Saudi Arabia's first astronauts embark on a historic journey to the International Space Station. Follow their rocket launch and learn about the growing space tourism industry.
cape canaveral. live here in florida, falcon 9 heading into the great skies. this is the first launch by space x in three days. it has been a very, very busy weekend for them. by the way, the price per seat, $55 million. at least that is with the latest price was. we don t know specifically how much this one costs. it was already on the path. it was target lift off late today. so it was on time. again, representative saudi arabian government this time is right anna bernal we, a stem cell researcher set to become the kingdom s first woman in space. and ali al carney. wrapping up the crude there is john peggy whitson, interesting here, she holds the u.s. record for most accumulated time in space.
pakistan s powerful military. earlier this year, when imran khan s supporters in lahore blocked the police attempting to arrest him, the government said he was using his supporters to avoid the rule of law. national elections are meant to take place in pakistan this year. and as the country s economy falters and inflation soars, politics is pulling bugs apart. is pulling pakistan apart. that is the story so far today. let s take you to some live pictures of karachi. this is after the party of mr khan calling for supporters to come out onto the streets to protest against that arrest. we have seen similar protests taking place in lahore and peshawar. those protesters previously have been successful in preventing the arrest of mr khan. they have tried to do that since he was ousted from power last year. security forces have tried to detain him on a number of previous occasions at his residence
editor there that the call to energise supporters or related to what mr khan sees as a government plot to remove him unfairly from office. in april of last year. he has been campaigning for early elections since then we know general elections since then we know general elections are due to be held in the country later this year. that is the scene at their live, that vehicle being set on fire in karachi. we will stay across those images and if there are further developments, head straight back there. that is our main story, imran khan arrested this morning in islamabad. elsewhere, the russian president vladimir putting has said civilisation is at a turning point because of the war in ukraine. in a speech in moscow, marking the anniversary of soviet victory over the nats is in the second world war, he claimed that russia is once again facing exchange threat the nazis. he told people