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[00:00:10] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:12] News. Babies could have been saved saved at the hospital where child
[00:00:16] child killer Lucy Letby worked. That's That's according to an inquiry into
[00:00:19] into the crimes of the former nurse. nurse. A drone was shot down over
[00:00:23] over European Union airspace by Nato Nato fighter jets. Lithuania's president
[00:00:27] president says such readiness is
[00:00:29] is vital as Russia intensifies its its aggression against Ukraine. The
[00:00:33] The United States confirms for the the first time its deployed space
[00:00:37] space weapons. China urges the US
[00:00:38] US to stop preparing for war in space. space. Trains across large parts
[00:00:42] parts of the Netherlands grind to to a halt because of what authorities
[00:00:46] authorities suspect are co-ordinated co-ordinated acts of sabotage on
[00:00:49] on the tracks. Nairobi in Kenya is is to become the first African city
[00:00:52] city to host the World Athletics Athletics Championships, beating
[00:00:55] beating rival bids from London and
[00:00:57] and Rome for the 2029 event. And And horror comedy Widow's Bay is
[00:01:01] is the big winner at the TV Emmy Emmy Awards, taking home 14 at the
[00:01:05] the ceremony in Los Angeles. Hello,
[00:01:17] Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings, welcome welcome to BBC News Now here in the
[00:01:20] the UK, an inquiry has found that that some of the deaths of babies
[00:01:24] babies murdered by neonatal nurse nurse Lucy Letby could have been
[00:01:27] been prevented if safeguarding practices practices had been followed. Letby
[00:01:31] Letby was convicted in 2023 of seven
[00:01:33] seven murders of babies and attempting attempting to murder seven more.
[00:01:37] more. Lady Justice Thirlwall's report report sets out 17 recommendations
[00:01:41] recommendations the NHS must take take to prevent, detect and act when
[00:01:45] when deliberate harm is suspected. suspected. Lauren Moss reports. The
[00:01:49] The offences of murder and attempted attempted murder have been identified
[00:01:52] identified and you have been identified identified as a suspect of these
[00:01:55] these offences. Lucy Letby, seen seen here on police body camera footage
[00:01:58] footage arrested at her home on suspicion suspicion of murdering vulnerable
[00:02:02] vulnerable babies on a neonatal hospital
[00:02:04] hospital ward in 2015 and 2016. Is
[00:02:06] Is it a job that you enjoyed? I love
[00:02:12] love my job. She would go on to be be convicted of murdering seven babies
[00:02:16] babies and attempting to murder seven seven others, making her the UK's
[00:02:19] UK's most prolific child killer of of modern times. Now, the findings
[00:02:23] findings of an inquiry led by a senior senior judge looking into how Letby
[00:02:27] Letby was able to harm those in her
[00:02:30] her care, has found huge failures failures in the NHS trust where she
[00:02:33] she worked and that babies may have have lived if senior managers had
[00:02:37] had acted sooner. The report describes
[00:02:40] describes dysfunctional management management and governance, a gulf
[00:02:43] gulf between hospital leadership leadership and clinicians and failure
[00:02:47] failure to understand the fundamentals
[00:02:51] fundamentals of safeguarding errors errors were made by nurses, doctors
[00:02:54] doctors and managers at the time time of these events. I've set these
[00:02:58] these out in the report and will
[00:03:00] will turn to this topic later. There
[00:03:03] There was also complete failure at
[00:03:05] at all levels to invoke safeguarding
[00:03:08] safeguarding procedures at any point. point. The inquiry has found there
[00:03:12] there was a complete failure to protect
[00:03:15] protect babies on the neonatal unit. unit. There was a failure to understand
[00:03:19] understand the fundamentals of safeguarding safeguarding and that parents of
[00:03:22] of the babies were kept in the dark dark for years over concerns that
[00:03:26] that their babies may have been deliberately
[00:03:29] deliberately harmed, it says the the NHS must take steps to prevent,
[00:03:33] prevent, detect and act when deliberate
[00:03:35] deliberate harm is suspected. The
[00:03:38] The inquiry hasn't reviewed Letby
[00:03:40] Letby convictions. Protesters campaigning campaigning about Letby innocence
[00:03:44] innocence gathered outside Liverpool Liverpool town Hall ahead of the
[00:03:48] the inquiry's report. Her legal team team asked for the inquiry to be
[00:03:51] be paused while her case is looked looked at by the Criminal Cases Review
[00:03:54] Review Commission. But that was denied. denied. A group of medical experts
[00:03:58] experts have questioned the evidence. evidence. In summary, ladies and
[00:04:02] and gentlemen, we did not find any any murders. The inquiry found clinicians
[00:04:06] clinicians who raised concerns about about Letby were themselves made
[00:04:09] made the subject of investigation investigation and forced to apologise
[00:04:12] apologise to her. It also found lessons lessons from previous scandals, including
[00:04:15] including the Harold Shipman case,
[00:04:17] case, had not been learnt. Solicitors Solicitors representing some of the
[00:04:21] the families of the babies say the
[00:04:23] the inquiry, which started hearing hearing evidence two years ago, has
[00:04:27] has been traumatic. The legal reality reality is that Lucy Letby has been
[00:04:30] been convicted. We have these long,
[00:04:32] long, often long running and often
[00:04:35] often expensive inquiries and they're they're very important for learning
[00:04:38] learning lessons. But often the recommendations recommendations are never implemented.
[00:04:42] implemented. And it's a betrayal betrayal not just of the people who've
[00:04:45] who've suffered in these cases. Families Families like those I represent.
[00:04:48] represent. It's actually a betrayal
[00:04:50] betrayal of the public. The inquiry
[00:04:52] inquiry makes 17 urgent recommendations. recommendations. Lady Justice Thirlwall
[00:04:56] Thirlwall says nothing like this this must ever be allowed to happen
[00:04:59] happen again. Tamlin Bolton is a
[00:05:02] a solicitor representing the families families of six babies killed by
[00:05:06] by Lucy Letby. She made a short statement statement to the media after the
[00:05:09] the publication of the Thirlwall
[00:05:11] Thirlwall report. Today is an emotional emotional day for the families, many
[00:05:15] many of whom continue to live with
[00:05:17] with the consequences of what happened happened to their children, lady
[00:05:21] lady Justice Thirlwall's report paints paints a damning picture of what
[00:05:25] what happens when concerns over patient patient safety are not listened to
[00:05:28] to or acted on. In her words in the
[00:05:32] the report, a dispiriting and shocking shocking account of multiple and
[00:05:35] and repeated failings by organisations
[00:05:38] organisations and individuals, failures failures to escalate, concerns failing
[00:05:42] failing to appreciate the risks, risks, failures in safeguarding,
[00:05:45] safeguarding, failures in governance governance and oversight, failures
[00:05:48] failures in the HR and the whistleblowing whistleblowing protections. Failures
[00:05:52] Failures in their interactions with with external patient safety bodies.
[00:05:55] bodies. Direct and frank criticism criticism of the senior management
[00:05:59] management team. A CEO with an intention
[00:06:01] intention to stall or obstruct a
[00:06:04] a police investigation so determined
[00:06:05] determined to bring down the doctors,
[00:06:08] doctors, he lost objectivity. The The director of Nursing's misguided
[00:06:12] misguided determination to protect protect a fellow nurse overriding
[00:06:15] overriding her professional judgement judgement to the extent that the
[00:06:19] the executives thought about the the parents at all, they considered
[00:06:22] considered it better to say nothing
[00:06:23] nothing in the belief a police investigation
[00:06:26] investigation would lead nowhere. nowhere. At the Countess of Chester
[00:06:30] Chester Hospital, patient safety safety should have come first. It
[00:06:33] It did not. The families recognise
[00:06:36] recognise no system can guarantee guarantee the deliberate acts that
[00:06:40] that are criminal will never occur. occur. But when concerns are raised
[00:06:43] raised they must be acted on without
[00:06:45] without delay. The report, its criticisms
[00:06:48] criticisms and failings cannot be be the end of this matter today.
[00:06:52] today. The inquiry has made a series series of recommendations the government
[00:06:56] government and relevant public bodies bodies must now demonstrate how they
[00:07:00] they will respond to them and those those responsible for patient safety
[00:07:03] safety must ensure that the lessons lessons learned are translated into
[00:07:07] into meaningful and lasting change. change. Ultimately, that is how we
[00:07:11] we honour the children at the centre
[00:07:13] centre of this inquiry. On behalf behalf of the families, they would
[00:07:16] would like to thank Lady Justice Justice Thirlwall, counsel to the
[00:07:19] the inquiry. The inquiry team and and everyone who contributed to this
[00:07:23] this process. The families will now now take some time to reflect on
[00:07:26] on the report and its findings in
[00:07:28] in full. Tamlin Bolton there. The
[00:07:31] The President of Lithuania says Nato Nato fighter jets have shot down
[00:07:34] down a drone that entered the country's country's airspace overnight from
[00:07:37] from neighbouring Belarus. This was was the moment the drone was brought
[00:07:41] brought down by Italian Nato jets jets near the city of Kaunas. The
[00:07:44] The interception, caught by a resident resident security camera. The debris
[00:07:48] debris was scattered over a wide wide area and it's now being collected
[00:07:51] collected and examined by military military police. It's the latest
[00:07:54] latest security incident in the Baltic Baltic states since Russia launched
[00:07:57] launched its full-scale invasion
[00:07:59] invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Separately, Separately, Denmark as well reporting
[00:08:03] reporting that a Russian frigate frigate fired two flares towards
[00:08:05] towards a Danish military helicopter helicopter off its coast on Monday.
[00:08:08] Monday. The flares narrowly missed missed the aircraft, which had been
[00:08:11] been on a mission to photograph the
[00:08:13] the ship. Russia's ambassador to to Denmark has been summoned. Moscow
[00:08:17] Moscow has accused the Danish helicopters
[00:08:19] helicopters of making dangerous manoeuvres manoeuvres near its warships. These
[00:08:22] These incidents also come as Russia Russia and Ukraine exchanged aerial
[00:08:25] aerial attacks overnight. The government government of the governor of Zaporizhzhia
[00:08:29] Zaporizhzhia said power had been been cut to some areas while ships
[00:08:32] ships were struck in Odesa and the
[00:08:35] the Russian city of Taganrog came came under large-scale. Ukrainian
[00:08:38] Ukrainian drone attack as well. Our Our diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv,
[00:08:42] Kyiv, James Landale, has more on on claims by President Trump on Monday
[00:08:45] Monday that Russia and Ukraine agreed agreed to stop hitting each other's
[00:08:48] other's energy targets. President
[00:08:50] President Trump spoke of an agreement
[00:08:54] agreement both Ukraine and Moscow Moscow are talking about a proposal,
[00:08:58] proposal, an idea. There is clearly clearly a suggestion doing the rounds.
[00:09:01] rounds. And clearly the Americans Americans are backing it because
[00:09:05] because they are desperate to have have some kind of good news that
[00:09:07] that can suggest that perhaps oil oil the price of fuel might be falling
[00:09:11] falling ahead of the elections in
[00:09:12] in November. But both Moscow and
[00:09:16] and Kyiv here have been sort of falling falling over themselves to sort of
[00:09:20] of put dampers on this without actually actually upsetting Washington. President
[00:09:23] President Zelensky said in his overnight overnight address. Look. Yeah. You
[00:09:27] You know, it's a strong proposal proposal from Washington that there
[00:09:30] there should be some kind of pause pause in the fighting in terms of
[00:09:33] of energy targets. And in theory, theory, Ukraine is willing to consider
[00:09:37] consider de-escalatory moves, but but only if Russia shows a willingness willingness to end the war. And you
[00:09:41] you know, that hasn't happened yet. yet. Likewise, the Kremlin this morning
[00:09:45] morning said that this idea of some some kind of pause in the fighting
[00:09:48] fighting would be a good idea. But But again, you know, with lots of
[00:09:52] of conditions attached, we've been
[00:09:53] been down this route before. It hasn't
[00:09:57] hasn't materialised. It hasn't worked. worked. So nobody here, I think,
[00:10:00] think, in Kyiv is holding their breath breath expecting that to happen,
[00:10:02] happen, not least on the basis of of the attacks overnight, especially.
[00:10:06] especially. James, can we get your your views on what we saw in Lithuania
[00:10:10] Lithuania overnight with this drone drone being shot down by Nato jets
[00:10:13] jets and the different considerations considerations that Baltic governments
[00:10:16] governments are having to make now, now, as well as Nato when this is
[00:10:20] is an increasingly happening. Yeah.
[00:10:23] Yeah. Well, look, it's not a new new thing for a drone to enter Nato
[00:10:27] Nato airspace as a result of this this war that has happened pretty
[00:10:30] pretty much on a regular basis since since Russia's full-scale invasion
[00:10:34] invasion in 2022. The big question, question, of course, is this sometimes sometimes those drones and missiles
[00:10:38] missiles that cross into Nato territory, territory, you know, their missiles missiles and drones out of control,
[00:10:42] control, they have been fired by by one side or the other. They've
[00:10:45] They've been disrupted by some kind kind of electronic countermeasures
[00:10:48] countermeasures or air defences, defences, and they're just a spill-over
[00:10:51] spill-over of this conflict. Other Other times, though, these drones
[00:10:54] drones are deliberately sent by Russia
[00:10:57] Russia to test Nato airspace and and Nato defences. And this drone
[00:11:01] drone that was that ended up in Lithuania. Lithuania. I mean, it came a long long way. We don't know where it
[00:11:05] it originated, but it came west through
[00:11:08] through Belarus and then went straight straight into southern Lithuania.
[00:11:11] Lithuania. You know, that's a long
[00:11:13] long way from this particular battlefield.
[00:11:16] battlefield. So the suggestion, the the consensus among analysts is that
[00:11:19] that it's more likely to have been
[00:11:21] been a deliberate deployment of a
[00:11:24] a drone by Russia. And again, it's it's part of a piece, you know, at
[00:11:27] at the same time we've got sort of
[00:11:32] of a conflict, if you like, between
[00:11:33] between a Russian frigate and a Danish
[00:11:36] Danish helicopter in the Baltic Sea.
[00:11:39] Sea. You've got Russian drones, Russian
[00:11:42] Russian bombers in the air over the
[00:11:44] the Norwegian Sea. That's just reported.
[00:11:47] reported. I can hear another air air alert alarm firing as we speak
[00:11:51] speak because Russia's new tactic tactic now is for daily round the
[00:11:54] the clock attacks rather than just
[00:11:56] just at night. I think this is part part of a piece Russia is escalating
[00:12:00] escalating in this country in Ukraine, Ukraine, but it's also escalating
[00:12:03] escalating its push against Nato
[00:12:05] Nato countries. I've also been speaking
[00:12:08] speaking to the Lithuanian Minister Minister of National Defence, Robertas Robertas Kaunas, and I asked him
[00:12:12] him whether he believes this was
[00:12:14] was a spill-over incident or a deliberate deliberate act by Russia. Actually,
[00:12:17] Actually, it's a good, good question. question. We last night we faced
[00:12:21] faced drone entered Lithuanian airspace
[00:12:24] airspace from Belarus. And during
[00:12:26] during this. This time there were
[00:12:30] were no huge attacks from Russia
[00:12:34] Russia in Ukraine. So it could be
[00:12:39] be a deliberate provocation from from Russia. We will collect all
[00:12:42] all data. We will find answers and
[00:12:46] and we will ask questions because
[00:12:50] because it is very dangerous when when not only Lithuanian airspace
[00:12:53] airspace facing incursion, but Nato,
[00:12:57] Nato, Nato, air space facing incursion
[00:13:00] incursion from Belarus and Nato jets
[00:13:03] jets had to scramble to intercept
[00:13:05] intercept those targets. I want to
[00:13:08] to express my sincere gratitude to
[00:13:11] to Italian pilots, to Italian armed
[00:13:16] armed forces because only working
[00:13:18] working together we can mitigate
[00:13:21] mitigate this threat and show to
[00:13:24] to Putin that we will defend our
[00:13:26] our ground. Were you satisfied then
[00:13:30] then with how quickly the Italians
[00:13:32] Italians and Nato responded? Minister
[00:13:35] Minister calmness. Yes, it actually
[00:13:37] actually it is example how Lithuanian
[00:13:41] Lithuanian armed forces should co-operate
[00:13:44] co-operate with Nato and air forces.
[00:13:47] forces. And this is an example of
[00:13:50] of how Italians pilots actually shows
[00:13:53] shows example to all Nato how to
[00:13:55] to react. I think that reaction was
[00:13:58] was great. Of course we will collect
[00:14:00] collect data. Of course we will provide
[00:14:04] provide some investigation. We will
[00:14:06] will do our lessons. But this example
[00:14:09] example shows that Nato air defence
[00:14:12] defence mission is working. What What happens though next time if
[00:14:15] if one drone gets this far into Lithuania?
[00:14:18] Lithuania? What if next time there there are ten. Those are cheap drones.
[00:14:22] drones. They're easy to deploy. You're You're putting up there a very expensive
[00:14:25] expensive fighter jet from Nato to
[00:14:27] to counter them. I believe that security
[00:14:31] security of our people, security
[00:14:35] security of our society. Is most
[00:14:37] most important thing. We are not
[00:14:40] not counting how much does it cost.
[00:14:41] cost. We will provide what is necessary
[00:14:44] necessary to secure our ground, our
[00:14:48] our air and our nation. I think that
[00:14:52] that we need air defence mission
[00:14:54] mission proved itself and we will
[00:14:56] will continue in this way. Many would
[00:14:59] would say that that Russia is just
[00:15:02] just constantly testing that. There's There's this ambiguity, there's this
[00:15:05] this grey zone they're pushing to
[00:15:08] to see what they can do, what they
[00:15:10] they can get away with. What would
[00:15:12] would your red line be in your country
[00:15:16] country in terms of collective defence defence and a collective response
[00:15:17] response to some of these actions?
[00:15:21] actions? We shouldn't speak as separated
[00:15:22] separated country. We are Nato alliance.
[00:15:25] alliance. We are working together.
[00:15:28] together. And I already mentioned
[00:15:32] mentioned that Russia is attacking
[00:15:34] attacking Nato. They are attacking attacking at the moment, but they
[00:15:38] they are not working in that real
[00:15:43] real world war, real world as we
[00:15:46] we understand it. They are working
[00:15:48] working in that grey zone. They are
[00:15:50] are providing hybrid attacks against
[00:15:52] against Nato. So we must respond
[00:15:55] respond as a single alliance, as
[00:16:00] as a single unit. United Alliance.
[00:16:03] Alliance. One final question. Did
[00:16:05] Did people in Lithuania feel a bit bit frightened today by what had
[00:16:08] had happened? People reacted very
[00:16:11] very well. They were informed on
[00:16:13] on time. All messages were sent on
[00:16:17] on time. Just scrambled on time.
[00:16:21] time. And I think this is an example
[00:16:23] example of how we should react. Minister Minister of defence for Lithuania,
[00:16:27] Lithuania, speaking to me a short short time ago around the world and
[00:16:31] and across the UK. This
[00:17:33] driver. Join me Martin Sharkey of
[00:17:36] of Tech, now on BBC News. Welcome
[00:17:42] Welcome back. Russia has called for for weapons to be kept out of space
[00:17:46] space after the US military confirmed confirmed for the first time that
[00:17:49] that it's deployed weapons in Earth's Earth's orbit. It's believed to be
[00:17:52] be the first public acknowledgement acknowledgement by Washington of
[00:17:55] of such capabilities. US officials officials say weapons are already
[00:17:58] already in operation and capable capable of defending American assets.
[00:18:01] assets. China also criticising Washington's Washington's move, urging the US
[00:18:05] US to stop preparing for war in space. space. I've been speaking to Doctor
[00:18:08] Doctor Mark Hilborne, who is a senior senior lecturer in the defence studies
[00:18:11] studies department at King's College College London. He also set up the the Space Security Research Group
[00:18:15] Group to further understand space. space. I asked him what the US had
[00:18:19] had revealed and why they've done
[00:18:20] done it now. Well, the US hasn't hasn't said precisely what they've
[00:18:24] they've done. They have said they they have orbital capabilities. They've
[00:18:28] They've probably done it now as a a form of deterrence and in response
[00:18:32] response to certain activities they've
[00:18:34] they've seen by the Chinese and the the Russians. So that probably explains
[00:18:37] explains the timing, although we we did know that there was a sort
[00:18:40] sort of testing process going on on since 2023. So something was in
[00:18:44] in the works. So are we talking about about something in space that could
[00:18:47] could do something like destroy a
[00:18:49] a satellite? What they've what they
[00:18:52] they haven't revealed is probably probably not that kind of capability. capability. We know that exists.
[00:18:56] exists. We have ground based interceptors. interceptors. But what the US is
[00:18:59] is talking about are probably things things like electronic warfare or
[00:19:03] or jamming abilities or spoofing spoofing abilities, possibly things
[00:19:07] things like what we call co-orbital co-orbital weapons, which you have
[00:19:10] have another satellite that's orbiting orbiting alongside another satellite
[00:19:13] satellite and could bang into it it or grapple with it or manoeuver
[00:19:16] manoeuver itself in some way to find find out more information. And is
[00:19:20] is destructive. OK, nothing destructive, destructive, but is it the sort of of thing that China also has? Like,
[00:19:23] Like, how much do we know about China's
[00:19:25] China's space programme? Well, we we don't know necessarily. I mean,
[00:19:29] mean, it's not beyond the bounds bounds of possibility that they could
[00:19:31] could create the same kind of ability, ability, you know, electronic warfare.
[00:19:34] warfare. We see that being waged waged from the ground by Russia,
[00:19:37] Russia, for instance, against Starlink
[00:19:39] Starlink to undermine the Ukrainian Ukrainian use of Starlink. So these
[00:19:43] these kind of capabilities exist, exist, whether they've put them in
[00:19:46] in orbit is another question. China
[00:19:49] China also has a kind of space plane, plane, much the same as the American
[00:19:52] American X-37, which can do a number number of different things in orbit.
[00:19:55] orbit. So, you know, they certainly certainly have growing capabilities capabilities in the space domain.
[00:19:59] domain. And what about the Russians?
[00:20:01] Russians? Russia as well? I mean, mean, they've been actively using
[00:20:05] using these kind of capabilities, capabilities, jamming GPs. And we've we've seen a number of stories of,
[00:20:09] of, you know, commercial flights flights being disrupted by this,
[00:20:11] this, but specifically for military military purposes. And they've been
[00:20:14] been doing so over some time prior
[00:20:17] prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, very again, whether they
[00:20:20] they have anything in space is another
[00:20:22] another question. There has been been persistent rumours and I'm always
[00:20:26] always careful as to the credence credence I put in these rumours. rumours. But they're long standing
[00:20:29] standing of a Russian kind of nuclear nuclear explosive device that they
[00:20:32] they can put in space. And this would would have a sort of game changing
[00:20:35] changing effect that it would be be able to take out many numbers
[00:20:39] numbers of satellites, something something like Starlink, which is is very difficult to take out individual
[00:20:42] individual satellites and have any any effect on. Train travel across
[00:20:45] across large parts of the Netherlands Netherlands has ground to a standstill
[00:20:49] standstill hours before the ceremonial ceremonial state opening of parliament, parliament, services in central and
[00:20:53] and eastern parts of the country country are suffering from severe
[00:20:57] severe disruption, and authorities authorities suspect this was a co-ordinated
[00:20:59] co-ordinated act of sabotage. A statement statement from the Dutch rail operator
[00:21:03] operator Prorail said objects had had been found attached to train
[00:21:06] train tracks in multiple locations. locations. It said no suspect or
[00:21:10] or motive had been identified, but but that the national Police unit
[00:21:13] unit was investigating. Here's Nick
[00:21:15] Nick Beake. Yes, mainly in the north north and the east of the country
[00:21:19] country where the disruption has has been seen from early this morning.
[00:21:22] morning. It has to be said and the the information we've got is from
[00:21:25] from the Dutch rail operator saying
[00:21:27] saying that there thinking that this
[00:21:29] this is a co-ordinated act of sabotage.
[00:21:32] sabotage. They're talking about around
[00:21:34] around 30 spots, mainly in rural rural locations. These are places
[00:21:38] places where it seems that someone someone has attached some sort of
[00:21:41] of tube or pipe to the track. And
[00:21:43] And the problem is that the computer
[00:21:46] computer system detects this as being being a part of the track that's
[00:21:49] that's occupied. So in other words, words, the computer thinks that there
[00:21:52] there is some sort of train there there at the moment. So that kicks
[00:21:56] kicks into place a red light. And
[00:21:57] And so you get all this disruption
[00:22:00] disruption along the tracks. And And we've seen this today, lots of
[00:22:04] of cancellations, lots of problems. problems. The big question, I guess
[00:22:07] guess Lucy, is who is behind this? this? And we don't have an answer
[00:22:10] answer to that. We know that the
[00:22:12] the various authorities, the police
[00:22:14] police prosecutors also intelligence intelligence agencies in the Netherlands Netherlands are looking into this.
[00:22:18] this. One thing to say, though, this this is the Dutch equivalent of the
[00:22:22] the state opening of Parliament. Parliament. It's when the King gives
[00:22:25] gives a speech, the government sets
[00:22:26] sets out its budget for the next
[00:22:29] next year and farmers had said that that they were going to protest in
[00:22:32] in some way today. They haven't said said that they're behind this, but
[00:22:35] but certainly lots of people, lots lots of groups in the Netherlands Netherlands unhappy about the budget
[00:22:39] budget for the year ahead. And so so that will certainly be one line
[00:22:42] line of inquiry that the authorities authorities will be looking at. Kenya
[00:22:45] Kenya is set to become the first
[00:22:47] first African country to host the the World Athletics Championships.
[00:22:51] Championships. Its capital Nairobi, Nairobi, beating off competition competition from London and Rome
[00:22:54] Rome to host the 2029 tournament. tournament. Munich in Germany has
[00:22:58] has been selected for the 2031 event.
[00:23:01] event. Kenya has recently hosted hosted major tournaments as its stadiums
[00:23:05] stadiums are being renovated as it it prepares to host next year's Africa
[00:23:07] Africa Cup of Nations. We've heard heard from Kenya's President William
[00:23:10] William Ruto describing this as Kenya's Kenya's moment, Africa's moment and
[00:23:14] and a victory for generations of
[00:23:16] of athletes who made our nation synonymous
[00:23:19] synonymous with excellence. Excellence Excellence on the track, on the road,
[00:23:21] road, he said. And across the country, country, the East African country
[00:23:25] country has produced numerous Olympic Olympic world champions as well.
[00:23:27] well. I spoke to our sports reporter reporter Celestine Karoney who joined
[00:23:31] joined us from Nairobi and asked asked her how well this news has
[00:23:35] has been received. It has received received a massive. There's massive,
[00:23:39] massive, massive excitement around around this decision by World Athletics
[00:23:42] Athletics and there's one line that that has been repeated online that
[00:23:45] that a lot of England fans might might be familiar with when it comes
[00:23:48] comes to sport, and that is it's it's coming home. And this is because
[00:23:52] because Kenya sees itself as the
[00:23:54] the home of distance running owing owing to its huge heritage. They
[00:23:57] They have produced a lot of Olympic Olympic and world champions, and and so a lot of them are feeling
[00:24:01] feeling that this is a time for them them to. It's going to be a time
[00:24:03] time for them to celebrate that heritage heritage with the world. And it's
[00:24:07] it's not just Kenya celebrating. celebrating. It is also Africa celebrating celebrating the first time it's coming
[00:24:11] coming to the continent. And there's there's been massive reaction as as well. A lot of celebration across
[00:24:15] across the continent for this decision. decision. Lucy. Where is it going
[00:24:18] going to be held? How's it all going
[00:24:21] going to work? So Kenya, Kenya. First
[00:24:24] First of all sold its decision its
[00:24:27] its bid on a couple of things. And And that was first of all, the fact
[00:24:30] fact that I mean they are the they they see themselves as a home of
[00:24:33] of athletics. Secondly they also also sold themselves as having experience
[00:24:37] experience because they have hosted hosted a age group tournaments when when it comes to World Athletics
[00:24:41] Athletics Championships and also also the World Cross Country Championships.
[00:24:43] Championships. And so they say these these are buys them some. This shows
[00:24:47] shows evidence that they are able able to host major global sporting
[00:24:50] sporting events. But there has been been areas that Kenya has not done
[00:24:54] done very well when it comes to these
[00:24:56] these events. And in 2025, they lost
[00:24:58] lost the bid to host the 2025 edition edition to Tokyo because the infrastructure
[00:25:02] infrastructure the stadium was deemed deemed inadequate. Kenya have said
[00:25:04] said they have now fixed that, that that they are fixing their infrastructure
[00:25:08] infrastructure when it comes to stadiums stadiums because of hosting the 2027
[00:25:12] 2027 Africa Cup of Nations alongside alongside Tanzania and Uganda. And
[00:25:15] And so these are the things that that they have put forward. They've They've said there are big tourism
[00:25:18] tourism hub the city is known for for having enough hotels. They have
[00:25:21] have the road infrastructure. And
[00:25:23] And so Kenya feels that this is what
[00:25:26] what helped them get this bid. And And World Athletics President Sebastian
[00:25:30] Sebastian Coe also said that another another thing that worked for Kenya Kenya was the fact that they have
[00:25:34] have a massive fan base and that that their research showed that 68%
[00:25:37] 68% of Kenyans are ranked, that they
[00:25:40] they are huge athletics fans. And And so they said why not bring the
[00:25:44] the competition to not just the continent continent for the first time, but but also to a country that has a
[00:25:48] a massive, massive following in the the sport. A huge amount of excitement
[00:25:52] excitement to that news in Kenya Kenya do stay with us. Samara is
[00:25:55] is here next live from New York with with all the latest business for
[00:25:59] for you.
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