welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a short time ago nasa announced it s given the go ahead for the launch of the artemis mission test flight to take place on monday next week. it s being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon. you are watching the flight readiness review briefing for nasa s artemis i mission, this uncrewed flight test is currently targeted for august 29, at 8:33am eastern time, from historic launch pad, 39b. it s expected that the mission will lead eventually to the first woman and the first person of colour setting foot there. it is the apollo mission for a new generation as our science editor rebecca morelle explains. after a 50 year gap, we re heading back to the moon, and it all starts here with the artemis mission and nasa s huge rocket. it s called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it s the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres about 320 feet ta
normal opening hours. now on bbc news. on this week s travel show lucy hedges heads for the big outdoors as the usa celebrates the 150th birthday of yellowstone national park. on herjourney she encounters grizzly bears, wolves and bison as yellowstone looks for new ways to work in conjunction with native american tribes. this week, i m taking a journey across yellowstone national park as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. oh, my god, this isjust spectacular! i ll meet the people using this milestone to address the park s complex history by returning america s largest land mammal back to native american tribes in a historic partnership. the ecological importance of restoring the animal to the landscape heals the land. by integrating this animal back into our diet, it heals us. a pioneer in animal conservation, i ll attempt to track down the park s elusive wolves that were reintroduced in one of the most successful rewilding initiatives of all time. it doesn t happen too much
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. i ve got a sore neck which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop. but i work every day. i haven t worked today yet, but i looked at what i m working on. let me take you right back. yeah. because i m always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to create. you had a tough childhood in some ways. you were a war child. yeah. you spent years away from home and family in environments where there wasn t actually
of the artemis mission test flight in the coming days. it s being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kieran andrews, political editor at the times scotland, and the broadcaster and writerjemma forte. tomorrow s front pages. the times leads on uk inflation being projected to reach 18% they report that it would be the highest level in five decades. the daily express has the same story on the front page but they pose the question, how will millions cope? the daily mail s top story is thejustice secretary s response to criminal barristers voting to strike dominic raab is quoted as saying justice is being held to ransom . the guardian leads on the track record of one of the conservative leadership contenders they report that liz truss cut millions from services that kept sewage off uk beaches . the is front page also focuses on liz truss, but they re
the moon is expected from nasa. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore and seven in the evening in florida, where the former president donald trump has asked a federal court to temporarily block the fbi from reviewing the materials it seized from his mar a lago home two weeks ago. in a filing to the court, mr trump s legal team is requesting the appointment of a watchdog to oversee the fbi review. this is the first formal legal action since federal agents seized highly sensitive documents. our north america correspondent chi chi izundu has been examining the documents filed by mr trump. 27 pages of what donald trump s legal team are trying to assert in a court in florida, and donald trump himself has just issued a statement, helpfully i might add detail exactly what it is he believes occurred when the fbi searched his home two weeks ago, his mar a lago florida home. he says they demanded the security c