the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
Inafew when it comes which we are expecting in a few weeks will make no mention of the uk pulling out of the European Convention on human rights. This is something she spoke about last year, the right of the party wa nted last year, the right of the party wanted this wrapped up in the brexit hill but i think the reality of this is that itll be too much of a distraction to have to go through that as there is an election going on and she has the capital to do this. She has a huge poll lead and she needs to appeal to voters in the centre so she can irritate the right wing. Centre so she can irritate the rightwing. How do you see the Destruction Argument Martin . Rightwing. How do you see the Destruction Argument Martin7m rightwing. How do you see the Destruction Argument Martin . It is a valid argument, there is an electoral tactic here, trying to keepa very electoral tactic here, trying to keep a very simple, that is a Clear Strategy that they are adopting but secondly there is a straigh
Plans to have 48 teams at the tournament in 2026. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A breezy day ahead of us. For some of us, starting on a bright note with sunshine. It is cold. Thicker cloud in the west will introduce rain going from east to west during the day. Later the wind will strengthen. And ill have more details on the weather for you in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. Another strike is affecting services on Southern Rail. Drivers belonging to the aslef union will stop work for three days this week. The dispute about the role of the guard on trains has been going on for nearly ten months. 0ur South Of England correspondent, Duncan Kennedy, is at horsham Train Station. Duncan, what is the mood like among passengers there . It has been crippling train lines for ten months. Commuters are out there. You have to get up early. It ta kes there. You have to get up early. It takes longer. I am abandoning going out to town tomorrow. We will see how