this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello, i m claire bowes. thanks forjoining me here at the science museum in london for this edition of witness history, bringing you important moments from the past as told by the people who were there. in this episode we look back at five incredible stories from space. coming up, we ll hear from the first afghan cosmonaut in space, whose mission nearly ended in tragedy. plus the women aquanauts who spent two weeks living underwater in the atlantic ocean. the handshake in space which became a symbol of peace between russia and america during the cold war, and laika, the dog who was sent into space. but first, in 1990, scientists developed a telescope which would become a household name and would eventually reveal parts of the universe that had never been seen before. nasa scientist katherine sullivan helped launch the hubble telescope into s
therapies we really have to understand those mechanisms very clearly and hopefully that won t be too many years away. t clearly and hopefully that won t be too many years away. clearly and hopefully that won t be too many years away. i suppose one ofthe too many years away. i suppose one of the things too many years away. i suppose one of the things the too many years away. i suppose one of the things the government - too many years away. i suppose one of the things the government is - of the things the government is looking at is allowing the brain to heal itself before coming the case of sportsmen and women, before going back and participating. just how important is it to allow the brain in general to heal? that is not my area of expertise, but what happens during the player because my career, but it is common sense that the more injury you do to the brain, the more concussions you have, the more likely you are to have, the more likely you are to have problems later in
shakespeare s hamlet and caravaggio s david and goliath. the purpose of the project, said the prince, was to conserve the united kingdom s natural heritage, to protect ancient woodlands and to plant many thousands of new trees in celebration of the queen s 70 years on the throne. is it the weather to enjoy the countryside this bank on a day weekend? it isa it is a pretty mixed bag. many of us will have been able to enjoyed this weekend. yesterday, it was northern parts of the uk that had the wettest weather. today, that rain has moved southwards, so it is a nice afternoon to get out and about across parts of scotland, patchy cloud and sunny spells. brightening up cloud and sunny spells. brightening up for northern ireland. some rain in the south of england, and parts of south west wales to take us towards the end of the afternoon. temperatures i2 towards the end of the afternoon. temperatures 12 for plum and cardiff, may be 16 or 17 in the highlands of scotland. the rain will
that s where we begin arcs a little bit of hope in that desperate search for a missing sub near the titanic shipwreck. the sound of banging detected underwater and the noise apparently repeated every 30 minutes. republican leaders are accusing the justice department of giving hunter biden a sweetheart plea deal. we will take a look at the facts. millions of americans under extreme heat alerts as the summer officially kicks off today. we will take you live to south texas where temps are expected to keep breaking records. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. new overnight a potential sign of life as rescuers race to find the submersible that vanished while diving on the titanic shipwreck. sonar picked up banging sounds in the search area and those were repeated, those sounds, every 30 minutes according to an internal u.s. government memo. this morning the coast guard says it s not clear what the source of the sound was and navy experts are analyzing it. i