and those if russia does quit, the i assess, it would be the end of an era in space diplomacy. fenton monahan has more the future of this beacon of international cooperation may be in doubt when the war and ukraine prompted the west to sever nearly all ties with russia. the international space station was one of the few exceptions. 321. now, after more than 20 years of partnership, russia says it's pulling out. one is not overseas custom, so of course we will fulfill all our obligations to our partners. but the decision to leave after 2024 has been taken. i think that by that time we will begin to follow russian orbital station from euro and left off to many. this move was a surprise or well, spinoza and the russian space agency had only just signed a new agreement to ferry astronaut to the station, form it in may. the head of the european space agency said cutting type russia on the i ss with technically impossible core. both sides are responsible for different technologies on the station, and neither is train to operate. the others without assistance is going to cause problems. the russian

dad. grain being stored in the silos caught fire earlier this month because of hot weather. fenton monahan reports a grim reminder of a tragic day. these green sailors withstood the impact of a massive chemical explosion at bay report in 2020. now nearly 2 years later, they come crashing down cloud love. a fire hastened to collapse. grain fermenting in the hot weather, quarter light and they didn't try to extinguish the fire. and today we can see that the silos are like collapsing. gasoline has rooty was one of more than 200 people who died in the 2020 disaster. his daughter says the silos should never have been allowed to fall on this and ruling state is doing to remove and to demolish our collective memory. this is bill on each. this is the only thing that has been has been there since the explosion. and now they're trying to remove that ah, the explosion was an accident waiting to happen. thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate had been sitting in a warehouse for years. investigations that revealed senior government and security officials knew about the dangers materials store to port. bu