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[00:00:12] Hello. Welcome back. Both Ukraine and Russia have continued
[00:00:16] continued their strikes on each other other overnight. Ships in a warehouse
[00:00:20] warehouse struck in Odesa. The images images you're seeing here show firefighters
[00:00:23] firefighters tackling fire at a warehouse warehouse in the region after a Russian
[00:00:26] Russian strike. The Russian city
[00:00:29] city of Taganrog also came under under a large-scale Ukrainian drone
[00:00:33] drone attack. Meanwhile, the head head of Ukraine's state Post Office
[00:00:36] Office has told the BBC Russia is is deliberately targeting his branches
[00:00:40] branches and delivery vans. Igor Igor Smelyansky said this was because
[00:00:44] because his staff provided a lifeline lifeline for millions left isolated
[00:00:47] isolated by the war. Our diplomatic diplomatic correspondent James Landale Landale has been out on the road
[00:00:51] road in Ukraine. He's been meeting meeting some of the posts men and
[00:00:53] and women who deliver more than just
[00:00:56] just parcels. This is all that's.
[00:00:59] that's. Left of Katarina's Post Office.
[00:01:01] Office. Widowed by war. Forced from from her home. It was in this building
[00:01:05] building she rebuilt her life until
[00:01:08] until March when a Russian drone
[00:01:10] drone struck targeting soldiers who'd
[00:01:12] who'd worked nearby. So that was
[00:01:15] was your desk? Yeah. From here. For
[00:01:19] For two years, she served as the
[00:01:21] the village postmistress. It's a
[00:01:23] a great pity for me to lose this
[00:01:26] this room. This was your life. This
[00:01:28] This was your work? Yeah yeah, I.
[00:01:32] I. Didn't visit this room. It's the
[00:01:36] the first time. Today, Katerina's
[00:01:40] Katerina's new office is this van.
[00:01:42] van. One of thousands of mobile branches branches providing vital services
[00:01:45] services to people on the margins
[00:01:47] margins of society. And they don't don't just deliver parcels. Most
[00:01:50] Most here in this village near Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia are collecting pensions
[00:01:54] pensions or paying bills. It's a
[00:01:57] a long way for us to travel to Zaporizhzhia,
[00:02:01] Zaporizhzhia, especially now at a a time when there are attacks all
[00:02:04] all around. They also deliver medicines
[00:02:07] medicines and food and something
[00:02:09] something more intangible. It's very
[00:02:12] very important. It's one of the few few joys of the month. You come out,
[00:02:15] out, have a chat with people, collect
[00:02:17] collect your pension and go on. For
[00:02:21] For security, Katerina travels with with Slava, who's armed, and they
[00:02:24] they go from home to home helping
[00:02:27] helping those most in need. Where
[00:02:28] Where would you be without Kate?
[00:02:33] Kate? We would be stuffed. Ukraine
[00:02:36] Ukraine is a vast rural country made
[00:02:38] made up of thousands of remote villages villages just like this. And the
[00:02:41] the Postal Service is part of the the glue that holds it all together.
[00:02:45] together. And for these people, not not too far from the front line,
[00:02:50] line, this van can be their last last link to the Ukrainian state.
[00:02:53] state. What do you think people here
[00:02:55] here think about you. Know, they
[00:02:58] they are proud of me. They love me.
[00:03:05] me. Are they need me. But this is
[00:03:09] is dangerous work. Russia has destroyed destroyed hundreds of branches and
[00:03:13] and vans and more than 50 postmen postmen and women have lost their
[00:03:17] their lives. Supply some region. region. Plan B. The head of Ukrposhta
[00:03:20] Ukrposhta told me they were deliberately deliberately targeted and he faced
[00:03:23] faced a daily decision about where
[00:03:25] where to deploy his teams. If we we don't go, they don't have basic
[00:03:29] basic supply, they don't have food, food, they don't have medicine. I
[00:03:32] I mean, people will struggle if we
[00:03:35] we do go. They may delay the decision
[00:03:38] decision to evacuate from the areas
[00:03:39] areas they probably should have evacuated. evacuated. For their safety. Katerina
[00:03:43] Katerina and Slava have just one
[00:03:45] one antenna to detect drones. Do
[00:03:47] Do you not feel scared? No. Why not?
[00:03:53] not? It's my work. Yeah yeah. If
[00:04:01] If I can't, who will do my job? Ukraine's
[00:04:05] Ukraine's defence comes in many forms forms and it's not always delivered
[00:04:08] delivered at the barrel of a gun.
[00:04:10] gun. James Landale, BBC News near
[00:04:13] near Zaporizhzhia. To Yemen now. now. And the United Nations has described
[00:04:17] described an influx of refugees fleeing
[00:04:19] fleeing the fighting in Yemen to
[00:04:22] to Djibouti as unexpected. More than
[00:04:24] than 2000 crossing the Red Sea since since last Thursday. Officials are
[00:04:27] are warning that thousands more could could arrive if the fighting continues.
[00:04:31] continues. And the news comes as as Bloomberg reports that Saudi Arabia
[00:04:34] Arabia has requested operational operational assistance from Britain. Britain. The military and diplomatic
[00:04:38] diplomatic support is to counter counter the Houthis advance along
[00:04:41] along Yemen's Red Sea coast towards towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab
[00:04:44] al-Mandab Strait, as well as to help help protect its oil infrastructure
[00:04:47] infrastructure from Houthi attacks. attacks. Our correspondent Richard Richard Kagoe is following developments
[00:04:51] developments for us from Nairobi.
[00:04:54] Nairobi. Well, the UN in Djibouti Djibouti is saying that they are
[00:04:58] are currently overwhelmed by the the influx of refugees who are fleeing
[00:05:01] fleeing the fighting in Yemen, saying
[00:05:04] saying that they have so far received
[00:05:07] received about 2400. But the authorities authorities in Djibouti indicating
[00:05:10] indicating that there are thousands
[00:05:13] thousands more, about 3400 and more more are still coming. What they're
[00:05:16] they're saying is that the town of of Obock, which is literally on the
[00:05:20] the front line in terms of this response,
[00:05:23] response, is currently overwhelmed overwhelmed because you're having
[00:05:26] having majority of them who are children. children. They say that the children
[00:05:30] children on arrival appear to be
[00:05:32] be stressed. Also, at the same time,
[00:05:34] time, they appear to be very tired tired and but there's a sense of
[00:05:38] of relief from them. The fact that that they have been able to escape
[00:05:41] escape the war and successfully navigated
[00:05:44] navigated the waters across the Red Red Sea. So currently what they're
[00:05:47] they're doing is they're doing registration, registration, providing them with
[00:05:51] with water, with food and other
[00:05:56] supplies. Do they have what they they need in order to help these these people though, Richard. Because
[00:05:59] Because were there not already thousands thousands of refugees that the country
[00:06:03] country was having to host and deal
[00:06:05] deal with? Yeah, actually, that's
[00:06:08] that's the major concern by the authorities authorities in Djibouti as well as
[00:06:12] as aid partners, because currently
[00:06:14] currently Djibouti hosts nearly about
[00:06:16] about 36,000 refugees. So these are are largely displaced people from
[00:06:20] from Eritrea, from Somalia and also
[00:06:22] also Ethiopia. And it also includes
[00:06:25] includes asylum-seekers. So they're they're saying currently they are
[00:06:28] are stretched to capacity. And what what they're saying is that they're
[00:06:31] they're currently need about 3 million million USD for them to be able to
[00:06:35] to accommodate the current lot that that has just arrived in Djibouti.
[00:06:38] Djibouti. And also those that are are anticipated to be coming in the
[00:06:42] the coming days because we listen listen to the Unicef local representative
[00:06:45] representative in Djibouti, speaking speaking to the BBC earlier today
[00:06:48] today saying that they're expecting
[00:06:51] expecting anything between 5000 to to 10,000 new arrivals in the coming
[00:06:54] coming days if the fighting continues. continues. And what is the latest
[00:06:57] latest from Yemen itself, Richard, Richard, in terms of the Houthis
[00:07:01] Houthis advance along the Red Sea
[00:07:03] Sea coast? Well, the fierce fighting
[00:07:08] fighting is continuing. What we are
[00:07:09] are hearing at the moment is that
[00:07:12] that the Houthi militias have attacked
[00:07:15] attacked the southern province of
[00:07:17] of the Saudi kingdom. About 13 people people there have been wounded. The
[00:07:21] The reports also of about three people,
[00:07:24] people, have been killed in the southwestern
[00:07:27] southwestern province of Taiz from
[00:07:29] from Saudi air strikes. So the situation
[00:07:32] situation seems to be escalating. escalating. The Duke and Duchess
[00:07:34] Duchess of Sussex have pulled their their children out of their new school
[00:07:38] school in the UK. Just two days into into the term, a spokesperson said
[00:07:41] said the decision was taken after after a discussion with the family's
[00:07:44] family's protection team about the the practicalities of their original
[00:07:47] original arrangements. The children children are now at another school.
[00:07:50] school. It's understood that the the committee overseeing royal and
[00:07:54] and VIP security is to review the the level of protection for the family
[00:07:57] family now that they're living in
[00:07:58] in the UK. It's been billed as TV's
[00:08:01] TV's biggest night the Primetime Primetime Emmy Awards have been taking
[00:08:05] taking place in LA. Winners include include talk show host Stephen Colbert
[00:08:09] Colbert Allison Janney you might might Remember her From The West West Wing and many other programmes.
[00:08:12] programmes. She's now made history history with her eighth award. Meanwhile,
[00:08:15] Meanwhile, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys Rhys made history with wins in two
[00:08:19] two lead actor categories. Our North North America correspondent David
[00:08:23] David Willis is at the Emmys. Emmy
[00:08:25] Emmy winner and Law and Order star
[00:08:28] star Mariska Hargitay got a celebration celebration of the best in television.
[00:08:31] television. Off to a high energy
[00:08:33] energy start. The Emmy. And the Emmy
[00:08:37] Emmy goes to Kate O'Flynn Widow's
[00:08:40] Widow's Bay. The first award of the the night going to Kate O'Flynn from
[00:08:43] from Greater Manchester for her role
[00:08:46] role as the awkward assistant Patricia Patricia in the quirky new comedy
[00:08:49] comedy Widow's Bay. Hello, my name
[00:08:50] name is Patricia. It's Patricia.
[00:08:53] Patricia. Thank you Katie and Hiro Hiro for trusting this Lancashire
[00:08:56] Lancashire lass to play a sassy broad
[00:08:58] broad like Patricia. And the Emmy
[00:09:03] Emmy goes to Matthew Rhys The Beast Beast In Me. Matthew Rhys is the
[00:09:07] the star of Widow's Bay, but his his history making moment was still
[00:09:11] still to come. His first award of of the night was for his role in
[00:09:14] in the Netflix miniseries The Beast
[00:09:16] Beast In Me. Don't Let Me Down. Matthew
[00:09:20] Matthew Rhys. His Emmy for Widow's
[00:09:22] Widow's Bay, made him the first actor
[00:09:24] actor to win two lead acting trophies trophies in a single night. He is
[00:09:28] is also the first performer in history history to have won the lead acting
[00:09:32] acting award in all three fields.
[00:09:34] fields. Limited series, drama and
[00:09:36] and now comedy. Sorry buddy. To the
[00:09:40] the great and good people of Wales Wales who were as much a nurture
[00:09:43] nurture as anyone else. We are a a small but mighty nation. This is
[00:09:46] is incredible. Thank you very much. much. Thank you guys. Thank you.
[00:09:50] you. In his native Welsh. Matthew Matthew Rhys crowned Widow's Bay.
[00:09:53] Bay. S rapid transformation from from quirky newcomer to mainstream
[00:09:57] mainstream hit. He plays the hapless hapless mayor of a New England town
[00:10:00] town that he refuses to believe is
[00:10:03] is haunted. Apple TV has commissioned commissioned a second series for
[00:10:06] for the fifth year in a row. 75-year-old 75-year-old Jean Smart, the star
[00:10:10] star of Hacks, was named best comedy
[00:10:12] comedy actress. Jean Hacks. The hospital
[00:10:18] hospital drama The Pitt went into
[00:10:19] into these awards with 25 Emmy nominations,
[00:10:22] nominations, collecting his Best Best Dramatic Actor award. Its star,
[00:10:26] star, Noah Wyle paid tribute to fellow
[00:10:29] fellow contender Sir Gary Oldman. Oldman. Mr Oldman, I have to tell
[00:10:32] tell you, I don't know that as an an actor my age that didn't look
[00:10:35] look at Prick Up Your Ears and Sid Sid and Nancy and think that's the the benchmark that I want to hit
[00:10:39] hit one day in my career. The leading leading award of the night for best
[00:10:43] best drama went to The Pitt amid
[00:10:47] amid the fall in Hollywood production production and flight to other less
[00:10:50] less expensive corners of the world, world, including the UK and Canada.
[00:10:54] Canada. The success of The Pitt provides
[00:10:56] provides at least a crumb of comfort.
[00:10:58] comfort. It was made not in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh but on a soundstage here
[00:11:02] here in Los Angeles, and it's already
[00:11:04] already been commissioned for a third
[00:11:07] third series David Willis, BBC News News at the Emmys. Thanks for joining
[00:11:11] joining us on BBC News Now. Matthew Matthew Ashton and I hope to see
[00:11:14] see you again tomorrow.
[00:13:56] I've always been fascinated by
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[00:14:01] Really. It's just such a broad subject subject sometimes as science story
[00:14:05] story can seem quite abstract, and and once I've got my head around
[00:14:08] around the story, it's really my my job to try and guide the audience
[00:14:11] audience step by step through it.
[00:14:14] it. But it's not just about explaining
[00:14:16] explaining or understanding the difficult
[00:14:18] difficult concepts. It's also about about explaining why it matters.
[00:14:21] matters. What I want to do was to
[00:14:22] to bring the audience with us the
[00:14:26] the Artemis II mission was such a
[00:14:29] a visceral experience, seeing the
[00:14:32] the engines fire, it was almost blinding.
[00:14:34] blinding. Wow. Oh, my goodness. It
[00:14:38] It does feel like we're entering
[00:14:41] entering into a new era of space space exploration and the Artemis
[00:14:44] Artemis II mission is just the start.
[00:14:47] start. There's no limit to how far far science can take us. There is
[00:14:51] is always more to discover.
[00:15:14] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:15:16] News. A public inquiry into the Lucy
[00:15:19] Lucy Letby murders finds a complete
[00:15:21] complete failure to protect babies. babies. Letby was able to murder
[00:15:25] murder seven babies at the Countess Countess of Chester Hospital. The
[00:15:28] The report concludes lives would would have been saved if action was
[00:15:31] was taken sooner. Errors were made made by nurses, doctors and managers
[00:15:35] managers at the time of these events.
[00:15:37] events. There was also complete failure
[00:15:40] failure at all levels to invoke safeguarding
[00:15:43] safeguarding procedures at any point.
[00:15:45] point. A drone is shot down over
[00:15:47] over European Union airspace by Nato
[00:15:49] Nato fighter jets. Lithuania's president president says that readiness is
[00:15:53] is vital as Russia intensifies its
[00:15:56] its aggression against Ukraine. We'll We'll speak live on the programme programme to Poland's