Hello and welcome to the programme. The rIchest person on earth has decIded that earth Itself Is not enough. EarlIer Todayjezz Bezos blasted Into space, accompanIed by both the oldest and youngest ever astronauts. The Amazon Founder was launched from the Texan Desert on a rocket developed by hIs own fIrm, Blue OrIgIn. The craft travelled at nearly three tImes the speed of sound, reachIng a heIght of nearly A Hundred kIlometres above the Planet On a flIght that lasted lIttle over ten mInutes. The bbc s SophIe Long begIns our coverage. BoardIng hIs 60 foot suborbItal rocket. He was not nervous, he saId, just excIted. ThIs was notjust about realIsIng a lIfelong dream, but expandIng hIs ever growIng empIre beyond the grIp of gravIty. WIth hIm on thIs fIrst fully autonomous flIght, three other cIvIlIans. HIs brother, mark, 18 year Old Dutch student olIver daemen, and 82 year old traIlblazIng avIator wally funk. One of mercury 13, a group of women who went through astral TestIng And TraInIng
Good morning. It has been the coldest and driest spring in a0 years. It is Bad News forfarmers, and it could mean prices at the supermarkets start to rise. A big step closer to European Glory for Manchester City who come from behind in paris to win the Away Leg of their Champions League Semi Final. Good morning. Last night we had another frost, good morning. Last night we had anotherfrost, meaning that good morning. Last night we had another frost, meaning that every night this april we have seen a frost somewhere in the uk. Todays forecast is one of the sunshine and showers, some will be heavy and thundery. All of the details Coming Up. Its thursday the 29th of april. The uk has secured a further 60 Million doses of the Pfizer Biontech Coronavirus jab as part of a plan to Roll Out a Booster Programme in the autumn. The Health Secretary Matt hancock said the aim of the extra jabs was to keep us safe and free here while we get this disease under control across The World. James reynolds
hello, and welcome to dateline london the programme which brings together international correspondents filing from the uk with the best of bbc expertise. i m geeta guru murthy. this week, we ask what is britain s role in the world? with a huge moment of change as we battle a global pandemic, and brexit has become real, there is renewed interest in what the uk s international future looks like. a new government report, called global britain, focuses on the indo pacific suggesting closer ties with india, japan and australia. what does this mean for the relationship with china? a question faced at the moment by president biden. meanwhile, nations all over the world continue to grapple with their vaccination programmes. what do the diplomatic skirmishes over covid tell us about where power lies today? with me are isobel hilton, founder of china dialogue, jeffrey koffman, a us canadian journalist and formerly war correspondent for abc news, and the bbc s chief international co
here and author of a much read biography of labour s post war prime minister, clement attlee. seen in that light, the focus on nato, a renewed comittment to nuclear and a tilt to the indo pacific, with more interest in space, cyber and technology are perhaps unsurprising. politically, can global britain be made to chime with the government s other key mantra of levelling up? and what about china friend orfoe, or both? isobel, are we already in a sort of new cold war? well, we certainly have elements of a cold war, but unlike the original cold war we are dealing with not the soviet union, but a country that has the second biggest economy in the world and is a huge trading partner, so it s more complicated than that. but we are in a systemic confrontation, and a series of reports from the us, the eu, various western democratic partners have identified this strategic contest that we are certainly engaged in. the difficulty that all of these countries are facing is, how do you
welcome, and thanks so much forjoining me today. borisjohnson launched a new foreign policy direction, global britain the integrated review this week. it was driven by professorjohn bew, a historian known across the political landscape here and author of a much read biography of labour s post war prime minister, clement attlee. seen in that light, the focus on nato, a renewed comittment to nuclear and a tilt to the indo pacific, with more interest in space, cyber and technology are perhaps unsurprising. politically, can global britain be made to chime with the government s other key mantra of levelling up? and what about china friend orfoe, or both? isobel, are we already in a sort of new cold war? well, we certainly have elements of a cold war, but unlike the original cold war we are dealing with not the soviet union, but a country that has the second biggest economy in the world and is a huge trading partner, so it s more complicated than that. but we are in a systemic