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message is even more stark. the bank of england wont hesitate to raise interest rates if needed. also on the programme. flinching from the constant shelling — the struggle for survival on ukraines front line. in the last few minutes we have been hearing incoming and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesnt stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. and coming up on the bbc news channel. worcester wa...

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines. the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised reservists to fight in ukraine — as protests against the pound has a roller—coaster day on the financial markets — as the uk government and the bank of england try to offer reassurance. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines. the kremlin admits it made mistakes in the way it mobilised rese...

leaders from around the world gather to pay their respects. im outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there was growing opposition from protesters citing the legitimacy and the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. welcome to the programme. it sounds like a hollywood film, but in under 15 minutes�* time, the american space agency, nasa, is going to crash a rocket into an asteroid. ...

category two hurricane, quicklyin tensefying as it gets closer to florida. residents of tampa area are preparing for the worst as warnings about ian grow more dire. and nasa will deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid soon in a historic test of earths defensing. were getting the first live image this is lauer. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight, im alex marquardt in "the situation room." >> we begin with all of krvn ...

Its job is to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it. ..two...one! oh, wow. and this was the reaction from mission control. cheering. this space rock poses no threat. this is a test to see how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think the earthlings should sleep better �...

Was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think the earthlings should sleep better — definitely i will! the people working here, we�*re definitely going to sleep better. and lift—off of the falcon 9... the mission, called dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epicjourney to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock called didymos is orbited by a smaller ...

The mission, called dart, began last year, with the spacecraft starting its epicjourney to its destination. the target, a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock called didymos is orbited by a smaller space rock called dimorphos, thats about 150 meters — thats about 500 feet — across. the spacecraft, travelling at 14,000 miles an hour, crashes into dimorphos, giving the asteroid a kick. this changes its speed byjust a fraction — about a millimetre per second — but this is enough to alt...

But science fiction is becoming science fact. for the first time, nasa is sending up a spacecraft to knock an asteroid off course. this one is not a danger to the earth, but the dart mission as a trial of technology for the future. normally when we are talking about a mission to go to space, we are going to explore some new world, but in this case we are literally going to crash a spaceship into an asteroid and change the direction and speed at which it moves through space, and we are doing that...

But science fiction is becoming science fact. for the first time, nasa is sending up a spacecraft to knock an asteroid off course. this one is not a danger to the earth, but the dart mission as a trial of technology for the future. normally when we are talking about a mission to go to space, we are going to explore some new world, but in this case we are literally going to crash a spaceship into an asteroid and change the direction and speed at which it moves through space, and we are doing that...

Our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, explains. three, two, one... and lift—off of the falcon 9... blasting off into space for a mission like no other. at the end of the first stage you could see those engines coming to life. this is the start of a 7 million mile journey for nasas first ever test of technology to defend the planet. on board is the dart spacecraft, and it is heading for an asteroid, to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesnt pose any danger to our planet, ...