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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nasa is hoping to launch its most powerful rocket yet in a launch window which begins in just over half an hour for an un—crewed mission, the first step in taking astronauts back to the moon. hundreds of thousands of people have gathered near cape canaveral in florida to watch the launch of artemis i. the craft will orbit the moon before returning to earth in six weeks�* time. if successful, the plan is for astronauts to be on boar...

time in three years. and, coming up at 8.30pm — we meet the members of one of ukraines top rock bands, whove become army medics in kharkiv, helping the military to fight invading russian forces. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the devastation caused in pakistan by extensive flooding has been called a crisis of unimaginable proportions by its climate change minister. she says that a third of the country is now underwater. the disaster has killed over 1,100 people and affected 33...

from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released se...

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through to the quarters, we will get the latest after englands houdini act at the euros. hello and welcome to bbc news. frances national rally party has taken a commanding lead in the first round of the countrys snap general election. president emmanuel macron is now calling for centrist and left—wing parties to unite — rather than split the vote — as the far—right hopes to win a parliamentary majority in the second and final round next weekend. lets speak get more on this with...

but it has its problems, and among its members there are very different opinions. this weekend, citizens across the bloc will elect members of the european parliament. who will shape the eu as it faces defining challenges. so what are the issues driving this election? and whats foremost in peoples minds as they head to the ballot boxes? welcome to europe votes 202a. hello and welcome from sunny lisbon, where we are coming to you from today. im mark lowen, one of the bbc�*s europe cor...

The Prime Minister visits survivors in hospital following criticism of her not meeting residents at the tower block yesterday. We are in west london where the number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower via has risen to at least 30. The police say they believe the highest total will be higher. There has been dramatic scenes outside kensington and chelsea town hall. Protesters chanting we want justice chelsea town hall. Protesters chanting We Wantjustice and they briefly gained entr...

By the way, the greeks are actually accusing the germans of 279 billion euros worth of war reparations. We will be back on a shortterm basis. We can see how the dax actually opens. It has not traded as of yet. We may have a little bit of news on commerce bank. What is driving the u. K. Market this morning . The miners all trading higher. Iag down by 4 . Mr. Dudley in the u. S. Talking about the shallow takeoff. Healthy sentiment in equity markets. They have a consistent vote on the fomc. There i...

Sinn Féin has called for a tourist tax to be levied on visitors who stay in hotels in Galway City. The party said Galway City Council could raise €1.7 million in revenue per annum if it were allowed to impose a hotel bedroom levy.