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an american space was planned to develop a global monitoring system to track objects up to 35 kilometres from earth the powerful radar stations established in the us, uk and australia. 3500 kilometres. jonathan beale reports. the race in space is already underway, notjust for commercial ventures like virgin galactic with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations as well. mission control: three, two, we have ignition. - last year the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force not least to protect the systems we now all use, such as gps location. there are threats in space. i d say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there have been anti satellite missiles that have been developed. america already has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles, including the fylingdales radar in north yorkshire. now the us wants to build a new radar system for deep space, and one of the new si ....
and nervous laughter in cannes, as the director spike lee, accidentally lets slip the name of the winner of the palme d or. hello and welcome to bbc news. well, rescue workers searching for victims of the devastating floods across western europe have warned that more bodies may be found in submerged cars, cellars and collapsed buildings. at least 170 people are known have died, most of them in western germany. chancellor angela merkel is due to visit affected areas on sunday. with more, here s our berlin correspondent, jenny hill. in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there s no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they re doing what they can. willie told us they ve never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents , grandparents , time. the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes, he told us. people tried to save their things, went on to their basements, and unfortunately got trapped. i was lucky, he ....
there s no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they re doing what they can. willie told us they ve never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents , grandparents , time. the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes, he told us. people tried to save their things, went on to their basements, and unfortunately got trapped. i was lucky, he said, i could get out the back of my basement. around 100 people have died in this district alone. many more are still missing. there was so little time to run, people tell us. look at the force of this flood. and the damage it left behind. the water s receding, but the number of dead is expected to continue to rise. search and rescue, it s feared, will soon be a recovery operation. today, the german president described the loss as heartbreaking. translation: it s a time of misery, and in times i of misery, our country sticks together. i m glad that people, notjust here in the region, but from all o ....
film that won the palme d or. wait, wait, wait! and nervous laughter in cannes as the director spike lee accidentally lets slip the name of the winner of the palme d or. hello and welcome. rescue workers searching for victims of the devastating floods across western europe have warned that more bodies may be found in submerged cars, cellars and collapsed buildings. at least 170 people are known have died, most of them in western germany. chancellor angela merkel is due to visit affected areas on sunday. with more, here s our berlin correspondentjenny hill. in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there s no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they re doing what they can. willie told us they ve never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents grandparents time. the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes, he told us. people tried to save their things, went into their basements and, unfortunately, got ....
the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. the week the beautiful game revealed its ugly side. labour accused ministers of failing to stand up for footballers fighting racism. we can all see what s happened here. the government has been trying to stoke a culture war and they ve realised they re on the wrong side. the prime minister promises action. if you are guilty, mr speaker, of racist abuse online of footballers, then you will not be going to the match no ifs, no buts, no exemptions and no excuses. also in this programme, a former pm accuses the government of breaking a promise to the world s poor. this motion means that promise may be broken for years to come. with deep regret, i will vote against the motion today. and have electronic scooters turned our pavements into.? a wild west of lawlessness, where riders are terrorising pedestrians especially those with disabilities and visual impairment. but first, within hours of england ....