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Together. joao fellet, bbc news. the arduous reconstruction process is underway on the spanish island of la palma where a volcano erupted in september. excavators are digging their way through the solidified lava flows while engineers are working to ensure conditions are safe. the eruption of the volcano was declared over on christmas day, after three long months of spewing ash and molten rock over the island. more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed along with hundreds of acres of farmland, for...

To finally see it go up there. at the time we were reporting the launch, i remember scientists describing this business theyve just completed is a bit like "origami in space". can you explain, first of all, why cant the mirror have just gone up open? there is one very big problem, which it that the jwst has a 6.5—metre—wide mirror and a rocket is about three metres wide. so, you cant fit something that big inside a tiny rocket. so they had to do some creative origami and fold it up, and put ...

Weve never attempted anything like that in space before. were going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics. a new frontier. and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5 metre—wide mirror, made up of 18 hexagonal segments, each coated in a layer of gold. its size means it can detect the incredibly faint light coming from the most distant stars. it also has a huge sun shield, about th...

This is bbc news. im simon pusey. our top stories: diplomacy or deterrence. president biden�*s phone call to president putin laying out the us position over ukraine. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. wildfires have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their colorado homes in whats being called a life threatening situation. and after the launch its the make or break moment for the james ...

Having successfully completed the unfolding of its sun shield, the james webb space telescope is now manoeuvring its primary mirror into position. at 6.5 metres wide, its a massive bit of kit and crucial to the telescope working for years to come. our science editor rebecca morelle explains. travelling through space and getting ready for its mission to begin. the james webb space telescope successfully launched nearly two weeks ago. its a successor to hubble and will revolutionise our view of th...

The newjames webb telescope has completed a crucial task in its quest to observe some of the most distant objects in the universe. its controllers completed the deployment of the space observatory�*s giant kite—shaped sun shield, which is the size of a tennis court. the barrier will allow the telescope to detect signals deep in space. youre watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... running out of time — we visit a historic travel hub in thailand as it prepares to close...

And the reply was, well, man, its like anything else, if you wander off into a country and dont tell us the truth, we are going to kick you... i wont use the phrase out of here as well, so that, a rather robust language from the australian deputy prime minister about the novak djokovic case and well see what the responses to that, there have been some pretty strong words coming from serbia as well about how novak djokovic has been treated. having successfully completed the unfolding of its sun s...

To strasbourg, to the european court of human rights, and that court enforces and interprets the european convention on human rights, which is an international treaty signed by the uk and 46 other european states. this morning, in a written judgment, thejudges in strasbourg have said the case brought by mr lee was inadmissible and therefore have dismissed it. they said that at no point in the proceedings in the uk courts did mr lee invoke his rights under the european convention and therefore, t...

Toyota has overtaken general motors as the leading seller of cars in the us. gm had been king of us auto sales since 1931, when it took the number one spot away from ford. this shake—up comes after a shortage of crucial computer chips plagued carmakers in 2021. the newjames webb telescope has completed a crucial task, in its quest to observe some of the most distant objects in the universe. its controllers completed the deployment of the space observatory�*s giant kite—shaped sun shield, w...

With having to testify in a new york court. now they wait. the judge in new york says a decision will come pretty soon. jonny dymond, bbc news. a memorial to the 22 people killed in the manchester arena terror attack will officially open to the public from today. the white marble circle in the grounds of manchester cathedral has been designed as a peaceful area for people to sit. its engraved with the names of all those who died and contains capsules made by theirfamilies which have personal ite...