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[00:00:10] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:13] News. Fifa says its boss Gianni Infantino Infantino strongly denies claims
[00:00:17] claims that Uefa paid off. A woman woman described as his lover when
[00:00:20] when he was head of European football's
[00:00:22] football's governing body. Iran's
[00:00:24] Iran's security chief has set out out a number of demands that he says
[00:00:28] says the US must satisfy before the
[00:00:30] the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened, reopened, at least three people,
[00:00:33] people, including a child, have been been killed in overnight Russian
[00:00:37] Russian attacks near the Ukrainian Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Police are
[00:00:40] are urging anyone who believes they they may have been a victim of the
[00:00:43] the convicted sex offender and murderer
[00:00:45] murderer Simon Levy, to come forward.
[00:00:47] forward. Spain imposes border controls controls against Italy as a row over
[00:00:51] over immigration grows. Hello and
[00:01:02] and welcome. I'm Samantha Simmonds, Simmonds, European football's governing
[00:01:05] governing body. Uefa has confirmed confirmed that a payment was made
[00:01:08] made to a departing member of staff
[00:01:11] staff in 2016, after the Daily Telegraph Telegraph reported that the woman
[00:01:13] woman was Gianni Infantino's lover
[00:01:16] lover at the time. The current Fifa Fifa boss was UEFA's general secretary.
[00:01:19] secretary. Uefa says the payment, payment, which also included covering
[00:01:22] covering the fees for a course at at a business school, met its rules
[00:01:26] rules at the time, but they have
[00:01:27] have since been changed. Leigh Milner
[00:01:31] Milner reports. Gianni Infantino Infantino was already under pressure
[00:01:35] pressure over his future as Fifa Fifa president. Now he's facing fresh
[00:01:39] fresh questions over claims a woman woman he allegedly had an affair
[00:01:42] affair with was given a six figure figure severance payment by Uefa.
[00:01:46] Uefa. The Daily Telegraph says the the alleged relationship happened
[00:01:49] happened while Infantino, who is
[00:01:51] is married, was UEFA's general secretary. secretary. He strongly denies it.
[00:01:55] it. His spokesman told the paper
[00:01:56] paper the claims are categorically
[00:01:59] categorically untrue and says there there was never a complaint about
[00:02:02] about his behaviour. In a statement, statement, Uefa said it was aware
[00:02:06] aware of the allegations and can can confirm a departure payment was
[00:02:09] was made to the individual in question, question, coupled with the payment
[00:02:12] payment of fees for an MBA course course at a local business school.
[00:02:15] school. The payment was in line with with the regulations that existed
[00:02:19] existed for departing staff at the
[00:02:21] the time. This comes after calls
[00:02:24] calls for Infantino to resign over over a completely separate controversy.
[00:02:27] controversy. He wanted to sell stakes stakes in the World Cup to private
[00:02:31] private investors. That caused a a huge backlash and the plan was
[00:02:35] was eventually dropped. Gianni Infantino
[00:02:38] Infantino has since apologised for for what he called errors, but he
[00:02:41] he hasn't stepped down. He's been
[00:02:43] been busy trying to strengthen his his relationships with officials
[00:02:47] officials and politicians who back back him, like here in Colombia.
[00:02:50] Colombia. He's had the support from from senior figures at Fifa and from
[00:02:54] from football authorities in Africa Africa and South America. But with
[00:02:57] with his future still in question,
[00:02:59] question, the BBC's South America America correspondent Ione Wells
[00:03:02] Wells later asked him if he would
[00:03:03] would step down. Infantino Will you you resign after your plan to sell
[00:03:07] sell off part of Fifa failed? A word
[00:03:10] word for BBC News. What's your response response to Europe? Who say they'll
[00:03:14] they'll boycott the World Cup? Infantino.
[00:03:18] Infantino. For now he remains in in the job. But these latest claims
[00:03:21] claims mean the questions around
[00:03:23] around his future aren't going away.
[00:03:25] away. Leigh Milner BBC News. Football
[00:03:29] Football journalist Henry Winter Winter explains how the allegations allegations will impact Mr Infantino's
[00:03:32] Infantino's bid to hang on to his
[00:03:34] his job after weeks of controversy. controversy. Well, he strongly denies
[00:03:38] denies them. As he pointed out in
[00:03:41] in the Fifa statement last night. night. And we have to start with
[00:03:44] with that. But what it is is the
[00:03:48] the pressure is ramping up and whether whether the people within Fifa, I
[00:03:52] I mean not everyone in Fifa, which
[00:03:54] which is an organisation of 960 people people and obviously there are people
[00:03:57] people at the top, whether it's the the Fifa Council or members of the
[00:04:01] the management board who will have have their own views on him as an
[00:04:04] an individual. And also the plan plan as you highlight the World Cup
[00:04:07] Cup sell off plan, and they will
[00:04:09] will have issues with that. So the
[00:04:11] the pressure will ratchet up and and it will come externally from
[00:04:15] from the media. It will come from from Uefa and it will come from within.
[00:04:18] within. And it's just a question
[00:04:19] question of how much pressure and
[00:04:22] and scrutiny he is himself is prepared prepared to take or whether he just
[00:04:25] just says no, enough is enough and and walk away. I mean, so far he's
[00:04:29] he's shown little inclination of of that, but these headlines, which
[00:04:33] which obviously he strongly denies, denies, can't be easy to live with.
[00:04:36] with. To what extent do you think think he has managed to shore up
[00:04:39] up support? Because we have had various various countries like Mexico, like
[00:04:42] like Argentina saying they support support him. How important is that?
[00:04:46] that? Well, it was no surprise when when he went for his crisis meeting.
[00:04:50] meeting. It was in Rabat, Morocco, Morocco, in Africa, which is the
[00:04:53] the heartland of his support. 54
[00:04:55] 54 member associations of CAF. That's
[00:04:58] That's a quarter of the 211 member member associations of Fifa. So very
[00:05:01] very important. You know, he does does have support around the world
[00:05:04] world and there was support in certain
[00:05:06] certain parts for this plan of his
[00:05:09] his because $40 million is a lot
[00:05:11] lot of money to quite a few national national associations throughout
[00:05:15] throughout the world, less so in in Europe, which obviously got the
[00:05:18] the Wealthy League's wealthier countries. countries. But yeah, I mean, there
[00:05:21] there absolutely is support for him.
[00:05:23] him. But the clock is ticking because
[00:05:26] because we're now within four weeks weeks of the first Fifa tournament,
[00:05:29] tournament, which is the women's
[00:05:31] women's under 20s in Poland. And
[00:05:34] And obviously there is this Uefa,
[00:05:36] Uefa, this European threat of withdrawing
[00:05:38] withdrawing if effectively he doesn't doesn't go. So what is going to happen,
[00:05:42] happen, do you think in all likelihood
[00:05:44] likelihood with that threat, will will Uefa follow through? How do
[00:05:48] do you predict a saga? I mean it's it's you know it's a giant slalom.
[00:05:51] slalom. It zigzags each way every
[00:05:53] every day. Statements, counter statements,
[00:05:56] statements, headlines stories, more more scrutiny, more pressure. I mean,
[00:05:59] mean, you wait for a very much standing standing firm on this. I think it's
[00:06:03] it's going to be the crunch over over the under 20s. And then of course
[00:06:06] course we move into the Women's World World Cup qualifiers in October.
[00:06:10] October. The senior Lionesses will
[00:06:11] will be playing in that. So I think think when it actually starts hitting
[00:06:15] hitting the sport, I think people people within Fifa may just have
[00:06:18] have a quiet word and say Johnny,
[00:06:20] Johnny, time to go. Henry Winter
[00:06:23] Winter there to Iran now. And the the security chief there has set
[00:06:26] set out a number of demands that that he says the US must satisfy
[00:06:29] satisfy before the Strait of Hormuz
[00:06:31] Hormuz can be reopened. The latest latest statement by Mohammad Bagher
[00:06:35] Bagher Zolgahdr comes despite the the fact that both Iran and Oman
[00:06:38] Oman have been saying their negotiations negotiations over new arrangements
[00:06:40] arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz have been positive and constructive.
[00:06:44] constructive. Let's get more on all all of this with our global affairs affairs correspondent, Sebastian
[00:06:47] Sebastian Usher. Hi, Sebastian. You've You've been following this for many,
[00:06:50] many, many weeks. Tell us where we're we're up to today. Then tonight specifically.
[00:06:53] specifically. I mean, I think where where we are is it's a hardening,
[00:06:56] hardening, a visible hardening of of Iran's stance, as you were saying.
[00:07:00] saying. It's coming as the last few few days, as has happened before.
[00:07:03] before. President Trump has talked talked up a possibility of an imminent imminent deal with Iran, not really
[00:07:07] really giving details about that. that. The deal that does seem to
[00:07:11] to be under negotiation at the moment moment is not directly involving
[00:07:13] involving the US it's between Iran Iran and Oman who are on either side
[00:07:17] side of the Strait of Hormuz and and negotiating a new mechanism for
[00:07:20] for vessels to pass through it, a a new route essentially. And they've
[00:07:24] they've been talking it up. Iran Iran has said that it's been very
[00:07:27] very positive. Just today, the Omani Omani Foreign Ministry for the first
[00:07:31] first time echoed that and saying saying talks have been constructive.
[00:07:34] constructive. But, you know, there there were signs a few days ago from
[00:07:38] from President Trump and other senior senior members of his administration administration that it was going
[00:07:41] going to happen. It's going to happen, happen, you know, one one day to to the next. It hasn't. So there's
[00:07:45] there's a sense that the momentum momentum of that is drifting off
[00:07:48] off a bit. And even that Iran has
[00:07:51] has been insisting isn't necessarily necessarily connected to the full
[00:07:54] full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. It isn't connected to the
[00:07:57] the US.. So what we've had now from
[00:07:59] from a security chief is a restatement
[00:08:02] restatement of conditions that were were in the memorandum of understanding,
[00:08:05] understanding, but they were left left very vague. The time scale of
[00:08:07] of when they would be enforced. And And they weren't just linked to the the Strait of Hormuz being reopened.
[00:08:11] reopened. They were linked to Iran's Iran's nuclear ambitions. What he's
[00:08:15] he's put out are those conditions. conditions. That's war reparations.
[00:08:18] reparations. That's sanctions being being lifted. So billions of dollars
[00:08:21] dollars being unfrozen and given given to Iran, the full withdrawal
[00:08:25] withdrawal of US troops from around around Iran, the immediate lifting
[00:08:28] lifting of a blockade that the US US has imposed on Iranian ports,
[00:08:31] ports, all of that to happen essentially essentially either before or as the
[00:08:35] the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened.
[00:08:39] reopened. So that is. Definitely Definitely a hardening of the stance.
[00:08:42] stance. And it had already been kind kind of previewed by the Iranian Iranian foreign minister who said
[00:08:46] said that the Strait of Hormuz would
[00:08:49] would require its reopening more more conditions to be fulfilled.
[00:08:53] fulfilled. So I think that's where where we are at the moment. A big big headache still for the Americans.
[00:08:56] Americans. And is that because Iran Iran sees or feels that it has more
[00:09:00] more of the cards? I think, you know, know, Iran, like the rest of the
[00:09:04] the world, has watched the negotiating negotiating strategy of President
[00:09:07] President Trump, which is to walk walk everyone up a hill and then then walk them almost straight down
[00:09:11] down again. So the biggest threat
[00:09:13] threat of all came a week ago. From
[00:09:15] From today, essentially from President President Trump saying that he would
[00:09:19] would unleash destruction that had had only been seen, you know, in
[00:09:22] in World War II, last on Iran if if it didn't accept a deal again
[00:09:26] again 24 hours later, he was saying saying the deal is imminent. He's
[00:09:30] He's been persuaded by US allies allies in the region not to do this. this. So Iran watching that thinks,
[00:09:34] thinks, well, he's not going to do do it. So if he's not going to do
[00:09:36] do it, what do we really have to
[00:09:39] to be concerned about immediately? immediately? Now we can push the
[00:09:43] the Americans harder because it doesn't doesn't look like they're ever really
[00:09:46] really going to attack us in a way way that would change the equation.
[00:09:50] equation. The escalations we've seen seen so far from America haven't
[00:09:53] haven't shifted, in fact, have made made the Iranian regime seem more
[00:09:56] more obdurate, more obstinate in in its position. So I think that's
[00:09:59] that's where the Iranian leadership leadership stands at the moment.
[00:10:03] moment. Now, you would have thought thought a few weeks ago maybe that's that's a false confidence. But the
[00:10:07] the way this pattern has been repeated repeated again and again gives a
[00:10:09] a sense that, you know, perhaps, perhaps, you know, they're on to
[00:10:13] to something here. Meanwhile, we
[00:10:14] we see this vital waterway still
[00:10:18] still at a standstill. Hundreds of of ships are stuck, oil still can't
[00:10:21] can't get through and all the other other things that pass through there there as well. And that is having
[00:10:24] having a huge knock-on effect. What What three, four months in now? It
[00:10:27] It is and that's for pressure. But But Iran is able to bring to bear
[00:10:31] bear on the Americans. And they're they're also able to intensify the the pressure. I think that is another
[00:10:35] another element in this that as America America as the US has escalated,
[00:10:39] escalated, Iran has escalated as as well. So they brought the Houthis
[00:10:42] Houthis in Yemen into the conflict conflict for the first time just
[00:10:45] just in the past 2 or 3 weeks. So
[00:10:48] So they have partially closed down down the Bab el Mandeb, another major
[00:10:51] major waterway. That was where the the Saudis were sending their oil.
[00:10:54] oil. They were able to bypass the the closure of Strait of Hormuz with
[00:10:57] with a pipeline from east to west west in the country, and then send
[00:11:00] send the oil in vessels down that that route. So they're having to
[00:11:04] to look at potentially changing that that and that I mean, another knock-on
[00:11:07] knock-on effect, which may not have have immediate bearing on the conflict
[00:11:11] conflict between the US and Iran, Iran, but it looks like it may reignite
[00:11:14] reignite the dormant war in Yemen
[00:11:17] Yemen between the Houthis and the the Saudi led coalition that supported
[00:11:20] supported the government there. So, So, you know, there are many consequences.
[00:11:24] consequences. And most of them at at the moment are though Iran, the
[00:11:28] the leadership, you know, has been been decimated, although the country
[00:11:31] country clearly is in desperate economic economic straits even worse than
[00:11:34] than before the war. Obviously, when when the smoke lifts, we may well
[00:11:37] well see that, but it suits I mean, mean, you said this many times. In
[00:11:41] In some ways it suits the Iranian Iranian leadership to be in this this position where they're still
[00:11:45] still in a conflict with the US they they can still play these cards and
[00:11:48] and they don't have to face up to
[00:11:51] to the Iranian people and their demands demands as they face back in January, January, when they came out onto
[00:11:55] onto the streets in the way that that it looks like they probably
[00:11:57] probably will when this if it ever
[00:11:59] ever is all over. So, you know, from from their perspective, which doesn't
[00:12:03] doesn't take into account the wishes wishes of Iranian people, you know,
[00:12:06] know, it doesn't take into account
[00:12:08] account the stability of the region, region, obviously, but from their
[00:12:12] their calculus, this is working.
[00:12:12] working. OK. Sebastian. Thank you.
[00:12:16] you. Now to Ukraine and President President Volodymyr Zelensky has
[00:12:19] has issued a fresh call for more more US made Patriot interceptor
[00:12:22] interceptor missiles after Ukraine's Ukraine's air defences failed again
[00:12:25] again to intercept incoming Russian Russian ballistic missiles. Three
[00:12:29] Three people, including a child, child, were killed in an overnight overnight attack near the Ukrainian
[00:12:33] Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. It happened happened in the east of the city,
[00:12:36] city, and witnesses say residential residential buildings and a fuel
[00:12:39] fuel tank were hit. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Ukraine's military said its drones
[00:12:42] drones struck two Russian oil refineries refineries as part of a long running
[00:12:45] running strategy to disrupt Russia's Russia's oil production, which it it says are being used to finance
[00:12:49] finance its war in Ukraine. From
[00:12:52] From Kyiv, Dan Johnson sent this
[00:12:54] this report. This is the level of
[00:12:57] of destruction Russian drones are are inflicting on Ukrainian family
[00:13:00] family homes. They struck after midnight midnight here, taking the lives of
[00:13:04] of a three-year-old boy and his grandparents,
[00:13:07] grandparents, his brother and their their parents were injured, along
[00:13:10] along with a neighbour who tried
[00:13:11] tried to save them. Ukrainian prosecutors prosecutors say this could amount
[00:13:15] amount to a war crime. Svetlana lives
[00:13:19] lives next door. My husband rushed
[00:13:21] rushed to get water to put out the the fire, but that didn't help. The
[00:13:25] The neighbours rushed out trying trying to rescue a small child but
[00:13:29] but they couldn't find the child.
[00:13:33] child. She. This is where the sacrifices
[00:13:36] sacrifices of Ukrainian soldiers soldiers are commemorated. But recent
[00:13:39] recent strikes have highlighted the the ongoing risk to ordinary people
[00:13:43] people because Ukraine says it just just doesn't have what it needs to
[00:13:46] to defend its skies. The other key key priority here is pushing for
[00:13:50] for tougher sanctions against Russia.
[00:13:55] Russia. And so President Zelensky Zelensky is for the first time visiting
[00:13:59] visiting Serbia, a traditional Russian Russian ally, one of the few countries
[00:14:02] countries not to impose sanctions.
[00:14:06] sanctions. In a time of war, we value value and are deeply grateful for
[00:14:09] for the help Ukraine receives from
[00:14:11] from other countries and other nations.
[00:14:14] nations. Ukraine has again been targeting targeting Russian oil facilities
[00:14:17] facilities in the latest round of of attacks. Both sides have exchanged
[00:14:21] exchanged in this increasingly dangerous
[00:14:23] dangerous phase of the war. Don Johnson,
[00:14:25] Johnson, BBC News Kyiv. In the UK,
[00:14:28] UK, police are urging anyone who who believes they may have been a
[00:14:31] a victim of the convicted sex offender offender and murderer Simon Levy
[00:14:35] Levy to come forward. He was found found guilty yesterday of murdering
[00:14:38] murdering two women and raping another. another. There have been calls for
[00:14:40] for a major review into how he was
[00:14:42] was able to continue offending. A A warning Tom Symonds report contains
[00:14:46] contains some distressing details.
[00:14:50] details. Simon, Simon, stay where
[00:14:51] where you are. Simon Levy. The sexual
[00:14:55] sexual predator and killer arrested. arrested. Time you're under arrest
[00:14:58] arrest on suspicion of murder. OK.
[00:15:00] OK. Right after time and freed, allowing allowing him to carry out a string
[00:15:04] string of sexual assaults and eventually eventually two murders. The Metropolitan
[00:15:08] Metropolitan Police admits he could could have been stopped before killing
[00:15:11] killing his second victim. Now there there are inquiries into what went
[00:15:15] went wrong inside two police forces forces and the criminal justice system.
[00:15:19] system. Levy was free to carry out
[00:15:21] out a series of sexual assaults on
[00:15:23] on the London Underground, including including one filmed by a woman he
[00:15:27] he had already assaulted. The police police watchdog is investigating
[00:15:30] investigating an officer for potential potential gross misconduct and a
[00:15:34] a detective sergeant for misconduct. misconduct. Were policies designed
[00:15:37] designed to protect women followed. followed. Are there any lessons to
[00:15:41] to be learnt? And now there are demands
[00:15:43] demands for a wider look at how the the system failed. We need all the
[00:15:46] the agencies involved to answer for for why there wasn't better information
[00:15:50] information sharing, and why the the assessment of risk he posed wasn't wasn't good enough. And then the
[00:15:54] the response that he received by by the police, by the CPS and the
[00:15:57] the courts, the fact he wasn't placed placed on remand earlier. The police
[00:16:00] police didn't treat his first murder murder as a murder. There was a lack
[00:16:03] lack of restrictions that could have have been placed on him. After all,
[00:16:06] all, Levy was released on bail despite despite the British Transport Police
[00:16:10] Police warning the courts. At one one point he was a danger to the
[00:16:14] the public at high risk of predatory predatory sexual offending against
[00:16:17] against women. The families of Carmenza
[00:16:21] Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Sheryl Wilkins have now seen him
[00:16:24] him jailed. The Metropolitan Police Police has actively investigated
[00:16:27] investigated whether he committed committed other murders, but today
[00:16:30] today police said they wanted to to hear from anyone he might have
[00:16:34] have assaulted. Tom Symonds, BBC
[00:16:36] BBC News. Spain has brought in border
[00:16:39] border checks on people travelling travelling from Italy, escalating
[00:16:41] escalating a migration row between between the two EU countries. Madrid's
[00:16:45] Madrid's month long suspension applies applies not just to citizens of third
[00:16:48] third countries arriving from Italy,
[00:16:50] Italy, but also to Italians themselves. themselves. Spain was angered by
[00:16:54] by Italy's response to last week's
[00:16:55] week's sudden influx of tens of thousands thousands of would be migrants into
[00:16:59] into the Spanish territory of theatre theatre on Morocco's coast. Italy
[00:17:03] Italy promptly imposed border restrictions restrictions on third country travellers
[00:17:07] travellers from Spain, which will
[00:17:08] will last until at least mid-August.
[00:17:11] mid-August. Our southern Europe correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford is
[00:17:13] is in Rome. She explained how this this row over migration has created
[00:17:17] created a rift within the heart of
[00:17:18] of Europe. It's definitely escalated
[00:17:22] escalated overnight with Spain retaliating
[00:17:25] retaliating for the Italian restrictions. restrictions. The measures themselves
[00:17:29] themselves are involve essentially
[00:17:32] essentially passengers who are arriving arriving into Spain from Italy being
[00:17:35] being met from planes and from boats. boats. If there are any cruise liners
[00:17:39] liners by extra police officers now now they're being met at the terminal
[00:17:42] terminal before they reach the terminal terminal itself, rather than being
[00:17:45] being taken to passport control. control. But there are now spot checks
[00:17:48] checks being carried out. I understand understand from the Spanish police
[00:17:52] police that they're inspecting around around about 10% of the passengers passengers on every flight coming
[00:17:55] coming in, but we're talking about about dozens of flights, I think
[00:17:58] think around about 200 flights from from Italy to Spain today alone. alone. We are at the height of tourist
[00:18:02] tourist season, of course. So this this is happening, this diplomatic
[00:18:06] diplomatic escalation, if you like, like, right? When there is the largest
[00:18:10] largest passenger flow between the the two countries and of course, course, passengers from Spain coming
[00:18:13] coming to Italy are facing similar
[00:18:15] similar checks here. And so where where is this likely to go at the
[00:18:18] the moment it's for a month. And
[00:18:20] And is the suggestion is the thinking
[00:18:23] thinking that will be it. Well yeah.
[00:18:26] yeah. I mean there's a debate going going on a political fight in public.
[00:18:30] public. I'm not quite sure what negotiations negotiations going on behind the
[00:18:32] the scenes, but certainly this step step taken by Spain came because
[00:18:36] because it gave Italy an ultimatum. ultimatum. It said, look, lift the the measures that you've implemented.
[00:18:40] implemented. They are politically politically motivated. It is scare
[00:18:42] scare mongering. There is no security security threat to Italy from the
[00:18:45] the fact that tens of thousands of
[00:18:48] of Moroccan primarily migrants, entered entered Ceuta because they've almost
[00:18:52] almost all of them gone back. And And anyway, none of them reached reached the European mainland. So
[00:18:56] So Spain was furious at the Italian Italian reaction and it has now retaliated
[00:18:59] retaliated because Italy said it it wouldn't accept ultimatums, it
[00:19:02] it wouldn't change its position and and that the measures in Italy will
[00:19:05] will stay in place for at least a a couple of weeks. So there's a big
[00:19:08] big debate over how long the two
[00:19:10] two sides will keep this up. Certainly Certainly Italy is pointing to social
[00:19:14] social media rumours suggesting there
[00:19:16] there may be another surge of migrants
[00:19:19] migrants trying to swim into Ceuta Ceuta on the 15th of August. And
[00:19:22] And Italy is pointing to that saying, saying, look, the security threat,
[00:19:24] threat, the terror threat they're they're saying is severe at the moment.
[00:19:27] moment. So we're going to keep the the measures in place. Spain is simply
[00:19:30] simply saying this is all politics politics and we will retaliate so
[00:19:33] so long as Italy continues to implement implement these restrictions. So
[00:19:36] So who knows where this will go. go. But certainly I think it does
[00:19:39] does point to a real serious rift
[00:19:40] rift at the heart of Europe, frankly, frankly, about how illegal migration
[00:19:44] migration is dealt with very different different positions from the left
[00:19:48] left and the right of politics here
[00:19:50] here on the continent. Sarah Rainsford Rainsford there and staying with
[00:19:53] with Spain, hundreds of people protested protested in the island of Mallorca
[00:19:57] Mallorca against mass tourism in in the Balearic Islands. Protesters
[00:20:00] Protesters said locals are finding finding it increasingly difficult
[00:20:03] difficult to access housing and the the mass tourism is forcing traditional
[00:20:07] traditional businesses to close. close. Spain is the world's second second most visited country after
[00:20:11] after France and welcomed more than than 96 million tourists last year.
[00:20:15] year. The government estimates that that tourists will contribute $73
[00:20:19] $73 billion to the economy this summer. summer. That's up 10% from the same
[00:20:23] same period last year, reinforcing reinforcing tourism's role as a key
[00:20:27] key driver of Spain's economic growth.
[00:20:30] growth. Hundreds of thousands of of people in Puerto Rico's capital capital have spent the day without
[00:20:34] without running water, with a massive massive rationing measure in effect
[00:20:37] effect triggered both by infrastructure infrastructure issues and a severe
[00:20:40] severe drought. The measure was put put in place on Friday. Customers
[00:20:43] Customers are divided into two groups groups that will temporarily lose
[00:20:46] lose access to water on a rotating rotating basis. Residents were seen
[00:20:50] seen filling up jugs and buckets buckets with water in preparation.
[00:20:54] preparation. The move is expected expected to remain in force until
[00:20:56] until the end of the month. Its capital capital San Juan, experienced its
[00:21:00] its driest July on record and 68%
[00:21:03] 68% of the US territory is currently
[00:21:05] currently in drought. The United
[00:21:07] United States has pledged $1 billion billion in security assistance to
[00:21:11] to Colombia after the inauguration inauguration of its new right wing
[00:21:15] wing president, Abelardo de la Espriella. Espriella. In his fiery maiden speech,
[00:21:18] speech, he pledged to crush armed armed insurgents, rebuild the country
[00:21:22] country and defend democracy by reason
[00:21:24] reason or by force. Colombia has
[00:21:27] has significant natural resources, resources, including substantial substantial oil reserves, but is
[00:21:31] is also home to violent drug trafficking trafficking organisations and is
[00:21:34] is the world's leading producer of of cocaine. Colombia's new president
[00:21:38] president is seen as an ally of President President Trump and has pledged to
[00:21:41] to be forceful and decisive against
[00:21:43] against crime. Our global affairs affairs reporter Mimi Swaby explains
[00:21:47] explains how the new president has has made it his mission to tackle
[00:21:50] tackle the so-called narco terrorism
[00:21:52] terrorism in the country. Now, Abelardo
[00:21:54] Abelardo de la Rhiya was a very successful
[00:21:58] successful ex-lawyer who actually actually defended drug trafficking trafficking paramilitaries before
[00:22:02] before he entered politics. Now he's
[00:22:04] he's vowed a very sharp break with
[00:22:06] with his leftist predecessor, Gustavo
[00:22:08] Gustavo Petro, replacing peace talks
[00:22:11] talks with relentlessly crushing crushing armed insurgents, rebuilding
[00:22:14] rebuilding the country and really really overhauling the state with
[00:22:17] with lots of changes in place. It'll
[00:22:19] It'll be interesting to see how many
[00:22:21] many of these very kind of Iron Fist
[00:22:23] Fist policies he's able to push through
[00:22:25] through some he can push through
[00:22:28] through a via decree, but many of
[00:22:29] of his proposals will require backing backing from a divided Congress in
[00:22:33] in Colombia. So they will perhaps perhaps have to be watered down to
[00:22:36] to be pushed through. He is really
[00:22:39] really come onto the stage, though, though, with very strong warnings
[00:22:43] warnings to armed groups in the area.
[00:22:46] area. Interestingly, he had his oath oath for office in Cali, not Bogota.
[00:22:50] Bogota. Now Cali is an area where
[00:22:51] where illegal armed groups have a
[00:22:54] a lot of influence. It's a very volatile volatile area, he said in this speech
[00:22:57] speech as well and reiterated today today on social media that Colombia
[00:23:00] Colombia is entering a new era the
[00:23:03] the era of a tiger. Now he's given given himself a very much a self-appointed self-appointed nickname, referring
[00:23:07] referring to himself as a tiger. tiger. And he said that the state
[00:23:10] state is going to use forceful, forceful forceful and decisive action against
[00:23:13] against crime. He's seen images shared
[00:23:16] shared throughout this campaign of of a fanged tiger himself as that
[00:23:19] that tiger. And he warned that the
[00:23:21] the tiger knows how to bite. So some
[00:23:24] some very clear warnings to armed armed groups and a very strong approach,
[00:23:28] approach, which we really heard in
[00:23:29] in that speech. Mimi Swaby there
[00:23:32] there and overnight sitting of the the Republican controlled US Senate
[00:23:36] Senate has narrowly approved President President Trump's former lawyer,
[00:23:39] lawyer, Todd Blanche, as Attorney Attorney General. Mr Blanche, who
[00:23:42] who has been acting Attorney General General since April, was approved
[00:23:45] approved by 50 votes to 49 after after several Republican senators
[00:23:49] senators relented following weeks
[00:23:51] weeks of uncertainty, Democrats unanimously unanimously opposed his appointment.
[00:23:54] appointment. White House reporter reporter Bernd Debusmann explained explained why the Senate vote was
[00:23:58] was so narrow. I think more than than anything, his proximity with
[00:24:02] with President Trump over the years years as his personal attorney had
[00:24:04] had led to some concern, even among among Senate Republicans. But much
[00:24:09] much more recently, there was a lot
[00:24:10] lot of questions about how Mr Blanche
[00:24:14] Blanche handled the $1.8 billion billion anti-weaponisation fund that that the administration said would
[00:24:17] would be used to compensate alleged
[00:24:21] alleged victims of judicial persecution persecution in previous administrations,
[00:24:25] administrations, as well as his handling handling of the Epstein files. And
[00:24:27] And I think collectively, even among among some of President Trump's political
[00:24:31] political allies, those two things things really did raise a lot of
[00:24:34] of alarm. And that's what led to
[00:24:35] to this very, very razor thin vote.
[00:24:38] vote. The man who actually cast the the deciding vote. Bill Cassidy is
[00:24:42] is a frequent critic of President
[00:24:45] President Trump's. But he said that that he just wasn't sure that if
[00:24:48] if President Trump would end up nominating nominating someone who he sees as
[00:24:52] as a worst option. So I think even even there, you saw quite a lot of
[00:24:56] of even though the vote was successful, successful, you saw quite a lot of
[00:24:59] of dissent from within the Republican Republican Party before the vote vote took place. And tell us a little
[00:25:03] little bit more about the role of
[00:25:05] of Attorney General, what it means
[00:25:07] means and what his appointment could
[00:25:09] could mean legally in the country.
[00:25:12] country. Well, he's very much the
[00:25:15] the become now the top law enforcement enforcement officer in the United
[00:25:18] United States. It's an enormously
[00:25:21] enormously influential position overseeing overseeing the really vast Department
[00:25:24] Department of Justice and all the the investigations that it carries
[00:25:27] carries out. And that's part of the the concern many Democrats had pointed
[00:25:30] pointed to him and said that they
[00:25:33] they were concerned that he would
[00:25:35] would essentially serve as the tool
[00:25:38] tool of the Trump administration administration to go after perceived perceived political opponents in
[00:25:42] in the future. But it is a very important
[00:25:45] important role in which he does oversee
[00:25:48] oversee essentially the entire federal federal law enforcement bureaucracy.
[00:25:52] bureaucracy. And how long will he
[00:25:54] he be in that role for? Well, at
[00:25:57] at the very least until there's if if there's another administration,
[00:26:01] administration, then it would be be up to them to nominate a new one.
[00:26:04] one. So for at least the next two two and a half years or so and then
[00:26:08] then depending on who comes to the the White House following the 2020
[00:26:12] 2020 election, it may well be that that there is a different Attorney
[00:26:15] Attorney General. It's a position position that comes and goes most
[00:26:18] most often with changes in administration. administration. Bernd Debusmann there?
[00:26:21] there? Stay with us here on BBC
[00:30:15] you are. Business on BBC News. Make
[00:30:17] Make the connection. MUSIC
[00:30:29] MUSIC
[00:30:34] BBC News. The headlines:. Fifa says its boss Gianni Infantino strongly
[00:30:38] strongly denies claims that Uefa Uefa paid off a woman described as
[00:30:41] as his lover when he was head of of European football's governing
[00:30:44] governing body. Iran's security chief
[00:30:46] chief has set out a number of demands demands that he says the US must
[00:30:50] must satisfy before the Strait of of Hormuz can be reopened, at least
[00:30:54] least three people, including a child, child, have been killed in overnight
[00:30:57] overnight Russian attacks near the the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. President
[00:31:00] President Zelensky has issued a call
[00:31:02] call for more interceptor missiles. missiles. Police are urging anyone
[00:31:05] anyone who believes they may have have been a victim of the convicted
[00:31:08] convicted sex offender and murderer
[00:31:10] murderer Simon Levy, to come forward.
[00:31:13] forward. Spain imposes border controls
[00:31:15] controls against Italy as a row over
[00:31:17] over immigration grows. Hello, I'm
[00:31:23] I'm Samantha Simmonds, the Prime Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is
[00:31:25] is back from his summer break on on Monday ahead of his return, Downing
[00:31:28] Downing Street has announced a renewed renewed focus on cost of living pressures.
[00:31:32] pressures. With me now to talk about about that is political correspondent correspondent Nick Eardley. Hi, Nick.
[00:31:35] Nick. And this was obviously the the focus of the first two weeks
[00:31:39] weeks of his prime ministership. ministership. So what can we expect, expect, do you think? Downing Street
[00:31:42] Street says the Prime Minister is is back from holiday in listening
[00:31:45] listening mode, and he's about to to embark on this much trailed tour
[00:31:49] tour of the UK around the four nations nations talking to people about what
[00:31:52] what they think are the big concerns concerns when it comes to the cost
[00:31:55] cost of living. Now number ten is is talking about something I think
[00:31:57] think we might hear a bit more about about in the next few weeks what
[00:32:00] what it calls everyday hassles, things things that lead to customers being
[00:32:04] being ripped off as the way they're they're putting it. And we're being
[00:32:07] being told to expect some pro-consumer pro-consumer measures in the next
[00:32:11] next few days. Now, no details on
[00:32:13] on what exactly they are at the moment
[00:32:16] moment and no details of the scale. scale. There has been, I think, a
[00:32:19] a bit pressure on the Prime Minister
[00:32:22] Minister to do something quite bold bold on the cost of living, but it
[00:32:26] it also seems that's unlikely at at the moment, at least until the
[00:32:29] the budget at the end of October. October. Even then, though, the chancellor
[00:32:33] chancellor of the new Chancellor, Chancellor, John Healey, has said
[00:32:35] said that he wants to maintain a
[00:32:37] a strong grasp of the public finances,
[00:32:39] finances, he wants to stay well within within those strict financial rules
[00:32:43] rules that the Labour Party is set set in power. So it does seem there's
[00:32:47] there's limited room for manoeuver manoeuver when it comes to spending
[00:32:49] spending money on the cost of living. living. So that's what the Prime
[00:32:52] Prime Minister wants to talk about. about. The other thing that I think
[00:32:55] think he's going to find it hard hard to escape from is this issue
[00:32:59] issue of early release of prisoners prisoners in England and Wales. There's
[00:33:02] There's been a lot of pressure in in the last few days on Andy Burnham
[00:33:05] Burnham over the fact that two of of the killers of PC Andrew Harper
[00:33:09] Harper are still due to be eligible eligible for early release from next
[00:33:12] next year after serving about half half of their sentences. The government
[00:33:16] government is continuing to say tonight
[00:33:19] tonight that it can't do anything anything else to the scheme without
[00:33:21] without risking prison capacity, capacity, but it's proving a difficult
[00:33:25] difficult issue for the Prime Minister Minister already. It's probably the
[00:33:28] the hardest big test that he's faced faced already, and I think it's one
[00:33:31] one he's bound to be confronted with, with, confronted. Confronted with
[00:33:34] with and suggestions that he may
[00:33:36] may well have to U-turn on this very very issue and criticism from some
[00:33:40] some opponents last week that he he was on holiday. He wasn't on the
[00:33:43] the front foot with this. So yeah, yeah, it's going to be interesting interesting to see how he manages
[00:33:46] manages that in the next few weeks. weeks. But whether or not the honeymoon
[00:33:49] honeymoon period that he's been allowed allowed also continues. Yeah, absolutely.
[00:33:52] absolutely. And the thing about this this issue is Andy Burnham kind of
[00:33:55] of owns it now because he when he he came into Downing Street said,
[00:33:58] said, I want to look at this. I want want to review the scheme. He did
[00:34:01] did that review. He exempted some
[00:34:03] some groups of offenders from early early release but not people convicted
[00:34:07] convicted of manslaughter, which which is the case with these two
[00:34:10] two men who were found guilty of of contributing to the killing of
[00:34:14] of PC Andrew Harper. Now there are are some suggestions that the Prime
[00:34:17] Prime Minister is prepared to look look at this again and try and find
[00:34:20] find some sort of solution. Number Number ten continuing to say tonight,
[00:34:23] tonight, though, when I ask them them that his position still stands,
[00:34:25] stands, that there just isn't the the capacity to come up with any
[00:34:29] any more exemptions. OK, Nick, we we will see. Thank you. Now, Russian
[00:34:32] Russian drone and missile strikes strikes on Ukrainian targets have
[00:34:35] have ramped up in recent months as
[00:34:37] as Ukrainian air defences are increasingly increasingly tested. But did you
[00:34:40] you know many of the weapons inflicting inflicting the damage include components
[00:34:43] components made in Western countries, countries, including the US, UK and
[00:34:47] and Germany. His security briefs briefs Mikey Kay, a former senior
[00:34:51] senior officer in the British military. military. Do you know how many Russian
[00:34:54] Russian weapons being used against against Ukraine are reliant on Western
[00:34:57] Western parts called dual use components? components? I'm Mikey Kay, military
[00:35:01] military analyst on the Security Security Brief, and I'll explain explain how Western manufacturers manufacturers are helping to fuel
[00:35:04] fuel Russia's war machine. This year,
[00:35:08] year, up until June, Russia launched launched nearly 40,000 drones on
[00:35:12] on Ukraine. These include decoy and and reconnaissance drones, but more
[00:35:16] more than half are called one way
[00:35:17] way attack drones comprising of the
[00:35:20] the Garand two and Geran-3. This This is the Geran-3, a jet powered
[00:35:23] powered one way attack drone used used by the Russians to inflict devastation
[00:35:27] devastation across Ukraine. That That hole on the back is an air intake
[00:35:30] intake for a jet engine manufactured manufactured in China. The Geran-3
[00:35:33] Geran-3 is an evolution of the Iranian
[00:35:36] Iranian made Shahed 136 attack drone. drone. That particular drone has
[00:35:39] has been synonymous with the conflict conflict in the Persian Gulf, but
[00:35:42] but actually has been used to attack attack Ukraine for over four years.
[00:35:46] years. But the Geran-3 is a major major step up. It has over twice
[00:35:50] twice the speed, twice the range range and twice the payload of the
[00:35:53] the original Shahed. Now Ukrainian Ukrainian intelligence has identified
[00:35:56] identified from debris a vast amount amount of foreign components in this
[00:35:59] this drone that have been supplied supplied through third parties. It's
[00:36:01] It's important to note that these these companies are not supplying supplying parts directly to Russia.
[00:36:06] Russia. Let me show you. Here you
[00:36:08] you can see 23 parts made by American
[00:36:10] American firms eight from China, China, seven from Switzerland as
[00:36:14] as well as Germany, the UK and Japan. Japan. Let's focus on the part the
[00:36:17] the UK is playing. Computers like like this have been found inside
[00:36:21] inside the Geran-3 made by a British British company called Raspberry Raspberry Pi. Originally designed
[00:36:24] designed to help teach it in schools,
[00:36:27] schools, it's used as a central nervous nervous system of the drone. The
[00:36:30] The company told The Times that third third party distributors, largely
[00:36:33] largely in China, have been buying buying its products and shipping
[00:36:36] shipping them to Russia without its its knowledge. It has also said it
[00:36:40] it fully complies with international international sanctions on Russia.
[00:36:43] Russia. As you can see, the UK is is only a small part of this big
[00:36:46] big problem. And it's not just the
[00:36:48] the Geran-3. This is the KH-101 Russian
[00:36:51] Russian cruise missile. Last week week in a single night. 60 of these
[00:36:54] these were launched on Ukraine. It's It's dropped from a strategic bomber
[00:36:58] bomber which allows aircraft to remain remain well clear of enemy air defence
[00:37:02] defence threats. This is called a a standoff range and the KH-101 has
[00:37:06] has a range of up to 2800km. That's
[00:37:10] That's roughly 1750 miles and that's that's nearly three times the length
[00:37:13] length of the UK. It bears a conventional
[00:37:15] conventional warhead payload of around around 450kg. But here's the kicker
[00:37:19] kicker there's also a nuclear variant variant called the KH-102, effectively
[00:37:23] effectively the same missile but but can reportedly carry a thermonuclear
[00:37:26] thermonuclear warhead of up to 450 450 kilotons. That's roughly 30 times
[00:37:30] times the size of the US bomb that that was dropped on Hiroshima in
[00:37:34] in World War II. So what type of of Russian aircraft am I talking
[00:37:37] talking about? It is generally launched launched from Russia's strategic
[00:37:39] strategic bomber fleet. On the left
[00:37:42] left is the Tu 95 bear. You'll have
[00:37:44] have seen these bombers being intercepted intercepted regularly by typhoon
[00:37:46] typhoon jets. As the bombers are are approaching UK airspace and on
[00:37:50] on the right. That's the Russian
[00:37:53] Russian TU-160 Blackjack. Remember Remember Operation Spiderweb Ukrainian
[00:37:56] Ukrainian drone attacks launched launched from trucks positioned deep
[00:37:59] deep inside Russia. Although these these strategic bombers form part
[00:38:01] part of Russia's nuclear second strike strike deterrent, they were targeted
[00:38:05] targeted because they are also being being used to fire cruise missiles,
[00:38:09] missiles, which are causing devastation devastation across Ukraine. So how
[00:38:12] how many foreign parts are inside
[00:38:14] inside the KH-101? The answer more
[00:38:16] more than 100 missile examined by by Ukrainian authorities after a
[00:38:20] a deadly strike on a Kyiv apartment apartment block in January found
[00:38:23] found parts from companies based
[00:38:25] based in the US, Germany, Netherlands,
[00:38:27] Netherlands, China and Taiwan. The The Geran-3 drone and the KH-101
[00:38:31] KH-101 cruise missile are just two two case studies of Russia's war
[00:38:34] war machine. Analysis has also identified
[00:38:37] identified many other Russian capabilities capabilities that rely on foreign
[00:38:40] foreign dual use components for military military vehicles to radar stations
[00:38:44] stations and helicopters. So the the same countries that are providing
[00:38:47] providing military and financial financial assistance to Ukraine are
[00:38:50] are home to the companies that are
[00:38:52] are enabling its destruction. Mikey
[00:38:54] Mikey Kay. They're now tucked in
[00:38:57] in southwestern Ukraine. Odesa is is the country's third largest city.
[00:39:00] city. It was an economic powerhouse powerhouse before the war. Now that
[00:39:04] that Russia occupies the majority majority of Ukraine's coastline,
[00:39:06] coastline, the region has become become even more vital. But residents
[00:39:10] residents continue to go about their their daily lives. BBC correspondent
[00:39:14] correspondent Paul Adams travelled travelled to Odesa as the war at
[00:39:17] at sea escalates. Supersonic missiles
[00:39:21] missiles are heading roughly in this
[00:39:25] this direction. All of this stuff
[00:39:27] stuff going on while people are just just splashing around in the water,
[00:39:30] water, it's quite weird. Yemi....
[00:39:34] Yemi.... There's a battle raging raging at sea and in ports. Russia
[00:39:37] Russia and Ukraine hitting each other's other's ships for the past month.
[00:39:40] month. The images have been pouring
[00:39:42] pouring in. Much of it is taking taking place near Odesa, where we're
[00:39:46] we're about to spend three days. days. For those living here in southern
[00:39:50] southern Ukraine, the war is always always close. Something that was
[00:39:53] was quite hard to listen to. Is that
[00:40:06] that boom, boom, boom right here.
[00:40:08] here. It's probably trimmed. I'm
[00:40:11] I'm not sure. Sure I'm not sure. sure. Felt a little bit like the
[00:40:14] the rumbling of a train that wasn't.
[00:40:19] wasn't. It's not. So defence is a
[00:40:24] a drone. That crackling sound is is the sound of people trying to
[00:40:28] to shoot a drone down. But we can't
[00:40:31] can't hear the drone. So we've come come to Odesa because for the last
[00:40:34] last few weeks we keep hearing reports reports and seeing videos of Russian
[00:40:38] Russian attacks on ships out in the the Black Sea and also on all the
[00:40:41] the ports in this area. And so it
[00:40:45] it feels like another escalation escalation in this war. And we want
[00:40:47] want to see and feel what it's like
[00:40:49] like to live here in one of Ukraine's
[00:40:52] Ukraine's most famous cities. It's
[00:40:55] It's a great place, bustling, full full of history, apparently well
[00:40:57] well known for its sense of humour
[00:41:01] humour to what's the story? It's
[00:41:04] It's just the humour in Odesa. Four Four and a half years of war have
[00:41:08] have given rise to some pretty interesting interesting art as well. This is
[00:41:12] is quite a nice view. Battlefield
[00:41:14] Battlefield like war on the land,
[00:41:17] land, sea and sky. MUSIC
[00:41:31] MUSIC So So that just seems like another classic classic Odesa moment. One minute minute you're walking along a lovely
[00:41:35] lovely tree lined avenue, listening listening to a man playing the accordion,
[00:41:38] accordion, and then moments later later you're hearing a distant explosion
[00:41:41] explosion and the sound of machine
[00:41:43] machine gun fire. It is just the
[00:41:45] the daily routine here, particularly particularly at the moment. We're
[00:41:48] We're waiting because. We've been been planning this trip for days.
[00:41:52] days. But with the sirens constantly constantly going off and Russian
[00:41:55] Russian drones and missiles seemingly seemingly never far away, the plans
[00:41:58] plans keep changing. Let's give it
[00:42:00] it some time. They will check the
[00:42:02] the possible threats for tomorrow
[00:42:04] tomorrow given the available information information everyone has. Because
[00:42:08] Because if it's really dangerous,
[00:42:10] dangerous, it's not worth it. So
[00:42:13] So this is what the Russian Ministry Ministry of Defence is saying that
[00:42:16] that they continued their strikes
[00:42:19] strikes against Ukrainian port infrastructure,
[00:42:22] infrastructure, including something
[00:42:24] something in Odesa Port. So the place
[00:42:29] place we're going to board the boat boat is not in, in Odesa. Exactly
[00:42:32] Exactly right. Yes. It's one of the
[00:42:36] the biggest ports in the Odesa region.
[00:42:38] region. So far, so good. A trip with with the Navy is on, but you're going
[00:42:42] going to see a lot of blurring for for a bit. There are all sorts of
[00:42:45] of things they don't want us to film, film, including where we are. Anything
[00:42:49] Anything basically that could help help the Russians. And we're waiting
[00:42:52] waiting for a press guy from the
[00:42:55] the Navy who is going to escort us
[00:42:57] us inside where we will get on board
[00:42:59] board a patrol vessel. This has all
[00:43:03] all been very tightly controlled controlled and we're going to split
[00:43:06] split up the group. That's just going going to be three of us going on
[00:43:08] on board just to keep the risk to
[00:43:10] to a minimum. Oh. How many times
[00:43:20] times a day at the moment. Last last
[00:43:25] last time very many. So the siren
[00:43:28] siren has just gone off and Andrey Andrey has suggested that we move
[00:43:32] move to the nearest shelter and there there are a couple of them here. here. We're going to head to this
[00:43:35] this one here. This happens a lot.
[00:43:49] Everyone's coming. It's going
[00:43:51] to get crowded. In here. So that
[00:43:56] that is another siren. And there's
[00:43:58] there's a message on my phone which
[00:44:00] which says that two supersonic missiles
[00:44:04] missiles are heading roughly in this this direction. So I guess we're
[00:44:08] we're going to be staying here for
[00:44:11] for a bit. No, duh. No. This. You're
[00:44:18] You're right. We're stuck in the
[00:44:23] the bunker for 15 minutes. It's hot.
[00:44:25] hot. So, Andrea escort gives us a a little air. Finally, the danger
[00:44:29] danger passes. OK, that's all clear.
[00:44:34] clear. We're going on patrol. These These are the first responders. When
[00:44:37] When cargo ships are hit at netting, netting, by the way, that's supposed
[00:44:41] supposed to offer some protection
[00:44:42] protection against smaller drones.
[00:44:46] drones. It kind of goes around. So
[00:44:48] So as we exit the port we're passing
[00:44:55] passing evidence of Russian attacks
[00:44:56] attacks in this area. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, we can't show you
[00:45:00] you any of this because it's really
[00:45:02] really important that the authorities authorities here that the Russians
[00:45:05] Russians don't know what is and isn't
[00:45:08] isn't working. But we've seen ships
[00:45:11] ships that have been badly damaged damaged by fire, another one where
[00:45:14] where the containers which are still
[00:45:16] still on board seem to be on fire.
[00:45:19] fire. The risk is absolutely constant.
[00:45:25] constant. Just. Above. Ningbo Lishe
[00:45:34] Lishe attack. OK, so the. Maximum.
[00:45:40] Maximum. What is this other vessel?
[00:45:43] vessel? It's one of yours. Like.
[00:45:45] Like. Like this one. OK. So so Martin,
[00:45:50] Martin, this is going to be a we're we're going to pass one of the same
[00:45:53] same boats as this and we can film
[00:45:56] film it. Everyone is focused on alert.
[00:46:06] alert. Andrey says they fire their their guns pretty much every day.
[00:46:10] day. For the moment though, everything
[00:46:12] everything out here looks calm. So
[00:46:16] So if you live anywhere near any
[00:46:18] any of the ports down in the Odesa Odesa area, you are running a risk
[00:46:21] risk because not all the missiles missiles land where they're supposed
[00:46:24] supposed to land. And we've been been told that one landed here just
[00:46:27] just a few days ago. The port is
[00:46:32] is literally a matter of a few hundred hundred metres in that direction.
[00:46:35] direction. So this was hit by something
[00:46:39] something that overshot its target.
[00:46:42] target. And you can tell from the
[00:46:45] the wreckage here this was just someone's
[00:46:47] someone's home. Maybe someone's workshop.
[00:46:51] workshop. What a mess. This is a
[00:46:55] a hi, Paul. He was working on Christina.
[00:46:58] Christina. He was working and he he was here at the moment when the
[00:47:01] the attack happened. And he's ready ready for the interview. Do people
[00:47:05] people who live and work in this
[00:47:08] this area feel that they are somehow
[00:47:10] somehow on the front line? No no.
[00:47:22] no. No. No. And has the situation
[00:47:31] situation got worse in the last few
[00:47:35] few weeks? You know, after all these
[00:47:41] these alarms and scenes of destruction, destruction, this might just surprise
[00:47:44] surprise you a little bit. Look at
[00:47:45] at this. This is the beach in Odesa.
[00:47:49] Odesa. While we've been here, the the alarm has gone off about 2 or
[00:47:53] or 3 times. No one has moved a muscle.
[00:48:01] muscle. Let me show you. What does
[00:48:08] does it say about this one? Is this
[00:48:11] this the alert we're getting? Which Which one? Like how many did we have?
[00:48:15] have? This today? Five. Five? Yeah.
[00:48:19] Yeah. No, this one was over there.
[00:48:21] there. Yeah. There are some sirens.
[00:48:25] sirens. Yeah. 000. This is completely
[00:48:33] completely surreal. We just saw a a drone flying up into the sky. We
[00:48:37] We have no idea what it was. Maybe Maybe some kind of interceptor drone.
[00:48:41] drone. Now just in the last few seconds seconds we've heard what sounds like
[00:48:44] like a jet flying overhead. All of
[00:48:47] of this stuff going on while people people are just splashing around
[00:48:50] around in the water. It's quite weird.
[00:48:59] weird. Oh there more drones. Yeah, Yeah, there. It's hovering just over
[00:49:02] over the water there. Yeah. I reckon
[00:49:10] reckon that's the one we saw taking
[00:49:11] taking off and it's just come back.
[00:49:20] back. Come on. It's our last morning morning in Odesa and we're catching
[00:49:23] catching up with the boss of one one of the biggest ports in the area.
[00:49:26] area. He's counting the cost to Ukraine Ukraine of a month of constant Russian
[00:49:30] Russian attacks. So right now all
[00:49:33] all ports are on hold and the corridor corridor is open. So the military
[00:49:36] military are letting through vessels. vessels. But there is barely anybody
[00:49:40] anybody who wants to call because
[00:49:44] because there is a huge problem with with people getting killed. But Russia
[00:49:47] Russia is having problems too. Big Big problems. Ukraine has been hitting
[00:49:51] hitting their ships sanctioned oil oil tankers, ferries, tugboats, around
[00:49:55] around 200 of them just in the past past month, all part of a campaign
[00:49:59] campaign to cut off supplies to Russian
[00:50:01] Russian occupied Crimea. The Ukrainians Ukrainians say this is very different
[00:50:04] different from hitting ships carrying
[00:50:07] carrying grain to the world. Over
[00:50:09] Over there. Everyone is. Hello. Hello.
[00:50:16] Hello. Producer Christina. So these
[00:50:19] these two ladies here work in the
[00:50:26] the port and we're hoping that they're
[00:50:27] they're going to give us a very good
[00:50:30] good insight into what it's like like to work day to day at a time
[00:50:34] time when you've simply no idea when when you're going to come under attack
[00:50:37] attack next. Well, one year. One
[00:50:39] One year ago, Svetlana is limping. limping. She still has pieces of
[00:50:43] of a Russian missile in her leg and and back after an explosion a year
[00:50:46] year ago. I feel bad that we're making
[00:50:48] making you walk all this way. But
[00:50:52] But some of us. And how much more
[00:51:02] more difficult has it become in the
[00:51:04] the last few weeks? Oh. Watching
[00:51:08] Watching low morale. No no no. Ahead
[00:51:14] Ahead of Helena Humphrey lot of morale.
[00:51:17] morale. Ningbo Lishe what would you.
[00:51:31] Civil. At the. Or. Svetlana is
[00:51:58] from the Russian occupied East. She's
[00:51:59] She's made Odesa a home. But the
[00:52:04] the war won't leave her alone. She's
[00:52:09] She's clearly struggling. Bye-bye
[00:52:16] Bye-bye bye. Thank you. Oh, God.
[00:52:29] God. Something that was quite hard
[00:52:30] hard to listen to.
[00:52:45] We're trying to find the site
[00:52:47] of an explosion we heard earlier.
[00:52:52] earlier. Sir, he is struggling. The The alert is still on, so Google
[00:52:55] Google Maps doesn't work. That's That's because incoming drones use
[00:52:58] use GPs to. So the authorities scramble
[00:53:01] scramble the signal. Eventually we
[00:53:04] we get there in the ruins of his
[00:53:05] his house and garden we find Andrey
[00:53:09] Andrey taking stock. Are. Three year.
[00:53:20] year. Yeah, look at the height. Not.
[00:53:31] Not. You seem to have a sense of
[00:53:33] of humour about this whole incident.
[00:53:37] incident. Was just humourous. Yes,
[00:53:41] Yes, it. All. To meet Andrey and
[00:53:52] and to get a little bit of legendary
[00:53:55] legendary Odesa humour. Just a few few hours after his whole house had
[00:53:59] had been destroyed. Absolutely incredible.
[00:54:03] incredible. This is where he's going
[00:54:04] going to sleep tonight. Yes. She.
[00:54:17] She. So someone's brought him a blanket?
[00:54:21] blanket? I will clean it up here,
[00:54:22] here, sir. Yeah. We have what it
[00:54:30] it is, what it is. One second. Yeah.
[00:54:40] Yeah. Right. I saw that I saw that
[00:54:46] that lying on his bed. This is one
[00:54:49] one of your pairs. Yeah. You hear?
[00:54:52] hear? Have good. Tis damn good. Is
[00:54:54] Is it? Can I eat it now? Oh. You
[00:54:58] You just need to have good teeth.
[00:55:00] teeth. I've got good teeth. Are.
[00:55:05] Are. All fine then. So that heavy
[00:55:13] heavy machine gun fire has been going
[00:55:15] going on for several minutes now.
[00:55:18] now. That's one of the many ways
[00:55:20] ways that they try and shoot down
[00:55:22] down drones. But as usual, no one
[00:55:26] one is paying any attention at all.
[00:55:34] all. Our trip to Odesa ends pretty
[00:55:36] pretty much as it began. It's time time for the long drive back to Kyiv.
[00:55:40] Kyiv. We've seen a lot in a city city where people are trying hard
[00:55:44] hard to stay normal.
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[01:00:10] Live from Washington. This is
[01:00:12] BBC News. Ukraine's president repeats
[01:00:15] repeats his plea for more missiles missiles to intercept air strikes
[01:00:19] strikes after another deadly Russian
[01:00:24] After another deadly Russian attack just outside the capital, capital, Kyiv. Football's world body body Fifa responds as questions mount
[01:00:27] mount about president Gianni Infantino? Infantino? S personal and professional
[01:00:31] professional conduct. And police police in the UK urge others who
[01:00:34] who might be the victim of the convicted
[01:00:37] convicted murderer and rapist. Simon
[01:00:39] Simon Levy to come forward. I'm Helena
[01:00:50] Helena Humphrey good to have you you with us. Ukraine's President President Volodymyr Zelensky is again
[01:00:54] again appealing to allies for interceptor interceptor missiles after a Russian
[01:00:58] Russian attack killed three people,