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we return to somalia for a second report on the people displaced by war, and the worst drought in four decades. a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon. the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank to take out her own money. i apologise to all the people i frightened, but compared to the despair, anger and grief i feel every day. compare that to. and we meet the british woman who, after 30 years in hollywood, is one of the most powerful figures in the world of entertainment. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. lets start with a developing story, and within the past few hours, japanese and south korean officials have said that north korea has fired two short range missiles that have landed in the sea outside japan s exclusive economic zone. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile t ....
prosecutors revealing his self-described suicide mission. israel s benjamin netanyahu on the verge of remarkable political comeback. the votes still being counted this morning. plus, working hard or hardly working? the biggest drop in worker productivity since truman was president has plenty of bosses wondering this morning, what s going on? good morning to you. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m paulo sandoval in for laura and christine. the man accused of hitting house speaker nancy pelosi on the head with a hammer is behind bars this morning without bail. we have more details. 42-year-old david depape, san francisco district attorney speaking. what is crystal clear to me, he was trying to kill mr. pelosi. why he did that, i can t speak to that. what is very clear to me from viewing that body worn camera, he tried to kill mr. pelosi. depape told police he was, quote, on a suicide mission. san francisco s district attorney s ....
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months t ....
t-15. ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, ignition. engines full power, and lift o off. to one alpha. copy one alpha. pitching down range. stage one propulsion is nominal. nominal power and telemetry. stage one throttle down. supersonic. [engine worrying] execute. stage one throttle up. stage one bravo. copy. 1 bravo. impact shield has started. kayleigh: ambassador haley, this is really incredible to watch, i will never forget to traveling with president trump to cape canaveral, to see the first launch of americans into space nearly a decade, scrubbed due to weather, and then it happened. and what you are watching as a return to american greatness as we watch this for the take off. after nearly a decade of really stymieing our space exploration, it really feels like america is back on the space front. dr. saphier: it is awe-inspiring, and i m laughing, emily is so emotional watching this, but god is so good when you see something ....
t minus 15. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition. full power. and liftoff. go crew 5. stage one alpha. copy, one alpha. equal is pitching down range. stage one propulsion is nominal. nominal power and telemetry. stage one throttle down. stage one throttle up. stage one bravo. copy, one bravo. you have seen the space launch. tom costello is is standing by. it looked like it was picture perfect. spacex is pulling it off. this is crew 5 on board. four astronauts, including one russian cosmonaut on their way to the international space station. this is the sixth spacex flight. as we look at all things are perfect. the crew members here are the commander [ no audio ] the first female native american ever to go into space. we have got anna, the first russian to go on an american spacecraft in 20 years and russia s only female cosmonaut. we have the pilot and a japanese astronaut on his way to the station. this is going to be a five-month mission. they ....