and his crew crew members were out of this world, briefly in space. more than 65 miles up in the air before returning to earth. it went smoothly and gotten rave reviews around the world including from fellow astronaut now richard branson that tweeted well-done, blue origin. impressive. very best to all of the crew from me and all the team at virgin galactic. we had heard earlier from elon musk yesterday wishing him luck but not today. the bottom line is that this is yet another billionaire that has placed a big bet on space, this time like branson trying to make himself a part of it. mixed reviews on a message that he had coming out and talking to the press thanking amazon customers and workers. but that s what built his fortune. we ll talk to a couple of very important people on this subject subject. 21 years in the making, neil. jeff bezos blasted off for a historic and near picture perfect journey to space. really couldn t have asked for a better day and for things to go
politicians battling to unseat prime minister benjamin netanyahu have until midnight on wednesday to put together a coalition. secular, centrist, your la pete is leading the push to form a government composed of bitter ideological rivals. if they succeed, it would end the total 15 years in office. for israel s longest serving premier, brazil s president j are both snarl says his country will step in as emergency host of the cope america soccer tournament. that s despite the pandemic, still raging and brazil announcement comes after south american football confederation that the competition could not be held in argentina as originally planned because of a covered 19 search. this is deed of the news from berlin. you can find more on our website. that s d w dot com the ah, israel is not for national elections in the last 2 years as we speak this man. yeah, of the p is making calls and making promises to try and put together a coalition of political parties that dislike the curre
more than twice as many people have died from the virus as p previously estimated. means the country has the world s highest global death rate per capita. the world health organization says it is deeply concerned about the corona virus situation in south america. the european union is calling on russia to release a prominent political activists after police in st. petersburg pulled him off a flight bound for poland late monday. andre people thought of the former head of the recently disbanded open russia group, which was critical of the kremlin. what do you think that this is deed of the news from berlin? you can find more on our website, that s d, w dot com the oh, the news . israel is not for national elections in the last 2 years as we speak. this man jala pete is making calls and making promises to try and put together a coalition of political parties that dislike the current prime minister benjamin netanyahu more than they dislike each other. mr. le pete has until midnig
57 newsroom at cbs news headquaters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne marie green. from overnight in philadelphia a violent police standoff has ended with six officers wounded and the suspected gunman in custody. the standoff started yesterday afternoon when officers were serving a warrant at a home. the shooter apparently started firing at the officers. tom hansen is in philadelphia. what do we know now about the condition of those officers? hey, well, the six officers shot are all out of the hospital this morning. they all sustained nonlife threatening injuries and are expected to be okay. meanwhile, the investigation into just what happened yesterday afternoon is getting started. the man that police sasay shot x officers during a lengthy un midnight. the suspect was held up in a north philadelphia building. shots fired. around 4:30 in the afternoon police went to the home to serve a drug warrant. officials said the operation went arye almost immediately
updated. it has been day of sunshine and heavy showers, the most widespread have been affecting north east england and eastern scotland. this was scene in fife. those showers fade away over the coming hours. it will eventually become dry across all parts of the uk overnight with clear skies and light winds. not a cold one, though. temperatures 10 14dc. tomorrow we start off on a dry note with hazy spells of sunshine, but cloud will quickly gather in northern ireland, outbreaks of rain spreading in here, turning heavy and driven on by strengthening south westerly winds. eventually, the rain will arrive through the afternoon. the south and east staying dry, but cloudier is the day goes by. that is your latest weather. hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: following the seizure of a british flagged tanker in the gulf, the foreign secretary speaks to his irainian counterpart and expresses his extreme disappointment. we will respond in a way that is considere