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[00:00:09] MUSIC
[00:00:12] Live from Singapore. This is BBC
[00:00:17] BBC News. Iran says it is in the the final stages of negotiations
[00:00:21] negotiations with Oman on a deal deal that would allow ships to pass
[00:00:23] pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. Russia launches a devastating
[00:00:27] devastating attack on Kyiv, with with President Zelensky warning that
[00:00:29] that a lack of air defence missiles
[00:00:31] missiles is costing Ukrainian lives.
[00:00:34] lives. The BBC speaks to the activist, activist, whose hunger strike galvanised
[00:00:37] galvanised the recent youth led protests protests in India, saying the movement
[00:00:40] movement has weakened Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi's authority.
[00:00:44] authority. Gianni Infantino will will remain president of Fifa after
[00:00:46] after receiving the backing of senior senior executives, but sincerely
[00:00:49] sincerely apologises for errors made made in his controversial private
[00:00:52] private investment plans.
[00:01:05] Hello, I'm Steve Lyon, welcome to Newsday. There's renewed momentum
[00:01:09] momentum to reopen the Strait of of Hormuz as Tehran says it's close
[00:01:12] close to finalising a deal with Oman Oman on a new shipping route, saying
[00:01:15] saying it would only go ahead if if certain third parties don't obstruct
[00:01:19] obstruct the process. While the details details have not been made public,
[00:01:22] public, the Iranian foreign Ministry Ministry claimed the deal will allow
[00:01:25] allow Iran to retain control of the the critical waterway. The US has
[00:01:29] has yet to comment on the announcement, announcement, but previously said
[00:01:32] said Iranian control would be unacceptable. unacceptable. President Trump told
[00:01:36] told Fox News on Tuesday that Iran Iran had reached out to him requesting
[00:01:39] requesting talks and warned that that Tehran would face severe consequences
[00:01:43] consequences if negotiations failed. failed. He called me and said very
[00:01:47] very politely, please, can we talk? talk? Can we talk? They didn't want
[00:01:51] want and I said, yes, we can talk. talk. Let's get it done. Finally,
[00:01:54] Finally, let's get it done. This This should have been done by other
[00:01:58] other presidents for 50 years. You You know, you keep hearing 47, but but that's been for three years now.
[00:02:01] now. It's been over 50 years. Other Other presidents or other countries
[00:02:05] countries should have been able to to do this. And I did something that
[00:02:08] that I had to do because if they they had a nuclear weapon, this whole
[00:02:11] whole world would be a different different place. If they. Back out out again, are they done? Well, if
[00:02:15] if they back out again, they're going going to get hit really hard. You
[00:02:18] You know, they know that they understand understand that. Well, for more we
[00:02:21] we can speak with Khashayar Joneidi, Joneidi, our BBC Persian Washington
[00:02:25] Washington correspondent Cassia. Cassia. We've heard rhetoric like like that from President Trump before,
[00:02:28] before, but do we know more about
[00:02:29] about the details of this deal? Well
[00:02:33] Well Iran's deputy foreign minister minister was interviewed interviewed
[00:02:36] interviewed on state TV tonight. tonight. And in the interview, he
[00:02:40] he mentioned that Iran and Oman have
[00:02:42] have almost finalised the co-ordinates co-ordinates for the new shipping
[00:02:46] shipping route through the Strait Strait of Hormuz. And accordingly,
[00:02:50] accordingly, a majority of this shipping shipping route passes through Iran's
[00:02:53] Iran's territorial waters, meaning meaning that ships entering or exiting
[00:02:57] exiting the Persian Gulf have to to go through navigate through Iranian
[00:03:01] Iranian waters. According to him, him, and accordingly, that both the
[00:03:05] the temporary northern and southern southern routes which passed close
[00:03:08] close to the coastlines of Iran and and Oman, will be closed after the
[00:03:11] the new route is opened. Of course, course, he mentioned that this is
[00:03:15] is a temporary route and both countries
[00:03:18] countries have to further hammer
[00:03:19] hammer out the details. But of course,
[00:03:22] course, other Iranian officials have have warned that the opening of the
[00:03:26] the Strait of Hormuz automatically automatically doesn't mean that it
[00:03:29] it means a safe passage for all commercial
[00:03:32] commercial ships as long as there
[00:03:35] there are interventions by third third parties in the region. Referring
[00:03:39] Referring to American military presence.
[00:03:42] presence. In that area. Yeah, just just on that certain third parties
[00:03:45] parties that Tehran mentioned is is this deal being negotiated then
[00:03:47] then without involvement from the
[00:03:50] the United States? So far we've met
[00:03:53] met some sort of cautious reaction reaction from the Americans. We have
[00:03:56] have not heard anything from them. them. Earlier, President Trump was
[00:03:59] was talking about an imminent agreement
[00:04:01] agreement over the Strait of Hormuz,
[00:04:03] Hormuz, but Iran and Oman talking talking over the strait without the
[00:04:07] the US blessing and making an agreement
[00:04:10] agreement that later will be overturned overturned by the Americans or rejected
[00:04:13] rejected by them will be a waste
[00:04:15] waste of time for both sides. Boeotia Boeotia good to get that update from
[00:04:18] from you. Khashayar Joneidi there there our BBC Persian Washington
[00:04:21] Washington correspondent. And the the pressure for the US to reach
[00:04:24] reach a deal soon is amplified by
[00:04:26] by a report this week by our media media partner, CBS News, suggesting
[00:04:29] suggesting that they've used a nearly nearly all of its global stockpile
[00:04:33] stockpile of long range precision precision missiles in its war with
[00:04:35] with Iran. With weapons stockpile stockpile numbers are classified.
[00:04:38] classified. A recent analysis estimates
[00:04:40] estimates that the US had around
[00:04:44] around 2330 Patriot interceptors interceptors before the conflict conflict with Iran. By late July
[00:04:47] July that had fallen to around 800. 800. According to the Washington
[00:04:50] Washington based think tank the centre centre for Strategic and International
[00:04:53] International Studies. In a statement statement to CBS News, the Pentagon
[00:04:57] Pentagon says the US military has has the capabilities it needs to
[00:05:00] to carry out any mission ordered ordered by the President. Well, for
[00:05:03] for more we can speak with Michael Michael Singh, former senior director director for Middle East affairs
[00:05:06] affairs at the National Security Security Council and managing director
[00:05:09] director at Steven D Levi, a senior senior fellow at the Washington Institute.
[00:05:12] Institute. Michael, good to get your your thoughts. So we'll get to the
[00:05:16] the munitions stockpiles in a bit, bit, but just what's your read on on this deal that's being discussed
[00:05:20] discussed between Iran and Oman?
[00:05:23] Oman? Well, obviously the Iranians Iranians rejected about a week ago
[00:05:26] ago a previous proposal that was was brought forth by the Omanis.
[00:05:30] Omanis. And then they resumed their their military attacks on the region
[00:05:33] region and on US forces. And it appears
[00:05:36] appears that the result of that is
[00:05:38] is now a deal which is actually more
[00:05:40] more favourable to Iran. And so I
[00:05:42] I think the Iranians believed that
[00:05:45] that time and leverage was on their their side. And so far what we're
[00:05:48] we're hearing about this deal suggests suggests that, in fact, they may
[00:05:52] may not have been incorrect in that that assessment. And what does it
[00:05:54] it mean that it seems like the US US seems to be sitting on the sidelines sidelines when all this is going
[00:05:58] going on. I don't think the US is is sitting on the sidelines. Obviously,
[00:06:02] Obviously, we had some American strikes
[00:06:05] strikes for some days. The US has has threatened more strikes, but
[00:06:08] but the US hasn't been directly engaged engaged in negotiations with Iran.
[00:06:11] Iran. I think that's something Iran Iran prefers because they don't want
[00:06:15] want to appear as though they're they're being sort of compelled by
[00:06:18] by the United States. It may also also be something that works to the
[00:06:21] the US favour, because the US does does not need to perhaps formally
[00:06:25] formally bless Iranian control of of the Strait of Hormuz. And it looks looks like that's where this negotiation
[00:06:29] negotiation is going. Yeah. So the the US position is that Iranian control
[00:06:32] control would be unacceptable. So So what would the US do if that would
[00:06:35] would emerge as being part of the
[00:06:37] the deal? Look, you have a deal emerging
[00:06:40] emerging that is between Iran and and Oman and may eventually be between
[00:06:43] between Iran and the other Gulf states.
[00:06:45] states. That does look like it gives
[00:06:48] gives Iran de facto control over over the Strait of Hormuz. The US
[00:06:51] US may stand back and say, you know, know, look, that's a deal. The Omanis
[00:06:55] Omanis and the Gulf states made. made. But we're not a party to this
[00:06:58] this deal, and we still are going going to uphold the principle of of freedom of navigation. Then the
[00:07:02] the question will become what happens happens when that's tested? When
[00:07:05] When a US Navy vessel, for example,
[00:07:07] example, tries to transit the strait strait without Iranian permission?
[00:07:10] permission? That's where really this this deal could run into obstacles.
[00:07:14] obstacles. In a loggerheads. Yeah. Yeah. And there are reports, as I I mentioned, that the US has used
[00:07:17] used nearly all of its global stockpile stockpile of long range precision
[00:07:21] precision missiles. Is that a factor
[00:07:23] factor here? Well, look, I mean,
[00:07:25] mean, the key error, a key mistake mistake the Trump administration
[00:07:28] administration has made here is getting getting into this sort of low level
[00:07:32] level attritional war, which frankly
[00:07:34] frankly plays to Iran's advantages advantages because the US has priorities
[00:07:38] priorities elsewhere. You talked, talked, for example, Steve, about
[00:07:42] about the need to arm Ukraine. You You know, these are global priorities.
[00:07:45] priorities. And frankly, Iran doesn't doesn't have that problem. Iran has has one priority and that's trying
[00:07:49] trying to retain control of the Strait Strait of Hormuz, trying to resist
[00:07:52] resist the United States. And so so I think again, Iran believes that
[00:07:56] that time is on its side. It believes believes that energy prices will
[00:07:59] will work against the US military military resources, work against
[00:08:02] against the United States and the the US strategy unfortunately, has
[00:08:06] has played to Iran's advantages. advantages. Michael, we'll leave leave it there. But thanks very much
[00:08:09] much for your thoughts and your perspective perspective today. Michael Singh, Singh, former senior director for
[00:08:12] for Middle East affairs at the National
[00:08:14] National Security Council now President
[00:08:18] President Zelensky says Ukraine's Ukraine's supplies of air defence defence missiles from abroad have
[00:08:22] have dropped threefold compared with with the same period last year. His
[00:08:25] His statement comes after Russian Russian strikes killed at least 21
[00:08:28] 21 people overnight, including 17 17 in Kyiv in one of the deadliest
[00:08:31] deadliest attacks this year. Our Our Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson
[00:08:34] Johnson has more from the capital.
[00:08:39] capital. Kyiv. Hadn't seen a night
[00:08:41] night like this for weeks. A deadly deadly wave of ballistic missiles
[00:08:45] missiles that came with little warning
[00:08:48] warning and no chance of interception.
[00:08:51] interception. It wasn't just Kyiv, Kyiv, but this city felt the worst
[00:08:54] worst impact. Warehouses seem to to have been the main target, but
[00:08:58] but homes were also hit. We had the the third floor. We had the roof.
[00:09:02] roof. So another floor. Yeah, it it was another floor. On the edge
[00:09:05] edge of the city. Anastasia is trying trying to work out if there's anything
[00:09:09] anything left. It was so scary. I
[00:09:11] I must say this was my scariest night
[00:09:15] night during the five years. My scariest
[00:09:17] scariest night. At the nearby railway
[00:09:20] railway station, seven warehouse warehouse workers and a child were were killed, having been evacuated
[00:09:24] evacuated from their building when when the sirens sounded. There were
[00:09:28] were 28 ballistic missiles fired fired by Russia last night. None
[00:09:30] None of them intercepted by Ukrainian Ukrainian air defences. Is that because
[00:09:34] because they've run out of interceptors? interceptors? Is it because they're
[00:09:37] they're having to ration their supplies supplies so carefully, given the
[00:09:40] the shortage, Ukraine's president president called his military advisers
[00:09:44] advisers together and he was clear. clear. Lives are being lost because
[00:09:47] because his country doesn't have
[00:09:48] have enough missile interceptors.
[00:09:52] interceptors. We recognised that that this is a major challenge. We
[00:09:55] We made it through a difficult winter,
[00:09:57] winter, but the reduction in supplies supplies became more noticeable with
[00:10:00] with each passing month. Today we
[00:10:02] we are facing a clear shortage. Mr Mr president, welcome. So nice to
[00:10:06] to see you. Nice to see you. Also
[00:10:07] Also in Ukraine's capital, the new new British Defence Secretary bringing
[00:10:11] bringing moral support but no guarantees.
[00:10:14] guarantees. We've been looking very very closely at Ukraine's requirements.
[00:10:17] requirements. We're working through through a whole list of those requirements
[00:10:21] requirements where the UK has the the ability to provide. We will and
[00:10:24] and where we don't. It's my job to
[00:10:27] to mobilise the international community
[00:10:28] community to step up. Another warehouse
[00:10:31] warehouse was ablaze south of Moscow Moscow last night. The next round
[00:10:34] round of Ukraine's attacks on Russia's Russia's biggest online retailer,
[00:10:38] retailer, the Wildberries distribution distribution network, has been under under repeated assault in recent
[00:10:42] recent weeks. Its workers have been
[00:10:45] been killed. So were seven Russian
[00:10:49] Russian holidaymakers at this beach
[00:10:51] beach on Monday. Struck by a long
[00:10:55] long range Ukrainian drone believed believed to have been shot down.
[00:10:58] down. The Kremlin claims its citizens
[00:11:01] citizens are being deliberately targeted. targeted. Ukrainians insist not.
[00:11:05] not. But as this war ramps up, Vladimir Vladimir Putin's shuffled his military
[00:11:08] military leadership, announcing a a new head of drone forces to counter
[00:11:11] counter the growing threat. It is,
[00:11:14] is, though, the people of Ukraine Ukraine who have been reminded that
[00:11:17] that their skies remain vulnerable. vulnerable. And that's going to mean
[00:11:21] mean more nervous nights ahead. Dan
[00:11:23] Dan Johnson, BBC News in Kyiv. Germany's Germany's interior minister is warning
[00:11:27] warning about a new level of danger danger after what appears to be an
[00:11:31] an attempted drone attack on Leipzig Leipzig airport. A drone packed with
[00:11:34] with explosives was discovered close close to a Ukrainian cargo plane.
[00:11:37] plane. Another aircraft collided collided with an unidentified object
[00:11:40] object shortly after it took off off from Leipzig, forcing it to make
[00:11:43] make an unscheduled landing. Our Our correspondent Bethany Bell is
[00:11:46] is in Berlin and sent this report.
[00:11:49] report. The interior minister, who who was speaking at Leipzig airport,
[00:11:53] airport, said that this was a new
[00:11:55] new danger, a new scenario. The fact
[00:11:57] fact that a drone had been discovered
[00:12:00] discovered with an explosive on it it and he said, you know, Germany
[00:12:04] Germany had been used to drone over
[00:12:08] over flights at the airports, but but to have something that did have
[00:12:10] have an explosive on it was something,
[00:12:12] something, in his words that was
[00:12:14] was new. The authorities are currently
[00:12:19] currently investigating what the the explosive was and how it got
[00:12:22] got there. We understand that it
[00:12:24] it was found last night by an employee
[00:12:28] employee of the airport. It was on
[00:12:30] on the ground near those Ukrainian
[00:12:33] Ukrainian transport planes, near
[00:12:35] near the southern runway at Leipzig
[00:12:39] Leipzig Airport, which is a big centre. centre. It's where Nato uses it.
[00:12:42] it. The German military uses it.
[00:12:45] it. And it's also a major hub for
[00:12:48] for the logistics group DHL. And
[00:12:51] And they found this device. They
[00:12:54] They suspected that there could be be something wrong. They deployed
[00:12:57] deployed a robot, and they managed
[00:13:01] managed to, get rid of the detonator
[00:13:05] detonator to, make that, safe. And
[00:13:09] And then, they also shut down some
[00:13:11] some of the flights for a short period period last night. But now they say
[00:13:15] say today there has been no danger danger to the public. Plenty more
[00:13:18] more ahead here on News Day, including including the activist whose hunger
[00:13:21] hunger strike sparked massive protests protests in India. He speaks to the
[00:13:25] the BBC for the first time since since those protests
[00:14:28] it has an edge, but Russia's goals goals seem unchanged. For continued continued coverage of the war in
[00:14:30] in Ukraine, join us here on BBC News.
[00:14:38] News. Live with BBC News. For 26
[00:14:41] 26 days, Sonam Wangchuk went on a
[00:14:43] a hunger strike in India in support support of the Cockroach Janta Party
[00:14:46] Party and thousands of students as as they demanded change after the
[00:14:49] the leaking of crucial exam papers. papers. His hunger strike ended after
[00:14:52] after he received guarantees from from India's government that there
[00:14:56] there would be charges or changes changes to the country's exam system
[00:14:59] system and protections for peaceful peaceful student protesters who'd
[00:15:01] who'd been arrested. He's been speaking speaking with Rajini Vaidyanathan
[00:15:05] Vaidyanathan on the BBC's NewsHour NewsHour programme. In his first first broadcast interview since the
[00:15:08] the protests ended. Terribly, terribly.
[00:15:12] terribly. I mean, people can't even
[00:15:15] even imagine what's happening now.
[00:15:16] now. Every part of the country, people
[00:15:19] people are raising voice, not just
[00:15:22] just generation Gen Z but Gen Alpha
[00:15:25] Alpha school boys and girls are raising raising their school issues and getting
[00:15:29] getting them resolved. Remote places
[00:15:32] places to different states. People
[00:15:34] People are rising up to, remove these,
[00:15:41] these, injustices in the, employment
[00:15:42] employment systems, examination systems,
[00:15:45] systems, more in the education arena
[00:15:46] arena now, but actually it cuts across
[00:15:50] across various fields. And you may
[00:15:52] may have heard yesterday in Bihar,
[00:15:55] Bihar, the ruling party lost two
[00:15:58] two of the three seats that had by by elections. So the entire atmosphere
[00:16:02] atmosphere in the country has switched. switched. And Prime Minister Modi
[00:16:05] Modi has always presented himself
[00:16:08] himself as India's strong man, hasn't
[00:16:10] hasn't he? He would possibly take
[00:16:13] take issue with the fact that this this has weakened his government.
[00:16:16] government. He still has a lot of of support. Why do you think this
[00:16:20] this particular wave of protests
[00:16:22] protests is different? There was
[00:16:26] was a sense of fear earlier. You You know, it was mostly dealing with
[00:16:30] with grown ups, middle aged people
[00:16:32] people who had too much to lose.
[00:16:35] lose. Businesses were scared of,
[00:16:38] of, raids by enforcement agencies agencies who would do randomly to
[00:16:42] to people who they had any issues issues with, who didn't agree to,
[00:16:45] to, who raised their voice. So all
[00:16:47] all grown ups were beaten into, fear.
[00:16:53] fear. So there was no voice. Almost.
[00:16:56] Almost. And this movement because
[00:16:59] because it, was by young people who
[00:17:01] who had hardly anything to lose Gen
[00:17:03] Gen Z or people like me who had already
[00:17:06] already faced all that one could
[00:17:08] could face, at the hands of the government
[00:17:11] government jail and raids by government government agencies, everything.
[00:17:15] everything. So we had nothing to to lose. We had no fear. And that's
[00:17:18] that's what spread across the country.
[00:17:19] country. And today people are raising
[00:17:22] raising voice and maybe, they feel
[00:17:25] feel and rightly so that they don't don't have that control. But I always
[00:17:29] always thought the best way to have,
[00:17:31] have, you know, control or power
[00:17:34] power is through love and, in return
[00:17:38] return love from the people by ensuring
[00:17:42] ensuring a just and, fear free, governance,
[00:17:46] governance, hopefully they'll mend mend their ways this time. It stopped
[00:17:50] stopped at, education ministry. But,
[00:17:52] But, if this continues, I think the
[00:17:54] the younger generation and the people,
[00:17:57] people, may not stop at just education. education. You talk about the young
[00:18:01] young people not stopping education. education. We saw a lot of placards,
[00:18:04] placards, didn't we, at those protests protests calling for the Prime Minister
[00:18:07] Minister to step down as well. Do Do you still think he is the right
[00:18:11] right person to govern India? I would
[00:18:14] would give them the chance to mend
[00:18:17] mend their ways. I always believe
[00:18:19] believe in people realising their their mistakes and amending their
[00:18:22] their ways, so I would give them them that chance. But if it goes
[00:18:26] goes back to the ways that I suffered,
[00:18:28] suffered, you know, for the last
[00:18:30] last 2 or 3 years and if nothing
[00:18:33] nothing changes, then yes, people people have the right to say that
[00:18:36] that we don't accept this kind of
[00:18:38] of governance. We want a free and,
[00:18:43] and, just democratic governance in in this country. Myanmar's junta
[00:18:47] junta chief turned president Min Min Aung Hlaing will visit Thailand
[00:18:51] Thailand today in an attempt to end end the country's international isolation
[00:18:54] isolation five years after staging staging a coup that led to a bloody
[00:18:56] bloody civil war. Myanmar has since since been blocked from attending
[00:19:00] attending meetings in the South East East Asian bloc Asean, but Thailand's
[00:19:04] Thailand's Prime Minister urged calibrated calibrated re-engagement with Myanmar
[00:19:07] Myanmar ahead of the meeting. Well, Well, for more, let's go live to to government House in Bangkok and
[00:19:11] and speak with our South East Asia Asia correspondent Jonathan Head. Head. Jonathan, this is a two day
[00:19:15] day trip, but what should we expect?
[00:19:19] expect? Well, Steve, within the next next couple of hours, Min Aung Hlaing
[00:19:22] Hlaing will be given a full red carpet
[00:19:24] carpet welcome here. Thailand is
[00:19:26] is not holding back. It talks about about calibrated re-engagement, but
[00:19:30] but this looks like full, full re-engagement. re-engagement. He's got a whole series
[00:19:33] series of meetings here in the seat seat of government. A lot of it will
[00:19:36] will be focused on security and their
[00:19:39] their very long shared border. It's It's a 2400 kilometre border. And
[00:19:43] And Thailand has argued it has to to re-engage with this government
[00:19:47] government in order to be able to to address a series of difficult
[00:19:50] difficult issues transnational crime, crime, movement of people across
[00:19:54] across borders, for Thailand it says says these are big, big issues that
[00:19:57] that other South East Asian countries countries don't face. They're also
[00:20:01] also giving him an official dinner. dinner. There's going to be a big
[00:20:04] big business forum where Thai businesses businesses who are worried about
[00:20:07] about losing out to China in Myanmar
[00:20:10] Myanmar want to improve ties so that that they can start doing business
[00:20:13] business in a more profitable way way in Myanmar. There are lots of
[00:20:16] of interests in Thailand that want want this relationship reset back
[00:20:20] back to where it was before the coup, coup, but it is very controversial.
[00:20:23] controversial. Of course, lots of of groups, particularly human rights
[00:20:26] rights groups have argued this is is giving legitimacy to a leader
[00:20:29] leader in Myanmar who has shown no no signs of compromising in his war
[00:20:33] war with the opposition, a civil civil war that has killed tens of
[00:20:36] of thousands of people. And Thailand Thailand is really breaking ranks
[00:20:39] ranks with other South East Asian Asian countries because although
[00:20:42] although big powers like China and and India have given their full support
[00:20:45] support to Min Aung Hlaing, they've they've been critical in helping helping him re-establish his authority.
[00:20:49] authority. The Association of South South East Asian Nations Asean has
[00:20:53] has has held off its barred men online
[00:20:55] online for its meetings because it it says he's not meeting the promises
[00:20:58] promises he made five years ago to to de-escalate and to negotiate with
[00:21:02] with the opposition. Now ASEAN's ASEAN's held that line. It has its
[00:21:05] its five-point consensus, which it it says Min Aung Hlaing must show
[00:21:08] show signs of complying with. But But now Thailand, a founder member
[00:21:11] member of Asean, has broken ranks. ranks. And I think there's a sense
[00:21:15] sense here that with the Myanmar Myanmar military re-establishing,
[00:21:19] re-establishing, taking, taking back back a lot of the territory, it's
[00:21:21] it's lost having had this much criticised criticised election, you know, it
[00:21:24] it wasn't free and fair in any sense, sense, but it has allowed Min Aung
[00:21:27] Aung Hlaing to claim he's now a civilian civilian president, that with that
[00:21:30] that he's not going anywhere. He's He's really got quite a strong foothold
[00:21:34] foothold and that you have to do do have to start dealing with him.
[00:21:36] him. You may as well do it now rather
[00:21:39] rather than later, but Thailand will will be accused of not getting enough
[00:21:42] enough out of Min Aung Hlaing. We We did see for the first time a proof
[00:21:46] proof of life, a photograph of a a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi,
[00:21:49] Kyi, who of course has been in jail jail ever since she was overthrown
[00:21:52] overthrown in that coup five and and five and a half years ago. That
[00:21:56] That photograph was a concession concession by the Myanmar military military to say, look, she's OK.
[00:22:00] OK. The Thais have said that's at
[00:22:02] at least a gesture. But others, including including some Asean governments,
[00:22:06] governments, are saying just one one sighting of Aung San Suu Kyi Kyi is not enough, that we should
[00:22:09] should be getting much more from from the Myanmar military, particularly
[00:22:13] particularly stopping the bombardment bombardment of villages, the targeting
[00:22:14] targeting of schools and hospitals hospitals and negotiations with opposition
[00:22:18] opposition groups. But as far as as Thailand is concerned, its relationship
[00:22:21] relationship with Myanmar takes precedence. precedence. Now it's broken ranks.
[00:22:24] ranks. The question is will the rest rest of Asean, the 11 member states
[00:22:28] states of Asean, ultimately give give way and follow suit and accept
[00:22:31] accept a normal relationship with with the government in Myanmar that that is still, although it's notionally
[00:22:35] notionally civilian, is still essentially essentially dominated by the military.
[00:22:38] military. Yeah, we'll be fascinating fascinating to watch. Thanks very very much for getting us across that that Jonathan Head there on South
[00:22:42] South East Asia. Correspondent. Let's Let's take a quick look at some other other stories in the headlines. Michigan's
[00:22:46] Michigan's left wing Democratic candidate candidate for the US Senate in November's
[00:22:49] November's mid-term elections has has called for party unity after
[00:22:52] after his watershed victory over over a centrist in the primaries.
[00:22:56] primaries. Abdul El-Sayed said any any differences with his defeated
[00:22:58] defeated fellow Democrat, Haley Stevens Stevens paled in comparison to what
[00:23:02] what unified them, and they should should now focus on defeating the
[00:23:05] the Republicans in the swing state. state. Beijing has tightened controls
[00:23:09] controls on drone exports in what what it described as a restrained
[00:23:12] restrained response to US kerbs on on technology and trade. China's
[00:23:15] China's Commerce Ministry will make
[00:23:17] make sales of drones and other dual dual use technologies subject to
[00:23:20] to strict case by case review. The
[00:23:23] The retaliatory measures come ahead ahead of a scheduled meeting between
[00:23:26] between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump
[00:23:28] Trump in the US next month. Gianni
[00:23:32] Gianni Infantino has apologised for for errors he made in a controversial
[00:23:35] controversial plans to sell off stakes stakes in competitions to private
[00:23:38] private investors, but will remain remain Fifa president after receiving receiving the backing of senior executives
[00:23:42] executives in a meeting in Morocco. Morocco. Much criticism has come
[00:23:45] come from within Fifa, including including Secretary General Mathias
[00:23:48] Mathias Mattias Grafstrom, who was was at Wednesday's meeting. However,
[00:23:52] However, in a statement, Grafstrom Grafstrom and the management board board reaffirmed their full support
[00:23:56] support for Infantino as president.
[00:23:59] president. BBC sports Mark Benstead Benstead has more details. Yeah,
[00:24:02] Yeah, busy all day. Gianni Infantino Infantino will remain as Fifa president
[00:24:05] president for now after he received received the backing of senior executives
[00:24:08] executives in a meeting in Morocco Morocco on Wednesday. Infantino's Infantino's been under fire for his
[00:24:12] his plans to sell off stakes in competitions competitions including the World
[00:24:16] World Cup, to private investors. investors. As you mentioned in a
[00:24:19] a statement after the meeting, the the Fifa Management Board acknowledged
[00:24:21] acknowledged the need for improved improved processes around communications.
[00:24:25] communications. Apologise for mistakes mistakes but said they will not tolerate
[00:24:28] tolerate any attacks on its integrity. integrity. Let's pull up some of
[00:24:31] of the key lines from that statement statement then. Firstly, it says
[00:24:34] says the Fifa Secretary General and and members of the Fifa Management
[00:24:37] Management Board in attendance reaffirmed reaffirmed their full support for for Fifa president Gianni Infantino
[00:24:41] Infantino was the only official elected
[00:24:44] elected by the 211 Fifa member associations associations regarding the forward
[00:24:48] forward enterprise proposal. That's That's the plan to invite that private
[00:24:51] private investment, it said. It was was agreed that it was not the intention
[00:24:54] intention for the Fifa Council and and Fifa members associations to
[00:24:58] to feel excluded from the process process and that the process should
[00:25:01] should have been handled differently. differently. It was further acknowledged
[00:25:03] acknowledged that errors were also also made after the proposal was
[00:25:07] was leaked to the media. It goes goes on to say that there are always
[00:25:10] always lessons to be learned and and Fifa will continue to improve
[00:25:12] improve its processes in light of of this experience. In this instance,
[00:25:16] instance, however, it is important important to stress that although although mistakes were made, everything
[00:25:19] everything that was done was done done in full compliance with the
[00:25:22] the Fifa regulatory framework and and on the criticism that has come
[00:25:26] come the way of Fifa. They say that that they will no longer tolerate
[00:25:29] tolerate any attacks on its integrity, integrity, good governance and due
[00:25:33] due process and crucially, will take take all necessary measures to protect
[00:25:36] protect and safeguard its name and
[00:25:38] and reputation. So Infantino stays stays in place for now. If someone
[00:25:42] someone wants to put themselves forward forward to stand against him for
[00:25:45] for the presidency next year, they they have until November the 18th
[00:25:48] 18th to put their names forward. forward. Before we go. Scientists Scientists using the world's most
[00:25:52] most powerful solar telescope have have captured the surface of the
[00:25:55] the sun in new, unprecedented detail. detail. Images and footage show whirlpools
[00:25:59] whirlpools of activity never seen seen before. It is the sun's magnetic
[00:26:02] magnetic field being twisted and and moved by the motion of hot gas. gas. We'll leave you with
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