through space, the rover, called perseverance, survived a perilous high speed plunge through the martian atmosphere and made it safely onto the surface of the red planet confirming its arrival an hour ago with a tweet. these the first images it sent back, within moments. it s the most advanced rover ever sent to another world one that hopes to eventually return samples to earth. and its mission is to search for ancient life that may have existed billions of years ago. tonight s landing is all the more impressive, given how much could have gone wrong. here s our science correspondent rebecca morelle. and a warning her report contains some flashing images. perseverance is going about one per second. a nerve racking wait at mission control. it s landed safely, on the surface of mars! cheering. and then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. it s touchdown for nasa s perseverance rover. and these are its first images, a view of its landing sites before it starts to
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. thousands of indian farmers are keeping up their long running protest against modi government farm law reform. but india s pinister has faced down a host of opponents in the past. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? my a defining moment for india? my guest today is yogendra yadav, leader of the swaraj party and prominent backer of the farmers cause. is modi versus the farmers a defining moment for india? yogendra yadav, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are on the co ordinating committee of the co ordinating committee of the main group behind the farmers protests. we have been watching them for the last weeks and months but it does seem as though right now, they may be losing momentum. is that right? may be losing momentum. is that riuht? ., ., right? not quite. in an extraordinary - right? not quite. in an l extraordinary movement right? not quite. in an - extraordinary m
earlier this week, the top us diplomat, antony blinken, left the region without a breakthrough, after israel rejected hamas demands for a ceasefire. gideon levy is an israeli author and columnist for the haaretz newspaper. i asked him if the us concerns would make much of a difference to benjamin netanyahu s plans. no, as long as the us remarks are only remarks or concerns from the us and they are not followed by practical measures, israel will ignore it. in any case, israel learned to ignore advice. if the us wants to prevent the next catastrophe, and rafah is going to be a major catastrophe, the us has got to be precise and take measures, otherwise it will not work. so when i read out the latest line from netanyahu ordering the military to plan ways to evacuate civilians in rafah so he can carry out the intention to target hamas, what do you make of that? is thatjust words, is that to deflect the criticism that is already coming his way? i want to ask you, where to? the peo
it now stands at one point four million. rafah is the last major city in gaza that israeli troops have yet to enter. the announcement drew international concern, with un chief antonio guterres calling it alarming, writing on x that such an action would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences. the white house warned it would not support operations in the city, calling an unplanned invasion a disaster. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report, and a warning it has some distressing images from the start. israel bombed rafah again. a family ran to get medical aid for a child who was already dead. round 1.2 million palestinian civilians have crammed into rafah. this man said thousands more would be killed, if the israelis moved their troops in. the kids can t sleep, he said. they are terrified and so are adults. hunger and illness are spreading in makeshift camps flooded with pools of sewage. the li
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