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[00:02:14] Hello, I'm Annita McVeigh and this is The Iran War Today bringing
[00:02:18] bringing you up to date with all all you need to know on the US war
[00:02:22] war with Iran. Let's start with some some of today's key developments.
[00:02:25] developments. As the conflict widens. widens. Saudi Arabia and Yemen's
[00:02:28] Yemen's armed forces have continued continued their fight against Iran
[00:02:31] Iran backed Houthis in Yemen, launching launching dozens of air strikes on
[00:02:35] on key Houthi positions. It's in in response to the militants targeting
[00:02:38] targeting key oil pipelines and infrastructure.
[00:02:41] infrastructure. The widening internal internal war between the Houthi militants
[00:02:43] militants and Yemen's armed forces forces is causing a major humanitarian
[00:02:47] humanitarian crisis. The UN says
[00:02:50] says 100,000 people have been internally internally displaced. Thousands more
[00:02:54] more have already fled across the the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Djibouti
[00:02:57] Djibouti in less than a week. Meanwhile, Meanwhile, another vessel has been
[00:03:01] been hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
[00:03:03] Hormuz. UK maritime trade operations operations say an unknown projectile
[00:03:06] projectile struck a vessel in the
[00:03:08] the waterway. Oman's navy said they
[00:03:10] they rescued 23 members of crew. crew. Only a handful of ships have
[00:03:14] have been able to cross through the the strait in the last 24 hours.
[00:03:18] hours. The fighting between Saudi Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, combined
[00:03:21] combined with continued strikes in in the Strait of Hormuz, have kept
[00:03:24] kept oil prices high, with Brent
[00:03:26] Brent crude remaining above $100
[00:03:28] $100 a barrel. And Lebanon's Prime Prime Minister has revealed the huge
[00:03:32] huge cost of Israel's war with Hezbollah
[00:03:35] Hezbollah on his country. Prime Minister Minister Nawaf Salam said rebuilding
[00:03:38] rebuilding will cost up to $4 billion
[00:03:41] billion and will require support
[00:03:43] support from other nations. As a
[00:03:50] a stalemate continues between the the US and Iran, fighting continues
[00:03:53] continues to escalate in the Red
[00:03:55] Red Sea centred around the Iran backed
[00:03:58] backed Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis Houthis claim they have hit a major
[00:04:01] major Saudi base and seized more more strategic islands in the southern
[00:04:05] southern Red Sea. Releasing this this footage of their attacks and
[00:04:08] and rapid advance in Yemen, Saudi
[00:04:11] Saudi and Yemeni forces have intensified intensified their strikes on Houthi
[00:04:15] Houthi targets in response, releasing releasing footage of their own of
[00:04:18] of successfully targeted strikes strikes on Houthi positions. Our
[00:04:22] Our Middle East correspondent Hugo Hugo Bachega has the latest. The
[00:04:26] The full-scale of the fighting on on the ground in Yemen remains unclear.
[00:04:28] unclear. The Houthis have made significant
[00:04:32] significant advances along the country's country's Red Sea coast and have
[00:04:35] have been striking Saudi cities and and infrastructure. This has put
[00:04:39] put a lot of pressure on energy supplies.
[00:04:41] supplies. A vital east west pipeline
[00:04:43] pipeline in Saudi Arabia has been
[00:04:46] been shut after a drone attack a a few days ago, and concerns remain
[00:04:50] remain that the Houthis may try to
[00:04:53] to disrupt Saudi oil shipments in in the Bab al Mandab Strait, which
[00:04:57] which has become a key alternative
[00:05:00] alternative for Saudi oil exports. exports. Given that the Strait of
[00:05:03] of Hormuz has been effectively closed closed because of the US war against
[00:05:06] against Iran. In the meantime, Saudi Saudi and Yemeni forces have been
[00:05:10] been striking Houthi positions with
[00:05:13] with frequent air strikes and Houthi Houthi spokesperson said at least
[00:05:16] least three people had been killed
[00:05:18] killed in the latest Saudi attacks,
[00:05:22] attacks, including two children. children. There hasn't been any reaction
[00:05:26] reaction from the Saudi government
[00:05:27] government and in Saudi Arabia, emergency
[00:05:30] emergency alerts were sent for the the city of Mecca for the first time
[00:05:34] time in this crisis, amid fears of
[00:05:36] of renewed Houthi attacks. Now we we still don't know if the Houthis
[00:05:39] Houthis are going to try to capture
[00:05:40] capture more territory in Yemen or
[00:05:44] or if the government and its allies
[00:05:46] allies are planning to launch a wider
[00:05:49] wider counteroffensive. But the concern concern here is that this violence
[00:05:52] violence could reignite the civil civil war in Yemen after four years
[00:05:56] years of relative calm. The renewed
[00:05:59] renewed conflict in Yemen has left left more than 100,000 people internally
[00:06:03] internally displaced. That's according according to the United Nations and
[00:06:06] and has sparked thousands of people people to flee from Yemen across
[00:06:09] across the Bab al-Mandab Strait to to Djibouti. The UN has called the
[00:06:13] the huge influx of refugees unexpected
[00:06:15] unexpected and is warning of a humanitarian humanitarian crisis if thousands
[00:06:19] thousands more people arrive. If If the fighting continues. Our global
[00:06:22] global affairs reporter Richard Kagoe
[00:06:24] Kagoe has more from Nairobi. Well,
[00:06:27] Well, the UN in Djibouti is saying
[00:06:30] saying that they are currently overwhelmed overwhelmed by the influx of refugees
[00:06:34] refugees who are fleeing the fighting fighting in Yemen, saying that they
[00:06:37] they have so far received about 2400.
[00:06:41] 2400. But the authorities in Djibouti
[00:06:43] Djibouti indicating that there are
[00:06:45] are thousands more, about 3400 and
[00:06:47] and more are still coming. What they're
[00:06:49] they're saying is that the town of of Obock, which is literally on the
[00:06:53] the front line in terms of this response,
[00:06:56] response, is currently overwhelmed overwhelmed because you're having
[00:06:59] having majority of them who are children. children. They say that the children
[00:07:02] children on arrival are appear to
[00:07:05] to be stressed, also at the same
[00:07:07] same time, they appear to be very very tired and are. But there's a
[00:07:11] a sense of relief from them. The The fact that they have been able
[00:07:13] able to escape the war and successfully
[00:07:17] successfully navigated the waters waters across the Red Sea. So currently currently what they're doing is they're
[00:07:21] they're doing registration, are providing
[00:07:23] providing them with water, with food food and other supplies. The fighting
[00:07:27] fighting in the Red Sea is having having a huge impact on the already
[00:07:30] already inflated oil prices, and and it's clear to see why. Since
[00:07:34] Since the start of the US-Israel US-Israel war with Iran, the Strait
[00:07:36] Strait of Hormuz has either been been blocked or remained a highly
[00:07:40] highly risky route for Saudi Arabia Arabia to try to ship its oil out
[00:07:43] out to the rest of the world. To
[00:07:45] To combat that, Saudi Arabia has has been piping oil across the country
[00:07:49] country from east to west and using using the Red Sea to get its oil
[00:07:52] oil out to the global market. The The problem is that pipeline has
[00:07:56] has now been taken offline as a result
[00:07:58] result of strikes by the Houthis Houthis and by Iran backed proxies
[00:08:02] proxies in Iraq. Take a look at this this satellite image from Vancouver.
[00:08:06] Vancouver. This is what one of Saudi Saudi Arabia's major pumping stations
[00:08:10] stations looked like last October. October. And this is what the same
[00:08:13] same pumping station looks like now. now. There is a huge amount of damage
[00:08:17] damage to it, and experts have told
[00:08:19] told BBC Verify repairs could take take more than a month. But even
[00:08:22] even when Saudi Arabia can get the the pipeline back up and running,
[00:08:25] running, the Houthis could still still cause issues. And that's because
[00:08:29] because the ideal route out of the the Red Sea is the Bab al Mandab
[00:08:33] Mandab Strait. But now, as the Houthis Houthis are blocking that route,
[00:08:36] route, the only way for the oil to to go out of the Red Sea is through
[00:08:39] through the Suez Canal in the north,
[00:08:42] north, which is not only a much smaller smaller exit for ships, but it also
[00:08:45] also means that any oil travelling travelling to Asia has to travel
[00:08:49] travel all the way around the southern southern tip of Africa and time,
[00:08:52] time, of course, means money. Well,
[00:08:54] Well, let's speak to our North America America correspondent Samira Hussain.
[00:08:58] Hussain. Samira, the conflict in in the Middle East was already having
[00:09:01] having a major issues for the price price of oil. And these latest developments
[00:09:04] developments are presumably cranking
[00:09:05] cranking up that pressure even further.
[00:09:08] further. Absolutely. We're seeing seeing now that the price of oil
[00:09:11] oil is trading at around $109 a barrel.
[00:09:14] barrel. That's for Brent crude. And
[00:09:16] And as you rightly pointed out look,
[00:09:19] look, you have the main Strait of
[00:09:21] of Hormuz that is has been blocked
[00:09:23] blocked because of the war with Iran.
[00:09:25] Iran. And now you have the Bab al
[00:09:28] al Mandab Strait Strait that is also also being constricted. And so there
[00:09:31] there really is only one way to bring
[00:09:34] bring oil out there. And it takes takes a long time for that to be
[00:09:38] be able to happen. And it really really just limits how much oil can
[00:09:42] can actually get to other countries. countries. So what is the impact
[00:09:44] impact that we're seeing? Well, in in terms of global oil reserves,
[00:09:48] reserves, we're seeing that those those are dwindling really quite
[00:09:51] quite quickly. And so now what's what's going to have to happen is
[00:09:54] is that other countries are going
[00:09:56] going to have to buy commercial oil
[00:09:59] oil to rebuild some of those supplies. supplies. And as we know, it comes
[00:10:03] comes at a pretty hefty cost. And And Samira, what effect does all
[00:10:06] all of this having on the wider markets
[00:10:08] markets like bonds, for example?
[00:10:11] example? Well. So the price of energy
[00:10:14] energy as it goes higher, it has has a direct impact on inflation
[00:10:17] inflation here in the United States. States. We just got some inflation inflation numbers and we know that
[00:10:21] that a third of inflation the rises
[00:10:24] rises in inflation that we've seen seen have to do with the high cost
[00:10:28] cost of energy. And that just means means that we're going to see things
[00:10:32] things like bond yields. So that that is the interest rate the rate
[00:10:35] rate of interest that that investors investors will make on these bonds.
[00:10:39] bonds. Well that's going higher. higher. But with inflation going
[00:10:42] going higher it also means that investors investors are going to want to make
[00:10:45] make more money elsewhere, which which is why you're seeing that there's
[00:10:49] there's a selloff happening in the the bond market. And you see that
[00:10:52] that investors are trying to find find more value for their buck. OK.
[00:10:56] OK. Samira, thank you very much.
[00:10:58] much. Samira Hussain there. Whether
[00:11:00] Whether you are joining us on YouTube, YouTube, TikTok sounds Radio or TV,
[00:11:04] TV, thank you for your time. We'll
[00:11:06] We'll be back soon with another Iran
[00:11:09] Iran war today.
[00:12:12] coverage join me James Landale here
[00:12:15] here on BBC News. Let's return now
[00:12:22] now to the story. We began the programme programme with today and the news
[00:12:26] news that OpenAI Anthropic and Google Google have said they're working
[00:12:29] working to create an AI standards
[00:12:31] standards body. All this after a
[00:12:35] a number of insiders in the industry industry as well as politicians and
[00:12:38] and other concerned individuals have have been raising huge concerns about
[00:12:41] about the potential impact of AI
[00:12:44] AI on humanity. We took you live live to an event that's happening
[00:12:48] happening in Washington, the Pro-human Pro-human Assembly. It's called a
[00:12:50] a whole range of people from across across the political spectrum speaking
[00:12:54] speaking there. And in the last few few minutes we've heard from Steve
[00:12:58] Steve Bannon. Now he is a right wing
[00:13:00] wing ally of President Trump. But But unlike the President, he wants
[00:13:04] wants kerbs on AI. And he lashed
[00:13:07] lashed out at the major AI firms.
[00:13:08] firms. Take a listen. Why is it that
[00:13:12] that they can't win? Because the
[00:13:15] the people don't trust them. The
[00:13:19] The people don't trust them. And
[00:13:20] And that trust is not going up. In
[00:13:24] In the last 72 hours they've come
[00:13:25] come out and said, you know, you're
[00:13:28] you're correct. We actually should should have some sort of framework.
[00:13:31] framework. OK. And you know, and
[00:13:35] and maybe you have a human checking
[00:13:36] checking in on us every now and again.
[00:13:40] again. They've tried to cover up
[00:13:43] up the danger by saying it's a psyop,
[00:13:46] psyop, but using the psyop to try
[00:13:49] try to get off liabilities, what
[00:13:52] what they want is to socialise all
[00:13:55] all the risk with the American people,
[00:13:57] people, including potential bailouts
[00:14:00] bailouts when they come and they
[00:14:02] they want to keep all the upside. upside. So you can break this down
[00:14:05] down to three component pieces. The The national security piece, the
[00:14:10] the regulatory piece, and we can can talk about the financial and
[00:14:13] and the economic when we talk about about the national security piece
[00:14:17] piece every day, every paper, every
[00:14:20] every time they're on TV, why do do we have to keep pushing so hard?
[00:14:23] hard? Why is it relentless? Why can't
[00:14:24] can't they have any controls if you're
[00:14:28] you're not an accelerationist, you're
[00:14:30] you're anti-American. If you're not
[00:14:33] not an accelerationist, you're pro
[00:14:35] pro Chinese Communist Party. If you're
[00:14:39] you're not accelerationist, you're you're almost a Luddite. You want
[00:14:42] want to take America back. Steve
[00:14:44] Steve Bannon speaking at the Pro-human Pro-human Assembly in Washington.
[00:14:48] Washington. And we're going to have have more on that story for you.
[00:14:50] you. AI very much the story of the
[00:14:53] the moment. Now, in other news, the the President of Lithuania says Nato
[00:14:57] Nato fighter jets have shot down down a drone that enters entered
[00:15:00] entered the country's airspace from from neighbouring Belarus. This was
[00:15:04] was the moment the drone was brought brought down by Italian Nato fighter
[00:15:08] fighter jets near the city of Kaunas. Kaunas. The interception, caught
[00:15:11] caught by a resident security camera. camera. The debris, which was scattered
[00:15:14] scattered over a wide area, is being being collected and examined by military
[00:15:17] military police. It's the latest latest security incident in the Baltic
[00:15:21] Baltic states since Russia launched launched its full-scale invasion
[00:15:23] invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Our Our Eastern Europe correspondent
[00:15:27] correspondent Sarah Rainsford sent sent this report from the capital
[00:15:30] capital Vilnius. It was just after after midnight this morning here
[00:15:34] here in Vilnius that my phone screeched screeched with an alert and when
[00:15:36] when I checked the message, it said said there was a suspected drone.
[00:15:40] drone. Keep safe, it said, and wait
[00:15:42] wait for the all clear. Now that that all clear came about 20 minutes
[00:15:46] minutes later and we now know that that there was a drone confirmed
[00:15:49] confirmed that it was in Lithuanian Lithuanian airspace for around about about half an hour before it was
[00:15:53] was intercepted and shot down by by Nato fighter jets belonging to
[00:15:57] to Italy. We still don't know who who that drone belonged to. We don't
[00:16:00] don't know whether it was launched launched deliberately or it might might have strayed into Lithuanian
[00:16:04] Lithuanian airspace. We know that that it entered from neighbouring
[00:16:08] neighbouring Belarus and that after after it was shot down, the debris debris was scattered over a wide
[00:16:11] wide area. So it's being collected collected up and examined to see
[00:16:15] see where it came from, who it was was launched by and whether or not
[00:16:19] not it was armed. In fact, whether whether or not there was any explosives.
[00:16:23] explosives. But this has happened happened at a nervous time here in
[00:16:26] in this region because Russia is is escalating its full-scale war
[00:16:30] war on Ukraine, and it is also escalating
[00:16:31] escalating its hybrid attacks on
[00:16:34] on Ukraine's greatest supporters. supporters. Vilnius Lithuania has
[00:16:37] has always been a staunch supporter supporter of Ukraine ever since the
[00:16:40] the full-scale invasion. This city city is still covered in Ukrainian
[00:16:44] Ukrainian flags. There's lots of
[00:16:46] of messages of solidarity for Kyiv
[00:16:49] Kyiv here in this city, in this country,
[00:16:52] country, in the past, when there there have been drone incursions incursions into other countries,
[00:16:56] countries, including Poland and other other Baltic states, experts have
[00:17:00] have suggested that Moscow could could be testing Nato's reactions.
[00:17:02] reactions. At the moment here in in Lithuania, there are still more
[00:17:05] more questions than answers, but but certainly there is now a full-scale
[00:17:09] full-scale investigation into what what happened and who might be behind
[00:17:12] behind it. Sarah Rainsford reporting
[00:17:15] reporting the rapper Macklemore has has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's
[00:17:18] Sheeran's US tour after making pro-Palestinian pro-Palestinian comments on stage.
[00:17:22] stage. The artist was criticised criticised by Jewish groups after
[00:17:25] after saying Free Palestine at two two concerts and making political
[00:17:29] political speeches. Macklemore stood stood by his comments, saying in
[00:17:32] in a statement that the real victims victims are the Palestinian people
[00:17:35] people in Gaza. Writing on Instagram,
[00:17:38] Instagram, he said anti-Semitism anti-Semitism is real and that is
[00:17:41] is exactly why the word matters too
[00:17:42] too much to be used as a shield against
[00:17:46] against criticism of the Israeli
[00:17:46] Israeli state. And he continued when
[00:17:50] when criticising Israel opposing opposing Zionism or saying Free Palestine
[00:17:53] Palestine gets conflated with hatred hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't
[00:17:57] doesn't protect Jewish people. It
[00:17:59] It protects Israel from accountability. accountability. Our music correspondent correspondent Mark Savage explains
[00:18:03] explains the background to this story. story. Macklemore was supporting
[00:18:07] supporting Ed Sheeran on the first first two dates of his US tour in
[00:18:10] in New Jersey about ten days ago. ago. Actually this happened. He went
[00:18:13] went on stage. He was introducing
[00:18:15] introducing a song that references
[00:18:18] references pro-Palestinian protests protests at Columbia University in
[00:18:21] in 2024. Speaking to the audience, audience, he said Free Palestine Palestine and that he wanted people
[00:18:24] people in Gaza to know that we have have not forgotten about them. He
[00:18:28] He also broadcast images on the big
[00:18:30] big video screens in the venue of of devastation in Gaza, following
[00:18:34] following Israel's military action action there now that almost immediately
[00:18:37] immediately triggered a backlash. backlash. The Israeli-American council
[00:18:41] council launched a petition calling calling for him to be dropped from
[00:18:44] from the tour. The Stop anti-Semitism anti-Semitism Organisation made a
[00:18:47] a similar call on social media, saying
[00:18:52] saying that he had a ambushed fans fans with anti-Israeli propaganda.
[00:18:55] propaganda. That was a statement statement that got amplified by the
[00:18:58] the pop star pink, who reposted it
[00:19:00] it to her Instagram page. And in in the ten days while the tour has
[00:19:04] has actually been on pause, there's there's just been a huge amount of
[00:19:07] of discussion about what he said said on stage and that has led to
[00:19:11] to some of the venues pressuring pressuring the promoters of the tour
[00:19:13] tour to drop Macklemore from the the future concerts. The remaining
[00:19:17] remaining eight dates of Ed Sheeran's Sheeran's US tour and that is what
[00:19:21] what has now happened. And in the the last couple of hours, Ed Sheeran
[00:19:23] Sheeran has issued a statement on on the removal of Macklemore as part
[00:19:27] part of a longer post. He said there
[00:19:30] there is a reason I do not use my my professional platform for politics.
[00:19:33] politics. My audience includes young
[00:19:35] young people, often children of all all backgrounds. Those who come to
[00:19:38] to my shows do not expect a political
[00:19:41] political forum. Well, let's speak
[00:19:42] speak now to Lisa Verrico, music
[00:19:45] music journalist at The Times. Lisa,
[00:19:48] Lisa, welcome to the programme. What What do you make of all of this of
[00:19:51] of Ed Sheeran's response? Well, I
[00:19:54] I mean, Ed Sheeran is taking a while while to respond and I don't blame blame him. He's probably wondering
[00:19:58] wondering how all this happened. happened. He's friends with the rapper rapper Macklemore and he invited
[00:20:02] invited him on part of his tour, tour, this huge loop tour he's been
[00:20:05] been doing all year. It's his North
[00:20:06] North American leg of the tour like
[00:20:10] like Macklemore is well known, used used to be in a Duo called Macklemore Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and they've
[00:20:14] they've always been political and and he's spoken out about Palestine
[00:20:17] Palestine in the past. And there there is a Ferrari about whether whether Ed Sheeran should have invited
[00:20:21] invited him to play or not if he he knew it was going to do. I mean,
[00:20:24] mean, the point is this is Ed Sheeran's Sheeran's tour. It's in stadiums.
[00:20:27] stadiums. He's got a point. He's He's always been purposely apolitical
[00:20:30] apolitical and a lot of people that that were complaining were saying, saying, well, you know, we didn't
[00:20:33] didn't pay to come and see Macklemore Macklemore we didn't know that this
[00:20:36] this was going to happen. And of
[00:20:38] of course, now there's a lot of backlash backlash for Ed Sheeran saying, how
[00:20:42] how could you let this happen? You You should have stood up for him.
[00:20:45] him. So it's one of these situations situations that you kind of can't
[00:20:48] can't win. But you know, there's there's a lot of politics and pop pop at the minute and this is going
[00:20:52] going to keep happening. Yeah. Politics Politics and pop. Exactly. I mean
[00:20:54] mean for decades past, you know, know, certain musicians have been
[00:20:58] been associated with political statements, statements, whether, you know, you you go back to the time of the Vietnam
[00:21:02] Vietnam War, Vietnam War or any time
[00:21:04] time since then. But on the other other hand, in a very fractious world,
[00:21:08] world, you also have the argument argument that many people will go
[00:21:10] go to a concert looking to escape
[00:21:12] escape all of that, looking to escape
[00:21:15] escape politics. Yeah. But also you're you're in a social media world where
[00:21:19] where everybody can voice their opinion opinion and the people who don't
[00:21:21] don't like it always shout the loudest. loudest. I think interesting about
[00:21:25] about the kind of Palestine situation. situation. I mean, if you look at
[00:21:29] at a lot of music and protest pop pop in the past, it's been quite
[00:21:33] quite generational. So, you know, know, like Rock against Racism or
[00:21:36] or even Red wedge, you know, it's it's like the older generation. You
[00:21:39] You just haven't caught up with us us yet. You know, the world is changing.
[00:21:42] changing. You know, get with the the programme. Whereas this isn't
[00:21:46] isn't and it's just it's very mixed mixed up. And you know, people from
[00:21:49] from all ages getting involved, it's it's such an incendiary topic. I
[00:21:52] I mean, you'd think I thought you you would, you know, why are we not not seeing more Ukraine flags on
[00:21:56] on stage? You'd think there'd be be a lot more anti-Trump rhetoric.
[00:21:59] rhetoric. There is a bit of it, but but not so much. But this issue is
[00:22:02] is just it seems to be huge in pop pop and across all culture at the
[00:22:06] the moment. And as soon as someone someone brings it up, you know, the
[00:22:09] the internet goes wild. Lisa, thank thank you very much for joining us.
[00:22:12] us. Lisa Verrico from the Times.
[00:22:16] Times. Now a crowded waiting room room and trolleys and corridors may
[00:22:19] may be a sight all too familiar for for some doctors and nurses, but
[00:22:22] but a television series, The Pitt, Pitt, is earning praise for what
[00:22:25] what the medical profession is calling calling the most realistic drama
[00:22:28] drama yet. The Pitt was nominated nominated for 25 Emmys and ultimately
[00:22:32] ultimately won Best Drama Series, Series, with Noah Wylie also winning
[00:22:36] winning best lead Actor in a drama
[00:22:38] drama and some of the show's biggest
[00:22:41] biggest fans are doctors. And one
[00:22:42] one of those fans is Doctor Anthony Anthony Cirillo, president of the
[00:22:46] the American College of Emergency Emergency Physicians, who joins us us now. Thank you very much for taking
[00:22:49] taking the time to talk to us. I
[00:22:51] I mean, I've watched The Pitt. It's
[00:22:54] It's absolutely compelling. How true
[00:22:56] true to life is it? It is the real
[00:23:02] real embodiment of what we experience experience every day. And we not
[00:23:05] not just the physicians, but as you
[00:23:07] you said, the whole team of the emergency emergency department and patients
[00:23:10] patients and families and loved ones, ones, they've done an incredible
[00:23:13] incredible job of making this the
[00:23:15] the validation of what happens every every day in emergency departments.
[00:23:19] departments. And as you said, not not just here in America, but we
[00:23:22] we know that there are challenges challenges with providing emergency
[00:23:26] emergency care around the world. world. Yeah. How or which elements
[00:23:28] elements of it hit closest to home,
[00:23:30] home, in your view? For me and I've
[00:23:34] I've been practising now for 35 years,
[00:23:36] years, the fact that they can treat
[00:23:39] treat actors, people who don't even even understand the words they're
[00:23:42] they're saying, how to say them in in a way that that is so natural
[00:23:45] natural or looks so natural. And And then to teach them the skills,
[00:23:49] skills, the manual dexterity, dexterity dexterity to do some of the procedures.
[00:23:53] procedures. It's truly amazing to to watch how these actors can take
[00:23:56] take on the role of a health care
[00:23:59] care professional with just the coaching coaching from the other medical professionals,
[00:24:02] professionals, it really is astounding. astounding. Yeah, the medical dialogue dialogue has stood out to me as well.
[00:24:06] well. I've often sat and watched watched it and thought, how on earth
[00:24:09] earth do they make it sound so convincing?
[00:24:12] convincing? Now Noah Wylie's character character is Doctor Michael Rabinovitch.
[00:24:15] Rabinovitch. Doctor Robbie to fans fans of the show, his character is
[00:24:19] is very open about his mental health health struggles. Does that reflect
[00:24:22] reflect the emergency rooms you have
[00:24:25] have worked in, or is it a allowing
[00:24:27] allowing those sorts of conversations
[00:24:29] conversations to become more open
[00:24:31] open in, in medical settings? Anita
[00:24:35] Anita it reflects reality. And the the reality is that at least here
[00:24:38] here in the States, 1 in 5 adults
[00:24:41] adults suffers from some form of of mental illness. And to think about
[00:24:44] about in that cast and all of the
[00:24:47] the people in that room, in that that department, how many of them
[00:24:50] them might be suffering at the same same time? And here in the States
[00:24:53] States this month is is National National Suicide Awareness Month.
[00:24:57] Month. And actually in two days will will be physician Suicide Awareness
[00:25:01] Awareness Day. So I think Robbie
[00:25:04] Robbie Noah has allowed many of us
[00:25:07] us who have felt overwhelmed at times
[00:25:08] times to be able to say, it's OK
[00:25:11] OK to say that that the stigma of
[00:25:13] of feeling overwhelmed in an overwhelming
[00:25:16] overwhelming environment is almost almost normal. And, and he really
[00:25:19] really has allowed us to be able
[00:25:22] able to say it's OK to be struggling, struggling, but it's OK to get help
[00:25:26] help as well. And just finally and and briefly, if you would, Doctor
[00:25:29] Doctor Cirillo, seeing those awards, awards, those Emmy Awards, going
[00:25:32] going to the show, to the fabulous fabulous team behind it does that
[00:25:36] that in some way make you feel that
[00:25:39] that real life physicians, nurses, nurses, all of the teams in the emergency
[00:25:42] emergency departments are also being
[00:25:44] being recognised. That word I use
[00:25:47] use is validated, Anita. And for for many, many years we've never
[00:25:50] never really felt if people understood understood how what we do is really
[00:25:54] really hard every day and hard for for us, but hard for patients and
[00:25:57] and again, hard for families and and loved ones and for them to portray
[00:26:01] portray it as real as they do. And
[00:26:04] And then for no one to go beyond. beyond. Doctor Cirillo, I'm so sorry
[00:26:06] sorry to bring an end to that conversation. conversation. Thank you very much
[00:26:09] much for your time. We are out of of time. Do stay with us here
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