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
taken them, so they re now four years behind spacex. i think now that they have gotten this flight off, i agree with derrick, this was a critical mission not just for nasa, but for boeing to demonstrate, to give them confidence to demonstrate they have the capability to do this. we re far from complete. we have got to get off the centar, do some tests on the cst 100 over the next day and tomorrow hopefully we ll have a perfect docking, spend eight days on the international space station and then undock and come home. the ultimate test is how does the spacecraft handle the intense heat and pressure of re-entry, and then as the landing out in the desert, does it go the way we want it to go. only once they have touched down out in the desert ten days from now or eight days from now will we be able to take our breath and say we had a successful flight. such a good point as we watch these live images and they continue their mission, their journey into space at this very moment.
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
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
cold. not an issue for the north east of england. you will have a glorious day with the best sunshine. more mander seeping a glorious day with the best sunshine. more manderseeping in eventually. ten or ii sunshine. more manderseeping in eventually. ten or 11 degrees. hello. this is bbc news, the headlines at half past three: britain signs a deal with turkey to develop fighterjets worth more than £100 million, it comes as talks continue towards a closer relationship post brexit. president trump signs an order banning all refugees from entering the united states, there s also a three month ban for citizens from seven muslim majority nations. tributes to one of britain s most respected and versatile actors, sirjohn hurt, who has died aged 77. now on bbc news, click. this week we re heading to space for a spot of sun, shade and. a freaky transforming monkey spider bot. we ve long fantasised about the possibility of life on other planets. but it was only in 1995 that we found th