In the 60 years since the first human went into space, fewer than 600 people have ventured above 50 miles in altitude. And most of those have been military trained personnel. The inspiration four believe theyre breaking new ground. They dont have what was famously called the right stuff. And if they can go into orbit, they say, anyone can. Jonathan amos, Bbc News. Have a back, with helen willets. Hi, ben, the atmosphere closer to earth, this was cambridge yesterday where we had almost a Months Worth of rain. It was pretty wet across many eastern parts of england. Very different outlook at the moment, this was cambridgeshire a couple of hours ago with plenty of sunshine. Plenty of warm sunshine and dry weather over the coming few days, although at this time of the year there will be some fog lingering through the Rush Hour. And it is not all plain sailing, we do have this Weather Front across thailand. This was yesterdays rain, that is moving away to scandinavia. Across scotland and Nor
Are about to blastoff on a mission around earth. Hello and welcome. Borisjohnson has his eyes on a Post Brexit, post covid future. Not that those two seismic issues have been entirely put to bed, the fallout will occupy government for years to come. But suddenly there is a Question Mark over what the purpose of this government really is. And a reshuffle usually gives us a clue. The trouble is this wasnt the most radical of reshuffles, today, certainly not the night of the long knives. Yes, the Foreign Secretary dominic raab, paid the price over his handling of the afghanistan crisis. Gavin williamson also expelled as the Education Secretary. But the chancellor, the Home Secretary and the Health Secretary all stayed put. The most intriguing move of the day was the decision to send Cabinet Secretary Michael gove, to the department of housing. Which might ordinarily be seen as a demotion. Except housing is now a key part of the Prime Ministers levelling up agenda. Maybe a clue to where th
As borisjohnson refreshes his team. More from laura in a short while about the political direction laid down by todays changes. Also tonight. Shamim begu who left the Uk Tojoin the Islamic State now offers to help the Islamic State now offers to help the uks fight against terrorism. A report from one of afghanistans biggest cities on How Taliban Rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. And 14 goals in a thrilling night of Champions League football. Good evening. Borisjohnson has reshuffled his Government Making far more radical changes than many had expected and set the Governments Direction with a view to the next election. Hes fired his education, Justice And Housing secretaries and demoted others as he reshapes his senior team. Dominic raab is no longer Foreign Secretary Hes Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister with Liz Truss becoming only the second woman in history to hold the post of Foreign Secretary. Gavin williamson widely criticised for his handling of School
A Record Number of women and children of dining in the fighting. They call the students those who are trying to learn knowledge they killed in ah, welcome to the program. We begin with trinity is biggest political crisis since the 2011 revolution that introduced democracy. President chi said has suck the government, including the prime Minister Hisham as she, she unfrozen parliament for 30 days. The military, you have been deployed to the Government Palace and stopped all workers from entering the building. The biggest political cou group, pardon me, the, and how to a party is calling it a coo. Now this is the scene shortly a few moments ago from tunis demonstrates as the from both sides of the political divide are outside the parliament building. Security forces have stormed the offices of Al Jazeera and kick the staff out of the building. The military is blocking the speaker of parliament rashid avenue. She from entering the building. Now he remains in his car, surrounded by his supp
Whether or not the Vice President decided to go to the border or had already planned to visit the board, the fact is her messaging as well as whatever policies that the administration is attempting to accomplish. Have now been mired and been overshadowed by her visit. Now, due to her back and forth on a narrative that now the issue is to border what the Vice President initially set out to do was to showcase that the administration was attempting to address and deal with the root causes. That is why there was that the trips overseas to, to mexico, into guatemala, and also the emphasis on the northern triangle and those partnerships with corporations and organisation in those respective countries. But now that the issue continue to focus on the border, what youre seeing now is a Band Aid Approach to try to pacify critics, as well as to address a domestic political issue. Rather than attempting to confront a much wider, much broader u. S. Foreign policy problem. That continues to vex and