Now on bbc news, its witness history 7 a look back at one of the highlights of the series. Razia iqbal has five stories from the history of Space Exploration to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing in july 1969. Hello, and welcome to a special edition of witness history with me, razia iqbal. To mark the anniversary of the moon landings, i am here at the Science Museum in london to bring you five first person accounts of extraordinary moments in the exploration of space. Coming up, we hearfrom the commander of the mission that took the most famous photograph ever of our planet, we get a moving account of the challenger Space Shuttle disaster, and we find out more about laika, the soviet dog who became the first living creature in space. But we begin injuly 1969, when the world stopped in its tracks to watch the americans put a man on the moon for the first time. A Television Audience in the hundreds of millions held its breath as Neil Armstrong clambered out of apollo 11 and to
A moment but 1st this report. Stocks have fallen the airport brought to a standstill business orders are now dropping protesters in hong kong are targeting china by paralyzing its biggest financial harm. He had hong kong doesnt care the way that used to industrial mainland cities like juan joe and shane journ now rival its economic output. But hong kong separate legal and Financial Systems offer something those cities dont protection from beijings reach for chinese political elites in need of sheltering cash thats no small consideration Financial Reporting in hong kong suggests that almost 60 percent of the 550000000000. 00 in Hong Kong Financial trusts comes from local and chinese sources that means party elites in china have other interests in hong kong besides the economy and that in turn could help shape beijings response to the ongoing protests. And the author of that paper is under have been there she is with the Global Public policy institute in berlin and joins me in the studio
Intense in and around the houses of parliament in london Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears absolutely determined to push through briggs it most likely a no deal braggs it at any cost meanwhile the opposition including members of johnsons own conservatives is just as determined to block a chaotic departure from the year so who will prevail well the u. K. Looks more divided than ever before a number geraghty off School Teacher voters are it seems firmly opposed to briggs it all the talk north of the border is of another independence referendum like the one in 2014 focus on europe has been gauging the mood in the capital edinburgh and met with Gordon Mickelson a man who tailors the ultimate in scottish attire im sure you can guess what but 1st some drums. Its show time in. Every summer performers from around the world flock to the fringe the Worlds Largest arts festival. For the scots its a welcome distraction from their worries about break set. Though politics has a place here too at
And engineers discuss the design and development of the lunar module and how it operated during the apollo 11 moon landing. This panel was part of an event hosted by Space Center Houston to mark apollo 11s anniversary. And happy Lunar Landing day. [applause] its great to have you all here. I am the chief operating officer here at the Space Center Houston. We are a smithsonian affiliate. Worlds First Certified Autism Center as a science center. We believe very much in equity, inclusion, accessibility, and we take that honesty great badge of honor that our staff has had extra training to ensure that our staff is able to work with people who have any type of learning disability or challenge or anything like that. If you see that there is a needed that we are not meeting, please let us know because we always want to improve. Welcome today for our first panel discussion. [applause] i spent 20 years of my life nows the end of the industry. I have been around a lot of. Olks this is been a fan
Updated. It has been day of sunshine and heavy showers, the most widespread have been affecting north east england and eastern scotland. This was scene in fife. Those showers fade away over the coming hours. It will eventually become dry across all parts of the uk overnight with clear skies and light winds. Not a cold one, though. Temperatures 10 14dc. Tomorrow we start off on a dry note with hazy spells of sunshine, but cloud will quickly gather in Northern Ireland, outbreaks of rain spreading in here, turning heavy and driven on by strengthening south westerly winds. Eventually, the rain will arrive through the afternoon. The south and east staying dry, but cloudier is the day goes by. That is your latest weather. Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines following the seizure of a british flagged tanker in the gulf, the foreign secretary speaks to his irainian counterpart and expresses his extreme disappointment. We will respond in a way that is considered but robus