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[00:00:14] with BBC News. I'm Karin Giannone Giannone the headlines. Iran says
[00:00:17] says a deal with Oman on a shipping shipping route through the Strait
[00:00:20] Strait of Hormuz
[00:00:24] final stages. Plans for walk in mental mental health centres to open in
[00:00:27] in banks and
[00:01:11] continuing its crackdown on Russia Russia with tough new sanctions.
[00:01:13] sanctions. In the words of this release release from the Foreign Office.
[00:01:16] Office. The Foreign Secretary, Ed Ed Miliband, says he is stepping
[00:01:19] stepping up the UK's action against against Russia with new sanctions
[00:01:23] sanctions targeting the Kremlin's Kremlin's military machine, oil and
[00:01:26] and gas revenues and ageing shadow
[00:01:28] shadow fleet. It goes on to say that
[00:01:30] that the government continues to to support Ukraine after the Prime
[00:01:33] Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Secretary welcomed President Zelensky
[00:01:36] Zelensky to the UK last week. The The statement goes on to say that
[00:01:39] that Russian banks shadow fleet ships ships and shady businesses have been
[00:01:43] been slapped with UK sanctions for
[00:01:45] for their role in Russias barbaric
[00:01:48] barbaric war on Ukraine. They say.
[00:01:50] say. In his first major sanctions sanctions package, Ed Miliband is
[00:01:54] is in the statements words reinforcing reinforcing the UK's commitment to
[00:01:57] to the people of Ukraine by announcing announcing new measures against those
[00:02:00] those supporting the Kremlin's war
[00:02:01] war effort. And the package targets
[00:02:04] targets individuals and businesses businesses enabling Russia's war
[00:02:07] war with Ukraine further constraining constraining the networks and revenue
[00:02:10] revenue streams on which the Kremlin Kremlin relies. We'll give you more
[00:02:13] more on that as we get it here on
[00:02:17] on BBC News. Here the government government says it's launching the
[00:02:20] the biggest redesign of mental health
[00:02:22] health services in a generation up
[00:02:24] up to 159 new NHS mental health centres centres are planned across England,
[00:02:28] England, but the scale of the challenge challenge is immense. 1 in 5 people
[00:02:32] people struggles with their mental mental health and thousands turn
[00:02:34] turn up in A&E when they get to crisis crisis point because they can't find
[00:02:38] find help elsewhere. With more, here's
[00:02:41] here's Chloe Hayward. 123. A year
[00:02:44] year ago, a new mental health facility
[00:02:46] facility opened in east London, and and its success means the model is
[00:02:49] is now being rolled out across England.
[00:02:52] England. The NHS centre brings specialist specialist teams to the community,
[00:02:55] community, helping people in crisis crisis and preventing A&E admissions.
[00:02:59] admissions. We want to have conversations conversations with people really really early on so we can work out
[00:03:02] out what people need and also point point them in the right direction. direction. Once we've worked out
[00:03:06] out what the problem is. Just walking walking round to the main entrance.
[00:03:09] entrance. This facility is one of of six pilot centres that have had
[00:03:13] had a big impact. Local hospital hospital stays have halved in length
[00:03:17] length and over three months. The The total number of hospital bed
[00:03:20] bed days went down from 216 to just
[00:03:23] just 81. And straight away you can can see it's quite an open area.
[00:03:26] area. Today's announcement by the the Department of Health means 100
[00:03:29] 100 community mental health hubs hubs on top of the six pilots will
[00:03:33] will be open by 2029, offering walk
[00:03:35] walk in support without an appointment. appointment. There will also be 59
[00:03:39] 59 new dedicated mental health emergency emergency departments, giving people
[00:03:43] people specialist care when in crisis.
[00:03:45] crisis. The rollout is backed by
[00:03:48] by nearly £350 million from the capital capital investment. Starmer's government
[00:03:52] government announced. The hope is is that bringing more accessible
[00:03:55] accessible help closer to home for
[00:03:57] for patients will reduce A&E admissions admissions overall and for those
[00:04:00] those in crisis, bring them the right right care rather than a long wait
[00:04:04] wait in a busy and inappropriately inappropriately equipped emergency
[00:04:06] emergency unit. The pilots have worked. worked. The evidence is there that
[00:04:09] that it's better for people. It's It's more helpful for the investment
[00:04:13] investment that we're putting into into the health system. So now we we need to get moving, rolling these
[00:04:16] these out as fast as possible, getting getting them across every part of
[00:04:19] of the country so that we deliver deliver the care that people actually
[00:04:22] actually need to help them get better, better, get back to work and actually
[00:04:25] actually live a full and flourishing flourishing life. Demand for mental
[00:04:29] mental health services has risen risen sharply, particularly among
[00:04:33] among children and young people, people, with around 1 in 5 experiencing
[00:04:36] experiencing a common mental health health condition each year. The Samaritans
[00:04:40] Samaritans say they receive a call
[00:04:42] call every 10s and that these facilities
[00:04:44] facilities need to open as fast as
[00:04:47] as possible. Chloe Hayward BBC News.
[00:04:50] News. With me is the BBC health correspondent correspondent Nick Triggle and Nick,
[00:04:53] Nick, whichever way you look at it, it, the need for mental health services
[00:04:57] services is enormous. Yes, many of of us do struggle with our mental
[00:05:00] mental health. 1 in 5 have a probable probable mental health condition.
[00:05:04] condition. But when we need help, help, it's often difficult to find
[00:05:08] find services that can support us. us. We know there's long waiting
[00:05:12] waiting times for many mental health health services. So what the government government is trying to do here is
[00:05:15] is make it easier to access this
[00:05:18] this network of what they're calling calling mental health hubs will be
[00:05:21] be based on a walk in service, so so people can just turn up when they
[00:05:24] they need it, when they're facing facing significant distress or facing
[00:05:27] facing a crisis. The idea is they they can just immediately access
[00:05:31] access these services. Some will will be in community locations close
[00:05:34] close to people's homes. Even as as we heard libraries and banks may
[00:05:37] may host these. Some will be in purpose
[00:05:41] purpose built buildings and a bunch
[00:05:42] bunch of them will also be attached attached to emergency departments.
[00:05:46] departments. Because we know a lot lot of people when they're struggling struggling and having a crisis, they
[00:05:50] they will turn up at an A&E department, department, but that's not the best
[00:05:53] best place for them to be so attached
[00:05:55] attached to. Some emergency departments departments will be these areas that
[00:05:58] that will be staffed by specialists specialists who can provide the support support people need when they're
[00:06:02] they're struggling. We hear so often often how stretched government finances
[00:06:06] finances are. Where is the money money coming from to build a network
[00:06:10] network like this? Well, this is is coming from within the NHS budget.
[00:06:13] budget. The government has announced announced the budget will be increasing
[00:06:16] increasing in the coming years. So So it's been found from that budget.
[00:06:20] budget. The other question that is is being asked by people working working in the NHS is what about
[00:06:24] about the staffing? Now a lot of of these services are bringing together
[00:06:28] together kind of existing services services that are sort of scattered,
[00:06:31] scattered, scattered around. So it's it's not clear how many new staff
[00:06:35] staff will be used in these services. services. And that's crucial because because of course there's huge demand
[00:06:38] demand and already services are overstretched.
[00:06:42] overstretched. So charities and the
[00:06:43] the Royal College of Nursing is asking asking about staffing. It will take
[00:06:47] take a number of years for these these services to open. The first
[00:06:51] first services. New services will will be open in the autumn, but it
[00:06:54] it could take till 2029 to get this this whole network going. There is
[00:06:58] is already some services open because because these are based on pilots
[00:07:01] pilots that have been run in the the last couple of years. So there's
[00:07:04] there's six mental health hubs in
[00:07:05] in the community and 23 mental health health emergency departments already
[00:07:09] already running. So some are already already there, but it will take a
[00:07:12] a while to get the whole network network going. And I imagine that that hope is that this would ease
[00:07:16] ease the pressure, particularly on on accident and emergency departments.
[00:07:19] departments. Yes. I mean, we know
[00:07:21] know many thousands, maybe 1 in 50
[00:07:23] 50 people who attend A and E are are attending for a mental health
[00:07:27] health problem. So it should relieve relieve the pressure on those. And
[00:07:29] And those people often face long long waits because emergency departments departments aren't really set up
[00:07:33] up to deal with the problems they're they're presenting with what the
[00:07:37] the hope is. And in the pilot areas areas this has been shown to happen
[00:07:40] happen is that it reduces demand demand on the inpatient mental health
[00:07:44] health services, the mental health health hospitals we're seeing fewer
[00:07:47] fewer stays there because people people are getting help just before
[00:07:51] before they reach real crisis point.
[00:07:53] point. And of course, for any health health condition that's vital to
[00:07:56] to get that early support. Very interesting. interesting. Nick, thank you very
[00:07:59] very much. Nick Triggle. Japan's
[00:08:03] Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Takaichi has for the first time led
[00:08:06] led commemorations in Hiroshima on on the anniversary of the world's
[00:08:09] world's first use of nuclear weapons weapons 81 years ago, the United
[00:08:13] United States dropped an atom bomb bomb on the city at the end of the
[00:08:16] the Second World War. An estimated
[00:08:19] estimated 140,000 people were killed. killed. In her address, Ms Takaichi
[00:08:23] Takaichi reaffirmed Japan's three three non-nuclear principles of not
[00:08:26] not possessing, producing or allowing
[00:08:27] allowing nuclear weapons on its territory.
[00:08:31] territory. The Nigerian government government says more than 300 people
[00:08:34] people have been freed in what it's it's described as the largest ever
[00:08:37] ever rescue operation by the security security forces in a single day.
[00:08:40] day. More than half of the kidnapped
[00:08:42] kidnapped victims were seized by by suspected jihadists jihadists
[00:08:46] jihadists in Kwara State six months
[00:08:48] months ago. The rest were taken from
[00:08:50] from Niger State. The attack in Kwara Kwara targeted two villages near
[00:08:54] near the border with Benin. At least
[00:08:56] least 75 people were killed. Ousted
[00:09:00] Ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans
[00:09:03] plans to return to Bangladesh in in December despite facing the death
[00:09:06] death penalty there for crimes against against humanity. In her first virtual
[00:09:10] virtual media conference since fleeing fleeing to India, she said it was
[00:09:13] was her duty to return voluntarily
[00:09:15] voluntarily and help restore democracy democracy and justice. Hasina fled
[00:09:18] fled to India in 2024 after student
[00:09:21] student led protests forced her from from power and has remained in exile
[00:09:24] exile since. She denies the charges
[00:09:29] charges against her. The Afghan women's women's football team are banned
[00:09:33] banned from all organised sport at at home. The squad was evacuated
[00:09:36] evacuated and scattered across the the world but now, against the odds,
[00:09:39] odds, they've reunited and could could soon represent Afghanistan
[00:09:42] Afghanistan in official matches. matches. And that's because football's football's governing body changed
[00:09:46] changed its rules, giving them a a path back to the international
[00:09:49] international stage. Mahjooba Nowrouzi Nowrouzi from BBC Global Women travelled
[00:09:52] travelled with them on that journey.
[00:09:57] journey. At the time. A song for
[00:10:02] for Afghanistan, a team reunited.
[00:10:04] reunited. These players have travelled travelled from across the world for
[00:10:08] for two friendlies in Auckland against
[00:10:10] against the Cook Islands. The first
[00:10:14] first since Fifa allowed Afghanistan's
[00:10:16] Afghanistan's team in exile back back into international football.
[00:10:19] football. We want Afghanistan to to be free and we want Afghan girls
[00:10:22] girls and women to be free, to be
[00:10:25] be able to choose who they want to to be. We want to prove that we are
[00:10:29] are still here. We still fighting fighting for the rights that you
[00:10:32] you took away from us. Five years
[00:10:34] years ago. Everything changed for
[00:10:36] for them almost overnight when the
[00:10:39] the Taliban
[00:11:13] the women of Afghanistan who haven't haven't been allowed to study for
[00:11:15] for the past five years. Obviously,
[00:11:17] Obviously, the book The Rose, who
[00:11:20] who is a representation of women
[00:11:23] women and the date August 15th and
[00:11:25] and the date that Afghanistan fell.
[00:11:29] fell. These matches are only the
[00:11:31] the beginning. The aim is to rebuild
[00:11:33] rebuild Afghanistan's team in exile
[00:11:35] exile and to compete for a place
[00:11:39] place at the 2028 Olympic Games. Games. I would be proud of the team
[00:11:42] team and proud of myself that I was
[00:11:44] was part of the journey and we made made history by being the first like
[00:11:48] like football team to get our recognition recognition without the approval
[00:11:51] approval of the Taliban. I'm so proud proud of our young players who played played today. Great game. Don't cry,
[00:11:55] cry, don't put our heads down. It's
[00:11:57] It's more than football for us. Afghanistan
[00:12:00] Afghanistan lost both matches to
[00:12:01] to the Cook Islands, but after years
[00:12:04] years in exile, simply wearing their
[00:12:06] their country's colours again is
[00:12:08] is a victory. Their Olympic dream dream is still alive. We don't know
[00:12:12] know when we're going to see each each other again, but it's just always
[00:12:15] always amazing to have the second
[00:12:16] second family. I'm gonna talk. Mahjooba
[00:12:21] Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Auckland. Africa's Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote
[00:12:25] Dangote has told the BBC about his his plans to build a new oil refinery
[00:12:29] refinery in Kenya, which he says
[00:12:31] says will help African countries
[00:12:33] countries become energy self-sufficient. self-sufficient. Nancy Kacungira Kacungira caught up with Mr Dangote
[00:12:37] Dangote in Lagos and began by asking
[00:12:38] asking him how advanced the
[00:12:42] plans for the refinery are. The plans plans have actually gone very far
[00:12:45] far with
[00:13:15] think by latest by October we'll
[00:13:16] we'll be doing, groundbreaking once
[00:13:20] once we break ground, we will start
[00:13:22] start the construction very soon.
[00:13:25] soon. We're really planning something something very big within the African
[00:13:29] African continent. And a lot of people people say, well, does the refinery
[00:13:32] refinery in East Africa, does it it make sense? It makes a lot of
[00:13:36] of sense because the refinery is is not only for Kenya. That's why
[00:13:40] why we are calling it East African
[00:13:44] African refinery, you know, so that
[00:13:46] that can serve a lot of countries countries up to even Egypt. How much
[00:13:49] much do you expect the East African African refinery to cost? We. Thought
[00:13:53] Thought it was going to cost 17 billion, billion, but it's going to cost much.
[00:13:56] much. It will cost less than that.
[00:13:58] that. We are looking at about 15
[00:14:01] 15 or $16 billion. Why will it cost cost less than you originally anticipated?
[00:14:05] anticipated? Because this one will
[00:14:07] will be faster. So in terms of financing
[00:14:09] financing costs will be less. And
[00:14:12] And then also you know, we are wiser
[00:14:17] wiser as a company then that when when we built this one because we
[00:14:21] we are just learning when we built built the one here. So that is really
[00:14:24] really what is helping us. So in
[00:14:26] in terms of timing, we'll be able
[00:14:28] able to build in less than four years.
[00:14:31] years. So the location is decided. decided. What about the financing.
[00:14:33] financing. Are you looking at cash cash debt equity. Yeah. Well looking
[00:14:36] looking at. All that you know equity
[00:14:40] equity and debt. So 30% is going
[00:14:43] going to be equity. And then, 70%
[00:14:47] 70% will be debt. But we know we we don't have any problem raising
[00:14:50] raising the money. So what do you
[00:14:53] you see as the impact that this refinery refinery could have on energy security,
[00:14:57] security, not. Just to have a massive
[00:15:00] massive impact really, and then also also it guarantees the countries
[00:15:04] countries getting their own products products that are not going to live
[00:15:06] live hand to mouth. You know, this. this. And then, you know, the refinery
[00:15:10] refinery is there. It's for them. them. Around the world and across
[00:15:14] across the UK.
[00:16:18] question on BBC News. The family
[00:16:25] family of Meredith Kercher, the British British exchange student who was
[00:16:29] was murdered while studying abroad abroad in Italy in 2007, is calling
[00:16:32] calling for the cancellation of a a comedy show being performed by
[00:16:36] by Amanda Knox, Meredith's roommate roommate who was twice convicted
[00:16:39] convicted then acquitted of her murder. murder. Meredith was killed while
[00:16:42] while studying abroad in the Italian
[00:16:44] Italian city of Perugia in 2007. 2007. She was found dead in an apartment
[00:16:48] apartment she shared with Amanda
[00:16:50] Amanda Knox. Amanda and her then then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito
[00:16:54] Sollecito were initially convicted convicted of her murder and jailed, jailed, but both were later cleared
[00:16:57] cleared after years of court proceedings.
[00:17:01] proceedings. A third defendant, Rudy Rudy Guede, whose DNA was found at
[00:17:03] at the scene, was convicted of murdering
[00:17:07] murdering Meredith in 2008. He was
[00:17:08] was released from prison in 2021.
[00:17:11] 2021. Since being cleared of any any involvement in Meredith's death,
[00:17:14] death, Amanda has told her story story a number of times through books,
[00:17:18] books, documentaries and in a TV TV drama. Meredith's family have
[00:17:21] have spoken in the past of the pain. pain. Amanda's projects have caused
[00:17:24] caused them arguing they overshadow overshadow Meredith's memory. Amanda's
[00:17:28] Amanda's new show was due to place place at take the Edinburgh Fringe Fringe Festival. It's being described
[00:17:32] described as a stand up comedy show, show, referencing the time she spent
[00:17:35] spent in jail in Italy and how she's
[00:17:37] she's since tried to explain it to to her young children. Meredith's
[00:17:41] Meredith's sister Stephanie, told told BBC Breakfast the show makes
[00:17:44] makes light of violence against women women and causes pain for the family.
[00:17:48] family. 19 years on. The family obviously
[00:17:52] obviously it's very personal to us us and affects her friends as well. well. Still, obviously, you know
[00:17:56] know it's left a massive void in
[00:17:58] in our lives and Amanda is naturally
[00:18:01] naturally free to continue with her her life as she wishes. But I think
[00:18:05] think the problem with this particular
[00:18:09] particular project is that it is is comedy. And whilst I appreciate
[00:18:13] appreciate comedy, is there to push
[00:18:14] push the boundaries and you know
[00:18:18] know it very much normalises and and trivialises violence against
[00:18:21] against women and Meredith in particular.
[00:18:24] particular. I think in this case
[00:18:28] case it's a position where it's not
[00:18:30] not a generic topic. It's targeting
[00:18:32] targeting an individual traumatic traumatic case and an individual
[00:18:36] individual person and family. And
[00:18:38] And I feel very strongly that that that Meredith wouldn't agree with
[00:18:42] with that. And obviously I have read read certain comments that she's
[00:18:45] she's made that Meredith would have have found it funny. And Meredith
[00:18:49] Meredith absolutely wouldn't find find these topics of, you know, any
[00:18:53] any comedy value. Meredith's sister
[00:18:56] sister Stephanie shares in the Google Google owner alphabet, have been
[00:19:00] been falling after a shake up at at the top of the company's AI business.
[00:19:04] business. Demis Hassabis, CEO of of Google DeepMind, is set to become
[00:19:07] become chief scientist at alphabet. alphabet. It comes as four of Google's
[00:19:11] Google's AI researchers announced announced they were leaving to start start their own company. Here's our
[00:19:14] our North America business correspondent
[00:19:16] correspondent Samira Hussain. Google Google is under immense pressure
[00:19:20] pressure as it competes with the the likes of Anthropic and OpenAI.
[00:19:24] OpenAI. It is why this big shake
[00:19:27] shake up of their AI leadership has has investors just so nervous. There
[00:19:30] There are worries that alphabet has
[00:19:32] has actually fallen behind in the
[00:19:35] the AI race, even though it created
[00:19:37] created some of the key technologies
[00:19:39] technologies that are underpinning underpinning current AI models. Now
[00:19:42] Now also remember like other tech tech firms, Google continues to spend
[00:19:46] spend big on AI data centres and
[00:19:48] and such to the tune of somewhere
[00:19:52] somewhere between 195 to $205 billion. billion. That's an awful lot of money
[00:19:56] money to spend on a division of a a company that is going through such
[00:19:59] such a massive shake up. AI is proving
[00:20:02] proving to be a useful tool in tackling tackling this summer's record. Wildfires
[00:20:06] Wildfires in Europe coupled with with satellite imagery, artificial
[00:20:10] artificial intelligence models are are helping emergency services to
[00:20:12] to detect fires earlier and forecast forecast how they'll spread. We've
[00:20:15] We've been speaking to Doctor Axel Axel Roenneke of OroraTech, which
[00:20:19] which helped develop Greece's first first national wildfire detection
[00:20:22] detection system. He's been telling
[00:20:24] telling us how it works. So from
[00:20:28] from space we can continuously monitor
[00:20:31] monitor fires with satellites that
[00:20:33] that measure infrared. So we measure
[00:20:37] measure heat rather than visible visible smoke or flames. And we scan
[00:20:40] scan the Earth's surface surface
[00:20:43] surface looking for heat signatures
[00:20:45] signatures frequently and globally. globally. So with that information
[00:20:49] information combined with weather
[00:20:51] weather vegetation and terrain data,
[00:20:54] data, our AI turns millions of data
[00:20:57] data points into a simple alert and
[00:20:59] and actionable insight like how the
[00:21:01] the fire evolves, where it goes and
[00:21:03] and how important it is. Wildfires
[00:21:08] Wildfires need to be detected earlier earlier if you want to if you want
[00:21:11] want to act on a manageable size
[00:21:13] size of the fire. Once fires get
[00:21:16] get beyond a certain size, there
[00:21:19] there is no control. So the earlier earlier you can detect a fire and
[00:21:22] and even predict where fires are
[00:21:24] are likely to happen, you can put put forces on the ground, be prepared
[00:21:28] prepared and react when the fire fire is still manageable. And this
[00:21:31] this is where we need to get to go.
[00:21:34] go. Obviously there's like also in in the prevention part that we need
[00:21:37] need to do things like, removing
[00:21:40] removing vegetation early enough,
[00:21:43] enough, etc. Is there a risk that that this kind of technology could
[00:21:46] could promote maybe some complacency complacency about climate change
[00:21:49] change that we rely on technology
[00:21:51] technology to help mitigate its worst
[00:21:54] worst impacts? No, we are currently
[00:21:58] currently using in firefighting often often technologies that are, you
[00:22:01] you know, 100 years old and we just
[00:22:03] just need to catch up and use what,
[00:22:05] what, what we have at hand, to, battle
[00:22:10] battle wildfires, with the appropriate appropriate means. OK. And setting
[00:22:13] setting up systems and infrastructure. infrastructure. This is like roads
[00:22:16] roads and bridges and and IT infrastructure. infrastructure. This is something
[00:22:20] something that every country should
[00:22:21] should have. British scientists say say vaccines which don't need to
[00:22:25] to be kept cool in a fridge, have have been successfully trialled in
[00:22:28] in patients for the first time. Around
[00:22:30] Around half of all vaccines are wasted
[00:22:33] wasted each year, often after freezing freezing or becoming too hot. The
[00:22:37] The trials were of the tetanus diphtheria
[00:22:40] diphtheria jab, which is normally
[00:22:41] normally a liquid. A 97-year-old
[00:22:46] 97-year-old woman has successfully successfully broken her own world
[00:22:48] world record to become the oldest oldest woman to complete a wing walk.
[00:22:52] walk. Betty Bromage started fundraising fundraising by completing the stunts
[00:22:55] stunts a decade ago. Her most recent recent attempt raised money for staff
[00:22:58] staff who helped her recover from from a stroke. Our reporter Steve
[00:23:01] Steve Knibbs was there to see her
[00:23:04] her flying high. Betty's back 97
[00:23:09] 97 years young and taking to the
[00:23:11] the skies again. I just get bored bored with life. Otherwise when you
[00:23:15] you get old you can't go here. You You can't do this. You can't drive,
[00:23:19] drive, you can't see. I can't see
[00:23:21] see very well. And I get a bit frustrated.
[00:23:25] frustrated. Up in the air. Betty's Betty's at home in her element on
[00:23:28] on the ground, her friends and neighbours neighbours from her retirement village
[00:23:31] village in Cheltenham watch on nervously.
[00:23:35] nervously. Oh, Betty. Betty started started all this ten years ago at
[00:23:39] at the age of 87. She's since abseiled abseiled down a tower in Cheltenham
[00:23:42] Cheltenham and took on a zipwire zipwire in Snowdonia. And today she
[00:23:46] she pushed the envelope even further, further, asking the pilot to throw
[00:23:49] throw in a barrel roll. Oh, my God.
[00:23:53] God. All of this was done to raise raise money for the stroke unit in
[00:23:57] in Cheltenham. They helped Betty Betty when she had a stroke last
[00:24:00] last year. So kind to me and straight
[00:24:01] straight away the treatment I got
[00:24:05] got it affects my words. I'd go to to say a word and it doesn't always
[00:24:09] always come out. But the rest of of me I'm fit as a fiddle. Well for
[00:24:13] for a 97-year-old. Today the staff
[00:24:16] staff sent her a good luck message.
[00:24:19] message. Grateful for the support.
[00:24:21] support. Thank you Betty. It's just
[00:24:24] just amazing that she's doing this this for us. We're so grateful. And
[00:24:28] And to, you know, go up and wing wing walk and take on such a daring
[00:24:31] daring and incredible challenge and and to support our stroke services services team. It's just amazing.
[00:24:35] amazing. We're so grateful. We really
[00:24:37] really appreciate what she's doing. doing. Back on the ground. Betty
[00:24:40] Betty took it all in her stride with with confirmation that she broke
[00:24:43] broke her own world record yet again again as the oldest female wing,
[00:24:47] wing, Walker. Officially amazing.
[00:24:50] amazing. I was a trained children's children's nurse and I went to work
[00:24:52] work in Doctor Barnardo's home in in Bristol and above my bed it said
[00:24:56] said we've passed through this world, world, but once any good we can do
[00:25:00] do any kindness we can show. Do it it now. Do not defer or neglect it.
[00:25:04] it. You shall not pass this way again. again. In two and a half years' time
[00:25:08] time Betty has promised to take to to the skies again when she turns
[00:25:11] turns 100 to become a magnificent magnificent centenarian on a flying
[00:25:15] flying machine. Steve Knibbs, BBC
[00:25:17] BBC News Renkum. And obviously keeps
[00:25:21] keeps you young. Now before we go go they say you should never look
[00:25:24] look directly at the sun. But scientists scientists have been doing just that
[00:25:27] that and they have shed some light
[00:25:29] light on the surface of our nearest
[00:25:31] nearest star. Have a look at these.
[00:25:34] these. This is image captured using
[00:25:36] using the world's most powerful solar
[00:25:38] solar telescope. They show whirlpools whirlpools of activity that have
[00:25:41] have never been seen before. It's
[00:25:44] It's the sun's magnetic field actually actually being twisted and moved
[00:25:48] moved by the motion of the hot gas.
[00:25:50] gas. This unprecedented detail could could also help us back on earth.
[00:25:53] earth. We learn to predict the bursts bursts of energy that can disrupt
[00:25:57] disrupt satellites as well as power power grids. Amazing pictures from
[00:26:01] from the sun. I'll be back in a few few minutes with the headlines.
[00:26:05] from the sun. I'll
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