victoria gill, bbc news at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california. a researcher at the science and technology facilities council, worked on the nasa mars insight mission, and explained what exactly the spacecraft was looking for. there are a vast range of questions about the universe, the one everyone wa nts to about the universe, the one everyone wants to know is is there life outside of the earth. and we suspect that the is not life on the surface of mars but we may find it allowed the surface. so mars at one stage had a magnetic field which would have been on earth the result of movement in the molten aahing over. that is one of the things that we wa nt to that is one of the things that we want to measure with the instruments we have. that magnetic field is what holds our atmosphere in place. so it allows the atmosphere to keep us warm and protects us from radiation from the sun and gives those lovely warm temperatures and liquid water. all the things needed for life to flourish. at some point mars lost its atmosphere, it lost the magnetic field t

victoria gill has been speaking to david attenborough about it. we have been hanging on about it for decades now and no—one is doing anything because no—one in power actually cares. it is either too hot or too cold and we can't grow anything. the world is a place where we all live together and, if we don't take care of it, we will have nowhere to go. the monsoons are sometimes coming too early or too late, like nothing is on time. translation: of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it's a global conversation. and now the un has turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland in less than two weeks‘ time. the people's seat is meant to represent the hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives are about to be affected or have already been affected by climate change so that it will sit there to remind politicians that this is not a theoretical enterprise. this is our opportunity to collectively make a differ

there was reason to celebrate admission control, as victoria gill reports. >> touchdown confirmed. ia: after six mths' journey and a perilous descent relief at mission control. >> it is incredible. this is my first mission. i still feel nervous the adrenaline is going through me. we are on mars. insight works. it is a soft landing. everything is perfect. i want more data. i want to see what is happening on mars. ctvioria: nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere safely to send the signal home. here are the first pictures sent from its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists can select exactly where to place scientific equipment. >> we will give mars its very first checkupn 4 billion years and we will put the first seismometer on the surface of mars ever. we will deploy a thermal mole that will dig down into the service and measure the gradient. theoria: as it sees terior of mars robotically come it will be sending data to mission control atasa in california. people will use the data to see how rocky worlike earth and mars and the m

victoria gill with that report from california. let's get some of the day's other news.s called for a full investigation by the united states into the use of tear gas against hundreds of migrants who forcefully attempted to cross the border on sunday. 42 people were arrested by us border patrols afterjumping over the fence that separates the two countries. the incident prompted the us to close the border for several hours. the british academic convicted of spying in the united arab emirates, matthew hedges, is said to be flying home, just days after being sentenced to life imprisonment. earlier, the uae government announced that he'd received a presidential pardon, but insisted that his conviction for spying was sound. he and his family have denied the charges. the former trump campaign aid, george papadopoulos has failed in his legal attempt to delay the start of his two—week prison sentence. mr papadopoulos pleaded guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. us prosecutors say paul manafort, president do

victoria gill has been speaking to david attenborough about it.cause no—one in power actually cares. it's either too hot or too cold, and we can't grow anything. the world is a place where we all live together, and if we don't take care of it, we will have nowhere to go. the monsoons are sometimes coming too early or too late, like, nothing is on time. translation: of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it is a global conversation. and now, the un has turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland in less than two weeks' time. the people's seat is meant to represent the hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives are about to be affected, or have already been affected, by climate change, so that it will sit there to remind politicians that this is not a theoretical enterprise. this is our opportunity to collectively make a difference — to have our voices heard. we saw how the response to blue planet, wi

victoria gill, bbc news.00 miles, visiting every block of every street in the five boroughs of new york. he is now 500 miles short of his goal and this week a movie opens, documenting his urban trek. the bbc‘s tom brook has the story. chinatown in new york on a typical day. people go about their business, for matt green that means continuing his marathon 9000 mile new york city walk. i am walking every block of every street in the five boroughs. also walking through parks, cemeteries, beaches, just covering all the ground and public areas and seeing what is there. while he has been on his walk, matt green has lived on a shoestring staying in different departments in exchange for activities such as cat sitting and raising money through donations to his website. strangely he says he doesn't know why he has spent almost seven years walking around new york covering the distance of 9000 miles. i think it occurred to me early on that a lot of time we felt i think it occurred to me early on that a lot of time we fee

victoria gill, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london.e us, and traditional retaillers are battling it out with online shops. more on that on asia business report. and it is not thanksgiving without the famous macy's parade in new york. the big balloons have been blown up ahead of the event, which will be the 92nd annual macy's parade. old—time favourites like charlie brown willjoin new characters that you might recognise, like little cloud and goku. if you are in the big apple, you will be able to see 26 floats and 12 bands, clowns, and cheerleaders. hello. we've had that cold wind. some of us have had the first snow of the season, and now the widespread frost going into thursday morning. coldest in the blue here. in fact, parts of southern england could be as low as —7 to start the day. temperatures down the eastern side of the uk recovering a little bit, going into the first part of the day, because you will see here increasing cloud. whereas elsewhere, it should be a fair amount of sunshine to begin with. but through the day, the clou

victoria gill has been speaking to david attenborough about it.se no—one in power actually cares. it's either too hot or too cold, and we can't grow anything. the world is a place where we all live together, and if we don't take care of it, we will have nowhere to go. the monsoons are sometimes coming too early or too late, like, nothing is on time. translation: of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it is a global conversation. and now, the un has turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland in less than two weeks' time. the people's seat is meant to represent the hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives are about to be affected, or have already been affected, by climate change, so that it will sit there to remind politicians that this is not a theoretical enterprise. this is our opportunity to collectively make a difference — to have our voices heard. we saw how the response to blue planet, with

victoria gill, bbc news at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california.she worked as a code breaker during the second world war and spent nearly four decades in the house of lords. colleagues describe her as one of a kind and an utterjoy. our parliamentary correspondent, sean curran, looks back at her life. a pillar of the establishment with a rebellious streak, jean barker, better known as lady trumpington, packed a lot into a long life. she was a land girl on lloyd george's farm. and a code—breaker at bletchley park. churchill visited us. he said, "you are the birds that laid the golden eggs but never cackled." and that was the important thing, was that we never talked. she was appointed to the house of lords in 1980 and served as a minister under bothjohn major and margaret thatcher. we were really good friends, but if i didn't agree with her about something, i said so. and that was very good for her because it gave her a chance to know what the opposition might say to her. in 2011, she famously gave a two—fingered salute to a colleague who had referre

victoria gill, bbc news. ben rich is with me with the weather. snow and ice today.some we had the first snow of the season. great pictures from sussex, not a huge amount of snow, up to a centimetre in places but enough to give an impressive covering. while there was snow at lower levels, most of it was over high ground. a good example here at the snake pass in derbyshire. fair amounts of snow coming from showers we have seen in the last 24 hours and snow becoming less of a feature in the next 24 hours. but we have quite a widespread frost tonight as sky is clear. going through the rest of the evening, we will continue to see showers for a time across the south—west, wales and northern ireland with some continuing through the night. cloud across eastern areas, eventually lifting temperatures later in the night. in between, clear skies, with the odd fog patch and temperatures down to —4 and maybe —7 in the countryside. not as cold across eastern areas overnight because there will be extra clout and maybe the odd spot of rain. aberdeen, 7 degrees and grey. glasgow is f

victoria gill, bbc news.eeks to prevent illegal immigrants crossing. almost 6,000 troops were sent to the border before the mid—term elections after president trump warned of an invasion of the country by a caravan of central american migrants. the un—recognised government in yemen and houthi rebels have agreed to join peace talks in sweden in early december, according to the american defence secretary, jim mattis. a previous effort to end the three—year conflict collapsed in september when the rebels failed to attend negotiations. the un has warned that 14 million yemenis are at risk of starvation unless the port of hodeida remains open to humanitarian aid shipments. over a period of almost seven years, matt green has logged more than 9,000 miles visiting every block of every street in the five boroughs of new york. he is now 500 miles short of his goal, and this week, a movie opens documenting his urban trek. the bbc‘s tom brook has the story. chinatown in new york on a typical day. people go about their bu

victoria gill, bbc news, at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california.es, such as pacemakers, after an investigation by dozens of media rganisations found that some were unsafe or hadn't been properly tested. the royal college of surgeons now wants a register of every device given to patients, so that doctors can monitor them. the bbc‘s panorama programme found that some implants had failed trials, or had only been tested on animals. our health correspondent, james gallagher has the story. medical devices are life—saving, but new does not always mean better. the investigation found implants that were approved for humans despite failing in a study on baboons, and a treatment for children with curved spines that was only tested on pigs and corpses before being approved for use in the uk. maureen needed a pacemaker to treat an irregular heartbeat. she became the first person in the uk to be fitted with a new type of device that sits inside the heart. but the battery died just three years later, and doctors could not get it out and had to implant a second pa

victoria gill, bbc news at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california.g to rally public support for her brexit deal — as it's criticised by allies at home and abroad. a bus company is fined more than two million pounds for ignoring warnings about a driver who killed 2 people. 18 migrants — including a toddler — are rescued from two small boats in the english channel. here's your business headlines on afternoon live... donald trump has suggested theresa may's brexit agreement could threaten a us—uk trade deal. the us president told reporters the withdrawal agreement "sounds like a great deal for the eu" and meant the uk might not be able to trade with the us. more on that shortly. uk and dutch regulators have fined ride—sharing service uber for a breach that exposed the details of 57 million customers and drivers. the information commissioner's office fined the company £385,000 while the dutch data protection authority imposed a fine of 600,000 euros. thomas cook has warned that annual profits are set to come in £30 million lower than expected, blamed on

victoria gill, bbc news.across the political spectrum, including cabinets ministers, the leader of the opposition and senior liberal democrats, have been hosting more than 300 aspiring women from their constituencies to show them the inner workings of westminster. the "askhertostandday" is aimed to encourage more women to go into politics, as currently only one in three politicians are women. this week is the bbc‘s 100 women series, highlighting inspirational women around the world. stacey cunningham is president of the new york stock exchange, the first woman to occupy that post and one ofjust a few women in senior positions in a very male dominated industry. she's been speaking to samira hussain. there is still a discrepancy between the number of women and the number of men that are in finance, particularly in seniorship roles. i mean, do you see that changing? when i look around at the nyc management team, or more broadly at the intercontinental exchange management team, there are a lot of senior women in

victoria gill, bbc news, at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california.nges in the weather. —— 24—hour is. we have had an easterly wind bringing chilly air from the near continent but gradually we are switching to a south—westerly wind and the oranges move in and by mid week the temperatures will be much higher than they are now. with that milder weather it will turn quite windy, potentially quite disruptive winds with some gales and heavy rain. right now, chilly at this morning, some sunshine out there particularly in western areas of the uk and we will continue with sunny spells in the western areas this afternoon. further east, quite a bit more cloud and showers affecting parts of north—east england, into eastern scotland. for most of us, it is a dry afternoon and temperatures will get up to 7—9dc. this evening and tonight, we keep clear spells which means it could be quite chilly. a patchy fast developing here or there. some mist and fog as well in central and southern parts of england in particular. in the west, this band of rain moving in will sprea

victoria gill, bbc news at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory, california.the universe, the one that everyone wants to know is is there life outside of the earth. and we suspect that there is not life on the surface of mars, but we may well find it below the surface. mars at one stage, had a magnetic field which would have been, on earth, it is the result of movements in our molten iron core. that is one of the things that we want to measure with the instruments that we have. that magnetic field is what holds our atmosphere in place. so it allows that atmosphere to keep us warm and protect us from the radiation of the sun. it gives us lovely warm temperatures and liquid water. all the things needed for life to flourish. at some point, mars lost its atmosphere, and lost magnetic field that kept it safe and the solar wind slowly allowed it to drift away, which meant the temperatures on the surface froze, it became bombarded with radiation and that is why we think we have not found life on the surface of mars. but there is the possibility that that life were tr

it was soon delighting nasa engineers back on earth, as our science correspondent victoria gill now reportscalifornia. touchdown confirmed! cheering after a six—month journey and a perilous descent, relief and joy at mission control. i am over the moon, it's like incredible. this is my first mission, i mean i feel like, i still feel nervous, like i don't know, the adrenaline is still going through me, but we're on mars, insight worked, it was a soft landing, everything was perfect, which is so rare, and now ijust want more data, i want to see what's happening on mars! nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph, touching down slowly and safely to send its signal home. and here are the first pictures it's sent of its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists can select exactly where to place scientific equipment. we're going to give mars its very first checkup in 4 billion years, and we're going to do that by deploying the first seismometer to the surface of mars ever, and that'll measure mars quakes, and then we're going to deploy

from mission control in pasadena here's our science correspondent, victoria gill.of terror but this last stage of the journey to mars, the insight lander would need to sell itself down from 20,000 kilometres per hour to a safe landing speed. this is the full—size, life—size model of the insight land. it will power everything on the lander. doing amazing sights on the surface of mars. we are giving it its first checkup in a million years. the pressure of a safe touchdown will trigger a beacon to be sent back to earth, it is first call home. once we land, we get a message back from the spacecraft and then we have to check on the spacecraft and when we get that first indication our hearts arejust going to get that first indication our hearts are just going to explode. it will be really exciting. its robotic arm will put down a monitor, detecting any vibrations. this will be the first robot to drill deep into the surface, in an effort to understand the structure of this planet. surface, in an effort to understand the structure of this planetm surface, in an effort to u

our science correspondent victoria gill reports from pasadena. touchdown confirmed! after a six—month journey and a perilous descent, relief and joy at mission control. i am over the moon, it's incredible. this is my first mission, i still feel nervous, like i don't know, the adrenaline is still going through me, but we're on mars, insight worked, it was a soft landing, everything was perfect, which is so rare, and now ijust want more data, i want to see what is happening on mars! nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph, touching down slowly and safely to send its signal home. and here are the first pictures it's sent of its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists can select exactly where to place scientific equipment. we're going to give mars its first checkup in 4 billion years, and we're going to do that by deploying the first seismometer to the surface of mars ever, and that'll measure quakes, and then we will deploy a thermal mole to dig into the surface and measure the thermal gradient to take m

i've been speaking to our science correspondent victoria gill — she's in pasadena california — missionindeed, yes. only 40% of attempts to land on the red planet have been successful. you can probably hear the hubbub around me because there is a real sense of anticipation growing here. scientists are arriving from all over the world because this is truly an international mission. the scientific kit aboard this lander, there is actually a life—size model of that behind me. it is a 3—part experiment contributed to by scientists and engineers from all over the world. and the world's media is arriving because tomorrow evening here there will be an attempt to land on the surface of the red planet near the equator. but that attempt, as the first entry points, from the first entry point to it actually touching down on the surface, is commonly is commonly known in nasa terms as the seven minutes of terror. because in that seven minutes this lander will have to actually slow down from six times the speed of a high velocity bullet to a safe touchdown speed, plant its three legs on the ground, an

victoria gill, bbc news, at nasa'sjet propulsion laboratory, california.be november and some might say it's too early to get in the festive spirit, but there's someone who's been practicing his season's greetings already. merry christmas. this is mike the magpie. he lives in lancashire with his owners steve and janine, who say he came out with the phrase after hearing it on his favourite radio station. it'll be mike's first christmas with the family after he was rescued as a chick earlier this year, so only time will tell how their tree will get on, given mike's love of shiny things. they tried to free him but he decided to hang around. they tried to free him but he decided to hang aroundlj they tried to free him but he decided to hang around. i love christmas. do you want to hear him go for it again? please. wishing us america is most. merry christmas. what do you think? are we sure that is what he is saying? what else is he saying? i don't know. one more? really? what else could he possibly... , on? listen very carefully. merry christmas. -- come on. lau

our science correspondent victoria gill is in pasadena.rything went absolutely perfectly, just like the life—size model of insight is sitting in the stand behind me, the real one is on mars, it even sent a picture from its home, where it will be doing two yea rs of its home, where it will be doing two years of discovering science. touchdown confirmed! after a six—month journey and a perilous descent, relief and joy at mission control. i am over the moon, it is incredible, this is my first mission, i still feel nervous, like i don't know the adrenaline is still going through me, but we are on mars, it worked, it was a soft landing, everything was perfect, which is so rare, and now ijust want more data, i want to see what is happening on mars! nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph, touching down slowly and safely to send its signal home. and here the first pictures it's sent of its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists can select exactly where to place scientific equipmen

victoria gill has been speaking to david attenborough about it.tually cares. it is either too hot or too cold and we can't grow anything. the world is a place where we all live together and, if we don't take care of it, we will have nowhere to go. the monsoons are sometimes coming too early or too late, like nothing is on time. translation: of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it's a global conversation. and now the un has turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland in less than two weeks' time. the people's seat is meant to represent the hundreds

let's join our science correspondent victoria gill in pasadena.oday, because everything went absolutely perfectly. just like the life—size model of insight, sitting on three feet of sand behind me, the real craft is on mars and send a picture of its new home where it will be doing two years of martian science. touchdown confirmed! after a six—monthjourney touchdown confirmed! after a six—month journey and a perilous descent, relief and joy at mission control. i am over the moon, it is incredible, this is my first mission, i still feel nervous, like i don't know the adrenaline is still going through me, but we are on mars, it worked, it was a soft landing, everything was perfect, which is so rare, and now ijust wa nt which is so rare, and now ijust want more data, i want to see what is happening on mars! nasa's insight lander plunged through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph, touching down slowly and safely to send its signal home. and here the first picture its scent of its new home. insight will carefully examine its surroundings so scientists

has to slow from 12,000mph to just 5mph in the space of a few minutes. 0ur science correspondent victoria gillinsight lander will need to slow itself down from more than 12,000mph to a safe landing speed. so this is the full—sized model? full—size, life—sized model of the insight lander. these are our beautiful solar rays, just gorgeous, i love them. they will power everything? they will power everything on the lander. insight‘s doing amazing science on the surface of mars. we like to say that we're giving mars its first checkup in four billion years. before any martian science can begin, though, the pressure of a safe touchdown will trigger a beacon to be sent back to earth. insight‘s first call home. once we land, we'll get a message back from the spacecraft that says it thinks it's safe and then we obviously have to check up on our spacecraft as well, and make sure that it really is in a safe state, but, man, when we get that first indication, my heart's just going to explode. it'll be really exciting. insight‘s robotic arm will carefully put down a seismometer, detecting any vibrations fro

victoria gill, bbc news at mass.ong—serving conservative peer, baroness trumpington, has died at the age of 96. she retired from the house of lords in 2017, after a 37—year tenure that included spells as a minister and a government whip. the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, described her as a "trailblazer, heroine and an utterjoy". our political correspondent, sean curran looks back at her life. a pillar of the establishment with a rebellious streak, jean barker, better known as lady trumpington, packed a lot into her life. she was a land gardener on george ‘s farm and a code breaker. churchill visited us, he said you are the birds that laid the golden eggs, but never tackled. and that was the important thing, was that we never talked. she was appointed to the house of lords in 1980 and served as a minister under both john house of lords in 1980 and served as a minister under bothjohn major and market thatcher. we were really good friends. —— margaret thatcher. if i didn't agree with her on someth

our science correspondent victoria gill reports. touchdown confirmed!few months because it is going to be needed. when we get our first mars quakes we will get a bunch of images over the next few days and it is incredible to be on this mission and say tomorrow when i come onto my shift i will see an image of mars that nobody has seen before. it is already sending snapshots back to earth. insight‘s cameras will examine its surroundings in detail, so scientists can select exactly where to place its scientific equipment. it will listen for martian earthquakes and drill deep into the planet to study its inner structure. as the insight lander studies the deep interior of mars robotically, it will be sending its data back here, to mission control nasa in california and people will work out exactly how rocky worlds like mars, the earth and the moon actually formed 4.5 billion years ago. they lovingly call this the centre of the universe. the two—year mission is now under way to build a picture of the hidden depths of the red planet. victoria gill, bbc news at

victoria gill, bbc news, at nasa‘s jet propulsion laboratory, california.agreement. the national institute of economic and social research said, with the deal, the annual loss of growth would reach almost four percent by 2030. without an agreement the drop would be 5.5%. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable, spoke at a people‘s vote press conference. he spoke about what brexit means for ordinary people, and its impact on the economy. we need as far as possible to have a clear picture about what brexit means in terms of people‘sliving standards, expenditure and trade and so on. and now we have a clear definition about what brexit means in terms of the government‘s objective, in terms of how you turn this into numbers as far as possible. this is what the national institute has done and its independence is beyond question. and its conclusions all the more valuable. i think one point i would make is that we already know quite a lot about the way in which brexit works out because of the last two years, and one of the most striking documents was t

i'll leave you with this interview, he's been talking to our science correspondent victoria gill.ng too early or too late, nothing is on time. of course, but what can i do about that? concern and confusion over climate change. it's a global conversation, and now the un has turned to a very familiar figure to ta ke turned to a very familiar figure to take messages like these from people all around the world to the crucial climate talks in poland. the the people's seat is representing hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives are about to be affected, by climate change. so they will sit there to remind politicians that this is not a theoretical enterprise. this is our opportunity to collectively make a difference to have our voices heard. it is not one man's at du, it is not one—to—one and's view. —— it is not one—to—one and's view. —— it is not one man's view, it is not one—to—one how would you convince people that they can make a difference and they can be a part of the common perception? that is what i've spent my life trying to do. i want to show people how the

victoria gill reports.some of the world's first paintings. among hand stencils and human figures are three large depictions of what appear to be cattle. they're faded by millennia of water dripping over their surface, but that's also dripped chemical traces onto them that allowed scientists to date them. the analysis confirmed that, at at least 40,000 years old, they're the earliest depictions of animals ever found. this is 35—40,000 years old... along with carved figures found in other caves, these animals appear to be a crucial part of our past. this is very, very exciting because it really pushes back the art in that region to the same age as the earliest art we can pick up that represents animals, at least, in europe. what do you think it means for the story of our ancestors, for the human story, what these people were choosing to depict and paint on these cave walls? people are representing, first of all, the animals that were important to them. animals that were important for food, or because of their

we canjoin ros atkins, and our science correspondent victoria gill who's in pasadena, california to takeize model. it will take seven minutes to pass through a powerless journey of entry, descent and landing which means crashing through the martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph. before settling down using a parachute settling down using a parachute settling down using a parachute settling down to where walking speed to land safely, hopefully, on the ground. that should happen in about ten minutes. it will need to plan all three of its beat on a plane which is being known lovingly as maurice's biggest car park. they're aiming rightforthe maurice's biggest car park. they're aiming right for the middle. hopefully, when the spacecraft gets down it will start digging into the surface of mars, the first craft to drill deep into maurice's surface and study the interior. we will be watching and waiting. we will be holding our breath along with the rest of the scientists at nasa. what are the main risks to this land as it goes through these particularly difficult seven minutes? it is not easy landing

victoria gill has the story.e is australian and indonesian team spent days travelling by kenya, then trekking through the jungle. it was all to read this one limestone cave, its walls are covered in some of the world's first paintings. among hand stencils and resume and figures are three large sections of what appear to be cattle. they are faded by millennia of water dripping over their surface, but that has also dripped chemical traces on to them that allow scientists to date them. the analysis confirmed that at least 40,000 years old, they are the earliest defection of animals ever found. this is 30 5000-45,000 years old... along with other figures, these animals seem to be a crucial pa rt these animals seem to be a crucial part of our past. this is very exciting, because it pushes back the art in that area as early as we can represent animals in europe. what does it mean for the story of our a ncestors does it mean for the story of our ancestors of what these people were choosing to depict and paint? people re

lets us speak to victoria gill in pasadena, help us understand what we mean when we talk about deep interior of mars, we are going beneath the surface for the very first time and nasa, as an agency knows so much about the surface of mars, they have rovers, oi’ about the surface of mars, they have rovers, or beth bit per, vehicles there looking that the surface, and even drill add tiny bit into it to study what it is made of at the outer crust. now they are going deep, probing deeper, three to five metres they will drill using this vehicle. this is a full size model, you can probably about see the robotic arm, that is what it will use to deploy its self burrowing drill. when they they go inside that mean that literally and what they can gauge and listening to how the planet vibrates and measures how it wobbles on the axis will help them figure out what it is made from. mars and earth have been on very different journeys since they mars and earth have been on very differentjourneys since they formed out of the same stuff four—and—a—half billion years ago, so four—and—a—half billion years ago,

victoria gill reports.med that, at at least a0,000 years old, they‘re the earliest depictions of animals ever found. this is 35—a0,000 years old... along with carved figures found in other caves, these animals appear to be a crucial part of our past. this is very, very exciting because it really pushes back the art in that region to the same age as the earliest art we can pick up that represents animals, at least, in europe. what do you think it means for the story of our ancestors, for the human story, what these people were choosing to depict and paint on these cave walls? people are representing, first of all, the animals that were important to them. animals that were important for food, or because of their power, because of maybe their magical power. while we‘ll never completely understand the lives of people who lived here thousands of years ago, they‘ve allowed us a glimpse with ancient stories they told on these walls. victoria gill, bbc news. clive is coming up at five o‘clock. now let‘s get the wea

victoria gill, bbc news, at nasa‘s jet propulsion laboratory, california.asterpiece. the last emperor, the true story of pu yi, only a small child when he became china‘s last imperial ruler. it swept the oscars, winning nine academy awards, including best film and best director for bertolucci himself. the historical epic, years in the making, was also a movie—making milestone, the first film allowed to be shot in beijing‘s forbidden city. the script had to be approved by the chinese authorities, but the director strongly defended himself against accusations that it was propaganda. if you don‘t show these terrible images of the terrible chinese communist, but you show that they are people like everybody else, you can be accused of doing propaganda. his early film the conformist was an influence on directors like spielberg. his 1972 film last tango in paris shocked audiences with its sexual content. before her death, the actress maria schneider said she felt as if she‘d been assaulted. bertolucci denied this, saying she was aware in advance of the violent nat