this is why but from. the new proof on their way to the international space station earlier today the rocket lifted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan so piloted by german alexander the crew of three will dozens of experiments in preparation for future missions. also coming up people are fleeing as well of mali as a volcano of fire erupts yet again seventy five people confirmed dead the search is

on for more survivors in a landscape that is blanketed with hot ash and mud and argentina pulls out of the world cup warm up match in jerusalem palestinian groups are saying it's the right decision. to have you with us the latest mission to the international space station is on its way. to. these three strong crew blasted off from the cosmodrome in kazakhstan today copilot alexander guest this is the second mission will take over.

as commander. later this year. alexander the american serene. chancellor and the russians. will spend six months aboard the international space station that's a long time to be away from family and friends. filmed these pictures of mr saying goodbye on his way to the launch pad crews are quarantined before takeoff to safeguard against us and he had one last message for his mother before driving all good sunday. thomas reiter is a former astronaut he's now an advisor to the european space agency he spoke to us from the launch site in boston where we asked him if he wished he was on his way back into space. really memories for me it's already more than

twenty years ago that i was launching from. at this time to the russian space station you know seeing this perfect launch today was just gorgeous and of course seeing the three person crew with. a blasting to the blue sky. it's just marvelous if somebody would ask me if my boss would ask me if i would be ready to go again i wouldn't have to think twice it takes ninety minutes only to fly around the earth every ninety minutes you have a sunrise sunset and when you're on the night side of the all bit the look into the stary sky is something unbelievable i've never seen such a scary sky here from so this all together makes it extremely unique to live and work up there. yeah we agree with they're for sure here at the table with me is our science correspondent. need to take off was picture perfect is there anything that could still go wrong now because it got what you days before they actually get to

the i assess space space is a very very dangerous environment so things obviously can always go wrong however just like with with airplanes the most dangerous times of any mission and just days are have been so far of takeoff and landing in about three quarters of all faiths halliday's that have happened come down to really two in space come down to two fatalities with the shuttle program columbia and challenger and that was during takeoff and landing and by the time both cases so it looks it looks good good and then we know that there's going to be a new commander. on the guest later this year you've interviewed him. we know that he said he wants to be a nice ball is he going to be a nice boss and what do you what do you know about of that you can tell me that it's been about an hour and a half what they meant i thought it was a fantastic i really liked him a lot he was very very charismatic very media savvy which has been briley really good for the european space agency because his twitter feed today by the way was

great it really is he's he's he's very savvy when it comes to social media as well back in the blue dot mission and when he fourteen he was he was tweeting all the time from up on the space station and he's really got over a million followers on twitter so he's he's really somebody who's become the face of european stays and that's a very very good thing for the european space agency and for the industry as a whole. there's going to be a german a new german is going to be an american is going to be a russian and there's going to be. artificial intelligence there's something like this there's going to be a seventh member of the crew this time and it's for the first time humanity ascends artificial intelligence up into space simon and simon as you can think of it as being basically a five kilogram big ball with five kilogram heavy five kilograms have. more or less sort of siri or alexa as you say like serial on my phone or. it is i.b.m.'s watson it's the watson ai it was it was designed together with airbus and one of the most

interesting things and this is actually an experiment in and of itself simon will be doing things on board on board the i assess but simon will also be there as an experiment in another self the question is how will the huge human crew interact with them now this is a very important question longer term when we're talking about longer missions where humans and machines will have to interact with each other over longer periods of time will the crew accept him as a folk remember will they not i mean is he going to be monitoring the crew you know watching the humans and you know keeping tabs on help people behave very possibly he does have his own eyes and ears but i don't think that it really works as you said trust as you know one of the fundamental things towards building a good working atmosphere i don't think that they're going to feel spied on by the robot certainly. very exciting and i think probably when they bring as i'm going down it will be fun to read what's in the back of his head there what he sees take it ok derek thank you very much from our science desk. here's the miller stories

now that are making headlines around the world around one hundred firefighters have been battling a blaze at a luxury hotel in london smoke can be seen here rising from the roof of the mandarin oriental in the fluent in knightsbridge district the hotel has been evacuated a nearby road to close the calls is not yet no israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in britain the third stop on a tour aimed at pushing european allies to take a tougher line on iran the like the leaders of germany and france the british prime minister theresa may stress country's commitment to the iran nuclear deal as long as tehran meets its obligations jordan has seen a second nationwide strike as demonstrations against a controversial plan to raise. some taxes continue the country's prime minister has already stepped down as a result of days of public protests but king has asked the new prime minister to review the country's tax system. fresh flows of

superheated asked and mud from guatemala volcano of fire have forced more people from their homes officials say at least seventy five people have been killed since the volcano began erupting at the weekend and almost two hundred more are reported missing authorities have issued new evacuation orders and residents have begun to panic about what's to come next. fleeing the disaster zone. people left their homes as fast as they could taking with them only what they could carry on their own. many hoping for a quick escape or slowed down by clogged roads. authorities issued evacuation orders for half a dozen villages after increased volcanic activity on tuesday raising the threat of further lava flows and hot ash. there were reports of panic but others tried not to

. let it the truth is you don't know what to do. i think what we have to do is to be calm and traded. and want to feel those made homeless have been turning to emergency shelters there depending on authorities to take care of their immediate needs. it's a pity and we're hoping the government will help us we don't have anywhere to stay we've lost everything our land our homes he couldn't take anything with us. back in the disaster area many homes have been buried by ash. rescue crews are looking for survivors and victims but they acknowledge their progress has been slowed due to the dangerous terrain. lecithin by those who are manual say that the first response is supposed to be within seventy two hours. but what hasn't been

taken into account is the factors holding back our work. like volcanic material at high temperatures we're talking between four hundred seven hundred degrees celsius . the area around the volcano is normally lush farmland but where the ash has fallen it now looks more like a lunar landscape. meanwhile dozens more homes in the u.s. state of hawaii have also been destroyed by lava flows this time from the killer way a volcano authorities say that some residents who had chosen not to leave earlier had to be rescued by helicopter to the way it has now destroyed almost two hundred properties since it began or wafting on hawaii's big island last month. it's for the new u.s. ambassador to germany has arrived as of britain's foreign ministry for his inaugural visit and he can expect some tough questions richard grinnell has come

under fire for telling the right wing web site breitbart that he intends to empower europe's conservatives he says that they are on the rise due to what he calls the failed policies of the left a number of german lawmakers have criticized grinnell's comments saying that ambassadors should not get involved in local politics former german social democrat leader martin schultz tweeting quote u.s. ambassador grinnell does not act like a diplomat but rather like a far right colonial officer. argentina have canceled saturday's soccer world cup warm up in israel following pro palestinian protests the decision has upset some of israel's leaders with some saying leave no messi and his teammates are succumbing to threats but campaigners for the boycotts have praised argentina for taking a moral stand. argentina coach. was unhappy about playing

a friendly in israel so close to the world cup for logistical reasons now the game has been cancelled over a very different issue. the match was originally switched from haifa to jerusalem angering palestinians the city has become the focus of controversy as the us president donald trump recognize it as israel's capital. palestinians were further incensed because the jerusalem stadium is in the neighborhood of a former palestinian village having burned the argentinian flag protesters threatened to burn replica jerseys of argentina star messi. the actions the threats that have taken place have led us to decide not to travel my responsibility as president of the argentinean f.a. is to look after the health physical integrity and safety of the entire delegation . israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had tied the game against one of the world cup favorites would be good publicity for israel he did

not qualify for the tournament in russia but moving the match to jerusalem has backfired israel's football chief says he's organization will take the issue to face. confronting. the. president we are seeing. a red line. we cannot accept however the group behind the campaign to boycott the match told t w the move was not down to safety is the decision was made as a moral and ethical stance i think this is an israeli spent trying to frame it as due to threats but even just the other day there were urgent in the protesters who were speaking with the team and asking the team not to play a blow to israel politically and to argentina on the pitch with a game due to have been the last woman before the world cup. when germany's best remaining hope of the french open has crashed out of the tennis tournaments. only

care lost to simona halep in three sets the former world number one took the first set but how of fall back to secure a similar final clash with. ruth who reached the final four by knocking ellen maria sharapova. forbes has released its annual top one hundred list of the richest athletes and this year there are no women football stars christiane. the featured in the top three again but boxer floyd mayweather he's reclaimed from. a typically only one to three women feature in the top one hundred but not a single female athlete made it this year serena williams the only woman featured in twenty seventeen she took a break from her tennis career to do something the only way. to deal with pregnancy . i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed

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