we live in the wake of the sun. we are in the sun's empire.mosphere and our technology on earth. everything from the northern lights to power outages are a result of solar activity. if we are to probe what is happening inside the sun and the outer atmosphere, these are the moments where we can capture more data and untangle what is going on. all life depends. look at that, isn't it astonishing? absolutely stunning. amazing. back comes the blazing sun. nobody in their right mind would look at the sun in that way. you have to have all sorts of filters on cameras and your eyes. you do have a very big shift between that moment of totality when the sun's light is blocked and then when the sun has streamed back in its full intensity. even if it is 90% covered it is still too bright to see with your eyes. i don't know what the right script and of that is, a crescent sun? it is almost there. for some regions which are slightly outside the shadow path, if they are further north or south they will get something like this and that will be the best they w

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the sun's shimmering atmosphere.ch we can see from earth during a total solar eclipse. this which we can see from earth during a total solar eclipse.— total solar eclipse. this new data from this very — total solar eclipse. this new data from this very incredibly - total solar eclipse. this new data from this very incredibly close i from this very incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of that corona is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what is going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. sun that heats up and gives us liuht. , , �*, ., . light. close up the sun's magnetic field twists _ light. close up the sun's magnetic field twists and _ light. close up the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts _ light. close up the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its _ light. close up the sun's magnetic field twists and lifts its explosive l field twists and lifts its explosive surface. it's hoped the solar probe will shed light on the proc

in places along that path people will be able to view the sun's corona, the outer atmosphere of the sun which usually is not visible or distinctive because of the sun's brightness. it will be in lots of places across the root come along that route talking to correspondents to bring you all of the atmosphere from those watch parties. you are watching the world today as be built up to the total solar eclipse. it will start up in the cook islands in the pacific and then head across to mexico across 13 us states and make its way up into canada. this is the route where people will be plunged into darkness as the moon passes between the sun and earth. totally covering up the face of the sun. in other areas around this, people will see a partial eclipse, but it is this total solar eclipse that will be our focusing on. we will take you, if you are not in one of those locations and watching the eclipse safely through special glasses, we have got you absolutely covered because we will be talking to our correspondence along that route known as the path of totality. that is the route on the map on

against the sun. ,., .,, ., ., , sun.bisexual in an article that was frankly intrusive and homophobic. doctor evan harris a former lib dem mp discovered his phone number was one of those listed in the itemised phone bill or simon hughes and he lodged a claim against the sun and the news of the world. as with heather mills, news group paid to settle both cases before they went to trial. as the former director of hacked off onto a campaign and using the legal system now to have a go at the tablets? ~ u, tablets? when i run the campaign i encountered _ tablets? when i run the campaign i encountered victims _ tablets? when i run the campaign i encountered victims of _ tablets? when i run the campaign i encountered victims of press - tablets? when i run the campaign i l encountered victims of press abuse, whistle—blowers who wanted to say what had gone on. that is a combination of knowledge and experience that is clearly helpful to claimants. thejob experience that is clearly helpful to claimants. the job we do as paralegals n

a spokesperson from the sun newspaper says the sun _ hour.n from the sun newspaper says the sun has - hour. a spokesperson from the sun newspaper says the sun has no - hour. a spokesperson from the sun i newspaper says the sun has no plans to publish any further allegations of huw edwards and will cooperate with the bbc investigation process. the sun also added from the outset, they have reported about two very concerned and frustrated parents who made a complaint to the bbc. we reported that the parents had already been to the police who said they couldn't help. it is now for they couldn't help. it is now for the bbc to properly investigate. that is what the sun newspaper has said in a statement. and that is what the sun newspaper has said in a statement.— said in a statement. and laura, 'ust thinkin: said in a statement. and laura, 'ust thinking about�* said in a statement. and laura, 'ust thinking about the i said in a statement. and laura, 'ust thinking about the staff i said in a statement. and laura, 'ust thinking about the staff here i

the sun newsroom felt like a war room., it was frantic, real commercial pressure, we had to sell better than our rivals. we had to do better than our rivals. we were told on days where the mirror had got a great front page that heads will roll and somebody is going to have to be sacked for this because we should have had that, not the mirror. always, it was about exclusives, because it was the exclusive stories that sold the paper. four years after they were married, sir paul mccartney and heather mills are splitting up. of course it was never going to be a quiet life, marrying a former beatle, but in a statement today the couple said the level of intrusion into their private lives had been so great, it made a normal relationship almost impossible. paul mccartney was untouchable because he was paul mccartney. national treasure, and nobody wants to pick up a paper that is slagging him off, simple. so heather mills kind of went through this, quite literally, honeymoon period. but when their relationship hit the rocks and it

technically in the sun, in the sun's corona. thank you very much. including 12 children — have been killed in an explosion that brought down a building in the mainly rebel—held syrian province of idlib. it's not known what caused the blast, but the building is reported to have contained a store of munitions belonging to an arms trafficker. most of the people in the building are believed to have been syrians displaced from other areas of the country. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... for the third night in a row tens of thousands of romanians are protesting in the capital bucharest, accusing the government of corruption and abuse of power. many of the demonstrators, work in other eu countries but are currently back in romania on holiday. they are particularly angry at the government's decision to sack an anti—corru ption prosecutor. northern ireland's top police officer has vowed to do all he can, to bring those responsible for the 0magh bombing tojustice. chief constanble george hamilton's remarks came at a memorial s

into the sun's atmosphere.dle... the probe was named after the 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, who was at the launch. all i'm going to say is, wow, here we go, we're in for some learning over the next several years. it'll travel at 120 miles each second, faster than any other probe. even so, it will take three months to reach the sun, passing venus on the way. the spacecraft will spend seven years looping around the sun, and it'll get hot — 1300 degrees celsius. we have a wonderful heat shield that we keep oriented between us and the sun, and so it keeps everything in the main body of the spacecraft nice and cool and kind of creates a shadow. and it has a white coating on it that was specially designed for parker solar probe. very much like you'd prefer to be in a white car on a hot day instead of a black car on a hot day. the probe will study the sun's atmosphere, which can be seen from earth during a total eclipse. shimmering and beautiful from so far away, violent and tumultuous close up. this is

the sun, ,, ., ,, ., first claim directly against the sun. ,, ., ,, ., ., , sun.ised home phone bill of my associate — itemised home phone bill of my associate and friend simon hughes and outed — associate and friend simon hughes and outed him against his will is bisexual— and outed him against his will is bisexual in— and outed him against his will is bisexual in an article that was frankly— bisexual in an article that was frankly intrusive and homophobic. doctor— frankly intrusive and homophobic. doctor evan harris, a former lib dems mp, discovered that his phone number was one of those listed in simon hughes' itemised phone bill. he also launched a claim against the sun and the news of the world. as with heather mills, newsgroup paid to settle both cases before they went to trial. asa as a former director of hacked off, aren't you just a campaigner and aren't you just a campaigner and aren't using the legal system now to have a go at the tabloid? lanthem aren't using the legal system now to have a go at the tabloid?— have a go at the tabloid? when i run the hac

action is being taken against the sun - taken against the sun newspaper.— taken against the sun newspapern against the sun newsuaer. a ., ., newspaper. action over the mirror grow) _ newspaper. action over the mirror group of _ newspaper. action over the mirror group of allegations | newspaper. action over the l mirror group of allegations of phone hacking.— phone hacking. who did you hack? it would _ phone hacking. who did you hack? it would be _ phone hacking. who did you hack? it would be prudent l phone hacking. who did you| hack? it would be prudent to sa who hack? it would be prudent to say who i _ hack? it would be prudent to say who i didn't _ hack? it would be prudent to say who i didn't hack. - say who i didn't hack. celebrities, politicians. iwas livina celebrities, politicians. iwas livin: in celebrities, politicians. iwas living in this _ celebrities, politicians. iwas living in this sort _ celebrities, politicians. iwas living in this sort of - living in this sort of superhighway of illicit information. it was exciting, we felt — information. it was exciting, we felt like a

we have never had a human—made object so close to the sun. has this heat shield that holds the instruments at room temperature and keeps the heat of the sun away, and these are just amazing feats, and so it's so amazing that we were so close and really getting to measure in detail this material up close. lift—off of the mighty delta iv heavy rocket... there have been many missions to study the sun but there's so much more we can learn — especially the sun's atmosphere, which we can see from earth shimmering during a total solar eclipse. this new data from this very, incredibly close approach to the sun, just touching the surface of that corona, is going to hopefully give us a lot more information about exactly what's going on in our beautiful, beautiful sun that heats up and gives us light. by getting so close, the probe will enable scientists to see how the sun's powerful magnetic field twists and lifts material to create solar flares. this may help them understand why the sun's atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface. and how it emits

it appeared in yesterday's sun. why has the momentum built to this stage?f hillsborough and i think, we have got to be careful about saying that a backlash from social media represents widespread opinion, but what happened yesterday is the that the sun and news uk, the publisher of the sun came out and said this is something that we've got wrong. it is not just something that we've got wrong. it is notjust what kelvin mackenzie said, but it is when he said it. kelvin mackenzie is known to many people in liverpool and merseyside as the editor of the sun and he printed a controversial front page which led to the sun being banned in many parts of liverpool. liverpool football clu b many parts of liverpool. liverpool football club banned reporters from the sun and that's a legacy of what kelvin mackenzie said. it is not just the comparison of ross barkley whose grandfather was nigerian to a gorilla which kelvin mackenzie said he had no idea about. and the paper said that too. the only people paid as much as ross barkley in merseyside were drug dealers so he is

. , :: ., the sun._ the sun. we are past 20 million people, it looks like it's - the sun. we are past 20 million people, it looks like it's still - people, it looks like it's still full steam ahead with vaccinations, and of course, all that is the key to opening up in the summer and beyond and hosting the euros would beyond and hosting the euros would be economically a great uplift. so bring it on, i think. be economically a great uplift. so bring it on, ithink.— be economically a great uplift. so bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe _ bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any _ bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any longer. - bring it on, i think. even though we aren't in europe any longer. we - bring it on, i think. even though we j aren't in europe any longer. we will call it something else. let's talk about that later on. good to have you both on, thank you very much for this first look at the papers. you'll be back in about 40 minutes' time. good

it accuses the the sun newspaper. the situation where you have reputations and careers at stake and yet this claim and counterclaim in the public domain and breaking it down, you have a situation where the sun newspaper has spoken to the mother as a child —— of the child which was sending sexually explicit images to the have a unnamed bbc presenter and we have a situation with the bbc has suspended a member of staff that person is not been named that is because they have a like every a confidentiality clause like every employer has to member of staff and do not expect any movement there is no way of this letter from lawyers representing the young person hitting back quite hard let me representing the young person hitting back quite hard because analyse little bit of this because it has come from quite a significant a modest small firm on the firm, not a modest small firm on the high street for anybody would firm, not a modest small firm on the high street for anybo emphasise that into, they repeatedly emphasise that t

well, the sun is shining here and he _ william? well, the sun is shining here and he got _ william?l, the sun is shining here and he got a _ william? well, the sun is shining here and he got a very _ william? well, the sun is shining here and he got a very warm - william? well, the sun is shining - here and he got a very warm welcome. he hasjust left at here and he got a very warm welcome. he has just left at this hospital, here and he got a very warm welcome. he hasjust left at this hospital, a community hospital here in the isles of scilly. he was asked by one member of staff how princess kate was doing, he recently announced that she was undergoing cancer treatment. the response was that she was doing really well. there was also a member of staff here who has served 50 years working for the nhs and that member of staff gave him an letter that had been written by her granddaughter. that lecture basically wished the king and princess kate is well. many people i have spoken to here today who have met the prince said it was a real honour to meet him. he showed great

europe's solar orbiter probe will make its first close pass of the sun today.ll track by a distance ofjust over 77 million km. the prone delete my probe was launched in february and it is ona probe was launched in february and it is on a mission to learn what makes the sun behave the way it does. chris, thanks very much for joining us. just talk us through the significance of what is happening today. actually, today is a landmark day for two reasons for those who are associated with the mission. first of all, we are on our first orbit after launch in february. we've reached a point in that orbit where we are closest to the sun. that's a big achievement. i've been watching my instruments getting warmer over the last few weeks. now i expect to see it start to get a little bit colder again. the other reason why it's an important day is today's actually formally the first day of our cruise space. we've spent the few months into launch checking out all the instruments making sure they are working, we completed that exercise. somewhat behind time because of the coron

because it's taking photographs of the sun and the sun is really bright, solar orbiter is not going asg a bit further back, 42 million kilometres away. and there it will use telescopes to take pictures through the heat shield, a heat shield which is partially made of baked animal bones. it's there to help solar orbiter withstand temperatures of up to 600 celsius. that is 1,112 farenheit. it's very important to keep solar orbiter and the instruments as clean as possible, and when there's dust on the lenses of the telescopes, when you expose that to the sun it effectively bakes those particles onto the lenses. once you start doing that you are losing science, so it's essential to keep those instruments as clean as possible. by measuring and capturing images at the same time, solar orbiter is really going to give us a good understanding of how the sun behaves, and how that can affect the technology we use here on earth. in today's world, with all our technology, a coronal mass ejection happens on the sun and affects us here on earth. it's going to have an impact on things like satellites,

an amazing achievement but so close to the sun. haw but so close to the sun. it not _ but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! _ but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! obviously, | but so close to the sun. how did it not melt?! obviously, it was designed not to melt. it has an experimental heat shield that keeps all the instruments at room temperature. quite where this room is on earth, one can only wonder! but it has worked. just because you build something, it doesn't necessarily mean it will succeed. it has succeeded, and this is a huge triumph for nasser, now, we are waiting for these results to show exactly how some of the processes of the sun work. what sort of temperatures are we talking about? it is not just the temperatures but the radiation as well. there are a whole string of numbers that are fairly meaningless, but it is extremely hot. the sun's surface is about 500 times cooler than the atmosphere, which can be up to 3 million celsius. why that happens, nobody knows. why the sun spits out charged particles called the solar wind, no o

slight glimpses of the rays of the sun round the edges of it sta rts of the sun round the edges of it—pacific, it goes right across. i think the last time it can be seen in the states will be charleston, south carolina. then the sun moving the other way. we've got to keep reminding ourselves what's going on. the eclipse will eventually petered out. we have a shadow path lasting from the pacific to the atlantic but, when there is no more landfall for anybody to witness it, so they have those moments. this is a shadow of 70 miles wide that is racing across america, so people are in succession, the further east we go, getting their moment not in the sun but in the darkness, as totality emerges for each location. also people look around, if they can tear their eyes from that site, and they should notice stars in the sky during the daytime, because the sun has been blocked out. it's an incredible moment. also, i guess, and this is all coming through cameras and things like that... yes, carefully filtered. said there is a moment of totality when the disc is covered and people can look witho

i think when the various first emerged in the sun | the various first emerged in the sun newspaper thereere many many questions. it feels like there are even more questions now following this latest development. the bbc he received a letter as you've been mentioning from the lawyer representing a young person who is at the centre of the bbc presenter allegations. and has disputed their mothers account of events. now, if the lawyer claims is true it could potentially throw some doubt on the claims that have been made in the attitude newspaper and have dominated the headlines over the weekend going into today. and will no doubt continue for many days, perhaps weeks to come. in the letter from the lawyer representing the young person it says that the young person sent a denial to the sun newspaper on friday evening. this is before the paper published the article via whatsapp saying the statement their mother made it to the newspaper was and i quote" totally wrong and there was no truth totally wrong and there was no truth to it. "nonetheless the lawyer said the sun newspaper continued and w

this probe will tell us about the sun's - tell us about the sun's magnetic field in very close proximityt. the sun's magnetic field is so important for us to understand, all of the planets of the solar system sit within the sun's magnetic field, it influences all of the planets, life on earth as well, it will sample the solar winds, this constant stream of charged particles emanating from the surface of the sun. we don't understand how the magnetic field of the sun is created, we don't know where it comes from, and we don't know how these charged particles start almost stationary on the surface of the sun and then are accelerated to 1 million the sun and then are accelerated to1 million mph, and we need to understand this, because they make up space weather. and the space weather impacts our life on earth, not just with the beautiful northern lights or the southern lights, the aurora which we have enjoyed so much this year, it also impacts our satellites. a really strong solar storm when we have a big explosion of material on the surface of the sun that barrels towards earth, that can ev

the sun broke — relief in a sense than a shock. the sun broke the _ relief in a sense than a shock. its saturday paper, alleging that a high profile, unnamed presenter at the bbc had paid £35,000 to a much younger person for sexually explicit images, beginning when the young individual was 17. more allegations were front page every day since, although on monday, the lawyerfor page every day since, although on monday, the lawyer for the young person said the story was rubbish and nothing criminal had taken place. some will now be asking whether the sun has questions to answer for its decisions. tonight the papersaid... it answer for its decisions. tonight the paper said... it added that it at no point in the original story alleged criminality and also took the decision neither to name huw edwards nor the young person involved in the allegations. mitt; edwards nor the young person involved in the allegations. why are we not saying _ involved in the allegations. why are we not saying to the _ involved in the allegations. why are we not saying to the sun _ involved in the allegations. w

the sun has not.aims by the lawyer for the young person at the heart of this that its story is rubbish and that nothing inappropriate or unlawful went on between the client and the presenter. today, the sun had the family standing by their story, asking how their loved one could even afford a lawyer. the paper told us it felt the family is being attacked for not understanding the bbc complaints system. with the police now involved, the met has asked the bbc to pause its own investigation, but the corporation does feel damaged by this story. i think the bbc is often in the midst of quite painful and difficult affairs and storms. i think one thing i would say is these are damaging, these are clearly damaging to the bbc. it's not a good situation. there have now been days of headlines and media attention. but no real sign of the story reaching an end. in a moment we'll talk to our legal correspondent, dominic casciani. but first let's speak more with our media editor katie razzall. katie, more claims ton

on its way to the sun. nasa's space probe begins its ambitious 7—year journey to reveal more about the solar atmosphere than ever before. from our studios in and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday this is bbc world news. it's newsday good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in the shanghai region which is being battered by a tropical storm. it's the third storm of the season to hit the shanghai area and will bring more heavy rain. already major rainfalls in different parts of china and southeast asia has left a trail of destruction. simeon paterson reports. a hillside collapses outside beijing. incredibly, no casualties were reported in the massive landslide which followed heavy rain across china. transport links were cut and large areas waterlogged as far south as guangdong province, where this car was rescued from a sinkhole that open up in the flooding. for parts of the country there is much more to come. after drenching the philippines, causing flash floods and causing t

this— following up the sun has said... this is— following up the sun has said...... this is all happening because the sun has contacted. . ._ this is all happening because the sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed _ sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed on — sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed on that _ sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed on that point - sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed on that point is - sun has contacted... that's right, it is agreed on that point is that l it is agreed on that point is that the presenter would not be on air. the same — the presenter would not be on air. the same day made the allegation... the same day made the allegation... the bbc_ the same day made the allegation... the bbc points out something has changed _ the bbc points out something has changed and what they are being told _ changed and what they are being told in _ changed and what they are being told. in the days that follow we see this escalating to wear the bbc, they make contact with the police. it's they mak

because when the sun— newspaper like the sun because when the sun gets its teeth into something then better than going to the police. they may not have wanted the police _ police. they may not have wanted the police involved given the fact that there _ police involved given the fact that there child is involved, they don't want _ there child is involved, they don't want to— there child is involved, they don't want to somehow get their child involved — want to somehow get their child involved in the police investigation. there may be many reasons— investigation. there may be many reasons why parents wouldn't necessarily go to the police but they do— necessarily go to the police but they do want to force action so they io they do want to force action so they go to— they do want to force action so they go to a _ they do want to force action so they go to a newspaper and people go to newspapers and also when they don't record _ newspapers and also when they don't record matter is the place. but i can understand going to the bbc, obviously— can understand going to the bbc, obviously they

about 3.8 million miles above the sun's l 3.8 million miles above the sun's service. know it sounds quite far away, but when we're 93 million miles, that puts it into perspective. we're not just closing the corona, we are beneath the surface. it's like sitting on the beach. and then you can see all the magic that is happening. can see all the magic that is happening-— can see all the magic that is haueninu. v . . ., , happening. it's all feat of itself of course. _ happening. it's all feat of itself of course, but _ happening. it's all feat of itself of course, but i _ happening. it's all feat of itself of course, but i wonder - happening. it's all feat of itselfj of course, but i wonder beyond happening. it's all feat of itself- of course, but i wonder beyond that, what are scientists hoping to achieve and what to more they want to learn? it’s achieve and what to more they want to learn? fl ., achieve and what to more they want to learn? �*, ., , ., ~ ., to learn? it's our star, we kind of taken for— to learn? it's our star, we kind of taken for granted. _ to learn? i

i see the sun... bbc presenter who paid a child for sex pictures could face years in prison, expert says." that was a strong implication behind the story, and yet the police have come out tonight and said there was no evidence of criminal behaviour. incredible when you think about, really, considering everything that had been said, incredible how strong his wife must�*ve been to put out this statement without any malice, really, and just lay out the facts. yes, i think she's commendably seized the initiative, and one can only imagine _ seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the _ seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the distress - seized the initiative, and one can only imagine the distress within l only imagine the distress within that family. but i think the sun has to answer questions about what evidence they had originally why they published without contacting they published without contacting the teenager, why they barely reported his denial, what privacy rights they considere

and setting course for the sun, nasa announces its first mission to fly directly into our sun's atmospherethe us military says it's successfully carried out a test to simulate the interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile aimed at america. it was the first such test of its kind, in response to the growing threat from north korea. the bbc‘s peter bowes has been following the story from los angeles. he described the significance of the missile test. on display for all to see, the conflict technology designed to halt a long—range missile in its tracks. the interceptor was launched on california's central coast. the target a mockup of the continental ballistic missile was fired from an island in the pacific more than 4000 miles away. the operation likened by a bullet hitting another bullet but at far higher speeds was successful. according to the director of the us missile defence agency it was an incredible accomplishment and a critical my milestone. a showed america had a credible deterrent to a real threat. earlier this week north korea carried out its ninth ballistic missile te

_ interesting to have a look at what the sun has said tonight, there is one line — the sun has saidory, — one line that sticks out to me, in the story, it _ one line that sticks out to me, in the story, it quotes the stepfather saying. _ the story, it quotes the stepfather saying. "i — the story, it quotes the stepfather saying, "i told the bbc i had gone to the _ saying, "i told the bbc i had gone to the police in desperation, but they could — to the police in desperation, but they could not do anything because they could not do anything because they said _ they could not do anything because they said it was not illegal." we are hot— they said it was not illegal." we are not quite sure exactly what that relates _ are not quite sure exactly what that relates to _ are not quite sure exactly what that relates to but from the perspective of this— relates to but from the perspective of this young person, and thinking about— of this young person, and thinking about this — of this young person, and thinking about thisjustin pugh legal terms, if nothing — about thisjustin pugh legal terms,

deflected by the sun. snowing the position very, very accurately and knowing how it appeared in the pictures they were trying to take would allow was to work out whether einstein was right were newton and it turns out einstein was correct. fascinating insights there. great to have you with us, edward. we cannot go over to our correspondent in texas. —— we cannot now. bring this up with the latest, how is the eclipse regressing? ll how is the eclipse regressing? it has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting — has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting to — has gone a bit cold meaning it is getting to that point, it has gone darker_ getting to that point, it has gone darker as— getting to that point, it has gone darker as well. i have my safe sunglasses on and if you don't mind, i'm just _ sunglasses on and if you don't mind, i'm just looking. so an hour ago it said it _ i'm just looking. so an hour ago it said it looked like the moon had nibbted — said it looked like the moon had nibbled the sun but now it ha

or the sun trying — leaking stories to the sun or the sun trying to paint this picture.been a campaign to make thisa— there is been a campaign to make this a point— there is been a campaign to make this a point of no return. there is nobody— this a point of no return. there is nobody really sticking up for prince andrew and saying, come on, he's not admitted _ andrew and saying, come on, he's not admitted to— andrew and saying, come on, he's not admitted to any wrongdoing and is going _ admitted to any wrongdoing and is going to _ admitted to any wrongdoing and is going to go away and learn. there isn't really— going to go away and learn. there isn't really anybody saying bad. with _ isn't really anybody saying bad. with regards to the settlement, whilst _ with regards to the settlement, whilst it— with regards to the settlement, whilst it may seem surprising seeing how defiant prince andrews lawyers have been. — how defiant prince andrews lawyers have been, demanding a trial and how much _ have been, demanding a trial and how much virginia giuffre said she's never— much

and setting course for the sun, nasa announces its first mission to fly directly into our sun's atmospherethe us military says it's successfully carried out a test to simulate the interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile aimed at america. it was the first such test of its kind, in response to the growing threat from north korea. the bbc‘s peter bowes has been following the story from los angeles. he described the significance of the missile test. this ground—based interceptor was launched from van der burgh for space on the central californian coast and this isn't the first time a test of this nature, as least as it applied to previous short range missiles, has been carried out. this is designed to intercept a long—range missile and in fact it successfully d id long—range missile and in fact it successfully did that with a mock missile, a mock long—range missile launched from an island in the pacific, more than 4000 miles away. so its significance is that and according to that responding to this, they say this shows it is, to use their words, an incredible accomplishment, a cr

w 7 jazz: ' kind oftrailin the 7 kind of trailin: the sun. there kind of trailing the sun.r on —= but because of some of friday. but because of some of the planets will appear a lot closer to the sun than others, you kind need to wait for you kind of need to wait for the sun to set and then 7 7 try to? 7 7 try to ca ptu re, 7 7 try to capture, i immediately try to capture, i think saturn will be the thr'é satan sill he ths one to follow closely trickiest one to follow closely behind the sun. but you should behind the sun. butyoushould a ble behind the sun. butyoushould able to follow a sort of arc be able to follow a sort of arc night and see —7— =z= of the planets. all of the planets. and by another _ all of the planets. and by another happy _ all of the planets. and by . another happy circumstance, all of the planets. and by - another happy circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that appy circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that the y circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that the weather, zance, i all of the planets. and by - anot tha

i see the sun, i see the sun!ll me a little more about _ becoming night-time here. tell me a little more about people _ becoming night-time here. tell me a little more about people who - becoming night-time here. tell me a little more about people who are - little more about people who are watching this, they have obviously glasses, but you know, especially riggs —— rigged telescopes, special devices? i’ee riggs -- rigged telescopes, special devices? �* , ., , ., devices? i've met with people who are brought _ devices? i've met with people who are brought no _ devices? i've met with people who are brought up their— devices? i've met with people who are brought up their cameras - devices? i've met with people who are brought up their cameras with | are brought up their cameras with long lenses, and their special equivalent to view the eclipse with it. there people out here with telescopes that are very expensive, for some people it's a hobby following her corpses, and they've bought this equipmentjust to be here to

we need to know how the sun operates. need to know how the sun operates-— need to know how the sun operates know why is the corona _ operates. we need to know why is the corona so _ operates. we need to know why is the corona so hot? _ operates. we need to know why is the corona so hot? you - is the corona so hot? you talked about that in your report. across america in indiana earlier this year we had a piece of corona and now they can examine that. further, it impacts birth to an space weather. we have had these northern lights that have actually dipped down into florida where i am this year because we are solar maximum. so we want to understand how that happens and predict a space weather because it can disrupt munication is in spacecraft and aeroplanes and disrupt power grids —— can disrupt power grids —— can disrupt communication. we need to fight against those disruptions.— to fight against those disruptions. to fight against those disrutions. . ~' , ., ., disruptions. thank you for takin: disruptions. thank you for taking the _ disruptions. thank you for taking the time _ disruptions.

means that when the moon passes in front of the sun it pretty much blocks out the face of the sun andhat is a spectacular sight to see for everybody. historically, people have been fascinated by this. yes, since the beginning of time people have been able to observe eclipses. before we had the technology to study them stop it was a pretty frightening experience for people. they had no idea what it was as it went dark and animals were utterly confused by it? yes, even now animals get a little bit upset during the total solar eclipse. they think night time has arrived all of a sudden. and then at twilight they will go quiet. you have seen one yourself? i was lucky to see the almost total eclipse back in 1999 in the uk. it was a little bit cloudy on that day but it was a spectacular sight. before i ask the question, we look at the live pictures. bit by bit you see the sun disappearing. this is oregon. this scene is replicated across 1a states before it gets to south carolina as it goes coast—to—coast. it is really narrow belts. you have to be in this very small whip, this band of 70 mile

on an average sunny day here, the sun often doesn't feel- here, the sun often doesn't feel burning hotg hot-— burning hot. if the weather is overcast. _ burning hot. if the weather is overcast, the _ burning hot. if the weather is overcast, the best _ burning hot. if the weather is overcast, the best way - burning hot. if the weather is overcast, the best way to - burning hot. if the weather is l overcast, the best way to judge burning hot. if the weather is - overcast, the best way to judge if you needs to wear protection, you can look at the weather app to see what the youthe indexes. if it is that three or over the sun can burn you. even on an overcast day you can feel the heat of the sun, but uv rays, jack actually can feel them, so the sun is not getting through, but the uv rays are getting through. if it is three or over make sure you put on sunscreen and cover—up of clothing. put on sunscreen and cover-up of clothinu. , ., ., ., . ., ~ clothing. very good advice. thank ou so clothing. very good advice. thank you so much _ clothing. very good advice. thank you so much for— clothi

well, the sun is a business, it is a very - the sun is a business, it is a very profitable — the sun agenda every day is simply to write _ news agenda every day is simply to write about whoever is on the telly. today— write about whoever is on the telly. today they — write about whoever is on the telly. today they are doing massive coverage _ today they are doing massive coverage of wimbledon because it is on the _ coverage of wimbledon because it is on the telly. anything, any person, whether— on the telly. anything, any person, whether they are from politics, sport. — whether they are from politics, sport. any— whether they are from politics, sport, any other sphere, the war in ukraine. _ sport, any other sphere, the war in ukraine, zelensky, anybody who is on the telly— ukraine, zelensky, anybody who is on the telly a _ ukraine, zelensky, anybody who is on the telly a lot is a person they will be — the telly a lot is a person they will be interested in because they know— will be interested in because they know if— will be interested in because they know if they write about those p

— and the sun, you can see how low the sun is.— low the sun is. past six, the sun _ low the sun is. about quarter past six, the sun will- low the sun is. about quarter past six, the sun will be - low the sun is. about quarter| past six, the sun will be down in 15 minutes. and we are in the middle of nowhere. it's not the middle of nowhere. it's not the best situation because as we said before, we should not be riding at nighttime, especially on the ice, but we are doing the best we can basically. are doing the best we can basically-— basically. fingers crossed we're not _ basically. fingers crossed we're not this _ basically. fingers crossed we're not this tonight, i basically. fingers crossed | we're not this tonight, hi? nearly one hour in the dark. the car does not start, we have to push to start it. and that bloody crack is still here. but for the last half—an—hour, three times start pulling extremely slowly. probably now we can put the tent up on top of the car. and try to overnight. in theory, we could go still to our village but it's, i don

why is the corona hotter than the surface of the sun?of nature, it is like water flowing uphill. it should not happen. why in this region does the solar atmosphere suddenly become so energised it escapes from the poll of the sun and bathes the other planets? we haven't been able to a nswer planets? we haven't been able to answer these questions without taking a probe into the sun. we are going to be moving at blistering speeds. we will be moving at 430,000 mph. that's about 118 miles per second. wouldn't you all enjoy your morning commute at that speed? we are going to be seven times closer than any other mission has ever been. and, we will repeatedly sweep through the corona, making these measurements. so why has it taken 60 yea rs measurements. so why has it taken 60 years to be able to do it? honestly? the materials did not exist to allow us the materials did not exist to allow us to be able to do it. the first thing we had to do was make a heat shield, and we love our heat shield! 0ur heat shield was developed using nasa research mon

will itjust burn up, it will be so close to the sun?go to, it should survive fine with this big heat shield on the front. but that only works if you keep the heat shield pointing straight at the sun, so it's got some fuel on board to keep it pointing in the right direction, but eventually, after maybe ten years or so, it will run out of fuel, and at that point, it won't be able to keep pointing straight at the sun, it will gradually rotate round and at that point, it will burn up and eventually be destroyed. the headlines on bbc news... ten people are hospitalised after shots are fired in the moss side area of manchester. the government proposes a new law of death by dangerous cycling for cyclists who kill pedestrians. nasa's parker solar probe which will analyse the sun's atmosphere for the first time has successfully launched from cape canaveral in florida. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. starting with the news of joy good morning. starting with the news ofjoy and shop, dina asher—smith the firs

no commercial company will launch a probe to study the sun. to study the sun.s do, but the other thing the private sector does much better like spacex is much more efficient at launching rockets than the government is. the trick is going to be finding a happy medium, identifying what the government does well and nasa and identifying what commercial companies do well. there is probably some discomfort at nasa because there are some parts of the agency which have not operated really efficiency. very quickly, we have 20 seconds left, lots of countries in this region where i am, india, japan and china have made great strides in terms of space missions. russia, obviously its space mission is in a state of disrepair, do you think the us will be able to keep up the competition? that's the great question of the next four years and we will see a contest with china in civil space and military space. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the government's launched a consultation on its plans to phase out new pet

well, the i probe goes so close to the sun that it has no cameras to look directly at the sun, the amount protons, other things coming off the surface of the sun in the solar wind, the magnetic field, and also the magnetic field, and also the amount of energy it is receiving at different wavelengths from the sun. not taking pictures but measuring that energy. and then what we are actually doing at the european space agency with the mission called solar orbiter is measuring how that changes as it moves towards the earth. so measuring very close into the sun where, as in your piece, the energy rises enormously, the energy rises enormously, the temperature rises from only a few thousand degrees to millions of degrees in that very narrow range. how does that then propagate all the way out to earth where space whether there might be the issue? i whether there might be the issue? ~' ., whether there might be the issue? ~ ., , issue? i know in the peace there, rebecca's - issue? i know in the peace there, rebecca's piece, i issue? i know in the peace| there, rebecca's piece, we issue? i know in

the sun is very active.in the form of flares says whether it can affect us on earth like in may or october where we had big storms and our atmosphere. so the sun can impact our gps or atmosphere and effect astronauts when they are out of the earth's atmosphere. so understanding hours sun is extremely important for our existence and our progress going for it. —— understanding our son. h0??? our progress going for it. -- understanding our son. how do ou feel understanding our son. how do you feel that — understanding our son. how do you feel that the _ understanding our son. how do you feel that the progress? - understanding our son. how do you feel that the progress? wej you feel that the progress? we are fl in: you feel that the progress? - are flying this tiny spacecraft in a region of space that is extremely hot. we know very little about it but we orbited the sun 21 times so we are not nervous, we are very excited. tomorrow on christmas eve 2024, parker solar probe is going to make history for all of huma