1st and the rest were series 40 to the answer, almost everything this week on t w ah ah, this is the w news live for berlin, the world's biggest space rock. it explodes, the starship blasted off from texas on an on the cruise test flight. the came crashing down minutes later, we'll find out why it's owner space x insist launch was a success. also coming up. the united nations calls for a cease fire in sudan to mark the muslim holiday of it all fitter thousands fleet

from the capitol cartoon. this still no sign the fighting will end and rushes foreign minister seeking support in latin america to offset western sanctions over the war in ukraine. ah. until mule. adequate thanks for being with us. space ex is hailing the launch of the world's most powerful rocket as a success. despite it exploding just minutes after lift off, it was the 1st on crude test flight for the 120 meter starship from large pad and southern texas. the spacecraft is designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and to mas it was

fun office space ex most high profile launches. today it the largest the spacecraft ever built. hurtling towards the sky. the latest, the step towards corner alone must vision of reaching mars to rock had sought almost 40 kilometers high until the booster failed to separate from the main body hour was i thing on the k experts believe this physics. his reason to see the launch is a success this broke this just a completely new design. it's a real departure from things that have been flown in the past. and so they were not expecting it to be fully successful. you have to debug these things and are, and so if they prove several things, they prove that the engines could fire properly with using this new b. thank you. oh, they proved that the rocket can fly through what's called max q. the area which is

sort of roughest from turbulence, right? that, that could crumpled the rock if it wasn't built strong enough. and they probably could fly and vaguely the right direction. i just couldn't separate, i fly enough to separate from its oper stage. the explosion also did little to dampen the and to z as them of the crowd gather to see the launch. yeah. oh my hey . i got this. it was blew up in visual range, which is yeah, hey, that's bad, but it's also great. i got to actually see how much fun will that be before i die, to watch them walk on mars, for instance. that must do it in the next step will be in a few months time. the spectators won't have to wait long until the space ex, again reaches for the stars. we're joined now by keith carrying the editor of space ref dot com and he's in washington d. c. welcome to the program, keith. now space x is calling this launch

a success. i mean we expect them to what do we know what the initial criteria for success was? well, as a former recovery, rocket scientist, myself, i guess is what i'm called. um, any time you have a rocket, here's my prop that takes off like this doesn't blow up in the launch pad keeps going for like 2 or 3 minutes. the all with vengeance firing and so forth. ah, that if it's the 1st time you've ever done it with the biggest rock it anybody's ever built times to. i would be happy that i got that 2 minutes. however, you know, stuff happened at the, at the upper end of the flight were the 2nd stage and detach it came back down. they had to destroy it. but you know, if you're going to do something spectacular like this with the 1st time, i sure everybody a, you heard him sharing at the end. we're really happy they got as far as they do. do, do we know exactly what went wrong? i they haven't said so yet. i'm just looking at it the rocket. i'm using

a visual again was to started the tumble when it should have been going like this. so at some point the rocket will start to tear itself apart and they destroyed it. i don't know, some engines didn't work. i don't know if the supper i don't know. at b, e loan will tell us because he tells us everything. right. we know this is the largest spacecraft. it's an expert, an expensive experiment to even have a blow up. how does the style of this method compared to, for example, the way the europeans test? well, let me just say europeans or american governments, if, for example, if a big rock like this built by nasa or isa took off for the 1st time and blew up like this, you have hearings before our congress or your parliament. i mean, it would be a disaster, people be fired, but this is a consumer product. it's designed to be tested and blown,

and tested and flown. and i jokingly called it a toaster to day because, you know, if they knew that they'd have problems with it. and again, if you look at else basics has done things, they will blooper reel and they actually, you know, it blew up good. but next time it won't in the yet with the government rockets that are in the way that things are normally john, you'd have hue and cry and complaints and all that sort of thing. so this is a paradigm shift. we're watching in real time going from single giant expensive rockets to rockets that can be tested blown up a chest until they get it right. i and what's the end goal it essentially with, with astonishing. well, it's a bigger rocket, which means you can watch bigger things. it is going to be made like again a consumer products will be much cheaper. and so you gotta ask yourself, what did you do before federal express? and what happens with the rocket, isn't the most expensive part of sending something into space? it whole do economies open up and i think that's where on the verge of that right now. as long as i make this rocket work,

that is great. i always get to talk to you keith. it's keith cowan. ah. the editor of space ruffin. a space red dot, dot com. thank you for speaking to us. my pleasure. so the un chief antonio terrace has appealed to the warring parties in sudan to agree to a cease fire over the coming muslim. it'll fit that holiday reason fighting between the regular army and rival pelham military's paramilitary. excuse me, have left more than 300 and people dead and forced thousands to flee, said as capital. how to a last minute attempt to leave the city, which has turned into a war zone, people at his bus station and cartoon a trying to get and one of the few buses still offering their services for my mother. but our mom, i'm praying for safety and that god in the bloodshed were praying. they reach an

agreement and god ens, bloodshed of all muslims are going on with lou hopes for a cease fire war high on wednesday. but a, posing fighting never came about. sedans, army says it will not negotiate with the countries rival paramilitary, rapid support, force group. the generals want a full surrender. it means more suffering for the civilians trapped in the conflict . or because it was out at us, i have got it brought ashley. according to the health ministry, 20 hospitals have had to shut down because of attacks and lack of supplies. about 11 o'clock pacific at arkell block o. 8 more health centers are at risk of closure. because of work overload and a lack of medical personnel. it at a did. we call on all parties to commit to a sustained, she made a tarion pause and fighting. as soon as possible,

anita washington says it's sending more troops to its naval base in japan, booty to prepare for a possible evacuation of u. s embassy employees. other nations are reportedly also planning to get their people out. people have been really kind of helpful to us at the same time. the building also getting more and more desperate went down to foreclose hi food and it was he flight breaking out into, you know, as people get more, more desperate than things get more and more so people's access to resources if dwindling and you know, that's when it things start turning or the worst at a virtual meeting with african and arab leaders. young chief antonio gutierrez, called for a 3 day truce, starting from friday. when muslims mark the end of the holy month of ramadan,

with the fighting on the streets and prospect. so he sees far unclear many here are pecking their belongings and leave. welders still can. let's have a look at some of the old stories making news around the world. at least 3 people have been killed after an explosion told through 2 coal mines in central columbia. several miners have been rescued in efforts are underway to free for others, still trapped in the rubble. thirty's are investigating what caused the explosion. and whether or not the mines were operating lawfully, attorneys for us form style at baldwin. se prosecutor's plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor. baldwin has charge over the fatal shooting of cinematographer, alina hutchins. in the set of the western film rust, prosecutors have not yet commented on the case. the pope and donald trump are just 2 of many a listers who have lost their blue take verification on twitter. c,

e o l on mosque said the blue check mark would be removed from all accounts that didn't pay a monthly fee. taylor swift and barack obama among a host of celebrities to retain the blue badge on their accounts. nato secretary general installed and burned, has made his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion is a show of support. as keith prepares, the possible counter offensive stolberg to pay his respects to fallen ukrainian soldiers and reviewed damage russian military equipment. russia's foreign minister, sir galeb rob is tore in latin america in an attempt to build up supports lover of his condemned western sanctions imposed over the war in ukraine. he's been welcomed by the government of brazil, venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba rushes foreign minister, sergey leverage on a diplomatic push in latin america. he met with nicaragua as president,

danielle artega, a vocal supporter of moscow's invasion of ukraine, russia and nicaragua, our t allies, and are both under western imposed sanctions. live raft touted a multi polar world order and denounced the west sphere of influence, the most liberal as you up with. you would sort of its attempts by the west to establish agonies, to dictate to every one. and every thing anywhere in the world can be seen in what is happening around ukraine now. and did nato's claim of having the role of the global security guarantor, including in the asia pacific and the a number of other regions around the world. so i'm gonna go through you at a unit from you in venezuela, laugher of hell talks with president nicholas maduro. another leader looking to counter the west plans to expand energy investment and trade agreements were announced unless we assume we have

a very rich agenda with venezuela street. many practical projects are being implemented. we discussed this in detail today and told you about it. interestingly, mazunicm, and this corporation actually contributes to strengthening the foundations of an independent national economy, not dependent on whims and black male ma western colleagues, systems, economic, michigan flap rough stress that both nations are committed to implementing the united nations charters. principles of sovereign equality and non interference in world affairs. after his tour live rav. we'll head to new york to chair a un security council meeting. so, what's russia expecting to get out of leverage trip? here's our latin american correspondent, nicole riz. well, obviously this trip is seeking to further strengthen ties with long time allies here in the region in latin america. locker of is doing this visit at

a time when russia is further isolated and also sanctioned by a western countries due to its attack on ukraine. so it's crucial for russia to go to these regions where they still have relationships, where they still have a partners. and it's also a show of a strength, of course, towards the west to say, we're not as isolated as you might think. we still have these partners, we pat them for decades. in some cases, these are relationships that are going strong and we can still do trade with them and business with them. this is, for example, the case with when this will always receive support during its years where it also has been suffering from international sanctions. and venezuelan president maduro during his meeting with love ros this week. pretty much also transmitted this message of a deep and profound relationship and even friendship. and this was a message that they clearly wanted to transmit to western countries that are putting sanctions on them. and this is a way how russia is treating it's way around

a certain problems right now that the country is also experienced in june to attack on ukraine. and they're shown that their influence in latin america is still there, is still going strong and is still important allies that they have here. well, that's it for now, but the business is up next with kate for to sort of stay with interest. the global economy portfolio d w business. here's a closer look at the project.