Test flight yet. The Starship Rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. But the mission is still being declared a big success. Heres our science correspondent pallab ghosh. New objectives thatll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. Twice before, Starship Blew Upjust minutes after launch. Was this going to be third time lucky . So far, so good. We are feeling the rumble. We are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. And now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. Oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. And heres a view of the lower section falling back to earth. But then, communication is lost. And acquisition of signal, well see if we can get some other video. But back in space, its all going fine, and the uppe
Been watching these pictures for the last few minutes. This is a protest, a number of people gathering their from the main square in tel aviv to the defence ministry. Holding up the signs of women hostages held in gaza. They are calling for their Immediate Release. We can hear the chanting there, and the posters in the pictures are just behind the cameras position there. Is itjust turns around again, you can see that Protest Calling for the immediate return of the hostages. We will get more on the humanitarian situation in gaza. Cancer patients say theyre being denied exit for Life Saving Treatment through the rafah crossing to egypt, despite their names appearing on authorised Evacuation Lists. In parallel, fees charged by an Egyptian Company arranging evacuations from gaza have rocketed during the war, the bbc s Lara Elgebaly has the story, which was also produced by haya al badarneh. Hopefully i will find my name there and be able to travel. God willing. Translation im on my way to
Borisjohnson, largely absent up behind him, with the manager, iea boris johnson, largely absent from the table. Clearly not very happy and there is no love lost between the former leader, former Prime Minister and the outgoing First Minister. There was also another tricky exchange when Mark Drakeford discussed simon hart, the Welsh Secretary for the uk government throughout the pandemic. He was giving evidence on friday when she said she felt as though the Welsh Government was making decisions during the pandemicjust for the during the pandemic just for the sake during the pandemicjust for the sake of it, to be different to the uk government. Mark drakeford completely refuted that and noted simon hart did not give any evidence to back up that theory. Also Mark Drakeford said that simon hart got to the stage where he did not have much to do with the start of the pandemic, otherthan much to do with the start of the pandemic, other than essentially borrowing bothering Mark Drakeford about
And wide to ride the waves of the river severn. And on newsnight at 10. 30pm well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Theres been a Strong International response to a bbc investigation, highlighting the Ill Treatment of palestinian medical staff, by the Israeli Defence forces, at a hospital in gaza last month. Our reporting includes evidence of people being detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical duties. The foreign secretary, lord cameron, says the report is very disturbing, and hes called for Answers From The Israelis. And the Us State Department has also seen the imnvestigation. Israel says it took over the Nasser Hospital in khan younis last month, believing hamas fighters were based there. Several israeli hostages, whove been released, say they were held on the premises. Israel says any abuse of detainees is strictly prohibited. Orla guerin is live inje
Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com