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00:00:52transport and gaming tech. Now.
00:01:12We can actually fill this entire space up with qubits. That's
00:01:16That's how we get to a million in in the palm of your hand. It's
00:01:24Hand. It's quite heavy. It's heavier than you would think. When When everyone pushes you off from
00:01:27from the start line, what's going going to be going through your mind? mind? My mission is to reach the
00:01:31the finishing line, to be the first first to be the best. Once we get
00:01:33get into the vacuum of space, you you switch to nuclear and that will
00:01:36will give you an exhaust speed incomparable
00:01:39incomparable to fire, which means
00:01:41means half the time to Mars. It offers
00:01:50offers a giant leap forward from
00:01:53from today's computing, and it's
00:01:56it's driving one of the biggest technology technology races of our time. I'm
00:02:00I'm in Denmark taking a look at quantum.
00:02:02quantum. And here in Longview, just just outside the Danish capital,
00:02:06capital, I'm getting a rare look look inside Microsoft's largest quantum
00:02:10quantum lab. What has scientists scientists and engineers really excited
00:02:14excited about quantum computing is
00:02:16is that it has the potential to solve
00:02:18solve really big problems that would would take conventional computers
00:02:21computers hundreds, thousands and
00:02:23and even millions of years. That
00:02:26That could open up materials, research, research, drive drug discoveries
00:02:29discoveries and speed up code breaking.
00:02:33breaking. It's still an emerging emerging technology, but some are
00:02:37are optimistic that a quantum revolution revolution could lie just ahead.
00:02:40ahead. We believe it's years, not
00:02:43not decades. It's years. There's There's a great deal of new solutions
00:02:46solutions that will come out of this this work. Microsoft's approach to
00:02:50to quantum computing is fundamentally fundamentally different to the other
00:02:53other tech giants. So I've come here
00:02:55here to understand just how it works.
00:02:59works. So this is the materials lab. lab. It's developing what's known
00:03:02known as topological quantum computing. computing. There are several robots
00:03:06robots here. So so it's really this
00:03:08this UFO shaped systems. Here scientists
00:03:11scientists are fabricating the materials materials behind Microsoft's quantum
00:03:15quantum chips. And the use of AI
00:03:17AI has speeded up development. This
00:03:19This is really where we are growing
00:03:21growing our semiconductor and superconductor superconductor on our wafers. Those
00:03:25Those atoms that hit the wafer surface,
00:03:27surface, they create this perfectly
00:03:30perfectly crystalline material layer. layer. Our computers, tablets and
00:03:33and phones run on code made up of
00:03:36of bits. At its heart, a simple combinations
00:03:39combinations of the values 0 or 1.
00:03:421. But quantum computing works differently.
00:03:45differently. Its building blocks blocks are non-binary units called
00:03:49called qubits, formed from strings strings of one and zero. And everything
00:03:53everything in between all at the
00:03:54the same time, which in theory makes
00:03:57makes data processing much, much
00:04:00much faster. However, qubits are
00:04:04are notoriously unstable. Welcome Welcome to Microsoft's clean room.
00:04:07room. Making them reliable and durable
00:04:10durable enough to do useful computations computations that are error free
00:04:14free is a big challenge facing the
00:04:16the whole industry. We're doing several several rounds of lithography, and
00:04:20and we have several different material material layers that we are patterning.
00:04:23patterning. This quantum chip has
00:04:26has eight qubits. The qubits themselves themselves live right here in this
00:04:29this chip. One qubit is 1/100 of
00:04:32of a millimetre. We can actually actually fill this entire space up
00:04:36up with qubits. That's how we get get to a million in the palm of your
00:04:39your hand. Can I have a look at it? it? Absolutely. Please. OK. It's
00:04:42It's quite heavy. It's heavier than
00:04:44than you would think. This is. Majorana
00:04:47Majorana two. It's second generation generation chip. Majorana two has
00:04:50has just been revealed and has 12
00:04:5412 qubits, which the firm says are
00:04:55are now longer lasting and more reliable.
00:05:00reliable. For their magic ingredient, ingredient, Microsoft claims it's
00:05:04it's hunted down an elusive subatomic
00:05:07subatomic particle called a Majorana.
00:05:09Majorana. Research that's taken it
00:05:12it two decades. Some physicists in
00:05:15in quantum computing experts have
00:05:17have argued, however, that the tech tech giant's conclusions are built
00:05:20built on unproven particles and flawed
00:05:23flawed data analysis. But Microsoft
00:05:26Microsoft stands by its results.
00:05:29results. The more qubits, the more more powerful the quantum computer.
00:05:32computer. And some rivals have already
00:05:34already surpassed thousands of them.
00:05:37them. However, Microsoft hopes its
00:05:39its technology can leapfrog other other systems. We believe that a
00:05:43a high scale quantum computer that that works well has to have a system
00:05:46system of qubits that are small, small, they're fast, and they're
00:05:50they're accurate. You must have all all three. There's other computer computer designs for those where
00:05:53where you'd actually need an entire
00:05:55entire football pitch to actually
00:05:57actually fit a million qubits. And
00:06:00And this is where those quantum chips
00:06:02chips are placed below this chandelier chandelier like cooling device. You
00:06:06You need to have qubits there. You You need to have the control electronics
00:06:09electronics there. Then you need
00:06:11need this system here. To function.
00:06:13function. Quantum machines need extreme
00:06:15extreme cold. It is colder than outer outer space. You can think of kind
00:06:19kind of a zero Kelvin is absolute
00:06:21absolute zero temperature. And we
00:06:24we are 16.4 million Centigrade above above that temperature. Newer versions
00:06:28versions of the chips are continuously continuously being tested, with the
00:06:31the aim of adding more qubits. You You need to have enough of those
00:06:34those that you can actually do meaningful meaningful calculations, but at the
00:06:38the same time you need to have low low error rates. Now we're really
00:06:41really kind of looking, how do we we scale that first to hundreds and
00:06:45and then thousands and beyond. That
00:06:48That could pave the way. The firm firm says, for a quantum computer
00:06:52computer that can solve commercially commercially useful problems within
00:06:55within the next three years. Creating Creating a new form of computation,
00:06:59computation, a new type of computer computer that just doesn't happen
00:07:01happen very often. Once in a generation. generation. And I'm convinced that
00:07:05that just like the transistor is is incredibly important today and
00:07:07and will be in the future, so will
00:07:10will quantum computers. We're not
00:07:12not there yet, but it could offer
00:07:15offer huge promise if the hope can
00:07:17can live up to the hype.
00:07:32Soapbox racing it's been around
00:07:35since the 1940s. Kids, homemade cars
00:07:38cars and a dream. All for the love love of going downhill faster than
00:07:42than the next racer. Fast forward
00:07:49forward to now. And this is the Red
00:07:54Red Bull Soapbox race. London. Over
00:08:00Over 50 teams 420m of downhill chaos
00:08:04chaos jumps, obstacles and builds
00:08:06builds that would blow the 1940s
00:08:091940s kids minds. But here's the
00:08:13the thing those old wooden crates, crates, they're long gone. What's
00:08:17What's replaced them is something something else entirely. The builds
00:08:20builds of today are in a completely completely different league. We're
00:08:24We're talking about powerful suspension, suspension, computer aided designs
00:08:27designs and some seriously smart
00:08:28smart steering systems. They have
00:08:36have to be under 80kg, be no longer
00:08:39longer than 3.5m and be powered by
00:08:41by nothing more than a push in gravity.
00:08:44gravity. So no engines, no batteries, batteries, just straight up physics.
00:08:47physics. And yes, this is a soapbox.
00:08:51soapbox. I told you. The teams are
00:08:58are judged on creativity, showmanship showmanship and speed. So not only
00:09:01only do they need to look good, they they need to put on a performance
00:09:04performance and finish the race quickly.
00:09:11quickly. Among the teams here today,
00:09:13today, one stood out. Brooke. Sixth
00:09:16Sixth form. How are we all doing?
00:09:18doing? How are we feeling. Today? Today? Honestly, I'm just buzzing
00:09:22buzzing like first time. We're the the youngest here as well so we're
00:09:24we're in it to win it. They've got
00:09:26got a metal worker, a driver, two
00:09:30two builders and a designer. It's It's recording guys. What was that?
00:09:34that? You're putting the cockpit cockpit in first. It's taken them
00:09:37them months to get to this stage
00:09:38stage and an after school club cutting,
00:09:41cutting, grinding, welding and riveting
00:09:44riveting in a workshop. We decided
00:09:46decided to base the car off a Ferrari
00:09:49Ferrari F1 1950. I designed a whole whole entire 3D model of the whole
00:09:52whole thing. What can you tell me me about this braking system? OK,
00:09:56OK, so it's salvaged from a bike bike handle, right? We connected connected a long cable to the back
00:10:00back of the axle as a brake disc disc in the back. Then we've got got the steering system. What we
00:10:04we decided to do, we just had two two steel rods connecting to the
00:10:07the wheel pivots. It's just very
00:10:08very easily turn it from here. The
00:10:11The suspension we put on the front front because the front's going to
00:10:15to be the first thing that hits the the ground once we get off the ramps ramps in the race, we don't want
00:10:19want it to break down midway. So So yeah, suspension should help out
00:10:21out a lot with that. So yeah, hopefully
00:10:24hopefully we win. What can I say? say? I was more of a hands on person
00:10:28person making sure all the metalwork metalwork pieces are fit together,
00:10:31together, measured and using tools tools and the angle grinder and a
00:10:33a workshop to actually cut things
00:10:35things up. When everyone pushes you
00:10:39you off from the start line, yes. yes. What's going to be going through
00:10:42through your mind? How to reach the
00:10:44the end line? Then? Because my mission
00:10:47mission is to reach the finishing finishing line to ensure we get the
00:10:51the best marks, to be the first,
00:10:53first, to be the best. Do you feel feel any pressure? Oh, no. I don't
00:10:56don't feel pressure. The pressure pressure is on the wheels. We are
00:11:00are the youngest competitors as you
00:11:03you know, feature engineers. Ultimately, Ultimately, we're here to win it. it. We're going to teach the old
00:11:07old folks how it's really done, you you know, because we're the next next generation. We're here to outclass
00:11:11outclass everyone. Guys. Confident Confident words. But first they've
00:11:14they've got to put a show on.
00:11:32Round a good score, but the performance was just the start. The
00:11:35The real test is about to begin.
00:11:40begin. The build looks solid so far. far. Suspension's doing its job and
00:11:43and everything's holding up. Then
00:11:46Then the track hits back with help
00:11:49help from the team. She was back
00:11:51back up and running until the next
00:11:56next crash but she never gave up.
00:11:59up. She's gonna stop me. No no. Lock
00:12:03Lock you. It's gonna stop me. Nobody.
00:12:05Nobody. It's gonna stop me. Nobody
00:12:08Nobody is gonna stop me. No! After
00:12:14After the race, we found the team team to get their take on how it
00:12:18it went. Getting ten points across across the board was one thing, but but to actually get to the finish
00:12:22finish line is actually another thing. thing. And getting to that final
00:12:24final push to the final point, even even though she crashed, getting getting to that last bit and never
00:12:28never giving up is just unbelievable, unbelievable, honestly. So any tweaks
00:12:31tweaks for next time. Making it a a little bit lighter for someone someone who's light like her to steer
00:12:35steer it properly is just an upgrade
00:12:37upgrade that I would do. Personally,
00:12:39Personally, I think we should level level the tires because I think the
00:12:43the tires are. A bit on uneven. I
00:12:46I think that impacted the steering steering wheel a bit. So next time
00:12:50time we shall make sure by the time time we come here we are prepared
00:12:53prepared properly and we are ready
00:12:55ready for anything. Out of 32 teams,
00:13:01teams, they placed 16th overall, overall, eight for creativity and
00:13:04and number one for the performance. performance. Not bad for this young
00:13:07young team. They built something something from scratch and went for
00:13:11for it and already talking about about next time. That's the engineering
00:13:14engineering mindset. They may not not have one but they've definitely
00:13:18definitely made their mark.
00:14:27To find out why. Join me Laura Bicker
00:14:29Bicker here on BBC News. MUSIC
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00:14:47The sport a little bit like this and it'll be like that on you.
00:14:51you. Brain training to boost performance. performance. Sleep optimisation.
00:14:55optimisation. Pushing down with your your feet and. Strength training
00:14:59training assessments. Everything Everything you got, everything you
00:15:00you got. Come on. These are just
00:15:03just some of the companies showcasing showcasing innovative lifestyle interventions.
00:15:06interventions. At the first Longevity Longevity Show in London, with the
00:15:09the aim to help us live healthier,
00:15:11healthier, longer lives. One of the
00:15:19the big areas in the field of longevity longevity is nutrition. And I've
00:15:22I've come to meet a company that that says it's taking that to the
00:15:25the next level. To find out if it's it's just hype or if there's really
00:15:28really something in it. The base base technology is around additive
00:15:32additive manufacturing or more commonly commonly called 3D printing. When
00:15:35When I started this project, I looked looked at all of the different manufacturing
00:15:38manufacturing technologies available available and I couldn't find any
00:15:41any that would be able to be flexible flexible and agile enough to do what
00:15:44what I wanted, which was to be able able to make a unique product for
00:15:47for each person. So I decided to to start taking 3D printers apart,
00:15:50apart, putting them back together,
00:15:52together, and built one myself. So So this is one printer in front of
00:15:56of us, but give me a sense of the the scale of your operations. How
00:15:59How many printers do you have and and what makes them special? This
00:16:02This is our printer. But in our facilities facilities in Birmingham we actually
00:16:06actually have a very large one of
00:16:09of these which has 352 depositing
00:16:11depositing nozzles and is able to
00:16:13to make over 500,007 layer personalised personalised gummies every single
00:16:16single day. So I think in total we we probably have close to 300 printers,
00:16:20printers, all of which are designed designed and built from scratch by
00:16:23by my own team. Can you just describe describe what it is I'm seeing here?
00:16:27here? I mean, there is a lovely green
00:16:29green looking substance being printed
00:16:31printed from a 3D printer. Absolutely.
00:16:34Absolutely. So inside that printer printer we have a preformulated set
00:16:37set of ingredients. This specific specific one is vitamin C and D3
00:16:41D3 from a vegan source. And the flavour flavour of this product is green
00:16:45green apple. What we do in the factory
00:16:46factory is we use that same technology
00:16:49technology to layer individual ingredient ingredient formulations one on top
00:16:52top of another, allowing us to create create a limitless number of combinations
00:16:56combinations that are uniquely suited
00:16:57suited to an individual. But do we
00:17:00we actually need supplements? The The answer is it depends. While some
00:17:03some of us may have deficiencies deficiencies without medical advice,
00:17:06advice, it can be hard to know what what to take. I think the number number one thing is thinking has
00:17:10has there been a clinical trial in in humans showing that whatever I'm
00:17:14I'm being sold can lead to a health
00:17:16health gain that I want? And if there there hasn't, I'd say probably not
00:17:20not worth spending your money, but but there's literally thousands of
00:17:22of different products and strategies strategies on the market. So my principle
00:17:25principle is very much like narrow narrow that choice down to something
00:17:28something that actually has got clinical clinical data behind it. Ask the
00:17:32the companies if they're selling selling you something. They should should be able to provide you the
00:17:35the clinical trial to show that health health benefit and make sure it's
00:17:37it's the exact formulation. And in in terms of knowing then what you
00:17:41you as an individual need. Is there there a risk that people are taking
00:17:44taking their health into their own own hands, rather than getting advice
00:17:46advice from, say, a doctor or medical medical professional? Yeah, look, look, that's a really good question.
00:17:50question. And I think it's so, so so important. And certainly whenever whenever someone sees me at the health
00:17:54health clinic, I always recommend, recommend, you know, if you're having having gut issues, go to your GP
00:17:58GP straight away. They'll check off off a few things because sadly, for
00:18:02for example, a lot of digestive issues,
00:18:04issues, it can mask other more sinister
00:18:06sinister conditions like bowel cancer, cancer, ovarian cancer or inflammatory
00:18:10inflammatory bowel disease. There's There's now an increasing awareness
00:18:13awareness that some supplements could could do more harm than good. There
00:18:17There are many ingredients which, which, if taken too much of, can
00:18:19can have hugely negative impacts
00:18:21impacts on day one in healthy humans, humans, when we're asking questions
00:18:25questions about things like are you you trying to conceive? Are you pregnant? pregnant? A bunch of ingredients
00:18:28ingredients will be removed from from the options so that the consumer
00:18:31consumer doesn't get something that that could potentially be damaging
00:18:34damaging or dangerous for them. But
00:18:37But as the longevity industry booms, booms, a challenge for consumers
00:18:39consumers is ensuring that products products like these are evidence-based
00:18:43evidence-based and that any supplement supplement should not be taken as
00:18:45as a substitute for a healthy, balanced
00:18:47balanced diet. With so much choice choice out there, it's important
00:18:50important to remember that to protect
00:18:52protect our health, we should still still prioritise eating well. Exercise
00:18:56Exercise and quality sleep. MUSIC
00:19:10It might seem like a sleepy
00:19:12industrial estate in southern England, England, but this place is all about
00:19:16about speed now. Not down here. Up
00:19:20Up there. This is sunbird. A new
00:19:24new type of rocket that could one one day move things around space
00:19:27space a whole lot quicker. And while while these are just a concept for
00:19:31for now, the tech needed to make
00:19:32make them a reality has had its first first successful test right here
00:19:36here back on earth. We want to be
00:19:41be able to lean into a propulsion propulsion system where once you're
00:19:44you're in space, the fuels are available.
00:19:47available. At the moment. Trips to to and around space, including the
00:19:50the recent Artemis mission to the the moon, involve burning big tanks
00:19:54tanks of fuel. But engineers here here at pulsar are testing something
00:19:58something different using nuclear
00:20:00nuclear fusion. The reason rockets
00:20:02rockets right now are so big is because because when they launch from the
00:20:05the ground, they have to carry all
00:20:07all the fuel with them. What we want
00:20:10want to achieve is a smaller rocket. rocket. So the smallest possible
00:20:13possible rocket can leave the ground
00:20:15ground using combustion fire, which which it will do always because it's
00:20:19it's the right propulsion system system in the atmosphere. But once
00:20:22once we get into the vacuum of space, space, you switch to nuclear and
00:20:26and that will give you an exhaust
00:20:28exhaust speed. Incomparable to, to
00:20:31to fire. So we're looking at a specific
00:20:33specific impulse of about 13,000
00:20:3613,000 seconds, which means half
00:20:38half the time to Mars. Nuclear fusion fusion occurs when the middle bits
00:20:42bits of two atoms are forced together together to release extreme amounts
00:20:45amounts of energy. It's what
00:20:51Energy. It's what powers our sun. Scientists have been trying trying to recreate this process for
00:20:54for a long time, and there have been been some big steps forward. The The UK's Atomic Energy Authority
00:20:57Authority has even suggested it could could be on the nation's power grid
00:21:00grid by the 2040s. But fusion hasn't hasn't been used for interplanetary
00:21:04interplanetary travel, at least not not yet. Earlier this year, a key
00:21:08key part of it was shown it could
00:21:10could work right here in this room.
00:21:13room. Now we developed the first
00:21:16first exhaust infrastructure for
00:21:17for a fusion rocket ever, and we
00:21:20we achieved the first plasma inside inside it. Lots of pressure at that
00:21:24that moment. Huge pressure. But this
00:21:27this is what happened. Yeah. Shall Shall we play? Let's play it. And
00:21:31And here's first plasma. Wow. There's
00:21:38There's some complicated physics physics going on here, but essentially essentially special atoms stored
00:21:42stored in the engine are made so so hot they become no longer a solid
00:21:46solid liquid or gas. But the fourth fourth state of matter called plasma.
00:21:50plasma. This soup of highly charged charged ions and electrons is then
00:21:53then forced out through a narrow narrow exhaust, creating massive
00:21:57massive forward thrust. And to be be actually hold the plasma in the
00:22:00the structure of the exhaust where where it should be, was I mean, I
00:22:04I mean really we were very lucky lucky to have achieved it. This test
00:22:07test had to be done in space like
00:22:09like conditions here on earth. And
00:22:11And that's where this contraption
00:22:14contraption comes in. So you're creating
00:22:18creating a little pocket of space space here in your warehouse. Exactly
00:22:20Exactly right. Yeah. So we suck all all the air out of this using a bunch
00:22:24bunch of really interesting expensive expensive pumps. But the upshot is, is, yeah, you remove as much of the
00:22:28the air as you possibly can and that that mimics the vacuum of space.
00:22:31space. So this is an exhaust system system for sunbird. It's basically
00:22:35basically a large array of very powerful powerful electromagnets. And they're
00:22:39they're there to actually form the the plume of the rocket as it leaves
00:22:42leaves the engine. And so to drive drive those, you need some fancy
00:22:45fancy high power power supplies. supplies. You need some quite fancy
00:22:48fancy gas feeds to make sure that that propellant is fed through at
00:22:52at the right rate. And of course course you need the vacuum chamber.
00:22:55chamber. Otherwise none of it can can work. And of course it's quite
00:22:58quite echoey, as you can hear. And And that's because you have to make
00:23:02make sure there's nothing else in in here. Yeah, exactly. So its job
00:23:04job is to mimic empty space. So we we try to keep all other equipment
00:23:08equipment in the chamber to an absolute absolute minimum. Spotted something
00:23:11something in the corner there. Yeah. Yeah. Normally you don't want little little bits of plastic sitting around
00:23:15around the vacuum chamber, but filming filming songbird was not easy. And
00:23:18And we actually found one of the the best ways to get footage of it
00:23:21it was just to stick a GoPro to the the inside of the chamber. Oh, and
00:23:25and what's. Happened to that GoPro? GoPro? The GoPro is not very happy.
00:23:28happy. The memory card survived, survived, but the camera did not.
00:23:32not. The team here says this successful
00:23:34successful test is a major breakthrough, breakthrough, but there's still a
00:23:37a long way to go and a lot more tests tests needed. Something that will
00:23:41will keep scientists here in pulsars
00:23:42pulsars control room busy. Somebody
00:23:45Somebody says something can take take us to Mars, to the moon, and
00:23:48and then it's going to change the the industry very dramatically. What
00:23:51What do you want to be doing in the the future when it comes to this
00:23:54this space? So it's really good to to feel like we are working on something something which is going to have
00:23:58have a big impact, and I think I I will just stay in this industry industry and then I will see missions
00:24:02missions to Mars and then I will will see hopefully maybe one day
00:24:04day I will be there as well. It's
00:24:07It's not just happening here. Avalanche Avalanche energy is developing its
00:24:10its own version of a fusion powered powered spacecraft, while Princeton
00:24:13Princeton Satellite Systems in the the US is working on a deep space
00:24:17space propulsion technology called
00:24:19called Starfire. And with space agencies agencies and the space industry's
00:24:22industry's bigger and bolder plans plans for a base on the moon and
00:24:25and humans on the surface of Mars, Mars, humanity will need rockets
00:24:28rockets that keep up with its ambitions. ambitions. What the technology is
00:24:32is telling us that this is what we
00:24:34we do. We. We evolve and we. We build
00:24:38build these technologies which are are available to us and we leave
00:24:42leave our solar system. We do start
00:24:45start migrating into orbit. It seems seems very natural, strangely. I
00:24:48I mean, even though it may look unnatural, unnatural, all this metal and steel
00:24:51steel and plasma. But when you see
00:24:53see a plasma light up in a vacuum vacuum chamber, it's nature just
00:24:57just showing you that you're doing
00:25:00doing something right. MUSIC
00:28:56There is nothing like driving
00:28:57into a moving story and not knowing
00:29:00knowing what is going to happen when when we enter Damascus. It was full
00:29:03full of rebels shooting in the air air in celebration. You can hear.
00:29:06hear. The sound of celebratory gunfire. gunfire. And I live for those moments.
00:29:09moments. These troops are heading heading into the battle zone in Khartoum,
00:29:12Khartoum, says the army to carry carry out a special operation entering
00:29:16entering Khartoum was a seminal moment. moment. The level of destruction
00:29:19destruction was stunning. Sometimes Sometimes meeting someone on the the ground can change how you understand
00:29:23understand a story. Covering these
00:29:28these stories over the years has has impressed upon me how resilient
00:29:31resilient people are. And yes, many many of them are desperate, but many
00:29:34many of them are also steadfast. steadfast. They're gracious and they're
00:29:38they're generous. Journalism is about about telling people not only what
00:29:41what happened, but why it matters matters and what it means. History
00:29:45History happens in real time and
00:29:46and someone needs to be there to
00:29:49to witness it. MUSIC
00:30:10Live from Washington. This is
00:30:12BBC News. The US Senate passes a
00:30:14a sanctions package aimed at helping
00:30:17helping Ukraine by cutting off funds funds to Russia. It now faces a vote
00:30:20vote in the House of Representatives. Representatives. Thailand's Prime
00:30:24Prime Minister pledges new gun laws laws after a 14-year-old student
00:30:27student shoots dead. Six people at
00:30:29at a school after killing two of
00:30:31of his grandparents. A water crisis
00:30:34crisis leads to rationing in Puerto
00:30:36Puerto Rico as a severe drought grips
00:30:38grips the island. Helena Humphrey.
00:30:48Humphrey. Good to have you with
00:30:54Helena Humphrey. Good to have you with us. We begin with some breaking breaking news from Ukraine, where
00:30:57where the capital, Kyiv, is under under attack from ballistic missiles. missiles. According to the