it is a very important way of starting mars from orbit we have they must express them honestly a global surveyor as well from nasa and they are gathering in pristine information if you see in detail the details of these quarterly crater on the remove the crater you see a lot of material as i weld the frozen water and probably frozen government outside which we like dry ice and examining the way all these had the post it's out of there together with the polar caps which also contain a lot of water and carbon dioxide both the south pole and the on the on the north pole polar caps we realize the mars cross a substantial amount of water now the relevance of the society explained before is the where there were what we call water there will be liquid water on their on the ground in more benign conditions so to speak where life could have thrived even today or in the past and certainly there is a big reservoir of water for astronauts going there in the future we have products of the mars express a few months ago also that on the water reservoir of liquid water actually salty water that is a su

after fifteen years the european space agency's mars express satellite has over to the red planet gathering images and vital data and just in time for christmas the agency has released these stunning photographs of a mars crater filled with bright white ice the coral have created measures eighty two kilometers across the ice is an incredible one point eight kilometers thick at its deepest speak now to francisco diego he is a senior research fellow at the university college london where he specializes in physics and astronomy joins us now from our london studio thanks very much for being with us so snow on mars is this a new phenomenon in illinois is not a bad thing this extent is a huge plate that as yourself more than eighty kilometers across the last two kilometers the or ice not snow but solid ice which is six three million poured down to see this amount of water flows and work there on the surface of mars very important discovery and it is it and how significant is it the snow would be be found on mars considering that water has also been found on the planet years week of product of the

kilometerand 82-wide crater on mars with what may be snow has been taken by the mars express mission. thought to be two kilometers deep and filled with 2000 cubic kilometers of ice. flighthave resumed at britain's second resist -- second busiest airport after another drone setting close to the runway. plan were grounded at london gatwick for 36 hours and were only operating briefly when the latest sighting was reported. it is still not known who is responsible for ying the drone but it is believed to be a deliberate attempt at disruption. the bbc's duncan kennedy has the latest. duan: this was the reaction when passengers heard that tonight's suspension o was over. the airport was closed for justv an hour this time. the reports came through of another drone sighting. >> they to us the flight was canceled and we had to collect our luggage. duncan: but by mid-evening, takeoffs and landings began again. after the nervousness of the past three days, flights resumed thve morning, when police ga the airport the all-clear. but it was a groggy start to the day for many. flights swapped for fl

years we have cried out sort of the mars express a few months ago also that there are on the water reservoir of liquid water actually salty water but it's a substantial amount of water there which is pointing to the possibility of the life in the near future where nasa will finally go to mars i am sure they will get that some kind of science or biological activity present or in the past and what kind of the country. this finding add to our understanding. of the whole planet of mars and how it works well it is it is a very important way of starting mars from orbit we have they must spread the mars global surveyor as well from nasa and they are gathering pristine information if you see in detail the details of this quote a live crater on the remove the crater you see a lot of material as i weld the frozen water and probably frost and carbon dockside which we like dry ice. examining that way all these deposits are there together with the polar caps which also contain a lot of water and carbon dioxide while at the south pole and they on the on the north pole polar caps we realize the muskrats a

the mars express mission was launched in 2003, and entered orbit on christmas day that year.oe, a senior scientist at the planetary science institute, in oakland, california. there is quite a lot of water on mars that we have been finding lately, over the last couple of decades. all of it is in the form of solid water ice and most of it on. mars has polecats just like the ad has. the question of water being on mars is not so surprising but the presence of ice in this crater, is surprising because at the latitudes it is located, it is no longer supposed to be stable because pressure means it should be in the gas phase. there is another one also add it is kind of like the concept of microclimate, if you are in the bowl of some mountains, you would have a slightly different climate to on the coast and this crater is a very big hole in the ground, a mile deep, a0 miles across so it is a deep, a0 miles across so it is a deep hole in the ground and, as winter comes in, for example, everything gets cold and you start getting frost inside the crater and the frost is cold and wet summ

in european space agency has posted a christmas card of a winter wonderland on the red planet mars expresssatellite sent back these spectacular images this is the car left crater and it's filled with ice eighty two kilometers wide the mission launched in two thousand and three and went into orbit around mars on christmas day all that yeah and this is what it looks like now. well that wraps up the new album all news coming out very shortly in just a couple of minutes. development. progress for. the end of a way of life for others. a clash between corporate interests and a people who must prepare for the long fight to protect their heritage. the march to progress in the philippines part of the you find asia series on al-jazeera . to cope with driving in kabul you need nerves of steel and a strong heart the afghan capital has some of the most challenging driving conditions anywhere even though women are allowed to drive by law many men say culturally it is wrong that they are but is that me again there are lots of men here that the abuse you they block your car motorcyclists right alongside s

number one, mars express, european orbiter, around the planet, used a ground-penetrating radar, discovered u derground liquid aqua fer on mars. wherever we have liquid water on this planet, no matter where you go, you find life. so that's an interesting one. number two, the insight lander landed at the end of november. sa's jet propulsion laboratory pulled it off once than.l insight wiuse instruments to also look beneath surface of mars, try to charterize its core, among other things. and then my third favorite mission is cyrus rex. that is a little spacecraft that just arrived at the asteroid benu. benu is about the size of the empire state building. it could potentially collide with us over the next 200 yease. s a good idea to understand what it'sedoing up thre, whats orbit is. eventually the team would like to bring back a sample from benu, to do sophisticated laboratory tests here on the ground. but what's interesting is theyy alreund the presence of water on benu, not the good water, but inside claiz. so, william, if you're thinking about extending out human presence into space, hydro

for fifteen years the european space agency's mars express satellite has always had the red planet gathering images and vital data and just in time for christmas the agency has released these stunning photographs of a mars crater filled with bright white ice the call of crater measures eighty two kilometers across the ice is an incredible one point eight kilometers thick at its deepest impressive stuff and there are many ways to protest and for. wenzhou in china shaving her head was one of them his sorrow tells more about her stuff away a different way to protest the more people are joining her lee ones or three other women are all married to human rights lawyers in china but wednesday's husband is the only one who hasn't been released since his arrest back in twenty fifteen so the wives decided to stand outside the supreme court in beijing in protest one concern was one of three hundred activists and human rights lawyers detained for allegedly undermining the government now they were arrested under the so-called seven zero nine crackdown that nearly four years later and still hasn't had a t

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crater more than 50 miles across, just south of mars north pole image composite of many pictures by mars expresssion celebrating 5 -- 15 years since launch 2003. >> carles ghosn have not gotten your opinion this is incredible we have been talking about this, that this coupe was under way to get carlos ghosn out of the picture, now he has been rearrested have you ever seen anything like that. >> i haven't scary what can happen. maria: very, very scary. >> nothing proven. >> who would go to japan right now? >> that is the point i think, but you have to think the government you hope has something more to arrest him let him go rearrest for individual people tough and who decides bioing to japan who would want to run a company there or anywhere if you can just be plucked accused yertd scary time. dagen: kudos to you first ahead from moment one, your continued reporting on it. maria: incredible i just -- i am astound i had another carlos ghosn very well i don't believe this i don't believe any we will follow it a short break white house shake up defense secretary jim mattis resigned over trooper withd

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they remain in prison for a crime they did not commit calls into question mean mars commitment to democracy freedom of expression and rule of law every day they continue to be behind bars is a missed opportunity for me and mark to stand up for justice social media users have post itself with the thumbs up sign that was the signature pose of the reporters each time they appeared in court with the hash tag free wallow in charge so. human rights advocates say a free press is more important now than ever the turn of the in the not speaking out the out there not the in the not recognizing the value of breath white. silence and white. at the moment untenable if we are to our progress freedom the reporters were arrested months after the military launched a crackdown in rakhine state that cost around three quarters of a million rejects to seek safety in neighboring bangladesh a u.n. fact finding mission concluded that the soldiers had acted with what was described as genocidal intent against the revenger committing mass killings and gang rape and the un has called for the prosecution of army commanders florence louis al

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mar cash, was organized in response to belgium's support for the u.n. global compact on migration. after belgium prime minister charles initial expressct at a u.n. conference last week. >> translator: we need european cooperation. we need international cooperation. we need to have courage. we need to have responsibility. this moment is important because it's a step forward. >> reporter: the compact has drawn global criticism from these far-right groups who fear an increase in european migration as a result. >> europe is dead because of euro political i cans, the european union and this commission building that sign this comeback contract for the immigration. that means that the european people will be dead. in our home. we want our home back. >> reporter: for some, it has aggravated a deep seated hatred towards ethnic groups. >> we want all the black [ bleep ] out of the country. all arab, all islam out. >> reporter: as these far-right groups see restricting migration as a means to preserve their way of life. >> it's not only for us, it's for the people. we need to work until we are 67 years old. it's not normal. and they turn the mo

express satellite sent back these spectacular images of the core left crisis filled with ice cities eighty two kilometer kilometers wide mission launched in two thousand and three and went into orbit around marson christmas day of that year making this month the fifty year anniversary of the beginning of its science program. i've reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. foreign policy is under the spotlight after a major shift in its military strategy president trump says he'll withdraw his troops from syria turkey's president regift tiber to one who's been a critic of american policy in syria has welcomed the announcement and in return has vowed to get rid of all the celera. so what is good is in question since the beginning of the syrian crisis with our diplomatic contacts with the us left off disappointed in terms of the results the trumpet ministration inherited problems that we experienced particularly during the obama presidency in fact to post meetings and phone calls president trump and i have seen that we shared views on a range of issues related to syria yet the translation of the agreement to the ground was open and difficult finally in recent days we have been able to see th