program 30 years if you mentioned earlier they repaired satellites deployed satellites ploy the hubble space telescope fix the hubble space telescope you know didn't have labs of their medical and industrial research on the other hand it didn't fly quite as frequently as people expected so you know from that standpoint i think it's a mixed bag as we look back on it gave us a lot of capability but all that capability in earth orbit so as a result of that that's why our plans to go back to the moon and on to mars were sort of put on the back burner for a while. as teenagers john you and i witnessed a sad moment in the sixty's space race when the astronauts grissom white and chafee died during a pre-launch test for the apollo one mission so there was one aspect of this 1st shuttle launch that had us holding our breath correct. yeah no question i mean. the expression goes spaceflight is risky business and you always hold your breath whenever there's a launch get a little long on the edge but here's the different thing about the shuttle the 1st shuttle launch than any previous u.s. manned watch there was n

. >> liftoff with the hubble space telescope. >> we are here in the previous newsroom.story comes from india which is t guest daily total of new covid-19 infections of any country since the start of the pandemic. it has ordered 315,000 new cases. -- it has orchid -- it has reported 315,000 new cases. here are some of what president biden said. >> united states is setting down a road to cut greenhouse gases have. that is where we are headed as a nation and what we can do if we take action to make our economy not only -- these steps will set america on a -- no later than 20 to you. the truth is, america represents less than 15% of the worlds population. >> that presents a shift college airline truck withdrew from clear -- the paris agreement. we heard a commitment to make kinda carbon neutral by 2060, here is some of what he said. >> we must be committed to green development. to protect the environment is to protect productivity. use to he told me to actually -- need to make sure sound environment stained economic and social development will. >> nurse martin china. -- her

going to start putting humans on a long term basis on the space station they're going to launch a telescope a space telescope similar to the hubble space telescope they're developing a wide range of launch vehicles they want to have their own global satellite communications similar to you know star link you know basically if there's anything that the that the west has you know they want to have the same. do you think china has any military ambitions in space. we're not specific military but you call and we need the nature of china as you can't completely divorce the military from from anything else so it's everything they do there will be some sort of you know military aspects to it it will be interesting to see you know in reaction to you know the u.s. creating space force you know whether with it with a china you know effectively creates its own similar you know we could force i mean i personally as a sort of peace loving professor i you know i hope not. but nevertheless you know we have geopolitics on earth and there's no reason why some of those geopolitics you know will not extend up into the space to mine. so we see we hear

the other awesome thing about the james webb space telescope, is that it looks into the infrared. so with the hubble space telescope, we were only looking at visible light. with the james webb space telescopes, we will be able to see infrared light. a good analogy is thinking about trying to look at a big forest through a crack in a gait. you know, we were kind of seeing blurry images and trying to make out what was going on. with james webb we will be able to really open the gate for the first time. >> natalie you also be working with the web telescope project. and that capability will give us the chance to look back in time almost to the beginning of the universe. what are we hoping to learn? >> my goodness, i have a lot of interest on what we will learn about the planets themselves, their climates, and how their atmospheres transfer and implications to life. but webb, but since it has a large collecting area, his he deep in the universe. we can reach back to the first 200 million years after the big bang. we will be able to see phenomenon like the supernova of the very first stars that were forme

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window to the universes india, as it grapples with a ferocious second wave of covid—i9. the country has again reported its highest numbers of daily cases and deaths. the us attorney general has announced a new investigation into the minneapolis police department, after a white former police officer is found guilty of the murder of george floyd. several of the world's biggest economies have announced new commitments to cut carbon emissions, including the european union, which is planning reductions of at least 55% by 2030. tomorrow, president biden is hosting a key climate conference in washington, where he's expected to announce a 50% cut in us emission levels. however, the international energy authority is predicting — despite all this — global carbon emissions willjump by 1.5 billion tonnes this year, driven by the resurgence of coal use mostly in china. our europe correspondent, jean mackenzie has the latest from brussels. this has been a long and hard—fought deal, after disagreements between european le

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe: scenes of desperation repeated across india as it grapples with a ferocious second wave of covid—i9. the country has again reported it's highest numbers of daily cases and deaths. the us attorney—general has announced a new investigation into the minneapolis police department after a white former police officer is found guilty of the murder of george floyd. to moscow now. president putin is warning any attempts to contain russia will be met with a "tough" and "asymmetrical" response. in his annual state of the nation address, he said anyone who crossed a red line would seriously regret it. at the same time there have been demonstrations across the country. supporters of the jailed kremlin critic, alexei navalny, demanding he be released. hundreds of protesters have been arrested. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has the latest. a touch of pomp. then, cue the president. this was vladimir putin's 17th state of the nation address. he used it to portray his country is a besieged

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universemer police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider its verdict — the case is seen as key moment in us race relations and policing. plans for 12 of europe's top football clubs to form a breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage. nasa says a new chapter in space exploration has been opened after a successful test flight of a drone on mars, calling it their "wright brothers moment." the drone, called ingenuity, was airborne for around a0 seconds — the first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on another world. more ambitious flights are planned for the days ahead. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. it was a flight that lasted just a0 seconds. but by hovering in the martian air, turning and then landing, nasa's ingenuity helicopter made history. applause. ingenuity has performed its first flight. and this was the moment mission control learned of the success. human beings have neverflown a rotorcraft outside of our own earth's atmospher

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universee jury in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider it's verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. plans for 12 of europe's top football clubs to form a breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage. it's been announced that former us vice president — walter mondale — has died at the age of 93. he served underjimmy carter between 1977 and 1981. he went on to run as a presidential candidate in 198a — but lost to ronald reagan. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, and asked him about the politician's legacy. he is and will be remembered as a statesman who was high principled, who had a very long career in american politics before becoming vice president. he served in the us senate, representing his home state of minnesota, he had been a lawyer in minneapolis, a city which of course is very much in the news today because of the trial of derek chauvin. and he served in

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window to the universeeported its highest number of new daily infections, more than 330,000 cases. industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals as stocks run out. the fatal stabbing of a policewoman near paris is investigated as a terrorist offence. the british prime minister's former top adviser, dominic cummings, has launched an attack on his old boss, borisjohnson. dominic cummings, who was one of the architects of brexit, said it was sad to see the prime minister fall so far below the standards of competence and integrity the country deserves. mr cummings made the comments after he was accused by a government source of leaking damaging text messages between mrjohnson and a businessman, which he denies. 0ur political correspondent greg dawson explains why this story is so explosive and potentially damaging for the british prime minister. this is a denial, but it's a fact that it's such an explosive denial and a personal attack on the prime minister and his office. these two men worked closely

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universepolice officer derek chauvin is found guilty of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of george floyd, the african american man he violently arrested last may. mr floyd's supporters welcome the verdict outside the court in minneapolis. less than 48 hours after the announcement of a european super league all six premier league teams involved have formally withdrawn from the competition. manchester city were the first club to pull out after chelsea had signalled their intent to do so. the other four sides — arsenal, liverpool, manchester united and tottenham — have all now followed suit. the 12—team super league was condemned by fans, football authorities and government ministers in the uk. gervais williams is head of equities at premier miton. thank you for being on the programme. despite the fact that everybody said this is just about the money, it would seem that the opposition had its influence in the end. it boils down to tv money. it came over many, many years

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universehe czech republic deepens — both sides expel diplomats, as prague accuses moscow of spying. some of europe's biggest football clubs announce plans to set up a new super league, despite opposition from officials. all students have been evacuated from south africa's university of cape town after several of its buildings were set ablaze. a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain, spreading to the university campus. firefighters have been trying to tackle the blaze with water bombs dropped from helicopters. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. the fire began on part of the mountain called, appropriately enough, devil's peak. huge billowing clouds of smoke drifting into a brilliant blue cape town sky. firefighters desperately trying to get the flames under control but pretty soon they had spread to the campus of the local university. historic buildings damaged, hundreds of students forced to flee for safety. also in the path of the fire, the city's historic mostert�*s mill, the oldest su

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window to the universeion repeated across india — as it grapples with a ferocious second wave of covid—19. the country has again reported it's highest numbers of daily cases and deaths. the us attorney general has announced a new investigation into the minneapolis police department, after a white former police officer is found guilty of the murder, of george floyd. the manchester united co—chairman joel glazer says the club "apologises unreservedly for the unrest" caused by the proposed european super league. the liverpool owner, john w henry, has apologised to his club's supporters. united, liverpool, and four other premier league sides withdrew from the esl after a furious backlash. our sports editor dan roan reports. chanting: tottenham! we want our tottenham back! spurs fans no longer have to worry about being part of football's ill—fated super league. but, as they gathered outside their stadium tonight, it was clear the action of the club's owners will not be easily forgotten. this club is never going

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universerecord surge in covid cases puts pressure on hospital beds and life—saving supplies. we have a special report from the frontline. the benefits outweigh any potential risks of the johnson & outweigh any potential risks of thejohnson &johnson vaccine the johnson & johnson vaccine according thejohnson &johnson vaccine according to us authorities. president emmanuel macron has insisted france will never give in to terrorism following a fatal stabbing at a police station outside paris. the suspected islamist attack was carried out by a tunisian man who entered france illegally more than a decade ago. france's anti—terror prosecutor has taken over the inquiry. these have become familiar scenes in france — a victim, armed police and a town in shock. here in rambouillet, a paris suburb, a female police worker was killed. she was a 49—year—old mother of two, leaving her police station when a man stabbed her to death in the neck. the attacker was shot by one of her colleagues and later died in h

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe: the former police officer derek chauvin is found guilty of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of george floyd, the african american man he violently arrested last may. mr floyd's supporters welcome the verdict outside the court in minneapolis. this is what minnesota attorney—general, keith ellison, had to say after the verdict was announced. since the investigation and prosecution of this case last may happened, everyone has pursued one goal, justice. we pursued justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor for the case, i asked for time and patience to review the facts. gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community for giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability. which is the first st

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window to the universe"unreserved apology" for the failure to commemorate properly the deaths of tens of thousands of black and asian troops who fought for the british empire during the first world war. the commonwealth war graves commission found that at least 116,000 people who died weren't given headstones because of what they call "pervasive racism". mark easton has the story. the imperial war graves commission was established with a remit to remember every individual who died for their country regardless of rank, class, religion or race. in france, the immaculate thiepval memorial is an example ofjust that. but outside europe, the commission enacted a policy of discrimination, categorising the fallen as white, indians or what it called "natives". this village in punjab, then part of british india, sent 460 men to fight in the first world war, the largest number of any village in south asia. and yet the war dead are not named. a shock to a british gp who went to research his ancestors from there. i just

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeczech republic deepens. both sides expel diplomats as prague accuses moscow of spying. some of europe's biggest football clubs announce plans to set up a new super league, despite opposition from officials. after more than a year of being unable to leave their home country, the first flights of australian residents have left for new zealand. a two—way travel corridor. both countries say the bubble is only possible because they've generally been able to contain the virus. from monday, those in australia and new zealand can travel freely between the countries without needing to quarantine on arrival. but it won't be quite like pre—covid travel. passengers will be required to wear a mask on the plane. and at airports they will be taken through special green zones, so they're not in contact with other travellers. passengers must follow local guidelines. and they may be required to quarantine if there's an outbreak. shaimaa khalil reports. the international departures terminal at sydney air

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window to the universepromises to cut america's carbon emissions by at least half before the end of this decade. he called on other leaders at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. the british prime minister has offered an "unreserved apology" for the failure to commemorate properly the deaths of tens of thousands of black and asian troops who fought for the british empire during the first world war. the commonwealth war graves commission found that at least 116,000 people who died weren't given headstones, because of what they call "pervasive racism". mark easton has the story. the imperial war graves commission was established with a remit to remember every individual who died for their country regardless of rank, class, religion or race. in france, the immaculate thiepval memorial is an example ofjust that. but outside europe, the commission enacted a policy of discrimination, categorising the fallen as white, indians or what it called "natives". this village in punjab, then part of british i

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with l the hubble space telescope, our window on the universein clashes in eastjerusalem amid rival demonstrations by palestinians and far right jewish activists. president biden promises to cut america's carbon emissions by at least half of past levels before the end of this decade. he called on other leaders at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. the us senate has passed... ——the us senate has passed legislation to tackle the rise in violence and discrimination against asian americans. 94 senators backed the proposals — only one, republican josh hawley, voted against. attacks on asian americans increased during the covid—i9 pandemic — the measures will now be put before the house of representatives. here's senate majority leader, chuck schumer. passing this bill should send a message to the country that should be all too obvious by now. hate crimes will not be tolerated, and federal law enforcement will do everything in its power to detect, deter and if necessary prosecute crimes to the full extent of the law. al north american c

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe of our top story today. india's health care system buckles, as a record surge in covid cases puts pressure on hospital beds and life—saving supplies. when he took office, president biden said he wanted to re—establish the us�*s role on the world stage. injune, he's due to take his first overseas trip for the g7 summit being held in the uk. that will be followed by a nato summit in brussels, amid rising tensions with china and russia. our world affairs editor john simpson has this assessment of the challenge facing the us president. gunshot 0n russia's border with ukraine, confrontation suddenly turns into open warfare, but does russia really intend to invade, given that ukraine has the backing of america and europe? 5000 miles away, a chinese air force video shows theirjets racing across the sea near taiwan, the island which broke away from communist china in 1949. the question is — will china actually invade? what links russia's moves on ukraine and china's moves on taiwan? it's this

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeatest headlines: the jury in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider it's verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. the uk government vows to do whatever it takes to prevent a breakaway european super league as the protests against the plans continue. it's been announced that former us vice president let's speak to professor allan lichtman, a presidential it's been announced that former us vice president mr carter said he considered mr mondale the best vice president in our country's history. let's speak to professor allan lichtman, a presidential historian at the american university in washington. how will walter mondale be remembered?— how will walter mondale be remembered? ., ., , remembered? one of the greatest seconds, remembered? one of the greatest seconds. maybe — remembered? one of the greatest seconds, maybe the _ remembered? one of the greatest seconds, maybe the greatest - seconds, maybe

start putting you know humans when a long term basis on the space station they're going to launch a telescope a space telescope similar to the hubble space telescope that developing a wide range of launch vehicles they want to have their own global satellite communications similar to the starlink you know basically if there's anything that the that the west has you know they want to have the same. do you think china has any military ambitions and space. we're not specific military but you call and we need the nature of china as you can't completely divorce the military from from anything else so so everything they do there will be some sort of you know military aspects to it it will be interesting to see you know in reaction to the us creating space force you know whether with it with a china you know effectively creates its own similar you know we do force i mean i personally as a sort of peace loving professor you know i hope not. but nevertheless you know we have geopolitics on earth and there's no reason why some of those geopolitics you know will not extend up into the space to mine. so we see we heard lots of news from mars e

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe 20 diplomats, a day after the czech republic kicked out 18 russian diplomats identified as secret agents. more deadly shootings in the united states — six people are killed in separate incidents in wisconsin and texas. all students have been evacuated from south africa's university of cape town after several of its buildings were set ablaze. a wildfire started on the slopes of table mountain spreading to the university campus. firefighters have been trying to tackle the blaze with water bombs dropped from helicopters. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. the failure began on part of the mountain called, appropriately enough, devil speak. huge billowing cloud of smoke drifting into a brilliant blue cape town sky. firefighters desperately trying to get the flames under control but pretty soon they had spread to the campus of the local university. historic buildings damaged, hundreds of students forced to flee for safety. also in the path of the fire, the us historic mostert�*s mill, ct�*s his

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with i the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeeadline: president biden promises to cut america's carbon emissions by at least half of past levels before the end of this decade. he called on other leaders at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. china has vaccinated more than 200 million people since it first began rolling outjabs to the pubic six months ago. it was slow to start — covid has been all but eradicated there for months now, but its borders remain effectively closed. now it's turning to its state owned companies to persuade or pressure millions more people to get vaccinated. 0ur china correspondent robin brant reports from yiwu near the east coast. music. here we are again. we've come back to zhejiang hospital in this district of yiwu because it was here six months ago that we discovered they were doling out the vaccine for the first time in china, we think the first time in the world, to anyone who wanted it. any member of the public could turn up, pay their money, get the jab. what's happening here in chin

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universet headlines: thejury in the the jury in the trial of former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider its verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. plans were 12 of your�*s top football clubs to form a new breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage. nasa says a new chapter in space exploration has been opened after a successful test flight of a drone on mars. they're calling it their "wright brothers moment." the drone, called ingenuity, was airborne for around forty seconds. it's the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet. more ambitious flights are planned for the days ahead. here's our science correspondent rebecca morelle. it was a flight that lasted just 40 seconds. but by hovering in the martian air, turning and then landing, nasa's ingenuity helicopter made history. applause confirmed. ingenuity has performed its first flight. and this was the moment mission control learned of the

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universey of two charges of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of george floyd, the african american man he violently arrested last may. mr floyd�*s supporters welcome the verdict outside the court in minneapolis. well the historic outcome, at the court in minneapolis, comes after a three week trial. 0ur north america correspondent, lebo diseko looks back at the key moments and there are some distressing scenes in this report. it was a death that shook the world. i cannot breathe! ripping open america�*s unhealed wounds on racism and police brutality. but much of the evidence of this crime was not gathered by police. instead, it was the local community who documented it. filming, begging... he�*s not responsive right now! ..and remonstrating with officers as derek chauvin knelt on george floyd�*s neck for nearly 9.5 minutes. among them, the teenager without whom there may never have been a trial. it was a video filmed on her mobile phone that was seen around the world. a minor at the

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeration repeated across india as it grapples with a ferocious second wave of covid—19. the country has again reported it's highest numbers of daily cases and deaths. thousands of supporters of russia's jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny, take to the streets — hundreds are arrested. i'm going to take you to the us now. in the wake of the guilty verdicts in the trial into the murder of george floyd, the government's top lawyer, the attorney general has announced, a federal investigation into minneapolis police practices. merrick garland says building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort, but change cannot wait. a jury found the former police officer derek chauvin, guilty of murder. from minneapolis here's nick bryant. guilty! cheering guilty! there was joy in the moment ofjustice, a verdict heard around the world. unintentional second—degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty. so now it was derek chauvin who was put in cuffs,

and it left off of| space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window of the universect escalate. russia expels 20 diplomats say they after the czech republic kicked out 18 russian diplomats and identify them are secret agents. concerns over alexei navalny, the russian ambassador says he will not die behind bars. uefa, the football association, and the premier league have reacted angrily tonight to reports that 12 major european clubs, including the �*big six�* from england, have signed up to a breakaway european super league. their european super league. agreement conceived the founding their agreement conceived the founding clubs receive an upfront grant of 4.1 and $9 billion. this was the reaction from the british sports minister earlier. i am laser focused and the government is really laser focused on what is best for fans and what is best for english football. i'm not convinced that what has been announced would be. i haven't seen the full details yet, but i'm pretty sceptical about it. i don't think it was necessary to create the opportunities will be a level pla

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with l the hubble space telescope, our window on the universebeen hurting clashes in east jerusalem amid rival demonstrations by palestinians and far rightjewish activists. president biden promises to cut america's pass carbon emissions by half levels by the end of the decade. he called on other leave doctors at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. the us legislation has passed a bill to take on violence against american asians. only one republican voted against it. attacks on asian—americans increased during the covid—i9 pandemic and the measures will be put before the house of representatives. this is the senate majority leader chuck schumer. senate ma'ority leader chuck schumer. . , , , , schumer. passing this bill should then _ schumer. passing this bill should then a _ schumer. passing this bill should then a message i schumer. passing this bill. should then a message that schumer. passing this bill- should then a message that is all too obvious, hate crimes will not be tolerated and federal law enforcement will do everything i

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeiden hosts a climate change summit, urging countries to dramatically curb emissions. another tense day for the city of minneapolis. the funeral will take place of daunte wright, a black man shot dead police. the brit awards will go ahead with a live audience next month, as part of the government's research into how large scale events can reopen safely in the pandemic. the ceremony will take place in front of four—thousand people inside london's o2 arena. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more. lewis capaldi lewis ca paldi at last lewis capaldi at last year's brit awards ad london's o2 arena when the 2021 event happens next month at the same venue, an audience of 4000 people will be allowed into watch the likes of dua lipa and arlo parks perform. half thousand tickets will be given to the front—line key workers in the greater london area. the ceremony is the first major indoor music event to become a designated government test event. those in the crowd will not have to

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with l the hubble space telescope, our window on the universet in clashes in eastjerusalem amid rival demonstrations by palestinians and far right jewish activists. india reports the biggest daily rise of infections since the pandemic began. the hollywood awards season like everything else this year has been unusual. red carpets have remained rolled up and ceremonies been delayed and largely virtual but the academy awards will be rolling out their red carpet this weekend in la. one of the frontrunners for best picture this year is nomadland, which has six oscar nominations. meanwhile, our west coast correspondent, sophie long, has been out to the nevada we can now speak to jacqueline coley who's editor at rotten tomatoes. they say that the show must go on but this is different to the ones before?— ones before? thank you for havin: ones before? thank you for having me- _ ones before? thank you for having me. it— ones before? thank you for having me. it seems - ones before? thank you for having me. it seems the i ones before? thank you for - havin

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universed they plan to form a breakaway super league, in defiance of european football's governing body — uefa. a big miletone in the fight against coronavirus — at least half the adult population of the united states has received at least one does of the vaccine. more now on the big shake—up in football — 12 of the world's leading clubs have agreed to join a new european super league, which will play mid—week. the group includes six teams from the english premier league with arsenal, chelsea and tottenham among them, as well as top teams from italy and spain. they say the move is designed to help overcome some of the financial challenges the pandemic caused for football clubs. joining me now is chris beauchamp, chief market analyst at ig. good morning. i have to say. i have been having the conversation with viewers on twitter and so far i have not found a person who believes this is a good idea. for found a person who believes this is a good idea.— this is a good idea. for fans it will be — t

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universen the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider it's verdict. the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. the uk government vows to do whatever it takes to prevent a breakaway european super league as the backlash against the plans pour in. india's capital delhi is now in lockdown for at least a week as coronavirus cases continue to surge. on monday, the country recorded more than 270,000 new cases, prompting uk prime minister borisjohnson to cancel a planned trip there. arunoday mukharji is in delhi. it is no surprise this lockdown has been announced given the situation. . , has been announced given the situation. ., , ., situation. that is right and many people are - situation. that is right and l many people are wondering situation. that is right and - many people are wondering why it took so long for the lockdown to be imposed. it has been imposed until the coming monday here in delhi because delhi has been repo

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universeunts of murder and one of his manslaughter of george floyd, the african—american man he violently arrested last may. mr floyd's supporters welcomed the verdict outside the court in minneapolis. well, this is what minnesota attorney general keith ellison had to say after this it was announced. since the investigation and prosecution of this case last may happened, everyone has pursued one goal, justice. we pursued one goal, justice. we pursue justice wherever it led. when i became the lead prosecutor for the case, i asked for time and patience to review the fact. gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed. i want to thank the community or giving us that time and allowing us to do our work. that long, hard, painstaking work has culminated today. i would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. but it is accountability. which is the first step towards justice. and

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe surge in covid cases puts pressure on hospital beds and life—saving supplies. president biden has hailed the carbon—cutting pledges made at the global climate summit, saying that half the world was now committed to the progress needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. however, mr biden emphasised that leaders must live up to their commitments — as he put it, anything else was "just hot air". let's hear some of what he said. we've made great progress in my view so far. i'm grateful to all the leaders who have announced new commitments to help us meet the existential threat of climate change. this summit is a start, a start of a road that will take us to glasgow for the un climate change conference in november, where we're going to make these commitments real, putting all of our nations on a path to a secure, prosperous and sustainable future. a key topic at the final day of the summit was climate tech. microsoft founder bill gates told leaders it would be virtually impossible to

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with l the hubble space telescope, our window on the universelem amid rival demonstrations by palestinians and far right jewish activists. india reports the biggest daily rise in infections of any country for the second day in a row since the pandemic began. to wall street now, where shares took a dive on reports president biden is planning to double capital gains tax on well—off americans. the plan which could be announced next week is thought to be a way of raising money for the president's massive infrastructure investment plan. many people are sitting on big gains made from the boom in tech shares over the past year but a tax raid would have to get through congress first when i think is important to keepin when i think is important to keep in mind is this is the only first volley, the first shot across the bow in what is likely to be a long negotiation amongst different people in washington. this is what we do know, we do know that capital gains taxes, and on investments are likely to rise over the course of the next few years and have been

and lift—off of the space shuttle discovery with l the hubble space telescope, our window on the universee been hurt in clashes in eastjerusalem amid rival demonstrations by palestinians and far right jewish activists. president biden promises to cut america's carbon emissions by at least half of past levels before the end of this decade. he called on other leaders at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. india's coronavirus outbreak is getting worse and hospitals in the indian capital delhi have run out of oxygen to treat seriously ill covid patients. india has reported the biggest daily rise in infections of any country since the pandemic began — nearly 315,000 cases — and it's feared this second wave hasn't even peaked yet. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. the scale of india's loss is becoming hard to comprehend. thousands dying every day, each pyre a family in grief. and for some, it's turned to anger. my father is now dead. he was cold—blooded murdered. nobody else helped me. i called each and every hospital. i called all the oxygen suppliers. nob

and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe defiance of european football's governing body — uefa. a big milestone in the fight against coronavirus — at least half the adult population of the united states has received at least one does of the vaccine. denmark is the first country in europe to start withdrawing protection from syrian refugees. 94 people have had their residence permits scrapped and have been told to go back to syria, as fighting in the country has diminished. the united nations' refugee agency is urging the danish government to stop this policy, as they say syria still isn't a safe country. sara monetta reports. she is studying hard to achieve her dreams. but now, her life has been abandoned. she got a letter from the danish authorities telling her she can no longer stay in the country. she fled syria with her family at the start of the war and arrived in denmark when she was 14. her case is not an isolated one. 94 people have already been notified they have to leave denmark to go back to syria. danish authorit

discovery, with l the space shuttle discovery, with the space shuttle discovery, with the hubble space telescopelice officer charged with killing george floyd retires to consider its verdict — the case is seen as a key moment in us race relations and policing. plans for 12 of europe's top football clubs to form a breakaway super league have been greeted with outrage. there's been strong condemnation of russia over recent days, with president putin coming under international pressure on several fronts. international pressure the us imposed new sanctions on russia last week for meddling in elections, and on monday, the eu criticised the kremlin over the build—up of troops on the ukrainian border. the us government has said the world will hold the russian government to account if the prominent opposition leader alexei navalny dies in prison. our correspondent steve rosenberg reports from krasnoyarsk, in siberia, on the growing tensions within putin's russia. where is russia going undeeradimir putin? what kind of a country is the president building? what is he thinking and planning? getting inside v

. _ and lift off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universecharges of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of george floyd, the african american man he violently arrested last may. let's take a moment to look at how the death of george floyd at the hands of derek chauvin sparked protests and movements notjust in the us, but all around the world. paul adams reports. when george floyd died, it wasn'tjust america that erupted. from auckland to iceland, from brazil to belgium, the reaction was global. why should a single man's face and his dying words appear on the bombed—out wreckage of a home in syria? chant: i can't breathe, i can't breathe! - george floyd! all: (chant) , ., the virus i'm referring to is called racism. for many, it was about the police. in france, protesters recalled the death of adama traore four years earlier, a black man dying in police custody. in new zealand, maoris talked of structural racism. and in brazil, police violence — mostly against black people — brought thousands onto the streets. black lives matter, a ph

as with the hubble space telescope. that astronauts could do repairs in orbit, and prolong the life of the observatory there. and then finally, it was a construction site for the international space station. and all of the large modules, all of the solar rays, all of the long tresses that make up the international space station were carried into space in the pay load bay of the space shuttle. the space shuttle also had a profound impact on the astronaut corps, and on our perception of human space life. up until that point the astronaut corps had consisted entirely of men. the majority of them were test pilots. many of them also combat pilots who were very experienced in high altitude flight under extreme conditions. some scientists have been admitted to the astronaut corps and one of those scientists went to the moon and three of them served on skylab, but because the shuttle had a different kind of mission to do research and useful work in space, it needed a crew it was more versatile than just pilots. in needed scienti

the final servicing mission of the hubble space telescope and operated robotic arm over the douser of 12 days and 21 hours capturing the telescope and maneuvering the crewmembers to length in the telecompany's mission. mission specialists is embark ton the third today. the jaxa astronaut from coke co flew aboard the space shuttle discover troy deliver and install japan's science laboratory. he also flew aboard the russian soyuz on expedition 32 and. then corner of the screen, he will be making the second trip to space, born in france, he flew to space on the russian soyuz as flight engineer for expedition 50 and 51. in that time he worked on more than 50 different experiments and performed two space it will be the first time. each of these four crewmembers will join expedition 65 once they rave at the international space station, with aki taking over as commander of the station right before crew one departs. >> and as we are look at a live view of the pad. again, fueling is underway. we heard a callout during the bio recap that's the rp1 load is complete on the second stage. and we ha

mission specialist aboard space shuttle atlantis on sts 125, the final servicing mission of the hubble space telescope. she operate the shuttle robotic arm over the course of 12 days and 21 hours capturing the telescope and maneuvering the crew members throughout five spacewalks. >> and mission specialist akihiko hoshide is embarking on his third spaceflight today. the jaxa asked of him tokyu previously on sts-1 24 above the space shuttle discovery to deliver and install japan's science laboratory picky to aboard the russian soyuz on expeditions 32 and 334124 day visit to the space station. >> and in the far corner of your screen is mission specialist thomas pesquet. munich is second trip to space. born in france, he firstly to space on the russian soyuz as a flight engineer for expeditions 50 and 51 pick in the time you he worked on moree than 50 differet experiments and perform to make spacewalks to maintain the space station. he has logged 197 days in space. he will be the first european to flight in crew dragon and don't be the first launched him him for expeditions we heard a call out during the