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[00:00:13] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:16] BBC News. Tehran and Washington exchanged
[00:00:18] exchanged new warnings as their months
[00:00:20] months long stalemate threatens to to spiral back into open conflict.
[00:00:24] conflict. Ukraine attacks Moscow Moscow with hundreds of drones hitting
[00:00:28] hitting a major oil facility and
[00:00:30] and apartment blocks. And Germany's Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz
[00:00:33] Merz calls state election results
[00:00:35] results a disaster, but insists he'll
[00:00:38] he'll stay on. And Helena Humphrey.
[00:00:48] Humphrey. Glad you could join me. me. Iran says that it's received received indications that the United
[00:00:52] United States is preparing to resume resume military operations against
[00:00:55] against it. Tehran gave no basis basis for that assessment, but said
[00:00:58] said that any American attack would would trigger retaliation. Well,
[00:01:01] Well, on the US side, President Trump Trump told Fox News that Iran's leaders
[00:01:05] leaders should make a deal, quote, quote, rot economically or be wiped
[00:01:09] wiped out. Now, it's not the first first time that Trump has threatened
[00:01:12] threatened severe action against against Iran, but it does come at
[00:01:15] at a time of heightened tensions tensions in the wider Middle East.
[00:01:18] East. The US State Department warned
[00:01:20] warned that fighting between Saudi Saudi Arabia and the Iran backed
[00:01:24] backed Houthis could escalate rapidly rapidly after a missile attack targeted
[00:01:27] targeted Riyadh for the first time time since the Yemen conflict resumed.
[00:01:31] resumed. The Houthis say Saudi Arabia Arabia has carried out 28 strikes
[00:01:35] strikes against them in the last
[00:01:37] last 24 hours. The latest exchanges
[00:01:39] exchanges follow rapid Houthi advances advances in southwest Yemen, taking
[00:01:43] taking the strategic port of Mokha Mokha and strengthening their ability
[00:01:46] ability to pressure the Bab al-Mandab al-Mandab Strait. However, the Houthi
[00:01:49] Houthi leadership has looked to reassure reassure the United States that it
[00:01:52] it will not close the waterway and
[00:01:55] and only target Saudi assets. Recently,
[00:01:58] Recently, there was an American communication communication through the Omani mediator.
[00:02:02] mediator. If we would target America America in Bab al-Mandab, we confirm
[00:02:06] confirm that we will not target America America or any other country in the
[00:02:09] the strait with the sole exception exception of the Saudi enemy. Now
[00:02:12] Now the threat of renewed hostilities hostilities between Tehran and Washington
[00:02:16] Washington comes as new data reveals reveals the damage that the Iranian
[00:02:20] Iranian economy has suffered since since the war began. Figures from
[00:02:23] from the Statistical Centre of Iran Iran show the country's gross national
[00:02:26] national product. Its GDP dropped
[00:02:29] dropped by 10.1% compared to the
[00:02:31] the same period last year amid crippling crippling international sanctions.
[00:02:35] sanctions. Well, I'm joined now by by Emily Harding, Vice President
[00:02:38] President of the Defence and Security Security Department at the centre
[00:02:41] centre for Strategic and International International Studies. She previously
[00:02:44] previously served as director for for Iran on the National Security
[00:02:47] Security Council. Very good to have have you on the programme, Emily. Emily. Let's just start by taking
[00:02:51] taking a look at the comments that that we've had from the President President today, telling Fox News
[00:02:55] News that he is considering what what he calls a handful of choices.
[00:02:58] choices. So either wiping Iran out,
[00:03:00] out, letting them rot economically, economically, he said, or striking
[00:03:04] striking a deal. Three very different different options here. What do you
[00:03:07] you see him doing next? So this is
[00:03:10] is very much his MO where he wants wants to increase the pressure on
[00:03:13] on an opponent to really encourage encourage them to come to the negotiating
[00:03:16] negotiating table. He's letting them them know that he's considering options,
[00:03:19] options, including a return to hostilities. hostilities. And I think that it's
[00:03:23] it's entirely possible he could choose choose any one of those routes. He
[00:03:26] He is famously willing to make up up his mind at the last minute should
[00:03:29] should he choose Connecticut tacks. tacks. He has options. Should he
[00:03:33] he choose economic measures? There There are already some in place and and he could do additional things.
[00:03:36] things. And then a negotiated solution solution is probably the end game
[00:03:39] game here. So that's always on the the table. When it comes to that
[00:03:43] that economic prospect. Of course, course, a lot of analysts have been
[00:03:46] been pointing out that Iran has been
[00:03:48] been living under sanctions really
[00:03:51] really since the advent of the Islamic Islamic Republic. They've managed
[00:03:53] managed to withstand it so far. Will Will this make any difference? But
[00:03:56] But in terms of what we're seeing
[00:03:58] seeing now and the impact on the the GDP, which is clearly having
[00:04:02] having an effect, do you think this this economic pressure could bring
[00:04:05] bring the regime to the negotiating
[00:04:07] negotiating table? So it's really really unlikely and it's unlikely
[00:04:11] unlikely for one simple reason. The
[00:04:12] The regime itself only has to survive. survive. And they care less about
[00:04:16] about the way that the economic situation situation affects the population
[00:04:19] population as a whole and more about about whether or not they as a regime
[00:04:22] regime can stay in power. A 10% hit
[00:04:24] hit on your GDP is big, but it's it's not unsurvivable. We've seen
[00:04:28] seen the Russians withstand similar similar pressure. It's entirely possible
[00:04:32] possible they could try to ride that
[00:04:33] that out for quite a while. So, you
[00:04:36] you know, in your assessment the
[00:04:38] the regime only has to survive here.
[00:04:42] here. Where does that leave Iran Iran and its desires and any room
[00:04:45] room for compromise? You know, if if they were to re-engage militarily,
[00:04:49] militarily, for example, do you see see them putting pressure on the
[00:04:52] the Houthis, for example, to ramp ramp up their attacks in the Red
[00:04:55] Red Sea? The Iranians do have some
[00:04:57] some options for ramping up the pressure. pressure. They know that the US has
[00:05:01] has been spending down its stockpiles stockpiles of things like Patriot
[00:05:04] Patriot rounds that defend our military military bases and those of our allies
[00:05:08] allies in the region, so they can can just keep throwing things at at those military bases and let us
[00:05:12] us continue to spend down our munitions. munitions. They could also re-engage
[00:05:15] re-engage with proxy groups around around the region. But interestingly, interestingly, this is one of the
[00:05:18] the places where they're most weak weak at the moment. The measures measures the Israelis have taken
[00:05:22] taken against Hezbollah, for example, example, in Lebanon and the Saudis
[00:05:25] Saudis are taking against the Houthis Houthis in Yemen have weakened those
[00:05:28] those proxy groups quite a bit. They They still have sway over groups
[00:05:31] groups in Iraq. And then the Houthis, Houthis, as we've seen recently, recently, have been pushing forward.
[00:05:35] forward. They've taken some really really critical territory around
[00:05:38] around the other straits, and we've we've seen the Saudis hit back at
[00:05:41] at them. The Saudis actually have have their hands full with the Houthis,
[00:05:44] Houthis, and the Houthis are the the ones who are the least likely
[00:05:47] likely to actually respond to Iranian Iranian orders. Often they operate
[00:05:50] operate under their own agenda, but but they are a tool in the toolkit
[00:05:53] toolkit for Iran. Something you mentioned mentioned there I want to pick up
[00:05:57] up on is American weaponry. We had
[00:05:59] had a report this past week from from the inspector general of the
[00:06:03] the Pentagon saying, look, there there are shortfalls when it comes
[00:06:06] comes to American munitions as a
[00:06:08] a result of this war. With that in in mind, do you think that could
[00:06:12] could change the calculus of what what the US does next here? I mean,
[00:06:16] mean, it's also interesting that that there was that request from
[00:06:18] from the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Mohammed bin Salman, for the US to
[00:06:22] to strike the Houthis. And for the the time being, Washington has said, said, no, we're not going to engage
[00:06:26] engage there. Yeah. So I think there's there's a bit of a nuance that we
[00:06:30] we need to keep in mind when it comes comes to the American weapons systems. systems. There's offensive weapons
[00:06:34] weapons and there's defensive weapons. weapons. The drawdown that we've we've seen on offence has been in
[00:06:37] in our really high end stand off
[00:06:40] off precision munitions. We can keep keep prosecuting the conflict for
[00:06:43] for a very long time with the slightly slightly less sophisticated weapon
[00:06:47] weapon systems that we still have. have. Now that Iran's air defence
[00:06:49] defence is pretty much gone, we can can rule the skies over Iran and
[00:06:53] and we can use dumber bombs, as we we like to say. But when it comes
[00:06:56] comes to defence, this is where there there might be a real problem. The
[00:06:59] The Patriot missile systems are very very sophisticated. They work exceptionally
[00:07:03] exceptionally well, but we are throwing throwing multimillion dollar rounds
[00:07:06] rounds after several hundred dollars dollars to several thousand dollars dollars drones, the math just doesn't
[00:07:10] doesn't work there. And what we need need to be able to do is defend ourselves
[00:07:13] ourselves and our allies against against that kind of attack with
[00:07:16] with a far cheaper munition. Emily Emily Harding, Vice President of
[00:07:19] of the Defence and Security Department Department at the centre for Strategic
[00:07:23] Strategic and International Studies, Studies, who previously served as
[00:07:25] as director for Iran on the National National Security Council. Really
[00:07:29] Really good to get your insights. insights. Thanks, Emily. Thank you.
[00:07:32] you. Will Ukraine carried out large-scale large-scale drone attacks on Moscow
[00:07:36] Moscow and its surrounding region. region. The capital's mayor called
[00:07:38] called it the largest such attack attack on Moscow yet, saying that
[00:07:42] that 450 drones had been directed directed at the city since Saturday.
[00:07:45] Saturday. He said that the city's city's oil refinery had been damaged
[00:07:49] damaged and video online appears appears to show the facility ablaze.
[00:07:53] ablaze. Regional governor said two two people had been killed and at
[00:07:56] at least six others injured. The The attacks coincided with the last
[00:08:00] last day of Russia's parliamentary parliamentary election, in which which only pro-Kremlin parties have
[00:08:04] have been allowed to stand. Critics Critics dismiss the vote as neither
[00:08:08] neither free nor transparent, but but the Kremlin is expected to use
[00:08:11] use it to claim that the country country is united behind the policies
[00:08:14] policies of President Putin and his his party. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian
[00:08:17] Ukrainian officials say that eight eight people, including three children,
[00:08:20] children, were killed in Russian
[00:08:22] Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy
[00:08:24] Sumy regions on Saturday. Ukrainian Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
[00:08:26] Zelensky says that he and US President President Trump agreed to meet in
[00:08:30] in New York at the United Nations Nations General Assembly following
[00:08:33] following a phone call on Sunday.
[00:08:35] Sunday. Zelensky said that he's working working with the Americans on serious
[00:08:39] serious steps. He said, for de-escalation de-escalation in Russia's war on
[00:08:42] on Ukraine and believes that there there is diplomatic momentum now.
[00:08:46] now. That high level UN general debate debate with world leaders will begin
[00:08:50] begin on Tuesday. We will have special special coverage here at BBC News
[00:08:54] News with our chief presenter Sumi Sumi Somaskanda live in New York.
[00:08:57] York. But let's discuss all of these these developments in Russia and
[00:09:00] and Ukraine. I'm joined tonight by
[00:09:03] by Nina Khrushcheva, professor of
[00:09:05] of international affairs at the New New School. Welcome to you. Always
[00:09:08] Always good to have you on the programme. programme. Let's just start with with those attacks that we have seen
[00:09:12] seen in Russia coinciding with the
[00:09:15] the final day of the country's parliamentary
[00:09:18] parliamentary election. Talk us through
[00:09:20] through Ukraine's strategy here.
[00:09:22] here. Hi. Thank you. Well, Ukrainians
[00:09:24] Ukrainians should be asked of their
[00:09:27] their strategy, but Volodymyr Zelensky Zelensky has been saying that clearly
[00:09:31] clearly the Russians are not going
[00:09:33] going to sleep well. And certainly certainly the election days were
[00:09:36] were very important to send the message message to the Russians that if you
[00:09:40] you are going to vote for the party
[00:09:42] party of power, United Russia, Putin's
[00:09:45] Putin's party, then you are going going to see more escalation. And
[00:09:48] And so that seems to be what the
[00:09:51] the strategy was. I think it's about
[00:09:53] about 2000 drones were, were targeting
[00:09:57] targeting Moscow and surrounding surrounding regions, which is the
[00:10:00] the largest. I'm not entirely sure sure what he means when he says that
[00:10:03] that in a conversation with Trump,
[00:10:05] Trump, there's some diplomatic, diplomatic
[00:10:08] diplomatic solutions because I would would not imagine Putin having any
[00:10:11] any diplomatic solutions after such such an attack and also because basically
[00:10:15] basically the way the Kremlin is is going to present at his party,
[00:10:18] party, United Russia has just won won in a landslide. You know, some
[00:10:22] some may say that Ukraine is trying
[00:10:24] trying to bring the war home to Russia.
[00:10:27] Russia. Do you think that will have
[00:10:30] have an impact? Well, it hasn't I
[00:10:33] I mean, Putin was trying to bring bring the war to Ukraine, bombing
[00:10:37] bombing Ukraine for four and a half half years. For almost five years
[00:10:40] years now. It hasn't brought much
[00:10:41] much result. I mean, Ukraine still
[00:10:44] still feels that they at least 70% 70% are saying that they are going
[00:10:48] going to fight. They don't want to to give up territory. So I won't
[00:10:51] won't see why it's going to happen
[00:10:53] happen in Russia. In fact, after
[00:10:55] after the elections, because Putin
[00:10:57] Putin got in his view, he got such
[00:11:00] such a legitimisation of his the
[00:11:04] the continuation of the war, even even if people were not happy and
[00:11:08] and they are not happy, they would would have much rather rather voted
[00:11:11] voted for parties that are not militant.
[00:11:14] militant. The state would say, no, no, we just got complete consolidation. consolidation. We're going to do
[00:11:18] do whatever we want to do. And if if you feel differently, you are
[00:11:21] are the fifth column. You are not not patriotic and all of you need
[00:11:24] need to go to the front right now. now. So you're saying that after
[00:11:28] after these elections, there is the
[00:11:30] the prospect of conscription, conscription conscription in Russia potentially.
[00:11:34] potentially. I don't know that. I I mean, they've been saying during
[00:11:37] during the elections or before the the elections, Putin has was very
[00:11:41] very adamant that there is not going going to be any mobilisation. I think
[00:11:44] think there was about like 50 times times the different government officials
[00:11:47] officials repeated. There's no mobilisation mobilisation entirely possible. It
[00:11:51] It could be creeping mobilisation. mobilisation. But basically what
[00:11:54] what this election showed, the way
[00:11:56] way it has been orchestrated is that that this is the current direction
[00:12:00] direction and the war is the current current direction, and the country
[00:12:04] country is essentially hostage to
[00:12:07] to that, to that direction. If needs needs mobilisation, it will happen.
[00:12:10] happen. If it's going to be creeping creeping mobilisation, just people
[00:12:13] people would be not conscripted officially
[00:12:15] officially but be taken from their their offices and say, well, now
[00:12:19] now you're serving. That also can can happen. But I think Putin, in
[00:12:22] in his view, got legitimisation and
[00:12:25] and he's going to continue with that. that. Briefly. There was one party
[00:12:28] party that tried to run the Yabloko Yabloko party, as you know, an opposition opposition party. It was struck off
[00:12:32] off the ballot by the Supreme Court,
[00:12:35] Court, an anti-war party calling calling for a ceasefire. You know,
[00:12:38] know, have people been speaking about about that at all in Russia? Did
[00:12:41] Did that cut through to the electorate electorate the fact that such a party
[00:12:44] party with such a call existed? Well,
[00:12:46] Well, absolutely. I mean, there have
[00:12:48] have been a lot of in fact, the reason
[00:12:51] reason the Kremlin was taking the
[00:12:53] the Yabloko party off the ballot ballot completely is because they
[00:12:57] they got very afraid. Suddenly Yabloko
[00:12:59] Yabloko was in 50%, 15%, 20%. So
[00:13:03] So they really worked very hard and
[00:13:05] and very completely legitimate, not not even political methods. I mean,
[00:13:09] mean, people the representatives representatives were going to prison
[00:13:12] prison or being, I don't know, being
[00:13:16] being taken for some time to prison
[00:13:19] prison because of some trumped up up charges. So they got very afraid.
[00:13:22] afraid. And in fact, the other party party that is less militant, which
[00:13:26] which is called the new People apparently
[00:13:29] apparently it also got quite a lot
[00:13:31] lot of percentage because it is not
[00:13:34] not not openly anti-war, but pretty pretty much anti-war. They got a
[00:13:38] a lot of percentage. And now and and I saw the recent polls, I think
[00:13:41] think they got down to 7%, which
[00:13:45] which really cannot be true. So yes, yes, there's an absolute call for
[00:13:48] for ending the war from the public. public. But Putin doesn't want to
[00:13:51] to end the war, not on his terms.
[00:13:53] terms. And therefore the war is going
[00:13:55] going to continue. Nina Khrushcheva Khrushcheva Professor of International
[00:13:59] International Affairs at the New New School. Always good to have your
[00:14:01] your thoughts. Thank you. Thank you.
[00:14:04] you. Well, turning to Germany now now where the country's governing
[00:14:07] governing party suffered a bruising
[00:14:09] bruising results in state elections, elections, Chancellor Friedrich Merz
[00:14:12] Merz called the outcome a disaster disaster for his centre right CDU
[00:14:16] CDU party after it lost ground in
[00:14:18] in both states. Well in northeastern northeastern Mecklenburg-Western
[00:14:21] Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Projections Projections show that the far right
[00:14:24] right Alternative for Germany party
[00:14:25] party is on track to win the most
[00:14:29] most votes, with the CDU suffering suffering its worst ever result.
[00:14:32] result. German state media is reporting reporting that the party has not
[00:14:35] not met the threshold needed to enter enter the state's parliament. Meanwhile
[00:14:39] Meanwhile in Berlin, the CDU also
[00:14:41] also fell behind, coming second to
[00:14:43] to Die Linke translated to the left
[00:14:46] left party, the AfD doubled its share share of the vote there. Now it's
[00:14:50] it's the latest electoral challenge challenge to Mertz's leadership after
[00:14:53] after the AfD won a major victory victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt
[00:14:57] Saxony-Anhalt two weeks ago, where where the CDU saw its vote halved.
[00:15:01] halved. Now, despite all of this, this, on Sunday night, Merz vowed
[00:15:03] vowed to stay in office and enact
[00:15:07] enact economic reforms. And our Berlin Berlin correspondent Jess Parker
[00:15:09] Parker sent this report. A nervous
[00:15:13] nervous wait. Then, as the exit polls
[00:15:16] polls pop up, a shake of the head
[00:15:18] head that says it all the projected
[00:15:22] projected results just dropped here here at the election night gathering
[00:15:26] gathering for Friedrich Merz, conservative conservative CDU party. There were
[00:15:29] were no cheers. There's no celebration.
[00:15:32] celebration. But the embattled leader leader vowed to carry on with his
[00:15:36] his reform agenda. What we have to
[00:15:40] to do now needs a strong spine, steadfastness
[00:15:44] steadfastness and patience. I will will offer that as the head of the
[00:15:47] the CDU and as the Chancellor. But
[00:15:49] But in Berlin, his party faces losing losing regional power while they're
[00:15:53] they're set for a record low result
[00:15:55] result in the northeastern state state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where fishermen,
[00:15:59] fishermen, UVA says the Chancellor's Chancellor's thrown away people's
[00:16:02] people's trust. It's basically he
[00:16:05] he did not solve one thing properly, properly, not one. He said, we'll
[00:16:08] we'll solve it. But he didn't. He
[00:16:11] He promised it, but nothing. Germany
[00:16:16] Germany feels gloomy. Many are anxious anxious about immigration, the economy
[00:16:19] economy and the cost of living. Friedrich Friedrich Merz backers may argue
[00:16:23] argue that the Chancellor has had had a tough time with global events events and that a lot of the problems
[00:16:27] problems this country is facing are are ones that he's inherited. But
[00:16:31] But whatever faith people had in in the Chancellor's ability to fix
[00:16:35] fix them is fading fast. And there's
[00:16:37] there's another brutal truth it's
[00:16:39] it's pretty hard to find anyone who
[00:16:41] who likes the guy down the road to
[00:16:44] to a rally in Neubrandenburg, a party
[00:16:47] party that Friedrich Merz wanted
[00:16:48] wanted to curb and fiercely Polarises
[00:16:51] Polarises opinion keeps getting more
[00:16:53] more popular. The anti-immigration, anti-immigration, Russia friendly
[00:16:57] friendly AfD. But on either side
[00:16:59] side of this divide we find little
[00:17:02] little love for Mr Merz. I. It's
[00:17:05] It's arrogant, out of touch, not not on the same level as the general
[00:17:07] general public. Yeah, he's not getting getting through. He's not reaching
[00:17:10] reaching them. So that's why. Yeah,
[00:17:13] Yeah, it's down the drain for him. him. The Chancellor's supporters
[00:17:17] supporters say Germany must stay
[00:17:19] stay steady in an increasingly insecure
[00:17:21] insecure world. But the danger for
[00:17:24] for Friedrich Merz is he already
[00:17:27] already running out of time. Jessica
[00:17:28] Jessica Parker, BBC News in Berlin.
[00:17:32] Berlin. In South Africa, hundreds hundreds of people attended the funeral
[00:17:34] funeral of a woman who was killed killed after going for a run last
[00:17:38] last week. Elizabeth Moselakgomo
[00:17:40] Moselakgomo is among nine women murdered murdered near Johannesburg over the
[00:17:44] the past two months. Police are investigating investigating whether the killings
[00:17:48] killings are linked. Well, the murders murders sparked protests and nationwide
[00:17:51] nationwide outrage in a country with with one of the world's highest rates
[00:17:54] rates of violence against women. women. South Africa declared gender
[00:17:57] gender based violence and femicide
[00:18:00] femicide a national disaster in 2025.
[00:18:02] 2025. Well, Naeemah Abrahams is the the chief specialist scientist in
[00:18:06] in gender and Health research unit unit at the South African Medical
[00:18:09] Medical Research Council, and I asked
[00:18:12] asked her about the underlying factors factors that allow for this violence
[00:18:15] violence to happen. I think it's
[00:18:18] it's a combination of factors in
[00:18:20] in our country. First of all, we
[00:18:26] we know that violence is a culture
[00:18:27] culture of violence in our country
[00:18:32] country in terms of in engagement engagement with this conflict, with
[00:18:34] with these differences, people go
[00:18:37] go and use violence as a means to
[00:18:39] to settle differences. We know also
[00:18:42] also gender inequality is a big issue
[00:18:44] issue in our country. And therefore
[00:18:47] therefore violence against women
[00:18:48] women is just the way in which relationships
[00:18:51] relationships happen very often. often. We also know we have some
[00:18:55] some really good evidence and understanding understanding what are the risk factors
[00:18:58] factors for violence. We know childhood
[00:19:01] childhood violence experiences later later increases the risk for men
[00:19:05] men to perpetrate and for women to
[00:19:08] to be victims. We know alcohol plays
[00:19:10] plays a role alcohol by both partners,
[00:19:16] partners, particularly alcohol behaviour
[00:19:19] behaviour by men, risky behaviour,
[00:19:22] behaviour, not just alcohol use, use, but it's risky alcohol use.
[00:19:26] use. And another factor is our police
[00:19:30] police systems. People get away with
[00:19:32] with murder and that's why murder
[00:19:35] murder just continue to happen. We're
[00:19:37] We're not particularly good at investigating
[00:19:39] investigating our crimes and bringing
[00:19:42] bringing people to justice and making making sure they face the justice
[00:19:45] justice system. And so, for example,
[00:19:49] example, we have found that perpetrators
[00:19:52] perpetrators are commonly not identified
[00:19:54] identified when women are killed. killed. And this has become over
[00:19:58] over the two decades of research, research, this has become worse.
[00:20:01] worse. And our most recent study,
[00:20:03] study, almost 50% of women who were
[00:20:06] were killed. The police could not
[00:20:08] not identify perpetrator. We know
[00:20:11] know guns is another issue. Many
[00:20:15] Many women are killed with guns and
[00:20:17] and the management of guns in our
[00:20:19] our country has has really been failing.
[00:20:22] failing. So it's a number of factors
[00:20:25] factors that comes together to give
[00:20:28] give us this level of violence. And
[00:20:30] And of course, our history, our colonial
[00:20:35] colonial history of has also contributed
[00:20:36] contributed to it. We have just seen
[00:20:39] seen the deaths of nine women in
[00:20:41] in a very short period of time. What
[00:20:44] What does that say about violence violence against women? Is it getting
[00:20:48] getting worse? It is difficult to
[00:20:50] to say whether the nine women found
[00:20:53] found over a period of about six
[00:20:54] six eight weeks is an indication
[00:20:57] indication that it gets worse. And And I'm saying this because women
[00:21:01] women are killed daily in our country.
[00:21:03] country. Our most recent research research has showed between 6 and
[00:21:07] and 7 women are killed per day. So
[00:21:10] So finding nine women over a couple
[00:21:13] couple of weeks. We aren't sure if if it's an indication of it coming
[00:21:16] coming becoming worse or whether
[00:21:19] whether it is a particular violence
[00:21:22] violence that happened in an area.
[00:21:25] area. And it does look like this
[00:21:26] this is the work of a serial killer
[00:21:29] killer and therefore a draw the attention
[00:21:32] attention of media. But every day day women are killed in our country
[00:21:35] country and they don't get the attention.
[00:21:39] attention. But it is a concern because
[00:21:41] because it means that nine women women were killed before there was
[00:21:45] was any attention by the police to to really take this seriously and
[00:21:49] and to investigate it. And there's
[00:21:50] there's now a big move to bring together
[00:21:54] together really a skilled group of
[00:21:55] of people. So that is good. And their
[00:22:00] their attention to women being killed killed is really important and we
[00:22:04] we need it. I mean, this must be
[00:22:06] be a scary time for women in South
[00:22:09] South Africa right now. How does does violence against women impact?
[00:22:13] impact? I guess, how they live their their everyday lives in terms of,
[00:22:16] of, you know, just going out, socialising, socialising, going to work, going
[00:22:20] going about their daily lives and and presumably also the trust that
[00:22:23] that they actually place in the authorities
[00:22:27] authorities as well. That is correct.
[00:22:30] correct. Women have to adjust their
[00:22:32] their lives. We have to decide we
[00:22:35] we can't go out at night. We do not
[00:22:38] not drive in our cars. We do not
[00:22:40] not go to certain drive certain roads.
[00:22:43] roads. We never walk alone. We don't don't walk with a cell phone in our
[00:22:46] our hands. We tell our daughters
[00:22:48] daughters not to go out, to stay
[00:22:51] stay home, to be safe. And it's a
[00:22:53] a bit unfair that all the behaviour behaviour change is expected to be
[00:22:57] be on us as women and people not
[00:23:00] not making the same call on men that
[00:23:03] that they should change their behaviour
[00:23:05] behaviour and the focus should be be on the prevention amongst men.
[00:23:09] men. But yes, for women in South South Africa it's a time of real
[00:23:12] real fear. You aware that you are
[00:23:16] are vulnerable. That danger can come come anyway. And for this particular
[00:23:20] particular group of women they very
[00:23:22] very likely it appears to be strangers,
[00:23:25] strangers, a stranger and that they
[00:23:26] they were killed outside their home.
[00:23:29] home. But we need to be aware that
[00:23:32] that most women killed in South Africa
[00:23:34] Africa is actually killed in their
[00:23:36] their home by a partner. Now, to
[00:23:40] to round up of stories making headlines
[00:23:43] headlines across the globe. Aleema Aleema Khan, the sister of Pakistan's
[00:23:46] Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Minister Imran Khan, has been arrested
[00:23:49] arrested in Lahore. His political political party, PTI said the detention
[00:23:53] detention of Aleema Khan was illegal illegal and called for her immediate
[00:23:56] immediate release. An official in in Lahore confirmed the arrest to
[00:24:00] to BBC Urdu but gave no further details.
[00:24:02] details. Well, the PTI party is planning planning a demonstration next Sunday
[00:24:06] Sunday to demand that Imran Khan Khan be freed. He's been in detention
[00:24:09] detention for three years and was was sentenced last year to 14 years
[00:24:13] years in prison for corruption in in a case that his supporters say
[00:24:16] say was politically motivated. Seven
[00:24:19] Seven armed groups in Ethiopia have have announced that they have formed
[00:24:22] formed an alliance to remove the
[00:24:24] the government in Addis Ababa. They
[00:24:26] They say Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Ahmed's administration lacks legitimacy
[00:24:30] legitimacy and the will to quell quell armed rebellions. They warn
[00:24:34] warn that the country is at risk risk of disintegration. Well, Ethiopia
[00:24:38] Ethiopia has been grappling with with armed conflicts for several
[00:24:41] several years in its two most populous
[00:24:43] populous regions of Amhara and Oromia. Oromia. Tensions in the northern
[00:24:47] northern Tigray region left hundreds
[00:24:48] hundreds of thousands of people dead
[00:24:51] dead after two years of civil war.
[00:24:54] war. Thousands of people in Spain Spain have marched through the streets
[00:24:57] streets of Barcelona in protest against against plans to expand the city's
[00:25:01] city's airport. Earlier this week, week, the government allocated more
[00:25:04] more than $2 billion to revamp the the airport. Among the proposed changes
[00:25:08] changes is an extension of one of of the runways to accommodate more
[00:25:11] more long haul flights. Demonstrators Demonstrators are concerned about
[00:25:15] about the environmental impact, as
[00:25:17] as well as a rise in visitor numbers.
[00:25:20] numbers. Now, ancient Roman architecture
[00:25:22] architecture has met cutting edge
[00:25:25] edge technology in Croatia. The Adriatic
[00:25:27] Adriatic coastal city of Pula turned turned its 2000-year-old historic
[00:25:31] historic buildings into a canvas canvas for contemporary light art.
[00:25:34] art. Some 16 locations across the
[00:25:36] the city were used to explore themes
[00:25:39] themes of space, peace, nature and
[00:25:41] and human relations. And in all there
[00:25:44] there were 23 works of art featuring featuring artists from countries
[00:25:47] countries including Croatia, Germany, Germany, Ukraine, Norway and Hong
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