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
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the actor alec baldwin was told a gun was safe moments before he fatally shot a crew member on the set of his new film. that s according to new documents filed as part of the police investigation into the death. the hollywood star said in a statement there were no words to convey his shock and sadness . our north america correspondent david willis reports. two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. that call to the emergency services, the first public indication of the tragic events that had unfolded in the foothills of northern new mexico. police arrived to find halyna hutchins, an up and coming cinematographer, dead and the film s directorjoel souza badly hurt. their injuries inflicted by the film s star alec baldwin, who according to court documents, was handed a gun he was told was safe to use but which was in fact loaded with a live round. in a statement alec
their british accents. two of bollywood s biggest stars, alia bhatt and ranbir kapoor, married in mumbai on thursday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, uk correspondent at france 24. and geri scott, poltical correspondent from the press association. tomorrow s front pages. the times front page the government announces an overhaul of its asylum seeker policy, which would send some people who arrive in the uk a one way ticket to rwanda, in eastern africa. the guardian report borisjohnson s proposals were branded as inhumane unworkable and a waste of money. but the daily mail says the prime minister will take on the army of left wing lawyers and naysayers lining up to thwart his plans, he says will curb illegal immigration. turning to the war in ukraine, the i has an image of russia s warship moskva which has now been sunk. ukraine claims it hit the cruiser with its missiles. the telegraph lead
joined the search operation. many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. translation: they were in trouble. some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. they overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. the last boat was too full. these pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the world s busiest shipping lane. the french authorities say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. the mp for dover is calling for a new approach. this is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. what we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. charities supporting refugees say they have heard