waves the royal swedish academy of sciences awarded the honor to rayner weiss barry barish and kip thorne the three lead the so-called legal experiment which in september two thousand and fifteen first observed gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space time predicted by albert einstein. spain and crisis catalan separatists stage a major strike to voice their anger at madrid protesters blocked major roads forcing many businesses and services to shut down also on the program a volcano about to erupt is threatening people's lives and the tourism industry on the island of bali and good old fashioned manual typewriters live on and on in india. welcome to your business i'm krista of colburn bolin two days after the violent referendum on independence in catalonia rage and uncertainty are taking their toll on the economy and spain's richest region a general strike large parts of catalonia stand still on tuesday carmaker say i've had to hold one of three production lines some warned that catalonia breaking away could hurt spain's economic recovery. spaniards like yourself or gomez lost th

three americans i know ways barry barish and kip thorne have been awarded the nobel prize in physics for this discovery. hundreds of additional scientists were involved in this research the breakthrough first came two years ago in the us with help from two highly sensitive measuring instruments known as legal detectors laser beams sent through for kilometer long vacuum tubes are bounced back by a mirror when a gravitational wave meets the tubes the laser beams get stretched and clenched and they encounter a slight disruption in their path. the physicists have measured the gravitational waves and rendered them audible. the signal sounds like a stone dropped in a cosmic puddle. the technology may answer questions about the beginning of the universe and might even allow us to hear the sound of the big bang. and a big congratulations to them with that you are up to date here on news i'm sarah kelly thank you very much for watching us. climate change. waste. pollution. and isn't it time for a good. go at africa people and.

barry barish, kip thorne, and rainer weiss from the united states won for proving the theory first putth by albert einstein. gravitational waves are ripples in space and time that were first predicted a century ago by einstein. they sparked a revolution in astrophysics when their detection was announced early last year. the music world is mourning the death of american rocker tom petty. he was famous for his guitar riffs, his distinct vocals on hits like "refugee," "freefalling," or "american girl." a hearte famous with breakers and the traveling wilburys. he died of a heart attack, age 66. he was finishing a triumphant 40th anniversary tour with the heartbreakers just one week before his death. ♪ ♪ let's take a look at today's top stories. a major strike on today in the spanish region of catalonia, people turning out to protest police violence that left hundreds hurt during sunday's contested vote on independence. please say dozens of firearms are found in the hotel room and the home of the las vegas gunman . at least 59 people were shot dead and over 500 hurt in the deadliest mass sh

sweden's royal academy of sciences said the discovery by rainer weiss, barry barish and kip thorne hadds. gravitational waves were predicted by albert einstein a century ago but had, until recently, escaped detection. let's return to our top story and the identities of some of the 59 people shot dead by stephen paddock have begun to emerge, among them an off duty police officer and a teacher. people who were caught up in the attack and who risked their lives to save the injured have been telling their stories. our correspondent james cook reports now on the victims of the las vegas shooting. lives wasted. families broken, futures stolen. the faces of the dead and missing tell so many stories. las vegas is a city in pain. how are you doing now? i think i'm 0k. it's also a city of heroes, like brian hopkins, the lead singer of the band elvis munro. when the shooting broke out he let people into a freezer to shelter from the bullets. you see a guy go down in front, another guy go down over here. i turned, bang, bang and two girls go down behind us. it's like this behind us. we are running

waves the royal swedish academy of sciences awarded the honor to rayner weiss barry barish and kip thorne the three lead the so-called legal experiment which in september two thousand and fifteen first observed gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space time predicted by albert einstein. germany marks twenty seven years of unity but less than two weeks after a far right party is elected to parliament on a ticket of xenophobia the country's president warns of new divisions. i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. defiant in talk that we celebrate german unity day like every year. and we celebrate it with good reason. the entire gandhi and the third of october is the day when east and west germany were reunited and yet something is different this year. it was a mile or the great wall across our country is gone. but on election day it became clear they were of the walls less visible without why and it strips on a started about and told us about the walls that stand in the way of a collective sense of good minds and veal. in vegas when i'm talking about the walls of alienation disa

scientists who found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize in physics barry barish kip thorne and raine advice led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding. good to have you with us the top stories this hour on al-jazeera. las vegas police have released body camera footage showing officers trying to locate the source of the gunfire sunday night's mass shooting stephen paddick killed fifty eight people and injured more than five hundred others when he opened fire from a hotel room into an outdoor concert police say he had forty seven guns in three locations dozen of the weapons had devices attached to them that made them fire automatically the death toll in puerto rico after hurricane maria has now climbed to thirty four during his first official visit to the island u.s. president donald trump told puerto rican officials that they should be proud that thousands of lives weren't lost trump controversially compared the disasters what he called a real catastrophe like trina visit comes two weeks after the u.s.

scientists barry barish kip thorne and raina rice led a collaborative project which observed for the first time waves of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding in space albert einstein predicted the existence of the so-called gravitational waves more than a century ago but they remained largely theoretical now germany has long been known as a powerhouse of industrial design and famous for b.m.w. luxury cars siemens high speed trains and other brands now the first exhibition to showcase german innovation has opened here in doha the cattery capital laura birdman the report's design lab in the center of this exhibition in doha provides a window into some of the most innovative german techniques from the past seventy years from the evolution of the t.v. intricate furniture virtual reality and sport shoes each design has improved leaps and bounds decade by decade. you know looking at back of some of the older designs of somebody have computers and looking at it thinking my goodness how could we even they've used those you know twenty thirty years ago looking at what w

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scientists who found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize for physics barry barish kip thorneand. led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding albert einstein predicted so-called gravitational waves over a century ago but their existence it remained largely. a range of muslims forced to flee violence in myanmar say they are skeptical about a repatriation deal the country has struck with bangladesh the u.n. describes the crisis as the world's fastest developing refugee emergency but human rights organizations and the refugees themselves are worried they could be worse off if they go home from young gone in myanmar yet reports. a deal has been made for their return but the refugees continue to stream into bangladesh with by now familiar accounts of violence and terror. the killing shooting and setting fire to our homes we could not tolerate this then we crossed hills and jungles and reach here after travelling for three days main maya and bangladesh have agreed on a plan to repatriate some of the more than ha

bearish and kip thorne the share of the coveted prize for helping improve the existence of gravitational waves on their work confirmed a theory put forward by albert einstein a century ago the swedish nobel committee called the trio's discovery the opening of a new window to the universe. us musician and songwriter tom petty has died after suffering a heart attack in california the sixty six year old is best known as the lead singer of the rock band tom petty and the heartbreakers which recorded a number of hits in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's to talk more at a little more about perry and his band on are joined in the studio by my colleague mark asking or from our arts and culture that's good to see you mark what made tom petty stand out as a musician well he was the real master of the use of the power chord in pop music and punctuated it with a survey can sometimes be quite aggressive lyrics but he could also pan a perfect sort of pulp rock ballad anthem. that was sort of riven with carefully considered lyrics and also carried by a fragile sometimes vulnerable but always

scientists all found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize in physics barry barish kip thorne and raina west led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by saws exploding and black holes colliding but i'm shy and predicted so-called gravitational waves over a century ago by their existence remained largely theoretical. the new c.e.o. of ober has met transport officials in london as a ride sharing company five sikkim stacks the license in the city last month transport for london deemed unfit to run a taxi service every few years to renew its license because of how the company reports criminal offenses and how it performs background checks on its drivers. more evidence is emerging of divisions at the top level of the us government over the iran nuclear deal the agreement with iran signed by the obama administration and five other nations in twenty fifteen has to be certified by the us president every ninety days the next said line is coming up in twelve days donald trump has hinted he's going to try to undo the deal but his defense secretary appears to

scientists barry barish kip thorne and raina weiss led a collaborative project that jim served for the first time waves of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding in space albert einstein predicted the existence and so-called gravitational waves over a century ago but they remain largely their radical. rock n roll fans are mourning the death of tom petty the leader of the u.s. band tom petty and the heartbreakers died in the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest looks back on his life. as a rock n roll icon tom petty's career spanned four decades and produced a string of hits in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's the florida native is best remembered as the leader of tom petty and the heartbreakers which rose to fame in the mid night hundred seventy s. releasing hits that included break down american girl and refugee. the heartbreaker south is known as heartland rock it's lyrics often reflecting feelings of isolation partly inspired by peggy's impoverished childhood in two thousand and two tom petty and the heartbreakers were inducted into the rock n rol

the announcement in stockholm today named americans barry barish and kip thorne of the california institute of technology, and german-born rainer weiss of the massachusetts institute of technology. >> i would love to be able to talk to albert einstein right now if i could and tell him about, that we've seen gravitation waves because he was skeptical about that and i would be even more pleased to tell him about black holes, which he was very skeptical about. >> woodruff: einstein predicted gravitational waves, or faint ripples in space and time, a century ago, but doubted they could ever be confirmed. today's nobel winners detected waves caused by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years away. the former c.e.o. of equifax publicly apologized today for the credit bureau's massive data breach. the theft potentially affects more than 145 million americans. richard smith told a house hearing that equifax is working to restore consumer trust. lawmakers from both parties charged the company's response has been "confusing" and "inadequate". yahoo now says its data breach in

scientists who found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize in physics barry barish kip thorne and raina west led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding albert einstein predicted so-called gravitational waves over a century ago by their existence remains largely theoretical the new c.e.o. of has met transport officials in london as the ride sharing company files to keep its taxi license in a city last month transport for london deemed over unfit to run a taxi service it refused to renew its prices because of how the company reports criminal offenses and how it performs background checks on his drivers there about forty thousand over drivers in london they can keep working until the negotiations are finished which could take months now more evidence is emerging of divisions at the top level of the us government over the iran nuclear deal the agreement with iran signed by the obama administration in five of the nations in twenty fifteen has to be certified by the u.s. president every ninety days to next said

scientists who found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize in physics barry barish kip thorne and reiner weiss led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding albert einstein predicted so-called privatization always over a century ago but their existence remain largely theoretical. still ahead on al-jazeera. different kind of motor sport along or racing has its own world champion peter will have all that in sport. time for sport with peter michel thank you very much barcelona football club joining the general strike on tuesday in protest and violence in the aftermath of the catalonia referendum the club will close and the players won't be expected to turn up for training this comes three days after the team played the league a game against last palm us behind closed doors possibly in a football club's president joseph maria has defended bosses decision despite it proving unpopular with many and again when countries stand in this crucial moment of our history of see barcelona reaffirms its commitment to freedom

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