Now on bbc news, newscast. Hello, this is the latest of our special newscast episodes where instead of rattling through the days news, we sit down and have a long chat with an interesting person, who has been in the news at some point. And Todays Guest is helen sharman, who in 1991 became the first ever british astronaut. This is after she answered an advert and took part in the competition to do a Space Mission, that was sponsored by a group of british companies working with the then Soviet Union. And he went up, she came back down, and ever since she has been enthusing people about science and space. Helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast helen, hello. Hello. You have been on newscast a helen, hello. Hello. You have been on Newscast A Few helen, hello. Hello. You have been on Newscast A Few times helen, hello. Hello. You have been on Newscast A Few times but helen, hello. Hello. You have been on Newscast A Few times but this. Helen, hello. Hello you have been on Newscast A Fe
Now on bbc news, its the newscast. Hello. This is the latest of our special newscast episodes where instead of rattling through the days news, we sit down and have a long chat with an interesting person who has been in the news at some point. And Todays Guest is helen sharman, who in 1991 became the first ever british astronaut. This was after she answered an advert and took part in a competition to do a Space Mission that was sponsored by a group of british companies working with the then Soviet Union. And she went up, she came back down, and ever since, she has been enthusing people about science and space. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Helen, hello. Hello. Youve been on newscast a few times, but this is the first time youve been here. I know, and its wonderful. In ourfacility. Yeah, thanks for coming in. So, well talk about lots of Space And Science related issues, but ijust wanted to do your backstory first because as an 80s kid watching newsround every day, obviously, youre go
Capital, tehran. Its widely believed to have been carried out by israel, though it has not claimed responsibility. His assassination came the day after an israeli Air Raid killed senior Hezbollah Commander, Fuad Shukr near the lebanese capital, beirut. This followed a Rocket Attack on the israeli occupied golan heights, which killed 12 children on a soccer field. Israel blames hezbollah for that attack while hezbollah denies responsibility. In a televised address wednesday, the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called mr. Shukr one of the worlds most wanted terrorists, and said israel had settled an account. Translation anyone who slaughters our children, anyone who murders our citizens, anyone who hits our country will have blood on his own head. Citizens of israel, challenging days lie ahead. Since the strike on beirut there are threats from all directions. We are prepared for any scenario and will stand united and determined against any threat. Protests have erupted in iran
near that complex. now it comes as mariupol s mayor says more than 600 people were injured in a russian bombing that struck a makeshift hospital facility inside the steel plant complex. reporter: and they re there trying to save their lives because russia s bombing the rest of their home city. in the east, u.s. and nato officials acknowledge russian forces are making some progress, learning, i m told, some lessons from their failed offensive in the northern part of this country, around the capital kyiv. that said, ukrainian forces doing their best to push back a fuel depot attacked, set on fire in part of the donetsk region controlled by russian-backed forces, that in the east. ukrainian officials say a town in the northeast has been recaptured from the russians. this is the give and the take of this battlefield. all of this as we are learning of another american casualty in this war. a 22-year-old who was fighting al alongside ukrainian forces, part of that international l
two cities and two stories with a big impact on politics and our democracy. in atlanta, all eyes are on th giuliani, the guy once called america s mayor is expected to sur ender as we are learning more about former president trump s own plans to turn himself in. and in milwaukee gop hopefuls for the presidential nominations face off in the first debate of the 24 campaign, each one with their own goals and one goal that may be out of reach, winning nomination. and we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. intense legal battles playing in in atlanta ahead of the first republican primary battle in milwaukee. donald trump is the clear gop front-runner but he won t be at that debate alongside his rival, instead he s hunkered down in new jersey on the eve of his surrender on rico charges in georgia. so far six of the co-defendants have turned themselves in at the fulton county jail. and today one of the archit