On the side of the voters. Malcolm web al jazeera nairobi, kenya. Ah, youre watching algebra just reminding you of the developing story. This our dominating our bulletins that supported she its eric and politician. Most gotta have it. Stormed Parliament Gone inside the council of representatives. Hundreds of people have been there. They are angry about the nomination of a Prime Minister by the coordination framework, which is an opposition alliance. I. His name is mohammed. Donny protest is, are angry about that. They are phone support is of my father who last month called on his support is to leave parliament which threw everything into a bit of chaos. There has been a political deadlock in the country since october of last year. Now were just hearing that and that also has tweeted to support is saying that the message has been delivered saying that protest is could go home after prayer. He said earlier that if people want to stay, they could say, if i want to leave, they could leave. We have also heard from the cant take a Prime Minister who has edged. Com and asked everybody there to remain calm. No real molly, former Prime Minister, has all the protest is there to leave the area. This is of course inside the heavily fortified grains on were going to bring a muffled out though i had his in baghdad for i suppose. Oh, it looks like youve changed location. What have you seen mer . Will the progressives are still inside the its quarter of the counsel of a representative said, but say what for the seller who is behind the old . Thats a drama of course has just said, tweeted did. Its kind of a message sent to his supporter saying that what he means that you have done your job very well and youll 10, its up to you. You can stay over leave. But meanwhile, the coordination framework, the adversity of mac, thought us of this is day. Iranian backed up, Political Coalition has just issued a statement to colon this protest. Ah, a conspiracy. They say that in their statement that no, so not a dime day, were ready to form a government than the adversaries have taken to the streets and it still made the state buildings an older to foil that attempts to form a government. Meanwhile, the former Prime Minister, naughty automatic, he has just issued the statement accusing get caught on scant ticket. Pray miss it must have. I called me over. I will have to leave it there off mama, although i had well come back to you next hour. No doubt, that is breaking news here on al jazeera to stay with us. Next is inside story ceasing. Mm ah. Its seen as the final frontier of Global Corporation after the cold war. But russia has decided to pull out of the International Space station. Is it even possible and what will be the impact on future space, exploration and research . This is inside store. Ah. Hello, welcome to the program. Im burnetts. The International Space station has been a symbol of co operation between cold war and space rivals. For more than 20 years. American astronauts and russian cosmonaut collaborated despite the challenges of their nations relationship here on earth. But even the i assess, could not escape the tensions created by the war in ukraine. Russia says it will withdraw from the program after 2024 and launch its own similar space station. Nasa colby announcement a surprise. But its unclear how moscow can untangle itself from the project. It also involves astronauts from canada, europe, and japan, working closely together. Well bring in our guests in a moment. First, this report, i fenton mana, the future of this beacon of International Cooperation may be in doubt when the war and ukraine prompted the west to sever nearly all ties with russia. The International Space station was one of the few exceptions. 3 to one. Now, after more than 20 years of partnership, russia says its pulling out the dance. Of course we will fulfill all our obligations to our partners from the decision to leave after 2024 has been taken. I think that by that time we will begin to follow russian orbital station and left off to many this move with a surprise or wealth, but nasa and the Russian Space agency had only just find a new agreement to the very astronaut to the station in may the head of the European Space agency said cutting type russia on the i s. S. With technically impossible for both sides are responsible for different technologies on the station. And neither is trained to operate the others without assistance is going to cause problems. The, the russians to the side of things is in charge of several key systems on both international playstation. Probably one of the most key ones is it propulsion system. So thats the thing that stops it from it. Its just about an atmosphere and over time its over, it does slowly degrade it, get closer and occasion you need to get a little bit boosted up again. And the russian segment is responsible for doing that. First through the hatch is denise map. Since the war and ukraine broke out, even like a space hasnt gone untouched by the politics of earth. In april questions were asked about the russian cruise choice of space suit was which matched the colors of the ukrainian flag. They denied any hidden messages, but many saw it as a protest against russias war. In july, the russian crew made a much clearer political statement when they posed for photos, with the flags of hans and an ask to rush and back break way regions in eastern ukraine. Its unfortunate that the politics on the ground have now reached up into space before the i s. S. Was the one Common Ground that we had where, you know, it was in everyones interest that it work. And we never neither side use the i assess for these kinds of political posturing for events on the ground. The i assess was 1st established back in 1998. Research on the station has led to breakthroughs and battling cancer. All timers and Heart Disease monitoring natural disasters from space has also helped relief efforts here on earth. But with russia and china now planning to complete their own space stations in the coming years, a period of space cooperation may be giving way to a new era of space competition since marin al jazeera. Now this news has gone many by surprise because nasa and Russia Space Agency had just struck a deal 2 weeks ago to fly age of the astronaut to the i ss, cooperation between russia and the u. S. Had appeared relatively unharmed by the ukraine war until now. The European Space agency had already ended its collaboration with russia. The space agency. And moscow has stopped launches of soil spacecraft from a european launch site in french p on ah, lets bring in our guests in moscow. We have pub, all file gun, howre a defense and military analyst in orlando, florida. Amy thompson, a science journalist, and contributor to space dot com and in london, Francisco Diego electra at the department of physics and astronomy university, college london. Welcome to you all. Pavel, 1st of all for you, is this ukraine related . Is it political, russia pulling out of the i assess, oh, well its clear were ukraine connected . Because after the conflict there began, a sanctions were imposed in on russia by the west. And some of them, the sanctions are against and a part. So the euros cost must been stayed to space corporation. Russian has already said that it will continue with the corporation on the space station there be sanctions go, be worth that. They have not been worth it so, so that means rushes right now. Kind of saying that, okay, were going to boot the whole project. Since its right now is not bringing russia much, any money any more. And, but this does not actually mean that this is the end of the issue. I should emphasize that. I think theres got, theres, of course, some time left to, i dont know 25. And theres time for some bargaining. So if were there, russia will go most likely say there actually are, there are 2 different ways and russia could quit, quit fully. And so the station has to go down into the ocean, pacific ocean, or kind of continue on a commercial basis to cooperate, to some extent, to keep it running till 3rd d or a russia would be demanding psalms of sanctions rulings ok. Amy lids, not yet. Wills issue. All right, so amy, as pavel says, there is not over yet, is that from the american side is this viewed as bluster is the hope that its bluster yes. So and russia said that they were going to pull out after 2024. And that there was a report that came out talking to one of their lead flight directors that was discussing that their version of the space station that way the 1st pieces would launch maybe around 2028th. So from nasa standpoint, nasa has said that they would like to operate the space station until 2030. But it is also at the same time preparing some commercial partners to launch sort of mini space stations. I think axiom has one. Im blue origin has an orbital reef that theyre partnering with several other agencies that they want to launch. So this notion of having multiple stations is probably something thats going to be happening around the same time that russia wants to do their own. So i definitely think that there is room for negotiation. All right, well, well touch on the commercial operations in space a little bit later for francisco, though, what would it mean . So the ins as to the operation, the practical operation of it. If russia did withdrawal i, its going to be, i think, very difficult. The you cannot divide the National Space station but easy the russian model. So as we saw in your introduction, hes responsible for the movement of the space station for keeping you pretending or bit on he has the power to do that. And that is control for moscow. I understand. So how these things are going to be sorted out is very difficult to imagine. And i hope thats part of it said, i hope that these negotiations are going to take us some kind of more constructive approach. Amy, to help us understand practically how the 2 segments of, of the station a, into dependent on each other rely on the russians and the americans operating them. Yes, so as, as stated, the russian type provides propulsion. So it essentially keeps that i assess and or bad. Im currently there is not a u. S. D heckle that is capable of doing that. But im sure that that is something that nasa and its partners are, you know, thinking about, especially after the announcement yesterday and in the us, sy provides power. Its got the solar panels. So they, they Work Together if you cant have one side without the other side who hovel, whos holding all the cards. If you say the might be a potential for negotiation, who needs this small, the americans, all the russians . How lower both awkward, both needed need the station though the russian insurance has waned the bait. Or, of course, during the year of, for quite a long time since the shop owes a stop to fry. A russia has a monopoly to bring her astronauts and cosmos aboard the space station. And so russia was earning a lot of money, a hundreds of millions of dollars a year. I mean the one trip for one person up to 70000000. 00. So that was bringing a lot of cash to roast cost must last as bright. Now ended their beef wide zone russian. So use it. Ships from americans, but back will not be for money much that will be exchange change for russians flying on the american ships. So stop the be money cow, the space station for ross cost must. And so now this a, oh, theyre not that much interested in continuing to maintain this aging station. And so they help the at, but it made me believe that or they have okay, the americans needed more, and so russia can waker for that and get something in return for stew, keeping it flying for 5 years up to 30 francisco. Theres an operational importance to having integrated crews on board. I read, i understand what are, what are the risks they bought this crew swap agreement where american cruise can fly on the russian rocket. Russians can fly in on space x. What if these, what is important of having these integrated crews on the, on the, i assess while it is very important that is a very basic principle of International Space station on it. These very saw that this is happening. I would like to see more cooperation and i would like to see a space, exploration less competition, more collaboration. This is not the way to go into space. This is not the way we have explored our planet. I look at the state of the planet now as a result of why we have gone in the last few centuries, or you want to go the same in space. I think we have this opportunity, this challenge now to really, really set our mindset. I reset the and then more collaboration or im more peaceful collaboration on, on, explore the moon, us humanity, not just a single country or as a single company. I hope we have, we can achieve that. Well, aim is francisco syncing up other lives. Symbolic importance of having integrated cruise as well as well as practical. What are, what are those practical importance is of having them all integrate to cruise on board . Well, its good to have those, you know, because you have each program has Something Different that they work on, you know, as far as science and, and other things like that. So they bring that into them by having. Busy crews, you know, and its just really like he said, symbolic its, its, this is what we want to say. We want to see cooperation because the space station is literally like the crown jewel of humanity. Like this is what happens when everyone works together. And we are all capable of achieving great things. So we need this cooperation. Pabo, weve been suggesting that a lot of this has come down to dollars in the end to cash. Could the russians build their own space station as had been hinted up . Would they would they want to, could they afford to do it . I will some kind of her station most likely will appear. It will take time. Again her, the station thats being right now planned will be very different from the present or a space station. It will be flying higher on a different orbit, much higher. That means it wont have a permanent crew of the crews will be visiting, so it will be much smaller of for sures, with visiting crews. Id snap or be white the present. Whoa. Or but space station, which is where enormous, 500. 00 tons of met though, and equipment flying there. Such a thing will most likely never again appear any time soon in orbit around. Theres amy, other alternative partners for nasa, for the americans, the europeans may believe maybe or is it the russians or no one . No. So theres 15 Different International partners. I mean, russia is one of on so when they pull out there still 14 other countries including the u. S. That are, you know, that worked together to make the International Space station. So nasa would probably lean on on those partners a little bit more on a fresh pulled out. Okay, and francisco the specialty, the station is due to retired in 2031. What happens to it then . Well, he will be continuing control descent. It will be the orbital in which you will lance, already in the pacific ocean. Us, i will be there the Hubble Space Telescope in, at some point as well. So it will be the all be doug. What happens with running low air 4 bits. You are just reveals the speed on the new i read a control way. Youre still just bring it down on that. We must remember also that china is a complete thing there on the space station this year. And thats another component here. I know that a country like was not allowed to join in the International Space station they, when theyre on way and they got, they are building their own la in record time, actually theyre on space station as well. So i hope, as i said before, that all the scholars were a sure of course, more girls to get there because our Space Exploration is very forgiving. Hes very, hes there. Yeah. Extremely dangerous. You need International Collaboration with emergencies to deal with a men enormous challenges and he will be good to have the expertise from different from different scientific and technological groups working together. I wanted to move on to, to china are actually in an unpublished, could russia realistically move on to cooperate more with China Space Program . Very ambitious, china supposed to be head of russia now technologically in space. Our well, most likely not ahead, no logically, but actually to clearly ahead in finances. So they are building its worth where they have more money to spend. Now, logically was like we, russia and china are more or less on bar, maybe in the rocket technology. Russia is or please its not the head boards maybe has some kind of headway there. Oh, corporation and space between russian jan there has been a lot. Talked about it in recent years. Its not really that easy to happen. The child has their own space station and wont be really compatible with the russian one, but there can be kind of visits of chinese going onto the russian station. The russians going on to the chinese station. I think thats possible that would be symbolic, but i dont think that the 2 countries are going to actually merge or build the joint project like the International Space station, which are beard in the hey, year after the end of the cold war and theme that conflict and war and your would be totally impossible. Well now in a different, very different age and corporation in space is going to be limited between countries that are actually on see that each other as vanitys. Ok, well Amy Francisco is mentioned repeatedly important of cooperation in space because its a very dangerous place in which to operate. But with the americans view, the chinese surely more competitors in space rather than potential cooperation partners. Do they . Yes. So they have historically been kept separate from everything, whereas nasa worked very closely with russia. China has always been on the outside. And i think there may have been one Analog Astronaut Mission