kim kardashian files for divorce from her husband the rapper kanye west after seven years of marriage. hello and thanks forjoining us. president biden has told world leaders the transatlantic alliance is back following years of strained relations between the us and europe under donald trump. addressing the annual munich security conference, mr biden said the world was at a pivotal moment, pitting those who thought autocracy was the way forward against those who understood that democracy was essential. in a moment, we ll hear from the us secretary of state but first, that pledge from president biden. i m sending a clear message to the world. america is back. the transatlantic alliance is back. and we are not looking backward. we are looking forward together. it comes down to this the transatlantic alliance is a strong foundation the strong foundation on which our collective security and our shared prosperity are built. the united states is fully committed to our nato allia
of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we found the first planet outside our solar system. these exoplanets are hard to find. of course they are, they re relatively tiny. and so far they ve mainly been detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight dimming of a star s light as a planet moves in front of it, or by the wobble of the star caused by something orbiting it. in the last 20 years we ve detected about 2000 exoplanets, but we haven t actually seen many at all. this is why. well, the planets are very, very faint compared to a star and they re very close to a star. the kind of planets where we might find life, an earth like planet orbiting a star would be 10 billion times fainter than a star. but if you can see the planets, you can start to look for evidence of life on their surfaces. what you need is something to block out the light of a star. what you need is a star shade. due to go into space in the middle of the next decade, it is a crazy soundi
about the possibility of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we actually found the first planet outside of our solar system. these exoplanets are hard to find. of course they are, they re relatively tiny. and so far they ve mainly been detected indirectly, either by the incredibly slight dimming of a star s light as the planet moves in front of it, or by the wobble of the star caused by something orbiting it. in the last 20 years we ve detected about 2000 exoplanets, but we haven t actually seen many at all. and this is why. well, the planets are very, very faint compared to a star and they re very close to a star. the kind planets where we might find life, an earthlike planet orbiting a star, would be 10 billion times fainter than a star. but if you can see the planets, you can start to look for evidence of life on their surfaces. what you need is something to block out the light of a star. what you need is a star shade. due to go into space in the middle of
for the premier league champions. leicester city were four minutes from being knocked out of the fa cup by derby county, but wes morgan earns them a replay. and chris has the weather. it s not as cold as it has been over recent days, but we ve got rain to contend with today and it is still cold enough for some of that range of four as snow in the hills of scotland. a full forecast in the next half hour. good morning. first our main story: the actor sirjohn hurt has died. he was 77 and had recently been battling cancer. he starred in around 200 films, including harry potter and was nominated for an oscar for his roles in the elephant man and midnight express. our correspondent nick higham reports. everything came to a head today. nice man with an unexpected sympathetic one. the sort of complex characterjohn hurt played with such ease and subtlety. his talent was spotted early in a succession of leading stage and television roles. his first big breakthrough came in 1966 in a ma
like climbing a mountain, and today s match against the leaders brighton is like trying to get to the moon. the first of the day ‘s matches is about to get underway, liverpool taking on wolves, jurgen klopp has made nine changes, the likes of daniel sturridge, philippe coutinho and james milner were all named as substitutes, adam lallana is out injured. so divock origi and roberto firmino start. liverpool are only won one of seven matches so far in 2017 and wolves have already knocked out premier league stoke city. rangers can go back to second in the scottish premiership, a win at motherwell will take them above. the welsh boxer lee selby, was almost in tears, ‘after his i. b. f featherweight, world title defence, against, ‘jonathan victor barros, was called off, little mor than 2a hours, before it was due to take place. the decision was announced on stage, just before the weigh in in las vegas american media have reported that barros had tested positive for hepatiti