who to look back towards the big bang, nearly 14000000000 years ago. back to the origins of the universe and the formation of the 1st stars and galaxies. the new telescope could also prove decisive in the search for extraterrestrial life. 2, it can prob, so called exit planets. nearly 5000 have already been discovered orbiting distance sons. the james web will monitor how exxon planets move in conjunction with the stars trance. it's like this mean it can take a virtual fingerprint of the atmosphere of these remote worlds and assess for the 1st time whether they hold the building blocks of life. before the research can begin, there will be a delicate 2 week operation in which the telescope has to unfold itself. never before has

a satellite been launched with so many moving parts and nothing can be allowed to go wrong. it will be 6 months after the launch before the telescope is ready to gather it's 1st scientific data. mm. let's cross over now to keith cowan, he's the editor of space ref dot com and he joins us from washington. so keith, successful launch, does that mean we're, we're, we're out of the woods and everything should be functional. now. were out of one set of woods but were entering quite another. it's going to be a good month before we know that the telescope has reached its final operational orbit and that everything is unfolded. and as you mentioned, intro peace, all these hundreds of pieces have worked. so there will be a lot of ankle,

knuckle biting. and so forth for the next few weeks. all right, now, assuming everything works, which is i think what we all hope for. what does nasa as well as the canadian and european space agencies actually hope to gain from this 10000000000 dollar project? well, as mentioned, this is quite an immense telescope. i've stood in front of it. it's just, it's you can't see outside of your field of view. it's immense. and it's quite looking at a wavelength that has not really been looked at before to this extent. and it like any big telescope and space, it's out there because the earth's atmosphere tends to cloud up things in, you really can't get a clear picture of what the universe really looks like until you leave the are sat miss beer. so that's what this telescope will do, but it has an amazing ability to hope. we look back to the earliest a years of the sort of the universe, but also it will allow us to she take the temperature and examine the composition of atmospheres of planets. not just in our own solar system,

but in other star systems in with the hope that maybe they'll find signatures that b would be indicating life for the presence of something similar to what we have here on earth. so a lot of amazing questions to be asked and amazing answers are just waiting for it to become operational. and i guess the last time, you know, astronomers and, and people who are curious about science were this excited was when the famous hubble telescope was launched. 30 years ago gore the space shuttle. what is different between what was the hobble is able to see compared to what the james web will be able to do? well, they'll actually do some observations together. they will look at the same things from different wavelengths. and we are to do that with the chandra telescope. it looks an x rays and other telescope. so joint observations are the norm and we'll also use telescopes in the ground. but web is a big telescope. it as much as a larger set of mirrors. it has far more sophisticated electronics than the web hat

i should be the hubble has, and it's looking at aspects of stars and planets and galaxies that the, where the hubble doesn't really get into. so we take all these other telescopes and assets together. it's sort of like getting cataract surgery, suddenly we will be able to see much more of the universe than we've ever seen before in many different new ways. all right, well thank you for your insight, keith cowan, editor at space ref, dot com. good. a surgeon cove at 19 cases, driven by the on the cross variant, has been disrupting holiday travel plans all around the world. thousands of flights have been canceled globally because of the impact of the crone of virus on airline employees and on passengers. despite this, people are trying their best to maintain the christmas spirit. twas the night before christmas. but instead of the usual last minute, christmas rush,

the streets here in london have fallen silent. the u. k broke their record of coated cases for the 3rd day in a row, recording about 122000 infections. numbers have climbed so high that some estimates predict one in 10 londoners have the infection. the surgeon cases has dampened the christmas cheer and left many industries struggling with staff shortages as sick workers. a forced to isolate it's a problem that has hit airlines, particularly hard flights around the world, had to be cancelled on christmas eve. adding another layer of stress to people's already precarious holiday plans. we were really concerned last night when i saw on the new that they had can thought a 100 white and i'm like, oh my god, we won't be able to get home. but luckily we kept checking, the white said a 2nd, the white that is got here and everything was fine. so we were really grateful for

that in spain, he don't have to be traveling far to face disruptions to everyday life. just stepping outside your front door. now means having to wear a mask the prime minister announced the decision after 2 consecutive records in daily cases. it's come as an unwelcome surprise to many wears when the more when we got off the train and i saw everyone wearing their mom . i remembered that it was the 1st day of the mandates and i thought what a drag again with the mask. it's a bit suffocating, a bit claustrophobic. i'm not very happy where we go? no, nothing. we're gonna linda volara. though it may not be the coven free christmas, that so many had hoped for people and doing their best to make sure some of the festive spirit remains. in the pandemic featured prominently in german president,

frank balter stone myers annual christmas message. he appealed to germans to continue to respect each other and looked back at some of the key events of the year, including a change of government home and the taliban take over in afghanistan. 2021 has been an exhausting year for germany. on the political stage, the miracle era ended, and september's general election marked a turning point. the president's christmas message praised the democratic handover of power in what he called an atmosphere of mutual respect. but it was also the year when the taliban swept to power across afghanistan, bringing post war germany's largest overseas military operation to an ent, western forces pulled back and the boon dis van flew home to many. it looked like failure. stein my acknowledge that as well as other clouds on the international horizon,

the ones that was daunting on. so we remember our soldiers who returned home from afghanistan and also the people who have remained there amid suffering and stuff vacant. we are concerned by the news. we hear from many regions of our turbulent world, also, and particularly from eastern europe as the author. but the president's message, as is traditional, was also one of hope. he prays the solidarity people show during the severe some of floods in germany, especially the volunteers who helped with the clean up, gave money and time. so the rebuilding could begin. as the year ends, the coven, 19 crises, still looms over national life. protests against government rules have fled off across germany, which died. maya said, even from the pandemic, positive lessons can be learned. this proven, we said, for 2 years, frustration is growing irritability and widespread. we're increasingly seeing

alienation and regrettably open aggression is true that in a democracy we do not all have to be of the same opinion. but i appeal to you to remember this. we are one country on the pandemic is over. we need still to be able to look one another in the eye. and when the pandemic is over, we still want to live with each other. upon the me, nothing mitten under his address, the president even posed a philosophical question. what is freedom? he suggested it sometimes means accepting restrictions in order to help others. that notion of solidarity and sacrifice may be needed still in the year ahead. and for war on this, let's bring any w's political correspond around your child's home url. um, the 2nd time in a presidential address suffered voltage drummer house of course, focused on corona virus. not surprisingly, also cultural, cohesion and solidarity. is that a reflection of the national mood?

somehow that appeal? exactly. he really emphasize both the responsibility of the state to protected citizens including in times of pandemic. but he also highlighted the duty of citizens to also take their own responsibilities. i think that was the main message and during his address, he also talked about other things that were very significant. this year in germany . germany has been to a lot and not on either pandemic. they were to catastrophe floods or december, which cost nearly $200.00 people. their lives are mostly in western germany. there was also to fall of kabul to the hands of the taliban, which are, was also a very big news here in germany. you know, german. so these had their biggest deployment since world war 2 in afghanistan that also suffered heavy losses for the german army. and of course, a lot of afghans who had the german army also lost their lives. at that moment, 10000 afghans were evacuated. another 15000 are still waiting evacuation by germany

. so those were the biggest themes addressed by the president in history. and is it safe to say that code is cause a big rift in the country? yes or no? yes, there is a devise in the society. birds no, in the sense that is not as, as bad as it might seem when you see parties gathering thousands of people. yes, it is 1000 thousands of people, but india address hang valdosta and maya also said that the vast majority of the germans were actually supporting governments measures to try and tackle the pandemic, such as for example, vaccination. maybe let's have a listen to what he has to say on that topic. when the start of our surgeon's ogre, father live and leaves on a burger, so shoots an apple after to d competent and business after the outstanding on flicker. the unfortunate follow openings cluster on mid abandoned m, done z other tanya? best us. when z? i live in a no. yeah, candice co a give and i'm and these accounts,

furniture visa. mm hm. when passing mass and amazon mentioned couldn't even zelan in ago. how much of all the people have actually had at i think this pandemic, and also called for every peasant to take their own responsibility over this christmas season. yeah, so sort of helping explain what the government is doing. and i guess calling for patients in a sense, in your shows or political porter, thanks much let inside of course watching did of the news live from for then that's your update, pronounced unexpired to watch with . sh lou, where i come from, we have to fight for a free press. i was born and raised in the military dictatorship with just one tv channel and a few newspapers with official information. as a journalist,

i have work often for many cameras, and their problems are always the same for do social inequality, a lack of the freedom of the bread and corruption, we can afford to stay silent when it comes to the defense of the humans. on seaman whitefield bowls who have decided to put their trust enough. my name is jenny perez and i work at the w ah ah ah, this week on wells doreen, spain rhodes, cliff a school children tacky. the street duck by a g is an internet star. but we start in indonesia whose beautiful landscape

usually attracts visitors from all over the world, but a strict private 19 requirements editor and tourists, even on the island of bali. it's a magical way to start your day. hike up to 1700 meters. the mount bought tour of body will reward you hundreds of tourists from across the world used to make this trick every morning. but before the pan, it was so crowded here. i had no seats left, but now people rarely go up to the volcano. it's tough to day about the indonesian island is technically open to foreign visitors, but only from certain countries. and a long list of covered 19 restrictions upon a rival has cost international travelers to stay away. its domestic visitors that

have kept struggling hotels, a life well, domestic is definitely is the strongest help for us because we know that the international border is not happening any time soon or yet, maybe a few months after. ah, it is actually, we believe that even though the later on, when the international board is open, the domestic, it will go stronger than before. 60 percent of bonnie's g d. p is attributed to tourism alone. in the past, the rapid growth of the sector led many young people to abandon farming. but that put the island on a weak footing about us and we put all the eggs in one basket. if something goes wrong, everything will collapse. so bali should develop other sectors to my when i say we need at least 3 pillars to a tourism sector, agriculture and a small industrial sector on the end picked out on district cios back at mount,

but tour there are finally some customers. students from the capital jakarta, it's a good change for the law. explain something new, the contract to adapt to the situation because they're too dependent to the person in the right for they want. they want. they're not trying to grow from the conference, build for body to diversify, residency farmers, access to markets, capital and technology will have to improve fertile. it's a long term project on an island where everybody's just waiting for the return of foreign tourists. ah, following germany is general election, the country not only has a new government, but many new members of parliament to including our test by yesses, the fast black women to represent the interests of her constituency in the german capital berlin. this

there's a lot to do and no time to lose. so i'll wait. tis for yes. who's has been working a round the clock since the general election that secured her a spot in germany's history books. the eritrea born lawyer had been involved in local politics for years, and then a racist killing spree in her home state, shook her to the court. despite miss bar, i don't know why, but the terror attack and her now pushed me over the edge. i thought something has to change. i can't stand this many long of mishma owls. 10 people were killed in the terror attack. 9 of them 1st and 2nd generation immigrants overcome by the feeling that germany was no longer a safe place for her and her family. she considered leaving the country so wide cut off nurses should be in lunch, but frankly, it's hard to find a country that's free of racism from dia, by the next,

the old. so the next option was staying all and doing everything possible to fight against discrimination. and racism until camp here in a rural area of the state of hesser. a woman of color on the ballot is the novelty . but the lack of footsteps to follow was all the more encouragement for the 47 year old to her, it's very clear. you can't be what you can't see than on slush. when bird or a quarter of else or children have an immigration background, why are we not saying that proportion among tissues we should mission as a school go. i want to see myself reflected in my agency. same goes for the authorities and now parliament and also unknowns on parliament. but us, german society grows more and more diverse. statistics revealed that institutions are only catching up very slowly from a small town constituency, straight into berlin center of power to her. the reason it took until 2021 for

a black woman to get a seat and the bonus tag is clear. and foster troy because as a structural racism in our country, we miss agnes. and if we say it doesn't matter that i'm black single, we're ignoring the structural problems, then that means we're not ready to acknowledge that as a black woman, i'm presented with different circumstances and obstacles than a woman who is not law. denise, not a how qualified i am fits yet ish been good now than you. m p has many plans, but the biggest of them all is to serve to others as the role model she herself. never had it's an experiment, but it might catch on ness. spanish city of barcelona is making history of car free every friday morning. this enables children to safely right to school on their bicycles. liam grand is focused, it's a special morning on friday's going to school is different. he won't be on the back

of his mom's bicycle like on the other days. the 4 year old is riding his own bike, along with dozens of other children here in barcelona. they're taking the bc bush and organized by tour to school but lives with some which of the children love it. it gives them autonomy when i is and it's something different, something new. i'll let if i didn't, they went over that. ah, it's a party on wheels with music and applause for the little once. they've got the whole street to themselves. normally there would be many cars that would scared and now they don't need to be afraid. every friday, the way to school is blocked from cars for around an hour. so the kids can cycle that busy was, is a project organized by parents who want it change as like they are. that is the

idea to make this street more peaceful and of the street in the city, even if they're a bi claim of silsbee for children like them who are 5 or 6 years old. it is still a little difficult to maintain the direction in a bind clay mind. there are lots of scooters and bicycles, which people pass by very quickly. and that's sometimes a bit dangerous for the youngest ones isn't book or belly good also brought up. but alice must pakenio district counselor, paragon salus supports the initiative he has just given permission for another root of the bc bush left. you guys will? yes, it is very hostile for the boys and girls. this is a way to gain space for them so they can cycle on the streets and go to school full scale. yes, gordon chose basically betty sweet alcholay. he hopes that soon families can operate the route on their own without the help of the local police. the kiss a loving it because we're all together and we like going by bike writing beefy isn't leaving. it's really good that the children can now cycle without fearing the

cause. us glitches. the parents also want less cars in the streets to reduce you to emissions. barcelona is in the midst of extending and improving its bike lanes. but the city council needs to take into account all road uses be pedestrians, motorists, or cyclists. la, yet those gay that garza or the routes from home to the school are perfectly walkable, miss, and the bicycle is just another way. that's why we need to treated as another element for this. and this is why we are working and making a school surroundings less busy and also increasing the bike lane and see a film they lost got elizabeth wida and family friendly bike lanes that us separate from call traffic may pop up in the future. but sick as theater. okay. i'm good. i . yep. glad. even if there are plans that go in that direction and if the city council supports this view, the changes are very slow. risk i'm guess i'm willing to until then the party on wheels continues. and with more and more children joining the be the was this here

to stay? ah, no g. the street doug from istanbul became famous last summer. he regularly travels through the attack as metropolis by train and bus, and now has tens of thousands of funds on social media. people on their way to work and posey a completely normal day on public transport and east amboy boise as a stray dog. but he loves travelling around the city to day. we meet him on the european side in the historic ballot district. is that true? he loves it's temple, he sees more of the city them we do. and he doesn't have to buy tickets. that's a bit unfair. if you meet him in the metro on the bus,

he is always relaxed and in a good mood ready to work. ok. i saw him for the 1st time today, but of course i knew him before it in our counsel course tre. animals are part of a stumble because we share our streets and parks with them or so why not our tramps to renew, but no one really knows how long body has been making his way around a stumble. about 3 months ago, more and more people began posting photos of their encounters with him. the dog now even has his own social media accounts and tens of thousands of followers. big city workers are now regularly taking bashi for health checks. they also gave him a collar with a g p s tracker clinical that i brought us and thought we are tracking his route

and always know where he is. even at night, he travels 30 to 40 kilometers every day, but he also takes brakes along in m a new new for example, that's one of his favorite stations. and then sometimes he takes a fairy to cover touch and watches the sea for a while. thought is to say to do so it's easy to find out where body is running to catch a fairy. but to this day, no one can bring you safe. why he's on the go so much. he doesn't seem to be looking for anything specific. never has a clear destination. he wanders through a stumble like a tourist. and if he just barely misses a train. bushy patiently waits for the next one. ah

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