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hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the political crisis in brazil — where security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of the far—right former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital brasilia. leaders around the world have condemned the riots as an attack on democracy. mr bolsonaro came to power in 2019 — hes popular amongst his supporters — someone they see as a champion of traditional values. but his administration wa...

Our own satellites and put them into orbit ourselves is important for making our way into the world. lots of people are accessing, very few launch services these days. so there has been a whole set of activities that have had to happen. we have had to put in the legal framework to allow launches from the uk. we have had to put in the framework to control the satellites in orbit and at each step the government has actually supported this through the uk space agency. so there have been an army of ...