attack, and these attacks are rare, and for that reason, police do not carry guns in norway. however, that has changed. norway is now in a state of alert. the authorities are being asked to carry firearms now. this has gone although if the chain of command to the norwegian security services, write to the top, and it comes on the eve of a new government here in oslo after the elections last month of a new prime minister. john o devlin, thankd of a new prime minister. john o devlin, thank you i of a new prime minister. john o devlin, thank you so i of a new prime minister. john o devlin, thank you so much i of a new prime minister. johnjo devlin, thank you so much for i joining us on newsday. the actor william shatner has made history as the oldest person to go into space. the 90 year old went on a 10 minute flight on board the blue 0rigin rocket, built by a company owned by the amazon billionaire jeff bezos. the man familiar to millions as captain kirk returned safely to earth, describi
our top story this evening. plan ahead for christmas, says a shipping boss, as a shortage of hgv drivers means delays at the uk s biggest commercial port. but the government says the shop normally. and queen of the channel swimmer chloe mccardel makes her 44th crossing, breaking the world record. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel. settling back into life in the premier league. we hearfrom the new watford manager claudio ranieri on why he s feeling relaxed despite the pressures of trying to keep the club in the premier league. galloping around the cosmos is a game for the young. so said captain kirk in star trek. but today, the man who played him proved his words wrong, as william shatner, at the age of 90, went into space. it was just a ten minute flight onboard the blue 0rigin rocket, built byjeff bezos company.
the oldest person in the world to float there, weightless. and the actor who, for decades, played an iconic space explorer became one. and capsule touchdown. welcome down, the newest astronauts! he emerged from the capsule visibly moved by the adventure he said he hopes he never recovers from. firmly back on planet earth, he told me the beauty of what he d seen was more profound than any words he could find or world record he d broken. i wish i had broken the world record in the 10 yard dash or the 100 yard dash, but unfortunately it was how old i am! would you do it again, though? i am so filled with such an emotion and such a feeling of a novel experience, i don t want to dissipate by thinking of another journey. there may be debate about whether he can be called an astronaut, but he has gone where no nonagenarian has gone before. sophie long, bbc news, blue 0rigin launch pad 0ne.