The flight of China’s latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March 5-Y2, failed on Sunday evening when an anomaly occurred after its 7:23 pm blastoff from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.

Experts are working to discover exactly what happened.

The Long March 5, China’s largest rocket to date, made its maiden flight in November, sending its payload into a preset orbit. The Y2 designation of Sunday’s rocket signifies the second in the series.

Commenting
on today’s reports that Ministers will trigger exit from the London Fisheries
Convention, shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Sue Hayman MP, said:

“Labour
opposes a hard Brexit that would jeopardise jobs, environmental sustainability
and the future prosperity of the British fishing industry. 

“The
London Convention predates British membership of the EU by a decade and has
arguably been superseded by the Common Fisheries Policy which the UK will
withdraw from automatically following our leaving the EU.

“Given
that the majority of fish caught by UK vessels are within the Atlantic (fishing
area 27) which includes the edge of Greenland to North Russia and as far south
as the bottom of Spain/Portugal, it is vital that any Brexit deal does not
jeopardise access to these waters for our British fishing fleet.

“This
provocative decision at this stage of the negotiations puts at risk those
necessary and far more valuable fisheries management arrangements we will need
to agree on leaving the EU as well as a tariff free trade deal so vital to our
British fishing exports. It is another example of the Tories’ reckless approach
to Brexit.”

Responding
to allegations of a cover up of unlawful killings by U.K. forces in
Afghanistan, Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, said:

“The
allegations of unlawful killings and war crimes in Afghanistan are extremely
serious and must be fully investigated.

"Our
armed forces have a reputation for decency and bravery. If we do not act on
such shocking allegations we risk undermining that reputation, our security at
home and the safety of those serving in the armed forces abroad.

"Our
values and respect for the rule of law require full accountability. We owe it
to our armed forces and the victims and their families to ensure that a
thorough investigation takes place.

 "There
can be no question of a cover up. The government must now establish an
independent inquiry into what has taken place.”

In
response to Kensington and Chelsea council suspending rent payments for
Grenfell residents, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local
Government, Andrew Gwynne MP, said:

 "It
is unacceptable that it has taken until now for the council to suspend rent for
displaced residents in Grenfell Tower and the surrounding area that were
evacuated from their homes.

 "People
have been made homeless in this tragedy, lost family, friends and everything
they own – Sajid Javid needs to finally show some leadership and send in
commissioners to take control of this council.”