thank you so much, jonathan amos- when we _ indeed. thank you so much, jonathan amos.amos. when we are back, we - indeed. thank you so much, jonathan amos. when we are back, we will. indeed. thank you so much, jonathan i amos. when we are back, we will have the latest on sudan, that exodus across the border heading to egypt. we have got a cold snap of weather on the way certainly for the first half of this week, so gardeners and growers take note because we are likely to see overnight frost. today, a chilly feeling day and we will see showers and longer spells of rain. northern parts of the country will see sunny spells and scattered showers. there will be some sleet and snow over the higher ground. england and wales generally cloudy. 0utbreaks ground. england and wales generally cloudy. outbreaks of rain pushing south eastwards across southern england. temperatures between five in the final full scotland and the low teens in the south. but they fall away quite quickly through tonight. you can see the blue colour is extended across most areas, so a fairly widespread fr

jonathan amos is in cardiff. taste will not be cancelled today. jonathan amos is in cardiff.s in cardiff. we have fingers and toes _ jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed _ jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed for - jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed for today. l fingers and toes crossed for today. it is the weather, what can you do? we are in french guyana, 4 degrees of the equator. it is classic tropical weather, of the equator. it is classic tropicalweather, i'm of the equator. it is classic tropical weather, i'm afraid. of the equator. it is classic tropicalweather, i'm afraid. one minute i can a blazing sunshine then the next minute it is chucking it down with rain. they have been putting up weather balloons all morning to check where the winds are and what the conditions are like and so far at the moment it appears to be ok. the rocket itself will have to be in good condition and the computers will be monitoring that as we get closer and closer to countdown, butjust for the moment, everything is

let's get the expert view from jonathan amos, who is with us. as pretty spectacular, the best firework i have seen this year, but an expensive one. why do they see it as a success? jonathan: i am out of a job, christian. you have described it very well. [laughter] jonathan: you -- i need to retire, i think. it cleared the launchpad, which was the absolute basics, which it had to achieve on the day, and climbed skyward. it got to about 39 kilometers and then started to lose altitude and come back down. it was tumbling and you correctly stated it did not separate as it was supposed to. all rockets have a flight termination system, and they are a series of charges that run down the side of the vehicle. if the computers see that the rocket is not going in the right direction or there is someone on the ground, they can initiate those charges and destroy the vehicle, and that's what happened. that's what the big bang was all about. space x, this is their ethos. the test early and test often. they are not afraid to break things. that's what they have do

let's cross live to our science correspond and jonathan amos. it has been a successful loan so far.ccessful loan so far. what is the latest? ~ �* . ., , ., latest? we've had a bit of excitement _ latest? we've had a bit of excitement in _ latest? we've had a bit of excitement in the - latest? we've had a bit of excitement in the last - latest? we've had a bit of excitement in the last 50| latest? we've had a bit of- excitement in the last 50 minutes because we were looking at the screens of mission control in germany, there should be a big spike on the screen when the signal comes down to australia and is fed across to europe, and it didn't arrive. you know, some others get nervous about the engineering, but they were comfortable. eventually, that signal came and the chitchat has begun. the controllers are talking to the spacecraft, checking it is healthy, it has survived the vibration, the noise of that spectacular launch from french guyana. the next big milestone is to get these enormous solar panels that it has out unfolded. they were folded for launch to make sure the spacecraft

jonathan amos is in our newsroom. this was not unsuccessful in any way?d not get through their entire flight plan that _ way? they did not get through their entire flight plan that they - way? they did not get through their entire flight plan that they didn't . entire flight plan that they didn't expect to. the idea was they were going to send the top part of the rocket almost on one full revolution of the earth and it would have splashed down somewhere near hawaii. he'll unless himself to start the week had tried to temper expectations saying if we don't blow up expectations saying if we don't blow up the launch pad that will be a win. and of course they got beyond the launch complex and started to climb into the sky. they would have liked to have seen separation of the ship on top and the booster at the bottom. we didn't get that far. when that was supposed to be happening the ship appeared to be tumbling and as you with these rockets they have flight termination system and a series of charges and either the computers on board or somebody on the ground

jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it.going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday. on top of that, we learnt today the prime minister is under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner. it follows a complaint made in recent days that he failed to properly inform mps his wife, akshata murty, might stand to benefit from a measure announced in the budget. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is offering £600 incentives to anyone who trains to be a childminder, but that sum doubles to £1200 if these workers sign up through an agency. and one of the six private agencies that will profit is koru kids, in which mr sunak�*s wife is a shareholder. the prime minister was asked about the scheme in front of parliamentary committee last month. also we just want to make sure the policy's effective in bringing

with more on this, here'sjonathan amos hejoins us. jonathan, he joins us.ving it a 50, 50% chance of success, what are the chances that it is even going to happen today? well, we will see, they are progressing through the countdown, i can tell you that at the moment we are looking at something around 120 gmt, 220 bst for liftoff, but it is an experiment, if you like, if they see something they don't like in that countdown, they will stop and they will come back another day, we have seen this with other rockets, down the years, and they have time, so they don't need to rush things. the key thing, today, is that if they do get off, they get away from they do get off, they get away from the launch pad, the launch complex that they have in texas, because if they have an explosive destructive event there, then that will set them back several months, because they will have to rebuild the infrastructure. so if they can get beyond the launch tower, if they can start getting into their flight plan, then everything is a bonus and elon musk has said that if he can get

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