thomas reiter is a former astronaut he's now an advisor to the european space agency he spoke to us from the launch site and by colonel we asked him if he wished that he was on his way back into space. bringing 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 mir now seeing this perfect launch today was just gorgeous of course seeing the three person crew with. 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 orbit 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. thomas reiter speaking to us in a house and out of borger is from the european space agency control team welcome to d.w. so having me your job is to make sure it goes out there safe

subsidiary of the news agency workers is the thomas reiter special services so what they did is they signed a six point eight million dollars contract with ice in march and has for active agreements with them so the contracts what they stipulate is that reuters will provide support for ice is inside. and removal operations unit and its mission to locate arrest and remove criminal aliens that pose a threat public safety also the c.e.o. of thomas reiter special services steve ridley is on the board of the ice foundation on nonprofit that supports that members of i posted the cost. from one border issue to another while the united states border with mexico has dominated the news cycles of late controversy is now brewing on the northern border between the united states and canada and the form of tuscan tuscan is short for a tip off u.s. a hear us canada is the name of a highly secretive anti-terrorist database seized by the canadian border and immigration officials to detain interrogate arrest and my entry to anyone found on it and the secretive list used to detain folks crossing the bor

former astronaut to thomas reiter. is head of the european space agency's astronaut training division a welcome to d.w. . it's going to take two days for the crew to reach the i asked us how will they pass the time. they'll be doing maneuvers to get closer to the space station but that is only taking a fraction of the time and also be checking out the systems used for the docking and the systems that are used for the communication between the isis and the soyuz capsule as the capsule approaches the space station and the rest of the time it's actually free time they'll have a lot of free time and they'll sleep two nights hopefully very well and have time to adapt themselves to the new environment. playing with i pads or reading books one of the of they'll have certainly electronic entertainment books is always a question of weight because weight bringing up is costly so it would probably be an electronic book rather than a physical. paper and there's going to be tall. with with the ground talks potentially also with the

technicians and engineers check every detail up until the last moment everything has to work perfectly thomas reiter is a retired astronaut who has come to watch obviously the launch as one of the more risky phases but it's also something the crew is really looking forward to to experience these incredible forces that push the humans from the surface of this planet into orbit it's remarkable that. it's pretty quick less than nine minutes from lift off until you reach the weightlessness and you are traveling with almost twenty eight thousand kilometers per hour it's something to look forward to. the final finishing touches everybody here is a true professional. now we have some time left to look around at the city of baikonur just twenty kilometers from the spaceport. this is where the staff of the carts were drawn that just like in soviet times behind defense then and now. literally outsiders may only enter the challenge with a special permit. back to the cosmic drone for a press conference the crew are behind glass screen to keep away from germs and infection is the last thing they need in space. t

very exciting you saw thomas reiter in the report he's a retired astros and currently an advisor to the european space agency he joins us from bike and welcome to day doubly so have you made this trip you wish you were going. oh definitely yes you know i had the chance to see this morning had a few words with him it's amazing he's completely relaxed really looking forward to this great moment to morrow and i wish him all best of luck and of course also to the crew what will they be doing up there. well. they are in a phase where they of course want to relax a little bit they have a very very demanding task ahead of them the last evening the last hour before launch is really time to focus a little bit to relax to get rid of all the stress they had during the training phases before which was really very intense and to be really fit for this fantastic task that is ahead of them so how long will they be there what will they do that. they will be up for half a year they will return just before christmas at least this is the current planning and they have quite comprehensive scientific progra

i spoke with former astronaut thomas reiter he's now an advisor to the european space agency so did he wish he was joining the crew on the way into space. oh definitely yes you know i had the chance to see. this morning had a few words with him it's amazing it's completely relaxed really looking forward to this great moment to morrow and i wish him all best of luck and of course also to the crew and what will they be doing up there. they will be up for half a year they will return just before christmas at least this is the current planning and they have quite comprehensive scientific program will perform about seventy experiments from all different kinds of scientific discipline from medicine material sciences technology. fundamental physics so the possibility to work really on the frontier of all these fields of research is one of the interesting most interesting aspects of being an astronaut apart from this incredible view to our planet how does one prepare for the international space station. well the training runs for two years in these two years the crew gets prepared for all the

subsidiary of the news agency workers is the thomas reiter special services so what they did is they signed a six point eight million dollars now dragged with ice in march and has for active agreements with them so the contracts what they stipulate is that reuters will provide support for ice is inside. and removal operations unit and its mission to locate arrest and remove criminal aliens that pose a threat public safety also the c.e.o. of thomas reiter special services steve ridley is on the board of the ice foundation on nonprofit that supports the members of i posted the cost. from one border issue to another while the united states border with mexico has dominated the news cycles of late controversy is now brewing on the northern border between the united states and canada and the form of tuscan tuscon is short for a tip off the u.s. a hear us canada it's the name of a highly secretive anti-terrorist database used by the canadian border and immigration officials to detain interrogate arrest and my entry to anyone found on it and the secretive list used to detain folks crossing t

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reiterated keeping rates in negative territory. later this morning, joumanna bercetche will be speaking to thomas jordan. on the agenda will be the monetary policy assessment and the annual financial stability report. >>> sterling has fallen to a seven-month low against the dollar ahead of the bank of england monetary decision later today. last month boe governor mark carney said the monetary policy committee will need more time to gauge the strength of the economy after a mixed set of first quarter data joined by daniel vanatta from unicredit. thanks for being with us what do you expect from the vote today? >> i think the vote will be 7-2 for the bank to remain on hold with the rate. the event should largely be a flaun-eve non-event today. most members of the committee are looking ahead to the august round where there will be the inflation report, a new set of forecasts, and more data by that point. data recently has been mixed not all of the data was temporary, and there are signs that there is further weakness in the economy most members will want to wait for more data. >> let's dig into this data. we