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[00:00:13] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:15] News with me Kasia Madera. Iran says
[00:00:18] says a deal with Oman on a shipping shipping route through the Strait
[00:00:21] Strait of Hormuz is in its final
[00:00:23] final stages. Israel says two of
[00:00:25] of its soldiers have been
[00:00:38] sell shares in World Cup to private private investors. I'm Tadhg Enright
[00:00:42] Enright and coming up in business. business. Shares in Google have fallen
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[00:00:55] coming up, we're going to meet the
[00:00:57] the 97-year-old woman who successfully successfully broke her own world
[00:01:01] world record to become the oldest
[00:01:03] oldest person to complete a wing
[00:01:06] wing walk. Hello and welcome. Iran
[00:01:16] Iran says that a deal with Oman on
[00:01:19] on a new route for ships through
[00:01:21] through the Strait of Hormuz is being being finalised. However, Iran's
[00:01:25] Iran's foreign ministry says it would
[00:01:26] would only go ahead if certain third
[00:01:29] third parties did not obstruct the the process. Well, President Trump
[00:01:32] Trump has said that the key waterway
[00:01:34] waterway would open very soon or
[00:01:37] or Iran would be hit very hard. Well,
[00:01:39] Well, in his first meeting with his his US counterpart Marco Rubio, the
[00:01:43] the new UK Foreign Secretary, and and said that Britain would work
[00:01:47] work with the US to secure a lasting
[00:01:49] lasting cease fire in Iran and reopen reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But
[00:01:53] But in a broadcast interview after after the meeting, Ed Miliband insists
[00:01:57] insists that the UK would never take
[00:02:00] take part in offensive military action. action. He spoke to my colleague
[00:02:03] colleague Helena Humphrey, who asked asked him what he and Marco Rubio
[00:02:07] Rubio had achieved. Well, the number number one priority for this government
[00:02:10] government is to tackle the cost cost of living crisis that people
[00:02:14] people are facing. And my job as as Foreign Secretary most immediately
[00:02:17] immediately is to work with our closest closest ally, the United States,
[00:02:20] States, on getting a ceasefire and
[00:02:23] and a lasting ceasefire in relation
[00:02:26] relation to the Iran war. Now we we are working night and day to try try and make that happen. That was
[00:02:30] was a large part of our discussions
[00:02:33] discussions today. I am hopeful that
[00:02:35] that this may happen, but we are are not there yet and we've got to
[00:02:39] to do everything we can to get this this ceasefire in place. The work
[00:02:43] work between Iran and Oman is obviously obviously crucial to that, but then
[00:02:46] then we've got to make sure it is is an enduring ceasefire, that we
[00:02:49] we don't have a nuclear Iran. Ed
[00:02:52] Ed Miliband there. Speaking to Helena Helena Humphrey now, the Israeli
[00:02:56] Israeli military has said that two two soldiers have been killed and
[00:02:59] and four others severely injured injured in southern Lebanon. It comes
[00:03:03] comes as Israel resumed strikes on on the country for the first time
[00:03:05] time in more than a month. Lebanese Lebanese state media said that one
[00:03:09] one person had been killed and 11 11 had been wounded. Well, let's
[00:03:13] let's cross over to my colleague colleague John Donaldson, who is
[00:03:17] is in Jerusalem for us. So John, John, just bring us up to date with
[00:03:20] with the latest developments on the
[00:03:23] the ground. Well, let's start with
[00:03:25] with that effort to reopen the Strait Strait of Hormuz. And basically at
[00:03:29] at the moment we only have Iran's
[00:03:31] Iran's word for the fact that any any progress has been made. The Iranian
[00:03:35] Iranian Foreign ministry saying that that they're very close to an agreement
[00:03:38] agreement with Oman to effectively effectively allow ships to pass in
[00:03:41] in on the northern route into the the strait along the Iranian coast
[00:03:45] coast and then for ships to come
[00:03:48] come out, hugging the Omani coast. coast. So all eyes now really on
[00:03:51] on the White House and President President Trump's Truth Social account
[00:03:55] account to see what his reaction reaction is. But it does seem that
[00:03:59] that some progress there is being being made. However, you know, lots
[00:04:02] lots of potential pitfalls. It's
[00:04:04] It's a very complex, region. This
[00:04:07] This a lot of conflicts interlinked. interlinked. And in Lebanon, as you you say, for the first time in a
[00:04:12] a month, really, we've had a significant significant flare up in violence violence there. The Israeli military
[00:04:15] military saying two of its soldiers soldiers killed four severely injured,
[00:04:19] injured, apparently when they were were carrying out demolitions in
[00:04:23] in southern Lebanon. And they entered
[00:04:24] entered a booby trap building Israel
[00:04:28] Israel then responded or issuing issuing its first evacuation order
[00:04:31] order in southern Lebanon for more more than a month and carrying out
[00:04:34] out strikes, which we think went
[00:04:37] went on into the night. And John,
[00:04:39] John, so just in terms of that ongoing
[00:04:44] ongoing conflict when it comes to
[00:04:46] to Israel and Lebanon, nothing seems seems to be ceasing just an escalation,
[00:04:50] escalation, obviously deeply concerning concerning for the people of southern
[00:04:54] southern Lebanon. Yeah, absolutely.
[00:04:57] absolutely. Many have not been able able to return to their homes. Some
[00:05:00] Some of them have. Many villages villages have been completely destroyed.
[00:05:03] destroyed. And while Israeli forces forces continue to occupy a large
[00:05:07] large chunk of southern Lebanon, Lebanon, I think it's about 5% of
[00:05:10] of the country in total in terms
[00:05:13] terms of land area, it is almost
[00:05:15] almost inevitable that there is the
[00:05:17] the possibility of flare-ups. And And the reason this matters, given
[00:05:21] given the broader situation in the
[00:05:23] the region, is that Iran has insisted
[00:05:26] insisted that Lebanon must be part
[00:05:29] part of a broader deal with the United
[00:05:32] United States. They want a ceasefire
[00:05:34] ceasefire in Lebanon, too. As part part of that broader deal. So if
[00:05:38] if we get flare-ups there, it could
[00:05:42] could undermine those efforts to to achieve a deal with Iran, which,
[00:05:45] which, to be frank, are only limping
[00:05:47] limping along at best at the moment. OK, John, as always, thanks
[00:05:50] thanks so much for the update. John John Donaldson there joining us live
[00:05:53] live from Jerusalem the embattled
[00:05:57] embattled president of Fifa, Gianni Gianni Infantino, has apologised
[00:06:00] apologised for mistakes made in the the pursuit of his controversial
[00:06:03] controversial proposal to sell shares shares in football's World Cup to
[00:06:07] to private investors. The apology apology came in a letter signed by
[00:06:11] by Mr Infantino, which also reaffirmed reaffirmed the management board's
[00:06:14] board's full support for him as Fifa Fifa president. Well, let's talk
[00:06:17] talk to Craig Foster, who's a retired retired captain of the Australia
[00:06:21] Australia national team. Also, Craig, Craig, you're a human rights activist
[00:06:25] activist and a sports analyst. Just
[00:06:27] Just in terms of where Gianni Infantino
[00:06:29] Infantino is now, is this apology
[00:06:32] apology enough to secure his position?
[00:06:35] position? Well, that's a good question. question. Very, very sadly, it's
[00:06:39] it's enough for his management and and what they call the leadership
[00:06:41] leadership team. And I say sadly,
[00:06:44] sadly, because we've had one resignation,
[00:06:46] resignation, we've had one senior senior administrator come out with
[00:06:49] with a mea culpa and say, look, basically basically this whole thing was unbeknown
[00:06:53] unbeknown to us, it's shocking. You
[00:06:55] You know, it can't go on. We even even had a Mattias Grafstrom the
[00:06:59] the Secretary General, a leaked email
[00:07:02] email saying to the staff that it's it's sad and reproachable. And now
[00:07:05] now after a meeting in Morocco, apparently
[00:07:07] apparently all is, is sunny again.
[00:07:10] again. And that's got to be a real real concern for all football stakeholders
[00:07:14] stakeholders around the world. You You know, my message to all former former players is you have to do
[00:07:17] do something and speak up here. My My message to all fans around the
[00:07:20] the world is that you have to hold hold your own federation accountable
[00:07:24] accountable because no one should should be supporting this. What's
[00:07:26] What's happened is we've had a backflip
[00:07:29] backflip from the management and
[00:07:31] and leadership team of Fifa within within just the last 48 hours, and
[00:07:35] and that tells us that the rot goes goes much, much deeper. We knew that
[00:07:38] that it wasn't just about Infantino, Infantino, but the real question
[00:07:41] question for footballers, people people around the world is like how
[00:07:44] how low can this go? And if this
[00:07:47] this is what organisational institutional institutional culture actually is
[00:07:51] is at Fifa, then clearly it needs
[00:07:53] needs very significant reform. It's It's obvious that, you know, I think
[00:07:57] think when you come to the Balagan Balagan affair, a whole range of
[00:08:00] of issues. We go back to the peace
[00:08:01] peace Prize, but particularly this
[00:08:05] this unilateral, approach and project project from Infantino that was then
[00:08:08] then going to be forced through on on member federations to sell off
[00:08:11] off part of its most precious asset. asset. If this is now acceptable
[00:08:15] acceptable to Fifa management and
[00:08:17] and it is then surely Fifa management
[00:08:20] management along with Infantino need need to be changed. Yeah. So what
[00:08:23] what does this say about the whole
[00:08:26] whole of Fifa? Because obviously obviously we had previous leaders
[00:08:29] leaders of Fifa, said Plata. He was was embroiled in controversy. What
[00:08:32] What does Fifa need to do in order
[00:08:35] order to clear. Its. Arguably it's
[00:08:38] it's a difficult back history. Yeah.
[00:08:42] Yeah. So as you say, this is a repeating
[00:08:45] repeating cycle now and that's the the real challenge for global football
[00:08:48] football and all of the stakeholders, stakeholders, is that this is going
[00:08:51] going to occur again, the question question is whether next time it
[00:08:55] it may not be caught, you know, by by external media, it may not be
[00:08:59] be leaked by people inside the organisation. organisation. It may have been forced
[00:09:02] forced through and all of a sudden sudden some of the key assets may
[00:09:06] may well have been sold off in circumstances
[00:09:09] circumstances of, you know, very very serious concerns about conflict conflict of interests and abuse of
[00:09:13] of the position of the President. President. So therefore, what it
[00:09:16] it says to us is if we're going to to end the cycle, we need reform
[00:09:19] reform of Fifa. There's a lot of of different conversations happening
[00:09:22] happening about that. As to whether
[00:09:25] whether it needs, you know, a rotating rotating president or it needs a
[00:09:29] a chair of an internal board or whatever whatever the case is, but it certainly
[00:09:32] certainly needs reform. I think the the other two points quickly to make
[00:09:36] make is that the fans and the players
[00:09:38] players have to have a stake and and power in this game. They're the
[00:09:41] the two voices and we always say say that football is for the people
[00:09:45] people of the world and yes it is, is, but the people of the world have
[00:09:47] have no access. They have no leverage leverage and they have no power and
[00:09:51] and it's not being managed in the the interests of the fans and the the people of the world. The only
[00:09:55] only way that's going to happen is
[00:09:57] is if the fans come together in a
[00:10:00] a global organisation and create
[00:10:03] create leverage and power so that that they have a real stake. And
[00:10:06] And if players do that and I'm talking talking here about FIFPro, which
[00:10:09] which is the global players union, union, they need to be stronger.
[00:10:12] stronger. They need to make sure sure that the legendary players of
[00:10:15] of the world are on board onside onside with them instead of being
[00:10:19] being this close and captured by
[00:10:20] by Fifa. And those two stakeholders stakeholders have to really now get
[00:10:24] get themselves organised and accept accept responsibility on behalf of
[00:10:28] of all the players of the world and and all the fans of the world to
[00:10:32] to actually force reform through through at Fifa. Craig great points
[00:10:35] points as always. Craig Foster there, there, retired captain of the Australian
[00:10:39] Australian national team. Thanks Thanks so much. Any updates on Infantino? Infantino? Of course will bring them
[00:10:43] them to you now the Nigerian government government says that more than 300
[00:10:47] 300 people have been freed in what what it's described as the largest
[00:10:50] largest ever rescue operation by by the security forces in a single
[00:10:54] single day. More than half of the the kidnapped victims were seized
[00:10:57] seized by suspected jihadists in in Kwara State six months ago. The
[00:11:01] The rest were taken from Niger State.
[00:11:04] State. The attack in Kwara had targeted
[00:11:06] targeted two villages near the border
[00:11:08] border with Benin. At least 75 people
[00:11:11] people were killed. Myanmar's military
[00:11:16] military leader turned president president Min Aung Heang is visiting
[00:11:19] visiting Thailand today in an attempt
[00:11:20] attempt to end the country's international
[00:11:23] international isolation. It's five five years since he staged a coup
[00:11:26] coup that led to a civil war. Myanmar Myanmar has since been blocked from
[00:11:29] from attending meetings of the South South East Asian trading group Asean.
[00:11:33] Asean. Well, let's cross over to to the government House in Bangkok
[00:11:37] Bangkok to talk to our South East East Asia correspondent, Jonathan
[00:11:40] Jonathan Head. So it looks like Myanmar
[00:11:42] Myanmar is bringing being brought
[00:11:44] brought in from the cold. Jonathan.
[00:11:47] Jonathan. Very much here in Thailand. Thailand. It is I mean, this is a
[00:11:50] a very ornate backdrop for this visit. visit. But this is where dignitaries,
[00:11:54] dignitaries, top leaders come to to meet the Prime Minister. It's It's the seat of government in Thailand.
[00:11:57] Thailand. Min Aung Hlaing has spent spent the last couple of hours here
[00:12:00] here in meetings with Thailand's Thailand's top leadership, but he
[00:12:03] he has a full two day visit in which which there's going to be a business business forum where Thai businesses
[00:12:07] businesses are going to look into into how they can invest more in
[00:12:09] in Myanmar. He's going to be given given a full dinner. He's going to
[00:12:12] to be meeting a whole range of Thai Thai officials. This is a much larger
[00:12:15] larger scale visit than I think many many people expected. For a first
[00:12:19] first official visit since the coup. coup. And as you say, he's been out
[00:12:22] out in the cold. The South East Asian
[00:12:25] Asian position has been that Myanmar Myanmar is in, in the doghouse that
[00:12:28] that the Myanmar military leaders leaders have refused to honour the
[00:12:31] the promise they made five years years ago to de-escalate violence
[00:12:34] violence and talk to the opposition. opposition. Min Aung Hlaing has now
[00:12:38] now completely dismissed that agreement agreement that he signed five years
[00:12:41] years ago. And a lot of South East East Asian countries are saying we
[00:12:44] we should not be engaging with him him until we see some real concessions
[00:12:47] concessions that might end this catastrophic catastrophic civil war in Myanmar
[00:12:51] Myanmar that's still ongoing. There's There's still bombardment of villages
[00:12:54] villages and hospitals. I mean, it's it's there's no sign of it toning
[00:12:57] toning down or of any overtures being
[00:13:00] being made to the opposition in Myanmar Myanmar despite the notional transformation
[00:13:04] transformation of Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing into a civilian president. president. So there are a lot of
[00:13:07] of South East Asian countries or or some that really disagree with
[00:13:10] with what Thailand is doing. But But Thailand argues it's a special
[00:13:13] special case. It's got a very long long border, the longest of all with
[00:13:17] with Myanmar 2500km. But Min Aung Aung Hlaing is there to stay. He's
[00:13:20] He's got the backing of China but but they have to start doing business
[00:13:23] business with him and they've really really elevated relations pretty
[00:13:26] pretty much back to what they were were before the coup with this visit.
[00:13:29] visit. And have we heard anything anything about the opposition leader,
[00:13:32] leader, Aung San Suu Kyi? We've heard
[00:13:37] heard very little. But we did, of
[00:13:40] of course, have this photograph published published on Monday showing her meeting
[00:13:44] meeting a delegation from the Red Red Cross. Now, it wasn't much, but
[00:13:47] but because the ICRC confirmed it it was actually the very first proof
[00:13:50] proof of life anyone's had of Aung
[00:13:52] Aung San Suu Kyi being alive. And And we think reasonably healthy for
[00:13:56] for more than two and a half years. years. And what's interesting is
[00:14:00] is that Burmese military rulers have have been under enormous pressure pressure from their neighbours, from
[00:14:03] from Aung San Suu Kyi's family to to show that she's alive and well.
[00:14:06] well. They've refused to do it. They They released that photograph on
[00:14:09] on Monday, largely because the Thais Thais couldn't have allowed this
[00:14:12] this visit to go ahead without being being sure she was alive. And there there are others saying, well, that's
[00:14:16] that's fine. I mean, at least it's it's good to know she's alive. But
[00:14:18] But this is a very small concession. concession. The real concessions concessions people have been asking
[00:14:22] asking for from the military is to to stop this relentless, destructive
[00:14:26] destructive war against those who who oppose their coup and to start
[00:14:29] start dialogue. And we haven't heard
[00:14:31] heard anything from Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing or the military people around
[00:14:34] around him that suggest they're ready ready to do that. Jonathan, as always,
[00:14:38] always, many thanks for the update. update. We'll be back with you throughout throughout the day. Jonathan Head
[00:14:41] Head there our South East Asia correspondent
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[00:16:12] back. You are with BBC News coming coming to you from the very heart
[00:16:15] heart of our newsroom right here
[00:16:17] here in central London. Hello. Japan's
[00:16:21] Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
[00:16:22] Takaichi has for the first time led
[00:16:25] led commemorations in Hiroshima on on the anniversary of the world's
[00:16:28] world's first use of nuclear weapons.
[00:16:31] weapons. 81 years ago. The United United States dropped an atom bomb
[00:16:34] bomb on the city at the end of the
[00:16:37] the Second World War. An estimated
[00:16:41] estimated 140,000 people were killed.
[00:16:42] killed. In her address, Miss Takeuchi
[00:16:45] Takeuchi reaffirmed Japan's three
[00:16:47] three non-nuclear principles of not
[00:16:49] not possessing, producing or allowing
[00:16:51] allowing nuclear weapons on its territory.
[00:16:55] territory. Well, our correspondent correspondent Kurumi Mori is in Tokyo Tokyo and explains the significance
[00:16:59] significance of the Prime Minister's
[00:17:01] Minister's statement. You know, this
[00:17:04] this commitment that she made was
[00:17:06] was largely expected. Japanese Prime Prime Minister Takaichi attending
[00:17:09] attending the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Memorial ceremony for the first time
[00:17:13] time as the country's leader. She's She's attended before but not as
[00:17:16] as Prime Minister. So in her speech, speech, she did reaffirm the three
[00:17:20] three non-nuclear principles you you mentioned not possessing, producing
[00:17:23] producing or permitting the nuclear nuclear weapons on Japanese territory.
[00:17:27] territory. I mean, this message, message, though, carried particular
[00:17:30] particular weight. This year, Japan
[00:17:31] Japan is set to revise its key national national security strategy later
[00:17:34] later this year, and that's prompting prompting questions over whether
[00:17:38] whether its long standing commitment commitment to those principles could
[00:17:41] could face new pressure. At a time time when we're seeing East Asia
[00:17:45] Asia rapidly changing with its security security environment and Takaichi
[00:17:49] Takaichi did not address those concerns concerns directly in her speech,
[00:17:53] speech, and instead she stressed stressed Japan's responsibility as
[00:17:55] as the only country to have suffered
[00:17:58] suffered atomic bombings in war and
[00:18:00] and renewed that commitment to pursue
[00:18:02] pursue a world with no nuclear weapons.
[00:18:05] weapons. But the issue has become
[00:18:07] become increasingly sensitive in in Japan online, some questioned
[00:18:11] questioned whether Takeuchi, who who is widely regarded as having
[00:18:15] having a more hawkish national security security stance, will maintain that
[00:18:19] that pledge as the regional tensions tensions just grow further and defence
[00:18:22] defence spending here continues to
[00:18:23] to rise. A debate did intensify last
[00:18:27] last month when Defence Minister Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called
[00:18:29] called for Japan to have a more open open discussion about the role of
[00:18:33] of nuclear weapons in the country's
[00:18:34] country's defence. The remarks drew drew criticism from survivors of
[00:18:38] of the atomic bombings and anti-nuclear anti-nuclear groups, and that prompted
[00:18:42] prompted Koizumi to later clarify clarify that he remains firmly committed
[00:18:45] committed to Japan's non-nuclear non-nuclear principles and to that
[00:18:47] that goal of world, a world free free of nuclear weapons. But, you
[00:18:51] you know, for many in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, the ceremony is less about
[00:18:55] about politics than about remembrance, remembrance, as the number of atomic
[00:18:59] atomic bomb survivors continues to to decline in Japan, there's this
[00:19:02] this growing urgency to preserve preserve their testimony and ensure
[00:19:06] ensure that lessons of Hiroshima. Hiroshima. Make sure that they are
[00:19:10] are not forgotten. Kurumi Mori reporting
[00:19:13] reporting from Tokyo now. In the the five years since the Taliban
[00:19:16] Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, women have been banned
[00:19:20] banned from all organised sport. sport. But against the odds, Afghanistan's
[00:19:23] Afghanistan's women footballers now now scattered across the world, have
[00:19:26] have found a way back onto the international
[00:19:29] international stage after Fifa changed changed its rules, allowing them
[00:19:32] them to officially represent Afghanistan.
[00:19:35] Afghanistan. Mahjooba Nowrouzi from from the BBC Global Women followed
[00:19:38] followed their journey as they travelled travelled to New Zealand for their
[00:19:41] their first training camp and match.
[00:19:46] match. At the time Meghan Owen. A
[00:19:50] A song for Afghanistan, a team reunited.
[00:19:53] reunited. These players have travelled travelled from across the world for
[00:19:57] for two friendlies in Auckland against
[00:20:00] against the Cook Islands. The first
[00:20:03] first since Fifa allowed Afghanistan's
[00:20:05] Afghanistan's team in exile back back into international football.
[00:20:08] football. We want Afghanistan to to be free and we want Afghan girls
[00:20:11] girls and women to be free, to be
[00:20:14] be able to choose who they want to
[00:20:16] to be. We want to prove that we are are still here. We still fighting
[00:20:20] fighting for the rights that you you took away from us. Five years
[00:20:23] years ago. Everything changed for
[00:20:25] for them almost overnight when the
[00:20:28] the Taliban returned to power, women
[00:20:30] women were banned from playing sports.
[00:20:33] sports. Afghanistan's women's team team was forced into exile, unable
[00:20:37] unable to represent their country. country. They were scattered across
[00:20:41] across the world. I was bullied throughout throughout high school and football football gave me the confidence to
[00:20:44] to be who I am today and to be able able to speak loud so I don't know
[00:20:48] know where I would be. One, two, two, three. Now they are back together
[00:20:52] together rebuilding the team. They
[00:20:54] They thought they had lost. For these
[00:20:56] these players, football is more than than a game. I wanted to use this
[00:21:00] this platform to advocate for the the war in Afghanistan who haven't
[00:21:02] haven't been allowed to study for
[00:21:04] for the past five years. Obviously
[00:21:07] Obviously the book The Rose, who
[00:21:09] who is a representation of women
[00:21:12] women and the date August 15th and
[00:21:14] and the date that Afghanistan fell.
[00:21:18] fell. These matches are only the
[00:21:20] the beginning. The aim is to rebuild
[00:21:23] rebuild Afghanistan's team in exile
[00:21:24] exile and to compete for a place
[00:21:28] place at the 2028 Olympic Games. Games. I will be proud of the team
[00:21:31] team and proud of myself that I was was part of the journey and I remade
[00:21:35] remade the history by being the first
[00:21:37] first like football team to get our our recognition without the approval
[00:21:41] approval of the Taliban. I'm so proud proud of our young players who played played today. Great game. Don't cry.
[00:21:45] cry. Don't put our heads down. It's
[00:21:46] It's more than football for us. Afghanistan
[00:21:49] Afghanistan lost both matches to
[00:21:50] to the Cook Islands, but after years
[00:21:53] years in exile simply wearing their
[00:21:55] their country's colours again is
[00:21:57] is a victory. Their Olympic dream dream is is still alive. We don't
[00:22:01] don't know when we're going to see see each other again, but it's just
[00:22:04] just always amazing to have the second
[00:22:05] second time. I've got it done. Mahjooba
[00:22:11] Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Auckland. Great Great to see the team back together
[00:22:13] together again. Now to a story of of if you need a head for heights
[00:22:17] heights for this one, I can tell tell you a 97-year-old woman has
[00:22:20] has successfully broken her own world world record to become the oldest
[00:22:24] oldest person to complete a wing
[00:22:26] wing walk. Betty Bromage started
[00:22:29] started fundraising by completing completing the stunts a decade ago. ago. Her most recent attempt raised
[00:22:33] raised money for staff who helped helped her recover from a stroke.
[00:22:37] stroke. Well, our reporter Steve
[00:22:39] Steve Knibb was there to see her
[00:22:41] her flying very high. Betty's back
[00:22:48] back 97 years young and taking to
[00:22:50] to the skies again. I just get bored
[00:22:52] bored with life. Otherwise when you
[00:22:54] you get old you can't go here. You You can't do this. You can't drive,
[00:22:58] drive, you can't see. I can't see
[00:22:59] see very well. And I get a bit frustrated.
[00:23:02] frustrated. So I want to do the things
[00:23:04] things that I can do. Up in the air.
[00:23:07] air. Betty's at home in her element element on the ground. Her friends
[00:23:10] friends and neighbours from her retirement retirement village in Cheltenham
[00:23:13] Cheltenham watch on nervously. Oh,
[00:23:17] Oh, Betty, what. Was it like watching watching her doing loop the loops
[00:23:19] loops in there? I was here four years
[00:23:22] years ago. Oh, for makes You want want to cry. But yeah, she got on
[00:23:26] on fantastic. Yeah. So proud of her. her. It's incredible. I mean, she's
[00:23:29] she's partially sighted, in fact, fact, almost blind. And yet she can
[00:23:33] can do this. This isn't the first first time she's done something like
[00:23:36] like this, but at her age it's just
[00:23:38] just amazing, isn't it? So, no, she's she's a wonder. Betty started all
[00:23:42] all this ten years ago at the age age of 87. She's since abseiled down
[00:23:46] down a tower in Cheltenham and took took on a zipwire in Snowdonia. And
[00:23:50] And today she pushed the envelope envelope even further, asking the
[00:23:53] the pilot to throw in a barrel roll.
[00:23:56] roll. Oh, my God. She explains to
[00:23:59] to me inside that it's something something that she really is keen
[00:24:02] keen to do all the time, even at
[00:24:04] at her age. So so I just think it's it's absolutely fantastic. And for for me, it's such a privilege to
[00:24:08] to be able to do that. All of this this was done to raise money for
[00:24:12] for the stroke unit in Cheltenham. Cheltenham. They helped Betty when
[00:24:15] when she had a stroke last year. year. So kind to me and straight
[00:24:18] straight away the treatment I got
[00:24:22] got it affects my words. I go to to say a word and it doesn't always
[00:24:26] always come out, but the rest of of me I'm fit as a fiddle. Well for
[00:24:30] for a 97-year-old. Today the staff
[00:24:33] staff sent her a good luck message.
[00:24:36] message. Grateful for the support. Thank you Betty. Just
[00:24:41] support. Thank you Betty. Just amazing amazing that she's doing this for for us. We're so grateful. And to,
[00:24:45] to, you know, go up and wing walk walk and take on such a daring and
[00:24:49] and incredible challenge to support support our stroke services team. team. It's just amazing. We're so
[00:24:52] so grateful. We really appreciate appreciate what she's doing. Back
[00:24:56] Back on the ground. Betty took it it all in her stride with confirmation
[00:24:59] confirmation that she broke her own own world record yet again as the
[00:25:03] the oldest female wing, Walker. Officially
[00:25:06] Officially amazing. For Betty, there's there's the thrill, the fundraising,
[00:25:10] fundraising, the excitement. But But she lives by a motto she learned
[00:25:13] learned at a younger age. I was a a trained children's nurse and I I went to work in Doctor Barnardo's
[00:25:17] Barnardo's home in Bristol and above above my bed it said we passed through
[00:25:20] through this world, but once any
[00:25:23] any good we can do any kindness we
[00:25:25] we can show. Do it now. Do not defer defer or neglect it. You'll not pass
[00:25:28] pass this way again. And it's so
[00:25:31] so true, isn't it? 100%. And of course
[00:25:35] course this isn't over in two and and a half years' time, Betty has
[00:25:38] has promised to take to the skies skies again when she turns 100 to
[00:25:41] to become a magnificent centenarian centenarian on a flying machine.
[00:25:45] machine. Steve Knibbs, BBC News Renkum.
[00:25:49] Renkum. Just incredible. Well done done Betty. Now if you thought you you couldn't go any higher, well,
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