Test flight yet. The Starship Rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. But the mission is still being declared a big success. Heres our science correspondent pallab ghosh. New objectives thatll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. Twice before, Starship Blew Upjust minutes after launch. Was this going to be third time lucky . So far, so good. We are feeling the rumble. We are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. And now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. Oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. And heres a view of the lower section falling back to earth. But then, communication is lost. And acquisition of signal, well see if we can get some other video. But back in space, its all going fine, and the upper section begins reentry into the earths atmosphere. This is where the earths atmosphere is doing the work to slow us down. Its heat shield red hot, until its signal is lost. Again, this is the furthest and fastest that starship has ever flown. But overall, its been a good day for the flight team. Looks like success today. They havent managed to bring the booster back, but thats, i think, a readily solvable problem with a few more trials. And it looks like the Starship Activities in orbit have gone very well. Things keep going wrong because spacex is testing brand new technologies, but each time, they get a little bit further. Starship is absolutely enormous. Its 120 metres tall. Thats nearly 400 feet. The rocket has two main parts. At the bottom is the super heavy booster, which is incredibly powerful with its 33 engines. On top is a spacecraft, which can carry cargo or a crew of an astonishing 100 people. And what makes it really special is that in theory, both parts are reusable. The eventual aim is to build a spacecraft able to send astronauts back to the moon. And maybe one day take them to mars. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. The children of some of the victims of the post Office Scandal are seeking compensation for the impact their parents wrongful convictions have had on their lives. The new group is led by katie downey, whose family fled to france when she was 11 after her father tony was made bankrupt. Shes been speaking to our Business Correspondent emma simpson. Katie downey is stepping out to tell her story. Her dad ended up bankrupt trying to make up for the huge shortfalls at its post office. Nice to meet you finally. Of course, i have met your dad. Yes. She had an idyllic life until one day they suddenly fled abroad. She only found out the truth six months ago. I wasnt able to say goodbye. I wasnt able to finish my sats in year 6, and ijust had to go to a country where i couldnt speak the language. For 15 years, i have blamed my parents, which really upsets me. I feel guilty saying that now. But its not the case, the post office did that to my family, and thats why our family unit was destroyed. She has formed a Support Group for the children of wronged postmasters. I met some of its first members. I am so pleased to meet you all. Millie castleton� s dad featured in the itv drama. She has got her own full story bullied at school, ending up she has got her own awful story bullied at school, ending up with an eating disorder. After my first year of uni, i had to drop out for a year because i was very, very sick. I had to go to hospital for about nearly a week because they were concerned about my heart failing. So, yeah. And eating disorders kind of, like, stick with you, so recovery was a very long process. Today, others met for the first time on the bbc breakfast sofa. It is like i have known them forever, really, because we have that same awful thing that has happened to us. The group is called lost chances, and its easy to see why. A lot of us have missed out on careers, we have missed out on education, and ultimately our childhood we have missed out on. A lot of us worked when we were younger to be able to afford things that our friends did and we couldnt. Katies wasting no time. Shes already had a reply from the boss of fujitsu. He hopes she can be included in a wider meeting with victims. But you would like them to offer some money, as well. Yes, offer the financial redress that they have spoke about and other things they would possibly be able to offer us education. Counselling . Counselling. It could be their best hope. Compensation for Family Members would be a very unusual step. The law doesnt normally compensate for these kinds of losses, but this scandal is already breaking new legal ground, and this groups just getting going. Emma simpson, bbc news, staffordshire. The government has released a new definition of extremism in order, it says, to try to stop organisations which promote hatred, violence and intolerance. Its part of a promise to tackle what it says is an increased threat to the uk. The new terminology will be used to assess whether groups are eligible to receive public funding or support. But critics say the measure threatens Freedom Of Speech and public protest. 0ur Political CorrespondentDamian Grammaticas reports. Chanting we want boycott conflict in the middle east Driving Polarisation here. The government says its not seeking to stop protests or curb free speech, but it needs to deal with groups whose actions, while lawful, are a threat to democracy. So this isnt a new law, but michael gove will have the power to label groups extremist, cut them off from contact with government or any funding. 0ur Definition will not affect gender critical campaigners, those with conservative religious beliefs, trans activists, environmental protest groups. But the government cannot be in a position where, unwittingly or not, we sponsor, subsidise or support in any way organisations and individuals opposed to the freedoms we hold dear. We need stronger action to tackle the corrosive forms of hatred that devastate lives and corrode communities, but todays statement does not go far enough. And regardless of how workable and effective this new definition and centre of excellence is, this announcement will not be enough. The new definition, like the old one, says extremists aim to undermine or replace the uks system of democracy or destroy fundamental rights and freedoms. What it adds is that they promote an ideology based on violence or intolerance and it can be by creating a permissive environment for others. Mr gove named two neo nazi groups and three islamist ones. Hell assess them to see if action is needed. I fear that the definition, | though well intentioned, lands in no mans land not going far enough to tackle the real extremists, not doing enough to protect the non extremists, those people who are simply expressing contrarian views. One of the groups names is mend. They say their aim is to advocate for muslim communities and tackle islamophobia. Are you extremists . Were not at all. Weve worked with police forces. Weve worked with muslim organisations, non muslim organisations. And we definitely do not fall into the new Extremism Definition that michael gove has put forward. So if he puts you on this list, you will take him to court . We will. Weve already sent legal notice to his department. In north london this evening, a multi faith gathering to break todays ramadan fast. Here, they say the government hasnt done enough to consult with communities who have a stake in this. It will divide because it wont create a sense in which everyone has been treated equal. To impose something in this wayjust feels to me to be not the right way to do it, especially at the moment. The government says this is about protecting communities, but controversial, too, as itll take just the decision of a minister to put a group on the list, but an expensive high Court Challenge to get off it. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, in north london. Our Legal Affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani joins me now what impact will this definition have . , i what impact will this definition have . , 11,. , what impact will this definition have . , ii,. ,. , have . For 20 years, governments have tried to define have . For 20 years, governments have tried to define and have . For 20 years, governments have tried to define and at have . For 20 years, governments have tried to define and at times have . For 20 years, governments have tried to define and at times ban tried to define and at times ban extremism. Time and again they have been defeated because this is an enormous problem, nobody can agree what the word actually means. If you think about terrorism, that is clearly defined in law, the use or threat of violence to intimidate society or a government into changes for an ideological cause. Thats pretty easy to follow. But what politicians extremists is another persons legitimate access, think about Climate Change protesters today blocking roads. Michael gove thinks he can square that circle because he says, my definition of extremism focuses on those who are Sowing Division in society which could lead to violence, but not necessarily so. But certainly leaves people distrusting each other. The problem he has got is by not creating a new law, a lot of this could be subject to legal challenge if a group is effectively named and extremist. 0ne if a group is effectively named and extremist. One of the interesting things which has happened tonight, sadiq khan, the mayor of london, heavily involved in the oversight of policing of the protests, says it could drive groups underground, making it harder to work out who the really dangerous people are. Dominic casciani, thank really dangerous people are. Dominic casciani, thank you. Remember this . Chaos at airports across the uk over last yea r� s late august bank holiday. More than 700,000 passengers were affected after an air Traffic Control meltdown. A report from the Civil Aviation authority says the problems were made worse because the engineers were on call but not on site and were unable to fix the issue from home. Heres our transport correspondent katy austin. It was the major meltdown that triggered flight chaos on the busy august bank holiday monday, causing misery for nearly 750,000 passengers. We had booked to take the kids to dublin for the day, and just got here and told us its been cancelled. Had to fork out nearly £1000 for a hotel for the next four nights. Heres how it unfolded. Just after 8 30am that morning, natss Automatic System became confused by a flight plan and responded by shutting down. Staff now had the process flight plans manually, which takes much longer. Four hours of data is kept in the system as a buffer, but the clock was ticking to try and fix it. Around 9am, Nats Engineers contacted a more specialist colleague who was on call remotely because it was a bank holiday. An hour later, it was decided they should go in. They didnt arrive until around 11 a5am. Another more Senior Engineer was also contacted. By lunchtime, delays were mounting up and cancellations had started. Queues had built up at airports. Heres edinburgh. Nats eventually called in the software manufacturer, and six hours after the technical issue had begun, the system could operate normally again. Gradually Flight Restrictions were eased, but that was far from the end of the story. There were mass cancellations. 0ur flights been rescheduled| for this afternoon, but theres other flights here that have been cancelled going into london, so were just hoping to get out today. I passengers found airports, hotels and crucially alternative flights home had quickly become full. Some people ended up stranded abroad for days. Easyjet cancelled my flight on monday, and they have booked me to return back on the 8th of september. I am more than 17 weeks pregnant now. They werent able to book us anything until thursday morning. A new report says there had been a lack of planning for an incident like this. Airlines racked up tens of millions of pounds in costs. They said today nats basic Resilience Planning and procedures were wholly inadequate. Nats said it had already made improvements. A final report is due later this year. Katy austin, bbc news. A 17 year old boy has admitted killing a schoolgirl who was stabbed at a bus stop in south london. 15 year old Elianne Andam was attacked in croydon in september on her way to school. Appearing at the old bailey, the teenager, who cant be named because of his age, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder. The plea was not accepted by prosecutors, and he will stand trial in november. There are big differences across england in how long patients are having to wait for hospital treatment. Analysis by bbc news suggests that patients in the worst Performing Hospitals are waiting four times longer than those at the best performing. It comes as figures for the end of january show the overall waiting list has fallen slightly to 7. 6 million. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym has the story. High tech in the nhs a robot in an operating theatre. Colchester hospital one of the first to offer this sort of surgery to all patients. Here, its a hysterectomy. Its less invasive with speedier recovery times. Using a surgical robot like this can mean operations are carried out more quickly. This patient may even get home on the same day, and that frees up more beds for others in the hospital who need them. Surgeons say theyre doing more operations and cutting Waiting Lists, but for the nhs as a whole, theres a huge task ahead. Its an enormous backlog, and its making sure we have everything in place in terms of all teams working together, that we can maintain that speed of progress in reducing the longer waiting and then getting times back to what we feel acceptable. But it really is long term planning Going Forward for that. Yeah, ijust found that very, very hard to deal with. Carol had to wait 2. 5 years for major bowel surgery. After three cancellations, its finally happened. I didnt trust anyone, and he even said, well get you in next week. 0k, whatever, ive heard it all before. Thats how you get, and it takes a massive impact on your life. It really, really does. Do you feel relieved it now has been done . Yeah, yeah, yeah. Beds for patients needing operations can be hard to find if more Emergency Cases are coming into a e. The Ambulance Crews are building up, people are trying to get into their gps, unable to see their gps, so the increasing pressure in a e is getting greater. Theyre having to care for patients on trolleys in corridprs. Safe, they say, but farfrom ideal. It means waits, which we really hate seeing and were forever apologising for. But we just have to work with what we have, and thats what the staff will knuckle down to do. And theyve been doing a good job this winter. Finding space and then beds for those needing Emergency Care is difficult enough, so the task of cutting Waiting Lists for others doesnt get any easier. Hugh pym, bbc news, colchester. Our top story this evening. Spacexs Starship Rocket launches from texas and goes further and faster than ever before. And coming up, as President Putin looks sure to secure a fifth term in office, we speak to russians ahead of polls opening this evening. Coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, turning down england Gareth Southgate has revealed that he asked arsenals ben white to be part of his latest squad, but the answer was no. At what it called the repeated failure by the Premier League to agree a new Funding Offer that would have seen more money flow down to clubs lower down the football pyramid. Top flight clubs walked away from a proposed deal earlier this week, sparking a backlash across the game and renewed calls for independent regulation. Heres our Sports Editor dan roan. Peterborough versus stevenage in league 1 last night as the season enters its decisive stage. At this level of the game, the goal of Financial Sustainability is a challenge. And in a week in which Premier League clubs failed to agree a £900 million deal to share more of their wealth, today the dispute intensified. In a statement, the efl said it was clearly disappointed at their repeated failure to put forward any new Funding Offer. The lack of progress once again demonstrates how difficult an issue this is for football to address without independent input. A lot of top players in English Football, whether it be in the Premier League or the national teams, have made their debuts in the Football League in the past, and its important for English Football that we have a strong and sustainable competitive Football League. In the absence of a new deal, it makes that difficult. The Premier League says a settlement depends on the adoption of new Spending Rules and that they were already giving away £1. 6 b