the new zealand launchpad of rocket lab has a small rocket, putting satellites into orbit so a lot ofg a political and strategic point in what it is doing? absolutely. for the early part of the space race, china was not into the space race and in the early they made a strategic decision that they have to catch up nba player and since then they have been ramping up are now interns of launch rate, they are launching as many rockets as the us —— and to be a player. they are ramping up their industrial capacity and they really need as a way to prove that they are at the forefront as a nation in technology. scientists at the royal botanic gardens in london have named more than 150 new plants and fungi this year. they say the breadth of new species from orchids highlights the diversity of plants still to be identified. but the botanists working at kew gardens warn that two in every five plants are threatened with extinction. the united nations has added the north african dish couscous to its list of the world‘s intangible cultural heritage. tunisia, algeria, morocco, and mauritania submitte

the new zealand launchpad of rocket lab has just put — has a small rocket which has put more satelliterying out new things, more imaginative things. and in a sense, each country seems to try a slightly different approach. is china making a political and perhaps strategic point in what it is doing? absolutely. for the early part of the space age, china was not really into space and in the early 90s they made a strategic decision that, "oh, ok, we better catch up and be a player." and since then they have been ramping up and now, in terms of launch rate, they are launching as many rockets as the us is, so it has been a huge investment on their part, a very impressive ramp up of industrial capacity, and they really see this as a way to prove that they are at the forefront as a nation in technology. drjonathan mcdowell. have you ever wondered how much you should read into a facial expression? well a new study suggests there's much more than meets the eye and that the way we smile or frown reveals how much humans have in common. our reporter tom brada investigates. feeling confused? feeling

last night's thunder/rockets game in houston was postponed after three rockets players returned testswere either positive or inconclusive for covid-19. for other players quarantined at this time, following contact tracing, leaving them short of the eight players needed to play under league rules. james harden was one of those unavailable to play, he was find $50,000 for violating health and safety protocols when he attended a private party on monday. their next game is scheduled for saturday. now, 12 games were played last night, and what a finish for the bucs in boston. final seconds and jason day temperatu -- tatum. the just .4 to go, and yannis is fouled at the rim by electricth tying shot is short. tough start for milwaukee, but big win, 122-121 in the opening. kings down 2 in overtime, and fox with a huge block preventing the nuggets from taking a commanding 4-point lead. instead tying at 122. then with six seconds to go, watch the king poke the ball away fr away, and my goodness, what a finish. sprinting down the 4 afterwards, and celebrating the king's win in ot. 124-120. final

the new zealand launchpad rocket lab has a small rocket which can put more satellite in orbit so a lotimaginative thing. each country tries a different approach stop is china making a political and perhaps strategic point and what it is doing? absolutely. china was not really into space and early 90s they made a strategic decision that we better catch up and be a player and a sense that they have been ramping up and now, in terms of launch rate, they are launching as many rockets as the us is so a huge investment on their part, an impressive capacity and they wa nt to impressive capacity and they want to see this as a way to prove they are at the forefront asa prove they are at the forefront as a nation into ology. great to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you. members of the taleban leadership have arrived in pakistan for talks with senior government officials. it comes after the afghan peace talks, which have been taking place in qatar, were put on hold following an upsurge in violence, which the afghan government blamed on militants. hong kong civil servants have sworn a new

december 20, at least eight rockets struck baghdad's green zone. residential complex and cars were damaged. the arrest of a senior leader in a militia for his of -- involvement opened up the possibility of a confrontation between the government and armed groups. tensions are escalating between the united states and iran. donald trump blamed iran for the baghdad attack and threatened to respond militarily. the claim was dismissed by the new chief of tehran's elite qud s force. possum solemani was -- the u.s. is concerned about what iranian forces might do on the anniversary of solemani's death. the popular mobilization forces was formed in 2014 after a call from leading -- a leading cleric for iraqis to join the fight against isil. its members are mostly shiite muslims. has bola was set up just before the invasion of iraq by the u.s. it was -- has long-standing ties with tehran. the head of the she a militia -- the shia militia's forces fit -- fought in syria. let's bring in our guests, michael is senior fellow at the hudson institute and a former a

james harden not only him but the markets because this is almost all of the houston rockets had some sort of. issue with the coronavirus test and they don't get to play their home opener is on saturday so i know you're saying that all the see it doesn't mean that if you if the pay is going out all that kind of it but rockets on a day are all investigating the video that pisses say same problem he said not wearing a mosque at the pontiff have we had any reaction from the south. james harden actually took his instagram story yesterday and shared that he was supporting a friend who opened the business and that that was not the way things were. being told not the way it went but one thing i want to point out in this situation that i think a lot more attention would say party right now because he is the subject of multiple n.b.a. teams who have interests in his services he wants out of the houston rockets and the brooklyn nets the boston celtics the denver nuggets that surround a raptors the philadelphia $76.00 which is about 70 who have inquired about james harden self a lot of snowballi

does he want to play for the rockets?u know, james harden, i have all the respect in the world for and james harden wants to win a ring during his period as a basketball player and i think that that's wonderful that he's going to do it and hopefully he'll do it with the houston rockets >> tilman, i'm looking forward to the return of the nba seems like it just ended you know we're big fans and my son, mack, is a big believer, too. good luck. it's good to see you again if i don't see you before the holidays, have a great holiday and we'll seal you after te you first of the year. >> thank you guys. >> we have a news on progress in negotiations in stimulus ylan joins us now. >> reporter: senator mcconnell is calling on lawmakers now to abandon the two most controversial provisions, including state and local aid and liability protections and essentially just pass the provisions that are expiring, including unemployment benefits, ppp, as well as likely more money for vaccine distribution now, we do know that mcconnell was plann

embassy in baghdad has condemned a rocket attack on its compound and called on iraqi leaders to take steps to prevent further attacks the iraqi military said several rockets hit the green zone on sunday it's believed the u.s. embassy was the target one iraqi soldier was injured and buildings damaged by god's green zone area houses government buildings and foreign missions witnesses coming up next with an episode called 50 feet from syria. it's 10 years since the arab spring shook countries across the middle east a decade on from the 1st uprising we'll look at the legacy of the revolution. join us as we assess the changes in the political landscape in the middle east and north africa. on al-jazeera. morning morrow morning for you doing are you felt good. when you hear. of the 3rd chance. and nervous ol will but. don't play a little finger sensor tell your fingers but i haven't been to syria for probably 30 years i'm fortunate that i was able to come over here and to going to medical field i think it was footage of a father carrying his son would his arm completely empty to that's what

alameda based astrolaunched a rocket into space today.pany ceo says the rocket reached the edge of space and was just shy of reaching orbit. it didn't carry any satellites or pay loads because it's a demonstration mission. it's raised roughly 100 million as it tries carving out a place in the small rocket business. those are some nice pics, though. that's going to do it for us. thank you for being with us. stay safe and stay healthy. bye-bye. test

in 2003 but i'll call them is ability to succeed is being questioned on december 20th at least 8 rockets struck because the heavily fortified green zone one worker was wounded and a residential complex and cars were damaged the arrest of a senior leader in. that huck militia for his involvement in the attack has opened up the possibility of a confrontation between the government and armed groups. meanwhile tensions are escalating between the united states and iran u.s. president donald trump blamed it on for the budget that attack and threaten to respond militarily the claim was dismissed by the new chief of tehran's elite quids force part of iran islamic revolutionary guards corps on a recent visit to their own capital is my if on the replaced cos and so they money who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in january the white house is now concerned about what iranian backed forces in their up might do ahead of the anniversary of solar mani's death will discuss this shortly with our guests but 1st let's take a closer look at the main iran backed militias in there and up the popular mo

you were a rocket scientist?, so, i spent nine years at nasa, at the jet propu had lsion laboratories. seven of those were working on the curiosity recovery, something that i designed and tested, it's roving on the dot in the skien 90 million miles away. it's a cool feeling. >> here a relatively simple halloween costume. while he was sending aircrafts to space. he posted the science experiment to youtube. it got him nearly 10 million views. >> and that was a cool feeling. and i'm like, i should, i want to do this more. i should do it again, iright? so i have done one video a month since that point. >> before long, he left behind, and i cannot stress it enough, a job at nasa. to make youtube videos full time. >> yeah, there was a survey that went out recently that was like, more kids want to be professional youtubers than astronauts. and everyone like, even i'm like, man. that's so lame, but then i was like, holdup, i quit my dream job at nasa to make youtube videos so i'm not one to judge. >> sounds crazy, right?

the rocket uses liquid fuel that is said to have relatively low impact on the environment.eports say it is capable of carrying a payload of 4.5 tons to an altitude of 700 kilometers. china reportedly aims to develop reusableockets le those produced by u.s. aerospace venture spacex. last week the country announced its lunar mission brought back a capsule containing rocks from the moon. >>> the discovery of the bodies of 39 vietnamese migrants in a container truck outside london last year highlighted the risks people are willing to take in search of a better life. we visited the parents of one of the victims who had traveled halfway around the world for the sake of her family. nhk world's gwen kamtui reports. >> reporter: more than a year has passed since they lost their daughter. >> translator: i miss her all the time. this suffering cannot be healed. >> reporter: their daughter was 26 when she died. she was apparently smuggled to britaivia chinand france. she managed to send a text message to her family from inside the container. "my journey has failed," she said. "father a

his name is mark rober, take one part literal rocket scientist and two parts youtube sensation and a messing around and he will have you feeling like a kid again, only smarter. it's larger than life sperpts like these had that transformed mark in to a social media phenomenon, with 15 million subscribers racking up 1.5 billion views. growing up in the '90s and 2000s, i had bill nye the science guy. today, kids have mark rober, who is that? >> mark rober is passionate about getting people stoked about science and engineering. like, that's kind of my m.o.. so i will suck people in with something big like, you know, world's largest nerf gun or super soaker. it's about telling them about the science of what is going on from. >> reporter: already, pause, because we are in a global pandemic, you are wondering how we are hanging out with little social distancing and no masks? we shot this segment before the world shut down. in the time that there's no shortage of news -- >> i thought if we could see the germs around us. >> reporter: he has been hosting science classes for those of us stuck a

after being delayed six times, the rocket launched from cape canaveral.tellite for the national reconnaissance office. >> cool stuff there. >>> the uk and eu have agreed to extend brexit talks until sunday it would be made by the end of this week. keir simmons spoke from london. >> both sides have drawn a red line for sunday saying they need to agree a deal by then in order to be able to get that deal through their various legislative bodies before the end of the year, which is the final deadline some of the debate is over who would be allowed to fish in british waters and what sanctions should be put in if british standards don't raise as quickly as european standards. >> look. the situation is serious, but i think it's in everybody's interest fundamentally that we reach a deal in relation to brexit both sides are apart, particularly on the issue of a level playing field and fisheries. so those are the key situations for us. >> reporter: but there is so much more to it. there are questions of pride, and there are questions of getting all of the countries

then, the final stage of the rocket gently detaches. and doug are on their way to the international space station. the united states has had a long history of space flight. we have lift off. from the apollo missions which took astronauts to the moon to the space shuttle programme which ferried men and women to low earth orbit and back. the shuttle has cleared the tower. but with two flights ending in disaster and high running costs, the fleet was retired and the shuttle‘s last flight touched down nearly a decade ago. since then, nasa's astronauts have had to buy seats on russian rockets instead. now, outsourcing flights like this to spacex marks a big change for the us space agency. nasa has said basically we will give you the money, and you give us a space flight, and then that releases nasa to use its resources to do other things, and that is where we can start really thinking big. we're ready to get dragon docked to the international space station. after nearly 19 hours in the capsule, the astronauts close in on their destination. so

the rocket took off from cape canaveral in florida at 12:30 this afternoon. today's mission comes four days after the steel rocket prototype crashed while attempting a landing. >>> if you have not mailed your holiday cards and packages, you will run out of time. this year will be busier than ever for the postal service and other shipping companies. we have more on when you need to get your gifts in the mail. >> reporter: it is the most wonderful time of the year. it is also the busiest for the united states postal service. they say more people than ever are sending out cards and gifts this year due to the pandemic. >> it has been a hard season. >> reporter: the rush is on to get gifts and cards under the tree in time. this year, the folks of the post office are easier than ever. >> we are easily doubling what we saw at this time last year. with the pandemic, and everybody being kept apart, more people are shopping online. more people are using the mail to stay in touch.>> reporter: the increased hours and delivery windows to try to keep up. some people are ta

on august 21st 2013 at least 4 rockets loaded with sarin gas warheads struck rebel held parts of eastern kentucky i was more than a 1000 people were killed many of them children among them was imminent marmet eldest son they too were exposed to serin and were unconscious for days to this day the syrian regime denies any responsibility for the attack either if i hope that one day i can stand before a judge and tell them what these chemical attack did to us on the everything came out that it was an arab scene that i cannot describe to you that plume are lying on the ground like ants being killed by bug spray these images never leave my mind. hardly a cut it was convinced that the syrian regime was behind the attack for years his organization the syrian archive along with 2 other human rights groups have meticulously analyzed the attack from the suspected launch sites to the rockets used therefore also documented undisclosed chemical weapons facilities including where sarah and was hidden after 2013 when you think from your investigation that most probably 450. a network of different entiti

rocket test launch in texas has ended with a spectacular crash land taken but the u.s. company still considers the project a success. that's coming up in a moment but 1st let's get some more headlines from around the world gone as electoral commission says president nunna has won a 2nd term in office officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting ahead of his predecessor and rival john muhammad the results follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired army general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary if confirmed he would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he faces resistance from some democrats who have a preference for civilian control of the military. meanwhile the president elect's son hunter by has confirmed his tax affairs are under federal investigation president donald trump has often accused hunter biden of corrupt dealings in ukraine trumps early pursuit of those allegations resulted in his own impeachment after pressure the ukrainian president to in

but this is the 2nd rocket attack in the city within a month. ron has executed a dissident journalist for encouraging anti-government protests in the country. criticized iran's government with a website and internet news channel while he was living in exile he was captured in 2019. british media say the government is planning to patrol the country's fishing borders with the help of the royal navy if no breaks a trade deal can be reached reports say naval vessels would have the power to stop chick and impound all e.u. fishing boats operating in british waters. well the u.s. supreme court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the state of texas to overturn the results of last month's presidential election president trump and scores of republican officials and little micah's had support of the suit which challenge president elect joe biden's victories in michigan georgia pennsylvania and wisconsin the justices ruled that takes us didn't have the right to challenge how other states run their elections the president reacted but the tweet and the supreme co

reusable rocket launch process for all the result that this commercial innovation and it's really in my view the way that we begin the journey to the star trek era in the 23rd century so i wonder is this what space exploration could be like in a future what i mean is a space agency sort of laying down the theory and private companies putting the theory to practice or at least bringing scientists into space to do it. i think very much so and you know there's an analogy in my country. the 1st explorations as . the united states started to standard cross the carpets the west were government funded explorers like lewis and clark and then the military came to make forts to protect the settlers who then followed in much larger numbers in the industrial estate with the railroads in the mills and mines and so forth and i think we'll see a similar develop a commercial space as humans proliferate into arrears spacefaring species with industry in earth orbit and then on the moon and then on to the planets and when we become a multiplayer species surely these days data could be collected just by

test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after successful ascent the starship rocket returnedto the landing pad at excessive speed causing it to explode it was the highest flight yet for the rocket ship that space x. founder iran must says could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. now here in germany a bleak milestone as daily corona virus infections climbed to new record high this hour authorities report more than 23000 new cases and 440 deaths from 2 over 90 countries rising chased down has prompted a rare impassioned plea from chancellor angela merkel on wednesday called on the public to make a choice limit contacts a lose more law. has spoken in parliament on countless occasions but this time was different she framed the decisions now facing germany as a matter of life and death in one of the most impassioned speeches of her life there are 14 days to go on to christmas 14 days we have to give a role to ensure that we don't end up back in exponential growth if we have too much contact with others before christmas and then it turns out to be to very last christmas

the united states' largest military base in afghanistan has come under attack 5 rockets at the bagram air base on saturday no casualties have been reported afghan police disabled 7 other rockets mounted on a pick up truck on the outskirts of the base nato says the airfield was not damaged meanwhile at least 15 children were killed and dozens injured in a separate explosion in afghanistan because of the blast in gaza a province is unclear but local suggests that the children had found a piece of unexploded i mean ition which detonated when they tried to sell it all on average 5 children are killed or maimed every single day in afghanistan and have been for the last 14 years that's around 26000 young lives the charity save the children says the violence against young people is a widespread problem and we found a bomb and stored the plane with it when it exploded i saw blood everywhere i didn't feel anything at the time when i looked at my leg it was cut off and then i fell to the ground. you can see all 7 of us are amputees if the peace comes in our country won't bring us back our legs

there was no—one on board the rocket.er man—made things is soon set to overtake that of all living organisms on earth, such as animals, plants and fungi for the very first time. that's the assessment by a group of scientists who published the result of their studies in the magazine nature. i'm joined now by will steffen, emeritus professor at the australian national university and member of the anthropocene working group. thank you for coming on the programme. my pleasure, thank you. how do you establish the weight of everything on earth? we make an estimate on how many animals there are, how many wild animals there are. you know what their masses and so on, so you can calculation. it's probably a bit trickier in terms of plans, but nevertheless we have a good idea of what we call nature biomes, rainforests, temperate forests, savannas, deserts, and we can get an average for the mass above ground, what we call above ground biomass, that is the stuff you see, possible routes. those things have been studied by ecologists ve

israel has targeted a number of sites in gaza after several rockets were fired from the strip. some underground infrastructure. on friday, israel's anti—missile iron dome system intercepted two rockets fired from the territory. the military said it would hold the hamas movement responsible for any attacks emanating from gaza. as inoculation begins around the world, politicians and celebrities have been filmed and photographed receiving the coronavirus vaccine. us president—electjoe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu broadcast their experiences, and the latest is saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman, who was given a coronavirus vaccination live on television. the kingdom is beginning a nationwide immunisation programme and the health ministry says more than half a million people have registered to take the vaccine so far. dr noel brewer, professor of health behaviour at the university of north carolina, told me more about the influence of high profile figures on vaccine uptake. it certainly doesn't hurt to have famous people getting the vaccine. it co

on a separate entity yes sign clued into the rockets blow up in space x. if space x. were included. in tousled the stock wouldn't be as high as it is though either because of all these rockets blowing up people would go oh my gosh i'm going to short sell this one right the fact that all the risk of the rocket blow are in a separate entity off with another company to me that's another genius move but it's still glamorous and that's how i believe that's my feeling that's why you own tesla and has done well and i think you did it because of the glamour of iran mosque and the story he sells and it doesn't matter if it's real or not because in fact tesla has a market share of the global passenger vehicle market of about one percent it's just a small automaker but tesla's market cap of $578000000000.00 is now about 'd equal to the combined market cap of toyota toyota and lexus volkswagen which is v v.w. audi porsche and many other brands dine large g.m. b.m.w. honda and ford which is an amazing sight and they know that he's raised about close to $15000000000.00 just the fast few months so

a space test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after successful ascent the starship rocket returned to the landing pad at excessive speed causing it to explode it was the highest flight yet for the rocket ship that according to space x. could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. germany has hit a bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic the country's total code 1000 death toll has now surpassed 20000 the latest case counts also show a new record of more than 23000 daily infections. chancellor angela merkel made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions on wednesday calling on the public to limit contacts or risk losing more lives merkel doesn't have the power to unilaterally impose new rules instead that decision is up to individual german states. for more on this i'm joined by our correspondent julia sound delhi julia hello what's been the reaction to mikkel speech. it was a very emotional strong speech from chance of america yesterday and that has really resonated in germany time and time again before she had already encouraged people to follow the rules a

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an experimental rocket belonging to elon musk‘s spacex company explodes while attempting to land during test. and the show must go on. on the road — how creative performers are taking their musicals to the nation's doorsteps. we have a very busy programme for you. a meeting in brussels between boris johnson and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has failed to break the deadlock in talks on a post—brexit trade deal. both have agreed talks on a deal will continue until sunday, when a firm decision will be made. but our political correspondent jessica parker, says the odds don't look good. they met, a quick photo, masks off and on again. then, down to business. three hours of talks over a three course meal. in the end, big gaps remained. there was a good discussion, but there was no clear movement in the right direction. she described the conversation as lively, downing street, as frank, but the negotiations that had stalled are now back on. david frost for the uk and michel barnierfor the on. david frost for the uk and michel barnier for the eu, on. david fros

. >>> houston rockets star james harden has been fined $50,000 by the nba for violating the league's follows a league investigation of a video showing harden at a party without a mask. harden was also supposed to be sidelined for last night's game as part of his punishment, but it was postponed because the rockets did not have enough eligible players. >>> and in football, washington football team quarterback duane haskins has been hit with a $40,000 fine after he was caught at a party without a mask. the fine is believed to be the largest yet for a player violating the league's covid protocols. haskins was also stripped of his team captain title and no word yet on if he will start the team's game this weekend against the carolina panthers. >>> coming up, a festivus for the rest of us. how people are celebrating the holiday all about complaining. >>> also ahead, the heartfelt message from one little girl amid a covid christmas. to syour body needs routine. system, centrum helps your immune defenses every day, with vitamin c, d and zinc. season, after season. ace your immune support, w

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embassy said to a fight and diverted one of the rockets. have been reported. a negotiators from the u.k. and the european union a locked in trade talks in the belgian capital brussels with just hours to go until the latest deadline. for austin is either counterpart michel bonnie you still have to sort out 2 issues the blocs fishing rights in british waters and fair competition rules for businesses the european parliament is one that it won't have time to ratify any deal before the official deadline at the end of the year unless it's agreed by midnight brussels time and just a just a line to hear from reuters saying that a senior u.k. government source saying that the u.k. continues to explore every route to a deal and that trade talks are likely to continue. it's been 10 years since a young fruit seller internees yes set himself on fire in protest against police ruby tim and seized his cart and produce mohammed was easy died 18 days later triggering outrage. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to challenge the regime of the same lobby deemed be

time to hash out a stimulus package >>> and boom goes the dynamite, or this time an unmanned spacex rocket the video and full story all coming up on this thursday, december 10, and this is "worldwide exchange." ♪ >>> good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. i'm brian sullivan thanks for joining us. let us jump right in we are seeing stock futures mildly in the green right now, dow futures with implied open up about 50 points, nasdaq we'll call it flat the major averages did end the day lower yesterday, but they hit record highs earlier in the session before doing so. quite a bit of a steep selloff toward the end, tech leading the move lower and the nasdaq 100, the qqq etf, snapping a ten day win streak. that's right, it was up ten days coming into yesterday. we'll get more into that later outside of stocks, new data for the world gold council shows that gold tracking etfs reporting their first outflows in a year last month to the tune of about $6.8 billion. that was the second highest on record still, overall net inflows

embassy was the intended target of sunday's attack and anti rocket systems set up to defend the u.s. embassy is said to have been diverted most of the rockets and iraqi security work was injured in a residential complex and cars were damaged. u.s. republican senator mitt romney has called a recent hacking campaign against the united states extraordinarily damaging and is demanding a response so i was security experts say more than 40 organizations would talk to including several government agencies they say it could take months to unravel u.s. secretary of state might pump so it is pretty clear that russia was behind the attack something most has denied president told trump tweeted that china could instead be responsible and they apparently didn't think that we would respond in a very aggressive way and i think all those things have to be addressed i think we have to be much more serious about our cyber capabilities often sieve and defensive i think we have to rethink about that at the department offense as well as are other agencies and i think we have to have a very clear eyed appr

embassy in baghdad targeted in a rocket attack overnight.ys an outlaw group fired eight rockets into baghdad's green zone, injuring one security person. the attack also damaging homes and cars nearby. a u.s. official in baghdad telling fox news the american military deployed its counter rocket defense system to intercept that attack. secretary mike pompeo tweeting overnight in part, quote, the people of iraq deserve to have these attackers prosecuted. these violent and corrupt criminals must cease their destabilizing actions. arrests of illegal immigrants jumped 182% in one texas border sector. del-rio border agents arrested over 804,706 o 8,470 immigrantsn november, nearly tripling the amount from last november. 340% increase from last year were adults. todd: a seventh grade california class surprised their teacher with a touching thank you. watch this. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. carley: students showing their hand made signs, thank you signs. the english teacher said th

said to have folks and most of those rockets. and staying in iraq the government that is investigating a rise in attacks on shops selling alcohol in the capital baghdad at least one person has been killed christians say they're being targeted for better protection federal ports from the iraqi capital. he works in the small liquor store in central baghdad every month he sends the money he earns to his family of 10 who live near mosul in northern iraq but every day he lives in fear in recent weeks many shops selling alcohol in the capital have been targeted in bomb attacks and one shopper than i was shot dead in a drive by shooting. this mobile phone footage reportedly shows a group of men running the 2nd store in baghdad no one has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks and no one has been brought to justice the local lovelady everyone is afraid they don't know if the meeting that tax custom was a scared to come to the shop is only for the money for me and my family i have a life in the cell doing a policeman is protecting

so, yeah it is a lot of excitement and samples came back from the moon today in the us rocket thatis, we saw a portion of that arrive at the kennedy space centre today. so, tremendous excitement we have the new administration will continue on that path and i can say europe has a big involvement in that european space agency they are building pa rt space agency they are building part of the orion capsule this sin people and so european astronauts are going to be part of that and it is very international we have the international space station and as the japanese astronaut on that and the next crew mission is going to be a european astronaut from france, i believe. so, there's a lot of international cooperation that so we need to cut the costs. hard not to get excited when you talk to some as enthusiastic as that. the legendary british actor sir ian mckellen is among the latest to receive the anti—coronavirus vaccine in the uk. the star, who's 81, is known for both his theatre and film roles, including blockbuster movies such as x—men, the hobbit and the lord of the rings franchise. he