billionaire richard branson's space startup virgin galactic will launch its first space flight with privateith perhaps the coolest name, truth or consequences, new mexico, is nbc's gadi schwartz. what should we expect tomorrow? >> reporter: hey, good morning, ana. t minus 24 hours and we're going to see three civilians, civilians, just like you or me, that have become astronauts or going to become astronauts. they have been doing all kinds of training. in fact, it is hard to hear, but they're up in a plane doing high g maneuvers right now and they're getting ready to get into a spaceship, just like this one, strap on parachutes, get into those seats and then go mock 3 with a rocketship behind them. that rocket pushing 70,000 pounds of thrust all the way into space, zero gravity. and they'll be coming back down to earth. it is going to be something you don't want to miss. take a look. this is the next frontier of space travel. here at virgin galactic space port, deep in the new mexico desert, three regular folks are training for the ride of their lives. >> i kind of feel like i was born in t

david: i think it was a spac that was involved with richard branson and virgin.egrets about going public through a spac? anne: it is interesting, because it is definitely not the most positive of market times. but i love the process. like, being public, the process of going public is a lot of work. and so, when we decided about, or at least looked at opportunities to go public, like, one of the big considerations for me was, how much time was it going to take for me? i am very much focused -- i am very much of a ceo that, like, i like to operate hand i like to be in the weeds, like, how are we executing? i wanted to make sure i was minimizing time, like, how much time is it going to take for the whole process? the spac process is incredibly efficient. i got incredibly lucky with richard branson. he is a very high-quality investor. he has an incredibly educated team. he has actually invested in health care before. he has run benefits companies, he has had a care company in the u.k. so, he knows the space and he was specifically looking at health care in the consum

i for the incredibly lucky with richard branson, a very high quality investor.e has an incredibly educated team. he has actually invested in health care before. he has run benefits companies, he has had a care company in the u.k. so, he knows the space and he was specifically looking at health care in the consumer space. so, i am happy that the process was smooth and we ended up in a really successful situation. david: many tech companies have seen their prices go down. so, you have as well, i assume. anne: we have as well. david: so, does that bother you and you say, we will come back, or what is your view generally on the future of tech companies in terms of the valuations they once had? anne: i think coming from wall street has given me a good perspective on this. you know, wall street is not always reflective of true value, and i can also say that there is, like, no shortage of opportunities that people have missed. where there is a diamond in the rough, where i could look at the early days of google, or i can look at the early days of amazon, where people d

. >> reporter: the same ship that rocketed sir richard branson and his crew to space in 2021, 53 milesis next space trip will be virgin galactic's first with civilian passenger astronauts only. people like keisha shahof and her 18-year-old daughter, natives from antigua, the first astronauts from the caribbean. for these astronomy buffs it's been a dream since childhood. >> i'm hoping to give myself the confidence to trying new things. >> reporter: what are you looking forward most? >> looking back and seeing my daughter's face r the former olympian from england who's also battling parkinson's disease. >> just shows you this attitude of space for all is a wonderful attitude. >> reporter: these passengers undergo three days of rigorous training to prepare for the 90-minute flight, including three minutes of total weightlessness. >> you want to go in flight? >> i would love to fly. >> reporter: to find out what to expect, i took a spin in the cockpit simulator, with chief pilot david mckay. >> i'm going to pitch it up into the vertical. >> we're climbing. >> reporter: and there's planet

michael: richard branson has plans to develop commercial spacecraft for space tourism.g on this lander for three years. michael: and amazon founder, jeff bezos, is also developing rockets to carry humans into space and spacecraft to deliver cargo to the moon. jeff: we have here as an example, a very large rover and by the way, even though that's a large rover, this vehicle can land four of them simultaneously on the surface of the moon. brad: it isn't just spacex. there's other companies like blue origin coming online as well, private companies and smaller groups in australia, or rocket labs in new zealand, for instance, that is all making that cost cheaper. i like to think of it's like airplane travel. we spent the longest time having one costly airline, but now we have a bunch of budget carriers that are making it effective. adam: we live on this little dot and what's out there is just massive, and i wanna explore what's out there and see it. michael: australian entrepreneur, adam gilmour, is building one of those budget carriers. adam: all right, guys, we're going so

and the first tourism flight to the heavens for sir richard branson�*s virgin, touching the edge of anding up on bbc news. bayern munich�*s latest bid for harry kane is enough to get a yes from spurs but will they get the same answer from the england captain himself? hello. the nhs achieved an unwelcome milestone today that nobody wanted. the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england is at a record high — nearly 7.5 million people. the figures are from the end ofjune, and mean 1—in—7 of the population is waiting for hospital care. nhs providers, which represents health trusts in england, says the numbers aren't surprising, given the diffculties the nhs has been facing. this includes backlogs made worse by the pandemic, and strikes by health care workers. yet rishi sunak has made cutting nhs waiting lists one of his key priorities this year. the government today says there are positive signs in the figures, including a drop in those waiting for more than 18 months, and improved ambulance response times. to dig into the figures and look at when they might imp

virgin galactic owned by billionaire richard branson said its first private astronaut spaceflight. >>o the edge of space flight marked the beginning of the company's routine flights where passengers pay to get a rare glimpse and where and space begins. for the first time. mother daughter duo was part of a space mission. >> they won their seats in a fundraising program. the experience of going to space is like really out of this. well, mind blowing. >> and just from everything from takeoff to going all the way up. it was just like i'm sitting space actually. and i'm just filling all beautiful our planet is. year-old john goodwin has parkinson's and saudi experience as a win for those with medical conditions. >> goodwin has waited for this moment. he was among the first to sign up for the voyage of the most amazing gave my life. >> signed up 18 years ago. i never expected it to be as dramatic as turned hats. incredible. i can imagine there have been quite a great time. the 3 private passengers on board are under the direction virgin galactic. remember, they can briefly unbuckle and expe

sir richard branson�*s space company, virgin galactic, has completed its first space tourism flight. olympian and a mother and a daughter who made history as the first caribbean people to embark on the journey. the flight lasted just over one hour. sophie long reports from the spaceport in new mexico. —— now to a coup in niger. west african nations have put a smalljoint military force on alert. leaders of the ecowas regional bloc countries met, trying to find a way to push niger back to democracy. the bloc�*s current chairman, nigerian president bola tinubu, said the organisation was prioritising diplomacy. earlier, there had been threats of military action if niger's ousted president mohamed bazoum was not reinstated, but the coup leaders didn't back down. instead, they have named a 21—member cabinet to consolidate power. our reporter chris ewokor is monitoring the situation from neighbouring nigeria. one of the major decisions reached by the ecowas leaders today is that, despite that all options are on the table and open, including the option of military force as a last resort, the

richard branson himself said thatjamie's worldwide.stols and i can only agree. i would have to agree with that. we and i can only agree. i would have to agree with that.— and i can only agree. i would have to agree with that. we have to leave it there jon — to agree with that. we have to leave it there jon marchant _ to agree with that. we have to leave it there jon marchant but _ to agree with that. we have to leave it there jon marchant but thank you | it there jon marchant but thank you for being on bbc news and for describing some of those memories and giving us that tribute. thank you for your time. mi; and giving us that tribute. thank you for your time.— sri lanka is betting its future on tourism, the country was brought to snoop by the worst economic crisis last year. after a $3 billion bailout from the international monetary fund, the government is counting on tourism money to shore up counting on tourism money to shore up its revenue. lanka pristine beaches are our with surfers waiting to catch the perfect way. in this town o

>> the same ship that rocketed sir richard branson and his crew to space in 2021, 53 miles above thegalactic's first with civilian passenger astronauts only. people like kiesha and her 18-year-old daughter. they'll be the first mother and daughter duo to go to space and the first from the caribbean. >> i'm hoping to give myself that confidence to try new things. >> what are you looking forward to the most? >> just looking back and seeing our beautiful planet and looking across to see my daughter's face. >> the third passenger, 80-year-old john goodwin, a former olympian from england, a life-long adventurer who is also battling parkinson's december. >> it shows you space for all is a wonderful attitude. >> they undergo three days of rigorous training to prepare for the 90-minute flight, including three minutes of total weightlessness. i took a spin in their cockpit simulator with the chief pilot. >> and there's planet earth above us now. wow! even in this simulator, earth just seems like a miracle. >> yeah. it is. it's a very, very beautiful thing. >> reporter: all this part of britis

candidates have now suspended their campaign events in the run up to the election day. billionaire richard branson's company version of the lactic as long as its 1st flight carrying pain, taurus into space. the spacecraft was attached to the belly of another ship that top took off from the us state of new mexico after the aircraft reaching out to 15 kilometers. the rocket powered craft blasted off into space on board was an 80 year old british olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago. and the caribbean, mother and daughter do over one. their tickets gonna contest? the trio floated around the wait list for just a few minutes, for returning safely to her car for us to describe, we can obviously watching w use. let's get you a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the leaders of the west african block eco was say, they will deploy a standby for us to reinstate the ousted president of new share at jerry and president, host of the summit bullet. and you said nothing is off the table including military intervention. that's all for now. when a good from thanks very much for watching the ver

richard branson, his company, virgin galactic has launched its 1st flights, caring, paint, taurus into space. the spacecraft was attached to a mother ship that took off from new mexico. also the across reese analysis. you'd of 15 kilometers, the bulk lost it all into space. on board was an 8 year old purchased olympian who bought his ticket. 18 years ago. as a caribbean mother built into a who they are one, they took us in a contract in the trio such as around the wait this for just a few minutes before or timing safely for us to not 5. we can obviously see they're having just an incredible time in space taking in the views, but it's an experience. it's the silence. it's the views in our really to the watching. the echo was, block has ordered the activation of a stand by force or potential deployment to a source has been these rules in the shift. and reminder, you can find much for news analysis and video on a website that is dw dot com. in the meantime though, you can stick around and wait for my colleague stephen, betsy, will have all the latest business needs coming up right next, r

the last grand slam of the stats on the 28th of august from sports to space now billionaire richard branson's company, virgin galactic is launched, its 1st flight carrying paying tourists into space. the spacecraft for the task of the belly of a mother ship that took off from the us state of new mexico after the aircraft reaching out to the 15 kilometers rocket powered craft blasted off into space on board was an 80 year old british olympian who bought his ticket 18 years ago, and the caribbean mother and daughter to over one their tickets in a contest. it is the trio floated around a wait list for just a few minutes before returning, safely, use her for us to describe. we can obviously see they're having and you're watching the news as a reminder of our top story, west african leaders meeting and i jerry have ordered the activation of a stand by force for potential deployment to restore civilian rule. in this year. and fast booming wildfires have killed at least 36 people on the hawaiian island of maui. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and the tourist hotspot of the highness nearly

and richard branson, a man i massively admire. he says politicians are lacking the courage to admit that their drug policy has failed. he says it is now time for massive, monumental reform when it comes to the law around drugs. is he right or wrong? and i've just had a lovely weekend away with my family, but in a place that i could not spend a single penny of cash . we've also now got of cash. we've also now got banks basically saying they are going to limit how much cash you can put into your banks, never mind withdraw. can put into your banks, never mind withdraw . what is going on? mind withdraw. what is going on? i want to talk again about our do not kill cash campaign. we've got it all coming up. housewives favourite as well, ben habib keeping me company but before we get into it all, let's bring ourselves up to speed with tonight's latest headlines . tonight's latest headlines. >> michelle, thank you. well, the top story tonight today is that eight buses have been arriving at the bibby stockholm to deliver migrants to their

distinction with india, which launched its own lunar emission last month's well. billionaire, richard branson's company, virgin galactic has lost its 1st flight carrying paying tourists into space. the spacecraft was attached to a mother ship that took off from new mexico after the aircraft reaching out to the 15 kilometers. the rocket blasted off into space on board was an 80 year old british olympian who lost his ticket 18 years ago and a caribbean mother and daughter do one their tickets. in a contest and the trio floated around the wait list for just a few minutes before returning safely to her. it's hard for us to describe. we can obviously see that you're watching the news. thank spring with the every jenny is sort of surprising. we've gone all out to give you some tips one day in the course of the right people in your northern most count the police the.

a mother and daughter and an 80—year—old man with parkinson's become space tourists with sir richard bransonvirgin. on newsnight at 10:30pm: a a—star hotel in leafy llanelli. the government says it will not put migrants into such places, but here, they are trying very hard to do just that. is there a coherent policy on migration? good evening. an hawaiian paradise has been turned into an inferno by wildfire. president biden has declared a major disaster on the island of maui. at least 36 people have lost their lives so far with the coastal tourist town lahaina razed to the ground. thousands have had to flee and as you can see most houses have been destroyed. people have told how they ran into the ocean as the fire swept through the town. it's not know how the fires started, but the ground is tinder dry after recent hot weather and the flames have been fanned by strong winds from hurricane dora, cutting across the pacific ocean. let's go live now to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. she is outside the white house for us now. as one official in hawaii put it, we were expecting rain

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virgin galactic owned by billionaire richard branson, senate's first private astronaut spaceflight. >> to the edge of space flight marked the beginning of the company's routine flights where passengers pay to get a rare glimpse and where and space begins. for the first time. the mother daughter duo was part of a space mission. >> they won their seats in a fundraising program. the experience of going to space is like really out of this. well, mind blowing. >> and just from everything from takeoff to going all the way up. it was just like i'm sitting space actually. and i'm just dealing all hope you for planet is a year old. john goodwin has parkinson's and saudi experience as a win for those with medical conditions. >> goodwin has waited for this moment. he was among the first to sign up for the voyage of the most amazing gave my signed up 18 years ago. >> i never expected to be as dramatic as turned hats. incredible. i can imagine there have been quite a great time. the 3 private passengers on board are under the direction of the virgin galactic. remember the can briefly unbuckle and

. >> reporter: all this, part of the british billionaire sir richard branson's desire to make spaceee. with ticket prices at $450,000. so they scored their spots for free byy winnining a lottery,y, getting the news from sir richard branson himself. >> hopefefully thihis will insp other p people as well. take your dreams back out. conquer your fears and go get them. >>> there's some good news this hour about that american nurse and her daughter who were kidnapped in haiti. >> they have finally been released. alix and her daughter were released. they recommend americans not travel to the country. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent peter alexander. what more do we know about how this release actually happened and what was alix doris yen ville doing? >> we do know that they were kidnapped last month near the organization that the mom was there for. christian ministry, mere port-au-prince, haiti. this is new information that we've been hearing now from the christian ministry itself. it was an organization that provides education to about 390 students and hosts. other minis

billionaire richard branson.eanwhile, his vision came to life as his first space tourists reached for the stars traveling 55 miles high on board the flight. the first mother daughter duo and olympian ryan bass has more. >> 3, 2, one release release release ignition. good control. there's mach one. the pilots of started trimming for that turn toward space. there is max q. that's the point of maximum pressure exerted on the vehicle by the atmosphere. virgin galactic owned by billionaire richard branson, senate's first private astronaut spaceflight. >> to the edge of space flight marked the beginning of the company's routine flights where passengers pay to get a rare glimpse and where and space begins. for the first time. the mother daughter duo was part of a space mission. >> they won their seats in a fundraising program. the experience of going to space is like really out of this. well, mind blowing. >> and just from everything from takeoff to going all the way up. it was just like i'm sitting space actually. and

richard branson says his mission is to make space accessible for everyone.blue origin rocket, which takes up and goes into space and back down again like a conventional rocket. and then we have elon musk who is actually selling tickets to go to the moon. think about that. a japanese billionaire has already bought up all the tickets for the first commercial flight to the moon, complements of spacex and elon musk. so we have a three-way race with elon musk leading the pack. he wants to go all the way to the moon and eventually to mars. >> when are you going to go, michio? >> well, given the fact that 1% of the time we sometimes have rocket misfire, i think i'll be more comfortable sitting in my chair. >> okay. now we know. you're not much of a risk taker, are you? but just incredible to think that this is possible, what we're watching. thank you, both, so much. marisa, michio, great to have both of you as part of this discussion. that's going to do it for us today. we're going to hand it over it our friend jose diaz-balart to pick up our coverage as we continu

. >> reporter: all this, part of british billionaire sir richard branson's quest to make space travelhe wait list f for a seat wiwith current ticket prices at $450,000. >> ah! >> reporter:r: though keysha an ana scored their tickets via a lotterery. >> hopefefully thihis will inspe otheher people as well >> take your dreams back out conquer your fears and go get them >> and our thank "top story." stay right there, more news on the way. ews on the way. >>> paradise i

billionaire richard branson's virgin galactic rocket-powered space plane zoomed almost 55 miles up toarrying its first group of tourists. a former british olympian paid $200,000 for his ticket back in 2005. the cost now is $450,000. mother and daughter from antigua and barbuda, who won their tickets in a contest, were also on board. the spacecraft returned safely to its runway in new mexico. >>> tonight higher prices at two streaming services. disney plus is raising the subscription fee on its ad-free service from $10.99 a month to $13.99. that's double what it cost in 2019, when the service launched. hulu's ad-free package is going from $14.99 to $17.99. streamers have been raising prices on premium plans, apparently hoping to drive customers to cheaper plans that carry ads. >>> now a consumer alert. one-pound packages of organic kiwi sold under the brand name zesfry are being recalled in 14 states because they might be contaminated with listeria. so far no illnesses have been reported. please take a look at this map showing where the recall to zespry kiwis were shipped between june

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above ground vacuum to popularized by mosque in 2013 and pursued by a number of firms billionaire richard branson, the owner of the virgin, also got it on the phone. in 2017 and a virgin hyper loop announced plans to build overground vacuum tubes that would hurdle people at 670 miles an hour across the us, india in the middle east. but the closest these came to materializing was a single crude test in 2020, which reached about 100 miles an hour. far less than promised. costs were nearly $10.00 times higher and the test drive transported just to passengers instead of the promise $28.00. undeterred by the failure of his above ground travel project, musk opted to go underground with his boring come. first, the pledge to dig elaborate systems of tunnels under cities were autonomously dripping pods with 16 passengers would sit around with ease. that became a pledge to develop a system of so called skates, which would sweep electric cars across town at speeds of up to 130 miles an hour, which became a one way tunnel to drive the test was through at about 40 miles an hour called the loop, which at least

hours kekelly lalatimer willll be at thehe helm o of "unity" " on the sasame ship ththat sent sir richard bransonin 2021. >> it feels like we're at the turning point of a new age in space travel. >> reporter: hoping to bring tourism to the cosmos, it's's the latest salvovo in the new space race a and the first t virgin galactic flight t to carry regular fofolks. >> you'r're going. >> reporter: like keisha schahaff and her 18-year-old daughter ana lucky enough to skip the $450,000 per ticket by winning their seats in a lottery, and they'll become the first mother and daughter duo to go to space. what are you looking forward to the most? >> looking back and seeing our beautiful planetet and then lolooking acrossss to see my daughter's face while she's looking at it as well. >> reporter: the 90-minute flight blasting off to three times the speed of sound with three magical minutes of total weightlessness. >> and then you go, oh, okay. >> reporter: and to find out what to expect, i took a spin in their cockpit simulator. >> two, one, and fire. so, we fire up the motor, and off we go. >> and there we

uh so even if they, as you asked the question, even if a law in moscow richard branson wants to go and do them with mining activity, they still have to get the license from the state. they are registered to the liability convention mix the states that they are registered to liable for anything that can go wrong. so in the current regulatory pembroke, they will have to get permission from the states they're registered to. they just kind of decide on their own that always wants to go and set up a base and we'll do it. we've already seen no just base model to see if i do. in fact, in the last week or so. we have rushes, luna? 25 admission heading for the moon, south pole, and that's we overtake a ton valley and 3, before it crash service sounds like an actual race with such high stakes. besides that, there's little incentive to, to trust any sort of international space traffic control. it sounds like if he can get back to you, get up veterans, and the devil take the high most. so with the russian do not $25.00 sleepers admission that was planned for several years and it has been delayed a

thanks very much and keep looking up and let's go from one's base story to another 1000000000 or richard branson's. virgin galactic has launched its 1st flight carrying pain, taurus into space. spacecraft was attached to the belly of a mother ship that took off from new mexico. after the aircraft reaching out to 15, kilometers through the rocket, powered craft and blasted off further into space on board was an 8 year old british island being who brought it in the box is ticket 18 years ago and the caribbean mother daughter do oh for one there tickets in a contest, the trio floated around waitlist for just a few minutes before returning safely to earth. you're watching dw news. let's get you a reminder of our top story of the leaders of the west africans lock make a watch have gathered in the night, jerry and capitol for an emergency summit. they are discussing the next steps as certainly shares crew leaders ignored a 7 day deadline from eco was to reinstate to the post. press your washington e news coming up next to the news. asia. we have displaced women from india's money for state describing ho

reporter: kellyly latimere be at the helm on n the historic mission on the same ship that sent sir richard branson and his crew beyond the stratosphere in 2021 >> it feels like we're at the turning point of a new age of spspace travelel >> reporter: h hoping to bring tourism to the cosmos, it's the latestst salvo a and the first virgin galactic c flight to car regular folks, like kesha and her 18-year-old daughter lucky enough to skip the $450,000 per ticket by winning their seats in a lottery. and they'll become the first mother and daughter duo to go to space. what are you looking forward to the most >> looking back and seeing the beautiful planet and looking across to see my daughter's face while she's looking at it as well >> reporter: the 90-minute flight blasting off at three times the speed of sound with total weightlessness, and to find out what to expect i took a spin in the cockpit simulator. two, one, drop, whoa >> and fire. so we fire up the motor, and off we go. >> reporter: there we go and now earth is above us. wait, what >> reporter: the launch of a lifetime to the edge of a new fr

i mean, well, billing richard branson's company. virgin galactic has launched its 1st flight carrying, paying taurus to the edge of space. the spacecraft was attached to a mother ship that took off from new mexico after the aircraft reached now 2 to 15 kilometers. the rocket blasted off on board was an 80 year old british olympian who bought his tickets 18 years ago and a caribbean mother daughter. do who won their tickets in a contest? the trio floated around wait list for just a few minutes before returning safely. neither having just an incredible time. sports though and in the women's soccer world cup, spain have reached the semi finals for the 1st time. they beat them the other ones an extra time. thanks to this wonderful solo goal from some of our way low. it's sealed $8.00 to $1.00. when in spain become the 1st team into the last 4 in australia and new zealand, they will play the winners of the japan, sweden match, which is taking place right now. if you are watching dw news, just a reminder of our top story, this our, the death toll from wildfire zone, hawaii molly island has

richard branson's company earth.richard branson's company joins jeff bezos, blue origin and elon musk's spacex in the fledgling space tourism business as us gb news across the uk. on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news. this is britain's rt news. channel o'sullivan's law states that all organisations that are not explicitly right wing will become left wing. >> this is embodied by the recent case of the magistrates association , the self—proclaimed association, the self—proclaimed independent voice of the magistracy. this supposedly apolitical group has issued an inclusive, language style guide which includes the following use chair instead of chairman . chair instead of chairman. police officer instead of policeman spoke person or dreadful word. instead of spokesman goes on some rather odd examples, such as a person with disability, not a disabled person , a wheelchair user, not person, a wheelchair user, not a person, a wheelchair user, not a person confined

being in richard branson's virgin galactic space, carrying its first group of tourists. for his ticket back in 2005. the cost now is $450,000. mother and daughter from antigua and barbuda, won their tickets in a contest, were also on board. the spacecraft returned safely to its runway in new mexico. tonight, higher prices at two streaming services. disney+ is raising the subscription fee on its ad free service from $10.99 a month to $13.99, double what it cost in 2019 when the service launched. whose ad free packages going from $14.99 to $17.99. streamers have been raising prices on premium plans, apparently hoping to drive customers to cheaper plans that carry adds bureau important news tonight if f you have k kiwis i. next.. like herere. anand here. not so mucuch here. if you havave chronicc kidney d disease, farxiga a can help y you keepep living lilife. ♪ farxiga ♪ anand farxiga a reduces the risk o of kidney f failur, which cacan lead to o dialysi. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dedehydratio, urininary tract t or genitalalt infectioions in womemen