let's take you live now to the gobi desert.ina's new space station and set to blast off shortly, actually, for the country's longest crewed mission to date. it is china's first crewed mission in nearly five years, and it represents a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. the three astronauts will launch on a long march 2f rocket, heading for the space station, where they will spend three months. lift—off is expected in a few minutes' time. their spacecraft will dock with the main section of the space station, that has been in orbit since april. the first crew will test and maintain the systems onboard, conduct spacewalks and undertake scientific experiments. things like that. we will be keeping an eye on this and bring more to you in about half—an—hour. hong kong police say they've arrested five executives from the pro—democracy apple daily newspaper in a dawn raid on its offices. the newspaper — which has opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong — says its editor—in—chief, ryan law was among those d

china s first manned spacecraft in nearly five years blasts off from the gobi desert — as beijing trieson itself as a major space power. and is auckland in new zealand the most "liveable" place in the world to live? a new global survey seems to suggest it is — we'll find out why. the united states has described a raid by hong kong police on the pro—democracy newspaper, apple daily, as �*politically motivated'. five senior figures from the paper were arrested and are being held under security laws imposed by beijing. they include the editor in chief, ryan law. the newspaper has consistently opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong. the bbc�*s danny vincent is in hong kong. the police came in the early hours of the morning. 500 officers deployed to arrest five media executives, suspected of violating hong kong's new national security law. they surrounded the building. journalists inside continued live streaming the raid on their own paper. mark simon is an adviser tojimmy lai and former executive with apple daily�*s parent company, next media. essentially, it's not up to us any more,

lift off from gobi desert. the crew members were announced on wednesday. former air force pilot.he oldest chinese astronaut to go to space. this is the third of 11 missions planned to compete the space station. [indiscernible] china space agency says they will spend about three months maintaining the vessel. >> astronauts will synchronize arrangements. after three months, astronauts will return. reporter: china first sent the man into space in 2003. in 2011, nasa banned china from participating in the international space program. since then, beijing has harbored plans to build its own. in may, china became the second country to land a rover on mars. anchor: what is being described as the world's third-largest diamond has been discovered in botswana. the 1098 caret stone was presented to the president by a mining company. the government receives as much as 80% of the income, through dividends royalties and taxes. the biggest almond ever was the 3000tñññvvvvvrrzozozozoñ?ñ narrator: on this episode of "earth focus"...los angeles is known for its urban sprawl and traffic-clogged syst

now doc successfully with the country's new space station after launching from the edge of the gobi desert. the tree arrived at the new station about 6 hours later the research module is still being completed. the astronauts will now orbit the earth for 3 month setting up experiments and preparing for a series of spice books and the next stages of construction that is latest mission is considered a significant step forward in establishing beijing as a major player in space. another success for china space program. the shin jo 12 rocket last thought to dock with the countries new space or for the next 3 months to the crew. 3 will live in a module slightly larger than a city bus. carrying out experiments going on space walks and preparing the station for completion. next year. the china space agency will be monitoring the astronauts to see how they handle the time away from earth separation. often the sunday via the see the top 3 month commission is a long term human crude space flight plan, which requires astronaut to stay in a relatively narrow and confined environment. i says that it take

this is the scene live in the gobi desert, where the first astronauts for china's new space station aret crewed mission. police in hong kong arrest five executives from the pro—democracy apple daily newspaper, which opposes beijing's tightening grip on the territory. and is blatant product placement falling flat? after cristiano ronaldo removes coca—cola bottles from a euros news conference.

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after launching from the edge of the gobi desert, the trio arrived at the new station about 6 hours legs out. the research module is still being completed. the astronauts will now over the earth for 3 months, setting up experiments and preparing for a series of bice walks and the next stages of construction. this latest mission is considered a significant step forward in establishing beijing as a major player in space. the another success for china space program, the sion joe 12 rocket last off to dock with the countries new space or for the next 3 months to the crew of 3 will live in a module slightly larger than a city bus. carrying out experiments going on space walks and preparing the station for completion. next year. china space agency will be monitoring the astronauts to see how they handle the time away from earth operation. often sunday via the see the top 3 month commission is a long term human crude space flight plan, which requires astronauts to stay in a relatively narrow and confined environment. i see that it takes time to adapt to the weightlessness. she will also have to

china sending astronauts to its new space station, blasting off from the gobi desert. 6 1/2 hours later 242 miles above the earth. this is a milestone for china. it's poured billions into becoming a space power, and it's getting there fast. the chinese station, called tiang-gong, or heavenly palace, is a quarter the size of the international space station but a rival. china frozen out of the iss by u.s. security concerns. but with the iss getting old china could have the only space outpost. >> this phase of the chinese space program is something they've been champing at the bit to do for a decade now. >> reporter: the unusually public fanfare, timed for the communist party's 100th anniversary next month, shows china's growing confidence, having also just landed a rover on mars. are china and the u.s. now technical equals? "the u.s. is more advanced," says the mission's chief designer, "but china develops space programs for its own needs." despite a ban on cooperation, nasa sent congratulations while tonight high above the earth chinese astronauts smiled, waved and took their place in hi

the first astronauts for china's new space station have blasted off in the gobi desert, for the country's longest crewed mission to date. it is china's first crewed mission in nearly five years, and a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. hong kong police say they've arrested five executives from the pro—democracy apple daily newspaper in a dawn raid on its offices. the newspaper — which has opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong — is owned byjimmy lai, who's already been put on trial over similar accusations. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. joe biden prepared for his geneva summit with vladimir putin by reassuring his partners in nato that america is back in the saddle, committed to the defence of european allies and determined to leave the alliances response to evolving geographical and technological threats. but how convincing is all of these reassurance? my guess is nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. is rhetoric being used to paper over nato�*s cracks? jens stoltenberg, at nato headquarters in brussels, welco

variance and in just a couple of hours, china is set to launch its longest crude mission from the gobi desert to its new opening space station. the heavenly palace. 3 astronaut will spend 3 month setting up experiments and preparing for a series of base walks. the mission is a step forward in establishing beijing as a major player in space, travel and to soccer. now at the european championships, easily are looking like a team to reckon we, dr. convincing when over switzerland it is only 2nd victory. now, in the group stage in rome, man will look at tele scored twice for the home team. and it's only a short themselves of advancing to the round of 16 and fans were adding force on the streets and piazza of rome to cheer on easily during the match with switzerland . berry options to the 2 goals from manuel lock and tele. tell the whole story. it really didn't even qualify for the last world cup. so expectations a huge for these euros and so far so good we'd be doing looking like one of the best teams in wales have put themselves in position to advance to be euro's finals. 16 thanks to a win over

the first astronauts for china's new space station have blasted off in the gobi desert, for the country'songest crewed mission to date. it is china's first crewed mission in nearly five years, and a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. now on bbc news, it's time for click. redesigning aeroplanes. the passenger pod hurtling people through tunnels. yes! yeah! woo! and fancy a flying car? coventry was once the heart of british automotive manufacturing, dubbed britain's motor city. but it's moved with the times. now hosting the institute for future transport and cities at coventry university, playing an important part in the future of autonomous, sustainable and connected transport. and in a city where the first ever british car was manufactured, research has moved to the next evolution of the automobile — the autonomous vehicle. for a few years now, we've been told that driverless cars are just around the corner. and on this programme, we've taken a few for a spin. but before they can truly become a reality, we need to know that we can trust them just as much, if not

the first astronauts for china's new space station have blasted off in the gobi desert, for the country'songest crewed mission to date. it is china's first crewed mission in nearly five years, and a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. now on bbc news: wednesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to wednesday in parliament, as mps agree to delay the lifting of england's lockdown rules, despite protests from tory mps. the government has set a disastrous precedent in terms of the future of liberty in these islands. the prime minister's private verdict on his health secretary is revealed — to labour delight. the right honourable gentleman, now forever branded as "hopeless" hancock by his own leader. some lockdown rules have been lifted. couples can now have a big fat covid wedding, up to a point. being able to hug but not- dance, you can't have a band, you've got to socially distance — that's not the kind of big - day that they wanted for themselves. - all that to come and more. but first, the prime minister has survived a rebellion by conservative mps over the d

that's in the gobi desert in northwest china. that's where the rocket set to take off the mission is being seen as another step towards establishing beijing is a key power in space for katrina. you're joining us live now from beijing katrina. earlier i was watching pictures of the astronauts being busted through the local time. great cheering, great applause by crowds there. but this is being seen, i think, as not so much groundbreaking effort, more of a practical one. what are they planning to achieve when they're in space? well, i think it's both groundbreaking and end practical. this will be the longest crude space mission for china to date. and the 1st time that it's cent astronauts to space for about 5 years. and they'll be going up to the chan going spending most of the time in the chin her the cool module of the space station and most of what they will be doing is really performing maintenance work on the module performing some space walks really making sure everything is okay, this is the 1st time ashley will be living in

let's bring you some live pictures from the gobi desert with a face at from china new space station areill be the countries longest crude mission to date. establishing beijing as a major space power. they will spend three months working up at that station. lift off expect in an hour. the space station will dock and we will bring you pictures as and when that happens. president biden first foreign trip is at at end and no doubt he's looking forward to a bit of down time at the white house, as i imagine are the secret service. the logistics of moving a president through three countries are mind boggling. this was mr biden arriving in geneva — just look at the convoy in tow! pretty impressive. a cavalcade of cars including police outriders, secret service vehicles, an armoured communications vehicle, medics, the press corps. i could go on. it all looks impressive on the wide roads of geneva, but the nine tonne �*beast�* isn't built for the tiny roads in cornwall as we can now demonstrate. so spare a thought for this man, whose job it is to direct the beast as it made an unlikely three poin

the first astronauts for china's new space station have blasted off in the gobi desert, for the country'sfive years, and a landmark step in establishing beijing as a major space power. hong kong police say they've arrested five executives from the pro—democracy apple daily newspaper in a dawn raid on its offices. the newspaper — which has opposed china's tightening grip on hong kong — is owned byjimmy lai, who's already been put on trial over similar accusations.

that came as a great relief to the team at the control center in the gobi desert. beijing looks to establish itself as a major space power. but that ambition is causing concern elsewhere — particularly in washington. joining me now for more is former nasa astronaut leroy chiao. thank you very much forjoining us. why does china feel it needs its own space station and how significant is this? ., ., , ., ., , . ., this? china has made no secret that the are this? china has made no secret that they are looking _ this? china has made no secret that they are looking to _ this? china has made no secret that they are looking to expand - this? china has made no secret that they are looking to expand their- they are looking to expand their ability— they are looking to expand their ability to— they are looking to expand their ability to explore space, particularly with humans. and so this is_ particularly with humans. and so this is a — particularly with humans. and so this is a pretty big step for them because — this is a pretty big step for them because they have launched p

so now there is 3 astronaut lifted off from china's gobi desert this morning local time around 922 a. m. and about 7 hours later, they successfully docked on china's 1st space station. now this crew consists of 3 astronauts including veteran near hi shang who at $56.00 is the oldest chinese astronaut to be sent to space and they'll be performing maintenance tasks during the 3 months on board. so they'll be doing minor construction. they also conduct some space walks, making sure that everything on the spacecraft is running smoothly and they'll be living on board beach can her, which is the cool module of the space station which itself is only sent into or but 2 months ago. now they've described their main task as setting up house. their colleagues will be said to the space after them and they'll be staying for long distance about 6 months. and really, this space station will mock the continuous presence in space for china. for about 10 years, at least, china has big plans to space president. she didn't pay the chinese communist party, one china to become an international space power i

the first astronauts for china's new space station have blasted off in the gobi desert, for the country's step in establishing beijing as a major space power. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

. 0n as you can imagine this is in the gobi desert.to say. translation: 12 crew reporting to the ground. — translation: 12 crew reporting to the ground. we _ translation: 12 crew reporting to the ground, we have _ translation: 12 crew reporting to the ground, we have entered - translation: 12 crew reporting to the ground, we have entered our. translation: 12 crew reporting to - the ground, we have entered our home in space. we thank all chinese people for their support. and thank the sites and technology workers for their hard work. we salute you. those three will be on board for at least three months. they have scientific experiment to get on with but their main task will be to finish building the space station. there is of course another space station up there, the international space station around five times bigger and the us will be following the progress of the chinese closely. keith is a former nasa scientist. the space station that's up there now — built by the us, russia, europe and japan — was designed and built in the 1990s.

right on the edge of the gobi desert in western mongolia, the launchpad.arrying in the cone." three male astronauts. one of them, it hits his third trip space and for the other, is second trip is idols in life are new armstrong, first man on the moon, as well as yuri gagarin. and there is one estimate making his first strip. they are going to the first space station being constructed in the chinese, heavily pallets. it will become operational year. they will spend the next three months in the main section of the tiangong space station. it is fairly small, about the size of a space station managed by the soviets in the 1980's and lasted until 2001 not, nearly as big as the iss. but that iss is about to be decommissioned in the next few years, so tiangon couldg be the only one in space for a while. yvonne: we have blaine curcio, founder of orbital gateway which focuses on the business of space and satellite communications. thank you for joining us. tell us about china's move. does it make a country -- the country a serious contender in the global space race?

and he just a couple of hours. china is set to launch its longest cr admission from the gobi desert to its new orbiting space section. the heavenly palace. 3 astronaut will spend 3 months fitting up experiments and preparing for a series of space walks. the mission is a step forward in establishing beijing as a major player in both travel. well, was it a reckless he asked aunt or a climate awareness campaign gone horribly wrong. a green paste protest came within inches of crashing his propelled paragliding, crossed into the crowd shortly before kickoff at choose days, euros soccer match between germany in front. and as you can see here, in this video, the german activist was gliding into the open room. daddy munich, when he's crock collided with wires, supporting an overhead camera. he then lost control and held towards the ground, sending players and spectators running for cover a full crash landing onto the peach. at least 2 people were injured. and d, w max merrill, he works in our sports department. he shot that bit of mobile phone video, you just saw inside the stadium. it since b

blasting off from the gobi desert. docking 242 miles above the earth.'s poured billions into becoming a space power and it's getting there fast. the chinese station of heavenly palace is the quarter of the size of the international space station. but with the iss getting old china could have the only space outpost. >> this phase of the chinese space program is something they're been chomping at the bit to do for a decade now. >> reporter: the fan fare shows the growing confidence having just landsed a rover on mars. are china and the u.s. technical equals? thest is more advanced but china developed space programs for its own need. nasa sent congratulationses while tonight high above the earth chinese astronauts smiled, waved and took the place in history. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, china. >>> something the folks at one tv network noticed what's going on at another tv network. [sfx: psst psst] allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good this shot is our

the woman who escaped north korea walked over too gobi desert to escape china to get to mongolia seekingnto slavery, survive, what to an american college about wow this is really nuts. isn't that incredible story? >> i'm sorry congressman going to let robby answer this one. >> pretty damning indictment. thinking north korea the censorship is enforced by the government. here in american university campuses this pressure from other students. that is what i've seen time and time again researching this issue for might work at reason and my book. a minority of the students demand ideological conformity. is not in the faculty are sometimes afraid of them it's a oppressive atmosphere for intellectually thriving. the cost is extraordinary many young people graduate are so far in debt they wish they had not even done that. i think of many of them are there for the social experience. but it's an expensive one. if anything the pandemic is shown as what a farce it is. these schools still wanted them. so many of them are paying for the part in the school still one of them to pay the same price to sit

after launching from the gobi desert, the trio could be seen successfully boarding the new space station. the research research station is still under construction, but the astronauts will now all but the earth for 3 months and set up experiments and prepare for a series of vice walks to help us with the next stages of completion. this latest mission is considered a significant step forward in establishing beijing as a major player in space. the another success for china space program, the sion joe 12 rocket last off the dock with the country's new space station. or for the next 3 months to the crew, 3 will live in a module slightly larger than a city bus. carrying out experiments going on space walks and preparing the station for completion. next year, china space agency will be monitoring the astronauts to see how they handle the time away from earth. separation off the sunday we are the see the 23 month commission is a long term human crude space flight plan, which requires astronauts to stay in a relatively narrow and confined environment that it takes time to adapt to the weightless

chinese astronauts working to launch a new space station of their own from a launch pad in the gobi desertto take off more on china's ambitions in space. >> a new space race is upon us a competition between china and the u.s. >> this is a race to establish permanent presence in lower orbit and the moon as of today, china seems to be winning that particular race >> merck has cooperated with rurk since the end cold war as the former head of nasa explains, with china, it is different. >> they are deliberately pursuing an aggressive space agenda >> tonight the first crewed flight in nearly five years, sending three astronauts to the space station it is building, as it seeks to become a major space faring power by 2030 >> under president xi, it has become an issue of national power. so china has risen to the fact that it is important for not just commercial capacities but military command and control, missile tracking >> it isn't doing it alone russian technology is helping forge the way. something vladimir putin discussed recently with nbc news >> we have been working and will continue to work

. >> what would the results mean for mining in mongolia's gobi desert?hasized enough that mining is so important here to the economy. it drives gdp and it will drive recovery from the covid-19 challenges. : copper -- coal and copper are almost entirely consumed by china. rio tinto, the private mining company, is a big player. mongolia has had some dispute over its management, specifically a couple years ago, there were cost overruns and delays. that has had parties return to the negotiating table. the next president will play a big part in a selling the resolution to the society, mongolian citizens, and going forward with that relationship with rio tinto. which is expected to be the fourth-largest mine in the world. no small potatoes. >> in terms of covid, you mentioned the covid response. mongolia was largely spared for much of the pandemic but we had bad outbreaks this year. what has the response been like? >> mongolia paid -- played it very cautious last year. for a lot of the year, there were no large case numbers. less than 500 for much of the year.

somewhere in the gobi desert, we are seeing three chinese astronauts getting set for takeoff.he mission crew inside the spacecraft, preparing for launch area it will allow -- for launch. it will launch today from china's northwestern satellite launch center according to the space agency. they will be carrying those three astronauts for a trip lasting three months, the longest manned crew they have attempted. the previous one ran 33 days. the country is also aiming to complete the in orbit construction of that space station at the national space laboratory by 2022. these are huge ambitions that were built out in the last five-year plan for beijing. lots more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: the imf hopes to finalize plans for a trust, redirecting new reserves to countries by year-end. the managing director says poorer nations are struggling with piles of pandemic fueled debt and desperately need help. she spoke to haslinda amin about the biggest risk they are facing. >> these economies are stepping into the pandemic and climate crisis from a very vulnerable position. the

they blasted off from the gobi desert. >>> hong kong arrested five editors and executives of a pro democracyhe computers and notebooks from reporters of the apple daily. it's the first time hong kong's national security law has been used against the press. >>> japan will ease the state of emergency in nine areas, including tokyo ahead of the summer olympics. the company is keeping some measures like limiting spectators at big events suga calling on the public to watch the olympics on tv to avoid the spread of covid-19. >> and disneyland paris reopening today. it was closed for nearly eight months due to the pandemic masks are no longer required in france, did disneyland paris res them for above the age of 6. the louvre opened a month ago, so france very much open for tourists this summer back to you. >> rahel solomon, thank you, welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm morgan brennan along with scott wapner, because carl and david do have the morning off. we're live from post nine at the new york stock exchange, about an hour into the trading session. let's get a quick which she can on the big

walks across the gobi desert. is taken in as a sex slave for $300. her mother, $100. to be repressed unequal. professors are the ones who are pushing forth that message. in her outrage and disillusionment got her a book deal. got her on our show. she was on sean last night. "fox & friends" first. you should have her on, there are so many facets, shades to this story we can learn from. my hope we snap out of it eventually. i'm loving what happened to this country because we're getting involved in the board of education, school board in our own towns. we're pushing back. we've been watching bill maher, hbo, as liberal, push back on the whole cancel culture along with kevin hart. i'm getting heartened we had enough as a culture. stuart: yeah. pushback, please. by the way ms. park is on the show about a half hour from now, this program today. next, next brian, terry mcauliffe, wants to be governor of virginia again. he says concerns about critical race theory are a right-wing conspiracy. watch this, please. roll it. >> it is another right-wing conspiracy. which is totally