That will be at the forefront of the next generation of space exploration. Our Science Correspondent Pallab ghosh has the story. Back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here, earth sure looks like a perfect world. Historic words for an historic moment. Out comes the first private Sector Astronaut to walk in space. Silhouetted in earths orbIt, billionaire Jared Isaacman paid millions of dollars for this experience. Earlier, he was suIting up, as were the other three crew members. The capsulte has no air lock, so the entire spacecraft is in the vacuum of space once the doors opened. Then, the all important checks to make sure that the spacesuIts dont leak. Theyd been upgraded for the spacewalk, stronger and more flexible. The helmets have a heads up display, so they see how well their bodies are coping. Then the air is taken out of the capsule, so the pressure inside matches whats outside. The hatch opens, and isaacman exIts the spacecraft. Theres not much to do outside apa
and the singer harry belafonte has died. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan and developments in the last hour or so with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airfield to the north of khartoum, tojoin evacuation flights. previous advice to wait until they are contacted has been dropped. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said uk nationals would have to make the riskyjourney to the airbase without a military escort and warned it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fierce fighting will last. the first of the british transport planes took off from an airbase in cyprus bound for sudan it s thought there may be up to four thousand britons in sudan, a little over two thousand have registered with the foreign office for evacuation. rishi sunak authorised the operation late on monday night, after growing criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with british nationals left feeling abandoned. france, germany, greece,
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street earlier this morning. we have some in depth analysis of the claims he made in his final speech later in the programme. in that final address at the downing street podium, he also urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. it s time for politics to be over, folks. it s time for us all to get behind liz truss and her team, and her programme, and deliver for the people of this country. and behind me, here on downing street, we ve seen ministers we see brandon lewis going into number ten there. we heard boris johnson earlier, calling for conservatives to get behind liz truss and her team. and we re learning more about what her team is as the evening goes on because liz truss is in the process of appointing cabinet, that s why we re seeing a range of conservatives going in through the door and bit by bit, we are learning who liz truss s top will be. top team will be. we are getting details all the time of liz t
the newspapers are in. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and nigel nelson, who s political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people. let s have a quick look at a few of the pages. the sunday express leads with conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak vowing to jail child groomers for life. former labour prime minister gordon brown tells the observer that both tory leadership hopefuls should should agree to hold an emergency budget to help with the cost of living crisis. the sunday telegraph has a picture of the tearful family of archie battersbee who died earlier today. the sunday times says rishi sunak has pledged billions to help ease the cost of living crisis. the sunday mirror reports on a warning from the nspcc that schoolgirls are being groomed on tiktok. the sun continues to discuss the fallout of the wagatha christie trial. and finally, britain faces an eco meltdown as the heatwave looms, according to the sunday people. we re going to start
Cher and son Elijah in 2001; Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesAfter a legal battle over whether or not Cher s son Elijah Blue Allman should be placed in a conservatorship, Cher and Elijah have agreed to settle the matter privately.According to court documents obtained by ABC News, Cher and Elijah whose father was Cher s second husband, the late Gregg Allman had a private mediation session on May 7. Both of them have agreed to "pause all legal proceedings and related activities." Instead, they will work together "privately and confidentially" to "resolve this matter."At the beginning of 2024, a judge denied Cher s request to have Elijah placed under a temporary conservatorship, citing his drug use and mental health issues. Her request said she had been told by doctors that if she didn t put him under a conservatorship, he d "end up on the street" and "would not be alive within the year.”The judge denied