and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine, after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned those attacks, and reassured president zelensky that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine s president zelensky addressed the g7 meeting, calling for more help with air defence, and presented his peace formula . from kyiv, here s paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday s storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government s warning to seek shelter, some heading for the metro. translation: we don t feel safe, because we don t knowi what s coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday
welcome to bbc news. i m david eades. our top stories: as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support the ukranians for as long as it takes. us prosecutors drop all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. a royal date for the diary buckingham palace announces that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey on saturday 6th may. nasa says its attempt to deflect an asteroid from its path has been a success in a major scientific achievement.
asteroid s trajectory. this mission shows that nasa is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us. telescopes on earth tracked the moving asteroid, capturing the moment of impact, revealing the rocky debris being hurled into space. and this image from the hubble space telescope revealed how the crash created a plume of dust 6,000 miles long. all of this debris helped to alter the asteroid s path. the target was a double asteroid system a larger space rock called didymos orbited by a smaller one called dimorphos. before the collision, it took dimorphos 11 hours and 55 minutes to fly around the bigger rock. but crashing a spacecraft at 111,000 miles per hour into dimorphos has given it a kick, changing its speed
g7 leaders have reassured you grades president zelensky that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine during an emergency meeting. defender of the planet is quite a title, isn t it? it is one that nasser isn t it? it is one that nasser is claiming after its mission to deflect the course of an asteroid was successful. the spacecraft smashed into an asteroid millions of kilometres from earthjust asteroid millions of kilometres from earth just a few weeks ago and observations by telescope show that the orbit of that asteroid was shorted by half an hour as a result of the collision. extraordinary images from a mission like no other, as nasa s dart spacecraft closed in on an asteroid 7 million miles away from the earth. its aim to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. three, two, one! cheering. oh, wow. now, at a nasa press conference, the mission team has confirmed that it s worked. and so, today, nasa confirms that dart successfully changed the targeted
nearly 70 years after the grandeur of queen elizabeth s coronation, the crowning of king charles and queen camilla will be shorter, smaller and more diverse. a coronation which, in the words of the new king s officials, will reflect the britain and the world of today. and will there be a public holiday to celebrate? that s a matter for the government, says the palace. nicholas witchell, bbc news. to stay with us here on bbc news. in to stay with us here on bbc news. , ., ., news. in ust a moment we will brina news. in just a moment we will brina ou news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa s news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa s verdict - news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa s verdict on - news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa s verdict on its| bring you nasa s verdict on its mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was