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[00:00:15] I'm Sumi Somaskanda in Washington and this is BBC World
[00:00:18] World News America. Ukrainian forces forces hit two oil refineries deep
[00:00:22] deep inside Russia as a wave of drones drones target the country. Questions
[00:00:25] Questions mount about the state of of the US military arsenal after
[00:00:29] after President Trump denies reports reports of a munitions shortage that
[00:00:32] that could hinder readiness. And And President Trump signs two executive
[00:00:35] executive orders aimed at denying denying citizenship to some children
[00:00:38] children born in the US.
[00:00:52] Welcome to World News America. Thank you for joining us. Ukraine
[00:00:56] Ukraine says it hit two oil refineries
[00:00:58] refineries in multiple strikes deep deep inside Russia. Thick smoke was
[00:01:01] was seen in the Russian city of Yaroslavl,
[00:01:04] Yaroslavl, about 600km from the Ukrainian Ukrainian border. President Volodymyr
[00:01:08] Volodymyr Zelensky says the attacks attacks on Thursday sought to limit
[00:01:10] limit oil revenues. That Moscow uses
[00:01:12] uses to finance its war. Ukrainian Ukrainian authorities say Russia
[00:01:15] Russia killed at least 11 people people in overnight strikes. Those
[00:01:18] Those attacks also caused a total
[00:01:20] total blackout in the city of Kherson. Kherson. President Zelensky also
[00:01:23] also said Ukraine had hit Russian Russian tankers illegally exporting
[00:01:27] exporting sanctioned oil in the Black Black Sea. Our diplomatic correspondent
[00:01:31] correspondent Paul Adams has been been granted rare access to Ukraine's
[00:01:33] Ukraine's navy as it patrols dangerous dangerous waters in the Black Sea.
[00:01:37] Sea. Now access was given on the the strict condition that the Navy's
[00:01:40] Navy's precise location was not revealed.
[00:01:42] revealed. Here's his report. We're
[00:01:46] We're going on patrol with Ukrainian
[00:01:49] Ukrainian Navy out into waters made made increasingly dangerous by Russian
[00:01:52] Russian attacks. Rare access to a
[00:01:54] a unit facing constant danger in in a part of the country where a
[00:01:58] a drone or ballistic missile can
[00:02:00] can arrive with little warning. Yeah,
[00:02:03] Yeah, everyone is focused on alert. alert. They fire their guns every
[00:02:06] every day. This morning it looks
[00:02:09] looks deceptively calm with its guns, guns, it's netting and some of the
[00:02:13] the other equipment on board this this vessel can look after itself
[00:02:16] itself more or less. But what it
[00:02:18] it can't do is to stop Russia attacking
[00:02:20] attacking civilian ships coming in
[00:02:22] in and out of Ukraine's ports. Those
[00:02:25] Those attacks are increasing and and it's a major problem. There's
[00:02:28] There's a war out at sea. Russia
[00:02:31] Russia and Ukraine hitting each other's other's ships, hundreds of them.
[00:02:34] them. For the past month, the images
[00:02:36] images have been pouring in. Every
[00:02:40] Every day we have to rescue crews crews and take measures to prevent
[00:02:43] prevent these attacks and reduce reduce their number. We're doing
[00:02:46] doing everything we possibly can. can. Ukraine is one of the world's
[00:02:50] world's largest grain exporters. exporters. Before the war, when these
[00:02:53] these pictures were taken, Odesa's
[00:02:55] Odesa's ports helped feed the world.
[00:02:58] world. The country's grain exporters exporters are worried the summer
[00:03:01] summer harvest is in full swing. swing. Russia's attacks coming at
[00:03:04] at the worst possible time. I would
[00:03:07] would say that we already have lost
[00:03:10] lost the ability to deliver to global
[00:03:13] global consumer. Around half 1 million
[00:03:16] million or 700,000 metric tonnes tonnes of Ukrainian grains and oilseeds.
[00:03:19] oilseeds. The war at sea is raging,
[00:03:21] raging, some of it out over the horizon,
[00:03:23] horizon, some of it right here along along the coast. Ukraine and Russia
[00:03:26] Russia are looking to exert maximum maximum economic pressure on each
[00:03:30] each other. For those who live and
[00:03:33] and work here, life is becoming increasingly
[00:03:36] increasingly dangerous. Svetlana Svetlana works in Odesa's port. She's
[00:03:39] She's been limping for the past year year ever since a Russian missile
[00:03:43] missile exploded nearby, killing killing two of her colleagues. The
[00:03:46] The last few weeks, she says, have
[00:03:48] have been grim. Oh. Watching low
[00:03:52] low morale. It's very difficult.
[00:03:55] difficult. A lot of sirens, a lot
[00:03:57] lot of drones, a lot of hits. And
[00:04:00] And for morale, it's even more difficult.
[00:04:03] difficult. People are very tense.
[00:04:05] tense. What can I say? Look at my
[00:04:08] my hands. For all its dangers, this
[00:04:13] this is summer in Odesa. Ukrainians
[00:04:15] Ukrainians have flocked to the beach.
[00:04:19] beach. Mostly ignoring the sirens sirens and showing only mild interest.
[00:04:24] interest. Earlier this week, when
[00:04:25] when a Russian drone washed ashore.
[00:04:29] ashore. At the other end of the Black
[00:04:30] Black Sea. On the same day. Seven
[00:04:35] Seven Russians were killed when an an intercepted Ukrainian drone fell
[00:04:39] fell on their beach back near Odesa. Odesa. We go looking for the site
[00:04:43] site of an explosion we heard earlier.
[00:04:46] earlier. We find 83-year-old Andre Andre Dudek in the shattered ruins
[00:04:49] ruins of his house and garden. It's It's been just five hours since a
[00:04:53] a jet powered drone interrupted his
[00:04:56] his afternoon nap. Somehow he escaped
[00:04:58] escaped without a scratch. You think
[00:05:02] think that you are the accidental accidental victim of Russia's attacks
[00:05:05] attacks on the ports? Absolutely.
[00:05:09] Absolutely. He says. I won't forget
[00:05:12] forget this. This war on ships and
[00:05:14] and ports has many casual victims victims sailors, dock workers or
[00:05:18] or people simply unlucky enough to
[00:05:20] to live or work nearby. Paul Adams,
[00:05:24] Adams, BBC News Odesa. Here in the
[00:05:27] the US., President Trump is denying denying reports that the country
[00:05:29] country is suffering a munitions munitions shortage that could hinder
[00:05:33] hinder military operations. That That follows a report by our US partner,
[00:05:36] partner, CBS News, that American American forces have, through much much of the country's global stockpile
[00:05:40] stockpile of long, long range precision precision missiles missiles as a
[00:05:43] a result of strikes on Iran. Speaking Speaking to reporters at the Oval
[00:05:47] Oval Office earlier, this is what what President Trump had to say when
[00:05:49] when he was asked about the US weapons weapons stockpile. I rebuilt the
[00:05:53] the military. I also loaded it up
[00:05:55] up with a lot of stuff. We have certain certain types of munitions that are
[00:05:59] are very powerful that we have unlimited
[00:06:02] unlimited virtually unlimited supply. supply. We have others where it's
[00:06:04] it's a little bit tighter and we're
[00:06:07] we're getting them in on a daily
[00:06:09] daily basis. As the US war with Iran
[00:06:11] Iran enters its sixth month, precise precise information about US missile
[00:06:16] missile stockpiles still remains remains classified. Trump's remarks
[00:06:18] remarks come as Iran works on finalising finalising a deal with Oman to set
[00:06:21] set a route for ships through the the Strait of Hormuz. Both countries
[00:06:24] countries have been engaged in talks talks to jointly manage the strait,
[00:06:27] strait, which before the war channelled channelled a fifth of the world's
[00:06:30] world's oil. Let's speak about the the latest with Victoria Taylor,
[00:06:33] Taylor, former deputy assistant secretary
[00:06:35] secretary for Iraq and Iran in the the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
[00:06:39] Affairs in the. Biden and Trump administrations. administrations. She's currently currently the director of the Iraq
[00:06:42] Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Council's Middle East programme. programme. Victoria, thank you for
[00:06:46] for joining us. First, I want to to ask you what you make of these these reports of stockpiles being
[00:06:49] being low. Is this a serious issue
[00:06:51] issue or one you think the US can
[00:06:54] can remedy easily? Well, this is
[00:06:56] is an issue that even preceded this
[00:06:58] this latest round of fighting this
[00:07:00] this spring. And so it is a serious serious issue that cannot be solved
[00:07:04] solved quickly. These stockpiles
[00:07:07] stockpiles take a significant amount amount of time to restart production,
[00:07:11] production, to increase production.
[00:07:13] production. And the US has been expanding
[00:07:17] expanding these interceptors, you you know, at a really fast pace in
[00:07:21] in order to protect Israel, US bases
[00:07:24] bases throughout the region and our our Gulf allies. And so certainly
[00:07:27] certainly that may be one factor
[00:07:30] factor why the US and why President
[00:07:31] President Trump decided not to restart
[00:07:35] restart fighting over this weekend. Yeah, that's an interesting interesting point. I mean, President
[00:07:37] President Trump says that the US US has destroyed Iran's conventional
[00:07:41] conventional military capabilities. capabilities. But from what we know, know, what would it take to destroy
[00:07:45] destroy some of those other capabilities? capabilities? So the remaining missiles,
[00:07:48] missiles, the drones and so on? Well,
[00:07:51] Well, I think it's very challenging
[00:07:53] challenging to even find many of
[00:07:55] of the sites that house these weapons.
[00:07:58] weapons. You know, some of these
[00:08:01] these are on mobile launchers. They They can be moved around. They can
[00:08:04] can be put underground. And so even
[00:08:06] even as the US has really been able
[00:08:09] able to destroy quite a bit of Iran's
[00:08:11] Iran's military capability, I think
[00:08:14] think we can say with certainty based
[00:08:16] based on its ability to strike throughout throughout the region, we've not
[00:08:19] not been able to eliminate the threat
[00:08:21] threat that Iran can pose not only
[00:08:23] only to US bases, but also to Gulf
[00:08:26] Gulf and other regional partners. partners. I want to ask you about
[00:08:29] about negotiations. We understand understand Iran and Oman are getting
[00:08:32] getting close to some sort of agreement agreement that would allow for passage
[00:08:36] passage through the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz with a joint control. As we
[00:08:39] we understand it. Is this or would would this be a step forward or something?
[00:08:43] something? The US simply would not not agree to? Well, I think all signs
[00:08:47] signs are right now that the US would
[00:08:51] would accept such a deal. The reality
[00:08:53] reality is that the US does not have
[00:08:55] have any good options right now to
[00:08:57] to end the war, and that also really
[00:09:01] really reigniting conflict and striking
[00:09:03] striking Iran striking energy sites sites would be unlikely to achieve
[00:09:07] achieve US goals either. So it looks looks like President Trump would
[00:09:11] would be likely to accept such a
[00:09:13] a deal, even though it really does
[00:09:15] does cement Iranian control over
[00:09:18] over the Strait of Hormuz in a way
[00:09:21] way that did not exist prior to this this conflict. Well, President Trump
[00:09:24] Trump says he could end the war right right now, but his goal isn't to
[00:09:27] to ensure that Iran cannot get a a nuclear weapon. What does it take,
[00:09:30] take, do you think, to get to that
[00:09:33] that point? Well, I think one of of the challenges that we're facing
[00:09:36] facing right now is there's very very little trust on both sides.
[00:09:39] sides. There have been a couple points points during this conflict where
[00:09:43] where the US and Iran have claimed
[00:09:45] claimed to be close to an agreement,
[00:09:48] agreement, even agreed to terms of of a memorandum of understanding.
[00:09:51] understanding. But those diplomatic diplomatic discussions have frequently
[00:09:54] frequently been interrupted by renewed
[00:09:56] renewed conflict, whether started started by the United States or Iran.
[00:10:00] Iran. And I think that even a deal
[00:10:02] deal over the Strait of Hormuz would
[00:10:04] would not necessarily lead to a durable
[00:10:08] durable agreement that really fights fights this, ends this fighting once
[00:10:11] once and for all. Do you see the
[00:10:13] the scope for any agreement where
[00:10:16] where Iran then does agree to, for for example, not enrich uranium and
[00:10:19] and allow the US to come in and remove remove the enriched uranium stockpiles
[00:10:23] stockpiles that exist? I think that
[00:10:26] that right now Iran believes that that it has the upper hand. And so
[00:10:30] so because of that, it will be difficult difficult to get the kinds of concessions
[00:10:33] concessions that the US would like like to see, like a complete halt
[00:10:36] halt to enrichment or even the movement
[00:10:41] movement of the highly enriched uranium uranium outside of Iran. I think
[00:10:44] think it's possible. But I think think right now Iran does not feel
[00:10:48] feel that it needs to make significant
[00:10:50] significant concessions. And I think,
[00:10:53] think, unfortunately, this administration administration has misunderstood,
[00:10:56] misunderstood, you know, the willingness
[00:10:58] willingness of the Iranian regime regime to capitulate. This regime
[00:11:01] regime is willing to withstand significant
[00:11:03] significant military strikes and and pressure in order to maintain
[00:11:07] maintain some of its red lines. Victoria, Victoria, thank you so much for joining
[00:11:11] joining us today. Thank you. Yemen's
[00:11:14] Yemen's defence ministry says it it will respond after Houthi rebels
[00:11:17] rebels killed at least 30 Yemeni Yemeni government troops in an attack
[00:11:21] attack on military camps. The ministry ministry says missiles and drones
[00:11:24] drones hit several camps in the central central part of the country. A military
[00:11:28] military spokesperson for the Houthis, Houthis, who control much of northwest
[00:11:31] northwest Yemen, say they were targeting targeting large Saudi military build-ups
[00:11:33] build-ups at the camps. A Saudi led
[00:11:35] led coalition has supported Yemen's Yemen's government against the Iran
[00:11:38] Iran aligned Houthi throughout the the country's 12 year civil war. war. The fighting has killed hundreds
[00:11:42] hundreds of thousands of people and and displaced millions more. Eight
[00:11:46] Eight countries have issued a joint joint statement condemning ongoing
[00:11:50] ongoing Israeli violations in Gaza. Gaza. The foreign ministers of the
[00:11:54] the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi
[00:11:57] Saudi Arabia and Egypt said on Thursday Thursday that the deliberate targeting
[00:12:01] targeting of hospitals, ambulances ambulances and medical personnel
[00:12:04] personnel is a grave breach of international international humanitarian law. Now
[00:12:07] Now Israel has increased its attacks attacks across Gaza. In the months
[00:12:10] months since the ceasefire was agreed, agreed, saying it is targeting Hamas,
[00:12:14] Hamas, which is retooling. Israeli Israeli officials have expressed expressed doubts over a proposed
[00:12:17] proposed US brokered deal that would would see Hamas give up its weapons
[00:12:20] weapons in exchange for Israeli forces forces leaving the Palestinian territory.
[00:12:24] territory. Now the UN Children's Children's Fund, known as Unicef,
[00:12:27] Unicef, says at least 300 children children have been killed in the
[00:12:30] the 300 days since the US brokered brokered cease fire between Israel
[00:12:32] Israel and Hamas was announced in in October of 2025. It says families
[00:12:36] families in Gaza are sheltering among among destroyed buildings and are
[00:12:39] are confined to one third of the
[00:12:41] the strip, with children facing acute
[00:12:44] acute malnutrition and disease. I I spoke to the Unicef spokesperson,
[00:12:47] spokesperson, James Elder, and I I asked him why we're seeing an increase increase in children's deaths since
[00:12:51] since the ceasefire was announced.
[00:12:54] announced. Yeah, Sue me. It's a question question for Israeli forces. I mean,
[00:12:57] mean, this is a it's a ceasefire ceasefire that is meant to mean it's
[00:13:01] it's a period defined by restraint, restraint, defined by protection.
[00:13:05] protection. But as you say, this this is a child killed on average
[00:13:08] average every single day during a
[00:13:09] a ceasefire. To add to the 20,000 20,000 girls and boys killed during
[00:13:13] during the war. So, I mean, it's it's important that we're clear on
[00:13:17] on this. These are not children who
[00:13:19] who were mistakenly killed in a battlefield. battlefield. These were boys and
[00:13:22] and girls killed while playing football football while in schools, while
[00:13:26] while in their homes, while fishing. fishing. They were shot. They were
[00:13:29] were bombed. They were killed by by quadcopters. These unfortunately,
[00:13:33] unfortunately, are not rare tragedies. tragedies. During this period of
[00:13:36] of the ceasefire. James, how has
[00:13:39] has access to aid and medical care
[00:13:41] care looked? Look, there's no doubt
[00:13:43] doubt it's improved. OK. I'm incredibly
[00:13:46] incredibly proud of my Unicef colleagues. colleagues. Palestinian colleagues,
[00:13:49] colleagues, internationals on the the ground. Education has been a a game changer. Sue me. We've gone
[00:13:53] gone from Unicef almost having no
[00:13:54] no children in classrooms to having having around 350,000. I've seen
[00:13:58] seen that right. I've been in a class class or a school and they've opened
[00:14:01] opened the gates and it's like this this rainbow of children sprinting
[00:14:05] sprinting in. But it's still 1 in in 2 children, so. Right. And they're
[00:14:09] they're not going to school all the
[00:14:10] the time. And education is a primacy
[00:14:14] primacy in, in Gaza for Palestinians.
[00:14:16] Palestinians. It is the reason still, still, after all the devastation, devastation, if there is genuine
[00:14:20] genuine peace and genuine aid flows, flows, it's the reason it can bounce
[00:14:24] bounce back because of those education education rates. But education is
[00:14:28] is the one high point in so many
[00:14:29] many other areas. Restrictions remain.
[00:14:32] remain. Look at pregnant women for for example. Based on our funding,
[00:14:35] funding, our funding crisis and on
[00:14:38] on supply, there is almost emergency emergency levels of malnutrition malnutrition in pregnant women because
[00:14:41] because that one meal a day they they give to their children and then then they become malnourished and
[00:14:45] and their unborn child, when that that child is born, become is malnourished,
[00:14:49] malnourished, it's that cycle. So So there are many, many restrictions restrictions still for an organisation
[00:14:53] organisation like Unicef who leads leads in water, who leads in solid
[00:14:56] solid waste, we have so much more more to do in trauma. So many, many
[00:15:00] many restrictions still remain on on what can come in to Gaza. Don't
[00:15:04] Don't forget Gaza I think is the
[00:15:06] the only place to me on the planet
[00:15:08] planet where another country decides
[00:15:11] decides what and how much another another population can eat. So there
[00:15:14] there is so much more for most people people in Gaza, and I'm in contact
[00:15:18] contact on a daily basis. They feel
[00:15:20] feel that life is suffocating. The The Israeli government has said that
[00:15:24] that they have to prevent Hamas from
[00:15:27] from rearming, and that these strikes strikes have been targeting Hamas.
[00:15:30] Hamas. What can Unicef say at this this point about how the ceasefire
[00:15:33] ceasefire has or has not been respected?
[00:15:36] respected? Well, it hasn't unfortunately, unfortunately, from all levels. We've We've heard that across the board
[00:15:40] board from all levels of anyone on
[00:15:43] on the ground. I mean, these are
[00:15:44] are we have to I think at some point point in this reporting we have to
[00:15:48] to have a look when there are so so many statements that have been
[00:15:51] been made that have clearly been been been shown at a later date to
[00:15:55] to be false. No one now disputes disputes the number of children killed
[00:15:58] killed during the war. More than
[00:16:02] than 2000 1000 1000 babies. OK. So So these are statements of fact that
[00:16:05] that everyone now agrees on. But But now we still somehow have to
[00:16:08] to discuss that, that these 300 children children were, were collateral damage
[00:16:12] damage or something. We've seen the the reports sue me. I've spent far
[00:16:15] far too many times in hospitals in
[00:16:17] in Gaza during the war and in the
[00:16:20] the cease seeing children with quadcopter
[00:16:22] quadcopter injuries, seeing similar
[00:16:25] similar wounds from a piece of military military equipment that can be very,
[00:16:28] very, very specific. Seeing children children on a Tuesday all shot in
[00:16:31] in the knee, these kinds of things.
[00:16:34] things. So unfortunately, the reality
[00:16:35] reality on the ground for Palestinians,
[00:16:38] Palestinians, particularly for Palestinian Palestinian children, is that even even during the so-called ceasefire,
[00:16:42] ceasefire, it remains a very, very very dangerous place. There is at
[00:16:46] at this point a roadmap to the next next phase of the ceasefire. Your
[00:16:50] Your organisation says that offers offers hope. I wonder how confident
[00:16:54] confident you feel about reaching
[00:16:55] reaching that next stage. Hope is
[00:16:59] is the one thing, certainly that that Palestinians hold on to, and and they're well aware of political
[00:17:02] political dynamics. I have had, you you know, young Palestinians say
[00:17:06] say to me, look, James, we understand understand international humanitarian
[00:17:08] humanitarian law doesn't apply to
[00:17:10] to us. It's a staggering thing for
[00:17:13] for someone to understand international international humanitarian law, but but to even say it. And yet they
[00:17:16] they hold on to hope because there
[00:17:20] there are deprivations everywhere. everywhere. You've got children who
[00:17:23] who have had amputations and are are now living in tents, and have
[00:17:25] have been doing so for a year, for for two years. I mean, a little boy,
[00:17:29] boy, shrapnel in the eye. I was in in touch with a few days ago and
[00:17:32] and he's again sent home because because hospitals are still not functioning
[00:17:36] functioning to any degree that is
[00:17:37] is needed. So Palestinian girls and
[00:17:41] and boys, Palestinian mums, Palestinian Palestinian women, civilians, they they need more than promises now.
[00:17:45] now. They've seen far too many. They've
[00:17:47] They've seen far too many promises promises broken over years and years
[00:17:50] years and air strikes and deprivations deprivations and a lack of water
[00:17:54] water and so on continue. They need
[00:17:56] need to see a reality on the ground
[00:17:59] ground so it's not mine to have hope
[00:18:00] hope or to dismiss it. But certainly
[00:18:03] certainly for Palestinians, they're
[00:18:05] they're exhausted. And I think that that many, many, unfortunately, sue
[00:18:09] sue me, say that they've run out out of hope and they don't have a
[00:18:12] a great deal of faith in the promises promises made. The reality on the
[00:18:16] the ground is that nor should they, they, because air strikes continue
[00:18:20] continue and you know, so does
[00:18:24] malnutrition. Now President Trump Trump has signed two executive orders orders to curb birthright citizenship
[00:18:28] citizenship enshrined in the US Constitution Constitution just weeks after the
[00:18:31] the Supreme Court rejected a previous previous order as unconstitutional.
[00:18:34] unconstitutional. The orders deny deny citizenship to children whose
[00:18:36] whose parents come to the US expressly expressly for their children to become
[00:18:40] become citizens. Such births are are rare, according to the Migration
[00:18:44] Migration Policy Institute. The order order also threatens the US citizenship
[00:18:47] citizenship of those born in US territories territories such as Puerto Rico,
[00:18:50] Rico, but only if Congress changes changes the law to end automatic
[00:18:53] automatic citizenship there. Let's Let's bring in our North America America editor, Sarah Smith, for
[00:18:56] for more on this. Sarah, good to to see you. Why are we seeing President
[00:19:00] President Trump issued these executive
[00:19:03] executive orders now? Well, as you
[00:19:07] you know, the initial executive order order he signed his first day back
[00:19:10] back in office was struck down by by the Supreme Court in June. And
[00:19:14] And he was clearly furious about about that. So it appears that inside
[00:19:17] inside his administration, they have have come up with a new idea how
[00:19:20] how to get around that ruling. And
[00:19:22] And what they're doing is using immigration
[00:19:24] immigration law to say that if people people come here expressly with the
[00:19:28] the idea of giving birth so that that their children can obtain an
[00:19:31] an American passport, but they claim claim they were here as tourists, tourists, that they claimed that
[00:19:34] that they were coming here on vacation, vacation, then that is fraud. And
[00:19:38] And that for that reason they could
[00:19:40] could be denied automatic birthright birthright citizenship for their
[00:19:44] their babies. And President Trump Trump claimed as he was speaking speaking in the Oval Office as he
[00:19:48] he was signing these orders, that that hundreds of thousands of people
[00:19:50] people come to the United States States every year for this birthright
[00:19:53] birthright tourism. He said there there are companies whose entire entire business is bringing people
[00:19:57] people here so that they can give give birth in the United States,
[00:19:59] States, although it has to be said said that the administration's lawyer, lawyer, when arguing the Supreme
[00:20:03] Supreme Court case a few months ago, ago, said that they had no statistics
[00:20:06] statistics on how often this happens. happens. But it's clearly trying
[00:20:10] trying to use a different law, a a different route to achieve some
[00:20:13] some of what Donald Trump wanted
[00:20:14] wanted to get to with the original original birthright citizenship ruling
[00:20:18] ruling that he signed. And then what's what's been struck down by the Supreme
[00:20:21] Supreme Court. Sarah, a different
[00:20:22] different route. Is this likely to
[00:20:26] to hold up? Well, it's bound to be
[00:20:29] be challenged in court, and it could could easily go all the way to the
[00:20:32] the Supreme Court. Again, this is is similar to what the administration
[00:20:36] administration is trying with tariffs tariffs as well. Something else that that was struck down by the Supreme
[00:20:40] Supreme Court. And now they're using using different laws in different
[00:20:42] different ways to try and impose impose the same policy. So it remains
[00:20:46] remains to be seen whether or not not the Supreme Court would think think that it is constitutional when
[00:20:50] when you do it under immigration immigration law, rather than an executive
[00:20:52] executive order challenging the Constitution. Constitution. But it could be months
[00:20:55] months before we see what the result result of that is. Our North America
[00:20:58] America editor, Sarah Smith, thank thank you very much. A US Senate
[00:21:02] Senate committee has voted along along party lines to hold former
[00:21:05] former White House chief medical medical adviser Doctor Anthony Fauci
[00:21:08] Fauci in contempt of Congress. The The vote on Thursday stems from the
[00:21:12] the Homeland Security Committee hearing hearing last week on the US response
[00:21:15] response to the Covid-19 pandemic. pandemic. Doctor Fauci invoked his
[00:21:18] his constitutional right against against self-incrimination more than
[00:21:21] than 100 times during that session, session, arguing that the committee
[00:21:24] committee chair, Republican Senator Senator Rand Paul, was trying to to put him behind bars. Doctor Fauci's
[00:21:28] Fauci's lawyer called the vote a a crude political stunt. Rand Paul
[00:21:31] Paul told our US partner, CBS News, News, that he now intends to send
[00:21:35] send that contempt resolution to to the US Justice Department for
[00:21:39] for potential prosecution. The 2030 2030 mens World Cup could still be
[00:21:43] be in peril, despite Fifa president president Gianni Infantino scrapping
[00:21:47] scrapping his widely condemned plan plan to sell stakes in the competition
[00:21:49] competition to private equity investors. investors. The lead investor would
[00:21:52] would have been Joshua Kushner, the the brother of President Trump's
[00:21:56] Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kushner. Now Uefa, European football's
[00:21:59] football's governing body, is refusing refusing to withdraw its threat to
[00:22:02] to boycott the next World Cup, saying saying its conditions have not been
[00:22:05] been met. The English Football Association Association has also officially withdrawn
[00:22:08] withdrawn its support for Infantino, Infantino, but the Confederation
[00:22:12] Confederation of African Football Football Executive Committee has
[00:22:14] has unanimously confirmed its support
[00:22:17] support for Infantino. Our sports sports correspondent Andy Swiss has
[00:22:20] has more. He's fighting on. But so
[00:22:24] so are his opponents. Gianni Infantino Infantino might have apologised after
[00:22:27] after his ill-fated plans, but his his critics say that's not enough.
[00:22:31] enough. European football's governing governing body Uefa, said it changes
[00:22:34] changes nothing. They've still lost lost confidence in Infantino and
[00:22:38] and they could still boycott Fifa Fifa competitions. First, the proposals
[00:22:41] proposals to sell off the major competitions competitions had to be withdrawn,
[00:22:45] withdrawn, they said. And secondly, secondly, assurances have to be made
[00:22:48] made that such attempts to disfigure disfigure the game in this way will
[00:22:50] will never be made again. These conditions
[00:22:53] conditions have not been met. If
[00:22:55] If Uefa remains united and these these big countries, they're included.
[00:22:59] included. They're in Spain, ourselves, ourselves, Germany, Italy and so
[00:23:02] so on. Stick together. I believe believe that they can reach a positive
[00:23:05] positive conclusion, by which I mean mean Infantino will go. So you think
[00:23:09] think this threat of a boycott is
[00:23:10] is a good tactic? I think it's almost
[00:23:13] almost the only tactic. Last night night Infantino looked relaxed as
[00:23:15] as he watched a game in Morocco
[00:23:24] were handled. We sincerely apologise apologise for these errors, he wrote wrote to members and commit to them
[00:23:27] them not happening again. But the the backlash continues. The English
[00:23:31] English FA have now sent a letter letter withdrawing their support
[00:23:34] support for Infantino and the leader leader of one of the host nations
[00:23:37] nations of this summer's World Cup
[00:23:39] Cup says he has also lost confidence. confidence. The idea that proper
[00:23:43] proper governance is not to disclose disclose to your closest advisers
[00:23:46] advisers your chief operating officer,
[00:23:48] officer, your fellow board members, members, something of consequence
[00:23:51] consequence that you're even considering, considering, let alone proposing,
[00:23:54] proposing, and you lose confidence confidence in that individual. But
[00:23:57] But certainly I don't have confidence
[00:23:59] confidence in Mr Infantino after
[00:24:01] after this point. The global players
[00:24:04] players union FIFPRO have also hit hit out calling Infantino's proposals
[00:24:08] proposals a profound abuse of presidential
[00:24:10] presidential power. Despite the crisis crisis engulfing football, he is
[00:24:14] is still there. But so is the pressure.
[00:24:17] pressure. Andy Swiss, BBC News. Let's Let's get a quick look at some other
[00:24:20] other headlines. Italian officials officials have placed all of the the country's major cities on the
[00:24:23] the highest level of health alert alert due to soaring temperatures, temperatures, as large parts of Europe
[00:24:27] Europe remain in the grip of a heatwave. heatwave. Drought related disruptions
[00:24:31] disruptions affecting shipping and and energy supplies in Central Europe, Europe, where several major rivers
[00:24:35] rivers are at record low levels. levels. In Hungary, the dwindling
[00:24:38] dwindling flow of water in the Danube Danube has led to power shortages.
[00:24:42] shortages. Myanmar's military ruler ruler Min Aung Klang has received
[00:24:44] received a red carpet welcome to to Thailand as he seeks to break
[00:24:47] break his diplomatic isolation despite despite a continuing civil war. After
[00:24:50] After meeting Thailand's Prime Minister, Minister, he claimed Myanmar is on
[00:24:53] on the path of democracy and heading heading towards a better future.
[00:24:56] future. It's his first official visit visit to neighbouring Thailand since
[00:24:59] since he ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's
[00:25:00] Kyi's elected government in 2021. 2021. Human rights groups criticised
[00:25:04] criticised the visit as giving legitimacy legitimacy to Myanmar's military
[00:25:07] military regime. Thailand argues argues that it must re-engage with
[00:25:10] with Myanmar to address problems problems along their border. Budget
[00:25:13] Budget airline Easyjet has agreed agreed to be taken over by the US
[00:25:16] US firm Apollo. The £5.7 billion billion deal was announced after
[00:25:20] after rival suitor Castlelake said said it was ending its bid for the
[00:25:23] the no frills airline. EasyJet is is one of Europe's largest airlines
[00:25:25] airlines and employs more than 19,000
[00:25:28] 19,000 people. It flies 1200 routes
[00:25:31] routes across 35 European countries. countries. Before we go. A rare species
[00:25:34] species of tiger has been released released in Kazakhstan for the first
[00:25:38] first time in 70 years. Umit, a female
[00:25:40] female Amur tiger, was released within within the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve.
[00:25:44] Reserve. It's part of a programme programme to restore the animal's animal's population, which was wiped
[00:25:48] wiped out in Central Asia a century century ago. Umit is one of four
[00:25:51] four Amur tigers transferred from from Russia. She will be monitored
[00:25:54] monitored on how she takes to her her new environment before a decision
[00:25:57] decision is made on whether to release release the other three. Thank you
[00:26:01] you so much for watching World News News America and you stay
[00:27:35] into next week, hitting the 50 Celsius
[00:27:36] Celsius mark on Tuesday.
[00:29:39] editor in chief of The Economist Economist will tell us about her
[00:29:42] her experience. It's all on The Media
[00:29:44] Media Show on BBC News. One thing
[00:29:53] thing I can say which is true of of this region is that it's become
[00:29:56] become harder to be a journalist. journalist. It's really important
[00:29:58] important to be on the ground if
[00:30:00] if that means you've got to go to
[00:30:03] to hostile remote places, then we
[00:30:05] we have to do that. That's the opium opium resin is a very pungent smell
[00:30:09] smell of it in the air right now.
[00:30:11] now. The delta wave of Covid devastated
[00:30:13] devastated India, and I think it it was the coverage that we did for
[00:30:16] for the BBC at the time which brought
[00:30:19] brought international attention to to what's happening here could affect
[00:30:23] affect the world's ability to recover recover from the pandemic. We've
[00:30:26] We've met with families who've had had to do the unthinkable. Another
[00:30:29] Another person came up and asked asked if we'd like to buy their child.
[00:30:33] child. The desperation is hard to to put in words. Many of the stories
[00:30:37] stories we've had to tell are distressing. distressing. They're difficult, but
[00:30:40] but that's usually an indicator that
[00:30:43] that they're really important stories
[00:30:45] stories to tell.
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