paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he d crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a s. us. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch, because of a fuel leak. it s the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there s a real sense of di
he s an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth, the enemy of the state is him and the group that control him. hello and welcome to bbc news. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has called for greater european unity in response to russia s use of energy as a weapon. speaking a day after moscow said it would not restart gas exports through the nordstream 1 pipeline, mr zelensky said russia aimed to intimidate and weaken all of europe and was trying to inflict poverty and political chaos in places it can t yet strike with missiles. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska has been speaking to the bbc s laura kuenssberg. in an interview recorded in kyiv, mrs zelenska said the economic impact of the war in ukraine may be tough on its allies, but although britons are having to count pennies, ukrainians are counting casualties. translation: we hear that energy is getting pricier, - that life s getting pricier, but people should understand that that is not coming thro
of the state days after the president branded him a threat to american democracy. he s an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth, the enemy of the state is him and the group that controlled him. thousands of people have paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. hello and welcome to the programme. nasa says the launch of its huge new moon rocket is likely to be delayed by several weeks, after lift off was postponed for a second time. before another attempt can be made engineers have to identify the cause of a fuel leak. artemis, plagued by years of delays and huge budget overruns, is the most powerful rocket ever developed by nasa. it s designed to
branded him a threat to american democracy. he s an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth? the enemy of the state is him and the group that control him. nasa calls off the planned launch of its new moon rocket for the second time in a week. officials say it s likely there won t be another launch attempt for several weeks. and police in the us have charged a man with theft and terror offences after he threatened to crash a plane into a supermarket. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has called for greater european unity in response to russia s use of energy as a weapon. speaking a day after moscow said it would not restart gas exports through the nord stream one pipeline, mr zelensky said russia aimed to intimidate and weaken all of europe and was trying to inflict poverty and political chaos in places it can t yet strike with missiles. ukraine s first lady, olena zelenska, has been speaking to the bbc s laura kuenssberg. in an interview recorded in kyiv, m
we ll discuss the implications on u.s. relations with beijing. live from cnn center, this is c cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with two major weather events unfolding right now. the first here in the united states, a dangerous and blistering heatwave continues its stranglehold in the western part of the country. more than 40 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures soar 10 to 20 degrees above normal and electric companies in california are asking companies to turn off unnecessary lights addrend appliances in order to save energy. and in asiain, a powerful typho is bathering the southern islands with strong gusty winds and heavy rains. luckily it skirted past taiwan without making a direct hit, but waves hit the northeastern coast. and there is a heavy rain advisory for northern parts of the island. joining us now with the latest on both these stories is meteorologist derek van dam. so records being shattered across the western u.s. and typhoon acros