europe s short term space plans 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 over reliance 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 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 russia into the we
which unionists don t like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, here s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the rupture in relations between most of europe and russia since vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine has left european governments scrambling to end their dependence on moscow s oil and gas. it turns out there was another arena in which europe had become dangerously dependent on russia space. without russian rockets and other space know how, europe s short term space plans 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 d
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
kyiv with long range missiles. and blast off for three chinese astronauts heading towards a space station that s still under construction. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the queen has greeted a huge crowd from the balcony of buckingham palace, the climax of four days of events celebrating her 70 years as monarch. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted the highlights from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard and ed sheeran were among the celebrities taking part. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching. cheering the closing moments of a memorablejubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne current and three future monarchs, charles, william, and george. it was the image which the crowd had been hopi
as ukraine s footballers fail to qualify for the men s world cup after losing to wales. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london where queen elizabeth has greeted a huge crowd from the balcony of buckingham palace the climax of four days of events celebrating her 70 years as monarch. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted the highlights from each decade of her 70 year reign. sir cliff richard and ed sheeran were among the celebrities taking part. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, was watching. cheering. the closing moments of a memorable jubilee celebration. back on to the palace balcony came the queen accompanied by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall and the cambridges. 0ne current and three future monarchs, charles, william and george. it was the image which the crowd had been hoping to see, an image which e