dr sarah kendrew their live from french guiana.y christmas- _ the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message later. her first since the death of her husband, prince philip. she'll speak beside a framed photograph of the couple taken during their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007 and she'll wear the same sapphire brooch that she wore on her honeymoon. there are some flashing images in this report from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. rehearsing at windsor for their part in the queen's christmas broadcast, the central band of the royal british legion will play the national anthem which begins the broadcast. this year's christmas message — a still from which has been issued by buckingham palace — will be an unusually personal one. the queen is wearing a brooch which she wore on her honeymoon, and on the desk beside her, a photograph of her and prince philip taken in 2007, when they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. it's eight months now since philip's death. so far, the queen has not spoken pu

it will be lifting off from french guiana.ondentjonathan a moz is beside himself about this. run us through what we are waiting to see. a little bit of geography to start with. we are in french guiana on the northern coast of south america, on the equator in fact. that is going to help the rocket as it climbs towards this guide. the equator will pull it around and the rotation of the earth, we are trying to get up to 300 km in altitude. you are going to 300 km in altitude. you are going to hear the the launch director and he will countdown in french because we are in french guiana. he will announce the lighting of the main engine underneath the rocket. and then they will wait for the chambers, so the pressure in the chambers, so the pressure in the chambers to be just right and then they will call launch and we will have lift off. perhaps we should listen in as the countdown begins. this is probably the launch of the decade. we have been waiting 30 years for this. the most valuable and priceless science space spearmint ever pu

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturday telescope and it will give us a much deeper understanding of our universe and how it came about. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it's taken 30 years to develop, cost more than $10 billion and has involved thousands of scientists. now, the james webb space telescope is finally ready to launch, to begin the most ambitious astronomy mission ever attempted. this telescope is absolutely the biggest and most complex and most powerful telescope that we've ever attempted to send to space. all of us astronomers are extremely eager to get this telescope into space. but, you know, i think it's going to work and i think it's going to, again, you know, just completely revolutionise how we understand the cosmos. the telescope is a successor to hubble, which has given us amazing images, butjames webb is much more powerful. its mirror is almost three times bigger, which means it can reveal parts of the cosmos we've never seen before. gazing up into the heavens can help us to answer some o

and the launch team back in french guiana could finally express their relief. ( cheers and alause ) theescope has many more maneuvers still to make over the coming weeks, as it unfurls its protective shield, and then reveals its exquisitely crafted mirror. it's more than a decade behind schedule, but its promise is immense: looking back at some of the most distant events and objects in the universe. this was the launch that may change science, astronomy, and cosmology-- a christmas gift to us all. >> hill: in his christmas day address, pope francis prayed for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, and called for vaccines for the poor, and dialogue in resolving the world's conflicts. only a few thousand people attended the annual event at st. peter's square, which normally sees tens of thousands. italy is experiencing a record-setting rise in covid-19 cases this week. the pope offered prayers for those most affected by the coronavirus, including women and children who have suffered increased abuse during lockdowns. and, the pope lamented that we've become so used to immense tragedies happen

it sets off from french guiana on christmas day. thank you very much indeed for joining us.w — her first since the death of her husband, prince philip. she will speak beside a framed photograph of the couple taken during their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007 — and will wear the same sapphire brooch that she wore on her honeymoon. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. for the queen, forced for a second year by covid to spend christmas at windsor rather than hosting herfamily at sandringham, this will be a moment to reflect on a year marked by sadness. her christmas broadcast, a still from which has been issued by buckingham palace, is expected to be a very personal one. prominently on the desk beside her, a photograph of her and prince philip taken in 2007 when they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. philip's death last april, two months short of his 100th birthday and after 73 years of marriage, was the emotional low point of the year for the monarch. apart from a reference to him in her address to the cop 26 conference, the queen has not so far s

thank you so much. manuel. rappel reporting from french guiana. still ahead on the al jazeera news hour how female journalist and i've done a song struggling to keep their jobs under taliban rule. but i must have been job aide in a mangrove forest just off theory b and c. and i'll tell you how the lack of fresh water is killing species of mangrove. and we hear from england cricket captain joe route on his side. my foods are roughly controlled back from australia and the a we may see some rain across the gulf states. hello everyone. let's talk about that right off the bat. it all has to do with this ribbon of cloud draped over sections of saudi. we'll go in for a closer look. i'll put this day for now and we'll find ourselves on sunday. could see the showers through buffer rain and i think probably the northwest of cats are maybe not don't specifically, but there is certainly the risk for it. and those winds will still be crank into about 50 kilometers per hour. next for go into pakistan. enjoy. well, you can, because temperatures here will be fall

that are over 13000000000 years old. minor one rapids reports from the launch site and crew, and french guiana. get caught. it's a space mission 25 years in the making. the, the launch of the genes web space telescope, the largest and most powerful space observatory ever build, is one for the history books. me as a successor to the celebrated hubble mission. scientists say the technology board, the spacecraft, promises answers to questions. we haven't even thought yet of asking in my dreams and my hopes i see eng signatures in monetary atmospheres away from our solar system that could hand to the presence of life will be one of the most important discoveries ever using an enormous gold plated mirror. 6 and a half meters across and instruments that operate in the infrared spectrum. the web telescope seeks to lift the veil on cosmic realms, that in the past were too distant or too cold for any previous telescope to detect . web is a marvel of human ingenuity made possible through the dedicated efforts of thousands of scientists and engineers, and the close partnerships between more than a dozen

the telescope was launched from kourou in french guiana.'s the most powerful ever built, and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. and we have engine start. and lift—off. the start of a blockbuster astronomy mission. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight... this is the james webb space telescope. it's a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making and a cost of $10 billion, it's finally on its way. we've never attempted anything like that in space before. we're going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics. a new frontier. and that is what gets so many of us excited about james webb space telescope. this space telescope is a feat of engineering. at its heart is a 6.5 m

the james web space telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency base in french guiana. is home little, provide new in science about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and we have in store this question, a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars, and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations back on earth at the european space agency space in french kiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come, wept mission to understand exile planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of, are we alone in a universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge, and i think that out there somewhere there will be life for we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and where we'll make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant te

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturday. it's the successor to the hubble space telescope. now on bbc news it's the travel show. 0h, oh, well. look at the size of this place. this is tokyo stadium and it was home to the foot all, the rugby, and the pentathlon during the olympics. and i'm glad to finally be here. japan's delayed some of sport finally got under way in 2021. my name's steve brown and was supposed to come over the paralympic coverage. not being able to make it out was a huge blow. the whole thing about sport, it's notjust about watching it, it's about feeling it, that immersive experience. before i was a presenter, i was captain of the london 2012 rugby wheelchair team. and when i was in hospital sport was what got me out. it was definitely the building block to the person that i have become. tokyo holds a special place in paralympic history. it was all the way back at the 1954 games that the term paralympic was first used. but being disabled injapan hasn't always been easy. it is often seen as a country that v

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later. this is bbc news. now an bbc news review 2021 the year in sport. 0ur sports presenter adam wilde takes a close look at the highs and lows of a memorable year. there's never been a sporting year quite like 2021. it would, though, take a little time for the volume to be turned up. like everything else, it had to wait. as the year began, the backing track was the sound of silence. fans were still some way behind. covid's cancellations and chaos continued, the pandemic still providing all the background noise. the empty stadia, a stark, constant reminder that no amount of fake sounds or even fake crowds could drown out. that was over here. 0ver there, well, this was how the world's best tennis players were preparing for one of the first major sporting events of the year, the australian open. strict hotel quarantine divided opinion. tennis was struggling to keep calm and carry on. novak djokovic became the men's champion, the first of three grand slams for him this year. naomi 0saka, the w

rocketed to space from french guiana, they put on a spectacular christmas show. 27 minutes after launch, about 865 miles above the eastern coast of africa, the telescope was released to fly on its own. the space control room had this reaction. >> we do have confirmation of observatory separation. >> the $10 billion telescope will see deeper into the universe in order to get a limps of it near its beginnings. the director of the program was grateful for the success so far, and the people who made it possible. >> the world gave us this telescope, and we're handing it back to the world today. we don't take that for granted, with all of the support across the globe for this. >> one thing it is not breaking new ground on, the scope is billions over budget, and years behind schedule. >>> now to a bizarre christmas security breach in the uk. an armed intruder was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle where the queen, and charles, and camilla are spending christmas. the man was carrying an offensive weapon. the suspect apparently trespassed onto the grounds this morning, but did not get ins

james webb space telescope finally got off the ground this christmas day, rocketing to space from french guiana after launch, 800 miles above the eastern coast of africa, the telescope was released to fly on its own in space. the control room had this reaction. >> we do have confirmation of observatory separation. >> the $10 billion telescope will see deeper into the universe in order to get a clips of it near its beginnings. the director of the program was grateful for the success so far, and the people who made it possible. >> i say the world gave us his telescope, and we're handing it back to the world today. we don't take that for granted, with all of the support across the globe for this. >> one thing it is not breaking new ground on, the scope is billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. >>> now to a bizarre christmas security breach in the uk. an armed intruder was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle with the queen, prince charles, and camilla spending christmas. the man was carrying an offensive weapon. the suspect trespassed onto the ground this morning, but did

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later. that agenda is now thought of under threat because of the money that it requires and we have a chance of thatis requires and we have a chance of that is stricter with the purse strings and then borisjohnson would like now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london, with shaun ley. london, with shaun ley. hello and a warm welcome to the first of two special editions of dateline london. next weekend at the turn of the year, we will make some predictions for 2022. this weekend, we concentrate on the waning year and that seasonal classic. scrooge had three ghosts to remind scrooge. we don't have ghosts on this programme, we have guests. three distinguished journalists to reflect on the year. henry chu, isabel hilton and the bbc�*s lyse doucet. a very warm welcome for it to you all. thanks for breaking off to be with us on dateline. let us begin as you would expect with the virus. isabel, can you start by talking about how this year has been different from the previous year? this is the se

. >> the telescope is scheduled to launch from french guiana right near the equator on christmas eve.t a few stars if you will. another private club coming to san francisco. >> it will be housed in one of the most iconic buildings. as first reported by the business times, core, a members only club with locations in york city and milan, will occupy three floors of the transamerica pyramid. it will include work suites, a restaurant, a gym, and a personalized skin care program. >> is not going to be cheap. according to entrepreneur.com, initial membership fees were reported to be $50,000 back in 2016. >> i bet it is double that by now. >>> when we come back, a bay area bright sp everyone needs health insurance. covered california is making sure more people can get it. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more californians get covered. julie and bob are paying $700 less every month. dee now gets comprehensive coverage with no monthly premium and the navarros are paying under $100 per month. check coveredca.com to see your new lower price. covered california, this way to

james web space telescope lifted off a board, a rocket from the european space agency base in french guiana. it typed it will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life and store with the collision. a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars, and scan exit planets for signs of life. celebrations back on earth at the european space agency space in french kiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come wept mission to understand excell planets. i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of, are we alone in a universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i think that out there somewhere, there would be life. but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell . and where will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telesc

move over hubble, the james webb telescope will launch christmas morning from french guiana.n.a.s.a. spent $10 billion to build it. we could see the universe as it looked right after the big bang. how cool is that? here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: from the perch a million miles beyond earth, the james webb telescope will glimpse the dawn of tame like nothing before us. >> the universe is a 13.8 billion story and we're missing key paragraphs in the very first chapter. >> reporter: n.a.s.a. astro physicist amber straughn hopes webb's discoveries will fill in in blanks. >> we hopefully will be able to see the galaxies for the first time. >> reporter: the gold plated mirror will alline to create one mirror, 21 feet across, six times larger than the one on the hubble space telescope. for more than three decades, hubble has given us stunning humbling views of the universe. but webb will search for heat >> we aroking for thes. the telt cold, it will actually glow brighter than the objoro blo th, engineers designed a first of its kind sun shield, the size of a tennis court. it's

and galaxies that are over 13000000000 years old. manuel rap low has more from the long side and french guiana. mission control here in french piano has relinquished their control to mission specialists in the united states in the state of maryland who are now in fully in charge of the spacecraft of the james web space telescope on its way one and a half 1000000 miles away from earth is going to be a long journey, but it's been a long journey already 25 years in the making. that's 25 years worth of delays and set back. this is a launch that was supposed to take place in 2020. what was delay due to the coping? 1900 pandemic. just this month. this launch was delayed at least 3 times in part due to implement whether there was heavy rain this morning. a lot of nervousness from the, from folks who are showing up at the launch site worried that may be the rains would possibly cause another delay. another postponement in this launch, but that certainly wasn't the case. the conditions were at the end of the day optimal for the launch to take place. that is to say, it's still going to be a nail biting.

web space telecom telescope lifted off a border rocket from the european space agency based in french guiana. it's hope that it will provide new insights about the origins of the universe and possibly extra terrestrial life. and store a, a new era of space exploration takes off on board the biggest and most advanced astronomical observatory ever launched. the james web space telescope will help solve mysteries about the formation of stars and scan exit planets for signs of life celebrations back on earth that the european space agencies base in french tiana. scientists are ecstatic about the discoveries to come. wept missions who understand excell planets i think goes really to some of the core of our humanity. these fundamental questions of are we alone in the universe? where do we come from? where do we go? the universe is so huge. and i had think that out there somewhere there will be life, but we don't know. we have to build large instruments to tell. and rep will make a big leap in that direction. it took some 3 decades of work and almost $10000000000.00 to build the giant telescope. te

the james webb space telescope is set for takeoff from a launchpad in french guiana.that started 25 years ago. construction was hampered by redesign. the telescope seen as a successor to the hubble telescope. nasa hopes it can reveal secrets about our early universe. >>> for the first time ever take a look, harry and meghan are showing the world a photo of their adorable baby girl. 6-month-old lilibet looks so happy in this picture. aww, she's so cute. look at that smile. you can only see the side of her face, but she's adorable, along with big brother archie who is in there as well and the card says, archie made us a momma and poppa, and lily made us a family. >>> we'll switch gears to sports because today's hawaii bowl between the university of hawaii and memphis has been canceled. hawaii pulled out of the game citing covid-19 issues and other factors. the game's cancellation means there are no major live sporting events in the u.s. happening today but plenty over the weekend. >>> all right. now the 49ers and titans nfl game happened last night. it came down to a la

. >> reporter: the space telescope will launch from french guiana in south america right near the equator 24 at 4:20 in the morning pacific time. >>> right now on kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area , the cold weather turning deadly for a group of people often overlooked when the temperatures drop. how activists are fighting to protect them. >>> help on the way to boost public safety. the surprising trend coming as local leaders call for help. >>> what we know about new omicron cases popping up in three counties. the areas seeing a sluggish booster turnout. good evening. >>> we start with the cold weather turning deadly in the south bay. homeless advocates say five people died this week in san jose due to exposure. >> kpix 5's shawn chitnis without support groups are trying to bring attention to these deaths. >>> it is graphic, in-your- face, undeniable. it really strikes a chord with people. >> reporter: name after name taking its place on a tombstone, each a life extinguished on the streets will homeless. many likely facing the same challenges as the five people who died this week in the

and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. with people around the world. i've been celebrating christmas day once again under the cloud of the corona iris pandemic. and as jane wolf reports, many shad at the same wish an end to the panic. o people around the world are celebrating christmas with many refusing to let the impacts of coven 19 affect. the festive cheer in australia, the 1st part of the world to ring. and christmas day people flocked to sidney's glistening. bondai beach, a summer temperature sword stranded expatriates, made the most of it. there's no flights harm aba i'm celebrating the bestbuy archive, and i love being australia. love been in bumble. i been on the base for christmas, vice a drink come through and i'm, well, what low kid you want, you got fit for these. running up and down the vague, you've got the sand, you've got the water, you've got the sunshine. whereas if you want to be people also gathered in bethlehem where christians believe jesus christ was born. and i better place with a joy to the word

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturday. it's the successor to the hubble space telescope. now on bbc news, review 2021, the year in politics. from the battle against the coronavirus pandemic to the fight to slow climate change, and including some of the political controversies of the year, our political correspondent helen catt looks at the stories behind the headlines. three, two, one! big ben chimes 2021 was another extraordinary year in politics. the uk stopped following eu trading rules. the biggest vaccination programme the country has ever seen was rolled out. but we all spent months in lockdown while it happened. events in afghanistan tested british foreign policy. have you lied to the public, prime minister? at home, accusations of sleaze and rule breaking tested boris johnson's authority. disrupt this meeting. a woman named jacqui weaver shot to fame for exhorting hers. you have no authority here, jacqui weaver, no authority at all. 2021 started fresh off the back of a christmas that had been cancelled, virtually

new era of astronomy. mariam, i thank you very much, manny rapids, joining us staff from glue in french guiana. when now we go to development in libya because our protests in several cities in the country after its long awaited presidential election was postponed. lesson countries had said that they'll continue to recognize libby as interim government. he's had a vote can be held. the election was part of the un backed initiative to end of or a decade of violence. the ballot hasn't gone ahead because of a dispute of the rules and the eligibility of several candidates. malik traina has more now from tripoli, today as live as 70 it anniversary or independent or independence day. it's also the day that a presidential election should have been run. so we're here in morris, where, where you can see a crowd gathering as libyan celebrate the historic day and live in history. but right next to the celebration, you have people protesting here saying that election should go shouldn't go ahead without a constitution. they're calling for a constitutional referendum before a presidential election takes pla

astronomy and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. ah, hello again, elena is the bronman dot harvard. the headlines on al jazeera security forces and saddam have fired tear gas, had protested in the capital cartoon. tens of thousands rally to call on the military to stay out of politics. at the 10th major demonstration since october mohammed violet, in cartoon, the information we have and the college we saw indicate that there have been huge numbers of protesters across cartoon. some of them were in on demand some, in binary. these are the 2 other city is creating, composing, with the cartoon itself, the, the capitol of sudan. but your phone, if you have taken unprecedented measure since yesterday night, they closed all the bridges needing to central cartoon. and this time around, they deployed 3 times. the number of troops and policemen, even though the troops did not participate in the correct on the number of security forces 3 times more than in the previous occasion. about a week ago, the palestinian red crescent says this valley

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturdayit's the successor to the hubble space telescope. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. stephen sackur looks back at some of the biggest and most memorable interviews of the year. welcome to a special year—ending edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. this is our chance and yours to look back at some of the drama, the passion, the emotion generated by our interviews in 2021. when the precedent is established against bad people, it then is used against good people. if afghanistan sinks into chaos, that will be a stinking spot in the conscience of the global community. if you want to sit behind a computer and write i terrible things to people, you're a coward. - this is hardtalk, right? your view of the american political system, i think, is not right. i think you're missing the elephant in the room. 2021 began with the world gripped by events in washington, dc. donald trump had lost his bid for re—election, but he didn't slip away quietly. he claimed without foundation that the

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later.and we have a chance of thatis requires and we have a chance of that is stricter with the purse strings and then borisjohnson would

astronomy and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel rap, hello al jazeera carew. french guiana. greece is bound to restore a grand entrance to the acropolis in athens, but that's causing controversy. among some archaeologists, john strapless explains to enter the acropolis in athens, visitors zigzag up this ramp built in the 1950s. greece as it is now, going to give them the experience athenians enjoyed 25 centuries ago when they came to worship their patron goddess athena. a grand staircase, 25 meters wide envisioned as part of the gateway to the acropolis and reimagined by artists for centuries. the peloponnesian war between athens and sputter interrupted its completion. but the men in charge of restoration on the acropolis as rebuilding, it would be a celebration of the democracy, but conceived it with the establishment of democracy. the number of citizens was 10000 and all of them had to participate to the festival. it was a duty for thee and since citizens, their participation and tear therefore they had seriously and substantially to widen, to increase. they wait, sir, of

the james webb telescope is on board a european ariane rocket which took off from french guiana.ubble telescope, and designed to beam back unprecedented images of the universe. it's the most powerful ever built, and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. i'mjoined now by dr gioia rau, an astrophysicist at nasa's goddard space flight center. this all sounds very exciting. absolutely, good morning, thank you for the invitation. this was extremely exciting this morning to watch the launch, what emotion. as you mentioned, it will revolutionise the universe, our understanding of it, it is the result of the hard work of astronomers and engineers for more than 30 years. watching it go into space was amazing, but perhaps some people will wonder why this is so special. james webb telescope is not like other telescopes, it is the most sophisticated, complex deployable, it is foldable like origami, it is the most difficult ever built by nasa, and that ever existed. it

it has just launched from french guiana. the telescope aims to seek deeper into space. volunteers in england help give vaccines in the race to fight the surging omicron variant in the country. the government is offering every adult a booster by the end of the month. pope frances has delivered his traditional christmas day urbi et orbi message to the world. he deplored the �*immense tragedies' in yemen and syria which he said were �*being passed over in silence' millions around the world face travel disruption over christmas, as the surge in omicron variant cases sees thousands of flights cancelled due to staff shortages. airlines say they're contacting those passengers affected, before they arrive at the airport. this is bbc news. the main stories at the top of the hour. first, click celebrates christmas in style, with a host of christmas—related gadgets and a look back at some of their highlights of the year. it is clickmas! and here comes a festive feast of fun. we have games, music, drinks and gifts. and we will even help you clean up afterwards. # merry clickmas, ev

and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. ah . hello. again, almond has withdrawn him in dot harvard. the headlines on al jazeera security forces, and saddam have fire tear gas had protested in the capital cartoon. tens of thousands .

and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera. carew, french guiana. pakistan has been spending up to $14000000000.00 a year to adapt to the changing environment. the government has described the costs as climate injustice because it contrib is less than one percent of global carbon emissions. oh, sound ma'am. been javin reports from coy stun in pakistan. millions of capital migrate and water dries up in sudden bucket fun farmers and more districts filament on their phones as the dry spells are becoming longer and the movements more frequent. it's a long off road track to get to their villages, with no government support people in the going stand region are trying to adapt to climate, the changes around them. for generations, people in animals here have used the same water source. these ponds retain rain water from surrounding hills. now some non government organizations are helping increase their water attention capacity. so when it rains, it lasts a few months. 48 reservoirs with some up to 800 feet deep, have helped more than 74000 people in this t

astronomy and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. ah jojo 0 me said hill robin, a reminder of our top story, south african nobel peace prize when a desmond to to has died at the age of 90. he was appointed the 1st black archbishop of cape town and became known for his vocal opposition to the countries apartheid system. human rights groups are accusing mir miles military of committing and.

astronomy and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel wrap a little al jazeera carew, french guiana, and you can follow the telescopes a month, long journey on the nasa website. it's moving at 2 kilometers, a 2nd. deploy stages over the next 1300000 kilometers. well, let's get more on this. we're joined by tanya harrison. she's a fellow at the university of british columbia is out of space institute and she's joining us via skype from toronto. very good to have you with us on al jazeera. so the head of the james web space telescope mission said after the launch for the easy part is done and the hard part starts now he laughed. but there are literally hundreds of steps which need to work out perfectly for this mission to achieve just some of that goal. absolutely, i think we always assume the launches the tricky part. but james webb has over $300.00 separate deployments that have to happen. and all of them have to go essentially, flawlessly, for the telescope to function at all from the deployment of the high gain antenna which should happen in the next day or 2. the sun shield, whic

the rocket carrying the james webb space telescope will take off from french guiana later on saturday

and begin to unfold the mysteries of our universe. manuel, rap, hello al jazeera, carew, french, guiana. still i had for you on the news hour. we meet the last light housekeepers in south africa. as the sun goes down on that historic job. and is what we hear from british cyclists, mot cavendish, as he reflects on a remarkable year ah, getting going for sunday, december the 26. hello everyone. we still got that relentless rain across siberia. so northern portions of portugal into northern spain. this is concerning because earlier in the month we had extreme flooding in northern spain and southwest france . and that's where this rain is headed and for the united kingdom. specifically scott, when we've got some weather alerts posted for blowing snow on sunday. and that's because we have this brisk wing coming off the nor see now for london. wait for your temperature is about to shoot up as we lead in to 2022. so by next wednesday, you're up to 15 degrees. the average is 9. so while above where you should be for this year, ok after italy, we may power up some thunder storms in rome at 15 de