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[00:00:07] Live of from London, this is BBC
[00:00:09] News. 12 people are killed and
[00:00:13] hundreds injured
[00:00:14] in a missile attack on Riyad's international
[00:00:17] of airport which Saudi authorities blame on the
[00:00:22] of hoothies. President Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader who can end the war
[00:00:25] after President Zelensky's criticism
[00:00:27] of the US-Russia diesel deal.
[00:00:32] The leader of India's cockroach Janta party is released after
[00:00:36] of protests in Delhi. An investigation is underway
[00:00:40] after a man who entered the Tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
[00:00:44] was malled to death. Hurricane Simon
[00:00:47] heads for Mexico bringing torrential rain and winds of up to
[00:00:51] 240 kilometers per hour.
[00:00:55] And Manchester City faced Liverpool later in City's first game since
[00:00:59] being found guilty of. breaching the Premier League's financial
[00:01:01] rules.
[00:01:10] of Hello, I'm Anita
[00:01:14] McVay. Welcome to the program. And let's begin with that
[00:01:17] a major escalation in the
[00:01:18] of Middle East
[00:01:19] of conflict. Saudi Arabia says a hoothi missile attack on Riyad's
[00:01:23] international airport has killed 12 people and injured more
[00:01:27] than 300 others. We've received. These pictures from
[00:01:31] inside the airport terminal, reports say there
[00:01:33] of was a missile strike on one
[00:01:35] of the airport gates. It's the deadliest attack on Saudi
[00:01:39] of soil in more than decade. The Saudi authorities are calling it a war
[00:01:43] crime and have promised a forceful response. The airport
[00:01:46] has been closed and hundreds of flights have been canceled or
[00:01:50] diverted. The UK foreign office has told British
[00:01:54] nationals to stay away until the
[00:01:56] of airport is secure, with similar warnings from number of
[00:01:59] of other. countries, while the strike has been condemned by the
[00:02:03] of United
[00:02:04] of Nations Secretary General and by President Trump who's indicated the
[00:02:07] US may join the Saudi's campaign against the Iranian-backed
[00:02:11] hoofis. well you're going to find out,
[00:02:16] of of see, but I think it's terrible. well, they're able to defend. look, the saudis are good fighters, but I think
[00:02:20] the attack was terrible thing. what happened in Saudi Arabia is not
[00:02:24] acceptable.
[00:02:25] of thank
[00:02:27] of you. and let's cross live now to... and speak to our correspondent
[00:02:31] John Donason. John, why is this escalation
[00:02:34] happening?
[00:02:38] Well, of course, the civil war in Yemen has been going on for more than
[00:02:42] decade
[00:02:43] of between the Saudi-backed internationally recognized government
[00:02:47] and the Hutis who are supported by Iran, but in
[00:02:51] recent weeks, the Hutis have stepped
[00:02:53] in up their attacks against Saudi Arabia, and this is certainly the
[00:02:56] deadliest single
[00:02:58] of attack a... arab state since the conflict
[00:03:02] between the United States, Israel and Iran started
[00:03:06] back in February, and they're doing that, I guess, it's
[00:03:09] it all folds into the conflict between the United States, Israel
[00:03:13] and Iran, and it is a way that
[00:03:16] the Iranians, I guess, can open another
[00:03:20] front and put pressure on the United
[00:03:24] States to try and get better deal, they've been trying to
[00:03:28] negotiate a deal to bring an end to that conflict, and by
[00:03:32] escalating this one, I guess it is another means of
[00:03:35] exerting
[00:03:36] of pressure. So what's the likely impact then, John on the wider
[00:03:40] of region? Well,
[00:03:43] already there are fears that uh the United States
[00:03:47] and Israel might
[00:03:49] of be about to resume strikes
[00:03:51] of against Iran. President Trump has said he is going to do that,
[00:03:55] resume the war a full scale uh after the upcoming
[00:03:59] mid-term. in November, which is
[00:04:02] of just few weeks time, there is even speculation that as America
[00:04:06] moves more forces
[00:04:08] to the gulf at the moment, another carrier heading
[00:04:10] of that way that it could happen before that, and I guess when
[00:04:14] in you get something like this, 12 people killed, at least
[00:04:17] 300 plus injured, you've got hospitals in the
[00:04:21] Saudi Capital overwhelmed, it is just another bit
[00:04:25] of tension going into
[00:04:27] a region which is
[00:04:28] of already
[00:04:29] of on of knife edge. really and has there been any specific response
[00:04:33] from Israel,
[00:04:34] in John? not that I've
[00:04:37] seen so far
[00:04:39] a this morning, but there is a real appetite within
[00:04:42] Israel to continue the war
[00:04:46] with uh Iran uh, that is
[00:04:49] in something that under pressure Israel stepped back from the United
[00:04:53] States clearly wanted to deescalate, do deal because
[00:04:56] of the damage that conflict was
[00:04:58] in doing of on the global
[00:04:59] of economy, we not had any specific
[00:05:02] of statement uh from Israel this morning that I've
[00:05:04] of seen, but obviously Israel in the last
[00:05:08] years and months has sustained direct attacks from the...
[00:05:13] is firing towards Israel uh, we're going to have to wait and see if
[00:05:16] there is any response, be it verbally or in militarily
[00:05:20] from uh the Israelis. okay, John Donason, in
[00:05:24] Jerusalem, thank you very much. well, as we've been reporting, this
[00:05:28] was the deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than decade, and it comes as
[00:05:32] energy ministers from the world's oil and gas producing countries are due
[00:05:36] to meet in Riad for the international energy forum. John
[00:05:40] Sakianak's chief economist. and head of economic research
[00:05:44] at the Gulf Research Center is in Riyad and tell me more about the mood
[00:05:48] following that airport attack. Well, of course the
[00:05:51] mood for several days now has been one of
[00:05:55] angst and concern, because
[00:05:59] hothy attacks have been taking place throughout
[00:06:02] Riyadh. The city has been under alert with several
[00:06:06] days, in fact for several weeks now, um,
[00:06:10] because the drones and rockets have been coming
[00:06:13] in, fortunately not hitting any civilians,
[00:06:17] but this time at the airport we had some horrible news as
[00:06:21] we've seen, so the mood is one of concern
[00:06:25] and how there is going to be resolution, if this is going
[00:06:28] escalate, unfortunately everybody kind of thinks
[00:06:32] that this is going to get worse, and you know
[00:06:36] let's see where we go with this, but it's a horrible news that at the
[00:06:39] airport lot of um people have
[00:06:43] died and um this is not the first time that we've seen
[00:06:47] attacks on the airport itself. yeah, and Saudi Arabia's vision
[00:06:50] 2030 strategy is all about, well in part about diversifying the
[00:06:54] economy, but clearly oil remains a really, really significant
[00:06:58] part of that. with these hoothy attacks, both in the
[00:07:02] capital and then what they're doing on the red sea coast,
[00:07:06] impeding Saudi Arabia's ability to export
[00:07:09] oil, what is that doing to the economy, what? does that mean for
[00:07:13] Saudi Arabia? well, of course, Saudi
[00:07:17] Arabia has been re-addressing Vision 2030
[00:07:21] prior to the attacks and prior to the February
[00:07:24] war, so that is something very important to note, but of
[00:07:28] course that will have an impact, all of this will have an impact
[00:07:32] on Saudi Arabia's image and view and and of course
[00:07:36] tourism, as whenever we see attack in other parts
[00:07:40] the Gulf, be it in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait,
[00:07:44] that has an impact on the GCCs, the Golf's
[00:07:47] credibility, so I would say that yes, they would have to stay
[00:07:51] take a step back and see how is this
[00:07:54] diversification taking shape, but obviously that has
[00:07:58] to be addressed a later stage, because now they need to deal with the hoties,
[00:08:02] and I think the US will have to step in, and I believe they will step in
[00:08:06] to help Saudi Arabia, and John, finally and briefly, what do you
[00:08:10] think this winter will bring in terms of? energy supplies and prices
[00:08:14] and how does the the US-Russia diesel deal fit
[00:08:18] into all of this? absolutely, I think the Russia
[00:08:22] deal is is deal, but it's not going to be
[00:08:26] making a dent in the international market, even in the US market
[00:08:30] it's not going to make
[00:08:30] a dent. I'll give an example, the US consumes about
[00:08:34] four million barrels of diesel, and Russia,
[00:08:38] the Russia deal is going to provide about two to the million barrels of
[00:08:42] diesel. per month, so that in itself is not going to solve
[00:08:46] the problem, I think it will be the resolution the war,
[00:08:49] as President Trump said, and stoppage the
[00:08:53] attacks on Russian refineries, but also and more
[00:08:56] significantly find a solution to the Gulf
[00:09:00] crisis, the war, the straight of Hormus, and opening up the
[00:09:04] Babel Mandap, so there has to be more of a step in from the US
[00:09:08] to find a holistic solution to the end of all this, so we can
[00:09:12] have... have crude oil coming out the region.
[00:09:16] John Staakianakus from the Gulf Research Center. Ukraine has
[00:09:20] continued to target Russian infrastructure with another drone attack
[00:09:23] a data center belonging to the Russian tech giant Yandex.
[00:09:27] Operations at the facility in Vladimir to the east of Moscow have
[00:09:31] been completely haulted. The strike comes after President Trump accused
[00:09:35] Voladimir Zelensky of prolonging the war and said it was time for
[00:09:39] Ukraine to elect a new leader. Mr. Trump appeared to blame president
[00:09:43] Zelensky for the diesel crisis, adding, quote, that he better
[00:09:47] damn well stop attacking Russian oil refineries.
[00:09:50] Downing Street says Andy Burnham has spoken to Mr. Zelensky to reiterate the
[00:09:54] UK's support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Our world news
[00:09:58] correspondent Joe Innward
[00:10:00] reports.
[00:10:04] It is slow and painful
[00:10:06] process.
[00:10:10] Buried under the rubble their apartment. is Jana, Anton,
[00:10:14] and the body their daughter, Lisa. At least 12 people are
[00:10:18] now thought to have been killed in a single Russian strike in
[00:10:21] Zaparegia. At least three were children.
[00:10:27] "May all Russians die," Anatoli says, as he digests the
[00:10:31] news the death of his granddaughter. Much of Russia's war on
[00:10:35] places like Zaparia has been funded by the sale of oil and
[00:10:38] gas. Diesel is at the center of major diplomatic
[00:10:42] row. That's a war that should have never started, and I think it's
[00:10:46] time for Ukraine to get new president. It started with the
[00:10:49] announcement that President Trump had done a deal with Vladimir Putin that
[00:10:53] would see about 10000.
[00:11:25] anger ahead of crucial mid-term elections, many blame President
[00:11:28] Trump and his war with Iran for the rising costs they're seeing at the
[00:11:32] pumps,
[00:11:33] but he said that the real cause the problem with
[00:11:36] these: Ukrainian strikes on
[00:11:40] Russian oil facilities. For Ukraine, they've been a
[00:11:44] key part their military strategy, for President
[00:11:47] Trump, cause of his problems. He wants to make
[00:11:51] problems for our farmers, our ranchers with diesel fuel.
[00:11:55] because Russia suppies a large portion the diesel fuel
[00:11:59] throughout the world, you're in no position to dictate
[00:12:03] for more than year president Zelensky has been carefully and it seemed
[00:12:06] successfully rebuilding his relationship with Donald Trump, left at
[00:12:10] rock bottom by this notorious bustup, seems much of that has been
[00:12:14] undone, while undoubtedly falling Russian exports
[00:12:18] have played a role, the real cause the rising cost of
[00:12:22] diesel lies here, in the straight of Homou. and in
[00:12:26] the war with Iran. The consequences the failure to
[00:12:30] end that war continue to ripple around the
[00:12:33] world. Joe Innwood, BBC
[00:12:35] News. To India now were just over an
[00:12:39] hour ago, the leader the cockroach protest movement was released from
[00:12:43] detention. It comes as police in Delhi say they will restrict access to
[00:12:47] the city center as the party threatens another day of protests
[00:12:50] against revisions to the electoral role. The cockroach
[00:12:54] janter party. said its founder Abujit Dipka who began the
[00:12:58] movement in May after India's chief justice
[00:13:01] licen some jobless young people to cockroaches was detained with other
[00:13:05] leaders shortly after landing in Delhi. The CJP
[00:13:09] and other opposition parties are calling for the election commissioner to be
[00:13:12] sacked over revisions to the electoral role, accusation
[00:13:16] denied by the authorities. Let's go
[00:13:20] live now to Delhi. Our correspondent there is Arunade
[00:13:23] Mukaji. day, so lots of questions over what
[00:13:27] this day will bring, despite the authorities wanting to clamp down
[00:13:31] on the protesters, they don't seem to be in the mood to to turn away from
[00:13:35] their course of action, do
[00:13:36] they? no, and
[00:13:40] that is precisely why you're still seeing sites like these, you're seeing big
[00:13:44] barricades in key areas leading to spots of
[00:13:48] central Delhi, this is key road which is going in, but this is shut, you can see the
[00:13:51] traffic can move from there into other parts of Delhi. but
[00:13:55] this is barricaded, if I could just show you, there's
[00:13:58] a paramilitary presence, these are central forces who have also been brought
[00:14:02] in to boost the Delhi Police's presence, but if you look
[00:14:06] here, it looks like any other day in Delhi, you've got a lot of traffic, and this
[00:14:10] is also a glimpse of what other parts of Delhi looked like while Central Elli
[00:14:13] continues to be seeing a significant police presence, because the point
[00:14:17] is that they're still expecting protests
[00:14:21] in sort of imprompt to protests as we've seen yesterday, so what we've
[00:14:25] saw lot throughout yesterday was people wherever they could find a
[00:14:28] place to sort of congregate and gather, they would start protesting before the police
[00:14:32] would take them away in different bands. the entire intention the police yesterday
[00:14:36] was to try and stop them, intercept them wherever they could, so they
[00:14:40] could not go towards the intended place of protest. this is again
[00:14:44] just the other road, as you can see, you've got a heavy police presence, paramilitary forces
[00:14:48] as well, you've got the Delhi Police as well, you can see the difference in the uniforms, which also
[00:14:52] gives you a sense the combination of... forces that really has been
[00:14:56] brought in, you've got signs there as well talking about restrictions
[00:14:59] behind the the the forces you can see, so
[00:15:03] essentially this is reminder that the issue has certainly not died
[00:15:06] down and we're expecting the kockroat janta party to
[00:15:10] outline their next strategy a press conference that's been called in
[00:15:14] say the next two hours or so that news of a press conference came in shortly
[00:15:17] after news came of the release of abhijit dipke and the two other
[00:15:21] senior faces the cockroat janta party what they do next Next is
[00:15:25] going to be the real question, now the Delhi Police says all those who are detained to the
[00:15:29] tune of about 20 little more have now been released and
[00:15:33] they have continued to justify saying that they had to
[00:15:37] ensure... for that security is maintained, safety is maintained in Delhi, but they've also
[00:15:41] come in for criticism from the people who have been trying to protest saying that
[00:15:44] this is essentially attempt to trample their fundamental right to
[00:15:48] protest. Aruna day, in about 30 seconds if you
[00:15:52] would, our viewers may remember that the education minister
[00:15:55] resigned over the exam leak scandal and that was
[00:15:59] after protest by the cockroach janta party, so do they feel that
[00:16:03] they are onto something here that they can really affect political change?
[00:16:10] because they were able to put considerable pressure in those protests the last time and force the
[00:16:14] government to go ahead and sack the education minister, they tasted success, so
[00:16:18] they're hoping that if they can build similar momentum, similar pressure, they
[00:16:21] could yield results, because they've managed to do that once, they need to figure out if
[00:16:25] they can do it again, but in this case the government seems to be in no mood to relent, the
[00:16:29] election commission has denied all charges of any kind of alleged
[00:16:32] irregularities, and the BJP which is currently in
[00:16:35] power in India has also said that this
[00:16:39] essentially these protests by opposition parties are politically
[00:16:43] motivated and they are just trying to create anarchic situation in the
[00:16:46] country. Arunaday thank you very much Arunade Mukaji in
[00:16:49] Delhi. Here investigation has begone after a
[00:16:53] man was killed by tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. He was
[00:16:57] attacked when he entered the animals enclosure. The park says it's
[00:17:01] deeply sadden by the incident and is working closely with the
[00:17:04] authorities. The park will remain closed again today. Euros Muller
[00:17:08] reports. The Yorkshire Wildlife Park remains
[00:17:12] closed with offices guarding the entrance. The attraction has
[00:17:16] some the world's most endangered animals, including large tigers
[00:17:20] in huge enclosure, where a man was attacked and seriously
[00:17:24] injured, after somehow he managed to enter.
[00:17:27] An air ambulance, two ambulances and doctor were sent, but the
[00:17:31] man died at the scene. The animal remained in the
[00:17:35] enclosure and there was no wider. to the
[00:17:38] public, the land the Tigers
[00:17:41] opened in 2011 with a 300 meter long raised
[00:17:45] walkway above where visitors can see the tigers
[00:17:49] roaming freely below. the parker said on social media
[00:17:53] that it can confirm that there was a serious incident and that is
[00:17:57] emergency response procedures were activated. it's now
[00:18:01] working with the authorities to ascertain exactly what
[00:18:04] happened. it's not known, why the man
[00:18:08] was in the enclosure, the park itself was
[00:18:11] evacuated and will remain closed to visitors over the
[00:18:14] weekend. unis muller, bbc news,
[00:18:17] doncaster. let's get some the day's other news
[00:18:21] now, and it's been confirmed that chr pike who survived two lethal
[00:18:25] injections during a failed execution attempt in Tennessee, has been
[00:18:29] discharged from hospital. a statement her legal teams says she's
[00:18:33] been returned to the correctional facility where she spent the last 30
[00:18:36] years. and that she will continue to receive medical treatment. Pike is
[00:18:40] believed to be the only person to have ever survived lethal
[00:18:43] injection. The US military says its forces have
[00:18:47] struck a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after the
[00:18:51] crew ignored repeated warnings. U.S. Central Command says it disabled
[00:18:55] the Panama flagged merchant vessel, Ocean Malika, stating
[00:18:59] that it was attempting to transit regional waters after departing an
[00:19:02] Iranian port. The crew are understood to be
[00:19:05] unharmed. The US Department of Justice says it's
[00:19:09] investigating whether several TV networks violated anti-trust
[00:19:13] laws. Last month, five TV pool members temporarily
[00:19:17] suspended presidential coverage after the Trump administration withdrew
[00:19:21] the credentials of reporters from three news organizations,
[00:19:24] including CNN, which is one the pool
[00:19:27] members.
[00:19:32] At least four people have died in the southeastern United States after
[00:19:36] a hurricane battle. the gulf coast bringing torrential
[00:19:39] rain. more than half million homes were left without power in the
[00:19:43] states of Florida, Alabama and Georgia, with trees brought
[00:19:47] down and houses damaged as hurricane is made
[00:19:50] landfall. the storm, which is now heading north has weakened to a
[00:19:54] post-tropical cyclone. meanwhile, hurricane
[00:19:57] Simon is bearing down on Mexico's pacific coast
[00:20:01] bringing torrential rain and sustained winds of up to 240
[00:20:05] kilometers an hour. the cat for storm is expected to make
[00:20:09] landfall near the port city of Manzano a few hours
[00:20:12] time. Residents on the coast of Colima and Jalisco have
[00:20:16] been warned that eight meter waves could bring storm surges and
[00:20:20] coastal flooding. People have been boarding up windows and doors
[00:20:24] ahead of its arrival. Simon is the latest a busy hurricane
[00:20:28] season in the Pacific with the powerful Elminio ocean warming
[00:20:31] phenomenon is allowing the storms to gain in
[00:20:34] strength. And with me is our lead. presenter Matt
[00:20:38] Taylor. Matt, let's talk about ESI first in the
[00:20:42] U.S. and what exactly is happening with that now, because it's left
[00:20:45] considerable havoc in its wake, hasn't it? It has. The thing about these storms is
[00:20:49] the... gain all their energy from the water source which was the Gulf of Mexico, it's moved
[00:20:53] inland, it has been ripped apart, if I just show you the radar chart uh what's
[00:20:57] happening with rainfall at the moment, you can see there there's splatterings of blue
[00:21:01] across the east coast, it's not a significant big
[00:21:04] area of rain, but still the risk of flash flooding from that, particularly across parts
[00:21:08] of north and south carolinas where there are warnings at the moment, the actual center the storm
[00:21:12] is still across parts of tennessee and Kentucky, but that will push its way eastwards out into
[00:21:16] the Atlantic, not causing too much in the way of problems, but there could still be some minor flood.
[00:21:20] issues as it moves towards likes of New York, Washington as we go through later today
[00:21:24] and into tomorrow. Hurricane Simon, which is bearing down on Mexico, is
[00:21:27] it bigger? It's far, far bigger, it's a far stronger storm than we saw with
[00:21:31] ECs, just looking at the satellite picture here, it's now
[00:21:34] got a well-defined core. Hurricans are measured a category, a
[00:21:38] scale of one to five, this is top end four pushing into five, we're talking about
[00:21:42] wind gusts, sustained winds, so this is just constant wind of
[00:21:46] around a uh 250 kilometers an hour, that's
[00:21:50] 155 miles an hour - the
[00:21:52] problem is at the moment, just be looking latest forecasts, it looks like it may not come on
[00:21:56] land, it could just skirt along the coast for a little bit longer yet, that will
[00:21:59] just increase the duration in which the coastal districts will see
[00:22:03] the intense and catastrophic winds, but also rainfall
[00:22:07] piling into the mountainous regions of uh Helisco and
[00:22:11] Calima, and just looking at the forecast chart that we could see his much as 30
[00:22:15] inches, 750 millimeters of rain in the space of just few days,
[00:22:18] flash flooding, mud slide. could be a real, real issue along those coastal
[00:22:22] districts, a real challenge for the country, whether it makes landfall
[00:22:26] or not, and just briefly mat, why is this pacific
[00:22:30] storm season so active compared to the Atlantic? well we
[00:22:34] just mentioned that the Pacific storm has been storms been fed by the alnino
[00:22:38] weather phenomenon, it changes wind and weather patterns around the world and in the
[00:22:41] atmosphere, and what it's done in the Atlantic is made wind sheer,
[00:22:45] which rips apart storms before they can form a little bit more likely, so
[00:22:49] that's why it's been a unusually quiet one in the Atlantic and unusually uh busy one in the
[00:22:53] Pacific. Matt. Thank you very much. Matt Taylor.
[00:22:56] Now Manchester City travel to Anfield later to play for the first
[00:23:00] time since the club was found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial
[00:23:04] rules. Their opponents, Liverpool are one the clubs which
[00:23:08] feel agrieved over their losses during the seasons in question.
[00:23:12] Ollie Foster at the BBC Sports Center gave me his assessment ahead the
[00:23:16] game. Well, City trips to Anfield uh...
[00:23:20] hostile should we say, Anita, at the best of times, it's not a
[00:23:23] historic rival,
[00:23:25] a bit, but it's one that's intensified over the past
[00:23:28] decade or so, because Liverpool have been one of those
[00:23:32] sides that have been challenging Manchester City
[00:23:35] uh, for all those titles that they've been winning since the
[00:23:39] Abu Dhabi takeover back in 2008, and obviously this
[00:23:43] is the first time that City will have played uh, since
[00:23:47] they were found guilty the majority of uh, financial breaches,
[00:23:51] charges that were brought against them by the Premier League, covering a
[00:23:54] 9-year period between 2009 and
[00:23:57] 2018, and during that time Liverpool were runners
[00:24:01] up to Manchester City, that was in 2014 and more recently
[00:24:05] under Pep Guardiola in 2019 and
[00:24:09] 2022, even though that falls outside the the period in which they were
[00:24:13] investigated, Liverpool were runners up to City
[00:24:16] twice by just a single point, and the feeling is... uh
[00:24:20] from Liverpool fans and other clubs as
[00:24:24] since these charges were brought against City uh everybody's
[00:24:28] looking back at the period in question and wondering just what
[00:24:32] might have been had City not been winning all
[00:24:36] these titles, the accusation being that they were
[00:24:39] financial doping by overinflating uh their revenues.
[00:24:43] city, we know they are appealing against this
[00:24:46] and um they they say they're innocent, of all
[00:24:50] these charges, but it's going to be really interesting to see what kind of
[00:24:54] reception those city players get when
[00:24:57] they arrive at Anfielder - later this
[00:24:59] afternoon. Ollie Foster reporting. And
[00:25:03] finally, this half hour, I want to show you some absolutely stunning images
[00:25:07] that BBC weather watchers have captured off the northern lights.
[00:25:11] The natural phenomenon known as the Aurora Borealis, which is the
[00:25:15] result of increased solar activity, was seen across large
[00:25:18] parts the UK. "Now these occurrences are mostly visible near the
[00:25:22] Arctic circle and in the north of Scotland, but
[00:25:26] particularly strong activity levels mean they could or meant they could be seen
[00:25:30] as far south as Devon, Hampshire and Kent on Saturday
[00:25:33] night. The met office says sightings could continue to be
[00:25:37] possible during clear skies until Tuesday, and experts
[00:25:41] have previously said that 2026 is going to be peek
[00:25:45] here for Aurora spotting as the sun has been a heightened state of
[00:25:49] activity as..." part of its 11-year natural cycle, so
[00:25:53] still an opportunity in the remainder the year perhaps to see some stunning
[00:25:56] skies like these, and thanks to our weather watchers who sent
[00:26:00] those gorgeous pictures in, do stay with... here on BBC
[00:26:03] News. Hello, we've seen some
[00:26:07] reports of localized flooding in Malta following some heavy thundery
[00:26:11] downpours, a trough is bringing widespread showers and thunderstorms
[00:26:14] into southeast Europe at the moment, and looking at the forecast into Sunday,
[00:26:18] well
[00:26:18] I think the worst the weather is heading into parts of Greece where we're looking at the
[00:26:22] risk of some localized flash flooding, maybe some hail,
[00:26:26] certainly very lively thundery dowrs on the cards. There will be some rain
[00:26:30] elsewhere, we've got a cold front that's stretching into a... Romania and Ukraine
[00:26:34] bringing some wet weather, the probably some thunderstorms in that, quite
[00:26:37] warm to the east the front, much cooler in Budapest as that weatherfront pushes
[00:26:41] through, for Spain and Portugal, some pleasant spells of sunshine around through
[00:26:45] Sunday, heading northwards, low pressure around the Baltic region will bring
[00:26:49] rain and showers here, and the weather for many areas is on the cool side,
[00:26:53] temperatures 12 in Copenhagen, a 10 for Stockholm, now
[00:26:56] looking at the weather for Monday, that area of low pressure still there or
[00:27:00] there aboutts affecting. of Latvia, Lithuania, Finland with more
[00:27:04] general outbreaks of rain and cool weather conditions as well, still got that wet
[00:27:08] weather extending southwards all the way into parts
[00:27:12] of Bulgaria. Here's your outlook over the next few days and the
[00:27:16] weather a little bit mixed in Amsterdam, we've got some rain to come through on Tuesday,
[00:27:19] otherwise dryer towards the middle part the week and turning a little bit warmer for a
[00:27:23] time as well. In Prague we start the week a cool note, but it does get a
[00:27:27] little bit milder by
[00:27:28] Thursday.
[00:27:40] I've always been fascinated by science since I was kid
[00:27:44] really encompasses everything. In one day you can be
[00:27:48] reporting about mission that's launching to
[00:27:51] explore Mars. Our view of Mars is about to be
[00:27:55] transformed. The next day you might be a paleontological
[00:27:59] dig. Standing here you really get a sense the...
[00:28:02] size of this creature, it's just such a broad subject.
[00:28:06] sometimes the science story can seem quite abstract, and once i've got my
[00:28:10] head around the story, it's really my job to try and guide the audience
[00:28:14] sometimes step by step through it, but it's not just about
[00:28:18] explaining or understanding the difficult concepts, it's
[00:28:22] also about explaining why it matters.
[00:28:24] what i want to do was to bring the audience with
[00:28:26] us. the altemis to mission was
[00:28:30] such visseral. experience seeing the
[00:28:34] engines fire, it was almost blinding.
[00:28:37] wow, oh my goodness, and then the
[00:28:41] sound too, this this huge roar and the crackles snapping
[00:28:44] away in your ears. you can actually feel the force of
[00:28:48] it through your body. it does feel like
[00:28:52] we're entering into a new era of
[00:28:56] space exploration, and the artemis 2 mission is just
[00:29:00] the start. there's no limit to... how far science can take
[00:29:04] us? there is always more to
[00:29:06] discover.
[00:29:12] we have different views regarding the third world war. i
[00:29:16] believe that Putin has already started it. being able to
[00:29:19] inspire someone is always the greatest joy.
[00:29:23] i saw sizza one time at the grammis and she said that she studied some of my songs for their
[00:29:27] songwriting and i thought that that was the biggest compliment ever. japan must
[00:29:31] the first to strengthen.
[00:30:11] These are the latest headlines from BBC News: 12 people are
[00:30:15] killed and hundreds injured a missile attack on Riyad's international
[00:30:19] airport. Saudi authorities blame the Houties for the attack which is
[00:30:22] the deadliest in more than decade. President Trump says
[00:30:26] Ukraine needs a new leader who can end the war after President
[00:30:30] Zelensky's criticism the US Russia. diesel
[00:30:33] deal, investigation is underway after a man who
[00:30:36] entered the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park was mall
[00:30:40] to death. The park remains closed today. Hurricane
[00:30:44] Simon heads for Mexico bringing torrential rain and winds of up to
[00:30:48] 240 kilometers per hour. Residents on the coast are
[00:30:51] warned off storm surges and flooding. And
[00:30:55] Manchester City face Liverpool later in City's first game since being
[00:30:59] found guilty.