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jeff bezos is about to lift off to the edge of space and back. the flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. it s one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. more than five decades after neil armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, space tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. this is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. the founder of blue origin and amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. richard branson and his virgin galactic soared to the skies from new mexico earlier this month. the youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue shepherd rocket along with jeff bezos and his brother mark. wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. part of the group known as of the mercury 13. they never made it to space because only men were sent at the time. women proved they could pass the rigorous physical requirements that nasa had set up. also aboard today, a ....
are you ready black people? are you ready? and at 5.45, mark kermode has the film review including a look at new release summer of soul. this afternoon it s been announced the uk has recorded more than 50,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time since mid january. in the past 2a hours there were a further 51,870 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk and another 49 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for covid bringing the uk total to 128,642. earlier this afternoon official figures suggested that one in 100 people in the uk had coronavirus last week. it comes just days before the end of restrictions in england and scotland on monday. our health correspondent james gallagher is here. that top line takes us back to january. explain the context of all of this. , , ., , of this. let us rewind six months and we had of this. let us rewind six months and we had 50,000 of this. let us rewind six months and we had 50,000 cases - of this. let us re ....
biden s test, on his first overseas trip stepping on the world s stage for the first time as president. it comes just as his agenda at home is in serious. he s actually right as i speak making his way. this trip will include a face-to-face meeting with the russian president vladimir putin. i am headed to the g7 and then to meet with mr. putin to let him know what i want him to know. i will be clear that the united states will respond in a robust and meaningful way on the harmful activities. biden failed to strike an infrastructure deal with republican senator shelly capito. biden is reaching out another group of lawmakers trying to find out a different way forward. top republicans don t think a deal will be reached. it is hard for me to see a scenario even ten republicans will vote something far beyond of shelly s discussion at the white house. senator cornyn telling cnn, quote, i think he thinks he s going to get a better deal. all of this led the progressi ....
could happen here in england, and we need to be ready. to save lives. we need to recognise that it s adapt or die. chanting: stop deforestation. young people were involved in protests across the world, as they have the most to lose if we fail to get the impact of climate change under control. they re also the ones that can fix the problem. 5,000 of them were involved in a scheme to understand and help solve the environmental crisis. we want to know how clean the air is in our school. we re measuring plants to see how they re growing outside. we ve been learning about worms. - this is mustard powder. you re going to mix the mustard powder into the water. this one is about understanding the role of worms. these are babies, 0k? you can hold that. baby worms! these are the scientists of tomorrow. they ve got to think about their future and their children s future and it s a long term game. this is not something for a single generation. we ve all got to play our part. other ....
the podcast and you watch the show, this is a taste of what we do on the podcast. it gives us an opportunity to go deeper with guests. we will share two conversations that i had with two people who have been on forefront of what i think is in some ways the most important story of 2021. which is american democracy on the knife s edge. of course, the year 2021 begins with the first ever insurrection. the second time in american history that we had sustained violence around the transfer of power. the first being fort sumpter, the second january 6th. the aftermath of that insurrection, attempts by the republican party to put into place means of stopping future peaceful transfers of power. the on rush towards a future and a president which the republican party, one of the two major parties, has become essentially anti-democratic in a profound way. that s the big story of 2021. in this episode tonight, two people who have been really at the forefront of identifying, warning a ....