Asteroids have been hitting our earth for around Four Billion years. Most famously, the Chicxulub Asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and transformed life on this planet. On 15 february 2013, a 10,000 Ton Asteroid entered the atmosphere over the russian city of chelyabinsk. It exploded with 30 times the energy of an atomic bomb, injuring 1,600 people. And we didnt see it coming. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons is an expert in the Observation And Measurement of asteroids. Hes one of the scientists trying to make sure we dont miss the next big impact. Now, i want to start with some jargon busting, because theres a lot of stuff out there. Theres asteroids, theres comets. Can you take us through that . Sure. Asteroids, like good Old Bennu here, are objects, rocky objects that orbit the sun. We also have comets, of course. Comets have a lot of ice in them. Now, if that asteroid enters the earths atmosphere, then we see it glowing as a Meteor Or Shooting star. If they make it to the ground, that is
And Ukraines War with russia . You know that of course we are. We are trying to help as we can ukraine to win in this terrible war. For us belarusians, it is also a motivation that ukraine will win. And if ukraine win, we will free our belarus. Its one of the main points of our strategy for democratic forces. Ukrainians victory creates preconditions for changing the situation in belarus. The success of the ukrainians in the. For example, today, we can see the situation in the Kursk Region it may provoke a political crisis in the kremlin, and victory of ukraine can provoke the political crisis in kremlin. And this does not mean that putin will be overthrown, but putin will be forced to fire a number of generals, and this is a signal to russian elites. This is the first time since World War the second that military action involving a foreign state is being fought on russian territory. No doubt, no doubt, sir. It is historic, and the whole world is watching. But ijust want to be clear abo
So one of the reasons why there is so much international diplomatic for these talks in qatar to succeed that they really want to avoid the escalation of this conflict into a much bigger regional war. Gazas hamas run Health Ministry said thursday that more than 40,000 palestinians have been killed by israeli Military Action in the enclave since the October 7 Hamas Attack on israel. Because israel blocks international journalists from having independent access to gaza, the bbc has been unable to verify many of the claims made throughout the war by Israel And Hamas. That includes the number of people killed In Gaza and how many of those killed are civilians. But pictures and videos that come into our newsroom on a daily basis, from agencies on the ground in Gaza Show that women and children are frequently among the victims of israeli air raids. Lucy williamson filed this report from Tel Aviv. As the leaders of Israel And Hamas weigh the price of making peace, nadja is counting the cost of
So one of the reasons why there is so much international diplomatic for these talks in qatar to succeed that they really want to avoid the escalation of this conflict into a much bigger regional war. Gazas hamas run Health Ministry said thursday that more than 40,000 palestinians have been killed by israeli Military Action in the enclave since the October 7 Hamas Attack on israel. Because israel blocks international journalists from having independent access to gaza, the bbc has been unable to verify many of the claims made throughout the war by Israel And Hamas. That includes the number of people killed In Gaza , and how many of those killed are civilians. But pictures and videos that come into our newsroom on a daily basis, from agencies on the ground In Gaza, show that women and children are frequently among the victims of israeli air raids. Lucy williamson filed this report from Tel Aviv. As the leaders of Israel And Hamas weigh the price of making peace, nadja is counting the cost