lam i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and at the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. within the last hour, scientists at nasa have crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid destroying itself in the process. the mission was designed to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be nudged safely out of the way. i know we bring you a lot of harrowing news so have a listen to this. my my goodness! seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. my cosh! four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting visual- gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we got gosh! awaiting visua
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