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[00:00:00] MUSIC
[00:00:13] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:15] BBC News. Ukraine's president repeats
[00:00:18] repeats his plea for more missiles missiles to intercept air strikes
[00:00:22] strikes after another deadly Russian
[00:00:27] After another deadly Russian attack just outside the capital, capital, Kyiv. Football's world body body Fifa responds as questions mount
[00:00:30] mount about president Gianni Infantino? Infantino? S personal and professional
[00:00:34] professional conduct. And police police in the UK urge others who
[00:00:38] who might be the victim of the convicted
[00:00:40] convicted murderer and rapist. Simon
[00:00:42] Simon Levy to come forward. I'm Helena
[00:00:53] Helena Humphrey good to have you you with us. Ukraine's President President Volodymyr Zelensky is again
[00:00:57] again appealing to allies for interceptor interceptor missiles after a Russian
[00:01:01] Russian attack killed three people, people, including a child. The strikes
[00:01:04] strikes happened early on Saturday Saturday to the east of the capital,
[00:01:07] capital, Kyiv. Witnesses say that that residential buildings were among
[00:01:11] among those hit. Russia's defence defence ministry says that it struck
[00:01:14] struck a factory producing components
[00:01:16] components for Ukrainian cruise missiles. missiles. Also on Saturday, Ukraine
[00:01:20] Ukraine said that its drones struck struck two Russian oil refineries
[00:01:23] refineries from Kyiv. Dan Johnson
[00:01:25] Johnson sent this report. This is
[00:01:28] is the level of destruction Russian Russian drones are inflicting on
[00:01:31] on Ukrainian family homes. They struck struck after midnight here, taking
[00:01:35] taking the lives of a three-year-old three-year-old boy and his grandparents,
[00:01:39] grandparents, his brother and their their parents were injured, along along with a neighbour who tried
[00:01:43] tried to save them. Ukrainian prosecutors
[00:01:47] prosecutors say this could amount
[00:01:47] amount to a war crime. Svetlana lives
[00:01:51] lives next door. My husband rushed
[00:01:54] rushed to get water to put out the the fire, but that didn't help. The
[00:01:57] The neighbours rushed out trying trying to rescue a small child but
[00:02:01] but they couldn't find the child.
[00:02:06] child. This is where the sacrifices sacrifices of Ukrainian soldiers
[00:02:10] soldiers are commemorated. But recent recent strikes have highlighted the
[00:02:13] the ongoing risk to ordinary people people because Ukraine says it just
[00:02:17] just doesn't have what it needs to
[00:02:19] to defend its skies. The other key key priority here is pushing for
[00:02:22] for tougher sanctions against Russia.
[00:02:27] Russia. And so President Zelensky Zelensky is for the first time visiting
[00:02:31] visiting Serbia, a traditional Russian Russian ally and one of the few countries
[00:02:34] countries not to impose sanctions.
[00:02:38] sanctions. In a time of war, we value value and are deeply grateful for
[00:02:42] for the help Ukraine receives from
[00:02:43] from other countries and other nations.
[00:02:46] nations. Ukraine has again been targeting targeting Russian oil facilities
[00:02:50] facilities in the latest round of of attacks. Both sides have exchanged
[00:02:53] exchanged in this increasingly dangerous
[00:02:55] dangerous phase of the war. Dan Johnson,
[00:02:58] Johnson, BBC News, Kyiv. Well, this this comes as a Russian strike in
[00:03:01] in Dnipro severely damaged one of
[00:03:04] of Ukraine's largest pharmaceutical pharmaceutical warehouses, risking
[00:03:06] risking vital medical supplies relied relied on by the International Rescue
[00:03:10] Rescue Committee and other humanitarian humanitarian organisations. Doctor
[00:03:13] Doctor Marko Isailovic, the senior senior health co-ordinator at the
[00:03:17] the IRC Ukraine, told me about the
[00:03:19] the scale of the damage. The warehouse.
[00:03:22] warehouse. So at the moment we cannot
[00:03:24] cannot access the warehouse. We only
[00:03:27] only received information from the
[00:03:30] the warehouse staff that the warehouse warehouse is completely destroyed.
[00:03:33] destroyed. All of the medication,
[00:03:34] medication, all the medical supplies.
[00:03:38] supplies. More than 70 million words
[00:03:40] words in US dollars of medical supplies supplies has been completely destroyed
[00:03:43] destroyed and if not destroyed, they've they've been exposed to fire and
[00:03:47] and water so they cannot be used
[00:03:49] used any more. At the moment. Firefighters
[00:03:52] Firefighters and emergency services services are at the site, so we cannot
[00:03:56] cannot access. But we are hoping
[00:03:59] hoping as of Monday we can go and
[00:04:02] and assess the situations ourselves
[00:04:05] ourselves and confirm the damage.
[00:04:06] damage. I mean this is a huge stock
[00:04:09] stock of medication that has been
[00:04:10] been lost. What does that mean for
[00:04:14] for patients and the treatment of of people? I mean could their lives
[00:04:17] lives be at risk? Exactly. Because
[00:04:20] Because this is not the first attack. attack. Our International Rescue
[00:04:24] Rescue Committee has already suffered
[00:04:26] suffered the attack back in December
[00:04:29] December 2025, when more than $200,000
[00:04:32] $200,000 worth of supplies were also
[00:04:34] also lost in the attack of one of
[00:04:37] of the largest pharmaceutical warehouses
[00:04:40] warehouses in Ukraine. And now it
[00:04:43] it was not only I. International International Rescue Committee who
[00:04:46] who had the medicine and medical medical supplies in this warehouse.
[00:04:50] warehouse. It was World Health Organization,
[00:04:53] Organization, many other humanitarian humanitarian organisations, but as
[00:04:57] as well, hospitals and primary health health care centres. And this attack
[00:05:00] attack is not only on the pharmaceutical
[00:05:03] pharmaceutical warehouse or on the
[00:05:05] the medication. It's attack on every
[00:05:08] every patient who needs chronic medication, medication, who needs critical care.
[00:05:12] care. It's attack on every healthcare
[00:05:15] healthcare professional who cannot cannot provide the quality care to
[00:05:19] to their patients because they don't
[00:05:20] don't have medicine to provide. And
[00:05:23] And we already are seeing some shortages
[00:05:26] shortages in the medication at the
[00:05:28] the moment in the local market. Luckily,
[00:05:31] Luckily, the supply chain outside outside of Ukraine is still well
[00:05:35] well functioning. So we are able
[00:05:36] able to import medication. But again,
[00:05:39] again, it's going to take much more
[00:05:42] more time and we are hoping it will will not create additional problems
[00:05:46] problems for the patient who need need emergency care. IRC has said
[00:05:50] said in a statement that medicine medicine medical supplies should
[00:05:53] should be off limits. Do you have
[00:05:55] have any evidence that Russia deliberately deliberately targeted this warehouse,
[00:05:58] warehouse, or do you simply not know
[00:06:00] know at this stage? I don't have
[00:06:03] have sufficient information nor I'm I'm in the position to say that this
[00:06:07] this was a deliberate attack. But
[00:06:08] But what we can see is a trend that
[00:06:12] that as WHO has been reporting, that
[00:06:15] that since the beginning of the escalation escalation or the full-scale war
[00:06:19] war in February 2022, there were
[00:06:24] were more than 3100 recorded attacks
[00:06:25] attacks on healthcare. More than
[00:06:29] than 240 of our colleagues healthcare healthcare professionals have lost
[00:06:32] lost their life during the line of
[00:06:35] of duty, 80% of those attacks were
[00:06:38] were also on the medical team. Emergency
[00:06:41] Emergency services who are coming coming to provide critical care after
[00:06:44] after the attacks. So yeah, this
[00:06:48] this has been a trend and a sign
[00:06:53] sign that there are no safe places places nor safe professions in Ukraine.
[00:06:55] Ukraine. Yeah. And you've repeatedly
[00:06:58] repeatedly called for an end to attacks
[00:07:00] attacks on civilian infrastructure infrastructure through your organisation.
[00:07:04] organisation. And those appeals have have been made throughout this war.
[00:07:06] war. Those attacks continue. So what
[00:07:09] what specifically do you want from from Ukraine's international partners
[00:07:13] partners to do differently to try try and stop this? Yes, you're completely
[00:07:17] completely right. We've been advocating
[00:07:18] advocating for the past four and
[00:07:21] and a half years. We feel that the
[00:07:23] the international community is not not supporting sufficiently the war
[00:07:26] war in Ukraine. We feel that everybody everybody is forgetting that the
[00:07:30] the war is ongoing and is very much
[00:07:32] much ongoing. More than 15,000 civilians civilians have lost their lives since
[00:07:35] since the beginning of the full-scale
[00:07:38] full-scale war and the trend is is
[00:07:41] is much higher since the beginning
[00:07:44] beginning of 2026, we have been seeing. seeing. I'm based in Kyiv and every
[00:07:47] every other night there is a mass
[00:07:50] mass attack in the city. The attacks
[00:07:53] attacks on the critical infrastructure, infrastructure, on the civilians,
[00:07:56] civilians, on the water supply, energy
[00:07:59] energy supply, as has been aggregating
[00:08:02] aggregating the suffering of the
[00:08:05] the people, the impacts on the mental
[00:08:07] mental health of people is tremendous
[00:08:11] tremendous sleep deprivation, the the inability to go to work in a
[00:08:15] a normal circumstances. All of these
[00:08:18] these has has been ongoing for four
[00:08:20] four and a half years. And with winter
[00:08:22] winter approaching, we feel that
[00:08:24] that the humanitarian aid is needed
[00:08:27] needed more than ever. But as well,
[00:08:29] well, the support from the international international community to Ukrainian
[00:08:32] Ukrainian people. Doctor Marko Isailovic
[00:08:35] Isailovic there from the International International Rescue Committee. Now
[00:08:37] Now Iran says that the US must meet
[00:08:40] meet its demands in order for the the Strait of Hormuz to reopen. On
[00:08:44] On Saturday, Iran's foreign minister minister tempered expectations for
[00:08:47] for a full reopening of the strait strait any time soon. An Iranian
[00:08:50] Iranian military spokesperson said said that Tehran will leverage the
[00:08:54] the power it has by virtue of geography.
[00:08:57] geography. Let's have a listen. Wow.
[00:09:01] Wow. The enemy is compelled for the
[00:09:03] the strait to be reopened to accept accept Iran's conditions and refrain
[00:09:06] refrain from interfering in the negotiations negotiations between Iran, Oman and
[00:09:10] and other countries which have almost almost reached their conclusion.
[00:09:13] conclusion. It must refrain from from such interference and accept
[00:09:16] accept Iran's conditions whenever whenever it accepts Iran's conditions.
[00:09:20] conditions. The Strait of Hormuz
[00:09:21] Hormuz will certainly be reopened.
[00:09:24] reopened. The talks with Oman are are about a temporary route. We're
[00:09:27] We're very close to the result. Determining Determining this route by Iran and
[00:09:30] and Oman does not necessarily mean mean the reopening of the Strait
[00:09:33] Strait of Hormuz. That is dependent dependent on other factors. The violations
[00:09:36] violations of the memorandum of understanding understanding by America should be
[00:09:40] be compensated. Well, let's go live
[00:09:42] live now to Imran Bayoumi, former
[00:09:44] former policy adviser at the US Department
[00:09:46] Department of Defence, now deputy
[00:09:48] deputy director of the Atlantic Council's Council's Geostrategy initiative.
[00:09:51] initiative. Good to have you with with us. So we've got those new demands
[00:09:55] demands from Iran on the Strait. Strait. Does that effectively mean
[00:09:58] mean that we're back to square one
[00:10:01] one here? I think throughout this
[00:10:03] this entire war we've seen this cycle
[00:10:07] cycle of escalation or threats of of escalation, seeming progress on
[00:10:10] on a peace deal and then the crumbling
[00:10:14] crumbling of that progress and back back to threats of escalation. So
[00:10:16] So I think we're stuck in this cyclical
[00:10:21] cyclical trap and it's really underscores underscores just how difficult these
[00:10:25] these negotiations are and how much much leverage Iran believes it holds
[00:10:28] holds over the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. I just want to take a look
[00:10:31] look at some of the conditions that that we were hearing from Iran. So
[00:10:34] So they include sanctions relief,
[00:10:37] relief, war repatriations and immediate immediate end to the US blockade
[00:10:40] blockade of Iranian ports. Is there
[00:10:44] there any realistic prospect that that the US would agree to those
[00:10:48] those terms? I think that's up to
[00:10:50] to the President to decide. But again, again, this is an indication that
[00:10:54] that Iran believes it has leverage,
[00:10:56] leverage, and I think it has time.
[00:10:58] time. Tehran believes it can outlast
[00:11:01] outlast the United States. It sees sees the same news reports we do
[00:11:04] do that the United States is is facing
[00:11:06] facing a shortage of interceptors interceptors that the President has
[00:11:10] has this pressure to wind down the
[00:11:13] the war ahead of the mid-terms and and that, you know, the really only
[00:11:15] only option left for the United States States is is military escalation,
[00:11:19] escalation, which would be costly. costly. And it's something the President President doesn't want to do with
[00:11:22] with all those factors. Iran believes believes it can outlast the US here
[00:11:26] here and drag out these negotiations negotiations in an attempt to gain
[00:11:29] gain more from them. And on that that point, we have also been hearing
[00:11:33] hearing reports that General Dan Dan Kane, the chairman of the Joint
[00:11:36] Joint Chiefs of Staff, is looking
[00:11:38] looking for an off ramp in this war.
[00:11:42] war. What do you make of those reports?
[00:11:45] reports? You know, I think the chairman's
[00:11:48] chairman's job is to provide sound sound military advice to the President.
[00:11:51] President. I think in this instance,
[00:11:54] instance, I'm not sure it's just just him looking for an off ramp. ramp. I think the United States as
[00:11:57] as a whole has been looking for a
[00:12:00] a way out of this conflict. You know,
[00:12:03] know, I think the way out is through
[00:12:06] through negotiation. It's just a a matter of what is the US willing
[00:12:09] willing to give up to get there? there? When will Iran be willing willing to come to the table, meet
[00:12:13] meet halfway? And you know, I think
[00:12:15] think the key thing here is that that right now we're negotiating
[00:12:19] negotiating for the opening of the the Strait of Hormuz and then you'll
[00:12:22] you'll deal with all the bigger problems problems like Iran's missile programme,
[00:12:25] programme, its support for proxies, proxies, its nuclear programme, and
[00:12:28] and that will all come at a later later date. So this is going to be
[00:12:31] be a lengthy, lengthy process. And And in the meantime, we know that
[00:12:35] that countries in the region are
[00:12:36] are also very concerned about the the prospect of escalation here.
[00:12:40] here. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan Pakistan this week signing a defence
[00:12:44] defence agreement stating that an an attack on one would be considered
[00:12:47] considered an attack on all three
[00:12:49] three countries. Do you think that
[00:12:51] that that signals growing doubts
[00:12:53] doubts among US allies about whether
[00:12:57] whether Washington is still seen seen as reliable when it comes to
[00:12:59] to its allies? You know, I think
[00:13:02] think that President Trump has been
[00:13:04] been clear even before this war that
[00:13:07] that he's reconsidering America's America's global posture. I think
[00:13:11] think this new pact is a sign of
[00:13:13] of a few things. One, that there's there's a recognition that during
[00:13:16] during the course of this war, the
[00:13:18] the Gulf countries have really bore
[00:13:20] bore the brunt of Iran's attacks.
[00:13:23] attacks. Maybe. And without maybe maybe all the support they wanted
[00:13:26] wanted from the United States. So So that's, I think, why you see Saudi
[00:13:29] Saudi Arabia entering this partnership. partnership. But longer term, it's
[00:13:32] it's also about Saudi Arabia trying
[00:13:34] trying to grow as a regional power
[00:13:36] power and stabilise itself in a still
[00:13:39] still tumultuous region and looking looking beyond the war with a potentially
[00:13:43] potentially emboldened Iran and Iraqi Iraqi militias, the Houthis as well.
[00:13:47] well. So it's seeking security from
[00:13:49] from those threats. And then to your
[00:13:51] your point, it's a recognition that that America's security umbrella
[00:13:53] umbrella is maybe no longer guaranteed. guaranteed. And there needs to be
[00:13:57] be a solution to that. Imran Bayoumi,
[00:14:00] Bayoumi, former policy adviser at
[00:14:01] at the US Department of Defence. Defence. Thanks for your analysis.
[00:14:05] analysis. Thank you. Fifa spokesperson
[00:14:08] spokesperson has now responded after after a tumultuous week for the group's
[00:14:11] group's president, Gianni Infantino.
[00:14:13] Infantino. In just the last hour, hour, football's international governing
[00:14:17] governing body released a statement statement saying in part, quote,
[00:14:20] quote, the Fifa president was democratically
[00:14:23] democratically elected by Fifa's Fifa's member associations and continues
[00:14:26] continues to serve with their mandate. mandate. It's increasingly evident
[00:14:30] evident that there is a concerted concerted and ongoing effort by some
[00:14:33] some to undermine Fifa and its president.
[00:14:36] president. Recent reporting has included
[00:14:39] included unsubstantiated assertions assertions and demonstrably false
[00:14:41] false claims concerning Fifa and and its president. Well, the Fifa
[00:14:45] Fifa statement comes after European European football's governing body
[00:14:49] body Uefa, confirmed that it made made a departure payment to a woman
[00:14:52] woman alleged to have been Mr Infantino's Infantino's lover. The current Fifa
[00:14:56] Fifa boss was UEFA's general secretary secretary in 2016 when the money
[00:15:00] money was paid. Uefa says that the the money, which also included covering
[00:15:03] covering the fees for a course at at a business school, met its rules
[00:15:06] rules at the time, but they have
[00:15:07] have since been tightened. Gianni
[00:15:12] Gianni Infantino was already under under pressure over his future as
[00:15:15] as Fifa president. Now he's facing facing fresh questions over claims
[00:15:19] claims a woman he allegedly had an an affair with was given a six figure
[00:15:23] figure severance payment by Uefa.
[00:15:25] Uefa. The Daily Telegraph says the the alleged relationship happened
[00:15:28] happened while Infantino, who is is married, was UEFA's general secretary.
[00:15:32] secretary. He strongly denies it. it. His spokesman told the paper
[00:15:35] paper the claims are categorically
[00:15:38] categorically untrue and says there there was never a complaint about
[00:15:41] about his behaviour. In a statement, statement, Uefa said it was aware
[00:15:45] aware of the allegations and can can confirm a departure payment was
[00:15:48] was made to the individual in question, question, coupled with the payment
[00:15:51] payment of fees for an MBA course course at a local business school,
[00:15:55] school, the payment was in line with with the regulations that existed
[00:15:58] existed for departing staff at the
[00:16:00] the time. This comes after calls
[00:16:03] calls for Infantino to resign over over a completely separate controversy.
[00:16:06] controversy. He wanted to sell stakes stakes in the World Cup to private
[00:16:10] private investors. That caused a
[00:16:12] a huge backlash, and the plan was
[00:16:14] was eventually dropped. Gianni Infantino Infantino has since apologised for
[00:16:18] for what he called errors, but he he hasn't stepped down. He's been
[00:16:22] been busy trying to strengthen his his relationships with officials
[00:16:26] officials and politicians who back back him, like here in Colombia.
[00:16:29] Colombia. He's had the support from from senior figures at Fifa and from
[00:16:33] from football authorities in Africa Africa and South America. But with
[00:16:36] with his future still in question,
[00:16:38] question, the BBC's South America America correspondent Ione Wells
[00:16:41] Wells later asked him if he would would step down. Infantino, will
[00:16:45] will you resign after your plan to to sell off part of Fifa failed?
[00:16:49] failed? A word for BBC News. What's What's your response to Europe? Who
[00:16:52] Who say they'll boycott the World
[00:16:54] World Cup? Infantino. For now, he
[00:16:58] he remains in the job. But these
[00:16:59] these latest claims mean the questions
[00:17:02] questions around his future aren't
[00:17:04] aren't going away. Leigh Milner BBC
[00:17:06] BBC News. Counter-Terrorism police
[00:17:09] police looking into the death of of Ann Widdecombe have reopened an
[00:17:13] an investigation into attempted burglary burglary in London last year. The
[00:17:16] The BBC understands that it relates relates to an incident at Nigel Farage's
[00:17:20] Farage's address. At the time, he
[00:17:22] he said that a lit incendiary device
[00:17:24] device was pushed through his letterbox.
[00:17:27] letterbox. Thomas Magill reports. reports. Brutally murdered in her
[00:17:30] her own home a month ago today, Ann
[00:17:33] Ann Widdecombe was attacked minutes minutes before she was due to make
[00:17:36] make a television appearance less
[00:17:38] less than two weeks after her killing
[00:17:41] killing 28-year-old Joshua Kerry, Kerry, from South Yorkshire, was
[00:17:44] was charged with her murder. Now Now counter-terrorism police who
[00:17:48] who are leading the investigation investigation into what happened,
[00:17:51] happened, say they have reopened reopened inquiries into an attempt
[00:17:54] attempt at burglary at a property property in the Greater London area
[00:17:57] area in April last year. The BBC
[00:18:01] BBC understands the property in question question is used by the reform UK
[00:18:05] UK leader Nigel Farage. He has previously
[00:18:08] previously referred to the incident incident as a lit incendiary device
[00:18:11] device being pushed through his letterbox.
[00:18:15] letterbox. This latest statement statement says following the reopening
[00:18:18] reopening of an attempted burglary
[00:18:21] burglary investigation, counter-terrorism counter-terrorism Policing London
[00:18:23] London identified a line of inquiry inquiry which was not identified
[00:18:27] identified and pursued by them at
[00:18:28] at the time, which may have been
[00:18:31] been relevant and there is a further further development. Counter-Terrorism
[00:18:34] Counter-Terrorism police based in in London have made a mandatory referral
[00:18:38] referral to the police watchdog,
[00:18:40] watchdog, the IOPC, after their handling
[00:18:42] handling of the initial investigation investigation last year. For now,
[00:18:46] now, it's unknown how the murder murder of Ann Widdecombe in Devon
[00:18:49] Devon may be linked to an attempted attempted burglary in London. Just
[00:18:53] Just one of the many questions yet
[00:18:55] yet to be answered. Thomas Magill, Magill, BBC News. Police in the UK
[00:18:59] UK are urging anyone who believes believes that they may have been
[00:19:02] been a victim of the convicted sex
[00:19:05] sex offender and murderer Simon Levy Levy to come forward. He was found
[00:19:08] found guilty yesterday of murdering murdering two women and raping another.
[00:19:11] another. There are calls for a major major review into how he was able
[00:19:15] able to continue offending. Tom Symonds
[00:19:17] Symonds report contains some distressing
[00:19:19] distressing details. Simon, Simon,
[00:19:23] Simon, stay where you are. Simon
[00:19:26] Simon Levy the sexual predator and and killer arrested. Time you're
[00:19:30] you're under arrest on suspicion
[00:19:30] suspicion of murder. After time and
[00:19:34] and freed, allowing him to carry carry out a string of sexual assaults
[00:19:37] assaults and eventually two murders.
[00:19:40] murders. The Metropolitan Police Police admits he could have been
[00:19:42] been stopped before killing his second
[00:19:44] second victim. Now there are inquiries inquiries into what went wrong inside
[00:19:49] inside two police forces and the the criminal justice system. Levy
[00:19:52] Levy was free to carry out a series
[00:19:54] series of sexual assaults on the the London Underground, including
[00:19:57] including one filmed by a woman he
[00:19:59] he had already assaulted. The police police watchdog is investigating
[00:20:03] investigating an officer for potential potential gross misconduct and a
[00:20:06] a detective sergeant for misconduct misconduct were policies designed
[00:20:09] designed to protect women followed. followed. Are there any lessons to
[00:20:13] to be learnt? And now there are demands
[00:20:15] demands for a wider look at how the the system failed. We need all the
[00:20:19] the agencies involved to answer for for why there wasn't better information
[00:20:22] information sharing and why the assessment assessment of risk he posed wasn't wasn't good enough. And then the
[00:20:26] the response that he received by by the police, by the CPS and the
[00:20:30] the courts, the fact he wasn't placed placed on remand earlier, the police
[00:20:32] police didn't treat his first murder murder as a murder. There was a lack
[00:20:36] lack of restrictions that could have have been placed on him. After all,
[00:20:39] all, Levy was released on bail despite despite the British Transport Police
[00:20:42] Police warning the courts at one one point he was a danger to the
[00:20:46] the public at high risk of predatory predatory sexual offending against
[00:20:50] against women. The families of Carmenza
[00:20:54] Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Sheryl Wilkins have now seen him
[00:20:56] him jailed. The Metropolitan Police
[00:20:58] Police has actively investigated investigated whether he committed
[00:21:01] committed other murders, but today today police said they wanted to
[00:21:04] to hear from anyone he might have
[00:21:08] have assaulted Tom Symonds, BBC News. Well, turning now to some other
[00:21:12] other stories making headlines around around the globe. More than 2000
[00:21:16] 2000 people in British Columbia have have been forced to evacuate as wildfires
[00:21:20] wildfires continue to sweep across across western Canada. The bald range
[00:21:23] range wildfire was first reported reported on Friday evening but grew
[00:21:27] grew within hours. Officials say say it's one of the quickest moving
[00:21:30] moving wildfires that the region region has ever seen. Now Canada
[00:21:32] Canada has faced a summer of large large wildfires with blazes burning
[00:21:36] burning through provinces including
[00:21:39] including Ontario and Quebec. Hundreds
[00:21:41] Hundreds of people in the Spanish
[00:21:43] Spanish island of Mallorca have joined
[00:21:45] joined a protest against mass tourism tourism in the Balearic Islands.
[00:21:49] Islands. Protesters said that locals locals are finding it increasingly
[00:21:52] increasingly difficult to access access housing and that mass tourism
[00:21:55] tourism is forcing traditional businesses businesses to close. Spain is the
[00:21:58] the world's second most visited country
[00:22:00] country after France and welcomed welcomed more than 96 million tourists
[00:22:04] tourists last year. The government government estimates that tourists
[00:22:07] tourists will contribute $73 billion billion to the economy this summer.
[00:22:11] summer. That's up 10% from the same
[00:22:13] same period last year. The US Senate
[00:22:17] Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche Blanche as the nation's next Attorney
[00:22:21] Attorney General in a narrow 50 to
[00:22:23] to 49 overnight vote. Well, the vote vote early on Saturday cements President
[00:22:27] President Trump's former personal personal defence lawyer as the head
[00:22:31] head of the US Justice Department. Department. It follows a heated confirmation
[00:22:35] confirmation battle over the department's department's independence. Blanche
[00:22:38] Blanche has led the agency in an
[00:22:39] an acting capacity since April. Two
[00:22:42] Two Republicans joined all Senate
[00:22:44] Senate Democrats in voting against against his nomination. Our White
[00:22:47] White House reporter Bernd Debusmann Debusmann has more now. Todd Blanche,
[00:22:50] Blanche, the former personal lawyer lawyer of Donald Trump, was confirmed
[00:22:53] confirmed as the new US Attorney Attorney General in a razor thin
[00:22:56] thin 50 to 49 vote in the US Senate. Senate. Blanche's confirmation ends
[00:23:00] ends weeks of uncertainty in Washington Washington and a tense political
[00:23:03] political standoff between the Trump Trump administration and Senate Republicans.
[00:23:06] Republicans. Some of those Republicans Republicans had expressed concern concern over Blanche's handling of
[00:23:10] of a now scrapped $1.8 billion anti
[00:23:13] anti weaponization fund, which the the administration hoped to use to
[00:23:16] to compensate victims of what they they said was persecution by the
[00:23:19] the Justice Department. The deciding deciding vote was cast by Louisiana
[00:23:23] Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, a
[00:23:24] a frequent critic of President Trump's
[00:23:27] Trump's before casting his vote, vote, Cassidy said that he believed
[00:23:30] believed that Mr Blanche was the the best option that President Trump
[00:23:32] Trump would put forward. Critics, Critics, however, have expressed expressed concern that Blanche might
[00:23:36] might try revive the Anti Weaponization Weaponization Fund under a different
[00:23:40] different name, and Democrats have have said they fear that Blanche Blanche will be used to target President
[00:23:43] President Trump's perceived political political enemies here in Washington.
[00:23:47] Washington. Spain has brought in in border checks on people travelling
[00:23:50] travelling from Italy, escalating escalating a migration dispute between
[00:23:53] between the two EU countries. Madrid's Madrid's month long suspension applies
[00:23:57] applies to Italian nationals and
[00:23:59] and citizens of third countries arriving
[00:24:01] arriving from Italy. Spain was angered
[00:24:03] angered by Italy's response to last last week's sudden crossing of tens
[00:24:07] tens of thousands of would be migrants migrants into the Spanish territory
[00:24:11] territory of Ceuta on Morocco's coast. coast. Most of those who entered
[00:24:14] entered Ceuta later returned to Morocco.
[00:24:17] Morocco. Italy then imposed border border restrictions on third country
[00:24:21] country travellers from Spain, which which will last until at least mid-August.
[00:24:24] mid-August. Our southern Europe correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford is
[00:24:26] is in Rome. She explained how the the standoff is putting a strain
[00:24:30] strain on the principle of freedom freedom of movement in the European
[00:24:34] European Union. All of this began, began, of course, in Ceuta, when
[00:24:37] when tens of thousands of migrants
[00:24:38] migrants from Morocco swam into the
[00:24:41] the Spanish enclave following social social media posts that went viral,
[00:24:44] viral, saying that the borders with with Spain were open. Now the vast
[00:24:47] vast majority of those people have have gone back, but the political political fallout is continuing and
[00:24:51] and it all began here in Italy because because it was the Italian hard right
[00:24:55] right government that first introduced introduced border checks with Spain
[00:24:58] Spain saying that anyone arriving arriving from Spain would would face
[00:25:01] face extra border checks citing security security threats. According to the
[00:25:04] the government here, from that incursion incursion from Morocco. Now the.
[00:25:08] the. It also accused the Spanish Spanish socialist government of being
[00:25:11] being too soft on illegal migration. migration. The Spanish were furious. furious. The government. They're
[00:25:15] They're accusing the government here here of political point scoring and
[00:25:18] and asked them to drop those measures. measures. Italy refused. Spain has
[00:25:22] has now retaliated. Retaliated. Now Now what does that mean in terms terms of checks? It means police
[00:25:26] police are now meeting planes from from Italy to Spain, checking passengers
[00:25:29] passengers on board. About 10% of of the passengers now being checked.
[00:25:32] checked. So problems at the height height of the tourist season for
[00:25:35] for travellers, but also a huge symbolic
[00:25:38] symbolic moment in terms of migration migration policy in Europe and a
[00:25:41] a serious rift in that in attitudes attitudes towards that right at the
[00:25:44] the heart of Europe. Sarah Rainsford
[00:25:47] Rainsford there reporting from Rome. Rome. I'm Helena Humphrey in Washington,
[00:25:50] Washington, DC. Thanks for your company. company. I'll have more for you on
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