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Thousands of people have been protesting in france against new rules, which will oblige health workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus. the restrictions also mean that people will need to show either a vaccine health pass, or a negative covid test, to enter public places including restaurants. since they were announced on monday, a record number of people have booked appointments to be vaccinated. a sprawling wildfire raging mostly unchecked for over a week in southern oregon has forced fir...

The race in space is already under way. not just for commercial ventures like virgin galactic, with its recent maiden voyage, but for nations too. three, two, we have ignition. last year, the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force, not least to protect the systems we now all use — such as gps location. there are threats in space. id say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there have been anti—satellite mi...

Last year, the us military launched another ten satellites into space. america also now has its own space force, not least to protect the systems we now all use — such as gps location. there are threats in space. id say the two countries that are most threatening are china and russia. there have been anti—satellite missiles that have been developed. america already has early warning systems to detect ballistic missiles — including the fylindales radar in north yorkshire. now the us wants t...

When we have positive cases, to what extent we disclosed information was another question. are we going to disclose the name of the country or not? we have been discussing with the ioc and the ioc says if we disclose the name of the country, with high probability, you should be able to identify who this person is. the annual haj pilgrimmage is getting under way in mecca with a reduced number of participants. for a second consecutive year, only 60,000 people will be taking part because of covid r...

Yourself vaccinated. there will be a wonderful atmosphere and there will be lots of help and support and advice and guidance for you, for anybody who is over 18 and eligible to have a vaccine. please do come forward if you have not had the jab and we are here and ready and waiting for you. from today there will no longer be a limit on the number of people meeting outside in wales as some coronavirus restrictions are eased. the relaxation also allows six adults from different households to meet i...

Now the us wants to build a new radar system for deep space. and one of the new sites could be in the uk. what could end up in the uk is an array of parabolic antennas, and it could be anywhere from ten to 15 for tracking, and potentially four to six for transmitting. so it would cover a large area, would it? it would cover a large area for it to receive — probably an area of one kilometre in diameter. the deep space advanced radar capability, which will be able to detect and object the size o...

Lets turn to afghanistan now where high—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun. afghan government sources have told the bbc that peace negotiations are off to good start but have warned that the window for negotiations is closing fast, as taliban militants continue their unexpectedly rapid advance across the country. the talks are underway in doha. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in doha. she explained what these negotiations mean for the p...

National infrastructure. space is a growing domain for both commerce, but also to protect all the key national infrastructure that we need to in todays world. it is under threat. in some areas, our adversaries are weaponising space, so we have to make sure at the very least were providing resilience. the locations of the deep space radar capability, or darc for short, have still to be agreed, but one of the sites being considered by the us space force is in the south of england or scotland — a...

Because of covid restrictions. in normal years, around two and a half million muslims from across the world would visit the holiest sites of islam in mecca and medina, a pilgrimage which all muslims are expected to make at least once in their lifetimes. the us military wants to build a large, new, radar site in britain, to track targets in deep space. it comes amid growing concerns about a �*space arms race. the us and britain have accused china and russia of developing weapons to shoot down s...

In some areas, our adversaries are weaponising space, so we have to make sure at the very least were providing resilience. the locations of the deep space radar capability, or darc for short, have still to be agreed, but one of the sites being considered by the us space force is in the south of england or scotland — as well as in texas and australia. it may prove controversial, but the governments made clear it wants britain to be in the vanguard of efforts to keep space safe. jonathan beale, ...