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[00:00:16] Welcome back to BBC News. Let's turn turn to our main. Headlines here.
[00:00:19] here. New strikes hit two refineries refineries deep inside Russia as
[00:00:23] as a wave of Ukrainian drones target
[00:00:25] target the country. Meta becomes becomes the latest firm to say one
[00:00:29] one of its AI models hacked another
[00:00:32] another company. The family of the the murdered British exchange student
[00:00:35] student Meredith Kercher calls on on Amanda Knox, originally a suspect
[00:00:39] suspect in the case, to abandon plans
[00:00:40] plans for a stand up comedy show. show. Think about the family here.
[00:00:44] here. Think about her friends and
[00:00:49] and to. Turn the tables. If it was
[00:00:51] was your sister that this had happened
[00:00:54] happened to. And Afghanistan's exiled
[00:00:58] exiled women footballers make an an international comeback after a
[00:01:01] a change in Fifa rules. Well, let's
[00:01:07] let's go straight back to that breaking breaking news for the last couple
[00:01:10] couple of moments. Reports of major major disruptions to rail services services across parts of England
[00:01:14] England due to an electrical failure. failure. Let's get more straight
[00:01:17] straight away from our correspondent correspondent Sean Dilley, who's who's joined me here in the studio.
[00:01:21] studio. So tell us more. Yeah, we we know from National Rail that there's
[00:01:24] there's major rail disruption. The
[00:01:26] The cause of that is a power failure failure at a communications centre.
[00:01:30] centre. And just to explain, there there are communications centres centres that co-ordinate train movements
[00:01:33] movements up and down the country.
[00:01:35] country. Those belonging to the rail
[00:01:38] rail track and individual companies. companies. Now we know that much
[00:01:41] much of this is in the north of England,
[00:01:44] England, Manchester and in the north-west.
[00:01:47] north-west. Trains across that area area are going to be cancelled, delayed
[00:01:50] delayed by up to 60 minutes or rescheduled.
[00:01:52] rescheduled. So in as far as possible possible we are keeping in touch
[00:01:55] touch with this via people contacting contacting us on the BBC app live
[00:01:58] live page. Keep those coming in. in. We're hearing obviously the train
[00:02:02] train companies are working as fast fast as they can to deal with this,
[00:02:05] this, but it's been very much a shock
[00:02:09] shock to those organising these things things as we speak. Managers will
[00:02:12] will be in meetings trying to move move people from A to B, but. It
[00:02:15] It will involve thousands of trains. trains. Tell me a little more then
[00:02:19] then about the sorts of stories and and accounts already that are coming
[00:02:22] coming in from passengers. Well, Well, we're hearing about people
[00:02:24] people being stopped on trains outside outside Manchester. Difficulties
[00:02:28] Difficulties in communication with with people asking staff questions. questions. They simply are. They're
[00:02:31] They're not going to know the answer
[00:02:34] answer to those questions. Much of of that is around how do I get from
[00:02:38] from station A to station B? But But at the moment and as we speak,
[00:02:41] speak, as you say, thousands of services services potentially impacted thousands
[00:02:44] thousands of passengers slightly slightly or potentially very delayed.
[00:02:48] delayed. But we do understand that that the disruption, though it should should continue through to the end
[00:02:51] end of today. They are working at at pace to make sure passengers can
[00:02:55] can seek alternative routes, and
[00:02:57] and those logistics and those contingencies contingencies are being put into
[00:03:00] into place as we speak. I know that that people are sort of trying to to actually battle through all of
[00:03:04] of this as we're talking now, but but when it comes to things like
[00:03:07] like compensation, a train companies companies already giving people details.
[00:03:11] details. Yes, slightly. We've got got some of the details of that.
[00:03:14] that. So for example, looking at
[00:03:17] at Avanti West Coast, they are talking talking about tickets being valid
[00:03:20] valid on various networks. The two two trains before or later in the
[00:03:25] the day. There is of course the delay delay repay scheme. So lots of those
[00:03:27] those details again available on
[00:03:29] on the BBC app as we speak. So anybody
[00:03:32] anybody can claim that delay, repay repay and speak to staff because
[00:03:35] because the advice is your ticket ticket may be valid on other services
[00:03:38] services throughout the day. Well Well thanks very much. Let me just
[00:03:42] just add a line that's come from from our North of England reporter reporter Rowan Bridge. He's on one
[00:03:46] one of those trains talking about about spending an hour and a quarter quarter caught up in the disruption.
[00:03:49] disruption. It came to a halt, he he says, outside of Manchester making
[00:03:52] making it to Macclesfield. And then then again it came to another standstill.
[00:03:56] standstill. So we hope to talk to to Rowan. He's still on the board
[00:03:58] board that train apparently, and and there on the screen is the live
[00:04:02] live page and that is constantly constantly being updated and that
[00:04:05] that would be so useful in the coming
[00:04:07] coming hours as we try to make sense
[00:04:09] sense of what trains are disrupted, disrupted, where they've got them
[00:04:12] them back running and the likely likely delays and how long they're
[00:04:15] they're going to go on for. So do
[00:04:17] do keep right up to date using that
[00:04:21] that page. Now let's return to one one of those headline stories because
[00:04:24] because the sister of the murdered murdered British exchange student
[00:04:27] student Meredith Kercher has appealed appealed to Amanda Knox not to go
[00:04:30] go ahead with a comedy show at the the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Amanda
[00:04:34] Amanda Knox was convicted but later later acquitted of the murder in
[00:04:38] in Italy in 2007. Meredith Kercher, Kercher, her sister, says the proposed
[00:04:41] proposed stand up show turns the
[00:04:43] the rape and murder of Meredith into
[00:04:46] into entertainment. Here's Emma Vardy.
[00:04:49] Vardy. Characterised in court as
[00:04:51] as a cold, manipulative femme fatale. fatale. For many years, Amanda Knox
[00:04:55] Knox was portrayed to the world as
[00:04:57] as a murderer convicted along with
[00:05:00] with her former boyfriend 21-year-old
[00:05:03] 21-year-old Meredith Kercher was was found dead in the apartment they
[00:05:06] they shared. She had been stabbed
[00:05:08] stabbed in the throat. Amanda Knox
[00:05:11] Knox spent four years in prison, prison, but after years of appeals
[00:05:15] appeals and Retrials, Italy's highest highest court, finally acquitted
[00:05:17] acquitted her. I'm so grateful to to have my life back. She has since
[00:05:21] since spoken publicly about her experience experience through documentaries,
[00:05:25] documentaries, books and podcasts. podcasts. How many were in your prison?
[00:05:28] prison? So it was a relatively small small it's a women's prison. After
[00:05:32] After years of rebuilding her identity, identity, she is now bringing a stand
[00:05:35] stand up comedy show to the Edinburgh Edinburgh Fringe. We just released
[00:05:39] released ten more seats. We found found out there's a little extra extra room in the venue for people
[00:05:43] people who want to come see my show. show. Good morning. But Meredith's
[00:05:46] Meredith's family have told the BBC
[00:05:48] BBC their pain is being turned into into entertainment. Whilst I appreciate
[00:05:51] appreciate comedy is there to push
[00:05:53] push the boundaries and you know
[00:05:56] know it very much normalises and and trivialises violence against
[00:06:00] against women and Meredith in particular. particular. And it shouldn't be given
[00:06:03] given a platform for that specific
[00:06:05] specific topic that that's why I've
[00:06:07] I've spoken out this time. It's not not about whether people think she's
[00:06:11] she's guilty or innocent. They've They've backed a petition calling calling for the show to be cancelled.
[00:06:15] cancelled. It's not for me to tell tell her how to live her life. She
[00:06:18] She is free to do that. But what
[00:06:21] what I would say is to think about about the family here, think about
[00:06:24] about her friends. The venue for for the show says Edinburgh Festival
[00:06:27] Festival Fringe provides a platform platform for a wide range of voices
[00:06:31] voices and that it's committed to to freedom of expression. My friends
[00:06:34] friends and family are actually really really nervous for me despite my
[00:06:37] my spotless record in the court of
[00:06:39] of public opinion. In a statement,
[00:06:42] statement, Amanda Knox has said the the show honours Meredith's memory
[00:06:46] memory rather than making light of of it and argues those behind the
[00:06:49] the petition are mischaracterising mischaracterising it. The show, which which is said to be sold out, has
[00:06:53] has raised difficult questions for for the fringe over someone's right
[00:06:56] right to tell their own story and
[00:06:58] and the impact of that story on others.
[00:07:02] others. Nearly two decades on, it's it's another chapter for Amanda Knox
[00:07:05] Knox in a story she spent years trying
[00:07:08] trying to tell. Emma Vardy. BBC News.
[00:07:11] News. Now a US Senate committee has has voted to hold the former White
[00:07:15] White House Chief Medical Adviser Adviser Anthony Fauci in contempt contempt after he refused to answer
[00:07:19] answer questions about his handling handling of the Covid pandemic. The
[00:07:22] The infectious disease specialist specialist invoked his constitutional constitutional right to silence last
[00:07:26] last week when he was grilled by by senators about the pandemic and
[00:07:30] and whether he covered up its origin. origin. It's not clear if the vote
[00:07:33] vote to hold him in contempt will
[00:07:35] will lead to a criminal prosecution.
[00:07:39] prosecution. Now the Facebook owner owner Meta says an issue during testing
[00:07:43] testing allowed one of its AI models models to connect to the internet
[00:07:46] internet and hack another organisation organisation system. The announcement
[00:07:49] announcement follows recent incidents incidents across the AI industry
[00:07:52] industry that have raised cyber security security concerns. Well, let's speak
[00:07:55] speak to our senior technology reporter, reporter, Chris Vallance. And Chris,
[00:07:57] Chris, what a Meta saying here. Well, Well, we don't have a huge amount
[00:08:01] amount of details, but it seems like
[00:08:03] like another day if you like. And
[00:08:06] And another autonomous or highly
[00:08:08] highly autonomous AI system under under test being tested. If, as Meta
[00:08:12] Meta says, this was similar to previous
[00:08:15] previous incidents under test of of its cyber cyber capabilities,
[00:08:18] capabilities, its ability to perform
[00:08:21] perform cyber attack type casts tasks
[00:08:23] tasks was able to escape its test
[00:08:28] test environment, according to a a misconfiguration in the testing
[00:08:31] testing company's software, go out
[00:08:34] out and break into a third party
[00:08:37] party company. Now, this is obviously
[00:08:40] obviously caused added to the concern
[00:08:42] concern that already existed about
[00:08:45] about the capabilities of these models
[00:08:49] models and the risks associated with with these tools that are capable
[00:08:52] capable of acting and performing performing tasks very much on their
[00:08:56] their own. Once they're given an
[00:08:58] an instruction, the cyber risk they they might present. Yes. And that's
[00:09:02] that's the worry, isn't it, that that we've had a couple of breakouts
[00:09:05] breakouts now it's described as sort sort of going rogue and the possibility
[00:09:09] possibility what that opens up potentially. potentially. Yeah. The phrase going
[00:09:13] going rogue rogue is interesting interesting because in a sense the
[00:09:16] the rogue news is almost baked into into these systems. They're designed
[00:09:19] designed to take an instruction and
[00:09:21] and to be able to complete the task
[00:09:24] task using without many further instructions, instructions, without any further
[00:09:27] further instructions at all. In practice
[00:09:31] practice that obviously this is in
[00:09:33] in a sense a case of them being given
[00:09:35] given an inch, if you like, and taking taking a mile what they're designed
[00:09:38] designed to be able to go out and and do things on their own. The issue
[00:09:42] issue here is that they do things things that their creators didn't
[00:09:46] didn't anticipate, or that their their protections against them doing doing bad things were, were inadequate
[00:09:50] inadequate or unable to contain them. them. But the wrongness, if you like,
[00:09:53] like, is part of the system. Chris
[00:09:57] Chris Vallance, thanks very much
[00:09:59] much for that update. Thank you.
[00:10:02] you. Now let's turn to breaking news
[00:10:05] news again from the Middle East with with reports coming in that at least
[00:10:08] least 30 Yemeni government troops troops have reportedly been killed
[00:10:12] killed after a Houthi attack on a a military camp in the central part
[00:10:16] part of the country. An official official who didn't want to be identified
[00:10:19] identified said the missile hit soldiers soldiers during their morning formation
[00:10:22] formation at the camp in Marib province. province. The casualty figure apparently
[00:10:26] apparently is likely to increase.
[00:10:28] increase. As I say, a number of people.
[00:10:30] people. It is said that about 38 38 people I think, is the number
[00:10:34] number so far that they estimate estimate have been killed. And the
[00:10:37] the Houthis, of course, have been been at war with the Yemeni internationally
[00:10:40] internationally recognised government government since 2014. The Houthis,
[00:10:43] Houthis, of course, involved in those
[00:10:46] those various strikes on Saudi tankers
[00:10:49] tankers in that Red Sea waterway
[00:10:50] waterway in support of Iran. So,
[00:10:53] So, so many strands to what is going
[00:10:55] going on in Yemen with the Houthis.
[00:10:57] Houthis. But the Houthis making an an attack on Yemeni government troops,
[00:11:00] troops, as I say, at least 30 have
[00:11:03] have been killed in this strike, strike, with that number expected
[00:11:06] expected to rise. More on that as as we get it around the world
[00:12:10] their friend. Paul's heart-wrenching heart-wrenching stuff that made me me feel sick. The big cases, funeral
[00:12:14] funeral Home. Horror watch. On BBC
[00:12:19] BBC News. Welcome back. Now, in the
[00:12:24] the five years since the Taliban Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan,
[00:12:27] Afghanistan, women have been banned banned from all organised sport.
[00:12:31] sport. But against the odds, Afghanistan's Afghanistan's women footballers now
[00:12:34] now scattered right across the world, world, have found a way back onto
[00:12:37] onto the international stage after after Fifa changed their rules, allowing
[00:12:40] allowing them to officially represent represent Afghanistan well. Mahjooba
[00:12:44] Mahjooba Nowrouzi from BBC Global Global Women followed their journey
[00:12:47] journey as they travelled to New New Zealand for their first training
[00:12:51] training camp and match. Their the
[00:12:56] the Meghan Owen. A song for Afghanistan,
[00:13:00] Afghanistan, a team reunited. These These players have travelled from
[00:13:04] from across the world for two friendlies
[00:13:06] friendlies in Auckland against the
[00:13:08] the Cook Islands. The first since
[00:13:11] since Fifa allowed Afghanistan's
[00:13:13] Afghanistan's team in exile back back into international football.
[00:13:16] football. In Afghanistan to be free
[00:13:18] free and we want Afghan girls and
[00:13:20] and women to be free, to be able able to choose who they want to be.
[00:13:24] be. We want to prove that we are are still here. We still fighting
[00:13:28] fighting for the rights that you you took away from us. Five years
[00:13:32] years ago. Everything changed for
[00:13:34] for them almost overnight when the the Taliban returned to power, women
[00:13:38] women were banned from playing sports.
[00:13:41] sports. Afghanistan's women's team team was forced into exile, unable
[00:13:45] unable to represent their country. country. They were scattered across
[00:13:48] across the world. I was bullied throughout throughout high school and football football gave me the confidence to
[00:13:52] to be who I am today and to be able able to speak loud so I don't know
[00:13:56] know where I would be. Now they are
[00:13:59] are back together rebuilding the
[00:14:00] the team. They thought they had lost
[00:14:03] lost for these players, football football is more than a game. I wanted
[00:14:07] wanted to use this platform to advocate advocate for the women of Afghanistan Afghanistan who haven't been allowed
[00:14:11] allowed to study for the past five
[00:14:13] five years. Obviously the book The
[00:14:17] The Rose, who is a representation
[00:14:18] representation of women and the date
[00:14:21] date August 15th and the date that
[00:14:23] that Afghanistan fell. These matches
[00:14:27] matches are only the beginning. The The aim is to rebuild Afghanistan's
[00:14:31] Afghanistan's team in exile and to
[00:14:33] to compete for a place at the 2028
[00:14:36] 2028 Olympic Games. I would be proud proud of the team and proud of myself
[00:14:40] myself that I was part of the journey journey and we made the history by
[00:14:43] by being the first like football
[00:14:45] football team to get our recognition recognition without the approval
[00:14:49] approval of the Taliban. I'm so proud proud of our young players who played played today. Great game. Don't cry.
[00:14:52] cry. Don't put your heads down. It's
[00:14:54] It's more than football for us. Afghanistan
[00:14:57] Afghanistan lost both matches to to the Cook Islands, but after years
[00:15:01] years in exile simply wearing their
[00:15:03] their country's colours again is
[00:15:05] is a victory. Their Olympic dream
[00:15:08] dream is is still alive. We don't don't know when we're going to see
[00:15:11] see each other again, but it's just just always amazing to have the second
[00:15:13] second family. I've got to. Mahjooba
[00:15:18] Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Auckland. Well, Well, I'm pleased to say Matthew
[00:15:21] Matthew Barber joins us live now now from western Afghanistan and
[00:15:25] and wow, those were amazing scenes scenes filmed in your report. What
[00:15:28] What was it like to be with them? Oh, it was incredibly
[00:15:35] them? Oh, it was incredibly emotional emotional before the match, as you
[00:15:38] you saw the in the changing room
[00:15:41] room was filled with mixed excitement,
[00:15:45] excitement, nerves and pride. And
[00:15:46] And the players were hugging each
[00:15:49] each other, encouraging one another
[00:15:51] another and singing the Afghan national
[00:15:55] national anthem beneath their country's
[00:15:56] country's flag. Some were visibly
[00:15:59] visibly holding back tears. It struck
[00:16:02] struck me that this was about much
[00:16:04] much more than football for them.
[00:16:07] them. For many of them it was the
[00:16:10] the first time in years they had
[00:16:13] had been able to represent Afghanistan
[00:16:16] Afghanistan together. After being
[00:16:18] being forced into exile. They weren't
[00:16:21] weren't just preparing for a match,
[00:16:23] match, they were actually reclaiming
[00:16:26] reclaiming a part of their identity.
[00:16:28] identity. It looked to me that they
[00:16:30] they were. Yeah. Tell me you have
[00:16:33] have the Taliban reacted at all to
[00:16:35] to what we've seen there or to that
[00:16:37] that news that these women have been
[00:16:40] been representing Afghanistan around
[00:16:42] around the world under the Afghanistan
[00:16:45] Afghanistan flag? Well, I did try
[00:16:48] try to get the right of reply and
[00:16:50] and I contacted them several times.
[00:16:52] times. I asked the Taliban's director
[00:16:56] director for sports, Hamdullah, about
[00:16:58] about Fifa's recognition of the team.
[00:17:00] team. He declined to comment specifically
[00:17:04] specifically on the women's team.
[00:17:06] team. He did say that he would like
[00:17:08] like Fifa to return and resume supporting
[00:17:11] supporting football in Afghanistan
[00:17:13] Afghanistan more broadly. Fifa, however,
[00:17:16] however, has previously said that
[00:17:19] that any resumption of support depends
[00:17:22] depends on women being allowed to
[00:17:28] to play so there remains a fundamental
[00:17:31] fundamental difference between the
[00:17:32] the two positions. Just a final thought
[00:17:36] thought because as you mentioned, mentioned, as I said, there are so
[00:17:38] so many of these women had gone to to different countries. How did that
[00:17:42] that process work of gathering them them together saying, let's have
[00:17:45] have another go at this and trying trying to get Fifa to change their
[00:17:49] their rules. Well, it was, as I said
[00:17:53] said in the beginning for them it
[00:17:55] it was a very exciting match for for them it was something to prove
[00:17:59] prove themselves that they are still still there. They are trying to represent
[00:18:02] represent their country and they they were very proud. They were very
[00:18:05] very excited and they were very I
[00:18:08] I mean, at the same time emotional. emotional. And they wanted to some
[00:18:11] some of them were saying that the
[00:18:14] the fact that they were there and
[00:18:16] and representing their country as
[00:18:18] as a team, it was a slap on, on the the Taliban's face without their
[00:18:22] their approval. They were there to
[00:18:25] to take part in an international
[00:18:27] international match. So it was, as
[00:18:30] as I mentioned before, more than
[00:18:32] than football for them. So and they
[00:18:35] they were hoping so that in the future
[00:18:37] future they could take part in the
[00:18:40] the Olympic Games. And they have
[00:18:42] have a very high aspirations and
[00:18:46] and they want to just move on and
[00:18:51] and carry on their achievements and
[00:18:53] and represent their country well. It's an amazing first step, step, but we have to leave it there.
[00:18:57] there. But thank you for joining joining us on today's programme.
[00:18:59] programme. Thanks so much. Thank
[00:19:01] Thank you. Now here, a professor professor at Cambridge University
[00:19:05] University who was accused of plagiarism plagiarism and embellishing his achievements
[00:19:08] achievements has resigned. 37-year-old 37-year-old Jason Arday was the youngest
[00:19:12] youngest black professor in history history at the university. Noor Nanji
[00:19:15] Nanji explains more. Why is this this professor at one of the UK's
[00:19:19] UK's most prestigious universities universities giving up his post,
[00:19:22] post, Professor Jason Arday was Cambridge's Cambridge's youngest ever black professor
[00:19:25] professor when he joined in 2023, 2023, but he's been caught up in
[00:19:28] in a row after allegations of plagiarism, plagiarism, which is essentially
[00:19:31] essentially when someone steals someone someone else's work and questions
[00:19:34] questions over some of his stated stated achievements, such as his
[00:19:37] his marathon claims. He insisted insisted he isn't a liar and that that he's faced an unrelenting level
[00:19:41] level of public scrutiny and personal personal attack. He said some errors
[00:19:45] errors in his early academic work work were because of his autism, autism, and he also told The times
[00:19:48] times there had been a co-ordinated co-ordinated campaign to unseat him, him, which he argued was racially
[00:19:52] racially motivated. The allegations allegations came from another academic,
[00:19:55] academic, Nathan Cofnas, who was was sacked from his Cambridge role
[00:19:59] role in 2024 after a backlash to to his views on black people. Last
[00:20:02] Last night, Cambridge University University said it had launched a a probe into professor R day. Hours
[00:20:06] Hours later he announced he was quitting. quitting. Some say the claims of
[00:20:09] of plagiarism are legitimate, while while others argue his treatment
[00:20:12] treatment has been motivated by racism. racism. That was Noor Nanji. Now,
[00:20:16] Now, as weather events become more more extreme, fake videos are being
[00:20:20] being shared rapidly online and it's it's causing real world problems
[00:20:23] problems in China. The government government has vowed to crack down
[00:20:26] down on misinformation. But as our our China correspondent Stephen McDonnell
[00:20:30] McDonnell explains, identifying AI AI generated content is becoming
[00:20:33] becoming increasingly difficult. difficult. This isn't footage from from a natural disaster, it's AI.
[00:20:38] AI. As weather events become more more extreme, fake and misleading
[00:20:41] misleading videos are being shared shared more rapidly online with real
[00:20:44] real world consequences. In China, China, following recent typhoons,
[00:20:48] typhoons, the authorities say creators creators are making misleading content,
[00:20:51] content, some to attract viewers, viewers, others to cause panic or
[00:20:55] or social unrest. The Chinese government government pointed to this flood
[00:20:58] flood rescue video as an example example of how false and AI generated
[00:21:02] generated videos can mislead the the public about the emergency response.
[00:21:05] response. It's also vowed to crack crack down on misinformation. But
[00:21:09] But as we discovered, finding out out what's really AI generated can
[00:21:12] can be very difficult. Take this
[00:21:14] this video sent to the BBC by a shop shop owner in Guangdong. He says
[00:21:17] says it was filmed by a family member member after a recent flood. We ran
[00:21:21] ran it through AI checks and reached reached out to experts, but it came
[00:21:24] came back with conflicting results results as to whether it was AI generated.
[00:21:27] generated. The Chinese government government says this footage claiming
[00:21:31] claiming to show released crocodiles crocodiles in flood waters was old,
[00:21:34] old, likely from another country country and being misrepresented misrepresented as China. The earliest
[00:21:38] earliest related post we could find find featured a woman speaking Hindi
[00:21:41] Hindi who also had several AI videos
[00:21:44] videos on her Instagram profile. profile. One AI expert said that
[00:21:47] that the images are likely real, real, but that their test showed
[00:21:50] showed mixed results. Ours did too.
[00:21:53] too. Either way, whether it's old old footage being reshared or AI
[00:21:56] AI generated, it's still misinformation. misinformation. Recently, there have
[00:21:59] have been arrests and punishment punishment ranging from detention
[00:22:02] detention to fines for the creation creation of bogus reports and fake
[00:22:05] fake videos. It's clear, though, though, that as disasters become
[00:22:08] become more frequent and extreme
[00:22:11] extreme and AI continues to develop, develop, that protecting the public
[00:22:14] public is becoming ever more difficult.
[00:22:17] difficult. Stephen McDonnell, now now a 97-year-old woman, has successfully successfully broken her own world
[00:22:21] world record to become the oldest oldest person to complete a wing
[00:22:24] wing walk. Her most recent attempt attempt raised money for staff who
[00:22:27] who helped her recover from stroke. stroke. Our reporter Steve Knibbs
[00:22:30] Knibbs was there to see her fly.
[00:22:36] fly. Betty's back 97 years young young and taking to the skies again.
[00:22:40] again. I just get bored with life.
[00:22:42] life. Otherwise when you get old old you can't go here. You can't
[00:22:45] can't do this. You can't drive, you you can't see. I can't see very well.
[00:22:49] well. And I get a bit frustrated. frustrated. So I want to do the things
[00:22:53] things that I can do. Up in the air.
[00:22:56] air. Betty's at home in her element element on the ground, her friends
[00:22:59] friends and neighbours from her retirement retirement village in Cheltenham
[00:23:02] Cheltenham watch on nervously. Oh,
[00:23:05] Oh, Betty. What was it like watching watching her doing those loop the
[00:23:08] the loops in there? I was here four
[00:23:10] four years ago. Awful. Makes you
[00:23:13] you want to cry. But yeah, she got got on fantastic. Yeah. So proud
[00:23:16] proud of her. It's incredible. I I mean, she's partially sighted,
[00:23:18] sighted, in fact, almost blind. And
[00:23:21] And yet she can do this. This isn't isn't the first time she's done something
[00:23:24] something like this, but at her age age it's just amazing, isn't it?
[00:23:28] it? So, no, she's a wonder. Betty Betty started all this ten years
[00:23:32] years ago at the age of 87. She's She's since abseiled down a tower
[00:23:35] tower in Cheltenham and took on a a zipwire in Snowdonia. And today
[00:23:39] today she pushed the envelope even even further, asking the pilot to
[00:23:42] to throw in a barrel roll. Oh, my.
[00:23:46] my. God. She explained to me inside
[00:23:49] inside that something that she really really is keen to do all the time,
[00:23:53] time, even at her age. So so I just just think it's absolutely fantastic. fantastic. And for me, it's such
[00:23:57] such a privilege to be able to do do that. All of this was done to
[00:24:00] to raise money for the stroke unit unit in Cheltenham. They helped Betty
[00:24:04] Betty when she had a stroke last last year. So kind to me and straight
[00:24:07] straight away the treatment I got.
[00:24:11] got. It affects my words. I go to
[00:24:14] to say a word and it doesn't always always come out, but the rest of
[00:24:17] of me I'm fit as a fiddle. Well for
[00:24:19] for a 97-year-old. Today the staff
[00:24:22] staff sent her a good luck message.
[00:24:25] message. Grateful for the support.
[00:24:26] support. Thank you Betty. It's just
[00:24:30] just amazing that she's doing this this for us. We're so grateful. And
[00:24:34] And to, you know, go up and wing wing walk and take on such a daring
[00:24:37] daring and incredible challenge to to support our stroke services team. team. It's just amazing. We're so
[00:24:41] so grateful. We really appreciate appreciate what she's doing. Back
[00:24:45] Back on the ground. Betty took it it all in her stride with confirmation
[00:24:48] confirmation that she broke her own own world record yet again as the
[00:24:52] the oldest female wing, Walker. Officially
[00:24:55] Officially amazing. For Betty, there's there's the thrill, the fundraising,
[00:24:58] fundraising, the excitement. But But she lives by a motto she learned
[00:25:02] learned at a younger age. I was a a trained children's nurse and I
[00:25:04] I went to work in Doctor Barnardo's Barnardo's home in Bristol and above
[00:25:08] above my bed it said we passed through through this world, but once any
[00:25:11] any good we can do any kindness we
[00:25:13] we can show. Do it now. Do not defer defer or neglect it. You shall not
[00:25:17] not pass this way again. And it's
[00:25:20] it's so true, isn't it? 100%. And
[00:25:23] And of course this isn't over in in two and a half years' time, Betty
[00:25:26] Betty has promised to take to the the skies again when she turns 100
[00:25:29] 100 to become a magnificent centenarian centenarian on a flying machine.
[00:25:33] machine. Steve Knibbs, BBC News Renkum.
[00:25:38] Renkum. Wow, wasn't that great. Let Let me tell you what we have coming coming up in the next hour we'll
[00:25:41] we'll return to that news from Uefa, Uefa, the European governing body
[00:25:45] body for football, saying that Fifa's
[00:25:47] Fifa's defence of Gianni Infantino
[00:25:49] Infantino changed nothing and they've they've repeated their threat to
[00:25:53] to boycott competitions, including including the World Cup. We'll talk
[00:25:55] talk to Jim Boyce, who's former Fifa Fifa Vice President, in the next
[00:25:58] next half hour. We'll also have the the very latest on those major, major
[00:26:02] major train disruptions in parts parts of England after an electricity
[00:26:06] electricity failure. All of that that coming up
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[00:30:11] Live from London. This is BBC News.
[00:30:17] News. Power failure causes major major disruption across railways
[00:30:20] railways in the Midlands and the
[00:30:22] the north-west of England. New strikes strikes hit two refineries deep inside
[00:30:26] inside Russia as a wave of Ukrainian
[00:30:28] Ukrainian drones target the country.
[00:30:31] country. Iran says a deal with Oman Oman on the Strait of Hormuz is in
[00:30:34] in its final stages. What are the the details, though, of any deal?
[00:30:38] deal? And will the US agree? Calls
[00:30:41] Calls for an independent inquiry inquiry into a military base in North North Yorkshire, where four young
[00:30:45] young women have told the BBC they
[00:30:47] they were sexually assaulted and
[00:30:51] and harassed and can Gianni Infantino Infantino remain as Fifa president?
[00:30:54] president? Uefa has insisted they
[00:30:56] they will still boycott the World World Cup.