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hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from floridas kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak — the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us th...

powerful rocket has been scrubbed. technical issues delaying the historic liftoff until at least friday. we will get an update from the launch site and ill get an update on nasa protocols for missions like this one. and nuclear fears out of ukraine. after weeks of delays, united nations inspectors are headed to europes largest nuclear power plant now under russian control. ukrainian authorities are so worried after several days of shelling around the plant, they started giving out io...

frailty had led his decision. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading british journalists with foreign correspondents based in the uk who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. ballot papers will be sent out in the coming week to the 160,000 or so people who will, in effect, choose the next british prime minister. the candidate debates have not been without incident — the host of one broug...

up... englands lionesses will attempt to make history this afternoon — when they take on germany in the final of the european championships at wembley. ukraines president, volodymyr zelensky, has reiterated the order for residents of the donetsk region to evacuate as soon as possible. the two candidates to be british prime minister set out new promises on health and education. authorities in kentucky say 25 people are now known to have died, in some of the worst flooding ever experie...

here in the studio are... the french author and journalist, agnes poirier and adam raphael, who has been commentating on british politics since the 1970s. and jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. thank you very much for being with us. adam, lets start with the british conservative leadership contest. in effect the beauty contest for britains next prime minister. its been 1 on 1, blue on blue in some of the attacks. how revealing or interest...

hello, and welcome to our look at what the the papers are saying today. with me are rachel shabi, who is an author and journalist, and camilla turner — the chief political correspondent at the telegraph. welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but _ welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first _ welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first lets _ welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first lets run - welcome, both of you. talk to you in a momen...

to the region and quite frankly the whole world. >> the israeli leader also talked about the presidents visit to the saudi kingdom. giving him a message to pass on to the leaders he will be meeting there in his trip. >> mr. president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, kuwait and oman and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hands are outstretched for peace. >> with that talk more about this nbc news chief white house correspondent peter al...

in premier league history. good morning. there is a lot of dry weather to come today although some light and patti went across the north—west first thing in the morning. forthose north—west first thing in the morning. for those that are desperate to see some heavy rain, i think i can see someone at the distant horizon. i will tell you more about that a little bit later on. good morning. its sunday, 28th august. our main story: the prime minister has said whoever succeeds him will a...

as a potential subject of this criminal probe. this is one of the documents right here. and there is specific language in here about willful retention of documents. in other words, they say, he knew he had them and knew what they were. this is all part of the argument over whether it will release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago. prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence may be destroyed. but the judge did set in motion the possibility of releasin...

prime minister, shinzo abe, a transformative figure and an important ally to american presidents, has been assassinated by a gunman at a campaign rally this morning. the killing sending shockwaves through a country completely unaccustomed to gun violence. on capitol hill right now, donald trumps white house counsel pat cipollone testifying at a closed session of the january 6th committee about those key moments described by previous witnesses where he was warning the white house and th...