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donald trump was �*detached from reality.�* his former attorney—general, william barr, said he showed more interest in "crazy stuff" than facts. mr trump has called the investigation "a sham." now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the rupture in relations between most of europe and russia since vladimir putins invasion of ukraine has left european governments scrambling to end their dependence on moscows oil and gas. it turns out there was another...

europes short—term space plans are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also—ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you for having me. lets start where i started in that introduction — your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which youve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? its exposed a dange...

which unionists dont like because it, in effect, puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, heres hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. the rupture in relations between most of europe and russia since vladimir putins invasion of ukraine has left european governments scrambling to end their dependence on moscows oil and gas. it turns out there was another arena in which europe had become dangerously dependent on russia — space. without russian rockets and other spa...

are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also—ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. lets start where i started in that introduction — your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which youve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? its exposed a dangerous overreliance on cooperation ...

In going in the direction other space superpowers are going in, talking of militarisation." thats just not tenable, is it? if everybody else is going in a certain direction, you cant ignore it. as i said before, that is exactly the point. until the invasion of ukraine, esa was certainly working only on the — i would say mostly, not only, but mostly on peaceful use of space. now, a debate is happening. of course, i dont know what is the outcome of this. i am the director general of esa. i can r...

Of a european structure and a european response? today, we have very little to offer, this is absolutely true, with a few exceptions, i should say. russia could shoot down european satellites. theres no way that any european force could shoot down russian satellites. i wouldnt say that. individually this might be possible. but why would russia do that? why did russia invade ukraine? thats a good question. but by shooting down a satellite, you are creating a whole mess out there that means a lot ...