The rocket - named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India's space programme - is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC before the launch.

Chandana says today, access to space remains "a major bottleneck, with satellite operators often waiting for months or even years for a launch opportunity" and that their venture expects to change that.

He says Skyroot aims to cut long waits for satellite

In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein's brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says.

Anya had lived for years in one of several flats on East 66th Street in Manhattan used by Jeffrey Epstein to house women he abused. In one moment, she lost her home but escaped a nightmare. (Mark Epstein denies he was aware of his brother'

Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site.

The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who are seeking educational reforms. The protesters had planned a march to India's parliament on Monday.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke told the BBC he had gone to a friend's house in the morning to freshen up when policemen turned up and

She adds that she had always "hated" the surname she inherited from her father, which included a profanity that she was teased for at school. "I didn't want to be associated with it," she says.

Changing her surname to match her mother's felt like a relief and Maggie says she now feels "more like myself".

"I wanted to be part of my mum's family," she says.

Dr Becca Bland, a family counsellor and coach specialising in estrangement,

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to pry power from Democrats are partisan political battles, and not motivated by race.

"I don't believe that there's been a direct targeted history… in a way that suppresses minority voter participation," he adds.

He points out that Democrats have redrawn the maps in states that lean to the left politically, such as California, to boost their chances of winning more seats. Republicans, he says, are following the same "race-

The US military says it is carrying out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since US President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was "over".

"The strikes are designed to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities at the Commander in Chief's direction," the US military Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said two oil tankers had exploded in the Strait of Hormuz while passing through a mined part of the shipping channel - a claim later dismissed as false

Ladd Keith, director of the Heat Resilience Initiative at the University of Arizona, told the BBC that other places could, like Phoenix, appoint a heat officer - someone to oversee initiatives and run communications among government offices.

"It's incredibly important to make someone responsible for heat because the problem is, if it's no one's responsibility, then no one will address it," he says.

With coordination and communication, facilities like cooling centres can be fashioned in other parts of the US not accustomed

For those born with Laron, there is hope in the form of a drug called Increlex.

The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts.

But accessing the drug can be difficult and it has several limitations - it can only be given to children between the ages of two and 18 and in some cases has serious side effects.

It can cost more than $800 (£600) per bottle, as it is only