test flight yet. the starship rocket made it halfway around the globe before it broke up as it headed back to earth. but the mission is still being declared a big success. here s our science correspondent pallab ghosh. new objectives that ll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future. twice before, starship blew upjust minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. and now the critical part, where it blew up before the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. oh, man, i need a moment to pick my ijaw up from the floor because these i views are just stunning. and here s a view of the lower section falling back to earth. but then, communication is lost. and acquisition of signal, we ll see if we can get some other video. but back in space, it s all going fi
been watching these pictures for the last few minutes. this is a protest, a number of people gathering their from the main square in tel aviv to the defence ministry. holding up the signs of women hostages held in gaza. they are calling for their immediate release. we can hear the chanting there, and the posters in the pictures are just behind the camera s position there. is itjust turns around again, you can see that protest calling for the immediate return of the hostages. we will get more on the humanitarian situation in gaza. cancer patients say they re being denied exit for life saving treatment through the rafah crossing to egypt, despite their names appearing on authorised evacuation lists. in parallel, fees charged by an egyptian company arranging evacuations from gaza have rocketed during the war, the bbc s lara elgebaly has the story, which was also produced by haya al badarneh. hopefully i will find my name there and be able to travel. god willing. translation: i m
you forjoining us. the sports showpiece extravaganza takes over france for the next seven weeks and what a mouthwatering title to look forward to as the hosts take on the all blacks in paris on friday. both changes and replaced and france really is a bigness as the spot taken by chairman working and with the key players in sight centre and barrett and in his place at player of the year, and still out injured. dan rowen getting ready to turn and bound. already one of the most in love with the rugby union, france s playing host to the games biggest stars and millions of fans. and as last minute operations continue to paris, the man in charge told me this was a moment for the sport to cherish. g was a moment for the sport to cherish. . , ., cherish. a real rugby capital and france cherish. a real rugby capital and france and cherish. a real rugby capital and france and it cherish. a real rugby capital and france and it is - and france and it is everywhere. we know this
has sweden become europe s most polarised country? tobias billstrom, in stockholm, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. mr billstrom, sweden has, for many months now, had its request in to become a full fledged member of nato. you applied alongside finland. finland got in, in april. sweden still isn t in. how frustrated are you? well, i have to say that one should stay calm and join nato, as it says on the, you know. ..in the writing. i have to say that i think that, when all is said and done, the summit in vilnius with nato was a great success. we got a clear statement between turkiye, between sweden, and between nato that we will move forward, and that turkiye will now finally deliver our document of ratification to its grand national assembly in october, once the summer vacation is ended. and then the ratification will start. and we feel confident that this is going to happen on part of a swedish government. there was a clear handshake between the president of turkiye
the capital is preparing for the most high profile event to be held in india in years. security is tight, and the budget for hosting is reported to be more than $100 million. the two day event will be attended by several world leaders, including us presidentjoe biden seen here boarding his plane earlier thursday. india s moment on the global stage. to the world, it s promoting itself as a leader. at home, it made the 620 part of daily discourse. let us remind ourselves that this grouping bears an exceptional responsibility. ..holding 200 meetings in 60 different cities. sustainable development goals. ..making the 620 matter. 620 means a lot to me as an indian and it is the biggest achievement i feel for the government. it feels like we are the ones hosting it. that sense of collectiveness is what india is about. and, yes, i m very excited for it. new convention centre, new statues, 620 billboards everywhere. delhi has been getting a makeover worthy of bollywood stars, prese