nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. and, serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. now on bbc news, borisjohnson: departing downing street, looking back at borisjohnson s time in number 10, from brexit to the coronavirus pandemic, partygate and the russian invasion of ukraine. a warning that this programme contains flashing images. six weeks ago, a typhoon fighterjet took off from an raf base in lincolnshire. its co pilot just announced he was about to become britain s ex prime minister. after three happy years in the cockpit, and after performing some pretty difficult if not astonishing feats, i am now going to hand over the controls, seamlessly, to someone else. i don t know who. boris johnson believes in the great man theory of history, and he thinks he is that great man, li
scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off. we ll take you back to these pictures and our correspondent when it s time for countdown. serena williams is defeated in the third round of the us open in new york, in what is likely to be her last competative match. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state, a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kreml
he shared his joy and relief following the release and said he hopes he will see both women next week. 0h, oh, i ve been waiting for this moment for a long time for two weeks. i haven t been sleeping for two weeks. tonight, i m going to sleep good. i spoke with my daughter earlier today. she sounds very good. she looks very good. she was very happy. and she s waiting to come home. let s bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. us presidentjoe biden spoke with the two women after their release on friday, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal . and secretary of state anthony blinken said he s relieved the women have been released but reminded reporters that many others are still being held. there are still 10 additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. we know some are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. they include men,
honest. tarrio is loved and loathed in equal measure. can you hear it? can you hear this? suourme their entire stupid | message has become about me and i could not be any happier. shouting news: opening - statements got underway in the trial of five men tied to the extremist group the proud boys. that includes long time leader enrique tarrio. the trial comes just weeks. after two leaders of another extremist group, the 0ath keepers, were convicted l of seditious conspiracy. tarrio is perhaps the - highest profile defendant to face jurors yet, in the attack. - tarrio had nothing to do with the events ofjanuary 6th. he was not there. he was not present. he did not incite or orchestrate any attack on the capitol and i think the evidence is going to be clear. all we want is the truth to come out during this trial. it s obvious that the government has thrown all the resources possible prosecuting the people onjanuary 6th. it s an issue of finding - a scapegoat for what transpired