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[00:00:14] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:16] News. 12 people are killed and hundreds
[00:00:20] hundreds injured in a missile attack attack on Riyadh's international international airport, which Saudi
[00:00:24] Saudi authorities blame on the
[00:00:28] Houthis. The Saudis are good fighters, fighters, but I think the attack
[00:00:30] attack was a terrible thing. President President Trump says Ukraine needs
[00:00:34] needs a new president who can make make a deal after President Zelensky's
[00:00:38] Zelensky's criticism over the US., US., Russia diesel deal. A man is
[00:00:42] is mauled to death at a wildlife wildlife park in Yorkshire after
[00:00:45] after entering the tiger enclosure.
[00:00:49] enclosure. And Hurricane Simon heads heads for Mexico, bringing torrential
[00:00:52] torrential rain and winds of up to
[00:00:55] to 240km an hour. Hello, I'm Annita
[00:01:06] Annita McVeigh. Thanks for joining joining us on BBC News. And let's
[00:01:10] let's start with that major escalation escalation in the Middle East conflict
[00:01:13] conflict because Saudi Arabia says
[00:01:14] says a Houthi missile attack at Riyadh's
[00:01:17] Riyadh's international airport has has killed 12 people and injured
[00:01:21] injured more than 300. We've received received these pictures from inside
[00:01:24] inside the airport terminal. Reports
[00:01:26] Reports say there was a missile strike strike on one of the gates. It's
[00:01:30] It's the deadliest attack on Saudi Saudi soil in more than a decade.
[00:01:34] decade. The Saudi authorities are are calling it a war crime and have
[00:01:37] have promised a forceful response. response. The airport has been closed
[00:01:39] closed and hundreds of flights have have been cancelled or diverted.
[00:01:43] diverted. The UK Foreign Office has has told British nationals to stay
[00:01:46] stay away until the airport is secure,
[00:01:49] secure, with similar warnings from from a number of other countries.
[00:01:53] countries. While the strike has been been condemned by the United Nations
[00:01:56] Nations Secretary General and by by President Trump, who's indicated
[00:01:59] indicated the US may join the Saudis
[00:02:02] Saudis campaign against the Iran-backed Iran-backed Houthis. Well, you're
[00:02:06] you're going to find out, Steve, Steve, but I think it's terrible. terrible. Well, they're able to defend
[00:02:10] defend look, the Saudis are good good fighters. But I think the attack
[00:02:14] attack was a terrible thing. What What happened in Saudi Arabia is
[00:02:17] is not acceptable. Thank you. And And a correspondent Greg McKenzie
[00:02:21] McKenzie is with us. Greg, what's what's the latest we know about this
[00:02:24] this attack? Well, this is the third
[00:02:26] third attack on Riyadh's international international airport in just a week.
[00:02:29] week. And by far the deadliest. So So Saudi authorities say at least
[00:02:33] least 12 people have been killed
[00:02:34] killed and more than 300 injured.
[00:02:37] injured. Now, among those killed
[00:02:39] killed are Saudi and Bangladesh. Bangladesh. Bangladeshi nationals
[00:02:42] nationals and also an American citizen.
[00:02:45] citizen. Now eyewitnesses have described described chaos at the airport, describing
[00:02:48] describing seeing an object flying
[00:02:50] flying overhead before it landed
[00:02:52] landed and exploded at the terminal.
[00:02:55] terminal. Now, some say that ceilings ceilings were collapsing and there there was panic. People were just
[00:02:59] just simply trying to get out of
[00:03:01] of the airport desperate. Now hospitals
[00:03:03] hospitals are overwhelmed in the the area with casualties, some of
[00:03:07] of them critically injured. And what's
[00:03:10] what's particularly concerning is
[00:03:11] is that the attack reportedly happened
[00:03:14] happened without any warning from
[00:03:16] from Saudi Arabia's air defence alert
[00:03:19] alert system. Yeah, that is a very
[00:03:21] very significant point to make, Greg, Greg, and we saw that comment from
[00:03:24] from President Trump. Who else has has been reacting? Well, President President Trump has reacted. You
[00:03:28] You just heard him there. So that's that's a significant development.
[00:03:31] development. Speaking to reporters reporters outside the White House, House, President Trump has asked
[00:03:35] asked whether the United States might might join Saudi Arabia in carrying
[00:03:39] carrying out military strikes against against the Houthis in Yemen. He's
[00:03:43] He's yet to say yay or nay whether whether he will or not. And the US
[00:03:46] US Secretary of State has also condemned
[00:03:48] condemned the attack. So there's
[00:03:50] there's been no announcement of American
[00:03:52] American military involvement at at this stage. And president, the
[00:03:56] the President's comments kind of of raises the possibility of the
[00:04:00] the United States becoming directly directly involved in that escalating
[00:04:03] escalating conflict. And, Greg, tell tell us more then about the likely
[00:04:07] likely impact on flights both in in Saudi and the wider region. We
[00:04:11] We know obviously at the moment there there are lots of cancellations,
[00:04:15] cancellations, lots of diverted flights. flights. But clearly this is is going
[00:04:17] going to cause a major issue for for travel in the region. Well that's
[00:04:20] that's right. So it's an immediate immediate impact on air travel in
[00:04:24] in the region. Riyadh is a major
[00:04:27] major aviation hub serving the city
[00:04:30] city of around 8 million people. people. Flights have been cancelled
[00:04:34] cancelled or diverted, leaving passengers passengers facing significant disruption.
[00:04:38] disruption. But there's also a wider wider economic concern. Saudi Arabia
[00:04:41] Arabia is preparing to host a major
[00:04:44] major international energy and investment investment conference. And these
[00:04:47] these attacks are raising questions
[00:04:50] questions about security in the kingdom. kingdom. OK, Greg, thank you very
[00:04:53] very much for that. Greg McKenzie. McKenzie. And let's talk about this
[00:04:56] this some more now with Arman Mahmoudian,
[00:04:59] Mahmoudian, who is non-resident scholar scholar at George Washington University's University's Institute for Middle
[00:05:02] Middle East Studies. He joins us us from Tampa Amman. Thanks very
[00:05:06] very much for being on the programme. programme. And let's pick up on those
[00:05:10] those comments with from President President Trump. And, you know, do
[00:05:13] do do you think he will get more
[00:05:16] more involved specifically in what's what's happening between the Saudis
[00:05:19] Saudis and the Houthis in the context context of those mid-term elections
[00:05:23] elections in the US just a few weeks weeks away? Because obviously, there's
[00:05:26] there's a lot of nervousness that that his involvement in this war
[00:05:29] war in the Middle East is putting putting voters off the Republican Republican Party. Well, thank you
[00:05:34] you for inviting me, Anita, and that's that's a very good question. To be be honest. President Trump and the
[00:05:37] the United States is in a very complicated
[00:05:41] complicated position because we do do know that for the similar incidents
[00:05:44] incidents for one American casualty casualty in the past, the President
[00:05:47] President Trump made drastic military military measures in December 2019
[00:05:51] 2019 when the Iranian backed Shia Shia militias in Iraq, they killed
[00:05:55] killed an American contractor in in the Kirkuk base. President Trump,
[00:05:58] Trump, as the response to it, ordered ordered the attack against General
[00:06:02] General Qassem Soleimani, the former former commander of Iran's Quds Forces,
[00:06:05] Forces, and he was killed during during that retaliatory attack in
[00:06:09] in January of 2020, which many people people can make a case that that
[00:06:12] that attack the killing of Soleimani Soleimani triggered the current conflict.
[00:06:15] conflict. The gradual scope pattern
[00:06:18] pattern of the current conflict. conflict. So now he is in the crossroad.
[00:06:22] crossroad. On one hand, in the past past he showed that he's taking the
[00:06:25] the American casualty very serious. serious. And if he acts on it, if
[00:06:29] if he wants to retaliate again, that
[00:06:31] that would change the kind of de
[00:06:33] de facto unspoken arrangement that that the United States so far had
[00:06:37] had with the Houthis, which is very very fragile. Already, Houthis have
[00:06:40] have avoided largely to attack the the American cargos American ships
[00:06:44] ships in the region. If the United United States decides to get involved
[00:06:48] involved more directly, they may may change that. And if they change
[00:06:51] change that equation, if they try try to bring or open a new front
[00:06:54] front against the United States in in the region right before the election,
[00:06:58] election, the mid-term election that that would put the President Trump Trump in a very difficult position.
[00:07:01] position. On the other hand, if it it doesn't make any action, it basically
[00:07:05] basically let this go or, you know,
[00:07:07] know, tries to make a kind of contained contained limited response that would
[00:07:11] would make him appear weak. And we we do know for a fact appearance
[00:07:14] appearance as a weak leader is not not something that goes well with
[00:07:17] with his own base. So whatever he he chooses is going to have a political
[00:07:21] political collateral damage. The The question is which one and how how much of damage he's going to
[00:07:25] to take and he's going to inflict inflict on the Houthis. All important
[00:07:28] important questions. And Oman, we
[00:07:30] we often talk about the Houthis as
[00:07:34] as being the Iranian backed proxy
[00:07:36] proxy group. But would you describe describe this as a war within the
[00:07:40] the wider war, the US war with Iran,
[00:07:42] Iran, or is this a separate issue, issue, a distinctive issue for the
[00:07:46] the Houthis? What they're doing in in terms of the missiles that they're
[00:07:49] they're firing towards Saudi? Well, Well, I hate to answer it like that,
[00:07:53] that, but it's a kind of combination combination of both that is in the
[00:07:56] the middle way. The Houthis got involved involved in this round of the conflict
[00:08:00] conflict as what they, you know, know, articulated their response
[00:08:03] response to the killing of Ayatollah
[00:08:05] Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader
[00:08:07] leader of the Iran, in 20th February
[00:08:09] February of 28. After that, the Houthis Houthis tried to get involved slowly
[00:08:12] slowly but gradually got involved. involved. But they also have their
[00:08:15] their own interests in this thing. thing. They are advancing heavily
[00:08:18] heavily in Yemen, specifically speaking speaking towards the south of Yemen.
[00:08:21] Yemen. Up until two weeks ago, they
[00:08:23] they had a momentum to completely completely kick out the Saudis and
[00:08:27] and Saudi backed Yemeni government.
[00:08:30] government. Kind of out of all the
[00:08:32] the strategic zones, if they had had succeeded in this, one can make
[00:08:35] make a case that they would have have cemented their influence in
[00:08:39] in Yemen and the coastal shores of of the Red Sea for quite a while.
[00:08:42] while. So they have their own independent independent interests. But also there
[00:08:46] there is no doubt that what is happening happening in their Houthis, what what is happening between Houthis
[00:08:50] Houthis and the Saudi and in general, general, the tension in the Middle
[00:08:53] Middle East is largely influenced influenced by the conflict with Iran.
[00:08:56] Iran. At the end, Iran is the sole sole sponsor of the Yemeni Houthis.
[00:09:00] Houthis. There is no other country country on the face of earth that that provides them with the knowledge,
[00:09:04] knowledge, training, money or advisers advisers advisers to help them. So
[00:09:07] So the building of Iran, the Islamic Islamic Republic in Iran exists and
[00:09:11] and continues to exist for the Houthis Houthis is an important matter. They
[00:09:14] They will take action in it. But
[00:09:16] But beside and aside that they do do have their own independent interests
[00:09:20] interests in the region and Yemen. Yemen. OK. Arman Mahmoudian thank
[00:09:23] thank you very much. Thank you for
[00:09:25] for inviting me. President Trump Trump has hit out at Ukraine saying
[00:09:29] saying the country should get a new new president who will end the war
[00:09:32] war with Russia. He made the comments comments after Volodymyr Zelensky
[00:09:35] Zelensky criticised the US decision decision to lift sanctions and buy
[00:09:39] buy Russian diesel. Mr Trump appeared appeared to blame President Zelensky
[00:09:43] Zelensky for the diesel crisis, adding
[00:09:45] adding he'd quote, better damn well
[00:09:47] well stop attacking Russian oil refineries. refineries. Downing Street says Andy
[00:09:50] Andy Burnham has spoken to Mr Zelensky Zelensky to reiterate the UK's support
[00:09:54] support for Ukraine in its war with
[00:09:56] with Russia. Our world news correspondent
[00:09:59] correspondent Joe Inwood reports.
[00:10:03] reports. It is a slow and painful
[00:10:06] painful process. Under Buried the
[00:10:10] the rubble of their apartment is
[00:10:12] is Yana, Anton and the body of their their daughter Liza. At least 12
[00:10:16] 12 people are now thought to have have been killed in a single Russian
[00:10:20] Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia. At
[00:10:21] At least three were children. May
[00:10:26] May all Russians die. Anatoly says
[00:10:28] says as he digests the news of the the death of his granddaughter. Much
[00:10:32] Much of Russia's war on places like like Zaporizhzhia has been funded
[00:10:35] funded by the sale of oil and gas.
[00:10:37] gas. Diesel is at the centre of a a major diplomatic row. That's a
[00:10:41] a war that should have never started, started, and I think it's time for
[00:10:44] for Ukraine to get a new president. president. It started with the announcement
[00:10:48] announcement that President Trump Trump had done a deal with Vladimir
[00:10:51] Vladimir Putin that would see about about 100,000 barrels a day enter
[00:10:55] enter the global market. That was was met with disbelief in Ukraine
[00:10:59] Ukraine and anger from President
[00:11:01] President Zelensky. All that money
[00:11:05] money goes towards the war against against people against Ukraine, against
[00:11:09] against all of US, in my view, this
[00:11:11] this is a weak decision. Unfortunately,
[00:11:13] Unfortunately, a weak decision by
[00:11:16] by strong partners. The United States
[00:11:19] States is currently seeing record record diesel prices and growing
[00:11:23] growing voter anger ahead of crucial crucial mid-term elections. Many
[00:11:26] Many blame President Trump and his his war with Iran for the rising
[00:11:29] rising costs they're seeing at the the pumps. But he said that the real
[00:11:33] real cause of the problem were these
[00:11:37] these Ukrainian strikes on Russian Russian oil facilities for Ukraine.
[00:11:41] Ukraine. They've been a key part
[00:11:43] part of their military strategy for
[00:11:45] for President Trump, a cause of his
[00:11:48] his problems. He wants to make problems
[00:11:50] problems for our farmers and ranchers
[00:11:52] ranchers with diesel fuel because because Russia supplies a large portion
[00:11:56] portion of the diesel fuel throughout throughout the world. You're in no
[00:12:00] no position to dictate. For more more than a year, President Zelensky
[00:12:04] Zelensky has been carefully and it it seemed successfully rebuilding
[00:12:06] rebuilding his relationship with with Donald Trump, left at rock bottom
[00:12:10] bottom by this notorious bust-up. bust-up. Seems much of that has been
[00:12:13] been undone. While undoubtedly falling falling Russian exports have played
[00:12:17] played a role, the real cause of
[00:12:19] of the rising cost of diesel lies
[00:12:21] lies here in the Strait of Hormuz
[00:12:24] Hormuz and in the war with Iran.
[00:12:26] Iran. The consequences of the failure failure to end that war continue
[00:12:30] continue to ripple around the world.
[00:12:33] world. Joe Inwood, BBC News. An investigation
[00:12:37] investigation has begun after a man man was killed by a tiger at Yorkshire
[00:12:41] Yorkshire Wildlife Park. He was attacked attacked when he entered the animal's
[00:12:44] animal's enclosure. Yorkshire Wildlife Wildlife Park says it is deeply saddened
[00:12:47] saddened by the incident and is working working closely with the authorities.
[00:12:50] authorities. The park will remain remain closed again today. Yunus
[00:12:53] Yunus Mulla reports. The Yorkshire
[00:12:56] Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains closed, closed, with officers guarding the
[00:12:59] the entrance. The attraction has has some of the world's most endangered
[00:13:03] endangered animals, including large large tigers in a huge enclosure
[00:13:07] enclosure where a man was attacked attacked and seriously injured after
[00:13:10] after somehow he managed to enter
[00:13:13] enter an air ambulance, two ambulances ambulances and a doctor were sent
[00:13:16] sent but the man died at the scene.
[00:13:18] scene. The animal remained in the
[00:13:21] the enclosure and there was no wider
[00:13:23] wider risk to the public. The Land
[00:13:26] Land of the Tigers opened in 2011
[00:13:29] 2011 with a 300 metre long raised raised walkway above, where visitors
[00:13:33] visitors can see the tigers roaming
[00:13:35] roaming freely below. The park has has said on social media that it
[00:13:39] it can confirm that there was a serious
[00:13:41] serious incident and that its emergency emergency response procedures were
[00:13:45] were activated. It's now working
[00:13:46] working with the authorities to ascertain
[00:13:49] ascertain exactly what happened. happened. It's not known why the
[00:13:53] the man was in the enclosure. The
[00:13:55] The park itself was evacuated and
[00:13:58] and will remain closed to visitors
[00:14:00] visitors over the weekend. Yunus
[00:14:03] Yunus Mulla BBC News, Doncaster. Doncaster. Let's get some of the the day's other news now. And it's
[00:14:07] it's been confirmed that Christa Christa Pike, who survived two lethal
[00:14:11] lethal injections during a failed failed execution attempt in Tennessee,
[00:14:14] Tennessee, has been discharged from from hospital. In a statement, her
[00:14:17] her legal team says she's been returned returned to the correctional facility
[00:14:20] facility where she has spent the the last 30 years, and that she'll
[00:14:24] she'll continue to receive medical medical treatment. Pike is believed
[00:14:26] believed to be the only person to
[00:14:28] to have ever survived a lethal injection.
[00:14:31] injection. The US military says its its forces have struck a commercial
[00:14:35] commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf
[00:14:36] Gulf of Oman after the crew ignored
[00:14:39] ignored repeated warnings. US Central Central Command says it disabled
[00:14:42] disabled the Panama flagged merchant merchant vessel Ocean Molica, stating
[00:14:45] stating that the vessel was attempting attempting to transit regional waters
[00:14:49] waters after departing an Iranian Iranian port. The crew are understood
[00:14:53] understood to be unharmed. The US
[00:14:55] US Department of Justice says it's it's investigating whether several
[00:14:58] several TV networks violated anti-trust
[00:15:01] anti-trust laws last month. Five
[00:15:03] Five TV pool members temporarily temporarily suspended presidential
[00:15:06] presidential coverage after the Trump Trump administration withdrew the
[00:15:09] the credentials of reporters from from three news organisations, including
[00:15:13] including CNN, which is one of the
[00:15:16] the pool members. Police in India
[00:15:20] India say they've released almost almost all of the thousands of people
[00:15:23] people detained protesting in the the capital, Delhi, on Saturday.
[00:15:26] Saturday. Four people remain in custody, custody, including Abhijeet Dipke,
[00:15:30] Dipke, the leader of the Cockroach Cockroach Janta Party, which organised
[00:15:33] organised the banned demonstration. demonstration. His party has called
[00:15:36] called for another protest on Sunday. Sunday. Police said permission for
[00:15:39] for Saturday's rally had been denied denied because of what they said
[00:15:42] said were broken promises. The BJP BJP and other opposition parties
[00:15:46] parties are calling for the election election commissioner to be sacked
[00:15:49] sacked over revisions to the electoral
[00:15:51] electoral roll, an accusation denied
[00:15:53] denied by the authorities. Our South South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri
[00:15:56] Moshiri sent us this update. We've
[00:16:03] We've seen multiple people detained detained in the last minute. Some
[00:16:07] Some are younger protesters, some some are people in their 40s and
[00:16:11] and their 50s. And this was what what we were expecting. Watch out.
[00:16:14] out. There's another one coming.
[00:16:17] coming. Up. Because police have announced
[00:16:21] announced that this protest by the the Cockroach Janta Party is illegal.
[00:16:25] illegal. Now just moments ago, we we got word that Abhijeet Dipke,
[00:16:27] Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach
[00:16:29] Cockroach Janta Party, along with with senior leaders Saurav Das and
[00:16:33] and Ashutosh Ranka have all been
[00:16:35] been detained as they were landing
[00:16:37] landing in Delhi. Police officers
[00:16:40] officers came onto the plane to escort
[00:16:43] escort them out. This is constant
[00:16:48] constant police. The last figure
[00:16:50] figure they gave was 500 people detained,
[00:16:53] detained, but that was a few hours hours ago. And so I'm assuming the
[00:16:57] the numbers gone up, given the fact fact that we just keep seeing protesters
[00:17:00] protesters detained. There is a ban
[00:17:02] ban on groups of five or more gathering gathering in parts of Delhi, and
[00:17:05] and no one is allowed to access not
[00:17:08] not even journalists. Jantar Mantar,
[00:17:10] Mantar, which is the designated protest
[00:17:12] protest area. Police are saying that
[00:17:15] that they can't just shut down the the city every single time. The Cockroach Cockroach Janta Party want to hold
[00:17:19] hold a protest that they remember
[00:17:21] remember from the summer they were were granted one day permission.
[00:17:24] permission. And yet the protests protests carried on for about a month.
[00:17:28] month. But a group of senior lawyers lawyers and the Supreme Court did
[00:17:31] did say in court yesterday that they
[00:17:34] they also can't shut down dozens
[00:17:35] dozens of metro stations, increase
[00:17:38] increase the security and the patrolling
[00:17:40] patrolling on roads and create obstacles
[00:17:43] obstacles to daily life in Delhi
[00:17:45] Delhi simply because they want to
[00:17:47] to prevent protesters from gathering gathering peacefully as well. It
[00:17:50] It does feel like this is a standoff standoff and anything could happen
[00:17:53] happen today. Azadeh Moshiri at least
[00:17:56] least four people have died in the the southeastern United States after
[00:18:00] after a hurricane battered the Gulf Gulf Coast, bringing torrential rain.
[00:18:03] rain. More than 500,000 homes were were left without power in the states
[00:18:07] states of Florida, Alabama and Georgia, Georgia, with trees brought down
[00:18:10] down and houses damaged as Hurricane Hurricane Isaias made landfall. The
[00:18:14] The storm, which is now heading north, north, has weakened to a post-tropical
[00:18:18] post-tropical cyclone. It was the
[00:18:19] the first hurricane of the Atlantic
[00:18:23] Atlantic season and another hurricane, hurricane, Simon, is now bearing
[00:18:26] bearing down on Mexico's Pacific Pacific coast, bringing torrential
[00:18:29] torrential rain and sustained winds
[00:18:31] winds of up to 240km an hour. The The category four storm is expected
[00:18:35] expected to make landfall near the the port city of Manzanillo in a
[00:18:38] a few hours' time. Residents on the
[00:18:40] the coast of Colima and Jalisco have have been warned that eight metre
[00:18:44] metre waves could bring storm surges surges and coastal flooding, and
[00:18:47] and people have been boarding up
[00:18:49] up windows and doors ahead of its
[00:18:52] its arrival. Simon, the latest in in a busy hurricane season in the
[00:18:55] the Pacific with a powerful El Nino Nino ocean warming phenomenon, is
[00:18:59] is allowing the storms to gain in
[00:19:02] in strength. Joining me now is Ioan Ioan Grillo, an independent journalist
[00:19:06] journalist who is in Mexico City. City. Johan, welcome to the programme.
[00:19:09] programme. So Simon is on track to to hit Mexico in the coming hours.
[00:19:13] hours. What's the latest there? There's
[00:19:16] There's been a lot of panic buying buying we've seen along the coast
[00:19:19] coast there in the city of Puerto Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo. Now
[00:19:23] Now these are very unpredictable, unpredictable, these hurricanes. hurricanes. And although Mexico is
[00:19:27] is very weathered by hurricanes all all the time, it's still very difficult
[00:19:30] difficult to prepare. Just three
[00:19:31] three years ago we saw Acapulco absolutely
[00:19:35] absolutely clobbered by a hurricane hurricane and more than 100 deaths.
[00:19:38] deaths. And we saw again as the hurricane hurricane went up the coast parallel
[00:19:42] parallel to Acapulco, we saw some some houses collapse again there
[00:19:45] there and a lot of fear there, some some roads being flooded. But we'll
[00:19:48] we'll see what happens now. Manzanillo Manzanillo is the biggest port in
[00:19:52] in Mexico. So as well as a human
[00:19:55] human risk, there's quite a big economic economic risk to Mexico as well.
[00:19:58] well. But these things are so unpredictable unpredictable they could you know,
[00:20:01] know, this is already a category category four hurricane. It could
[00:20:04] could suddenly get stronger. It could could get weaker. It could move very
[00:20:07] very fast. And we don't know. So
[00:20:08] So it could be a big test for President
[00:20:11] President Claudia Sheinbaum, who who hasn't prepared. How prepared
[00:20:14] prepared Johan is the country for
[00:20:16] for this. Well, you know, although although Mexico's been very weathered,
[00:20:19] weathered, you still have some very very bad conditions in many of the
[00:20:23] the cities along the coast. So some some of these areas that have just just been recently to some of these
[00:20:27] these coastal cities and you still still see neighbourhoods, poor neighbourhoods
[00:20:31] neighbourhoods built in very precarious precarious places where people have
[00:20:34] have squatted land and heavy rain
[00:20:37] rain could cause mudslides and cause cause deaths. So even though it's
[00:20:40] it's very weathered, it's still a
[00:20:42] a big risk and it could be a big big test of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
[00:20:46] Sheinbaum. It's her first real big big kind of weather test. So if it
[00:20:49] it is critical, how will she respond? respond? Will she rush out or let's
[00:20:52] let's see what happens in the next next few hours. We mentioned Jalisco.
[00:20:56] Jalisco. There's a big Kartal presence presence there. How is the Kartal
[00:20:59] Kartal likely to respond to this?
[00:21:02] this? Well, there certainly is the the Jalisco New Generation Kartal
[00:21:04] Kartal is the most powerful in the the country. Some people might remember
[00:21:08] remember when its leader was shot
[00:21:09] shot dead by soldiers in February
[00:21:12] February and the armed gunmen rose rose up in the state, killing soldiers.
[00:21:15] soldiers. Now, there's a couple of
[00:21:17] of ways that cartels do respond to
[00:21:19] to these hurricanes. One is sometimes
[00:21:21] sometimes you get smaller gangs organised organised carrying out looting in
[00:21:25] in taking advantage of the situation. situation. But a Kartal like the
[00:21:28] the Jalisco Kartal actually can be
[00:21:31] be involved in providing it sounds sounds funny, but providing relief relief sometimes giving out things
[00:21:35] things and ordering people to stay stay in their houses. They try to
[00:21:38] to show themselves as being like like almost like a power in these
[00:21:41] these areas. So we'll have to see see how bad it is to see what response
[00:21:45] response happens from the organised organised crime groups in that area.
[00:21:48] area. Now, you mentioned a moment
[00:21:50] moment ago Johann Acapulco, I understand
[00:21:53] understand there's already some flooding flooding there, and I know that there
[00:21:56] there are warnings about the dangers dangers of mudslides. So flooding
[00:21:59] flooding and mudslides, potentially potentially one of the biggest risks
[00:22:02] risks to life as a result of this
[00:22:05] this hurricane. Absolutely. I was was just in Acapulco about six weeks
[00:22:09] weeks ago, and one of the neighbourhoods neighbourhoods I went to there was
[00:22:13] was built in a place where I mean mean the neighbourhood, the people
[00:22:16] people in the area were complaining complaining the government is not
[00:22:19] not helping build any kind of roads. roads. It's a disaster waiting to
[00:22:23] to happen as soon as there's too too much rain, a lot of these houses
[00:22:25] houses could end up covered in mud
[00:22:27] mud and risk of death there. So certainly certainly some, you know, very precarious precarious places where people have
[00:22:31] have moved down from the mountains mountains and these neighbourhoods neighbourhoods have not really been
[00:22:35] been properly organised and properly properly built. And some of the images
[00:22:38] images I've just seen from some colleagues colleagues said to me from the area
[00:22:42] area there are of cars floating down down streets that are flooded. So
[00:22:45] So already a lot of things there. there. And Acapulco has really been
[00:22:49] been punished by weather the last
[00:22:51] last few years. OK, Ioan Grillo in
[00:22:53] in Mexico, thank you very much for
[00:22:57] for joining us. Top Fuel drag racing racing is often described as the
[00:23:01] the fastest sport on the planet and and is the only elite class of motor
[00:23:04] motor sport where women frequently frequently beat men to major titles.
[00:23:07] titles. BBC Global Women has been been following Swedish driver Susanne
[00:23:11] Susanne Callin, who won the European European Top Fuel Championship for
[00:23:14] for the second year in a row last
[00:23:15] last month. So is Top Fuel drag racing
[00:23:18] racing the first gender equal sport?
[00:23:21] sport? We start up the new flow rate.
[00:23:27] rate. Drag racing is the fastest
[00:23:30] fastest sport on earth. Side-by-side Side-by-side the whole way. Susanne
[00:23:34] Susanne Susanne Callin. Has just
[00:23:36] just won her second European Top Top Fuel Drag racing championship
[00:23:40] championship in a row. These racers
[00:23:47] racers regularly hit 300mph. What What can I say? You know, like short short of a cannon, you know, in a
[00:23:51] a rocket ship. You literally cannot
[00:23:55] cannot explain it unless you've done done it because I don't know anything
[00:23:59] anything that is even close to it.
[00:24:02] it. Yet I'm full up. But we haven't haven't tipped the car yet. Men and
[00:24:06] and women compete directly against against each other, and women have
[00:24:10] have been winning and breaking records
[00:24:13] records for decades. Why is it called
[00:24:18] called Man Eater? Because my competition. Are. Mainly men. In
[00:24:22] In fact. In this country they're
[00:24:24] they're all men. So that's why it's it's a little dig. Really? You're
[00:24:28] You're the man eater. I'm the man
[00:24:30] man eater. I don't know if anyone
[00:24:33] anyone noticed that the car was a
[00:24:36] a really moving very well. I don't don't know what you mean by. You
[00:24:40] You don't know what you mean. Campaigners Campaigners say drag racing is one
[00:24:43] one of the most gender equal sports sports in the world. I gotta say,
[00:24:47] say, it did move all the time, John.
[00:24:49] John. Just extremely, extremely
[00:24:53] slow. And I think one of the reasons reasons women are so successful is is because it's a family orientated
[00:24:56] orientated sport and girls get into into it at a young age. I grew up
[00:24:59] up in the track. All the girls have have grown up at the track. No Woman
[00:25:03] Woman or like even my girls, they're they're not going to be treated badly
[00:25:07] badly or big deal or lost to a girl girl or you can't do it that that
[00:25:11] that thing just doesn't exist. I
[00:25:13] I never feel I've been underestimated underestimated or treated badly for
[00:25:17] for being a woman in a male dominated
[00:25:19] dominated sport. No no, no. If you you go around the pits, which is
[00:25:23] is normal to us. In India, drag racing
[00:25:26] racing is less established. Yet women
[00:25:28] women are emerging and winning. There There are events. There is no women
[00:25:31] women at all. In four Wheeler I will will be the only person. But Yuvasri
[00:25:35] Yuvasri says reactions to female female drivers are sometimes mixed.
[00:25:39] mixed. Why? Why do they have to get
[00:25:41] get shocked? Anyone can drive right? right? Sometimes I feel proud also.
[00:25:45] also. OK, I'm breaking the barrier
[00:25:47] barrier of being in a male dominant
[00:25:49] dominant dominated sport. And you
[00:25:53] you can watch Global Women's Longer
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