hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the political crisis in brazil where security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of the far right former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital brasilia. leaders around the world have condemned the riots as an attack on democracy. mr bolsonaro came to power in 2019 he s popular amongst his supporters someone they see as a champion of traditional values. but his administration was marked by controversy many saw his policies as harmful to the amazon rain forest, while others questioned his response to covid when he downplayed the effects of the pandemic. the new president left wing luiz inacio lula da silva was voted in last october. he has been president before and had served a prison sentence for corruption, a conviction that was later anulled. the close result in last october s election just 51% to 49% - highligted a divided country. from brasilia, our corresponden
missing for three years. police investigating the murder of 19 year old leah croucher say they ve found human remains. the fastest hat trick in champions league history mo salah helps liverpool to an emphatic victory over rangers, beating them 7 1 at ibrox. 13 year old lowri s campaign to persuade tech bosses to create more glasses wearing emojis. it s not very nice for someone who wears glasses, especially if it s their first time wearing glasses, to find an emoji that is a nerd and be, like, now i wear glasses, am i that? good morning. a mild start across the south east this morning, where we have some rain. the rain will clear and fought most of us it is going to be dry with sunny intervals but showery rain coming in from the north west. a few pleasantries caught on camera as the prime minister met with the king yesterday. your majesty, great to see you again. back again. it s a great pleasure. dear, oh, dear. the king s words, dear, oh, dear . a tick to move the convers
dealing with rising energy costs. after a two year pause due the pandemic, europe s largest street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis i, which had been due to take off for an unmanned test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines developed a bleed that could not be fixed in time. the next possible launch date is not until friday. the artemis programme is aimed at returning humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. let s show you some live pictures from the scene right now. huge disappointment, really, with nasser cancelling artemis i. the window for the launch had begun about half an hour ago, but the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed, which could not be fixed in time. let s talk to dr becky smethurst, astrophysicist at the university of oxford and aut
the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
street party kicks off its final day at the notting hill carnival in west london. nasa has cancelled today s launch of its most powerful rocket, artemis one, which had been due to take off for an uncrewed test flight to the moon. the us space agency said one of its engines had developed a bleed that couldn t be fixed in time; the next possible launch date is friday the second of september. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on board the flight in two years time. our science correspondent, jonathan amos told us what went wrong. frustrating day today, ben, it really was. we had a number of little issues that cropped up. first of all, when we got here, it was pouring with rain and that delayed them tanking, putting all the propellants that they needed to go in this monster rocket over my shoulder. then they thought they had a crack halfway up the rocket, believe it or not, and decided that that was just frosti