decription of haiti after weeks of protests at the economic and fuel supply crises. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen, in central london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. within the last few hours, nasa has successfully managed to test the world s first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the course of a large object roughly the size of a football stadium. the probe is thought to have hit the asteroid targetjust i7 metres off the bullseye. a live camera relayed the spacecraft s final few seconds to nasa scientists before it crashed into the rock. there, oh, my goodness. oh, wow. four, three, two, one. oh, my gosh! whoo! oh, wow! confirming visual confirmation. cheering at a press conference following the succesful mission, the dart team spoke of their relief that the mission had been ach
been hearing incoming and are coming shells. it really doesn t stop. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen, within the last few hours nasa has successfully managed to test the world s first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the course of a large object, roughly the size of a football stadium. the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust i7 the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust 17 metres off the bullseye. a live camera relayed the spacecraft s final few seconds to nasa scientists before it crashed into the rock. there, oh, my goodness. oh, wow. four, three, two, one. oh, my gosh! whoo! oh, wow! confirming visual confirmation. cheering at a press conference following the succesful mission, the dart team spoke of their relief that the mission had been achieved. it is absolutely wonderful to do something this amazin
visual confirmation. cheering nasa successfully crashes a probe into an asteroid to test how any incoming space rock, could be deflected away from earth. it has been the work of over 1000 it has been the work of over 1000 people who have put their heart 1000 people who have put their heart and 1000 people who have put their heart and soul into it and to see heart and soul into it and to see it heart and soul into it and to see it so heart and soul into it and to see it so beautifully concluded today see it so beautifully concluded today was just an incredible feeling the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine as protests against the call up continue. a humanitarian catastrophe the un s stark decription of haiti, after weeks of protests at the economic and fuel supply crises. and we report from eastern ukraine, on the latest target of constant russian shilling. in the last few minutes we have
britain s central bank, the bank of england, has indicated it could raise interest rates to control inflation, after the pound sterling slumped to an all time low against the us dollar. the world s foreign exchange markets have seen a turbulent day of trading. a referendum in cuba has approved planned social reforms, including the legalisation of same sex marriage. about two thirds of voters supported the new family code. a state funeral will be held forformerjapanese prime minister shinzo abe later today. political leaders from across the world will gather to remember mr abe who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. the us vice president kamala harris and india s prime minister narendra modi are expected to be at the service. officials in haiti are calling the current situation there a humanitarian catastrophe after two weeks of violence and looting. protests that began
situation there a humanitarian catastrophe after two weeks of violence and looting. protests that began two weeks ago when prime minister ariel henry announced a fuel price hike, have descended into widespread unrest, with the country s gangs said to be exacerbating the violence. the country s warehouses of humanitarian aid from abroad are among sites targeted by thieves, with an estimated $5 million of goods now missing. mathias pierre is a former minister who was in charge of the elections in haiti. he is usually based in port au prince, butjoins us now from washington. thank you forjoining us. the simple question is what can be done to arrest the violence into which haiti is now heading? i into which haiti is now