, defence spending and defence capability will be absolutely at the forefront of the next prime minister'se one of their priorities? it will be one of the _ one of their priorities? it will be one of the big — one of their priorities? it will be one of the big questions - one of their priorities? it will be one of the big questions in - one of their priorities? it will be i one of the big questions in terms one of their priorities? it will be - one of the big questions in terms of spending priorities, it is easy to look at each of these commitments in isolation but what the treasury and the prime minister will have to agree towards the end of the year is just what is most —— what is most important to them. i think it is important to them. i think it is important that our immediate spending priorities in relation to the ukraine warand spending priorities in relation to the ukraine war and the very high level support it is providing to the ukrainian armed forces, but there is a separate question about the long—term trajectory for defence, the nature of modern defence capabilities is that the

what difficulties, you are a defence company, what - are a defence company, what difficulties are you doing in this time of high inflation, to help your employees? because i think you've given them a cost of living allowance, is that right? cost of living allowance, is that riuht? ~ ., ~ cost of living allowance, is that riaht? ., ~ ., cost of living allowance, is that riuht? ., . ., ., , cost of living allowance, is that riaht? ., . ., ., _, right? we have. we are only a company _ right? we have. we are only a company of — right? we have. we are only a company of about _ right? we have. we are only a company of about 300 - right? we have. we are only a| company of about 300 people, right? we have. we are only a - company of about 300 people, and just about 80% of those brilliant employees are ex—military, retired military people, and it occurred to us in april when we were going through our review of salaries et cetera for this year, and this was obviously post the russian invasion of ukraine and the problems that we face through that, and in the past, when we were serving, i spent t

he was _ defence secretary. no surprises there. he was seen _ defence secretary. much him onto something else. thank you very much indeed. _ him onto something else. thank you very much indeed. just _ him onto something else. thank you very much indeed. just as _ him onto something else. thank you very much indeed. just as we - him onto something else. thank you very much indeed. just as we have l very much indeed. just as we have been on aaron's last 45 minutes or so, we have seen all of those given the top top jobs come out of the door of number ten. let's have a look at how liz truss's cabinet is shaping up. we will start with james cleverley. he will be succeeding liz truss or self. he will be the new foreign secretary and he will have a lot to think about not least the war in ukraine and relations with the european union. suella braverman is the new home secretary. she replaces priti patel. the new chancellor? 0r or the finance minister, as you would call them outside the uk. kwasi kwarteng. he will be outlining the financial strategy of how liz truss wants t

weaker side of the ukrainian defence.hey also need self—propelled artillery, and especially himars for the precision missile strikes. a lot of the weapons they have a very limited, and they can do some tactical attacks and achieve some success, but large—scale attacks in multiple directions, for that, they need much more weapons to be supplied by nato allies. ., , , ., ~ ., , ., more weapons to be supplied by nato allies. ., ,, .,~ ., , ., ., allies. your speak to us now from toronto. allies. your speak to us now from toronto- how _ allies. your speak to us now from toronto. how adequate _ allies. your speak to us now from toronto. how adequate has - allies. your speak to us now from toronto. how adequate has the i toronto. how adequate has the support been to ukraine from canada? canada delivered very limited quantities of older weapons, which didn't really perform well, because they were not new, and the sheer volume of fire that ukrainian forces are using, it was limited by wear and tear on the barrels. after if you da

the german defence minister christine lambrecht said just the other day, quote.ng the limits of what we can give out of the bundeswehr, german army. that is the reality that you have to deal with. you see, we are seeing it unprecedented times, unprecedented solutions and actions. because, no one would believe back on the 24th of february the germany would totally change its doctrine and would be ready to provide weaponry to the country that is at war and that is what germany is already doing. so, unfortunately, some of the things are taking more time than we would like to happen. and unfortunately, that creates additional new graves and postponement and it's creating additional graves in a territory because of the people were dying from russian aggression and i'm sure that all those political decisions are needed to be taken to protect not exclusive ukraine and i underline, it's not about exclusively us, it's about your well—being, it's about your rules, procedures, values, your pr05perity, your future and that is being decided here. and this will be understood t

when putin sits there with shoigu, his defence minister in moscow, and they talk about the immediate0 reservists and the implication that many, many could follow, does that lead to a level of apprehension and fear in ukraine? if that was one of his goals, definitely, he is not reaching that in ukraine. after what we have seen over this, some eight years and almost seven months of this war — because it has started back in 2014 and scaled up as of february 4th — we are not scared any more of russian blackmail, of russian propaganda, of russian attacks. we just understand that have to be even more resolute and even more united in order to push russia back. we understand that, in order to survive and to have the country which we want to build in a democratic way, which we want to have our own way, we have to ensure that we are protecting our country and that we are freeing it. right, but you may not be scared but nontheless, there is a severe corrosive effect to russia upping the ante and in one way we have seen it in recent weeks is the targeting of infrastructure, to the dam, and the p

the united states approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan, saying it's to maintain its self—defenceapabilities. fears of food shortages in pakistan: the government says up to half of the country's crops have been destroyed by floods. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. chanting. thousands rally in argentina to support vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner after she narrowly avoids assassination. serena williams is defeated at the us open in new york in what is likely to be her last competitive match. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. china has warned it'll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti—ship missiles, air—to—air missiles and support for taiwan's surveillance radar programme. so, how will the spend be broken down? $1.1 billion has been promised by the us government. $355 million will be spent on harpoon air—to—sea missil

washington's assessment of taiwan's defence needs under threat posed by china.is is a response of what has been happening over recent weeks and months. we have seen chinese military exercise close to taiwan and to some extent it came to a head about a month ago when nancy pelosi, a senior us politician, visited taiwan to express her own personal support for its independence, its democracy and for the people of the island. she was not presenting thejoe biden administration, she is from a separate part of us government and that was a strong point made by the us at the time but nevertheless china did not like it and the time but nevertheless china did not like itand i the time but nevertheless china did not like it and i think what is happening now is only going to raise tensions between beijing and washington. you say china did not _ beijing and washington. you say china did not like _ beijing and washington. you say china did not like it. _ china did not like it. unsurprisingly, already an angry reaction from beijing? b, angry reaction from beijing? very swift re

this is a major investment in the defence system of taiwan.n investment in surveillance radar system, system, an early warning system for incoming missiles. it comes at this extremely tense time, we have had months and months of chinese military exercises close to taiwan things came to a head about a month ago when nancy pelosi visited the island and express her own personal support of democracy, it continued support of independence, she was not representing joe biden and that is a significant point, she represents a different branch of government, nevertheless she was a senior figure from the us visiting taiwan and at the time china said america was playing with fire. there is no sense that the us will revoke the package and there is clear support for it but clearly tensions between united states and but also taiwan. a spokesman said increases tensions in beijing. from monday, millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine — with care home residents first in line for the jab. although infecti

the united states approves a $1 billion arms package to taiwan, saying it's to maintain its self—defenceapabilities. fears of food shortages in pakistan: the government says up to half of the country's crops have been destroyed by floods. the scale of these floods is difficult to imagine. 80% of dadu district is already submerged. thousands rally in argentina to support vice president cristina fernandez de kirchner after she narrowly avoids assassination. the 84—year—old hollywood actress jane fonda has been diagnosed with cancer, but says she won't be letting it interfere with her climate activism. # there's a starman waiting in the sky... and the hand—written lyrics to david bowie�*s 1972 hit starman go up for auction later this month. hello and welcome to the programme. china has warned it'll take counter measures unless the united states revokes a $1.1 billion arms deal with taiwan. it comes amid rising tensions between washington and beijing over the island. the deal includes anti—ship missiles, air—to—air missiles and support for taiwan's surveillance radar programme. so, how will

she is around criminal defence lawyer. if you haven't corcoran don't drive around decision to make it some point. whether trump in the lawyers want to dump you or not, is there a moment where you have to decide that you are no longer gonna be able to be on this team these are in a position where you have to in effect become an opposition to this team? >> so there's the personal choice then that is the actual potential of the colon. the personal one is that christina knows she has to drop and get her own lawyer. she is listed as individual to but not as if potus counsel to. so, we know that they are aiming at her. there is a possibility she could flip on devin corcoran to start. but there's also an ethical issue here if there is an indictment. someone like corcoran would certainly be a material fact witness. the government would move to have him excluded as a potential lawyer for the case. they are going to move to have him testify under that attorney client privilege. he won't be very soon allowed to go forward anyways eve

nasa scientists have successfully managed to test the world's first planetary defence system by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first test of a technique which could one day be used to defend earth from any approaching space rock. now on bbc news... welcome to hardtalk. he's in right now. he didn't want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didn't plan to forcibly mobilise military—age men across russia, and he didn't want to see internal but this is where he is — seemingly in trouble. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, it's a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are, less than two weeks later, with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 it's not a major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised, er, 300,000 peopl

we heard from the uk defence mr. — this war. we heard from the uk defence mr, ben _ this war.g. i spoke to the ukrainian mp yesterday, and i asked her about the strategy of retaking territory, she said that she was hearing reports that russian soldiers were abandoning their posts, trying to find clothes to change out of their uniforms, you know, disappearing from the front line. what are you hearing about ukrainian efforts to re—take territory? ukrainian efforts to re-take territory?— ukrainian efforts to re-take territory? yeah, that is very interesting. _ territory? yeah, that is very interesting, because - territory? yeah, that is very i interesting, because yesterday territory? yeah, that is very - interesting, because yesterday after those referendums were announced, we heard from a number of senior ukrainian officials, saying, look, this is russia�*s reaction to the counteroffensive which continues. it is interesting that this reaction is coming as the ukrainians seem to be going ahead, trying to reclaim territory in the east of the country. the ukrainians earlier this w

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and now me with my friends, with my colleagues serving in territorial defence forces in kharkiv region. we are in our store, in our supply depot. here is a lot of bandages, tourniquets. we saved a lot of lives using this tourniquets. we are paramedical team. paramedical squad. first of all, our main aim is to give the first aid to wounded and injured soldiers. and to transport them from the battlefield to the hospital. it was maybe ten or 15 calendars. but we keep in them, and if we need if somebody needs, somebody asks us to give them this, we give this, but we try to to keep it because it is the three last one. it's like flashback from the past peaceful life. we played for more than 12 years, playing together. we released seven albums and gave a lot of gigs. it is more than 1,000 gigs during this time, so we had a lot of big ukrainian tours and we had three american and canadian tours. we planned a european tour. my name is sergi vucic. i am the keyboard player in antytila. hello. i play guitar in antytila band. this vehicle's problems are that driver's door are not opening and back

golf in the us made a solid start of the defence of| solid start of the defence of the presidents cups and lee 4-1. the against internationals and lee 4—1. the opening foursome came through with a comprehensive six and five win against adam scott and hideki matsuyama. the americans' most experienced pairing sort of competitors 2-1. the us pairing sort of competitors 2—1. the us went further ahead when cameron smith took down the south korean pair. it was by the same score. internationals managed to stop the lot when kim seaward and cameron davis beat world number one scottie scheffler and sam burns but they blew their chance of another point wayne taylor pen drift missed this birdie putt at the last, many are when for tony finau and max homa, therefore, advantage usa. on the european to there is early in the second run at the french open. the day and it looks to in the fourth european to a total of his career and shot a nine under par 62 to tie the course record. firing in ten birdies, just the one bogey, and a thursday leading ijy bogey, and a thursday leading by two shots overnight

later, the president met his defence minister.ve decided on mobilization because they are short of troops. so short, that in prison camps across russia, this mercenary chief, a close putin ally, has been recruiting inmates to fight in ukraine, promising them their freedom if they serve six months with his group, wagner, and survive. when vilena went to visit her husband in prison a few days ago, she was told the husband, a convicted murderer, wasn't there. translation: | said, - "what do you mean, not here? he has been here 13 years and suddenly he's gone?" they told me they had no more information. a few days later he called me from a ukrainian number. i know for sure that my husband is in ukraine. even if he agreed to go there, he was sent illegally. sending convicts into combat is against the law. now the kremlin will be sending reservists to ukraine. but in moscow tonight, a protest against mobilization. hundreds have been detained across the country. not everyone in russia is willing to stay silent about vladimir putin's inva

it is the first planetary defence mission.s spectacular and now it is accomplished we will figure out how effective it was. all right, _ how effective it was. all right, we hit the is to write, how— right, we hit the is to write, how effective was it and what will that _ how effective was it and what will that mean?— will that mean? the damage asteroids — will that mean? the damage asteroids can _ will that mean? the damage asteroids can do _ will that mean? the damage asteroids can do is _ will that mean? the damage i asteroids can do is well-known. asteroids can do is well—known. the biggest ones can cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution. and in the coming days and weeks, scientists will be assessing whether the test has been successful. it is a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet

i definitely think that, as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and initely i will! the people working here, we're definitely going to sleep better. the target was a twin asteroid system. a larger space rock orbited by a smaller one called dimorphos, about 150 metres — that's about 500 feet — across. the crash gave dimorphos a kick to change its speed and alter its orbit. telescopes on earth tracked the moving asteroid, capturing the moment of impact, revealing the rocky debris being hurled into space. to divert an asteroid, you need to know where it is. the biggest ones, more than a kilometre, about half a mile across, could cause global devastation, like the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. we've spotted most of these, and none are heading for earth. but even the small ones pose some risk. a 20—metre wide space rock — about 65 feet — exploded over russia over russia in 2013, injuring hundreds, but very few around this size are being tracked. but it's the ones in between that are causing concern. a150 metre wide space rock — about 500 feet — coul

later, the president met his defence minister.ecause they are short of troops. 50 short, that in prison camps across russia, this mercenary chief, a close putin ally, has been recruiting inmates to fight in ukraine, promising them their freedom if they serve six months with his group, wagner, and survive. when vilena went to visit her husband in prison a few days ago, she was told the husband, a convicted murderer, wasn't there. translation: i said, - "what do you mean, not here? "he has been here 13 years and suddenly he's gone?" they told me they had no more information. a few days later he called me from a ukrainian number. i know for sure that my husband is in ukraine. even if he agreed to go there, he was sent illegally. sending convicts into combat is against the law. now the kremlin will be sending reservists to ukraine. but in moscow tonight, a protest against mobilisation. hundreds have been detained across the country. not everyone in russia is willing to stay silent about vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine and his war

stanley's defence team includes scott spencer and several junior lawyers.ew days earlier, spencer issued a statement saying the trial is not a referendum on race. the word "racism" will never be mentioned throughout the proceedings. bill burge is the lead prosecutor. he begins by calling members of the rcmp. we learn that the search warrant was delayed, and that the vehicle where colten was killed was left uncovered for over 24 hours. during this time, rain fell on the scene, washing away much of the evidence. observers find out the young people spend 18 hours in custody before giving their statements. stanley's lawyers question them at length about their actions prior to entering the stanley farm. some feel the witnesses are the ones on trial. we know that there's been-- been many issues raised in terms of,f steali, theft, racism, murder all of tse issue thatre playi on we need have th confince that t crown psecutors areg thatre playi on we neee properuestionsnce that t crown psecutors areg and ing theidue dilince wi all theitnesses that . that t i don'kno

it's just the first planetary defence test mission.it was — that's really what we're going to learn in the next weeks to come. all right, we hit this asteroid — now, how effective was that at deflecting it and what would that mean for using it? the damage asteroids can do is well known — the biggest ones could cause global devastation, like the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. the challenge is to find them early enough, so a mission to divert could be carried out well in advance. the dart mission is the first step in finding a solution, and in the coming days and weeks, scientists will be assessing whether their test has been successful. it's a demonstration of a technology that could one day save our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the prince and princess of wales have made their first visit to the nation since they were given the titles. the royal couple have been visiting anglesey, where they lived for three years after they first married. it comes as kensington palace said there were no plans for pri

this is what you would want to do for planetary defence.e going to do this for planetary defence, you would do it five, ten, 15, 20 years in advance in order for this technique to work. space is vast and the earth is, cosmically speaking, pretty small, so the chances of a catastrophic impact are fairly remote. that has happened before and eventually, it could happen again — but not if dart has anything to say about it. tim allman, bbc news. we will, of course, be covering that story come monday. plenty more on that and indeed, all of the other stories on the programme today on the website. that is it, though, from me and the team here in london. thank you for watching. hello. the autumn equinox happened on friday and saturday is going to be ourfirst full day of autumn. the skies are pretty clear at the moment and the weekend, how's it looking? actually, not too bad. there will be a few showers around but predominantly sunny spells. so, this is what it looks like out there right now. yes, a few showers around, but generally clear across most

just in defence of the record, if you look at what _ defence of the record, if you look at what happenedof the uk has _ since 2016, the performance of the uk has the — since 2016, the performance of the uk has the be said, it has been disappointing. and certainly in the last three — disappointing. and certainly in the last three years has been very disappointing by international standards, so the conservative government have traditionally had a strong _ government have traditionally had a strong economy and greater economic competence, but partly through factors — competence, but partly through factors which are beyond our control, _ factors which are beyond our control, international factors such as footie's — control, international factors such as footie's invasion of ukraine, but there _ as footie's invasion of ukraine, but there are _ as footie's invasion of ukraine, but there are other other —— such as putin's_ there are other other —— such as putin's invasion of ukraine, but there _ putin's invasion of ukraine, but there are — putin's invasion of ukraine, but there are other reason

james waterhouse in kyiv. - i'm joined now by the defence technologies specialist and ex—army officerto retake so much ground from the russians?- forces managed to retake so much ground from the russians? while, our preparations — ground from the russians? while, our preparations lasted _ ground from the russians? while, our preparations lasted for _ ground from the russians? while, our preparations lasted for a _ ground from the russians? while, our preparations lasted for a long - ground from the russians? while, our preparations lasted for a long time - preparations lasted for a longtime and ukrainian forces started amassing with large quantities of armoured artillery and they had something which is one of the most important things of this war, which is the information and that information came from nato sources, so there are coordination centres and nato provided ukraine withjoint planners with a set of information that actually pinpointed locations that actually pinpointed locations that the russians lines around the weakest. russia before this, they started to withdraw some troo

which she had made a commitment onjust get not defence which she had made a commitment on just get whatdepartments _ of it? the cheese saturday has been to the departments today _ of it? the cheese saturday has been to the departments today to - of it? the cheese saturday has been to the departments today to say - of it? the cheese saturday has been | to the departments today to say they will need to stay within a certain amount. and we have a talk about inflation going hi that may mean real cuts. in making savings where they can. i think if you ask an ordinary person you would not feel like the state is swimming about money at the moment. already you are seeing huge pressure on the nhs, schools asking parents to buy materials for their children. long time to get a gp. problems on the roads and rail. and strikes there will be more public sector demands for pay raises. and to try and do spending cuts in

the heroic defence of marie paul and the heroic defence of the steel plant very closely.ion was there and there was a missile _ situation was there and there was a missile strike. we are very closely ready _ missile strike. we are very closely ready so — missile strike. we are very closely ready. so this was a very great success— ready. so this was a very great success for— ready. so this was a very great success for us. of course, this was a stand _ success for us. of course, this was a stand for— success for us. of course, this was a stand for russian protagonist, because — a stand for russian protagonist, because many sa didn't know what to write or _ because many sa didn't know what to write or say _ because many sa didn't know what to write or say to the media because on the day— write or say to the media because on the day where they have announced the day where they have announced the partial— the day where they have announced the partial mobilisation, they have released _ the partial mobilisation, they have released those who they have been saying _ released those

ukrainians in the ukrainian army pinpointed the weakest point in rushing defence, —— in the russian defences potential that they will try and attack with other directions. this ukrainian attack bears some risks, because the flanks may be exposed. the ukrainian general staff know about this. on a tactical level, there is a smaller scale to try and flank the ukrainians there. mas there is a smaller scale to try and flank the ukrainians there. was sort of back-ups — flank the ukrainians there. was sort of back-ups do _ flank the ukrainians there. was sort of back-ups do the _ flank the ukrainians there. was sort of back-ups do the ukrainian - flank the ukrainians there. was sort of back-ups do the ukrainian forces| of back—ups do the ukrainian forces now need, because we know they have been asking pretty much constantly to get more sophisticated weaponry? they need more sophisticated weaponry, they need shells and a huge amount, and they need a much better air defence. this is the weakest side of the ukrainian defence. they also need propelled artillery, and the himars missiles. they can do so

it is the agency's first planetary defence mission — and scientists there are about to try diverting path of an asteroid by crashing a spacecraft the size of a small car into it. it's a test to see if something similar could be done if an asteroid was heading towards earth in the future. our science editor rebecca morelle has the details. it's a cataclysmic scenario. an asteroid headed for our planet, with the potential for mass devastation. it's happened before. a space rock wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. but now nasa is testing a way to stop any future threats. in just a few hours, a spacecraft called dart will crash into an asteroid. this space rock poses no threat, but it's a test to show how we could deal with one on a collision course with the earth. and the aim is to change its path. we're not looking at trying to destroy an asteroid, which is tremendously difficult. we arejust looking to nudge it enough, early enough, that it misses, and that's how we protect, defend the planet against this natural hazard. the spacecraft launched at the end of last year and has

president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy.ed that donald trump and what he termed "maga republicans" represent a form of extremism that threaten the us way of life. he urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy regardless of their ideology. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. i want to be very clear... applause. very clear up front. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga republicans. not every republican embraces their extreme ideology. i know, because i have been able to work with these mainstream republicans. but there is no question, the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans, and that is a threat to this country. these are hard things, but i am the american president, not a president of red america, blue america, but of all america. and i believe it is my duty to level with you, tell you the truth, no matter how difficult, no matter h

south korea to demonstrate and show its commitment security and defence and a message to north koreates again is committed to the south korean defence and it will not tolerate and accept north korean provocations. but we are already seeing this provocations in it doesn't look like pyongyang is backing down. it doesn't and that will be a challenge and homework so to speak for both the united states and south korea and evenjapan on how to deal with north korea. how to stop, prevent them from future complications and the biggest challenge has been notjust stopping weapons tests but trying to bring north korea back to the dialogue table. so i think vice president harris�* trip is important. notjust among the political leadership but the united states ending its military hardware as you saw. a visit in the port city and engaged in bilateral naval engagement. both a political message and a security message. that the united states has south korea and japan's back when it comes to north korea but also china. i was just going to ask you about china because that is such a big player in this pa

continuing i first of all, ukraine is continuing to surprise us and is showing it can not only do defence to tie together infantry tanks and long—range missiles, intelligence, all of those things come together to coordinate in a way we have not seen before. what has happened here is a diversion and essentially they made a big song and dance about a big offensive in the south, but all the while building up forces in the north. clearly russian military intelligence did not manage to spot it and on they have gone. that shows ukraine can do this in a way we did not think, and it is also making a political point, it is telling the rest of the world, we think we can win this war so all of those arguments you hear in the west saying, should the west carry on giving it support because maybe it will be supporting a stalemate? there�*s not a stalemate at the moment. then what might happen now? will russia retaliate? if so, how? use of nuclear weapons is part of their modus operandi when you look at their war plans, they always refer to it and vladimir putin has referred to it himself, that is the g

queen, within the last few hours nasa has successfully managed to test the world's first planetary defenceately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. the dart mission is the first ever attempt to change the course of a large object, roughly the size of a football stadium. the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust i7 the probe is thought of the asteroid targetjust 17 metres off the bullseye. a live camera relayed the spacecraft�*s final few seconds to nasa scientists before it crashed into the rock. there, oh, my goodness. oh, wow. four, three, two, one... oh, my gosh! whoo! oh, wow! confirming visual confirmation. cheering at a press conference following the succesful mission, the dart team spoke of their relief that the mission had been achieved. it is absolutely wonderful to do something this amazing and we are so excited to be done! we have worked on this mission for at least seven years, now, and it has been the work of over 1000 people that have put their heart and soul into it, so to see it so beautifully concluded today was just an incredible feeling, and also very tiring! i

one is the mishandling of documents relating to national defence. not carefully securing them.houldn't have had any documents relating to national defence anyway. the other question, was president trump directly involved in keeping concealed classified documents after they were subpoenaed bya grandjury? some of those classified documents found in the search earlier this month were in his office, some were mingled in one of his desk drawers along with his passports, so that kind of mingling certainly suggests trump was aware that there were still classified documents at mar—a—lago. what about the special master that mr trump is asking for? can you explain that? well, a lot of documents were seized on august 8th, perhaps not all of them were directly relevant to the search. and so it's not particularly unusual for someone who has been subjected to a search warrant, like former president trump, where a lot of documents are taken, instead of leaving it to the fbi to sort through those documents into what's relevant and what's not, they can be protected and you can appoint a special

the white house says the us is providing taiwan with what it needs to maintain its self—defence capabilitiesthe russian energy giant gazprom says it has scrapped plans to reopen a key gas pipeline to europe. the company claims it can't restart nord stream 1 because of an oil leak in a turbine, which will have implications for europe's energy supply this winter. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan after devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country's crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed and unicef says many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases like cholera and malaria. now on bbc news, fleeing afghanistan. i've concluded that it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. as us, uk and nato forces leave afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everybody was desperately trying to find any way to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive. so, fighting, stressful. there was lots of broken cars all over the airport and there was no

i step towards a planetary defence system.gency deliberately slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its course. but he'll be sometime before not successful the mission was. this is what it looked like from the camera on board the craft fair process the asteroid as well as a very excited mission control. >> then, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. oh my gosh. [laughs] [applause] [applause] we have in fact. and the name of planetary defense. >> this is some pretty jazz 90s right there. i'm joined now by legendary astrophysicist, near the grass tyson, of the american museum of natural history joins me now. he's a lot of the new book starry messenger. a cosmic prospective on civilization. so, hitting this asteroid was successful. it hit what it was aiming at. we'll have to determine how successful was if you look to push this after it away? >> it is not isolated destroyed. it is a moon of a much larger asteroid. we have a gravitational dance they do, with the moon orbits the larger asteroid. so lot of t