indescribable, the beauty of looking at planet earth from space. this capsule you are seeing there on the ground in the west texas desert, it has the biggest windows that have ever gone into space, so yes, we are looking forward to hearing from those astronauts on board in an hour or so s time. those astronauts on board in an hour or so s time- or so s time. sophie there in the texan desert or so s time. sophie there in the texan desert and or so s time. sophie there in the texan desert and we or so s time. sophie there in the texan desert and we will - or so s time. sophie there in the texan desert and we will bring i or so s time. sophie there in the i texan desert and we will bring you those interviews as soon as we get them. the headlines on bbc news: confusion over advice on what to do if you re pinged by the nhs covid app. downing street now says it is crucial for people to self isolate. the world s richest man, amazon founderjeff bezos, has completed the first crewed
where the four people were floating and weightless but critics say this is the wrong time for the uber rich to be blasting off in rockets while the planet faces climate disasters. the blue origin capsule floated back to the desert carrying the richest, oldest, and youngest people to have ever travelled to space. oh, my god. my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who has been up into space, they say this, that it changes them, and a look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck. i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i have been waiting a long time. a historic step for the worlds richest man to move industry into orbit. sophie long, bbc news, in the west texas desert. let s bring in the astronaut and former commander of the international space station, chris hadfield,
sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i ve been waiting a long time to finally get it up there. critics say this is the wrong time for billionaires to be joyriding in rockets, while the planet faces climate driven disasters. a historic step in the richest man on earth s mission to move industry into orbit. sophie long, bbc news, in the west texas desert. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. serving for tennis gold. frances tiafoe practically grew up at the tennis court. now, he s heading to the tokyo olympics. coming down the ladder now. that s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world s only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid
in britain, and across the world muslims are marking eid.? it s one of the two important festivals in the islamic calendar. it s the first time since the pandemic that many muslims have felt able to celebrate as a community by attending mosques for special prayers. and we canjoin our reporter shabnam mahmood, who s at a mosque in south london. good morning. 0h, good morning. oh, dear. i do not think she could hear me. we will go back to her, in the next hour. the world s richest man is preparing to propel himself to the edge of outer space later today 62 miles above earth. amazon founderjeff bezos hopes the trip will mark a giant leap forward in commercial space travel. sophie long has this report from the launch site. deep in the west texas desert, the richest man on earth is preparing to take his first passengers to space, making history and dreams come true.
in the richest man on earth s mission to move industry into orbit. sophie long, bbc news, in the west texas desert. lauren price is set to realise her childhood dream as she becomes wales first female boxer to compete at the olympics this summer. she is currently ranked world number one, and is the reigning european and commonwealth games champion. she s been talking to our sports correspondent nesta macgregor about her olympic challenge. there is just a 1% chance of somebody becoming a professional athlete. by that logic, the chances of someone making it to the top of four different sports well, that s just ridiculous. from the minute i started kickboxing and playing football, i was sport mad. on lauren price s cv, a job history including international footballer, 52 caps for wales, kickboxer, a four time world champion,