paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he d crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a s. us. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch, because of a fuel leak. it s the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there s a real sense of di
the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. # yeah, yeah, yeah. and sir paul mccartney leads a tribute concert dedicated to the foo fighters drummer, taylor hawkins, who died in march. hello and welcome to bbc news. fighting around the russian occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine has been increasing worries of an accident there. families living close to europe s largest nuclear facility say they are living in fear, despite the arrival of un monitors at the site. both russia and ukraine accuse each other of shelling the plant, with moscow claiming that ukrainian forces launched a failed attempt to storm the power station on friday. our security correspondent frank gardner reports now from the nearby city of zaporizhzhia. siren wails. under police escort, more than 100 ukrainian civilians make it to safety after enduring six months of fear and insecurity. just on the edge of zaporizhzhia city, we came across this convoy of a
since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. hello and welcome to bbc news. here in the uk the foreign secretary, liz truss, who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday, has hinted at how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills, with financial support for households and businesses. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson packs up his premiership, tomorrow we will find out who is moving in. the new prime minister will enter number ten on tuesday, and one issue will dominate their first days in office: soaring energy bills for households and businesses. liz truss is widely expected to win the tory leadership contest, but she hasn t spelt out pr
searched his florida resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin this hour in britain. the front runner to become the next uk prime minister, liz truss, has promised she ll set out immediate action on energy bills next week, if she is announced as leader of the tory party tomorrow. she told the bbc s laura kuenssberg that she would lay out plans to cut taxes and get the economy growing again. she also said she would focus on securing long term energy supplies for the uk. herfellow contender, rishi sunak, said he had a clear plan and framework to tackle energy bills and he would help three groups of people. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, told me more. what we know is liz truss is promising there will be immediate action, within a week of her taking office, and, if as we expect, she does become prime minister, that w
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here but the problems started early on, and when the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was spotted, and this is not a good thing. the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting did not work and the loach was stopped. over the last few hours, they have been poring over the data to find out what went wrong and they have announced the rocket will need significant repair work. this m