don t. the prime minister has a big decision to make. the british citizens trapped under fire in the sudanese capital khartoum as food and water run out. buildings have been obliterated and pounded continuously. hundreds of people line the streets of kent for the funeral of the entertainer paul o grady. and coming up on bbc news: two own goals in the quarterfinal first leg. can manchester united turn their fortunes around against sevilla in the second leg of the europa league? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever launched has blown up on its maiden flight. spacex s starship exploded just minutes after lift off from texas. there was no one on board. elon musk, the man behind it, declared the test flight a success. he is trying to develop a reusable space vehicle that will eventually be able to carry up to 100 people on interplanetary flights as well as allowing travel to anywhere in the world in one hour or less. rebe
this can carry cargo or crew. spacex says up to 100 people. what s unique is both components will be fully reusable. explosions at spacex aren t unusual. they say it s all part of the learning process. there s been a lot of develop and fly. design and fly. that s been costly in terms of hardware failures. spacex has said it s been extremely valuable in terms of what spacex has learned. there have been concerns about the environmental impacts of starship lunches and damage to the local fragile ecosystem. the us authorities say it passes all of their cheques. it s not yet clear exactly what went wrong, but what s certain is spacex will try again. they ve got more rockets waiting that are ready to fly. rebecca morelle, bbc news.
learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months. starship has been in development for years, and the plan is for it to take people to the moon and eventually mars. it s radically different from other rockets. this is the starship launch system. it stands 120 metres tall that s nearly 400 feet. it has two main parts. at the bottom is the superheavy booster, which has a huge number of engines 33 of them. above this is the starship spacecraft. this can carry cargo or crew. spacex says up to 100 people. what s unique is both components will be fully reusable. explosions at spacex aren t unusual. they say it s all part of the learning process. there s been a lot of develop and fly. design and fly. that s been costly in terms of hardware failures. spacex has said it s been extremely valuable in terms