are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. let s start where i started in that introduction your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which you ve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? it s exposed a dangerous overreliance on cooperation with moscow? i mean, it is true that with the invasion of russia in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in the energy sector, in many other parts, that we suddenly have a war in front of our doors and also in space. and in space, what actually happened is exactly the same as in many other domains. the heads of states and heads of government of many european countries were encouraging everyone to embrace russia, to work with russia, get ru
Northern gaza to evacuate south. That means more than 1 Million People have been asked to leave their homes before Israeli Forces start hunting down hamas militants and attempt to rescue hostages in gaza. The idf announced today it would establish a second route to help gazans flee to southern gaza. Hamas Officials Say israeli airstrikes killed 70 people, friday, as they tried to leave gaza city. Those killed were mostly women and children. This mad dash comes as the u. S. Workecure a Safe Border Exit for american citizens trapped in gaza. The United States, israel, and egypt, reaching an agreement to allow citizens to cross to egypt via the rafah crossing. The window for that has come and gone. It is unclear, at this time, whether any americans were able to cross. Meantime, nbc news exclusively obtaining documents that show hamas militants intentionally planned to target children. These documents were top secret, in arabic, highlighting plans for two highly trained hamas units to surr