weeping promises including fighting corruption, improving the country's economy and maintaining your own best interest in negotiations the wes, but it's not clear yet. if you will be able to deliver on his promises. ah, the richest man, jeff bays asked blast into space with his 1st private passenger flight. touched the makes history with the blue origin launch carrying the oldest and youngest people to ever go into space. ah,

hello and welcome. i'm peter w, watching out just the live from also coming up, the rockies tex interrupt each prayers in the afghan capital, cobble 3 land near the presidential palace and moneys, interim president. see me go. it has survived an attempt on his life and i'm step 5, reforming from boston and i for where the small for came up to for me from high was away from me 3 and a mass of cleanup is on the way. ah, in the last hour the amazon founder and billionaire jeff bezos has returned from his maiden space the voyage, the new shepherd craft blasted off with its crew, including base as his brother and the youngest and oldest people to have ever been into space is the 1st commercial flight, i coons,

blue origin space tourism company. the capture reached a height of around 100 kilometers above earth just on the edge of space. the passengers experienced about 3 minutes of being weightless. before beginning their descent, had touched the capsule, landed safely at t plus 10 minutes, an elated jeff bay's austin crew. shortly after, on the texas launch sites, he could be heard describing the fripp as the best day ever live now, to rob reynold sous, near that lone site for us in van horn, texas. sir rob, just walk us through the events of the past 60 minutes. well, peter, it was a pretty exciting time for people watching all around the world. and for us here to be able to see the con trail of the rockets shooting straight up into the air was

really an amazing sight. the blast off came after a couple of delays, but when it did come, it was without incident. the rocket by jeff has been developed by jeff bezos. his blue origin corporation, with the shepherd to cap soule on top, reached an altitude of about 100 kilometers above the earth. the speed of the ascent was 3 times the speed of sound, mach 3. so they were really feeling the g forces, i'm sure, as they were strapped in in that capsule then the booster rocket detached, floated back to earth, where it landed intact. and after several minutes of waitlist this a lot of shouting and gleeful noise from the 4

passengers in the fully automated capsule. it too began its descent and deployed its parachutes, landed softly and successfully in the test, texas desert. and then we are now waiting for a press conference by jeff bezos. and the other 3 newly minted astronaut, which should take place in an hour or 2 from now. we haven't been given an exact time for that event to take place, but we will certainly hear more from these new space travelers about what their experience was like. and, you know, peter, for those who are old enough to remember the early days of space exploration both the, the, the russian or soviet exploits and the american apollo program that reached the moon of 52 years ago today. which is no coincidence, by the way,

of course jeff phases planned it that way. these images really did kind of, i think return that sense of excitement that sense of crossing a new frontier. that sense of new possibilities escaping from from earth's bonds and going into space. i'll be at for just a few minutes. and that really i think it's something that perhaps is the most significant thing that might come away from this. sure. it was in part ego driven by the world's richest man in part, an attempt to launch a lucrative space tourism enterprise. but it's the lasting impact of this may be to get some people a little more excited about the idea of journeying beyond earth and seeing what possibilities there might be for mankind. in doing so, not simply as a stunt, but as perhaps some way of finding lasting,

scientific discoveries and contributions for the people of earth in mankind forgive me. robes. my next question, i'm not going to ask you anything about to do with a potential space race between wealthy entrepreneurs who are worth billions and billions. you and i have spent the last 18 months talking about cove it and corona virus, and massive death tolls. and massive infection rates. is there a, a link of commonality, however, between the events today and the space missions of the apollo era when it was at its height and its hope in america being allowed to feel good again about america, there's good times coming back. it kind of inculcate that atmosphere of this. this has been a success. we can enjoy this for some i think, yes, but we live in a very different america than, than we did in 1969. when, when, when human beings 1st step done on the moon divided country,

there are people who refuse to believe the co wrote a virus is a real thing. there are people who know the corona virus is a real thing and yet refuse to get readily available injections to prevent it. there are those who refuse to wear masks. so the politicize that, that's fear, that exists in 2021 is far different from even the of the, again, highly politicized and conflicted atmosphere of the late 1900 sixty's. but having, having said all that, i think yes, there will be certainly some people who will feel this isn't accomplished with this . shows what people with great engineering skills with an enormous scientific knowledge, with, with about belief in science, which is important, what they can do and what they can accomplish. and that does carry with it some,

some message for the, the current state of affairs here on earth with regard to our global pandemic. here, i'm sure rob, many things web rentals reporting live from back home in texas. well, any of this month, the entrepreneurial brand, and as we've been hearing took off his specially designed rocket plane, they are both major milestones and the push towards private commercial space. travel like branson basis and his new shepherd craft didn't go fast enough to go around the planet so it's being called a sub orbital flight. instead, passengers spend a few minutes experiencing weightlessness. bezels did reach out to space, which the world governing body the f. i a puts at around 100 kilometers above the surface. now brands and only made it what some say is the edge of space, his badge and galactic mission. richland, altitude of 88 kilometers. both commercial flights are still a good way from the international space station,

which orbits at around 400 kilometers above us. the space ex, the company owned by the 3rd billionaire young musk has already delivered astronauts to the space station. his commercial flights are due to launch later this year. let's talk now to tanya harrison. she's a fellow at the university of british columbia, the outer space institute. she joins us on skype from washington. d. c. tawny harrison welcome to al to 0 is today a game changer i would say. so we're finally seeing all of these commercial based companies getting to the point where they're marching humans to either the interest space or into space. and that's really going to change the paradigm of how much it costs and how difficult it is to spend humans, not just for space tourism, but for scientific research and sending more humans to the space station. what do we get from it? in terms of humanity, in general, i mean, robert, it really well in, in his field report actually there's not just inspiration coming to people watching

this in the hopes that they might want to enter. something related to space. they might want to enter the science and technology and engineering. feel that benefit of your are, you know, working on satellites that image years every day to teach us about the effects of climate change or worked on engineering to help us combat some of the impacts of climate change. on the space station, for example, they're doing a lot of biomedical research to try and see if we can find cures for infectious diseases or treatments for cancer. and so there's a lot of impacts on research that we do in space that maybe the general public isn't all that aware of. but everything that we do in the space is really geared at trying to improve our lives drivers. clearly for us, tethered, if you will, down here on terra firma. we have got a lot from the space race from the apollo mission, the shuttle missions, the russian missions as well there's, there's clearly a trickle down and the technology, the technology that we're using to have this conversation right now. this signal is going up up across and down and you're talking to me and i'm listening to you. and

that's wonderful. but given that these people, these 3 main people, jeff pathos, richard branson on ill on mosque, are at the cutting edge of amazing, compelling, astonishingly good technology. why doesn't somebody whisper in 3 ears and say you guys for the greater good of humanity you guys should be working together? that's an excellent question. and i think even beyond that, why are government not working more closely spaced agencies with these people? we're seeing this huge burst of innovation and the speed at which they can do things. that is so much faster than any government can do. and so i think we could see collaboration on that front to push more scientific exploration, more expiration of space in general. and i mean, at the end of the day, it would be really great to have this star trek as world where we have everybody working together for the benefit of humanity and not having these capitalistic fights over, you know, who can do the next thing 1st,

who could make the most money, unfortunately, about the society that we live in right now, but maybe some day we can get to that point. i certainly hope so. i think you just changed into being jean luc picard. tanya, thank you so much for talking to us. we do appreciate your time. great. talk to tony harrison. they're talking to us on skype. from dc. there been 3 rocket attacks in the afghan capital cobble that could be heard as the afghan president ref donny, with the prayers with the presidential palace one hit the most popular another behind its big shopping mall. and the 3rd close to the ministry of foreign affairs . they have no reports of any injuries. so far. diplomatic editor james space is in cobble with more certainly there was a big shock for people in the very centre of cobble. when they heard the bangs,

i was staying in the center of cobble around 8 o'clock this morning when this took place. now, in the immediate aftermath out, you're a spoke to a senior member of the taliban, who said that they were behind this attack. but the taliban then never made any formal statement. and i statement then came out from i saw saying that they carried out the attack. i've spoken now to the tell about an official spokesman. so hale shaheen and he says that he'll put out a statement because the taliban didn't do it. that is not the view of the african government vote. listen to what president connie had to say, in the immediate aftermath of the willing determination of peace. and we have also sacrificed for it, but the telephone do not have the willing simulation for peace. so we have to take decisions according clearly this comes at a very difficult time for the afghan government. they're saying lots of rural areas

that are falling in to the taliban in recent weeks. and recent months, the thing bullet points that are falling to the taliban. they could say that urban centers and particularly the capital, were very much in that control. i think this shows the fragility of the african government right now. molly's interim president simulator has survived an attempt on his life in the capital bama co. his office says he's safe after a man tried to stab him during press in the cities. great mosque going to power in june after leaving the country 2nd to in less than a year where the rest is monitoring developments for us from a boucher in nigeria. asked me just take us through what we think peter exactly, to the military leader. i seen a greater colonel awesome the greater was entering in the mosque when the attacker suddenly launched, lunged at him with an ice. the presidency insist that he's safe, but others reports suggest that he might have been struck in the arm he's attack. i

was posing us and i shot into the mosque where, where, when, when i was passing by, then he attacked him. now, i think he is currently in his foster yet in office says the foster school almost the 1st year. and his office is the 1st school. remember, you took up a power in august of 2020 and then 9 months, one month after he was sworn in as the vice president of the internal government, he deposed the president, the civil president and the prime minister, 9 months after. and now he's waiting. he has 6 months on record now to organize elections, according to our tangible grid by the economic community of west africa still a cause and the interim government in molly's now. the current situation in molly such a difficult one because 1st of all, the french of

a now so they're pulling out of the i g 5 security formation in molly. and we've seen also an increase in tax by groups in money. now, what is not clear, the moment regarding today's attack is whether or not the attack was carried out by one of the groups operating in malia and neighboring states. my major fossil or it's probably a disgruntled military officer disguised as a civilian who launched an attack against the military president in molly man, thank you very much. my address report in life for us from a boucher still to come on this program. a rural teacher and political outsider winds peruse presidential election of the longest. both county 40 years also had a treasure trove of artwork goes on public display in south korea. the 1st sign, but the massive donation is drawing some controversy. ah

well we got to cycling that once one's been named a typhoon. yes. that one actually. and this one is still focused on, they are so close because the name is defined by the speed in this day. the wind speeds random moment, both moving very slowly. the one is interacting with the land, southwest grand august, jim parker. so that'll be around for a few days, causing massive amounts of studying. this one will get voted when wise i think increase become a tie. student hits was ty once slowly, but that's where it's moving. the members are these the to that takes much of the energy at the atmosphere, which means is dry and the korean peninsula are a few showers in japan. but not that many significant raises. been here, reading up towards pacing, writing probably fading out before coming to anything. a bit of a closer inspection on this particular one. the small one is interesting. how often do you see this happen?

this is forecast. truck goes across the leisure peninsula than highland island. and then back through the south china sea towards taiwan the same time. this is one was coming in towards ty, one, the going up that direction. but that is a reliable forecast. albany interesting one to watch. but the moment it dangerous of the sas of china. and beyond that is just a smattering showers the heaviest one sewer ways he may be possibly jakarta, but most of indonesia, malaysia is quite dry. ah. across the world, the young actor bits and organizes around them of motivated and politically engaged. the challenges they face couldn't be more daunting here, and we were the one who had life on what was going on. and the way the small me media didn't. there's nothing stuff that goes on is always in a dynamic formation. we have the agency to create the vibe generation change on al

jazeera. oh the mm. welcome back. you're watching to 0. your top stories this half hour, the amazon founder and billionaire jeff, based on his return from his maintenance space voyage. the new shepherd croft blasted off with its crew including basis, his brother, and the youngest and oldest people to have been into space. the capsule reached a height of around 100 kilometers above us before touching down a t plus 10 minutes. that had been 3 rockets, the tax and the afghan capital cobble. they could be heard as president, astra, guardians. we the eat, present the presidential palace money's interim president,

asked me going to survives and attempt on his life in the capital family code. his office says he's safe for a man, tried to stab him during president's that he's great most to europe or a french prosecutor has opened an investigation into the use of spyware, known as pegasus, that can hack telephones a data leak of tens of thousands of numbers repeat, we'll have journalists, activists, and politicians, and always around the world were targeted by the israeli company, n s o surveillance software. the cybersecurity firm says it has no control over what its clients do with pegasus the software. but activists in israel are demanding accountability. as bill hamid reports now from celia and the so cyber surveillance system 1st came to light in 2017. i may claim it was used to track and the killer mexican journalist, the israel base company star product is pegasus

a software that can hack any smartphone regardless of the security level. and the ability that made and so very popular among many governments around the world. there is a possibility to hack a phone to gain complete control over it without the person owning the phone, the smartphone, knowing anything of it. this includes this complete control includes full control of the camera. recordings, contacts e mails, all applications, and all information on the phone. that means that your device could be in the hands of someone else without you ever noticing. and it says products are graded as cyber weapons. and it's only license to sell to foreign governments. is stated, aim is to help in the fight against terrorism and criminal organizations. but then investigation by amnesty international and the parish based and g o forbidden stories says otherwise. but what this great investigation is showing,

and if we continue to show that it's a part of fighting against humanize definitive part of think that is using it to keep power and keep the place of the investigation hasn't covered the list of $50000.00 people journalists, human rights activists, political leaders, and even lawyers all listed as targets for any so clients around the world. and it still says that there is no responsibility as to how it system is operated or for what purpose. the company's sales is acknowledging only to foreign governments, but it says, because of contractual national security considerations, it cannot deny or confirm which governments are part of its client that the base, the human rights lawyer max says the company operates with the approval of israel defense ministry they have to deal should be a total facility about

a little walk and about their life and policy of the ministry of defense. and if it's so want to give any any response, they should start with their client, least he for the case against and the so on sunday, for its role in the killing of the journalist, jamal casualty in 2018. and as so denies, because it was used to track or monitor the saudi journalist. but the software was found on his field, phase bone, and unfolds of other members of his family. more details are due to be released in the coming days, but the ready, the investigation has led to cold for more accountability in the cyber weapons industry that meet al jazeera hercules in israel. china has rejected allegations by the us and its allies that it hacked microsoft early this year. the u. s. the u. k. australia and other allies are accusing china protecting hackers,

engaging in global cyber cyber espionage separately on monday, for chinese nationals were charged with targeting several companies, universities, and government agencies, and the u. s. and elsewhere. china is rarely, if ever blame directly for ransomware attacks and paging has called the allegations fabricated. the german chancellor anglo merkel has been meeting people affected by the devastating flooding in the west of the country. the clean up as well on the way off to germany is worse. natural disaster in decades, waters have receded, but some towns are still cut off by damage, roads and buildings of us, all that lot of the yeah, it's very clear that we face a very long recovery. we will not forget you. we will keep checking on the rebuilding and we will do everything we can together with the local and regional governments to ensure money comes quickly to people who have nothing left but the clothes on their backs. people who need support reports now from bad ones to write for us. it's an unbelievable clean up operation. as you can see,

these chains of people here behind me, fast on buckets and all kinds of things that are coming from all these houses were completely flooded. this has been continuing for days already and this is exactly the place also in the box move. so i feel where i'm going back over the chancellor was saying earlier today, just an hour or 2 ago she was here and she was actually standing right there. and it was a very interesting scene, eye witness. so she was standing right there, talking to officials, talking to journalists. but here on this bridge, the work continued all the time. well, she was there and people were actually angry. they said why you see there really to work every, everything has to stop there. so they were kind of frustrated and i, it's fine that you come here and, and some, some nice and sympathetic worse, but we really need her to do more. we need the that she takes a lot of money and why is she thought of hampering the clean up operations?

this is a very old historic sound. it's a beautiful song that used to be it's beautiful song. you can see the reference over there, but everything that's next to it used to be a rose and that's completely disappear. you can see that the water was so hot. what is washing everything away? that the whole us, all the, everything has disappeared and what the cell and pnc i have been doing, because you don't really see many people from the authority services policy from all over germany. actually writing also what's been left behind all these holes in the road to try to fill up with all the debris and ruffles that they can find. a teacher and union leader petro castillo, will become peruse next president, winning the election by a slim, 44000 boats. now it, and 6 weeks of uncertainty, with the official results, delayed buying stations of fraud by the losing candidate cake. who would you? maury from lima. he has mariana sanchez more than

$45.00 days after the run of electrons. finally, electrical official proclaimed, better feel for his new president elect has been a long week of weight that i've told his supporters. 2 to patiently wait for this day, and they did it with a peaceful protest throughout all these when they waited for electra officials to review the foul sense of common, both by lawyers of gay couples, the body who are trying to find evidence of fraud. but most of this cases were dismiss, supporting what international observers tabs on the loan, that the selections were free. i'm transparent. earlier in a press conference came up with the muddy at needed that she has lost the election because she said, that's what the law says. she has taken a crow transitional added to say that the process was filled with irregularities that, that free fatal party had sold in thousands of balls from her. and the proclamation

of field rules, new president is legitimate thousands of works of art going on public display and south korean museums. the 1st time they were donated by the late chairman of the samsung empire. and that stirred up a fair share of controversy, as robert bryan now explains from sol its been described as the donation of the century, a treasure trove of art that includes works by some of the world's most renowned and sought after masters, combined with the most famous of korean artists both model and classical. in addition, a vast wealth, the quality fact charting, korea, cultural heritage spanning hundreds of years of diagnostic rule. and this is an unprecedented lot skilled donation. it is meaningful in enriching the cultural aspects of this museum. the can,

he not only devoted his life to making samsung, the global brand, but also to building one of the world's largest private collections. following his death. last october, it was announced, his family would pay a record inheritance tax bill of $10000000000.00. at the same time donating to the nation, a sizable part of the private art collection totaling $23000.00 pieces. you've seen a leak on his collection can be called a miracle of the world. it will invigorate our national culture, rewrite the history of modern and contemporary korean art and enriches of a committee set up to choose a permanent home for the collection has decided upon especially built museum in sol, rejecting attempts by provinces across south korea to be chosen and the current predicament facing lea, son, and the defacto head of samsung,

has added further controversy. j y lee is currently serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence, and a long running high profile bribery case that has been widespread speculation that donation of this art could be part of a behind the scenes deal to get him released. critic say that shouldn't be any kind of deal and j why lee should serve full term, but certainly the size of this gift means the li family's popularity has increased significantly. with a recent poll showing a majority of people in favor of granting lea, a pardon, whatever the immediate impact of this donation, the artistic richie is on offer are certain to thrill appreciative art lovers for generations to come. rob mcbride al jazeera, so ah .