nothing just a gate to go into the plane. gunshot. people were running towards the aircraft, the airport. - there were soldiers| keeping people out. gunfire. the taliban, who were beating up people with sticks, - with wires, whatever they had, and they were shooting - on the ground and on the air. like the end of the world in the hollywood movies! i can t describe what the scene was like. i i have been beaten many times for the way i am. the taliban s interpretation of shar
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 its first attempt. (sot) it is not unusual for a rocket, it is not unusualfor a rocket, a new rocket to experience setbacks or delays but the team are confident they can overcome this and all eyes will be on the launch pad. we start in russia. mourners in moscow are queueing to pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who died on tuesday at the age of 91. later today, he will be buried in the city s largest cemetery, novodevichy, next to his wife raisa. russian president vladimir putin is not attending the funeral. the kremlin says mr putin has no space in his schedule. these are live pictures from moscow. mourners are gathering at the hall of columns. he left office in 1991 as the country crumbled around him. he had been the leader of reform but the forces and desire for independence among
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here at the kennedy space center, but the problems started earlier on today. while the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was detected. and this is not a good thing. so the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting did not work and the launch was stopped. over the last few hours, they have been poring over the data to find out what went wrong, and they have announced the rocket will n