discovery of gravitational waves the royal swedish academy of sciences awarded the honor to rayner weiss barry barish and kip thorne the three lead the so-called legal experiment which in september two thousand and fifteen first observed gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space time predicted by albert einstein. spain and crisis catalan separatists may just try to voice their anger at madrid protesters blocked major roads forcing many businesses and services to shut down also on the program a volcano about to erupt is threatening people's lives and the tourism industry on the island of bali and good old fashioned manual typewriters live on and on in india. welcome to your business i'm krista of colburn bolin two days after the violent referendum on independence in catalonia rage and i'm certain are taking their toll on the economy and spain's richest region a general strike brought large parts of catalonia to standstill on tuesday carmaker say i've had to hold one of three production lines some warned that catalonia breaking away could hurt spain's economic recovery. spaniards like yourself

sweden's royal academy of sciences said the discovery by rainer weiss, barry barish and kip thorne hadds. gravitational waves were predicted by albert einstein a century ago but had, until recently, escaped detection. let's return to our top story and the identities of some of the 59 people shot dead by stephen paddock have begun to emerge, among them an off duty police officer and a teacher. people who were caught up in the attack and who risked their lives to save the injured have been telling their stories. our correspondent james cook reports now on the victims of the las vegas shooting. lives wasted. families broken, futures stolen. the faces of the dead and missing tell so many stories. las vegas is a city in pain. how are you doing now? i think i'm 0k. it's also a city of heroes, like brian hopkins, the lead singer of the band elvis munro. when the shooting broke out he let people into a freezer to shelter from the bullets. you see a guy go down in front, another guy go down over here. i turned, bang, bang and two girls go down behind us. it's like this behind us. we are running

discovery of gravitational waves the royal swedish academy of sciences awarded the honor to rayner weiss barry barish and kip thorne the three lead the so-called legal experiment which in september two thousand and fifteen first observed gravitational waves ripples in the fabric of space time predicted by albert einstein. germany marks twenty seven years of unity but less than two weeks after a far right party is elected to parliament on a ticket of xenophobia the country's president warns of new divisions. i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. defiant in talk that we celebrate german unity day like every year. and we celebrate it with good reason. the entire gandhi and the third of october is the day when east and west germany were reunited and yet something is different this year. it was a mile or the great wall across our country is gone. but on election day it became clear they were of the walls less visible without why and it strips on a started about and told us about the walls that stand in the way of a collective sense of good minds and veal. in vegas when i'm talking about the walls of

have the latest winners in fact that have just been released today we're talking about ryan or weiss barry barish and camp thorn apparently who have shared the coveted prize for their research of gravitational waves now now we know that their work confirmed a theory that was put forth by albert einstein about one hundred years ago the swedish nobel committee called the trio's discovery of the opening of a new window to the universe so we wish them very big congratulations here at g.w. news my name is sarah kelly that's all we have time for this hour we thank you very much much for tuning in we'll see you again next. musky those but also not. faced hosting. bo'sun going to her got a pub in a sort of a city. that's been. in pisa to see in the photos come fans they have gotten it all. made in germany in sixty minutes. when history books are brought to life. maybe the stories therein will get a rewrite. of the story of the russian revolution. from the perspective of writers thinkers and to covent garden just didn't feel like to live in times of a revolution and the people. nineteen seventeen a real o

researchers reiner weiss barry c. barish and kip astore shirt the coveted prize for helping prove the existence of gravitational waves. they were put forward by albert einstein one hundred years ago but what if nobel committee called the trio's discovery quote the opening of a new window to the universe. i don't even now with us musician and songwriter tom petty has died after suffering a heart attack in california i'll bet he was rushed to the hospital after being found unconscious at his malibu home a sixty six year old is best known as the lead singer of the rock band tom petty and the heartbreakers which recorded in number of his hits in the nineteen seventies and eighties. all right in the does it for us we'll see you again at the top of the hour for now thank you so much for spending this part of you to. carry one mine is made by you ben as millie and i have devalued towards you gentlemen. all these four events stories. new things tournaments that you go on with this you tell me about when you should better check it ou

barry barish, kip thorne, and rainer weiss from the united states won for proving the theory first putth by albert einstein. gravitational waves are ripples in space and time that were first predicted a century ago by einstein. they sparked a revolution in astrophysics when their detection was announced early last year. the music world is mourning the death of american rocker tom petty. he was famous for his guitar riffs, his distinct vocals on hits like "refugee," "freefalling," or "american girl." a hearte famous with breakers and the traveling wilburys. he died of a heart attack, age 66. he was finishing a triumphant 40th anniversary tour with the heartbreakers just one week before his death. ♪ ♪ let's take a look at today's top stories. a major strike on today in the spanish region of catalonia, people turning out to protest police violence that left hundreds hurt during sunday's contested vote on independence. please say dozens of firearms are found in the hotel room and the home of the las vegas gunman . at least 59 people were shot dead and over 500 hurt in the deadliest mass sh

scientists barry barish kip thorne and rainier weiss led a collaborative project which observed for the first time waves of energy created by stars exploding in black holes colliding in space albert einstein predicted the existence of the so-called gravitational waves over a century ago what they remain largely theoretical as have headlines news continues after al jazeera corresponding to a pair. thank . you. thank. you this is the day been. the last twenty five years the last five years that i've been working on this for. well i have thought everything i've been in last five years mostly was related to this. not not was a thought i think over think there. so it's very important that. everyone thinks i'm a documentary filmmaker and very often i get to hear a few just amused you think. that to me is a big. if i prove that film is seven i'm says. my permit. them to take as putting this would get. as a shooting shooting. with us and what the. phone did i thought of network at the bank or government network in the. obama new book nothing to intimate that on because. i knew i had gone. back.

scientists barry barish kip thorne and raina weiss led a collaborative project that jim served for the first time waves of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding in space albert einstein predicted the existence and so-called gravitational waves over a century ago but they remain largely their radical. rock n roll fans are mourning the death of tom petty the leader of the u.s. band tom petty and the heartbreakers died in the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest looks back on his life. as a rock n roll icon tom petty's career spanned four decades and produced a string of hits in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's the florida native is best remembered as the leader of tom petty and the heartbreakers which rose to fame in the mid night hundred seventy s. releasing hits that included break down american girl and refugee. the heartbreaker south is known as heartland rock it's lyrics often reflecting feelings of isolation partly inspired by peggy's impoverished childhood in two thousand and two tom petty and the heartbreakers were inducted into the rock n rol

scientists who found gravitational waves in space have won the nobel prize in physics barry barish kip thorne and reiner weiss led a team which observed for the first time ripples of energy created by stars exploding and black holes colliding albert einstein predicted so-called privatization always over a century ago but their existence remain largely theoretical. still ahead on al-jazeera. different kind of motor sport along or racing has its own world champion peter will have all that in sport. time for sport with peter michel thank you very much barcelona football club joining the general strike on tuesday in protest and violence in the aftermath of the catalonia referendum the club will close and the players won't be expected to turn up for training this comes three days after the team played the league a game against last palm us behind closed doors possibly in a football club's president joseph maria has defended bosses decision despite it proving unpopular with many and again when countries stand in this crucial moment of our history of see barcelona reaffirms its commitment to freedom and to the peopl

the announcement in stockholm today named americans barry barish and kip thorne of the california institute of technology, and german-born rainer weiss of the massachusetts institute of technology. >> i would love to be able to talk to albert einstein right now if i could and tell him about, that we've seen gravitation waves because he was skeptical about that and i would be even more pleased to tell him about black holes, which he was very skeptical about. >> woodruff: einstein predicted gravitational waves, or faint ripples in space and time, a century ago, but doubted they could ever be confirmed. today's nobel winners detected waves caused by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years away. the former c.e.o. of equifax publicly apologized today for the credit bureau's massive data breach. the theft potentially affects more than 145 million americans. richard smith told a house hearing that equifax is working to restore consumer trust. lawmakers from both parties charged the company's response has been "confusing" and "inadequate". yahoo now says its data breach in 2013 affected all three billion of its accou

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