the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a truth of new data. the u.s. city of charlottesville virginia has been marking one year since the violent white supremacist rally that claimed the lives of three people the anniversary was marked main whitley with peaceful vigils on saturday but there was a brief tense confrontation between police and demonstrators who were angry at the large number of officers in riot gear last year hundreds of white nationalists the center in charlottesville to protest the removal of a monument to confederate general robert e. lee the rally turned violent as protesters clashed with counter protesters culminating in the death of thirty two year old heather higher he was killed when a man drove his car into a crowd our correspondent alexander phenomena was in charlottesville where she spoke

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. the u.s. city of charlottesville virginia has been marking one year since the violent white supremacist rally that claimed the lives of three people the anniversary was marked mainly with peaceful vigils on saturday but there was a brief tense confrontation between police and demonstrators who were angry at the large number of officers in riot gear last year hundreds of white nationalist sentiment charlottesville to protest the removal of a monument to confederate general robert e. lee the rally turned violent as protesters clashed with counter protesters culminating in the death of thirty two year old heather higher he was killed when a man drove his car into a crowd our correspondent i was under phenomena was in charlottesville where she spoke with

and it has a white coating on it that was specially designed for parker solar probe. prefer to be in a white car on a hot day instead of a black car on a hot day. the probe will study the sun's atmosphere, which can be seen from earth during a total eclipse. shimmering and beautiful from so far away, violent and tumultuous close—up. this is a real picture from a previous mission. the parker probe will look even closer. it's really important that we study the sun because it affects our lives on earth in so many ways, so theres a lot we don't understand about the sun, for example the sun's atmosphere is far hotter than its surface, which is the opposite of the case from the earth. and we don't really understand why, and parker solar probe will help us understand those things for the first time. the northern lights are caused by particles spat out by the solar atmosphere. these same particles can disrupt power points and communications. power grids and communications. by studying the sun, scientists hope to be able to predict these events and learn more about a star on w

and it has a white coating on it that was specially designed for parker solar probe. you'd prefer to be in a white car on a hot day instead of a black car on a hot day. the probe will study the sun's atmosphere, which can be seen from earth during a total eclipse. shimmering and beautiful from so far away, violent and tumultuous close—up. this is a real picture from a previous mission. the parker probe will look even closer. it's really important that we study the sun because it affects our lives on earth in so many ways, so there's a lot we don't understand about the sun, for example the sun's atmosphere is far hotter than its surface, which is the opposite of the case from the earth. and we don't really understand why, and parker solar probe will help us understand those things for the first time. the northern lights are caused by particles spat out by the solar atmosphere. these same particles can disrupt power grids and communications. by studying the sun, scientists hope to be able to predict these events and learn more about a star on which all life on earth dep

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. the u.s. city of charlottesville virginia has been marking one year since the violent white supremacist rally that claimed the lives of three people the anniversary was marked mainly with peaceful vigils on saturday but there was a brief tense confrontation between police and demonstrators who were angry at the large number of officers in riot gear last year hundreds of white nationalists the centered on charlottesville to protest the removal of a monument to confederate general robert you leave the rally turned violent as protesters clashed with counter protesters commentating at the death of thirty two year old heather higher it was killed when a man drove his car into a crowd our correspondent alexandra phenomena was in charlottesville where she s

nasa's parker solar probe will get closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it, actually dipping g good, right down the middle of the range track. the probe was named after the 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, who was at the launch. all i'm going to say is, wow, here we go. we're in for some learning over the next several years. it will travel at 120 miles each second, faster than any other probe. even so, it will take three months to reach the sun, passing venus on the way. the spacecraft will spend seven years looping around the sun, and it will get hot — 1,300 degrees celsius. we have a wonderful heat shield that we keep oriented between us and the sun, and so it keeps everything on the main body of the spacecraft nice and cool. it kind of creates a shadow. and it has a white coating on it that was specially designed for parker solar probe, very much like you'd prefer to be in a white car on a hot day, instead of a black car on a hot day. the probe will study the sun's atmosphere, which can be seen from earth during a total eclipse. shimmering and beautiful from so fa

dr nicky fox is nasa's project scientist for the parker solar probe. rlierfrom florida. right now the probe is speeding on her way towards venus. we estimate she is about 200,000 miles away from the earth. has solar panels are out so we are power positive on the spacecraft. the cooling system which is critical for us to keep the solar panels nice and cool during the orbit, that system is active and we have the right attitude and she is on target for venus. as she makes this journey towards the sun, will we see any other sites, will there be any other data we can receive along the journey or is itjust about the sun? it is all about the solar wind. the next couple of weeks we are incredibly busyjust getting this spacecraft operational on orbit, getting instruments deployed and powered up and everything ready. we will be focused on that for the first 12, 13 weeks and then we make our first swing through the solar corona. once we have done that and the instruments are operating, we will have them on almost all the time unless we are downloading data. we wil

nasa's parker solar probe will get closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it, actually dipping obe was named after the 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, who was at the launch. all i'm going to say is, wow, here we go. we're in for some learning over the next several years. it will travel at 120 miles each second, faster than any other probe. even so, it will take three months to reach the sun, passing venus on the way. the spacecraft will spend seven years looping around the sun, and it will get hot — 1,300 degrees celsius. we have a wonderful heat shield that we keep oriented between us and the sun, and so it keeps everything on the main body of the spacecraft nice and cool. it kind of creates a shadow. and it has a white coating on it that was specially designed for parker solar probe, very much like you'd prefer to be in a white car on a hot day, instead of a black car on a hot day. the probe will study the sun's atmosphere, which can be seen from earth during a total eclipse. shimmering and beautiful from so far away, violent and tumultuous close—up. this is a real

there is no return mission for the "parker solar probe." ill eventually run out of o el, and unable to turn and protecect itself, all but the ht shield will slowly disintegrate and turn into solar dust. omar villafranca, cbs news, cape canaveral, florida. >> glor: fascinating story. still ahead on the "cbs evening but up next, the gun battle that police want you to see. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this... ...with this. when kids won't eat dinner, potato pay them to. ore-ida. win at mealtime. potato pay them to. metastatic breast cancer is tryin

we will go to the action to figure it out. >> reporter: the parker solar probe is named after eugene parker who dedicated his career studying the sun. it is the first time nasa ever named a spacecraft after someone still alive. in new news. >>> investigators in washington state are tryi t why and how an airporworker stole a passenger plane and took it on a dangerous joyride before crashing into a remote background checks and was fully credentialed to beused a tractor to push back the aircraft before taking off. the big unknown is how he was able to take off and fly for as long as he did. this is youtube video posted by richard russell where you can see a picture of him and some video of his work as a ground crew member. wrens and family who refer to him as bibeault say they are stunned and heartbroken. >> he was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each person that he met. this was a complete shock to us. as the voice recordings show, his intent was not to harm anyone. he was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him. >> the fbi has 30 to 40 peop

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the parker solar probe blasted off from cape canaveral in florida this morning.about four million miles of the sun and through its outer atmosphere. michael cowan reports. five, four, three, two, one, zero. nasa's parker solar probe taking off this morning from cape canaveral in florida. a daring mission to shed light on the mysteries of our closest star, the sun. it was a relief for many after yesterday's planned launch was aborted with moments to go. trajectory looking good. travelling at speeds of up to 430,000 mph, it will be the fastest man—made object in history. and it's the first time the spacecraft has been named after a living person. 91—year—old solar physicist eugene parker, he was the first person to describe solar winds in the 1950s and he was at the launch. all i am going to say is wow, here we go, we're in for some learning over the next several years. it will take three months for the probe to get there and it will pass by venus on its route in six weeks‘ time. it's the closest we will have ever been to the sun, about 4 million miles from the sur

the official name is the parker solar probe. this is always compelling.rder to find out new information. about how the sun affects the atmosphere, affecting technology on earth. the probe is around the size of a small car. it is named after a man called eugene parker, who is an american solar astrophysicist, now aged 91. in the 50s, he was responsible for developing the theory of the supersonic solar wind. tamela maciel is with us from the national space centre. let's stay with those pictures. the take—off seems to have been pushed back. yeah, and this is not uncommon with a rocket launcher. it is always exciting because you approach the take—off and then they have paused it. they are saying it is an anomaly condition. that could be anything. they are constantly monitoring pressures , they are constantly monitoring pressures, the fuel, the lines, communication. we will see if they delay it to later today or if it is another day. and weather conditions? i would be surprised if it is a weather conditions. so far, they have been saying 95% good in terms of w

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. fascinating well going to sleep have lost a key part of their defense and this is just shortly before the start of the season defender has joined french champions. according to reports the twenty one year old cost the french side a whopping thirty seven million euros to complete the transfer making it abundantly the record fee for a defender had played twenty fifteen and one hundred twenty one european championships last year with in germany. to windsurfing now and spain claim top spots in both the men's and women's world cup a wave disappointing event look at those stunning pictures that you want to know picked up a third consecutive victory in the canaries to claim the i'll try to lead in the overall standings and in the men's three time wave world cham

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the five countries bordering the caspian sea have reached a lot of. the conventions signed by russia by john kazakhstan and turkmenistan ends decades of dispute over the world largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves. dividing of the seabed additional agreements. in the west african nation of voting is underway in the second round of presidential elections incumbent ibrahim. seen here on the left is expected to win security is tight the first round of voting was overshadowed by violence at polling stations the celebrated british author vs nightfall has died at the age of eighty five was born in trinidad in one thousand nine hundred eighty two to parents of indian or

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. in the austrian motorcycle grand prix defending champion mark marquez of spain failed to win from pole position for the first time this season it was this fellow spanish. lorenza who made the best of the day instead overtaking on in the race maintained the lead and managed to beat kids by an extremely narrow margin of just zero point one seconds the response lorenzo's victory this season. to win suffering now and spain claimed top spots in both the men's and women's world cup wave discipline event. picked up a third consecutive victory in the canaries to claim the outright lead in the overall standings and in the men's three time wave world champion victor. stormed to victory the win also puts him top of the overall standings. so british act has adde

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the start each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. the curtain raiser for germany's top flight football season takes place today this just super golf is a rematch of last season's job one cup final but in league chavez by a cup win as i talked frankfurt afonso have seen some major departures over the summer including coach nico call that to their super cup opponents now it's up to his successor to pick up the pieces. need addy after winning the swiss league with young boys band he's now in the hot seat at frankfurt not an easy task especially after losing four key players but one big name remains until the beach recently rose to new heights with croatia when they finished runner us up at the world cup in russia he's decided to stay and extend his contract with the eagles. under frank i'm very please

it seems slightly strange but for the parker solar probe to go close to the sun, it has to go reallye the earth's atmosphere very rapidly at many kilometres a second, so it's going through that complex burn sequence at the moment, and then come september, the spacecraft‘s actually going to fly past venus which will give it a gravity kick to push it on its way. and then we are going to get our first close pass by the sun really quickly in december, in november, and at that point, we will be about twice as close as we have ever been to the sun, so well inside the orbit of mercury. and then over the next few years, it will do more fly pasts of venus which will help crank down the orbit to get closer and closer and eventually we will be down at one 20th of the distance between the earth and the sun, about 4 million miles, and that is when we will get the really amazing data, so that is in a few years' time. so it will start sending the data back and then what happens to the probe? will itjust burn up, it will be so close to the sun? so, at the distances it will go to, it should survive f

the probe has been fitted with this cooling system during a flight through the sun's atmosphere it will cool the solar antennas and keep the instruments working. the parker solar probe will orbit the sun twenty four times coming closer to the star each time until the end of the year twenty twenty four when it's supposed to make its final approach solar physicists are eagerly anticipating a trove of new data. by an unique one their first face of silverware of the new season of debates in frankfurt and the german super cup the reigning league champions were in unstoppable form eventually winning the game five nil the result made it a half a return for buy a new coach. who won the german cup with frankfurt just a few months ago. nico kobayashi returned to his old stomping ground in frankfurt and he was feeling the love. but on the pitch he was looking to defeat his former club. at the start frankfurt brought physicality and looked ready for the match but biron opened up the scoring in the twenty first minute the pass from yahshua can make set up robert living toasty to hand in being gave byron in early by. then things got a bit heated with wayne marco fabie

nasa's delta four, carrying the parker solar probe, has launched, and i am unspea kably excited.launched, and i am unspeakably excited. are you? 1400dc. well, it is exciting, yes. i did enjoy that doctor who episode where they fly into the sun. and of course they are saved at the last minute. the kids are really excited about space travel, it went through about space travel, it went through a lull for many years, especially in the shuttle missions, i remember trying to present news around it and engage children in space, and it is just another shuttle launch to the mir space station in those days. but this is reaching parts of the universe we never drink would be possible. and you have to bring people some hope in a newspaper, otherwise you can, especially in august when a lot of people are reading stuff on holiday, give them a good news story that we are going to know more about our son. —— sun. the mirror and the sun are both getting complaints from megan markle's father, who seems to be freely speaking to the newspapers, both the british and american ones, and he thinks the ro

a rocket carrying the parker solar probe will blast off from cape canaveral in florida just after 8.30ill travel at speeds of more than 100 miles per second. that's the equivalent of london to sydney in 88 seconds, making it the fastest man—made object in history. scientists hope it will gather data to help understand the solar storms which can disrupt satellite communications. will batchelor reports. liftoff! address rehearsal for a journey into the sun. for more than 60 years, nasser has wanted to gather data from inside the sun's atmosphere. —— nasa. this morning's launch of the parker solar probe cup —— cape canaveral in florida will achieve humanity's first look at the star. achieve humanity's first look at the sta r. protected by achieve humanity's first look at the star. protected by a shield nearly five inches thick, it will orbit the sun 2a times over the next seven yea rs, sun 2a times over the next seven years, travelling at speeds of 430,000 mph, making it the fastest ever man—made object. at its closest point, parker will be at around 380 million miles from the sun, seven

the parker solar probe blasted into space sunday morning. 's now on a seven-year journey to provide scientists with new information about our sun. the probe will get within 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface, the closest ever by a spacecraft. it's built to withstand heat and radiation. >>> brooks koepka holds up tiger woods, and a college football coach is under scrutiny. >>> "the baltimore sun" reports the university of maryland launched an external investigation into the treatment of student athletes. the school put head coach d.j. durkin and three others on leave on saturday. they're accused of abusive behavior. it follows the death of defensive lineman jordan mcnair who died from apparent heatstroke after a workout. >>> the "star-telegram" reports on body camera video of a school resource officer handcuffing an autistic 10-year-old boy. a video shows the 10-year-old swinging a computer mouse. he became disruptive. officer eric coulston is shown pinning him to the ground before putting handcuffs on him. they found coulston violated no

. >> the parker solar probe blasted off from cape canaveral earlier today. . lift-off of the mighty delta 4 heavy rocket with nasa's parker solar probe, a daring mission to shed light on the mysteries of our closest star, the sun. >> the trip is going to take it to the edge of the corona, that's the sun's outer atmosphere. an initial encounter is expected as early as november. scientists plan for the probe to make two dozen orbits around the sun over the next seven years. >>> up next, why you could soon see vending machines with marijuana products at california gyms. the company claiming your workout will be better. ackpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less. ...which means you can saynally hyes... ...to the shoes your family wants. find top brands at big savings... ...for men, women, boys and girls all for a whole lot less... ...at the ross shoe event. yes for less. c-b-d is from the non-psychotropic pa

nasa has launched a ground breaking mission to fly closer to the sun than ever before parker solar probe will study the atmosphere around our closest star openings to unlock the mysteries of the solar wind and space whether. you're watching d.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour and there haven't seen from all of us and for lent thanks for watching. most of you. smoke. with the senses. recognize. and experience the inexpressible. of the cultural magazine and back. at our twenty one gun t.w. . this week john world stories. lynchings and fake news in india. to street smarts from lithuania. but we begin in lebanon where the civil war in syria has led to over a million refugees seeking safety now lebanese authorities are requiring they register their names part of plans for their return many are. it was not a voyage of cut the ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home and to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in lebanon. although it happened five years ago the memories are still

the rocket carrying the parker solar probe was scheduled to blast off from cape canaveral, in floridang, but after an hour of delays the launch was rescheduled for tomorrow. scientists hope the seven—year mission will gather data to help understand the solar storms which can disrupt satellite communications here on earth. earlier i spoke to professor tim horbury, professor of physics at imperial college london and a member of the science team working on the parker solar probe, and asked him about how the mission is expected to progress when it does take—off. it is disappointing this morning but it is always better to be on the ground and fixing a problem than flying with a problem. they made the right decision and we are happy to wait. when the mission goes the spacecraft will go quickly from the beginning. we will launch an fly past venus in september and then we'll get our first close pass to sun in november and get the first data back in december. although space is big, it takes a long time to get to the places, we will get some of the first data very rapidly. i am very excited. it

the parker solar probe is named after a physicist who was very prominent. thanks for joining us.ntries around the world, but a group of gay men in kenya has started hosting talent contests to celebrate their diversity. despite facing discrimination in a country where homosexual acts are illegal, the men say they'll carry on perfoming even if it is behind closed doors. bbc africa went along to one of the shows. each we are looking for kenya to embrace drag queens. we are there. they know we exist. they haven't except that it. can you, most of them are homophobic. if they realise that you're a man and dressing a woman summerland at eating you physically. some will ask you questions, are you out to your family? they will threaten new, say that they want to out do. mostly they think we are doing sex work orjust exposing ourselves. they take it as prostitution. it is not like that. it is showcasing our talent and showing our diversity. at that point in transgender, you are still cross dresses. you don't wa nt are still cross dresses. you don't want to change a gender. my family, what

the unmanned parker solar probe was supposed to launch yesterday, but its departure was cancelled withnt off into space this morning using three delta—four heavy rockets from cape canaveral in florida. professor tim horbury is part of the science team involved for the first proposal of the parker solar probe. hejoins me now from south london. congratulations, fast. how are you feeling? just fantastic. always a tense experience watching a rocket launch never know what is going to happen, but it seems to have gone perfectly, very smooth, everything is absolutely on track, fantastic. remind us why this need to get closer to the sun? as we know, the sun is what drives all of life on earth, the light and heat helps us live, so we need to understand the sun to understand what it does. as we get more and more dependent on technology, for example, satellites in space, satellite navigation, we are more dependent on the sun's mood and it can accelerate particles to very high energies and damage astronauts as well and that is space weather and we want to study the sun to understand what it does a

the parker solar probe will soon launch. this will enable us to know more about the sun. event, about a level coronal mass ejection out of the sun, charge particles coming out of the sun in mass quantities very fast. that can damage humans in space because there is a lot of radiation. on top of that, it can damage satellites come mess with our power grid. a carrington level event, should it happen today, it would be a civilization-damaging event. we have to be prepared for that. what we will understand with the parker solar probe, which is a mission to the sun, we will work and predict those kinds of events and mitigate against them here on earth. , the nasadenstine administrator joining us for this edition of "newsmakers." . we appreciate your time today. jim: thank you very much. ,> christian davenport commercial came up time and again. did you walk away with that? >> absolutely. he has come into the office and the trump administration has tried to embrace this growing space industry. you heard the president talking about these billionaires and the rockets, elon musk, j

the rocket carrying the parker solar probe was scheduled to blast off from cape canaveral, in florida after an hour of delays the launch was rescheduled for tomorrow. scientists hope the seven—year mission will gather data to help understand the solar storms which can disrupt satellite communications. we're joined now by professor tim horbury, professor of physics at imperial college london and a member of the parker solar probe science team. tim, thank you forjoining us, disappointing, yet hopefully only differed the 2a hours, how long before it will make its first pass at the sun? disappointing that it is better to be on the ground fixing the problem instead of flying with one. when the mission goes the craft will go very quickly from the beginning. we will fly past venus in september and get our first pass close to the sun in november. so although space is big it does take a long time to get places, so we will get some of the first data very rapidly. it is exciting. it sounds flippant to say it almost sounds like a flippant to say it almost sounds likea pr flippant to say it almost

it's called the parker solar probe. and it will get closer to earth's own star than any human-made object until now. the probe's first close approach is set for november and it will back to earth in december.ta - >>> antiracism protests in charlottesville, virginia. they stayed peaceful on saturday one year after a far right rally that turned deadly there. there are no signs of white supremacists in attendance there, but those groups are expected to march later this day in the nation's capital right outside of the white house. >>> what happens this day in the nation's capital really anyone's guess. and to talk more about this we have now mo ivory. mo, an attorney and radio personality here in atlanta joining on set. it's a pleasure to have you here on the show. >> thank you. >> the u.s. president has comment thopd commented on this on twitter. he said the riots a year ago resulted in the senseless death and division. we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all ameri

when it is all said and done, nasa's parker solar probe will make 24 close approaches to the sun overheavy rocket carrying the spacecraft took off at 3:31 a.m., fittingly on sunday morning, from cape canaveral air force station in florida, using gravity assist from the planet venus. it will begin making its first brushes with the sun this fall. by the time it makes its last approaches to the sun in 2024 and 2025, it will be just 3.8 million miles away from the sun. that's seven times closer than we have ever been to our star. the parker solar probe is the size of a small car, and it's protected by a revolutionary carbon heat shield which will shade the scientific instruments from temperatures as high as 2500 degrees fahrenheit, emanating from the sun. scientists hope to better understand the sun's nature so we can better protect satellites and astronauts in orbit and even power grids on the ground. >> why is the corona hotter than the surface of the sun? that seems really weird. normally when you get further from a fire, you get colder. the corona is millions of degrees whereas the su

delay due to a technical problem the park a solar probe finally lifted off from cape canaveral in florida a spacecraft is named after a physicist eugene parker who predicted the existence of the solar wind sixty years ago the one point five billion dollar mission is being described as one of the most ambitious projects have a taken by the u.s. space agency. this is a mission solar physicists could only dream of for sixty years. a space probe the can approach the sun close enough to enter its atmosphere. the objective is to examine how solar flares formed. when currents of electronically charged particles hit the earth they threaten sensitive electronics and satellites that's why scientists want to be able to forecast devastating solar storms. the parker solar probe will gather the necessary data with four instruments this means coming closer to the sun than any other space probe as before. and to be successful it has to survive being showered by energy particles and extreme radiation this extremely hostile environment demands highly developed technology a carbon heat shield with a sickness of twelve centimeters on the probe enters the sun sc

expected to reach speeds of 690,000 kilometers per hour, the parker solar probe will become the fastest ever man—made object. demonstrations have begun in washington to mark one year since violent protests in charlottesville, virginia. anti—racism demonstrators have taken to voice their opposition to a planned gathering of far—right supporters and white supremacists. at least 39 civilians — including 12 children — have been killed in an explosion that brought down a building in the mainly rebel—held syrian province of idlib. most of the victims are believed to have been syrians displaced from other areas. polls have closed in mali in a presidential election run—off, which is widely expected to be won by the current president, at 10pm, mishal husain will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, it's time for our world: iraq's war on meth, with yalda hakim. a hunt is under way. basra police, on the back of a tipoff, think they've found their target. a suspect they believe has been dealing in the highly addictive and illegal drug, crystal meth. kidnapping, extortion, organise

the unmanned parker solar probe was supposed to be launched yesterday, but its departure was cancelledraft. it does sound like something from a movie. it does, really, although not a great movie yesterday, given that it didn't get up. we have our fingers crossed. and we are hoping to bring that to you live on the programme. something that went right yesterday was dina asher—smith's performers. what a superstar shias. she is brilliant. and have you met her before? yes. she is a bundle of energy, you wonder when she ever switches off. it is so refreshing in sport to see someone talk so passionately, but what an achievement last night at the european championships in berlin. earlier in the week she broke her own record in the 100m, and then got the sprint double, notjust winning at but cruising the victory. the world is her oyster. she won a bronze medal at the olympics, she won the commonwealth games gold medal, already has a gold at this level in the european championships. absolutely unreal, this is schippers being beaten by dina asher—smith. the final of the women's 200m under way onc