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[00:00:10] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:13] News. The UK's Defence Secretary Secretary calls the attack on Riyadh's
[00:00:16] Riyadh's international airport dangerous dangerous escalation and contemptible
[00:00:20] contemptible after 12 people are are killed, Saudi authorities blame
[00:00:22] blame the Houthis for the attack.
[00:00:25] attack. There isn't a military solution solution to this conflict. There
[00:00:28] There was a truce. We need to see see a diplomatic solution and Saudi
[00:00:32] Saudi needs to do that from a position
[00:00:34] position of strength, Donald. Trump Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader
[00:00:38] leader who can end the war. After After President Zelensky's criticism
[00:00:41] criticism of the US, Russia diesel
[00:00:43] diesel deal the leader of India's India's Cockroach Janta Party is
[00:00:47] is released from detention after
[00:00:49] after protests in Delhi. An investigation investigation is under way after
[00:00:53] after a man who entered the tiger tiger enclosure of Yorkshire Wildlife
[00:00:56] Wildlife Park in northern England
[00:00:57] England was mauled to death and flash
[00:01:00] flash floods in central Nepal sweep sweep away bridges and homes as five
[00:01:04] five people are reported missing.
[00:01:15] missing. And a very warm welcome welcome to BBC News. I'm Mark Logan.
[00:01:19] Logan. We're going to begin this this hour with the major escalation escalation in the Middle East conflict
[00:01:22] conflict because Saudi Arabia says says a Houthi missile attack at Riyadh's
[00:01:26] Riyadh's international airport has has killed 12 people and injured
[00:01:29] injured more than 300. We've received received these pictures from inside inside the airport terminal. Reports
[00:01:33] Reports say there was a missile strike strike on one of the airport gates.
[00:01:37] gates. It's the deadliest attack attack on Saudi soil in more than than a decade. The Saudi authorities
[00:01:41] authorities are calling it a war war crime and have promised a forceful
[00:01:44] forceful response. The airport has has been closed and hundreds of flights
[00:01:47] flights have been cancelled or diverted diverted for the second time in less
[00:01:50] less than a month. Schools in Riyadh Riyadh have switched to remote learning
[00:01:54] learning for the week. A number of of Western diplomatic missions, including
[00:01:57] including the UK and US, have warned warned their nationals to stay away
[00:02:01] away from the airport. The strike strike has been condemned by the
[00:02:04] the United Nations Secretary General General and by President Trump, who
[00:02:07] who has indicated the US may join
[00:02:09] join the Saudis campaign against
[00:02:11] against the Iran-backed Houthis.
[00:02:14] Houthis. Well, you're going to find find out, Steve, but I think it's it's terrible. Well, they're able
[00:02:18] able to defend look, the Saudis are
[00:02:19] are good fighters. But I think the the attack was a terrible thing.
[00:02:23] thing. What happened in Saudi Arabia
[00:02:26] Arabia is not acceptable. Thank you. you. Lisa Cook. Our correspondent correspondent in the Middle East,
[00:02:30] East, Jon Donnison has the latest.
[00:02:32] latest. It's another dangerous moment
[00:02:34] moment in a region that is already already fraught with tension and
[00:02:38] and conflict. So we've seen those those pictures from the airport.
[00:02:41] airport. Clearly a lot of damage damage inside the terminal. Large
[00:02:44] Large plumes of black smoke rising
[00:02:47] rising above the building and reports
[00:02:49] reports that the hospitals in the the capital are overwhelmed or have
[00:02:53] have been overwhelmed just by the the sheer number of people injured.
[00:02:56] injured. More than 300. Now, the the conflict in Yemen has been going
[00:03:00] going on for more than a decade. decade. The civil war, and that is
[00:03:04] is between the Saudi backed, internationally internationally recognised government
[00:03:08] government and the Houthis, who are are supported by Iran. There have
[00:03:12] have been thousands of lives lost.
[00:03:14] lost. There has been a humanitarian humanitarian crisis in Yemen. But
[00:03:17] But in recent weeks the Houthis have
[00:03:19] have stepped up their attacks directly directly on Saudi Arabian soil. And
[00:03:23] And that, I think, is all tied into
[00:03:25] into the broader conflict that the
[00:03:28] the United States and Israel have
[00:03:30] have with Iran. You mentioned that that conflict with Iran at the source
[00:03:34] source of all of this. In a sense, sense, John, President Trump has
[00:03:36] has already said that he will resume
[00:03:39] resume bombing Iran after the mid-term mid-term elections, an indication
[00:03:42] indication of just the impact that that the Iran war is having on the
[00:03:45] the cost of diesel, of course. And
[00:03:47] And how much of an issue that is is in the mid-terms. But now, of
[00:03:51] of course, if the US is mulling getting
[00:03:54] getting involved in bombing the Houthis,
[00:03:58] Houthis, that could escalate that that issue again, given the Houthi
[00:04:01] Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab,
[00:04:03] al-Mandab, that other important oil
[00:04:06] oil strait. Exactly. And that the
[00:04:09] the Houthis are being used really really by the Iranians as another
[00:04:12] another arrow in their quiver to to try and exert economic pressure
[00:04:16] pressure on the United States to
[00:04:17] to try and get a better deal for
[00:04:20] for the Iranians in to try and end
[00:04:23] end that conflict with the United
[00:04:25] United States. But, you know, it
[00:04:28] it America, President Trump says says he may intervene in Yemen. I
[00:04:31] I mean, I think that is pretty unlikely, unlikely, certainly before those those mid-term elections, you have
[00:04:35] have to remember that he was re-elected re-elected promising to end America's
[00:04:39] America's involvement in conflicts conflicts around the world. Well,
[00:04:43] Well, America, under his presidency presidency this second term has been
[00:04:46] been directly and indirectly involved involved in three in this region
[00:04:49] region alone. So in Gaza, in Lebanon
[00:04:52] Lebanon and in Iran, I think it's it's unlikely that would go down
[00:04:55] down very well with US voters if
[00:04:58] if suddenly in the next few weeks, weeks, America was going to get directly
[00:05:02] directly involved in Yemen to. Jon Jon Donnison the British Defence
[00:05:06] Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, Streeting, was asked for his reaction reaction to the attack and if the
[00:05:10] the UK would provide more support support to the Saudis. Well, we're
[00:05:13] we're already supporting Saudi Arabia,
[00:05:16] Arabia, we're supporting Saudi with with air to air refuelling support
[00:05:19] support that enables them to fly
[00:05:21] fly potentially. I've spoken to my
[00:05:23] my Saudi counterpart KBS, on a number number of occasions in recent weeks
[00:05:26] weeks to look at what more we can can do to support Saudi Arabia. And
[00:05:30] And I'm afraid last night explains
[00:05:34] explains precisely why we are providing providing that support. I mean, even
[00:05:38] even in the context of Houthi attacks attacks and an escalation, what we
[00:05:41] we saw in terms of the attack on
[00:05:42] on the airport in Riyadh was a shocking
[00:05:45] shocking escalation. Actually, hundreds hundreds of casualties and an attack
[00:05:49] attack on a civilian target that
[00:05:51] that can't be can't possibly be justified justified in any circumstances. So
[00:05:54] So we. You could get involved in,
[00:05:57] in, in the UK, could get involved involved in offensive operations. operations. Well, that's not what
[00:06:01] what we're looking at at this stage. stage. And we've always been clear
[00:06:04] clear that there isn't a military military solution to this conflict
[00:06:07] conflict as ruler was just setting
[00:06:09] setting out there. There was a truce.
[00:06:12] truce. We need to see a diplomatic diplomatic solution and Saudi needs
[00:06:15] needs to do that from a position position of strength. And so the
[00:06:18] the support we've been providing providing the air to air refuelling
[00:06:21] refuelling support, the ground based based air defences, those things
[00:06:24] things are having a positive impact. impact. But I think there is clearly
[00:06:27] clearly more to do, as evidenced evidenced by what we saw last night,
[00:06:29] night, which I think should be condemned condemned worldwide. UK Defence Secretary
[00:06:33] Secretary Wes Streeting. Ukraine Ukraine has continued to target Russian
[00:06:37] Russian infrastructure with another another drone attack on a data centre
[00:06:40] centre belonging to the Russian tech tech giant Yandex operations at the
[00:06:44] the facility in Vladimir, to the the east of Moscow, have been completely
[00:06:47] completely halted. The strike comes comes after President Trump accused accused Volodymyr Zelensky of prolonging
[00:06:51] prolonging the war and said it was was time for Ukraine to elect a new
[00:06:55] new leader. Mr Trump appeared to to blame President Zelensky for the
[00:06:59] the diesel crisis, adding he'd better
[00:07:01] better damn well stop attacking Russian Russian oil refineries here. Downing
[00:07:05] Downing Street says Andy Burnham Burnham has spoken to Mr Zelensky
[00:07:08] Zelensky to reiterate the UK's support support for Ukraine in its war with
[00:07:12] with Russia. Well, speaking to reporters reporters yesterday, President Trump
[00:07:15] Trump accused Zelensky of disrupting disrupting global fuel supplies and
[00:07:19] and choosing not to end the war with
[00:07:20] with Russia. You know what I suggest?
[00:07:23] suggest? I suggest they get a new
[00:07:25] new leader who can make a deal because because he could have made many deals
[00:07:29] deals and for some reason he never never does. And let me go a step
[00:07:32] step further. If I were president, president, you wouldn't have ever
[00:07:35] ever had that war. That war would would have never started. There was
[00:07:39] was no reason that that war with with Ukraine and Russia started.
[00:07:42] started. It started due to incompetence, incompetence, should have never started.
[00:07:46] started. You wouldn't have lost 30%
[00:07:48] 30% of your country already. You've
[00:07:50] You've lost 30% of your country and
[00:07:53] and you've had over a million people people killed between the two of
[00:07:57] of them, over 2 million people killed. killed. That's a war that should
[00:08:00] should have never started. And I I think it's time for Ukraine to
[00:08:02] to get a new president. Mr president. president. President Trump turning
[00:08:06] turning his anger at Volodymyr Zelensky Zelensky while of course not blaming
[00:08:09] blaming Vladimir Putin for continuing continuing that war. Well, our correspondent correspondent Joe Inwood told us
[00:08:13] us how difficult the situation is is for Ukraine now that we are hearing
[00:08:17] hearing reports that the Americans Americans may cut off military intelligence
[00:08:19] intelligence if it continues to strike
[00:08:21] strike Russian refineries. What makes
[00:08:24] makes it really serious? We do know know that the Americans they're not not providing the material support
[00:08:28] support they once were in terms of of hardware, in terms of resources,
[00:08:31] resources, but they are still providing providing intelligence support. And
[00:08:34] And if that were to be cut off, I I think that would be considered considered to be very, very serious
[00:08:38] serious indeed. Of course, the Ukrainians Ukrainians are still reliant as well
[00:08:42] well on American manufactured weapons weapons purchased and paid for by
[00:08:46] by the Europeans. But, you know, know, American patriots and that
[00:08:50] that sort of thing. And if that were
[00:08:52] were to be if he were President Trump Trump were out of, you know, a fit
[00:08:55] fit of pique to say you're not we're we're not going to sell you weapons weapons any more. I mean, there's
[00:08:59] there's no suggestion of that at at this point, but that's the sort sort of thing that would be very,
[00:09:02] very, very serious indeed. So I think think the Ukrainians are going to
[00:09:06] to be viewing this as something they they want to try and dial down the
[00:09:10] the anger on because I think yesterday yesterday it was interesting listening
[00:09:13] listening to President Zelensky's Zelensky's statement, his reaction
[00:09:16] reaction to the news that Donald Donald Trump was going to be buying
[00:09:19] buying Russian diesel. He sounded sounded absolutely furious. I mean,
[00:09:23] mean, you can never know what's going going on inside someone's head. But But I listened to that interview
[00:09:26] interview and he sounded sounded sounded like a cold rage there. And
[00:09:28] And you wonder if he might have reacted reacted in that rage and now will
[00:09:32] will be trying to dial it back slightly slightly because the relations with
[00:09:36] with President Trump have they have have been improving and they've gone
[00:09:39] gone back many steps, I think. Yeah. Yeah. And of course, we always know
[00:09:41] know what happens when a world leader
[00:09:43] leader rises to the bait and counterattacks. counterattacks. Donald Trump, a man
[00:09:46] man not known for his thick skin.
[00:09:50] skin. What about whether this will
[00:09:52] will now spur others to leap ever ever further to Ukraine's defence?
[00:09:55] defence? We've already had that call call from Downing Street and Andy
[00:09:59] Andy Burnham promising to meet Zelensky Zelensky in the coming days. I mean,
[00:10:03] mean, there's going to be a kind kind of a greater rallying around around Ukraine by the other allies,
[00:10:06] allies, given the fact that the US US is no longer a sort of trusted trusted one, I suppose. Yeah, I think
[00:10:10] think if I think it is goes without without doubt, there's no no doubt
[00:10:14] doubt that we will see the Europeans Europeans rally round. But there's
[00:10:16] there's two things here aren't they. they. There's the metaphorical support
[00:10:19] support or the arm round the shoulder shoulder that they can give him.
[00:10:22] him. I mean, in the case of the famous famous White House bust-up, there
[00:10:25] there was a literal arm round the the shoulder for President Zelensky Zelensky from then Prime Minister
[00:10:29] Minister Sir Keir Starmer. But there
[00:10:32] there are there's a difference between between rallying round, showing support
[00:10:34] support and actually offering the
[00:10:36] the kind of material back up that that Ukraine really needs. They are
[00:10:40] are doing both of those things, but but there's a limit to the latter.
[00:10:43] latter. The former is basically an an unlimited supply. They will stand stand shoulder to shoulder, as they
[00:10:47] they always say. I think that's very very different from, for example,
[00:10:50] example, replacing the intelligence intelligence support that the Americans Americans give them. The Europeans Europeans are going to find that
[00:10:54] that much harder. Joe Inwood let's let's speak to Peter Dickinson now,
[00:10:58] now, who is editor of the Atlantic
[00:11:01] Atlantic Council's Ukrainealert and and joins us from Kyiv. Peter, thanks
[00:11:04] thanks very much for being with us.
[00:11:06] us. Your reaction to those words words from President Trump last night
[00:11:10] night in which he said that Ukraine
[00:11:11] Ukraine needs a new leader? Well,
[00:11:14] Well, I think a mixture of alarm alarm and anger in Kyiv here. Of
[00:11:18] Of course, this is not entirely new. new. We've had a lot of very strong
[00:11:21] strong rhetoric against Ukraine and and against Zelensky personally, personally, from President Trump
[00:11:25] Trump going back for the last year year and a half. Of course, the infamous
[00:11:28] infamous Oval Office bust-up and
[00:11:30] and many other incidents in between.
[00:11:32] between. So it's not entirely unprecedented. unprecedented. But there is a sense
[00:11:35] sense in Kyiv that Trump is looking looking to use Zelensky in Ukraine
[00:11:39] Ukraine as a scapegoat here for his his own electoral woes, for problems
[00:11:42] problems he's facing in his mid-term mid-term campaign as the electorate
[00:11:46] electorate in America turns on Trump Trump over what many see as the failure
[00:11:50] failure of his Iran war and the, the, you know, the very damaging
[00:11:54] damaging consequences of that for for the American economy and for
[00:11:56] for fuel prices. And there is a sense sense in Ukraine that that the country
[00:12:00] country is being used as a kind of of punchbag here to distract attention
[00:12:03] attention and to blame, you know, know, as a source of blame so that that Trump can point at them and
[00:12:07] and create create a scandal with with his statements and say, well,
[00:12:10] well, it's all about Ukraine. Ukraine Ukraine is the reason why the price
[00:12:13] price is so high. And so of course, course, the fear is that he'll go
[00:12:16] go further with this, that in the the coming weeks before the election, election, we'll see further attacks
[00:12:20] attacks on Ukraine and perhaps specific
[00:12:23] specific cutbacks in the support support that America supplies provides
[00:12:26] provides for Ukraine now mostly intelligence intelligence support, but also the the sale of weapons, which are so
[00:12:30] so important for the war effort.
[00:12:33] effort. With that diesel deal with
[00:12:36] with Russia, just explain if you you could, the feeling there in Ukraine, Ukraine, you alluded to it, but I
[00:12:40] I mean, is there a feeling now, frankly,
[00:12:42] frankly, that the US is no longer longer an honest broker? Yeah. I
[00:12:46] I mean, there's been there's been been huge scepticism about Trump's Trump's role in any peace process,
[00:12:50] process, I think, since day one. one. And that has only grown over
[00:12:54] over the over time. I think the main
[00:12:55] main issue here with this this Trump
[00:12:58] Trump Putin diesel deal is that this this is exactly what the Russians
[00:13:02] Russians have been waiting for. Putin's Putin's position essentially in terms
[00:13:05] terms of the geopolitical context context of the invasion is very much
[00:13:08] much he wants to wait it out. He He thinks the West is weak and divided.
[00:13:11] divided. And at some point he'll he'll be able to pick off the different
[00:13:15] different Ukraine's different Western Western partners through a combination
[00:13:18] combination of bullying and bribery. bribery. That's always been Russia's Russia's position. It's been their
[00:13:22] their modus operandi, essentially. essentially. And this plays into
[00:13:24] into that very much so. It will really really encourage the Russians. It It will embolden Putin. It will convince
[00:13:28] convince him that he's right and and it will convince the Russians
[00:13:31] Russians to continue the war. So So in terms of the actual deal, it's
[00:13:34] it's really all about the optics optics and creating perspective, perspective, which they regard as
[00:13:37] as being absolutely disastrous. You
[00:13:39] You talked about the potential cutting cutting off of military intelligence
[00:13:42] intelligence and even weapons support
[00:13:45] support to Ukraine in recent weeks, weeks, the Ukrainians have been making
[00:13:49] making incremental gains in the Donbas Donbas to prevent the Russians from
[00:13:53] from capturing more territory there
[00:13:54] there and key territory there. If
[00:13:57] If the Americans go ahead and cut
[00:14:00] cut off intelligence and weapons, weapons, could that be set back the
[00:14:03] the gains in the East and the overall overall Ukrainian military effort? effort? Just talk us through the
[00:14:07] the impact it would have. Well, I I mean, if we're talking about a
[00:14:11] a complete cut off, it would have have an impact across the board. board. Certainly it would have an
[00:14:15] an impact on the front lines. It It would have a significant impact
[00:14:17] impact in Ukraine's ability to defend defend itself against Russia's bombardment.
[00:14:20] bombardment. I think that's the most most that would be the highest priority
[00:14:23] priority from Ukraine's perspective. perspective. Ukraine is now Russia
[00:14:26] Russia has in recent months significantly significantly escalated the air war
[00:14:30] war against Ukraine civilians. We've We've seen dozens of civilians killed
[00:14:33] killed just in the last few days days in a number of attacks. And
[00:14:36] And Ukraine's cities are basically basically under constant bombardment
[00:14:39] bombardment at present. So if they they were to cut the intelligence intelligence support, one of the
[00:14:43] the key things would be reducing reducing Ukraine's ability to, you
[00:14:46] you know, visibility, their ability ability to see what was coming and
[00:14:49] and to defend themselves. But broadly broadly speaking, it would have an
[00:14:52] an impact across the front. Peter
[00:14:54] Peter Dickinson, editor of the Atlantic Atlantic Council's Ukraine Alert, Alert, thank you very much indeed
[00:14:57] indeed for speaking to us. Let's
[00:15:01] Let's turn to India now, where the
[00:15:04] the leader of the Cockroach protest protest movement has been released
[00:15:07] released from detention. It comes comes as police in Delhi say that that they will restrict access to
[00:15:11] to the city centre as the party threatens threatens another day of protests
[00:15:14] protests against revisions to the the electoral roll. The Cockroach
[00:15:17] Cockroach Janta Party said its founder founder Abhijeet Dipke, who began
[00:15:20] began the movement in May after India's India's chief justice likened some
[00:15:24] some jobless young people to cockroaches,
[00:15:27] cockroaches, was detained with other other leaders shortly after landing
[00:15:30] landing in Delhi. The Cjp and other other opposition parties are calling
[00:15:33] calling for the election commissioner commissioner to be sacked over revisions
[00:15:36] revisions to the electoral roll, roll, an accusation denied by the
[00:15:40] the authorities. While Abhijeet Dipke, Dipke, founder of that party, made
[00:15:43] made a brief statement to the press
[00:15:45] press a short while ago. Narendra Narendra Modi is the biggest coward
[00:15:48] coward this country has ever seen.
[00:15:52] seen. Let's go live now to Delhi Delhi and speak to our correspondent
[00:15:56] correspondent Arunoday Mukharji. Mukharji. Hi Aruna Iyengar. First
[00:15:59] First of all, the movement has been been speaking in more detail today.
[00:16:02] today. Holding a press conference conference in fact is still going going on. I know you've been watching
[00:16:06] watching it. Just give us some of of the top lines that we're getting
[00:16:08] getting from them. That's right.
[00:16:11] right. In fact, that is still continuing
[00:16:14] continuing and it is essentially essentially reiterating what they
[00:16:18] they have said for a while. But this
[00:16:20] this is the first time we're hearing
[00:16:22] hearing the senior members of the the Cockroach Janta Party movement
[00:16:25] movement essentially talking about about their experiences over the
[00:16:29] the last 24 to 48 hours, highlighting highlighting what happened to them
[00:16:31] them when the police detained them them and criticising the Delhi Police
[00:16:35] Police once again and essentially essentially very, very combative
[00:16:38] combative in their messaging targeting targeting Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi as well as the interior
[00:16:42] interior minister or the home minister, minister, as he's called here. Mr
[00:16:44] Mr Amit Shah, accusing them of shielding shielding the Chief Election Commissioner
[00:16:47] Commissioner for their own gains. gains. They've also said the way
[00:16:50] way in which the Delhi Police has
[00:16:52] has gone about carrying out these these detentions across Delhi to
[00:16:55] to the tune of thousands, they said said that demonstrates the fear that
[00:16:59] that the authorities have regarding
[00:17:02] regarding these protests. They have have not outlined what their next
[00:17:05] next plan of action is. That still still remains a bit of a question
[00:17:09] question at the moment, it is a press press conference that is still carrying
[00:17:13] carrying on, so we might get some some indication of what they're planning
[00:17:15] planning to do. All we've heard in
[00:17:18] in terms of them urging others to to continue their protest, they said
[00:17:21] said that this is just the beginning beginning of the battle. They've They've urged people from other states
[00:17:25] states to go ahead and protest in in any way that they can to ensure
[00:17:28] ensure their voices are heard. At
[00:17:31] At the moment over here we still still see some security that is there.
[00:17:35] there. It is not as strict as yesterday.
[00:17:36] yesterday. We've seen a little bit
[00:17:39] bit of relaxation, not completely, completely, but there has been a
[00:17:43] a little bit of difference compared compared to what it was yesterday.
[00:17:46] yesterday. But there are still barricades barricades in other parts of the the city. We've also heard from the
[00:17:49] the Supreme Court, which has now now said and asked the Delhi Police
[00:17:53] Police to review its security measures
[00:17:55] measures in place and only do it
[00:17:58] it where it is necessary. Arun, you
[00:18:00] you talk about how the movement is
[00:18:02] is saying this is the beginning of
[00:18:04] of the battle. I just wonder whether
[00:18:06] whether I mean, it has it feels like like it's got momentum. Of course course they got the education minister
[00:18:10] minister to resign over the summer. summer. Their target is now the chief
[00:18:13] chief election commissioner. Is that
[00:18:15] that does this feel like it has significant
[00:18:18] significant political ambition and and momentum now and could go further
[00:18:21] further even than this current cause?
[00:18:26] cause? Well, that is a question that that has been put to them in the the past, but they've been very categorical
[00:18:30] categorical saying that they are are not a political movement, but
[00:18:32] but they are instead a pressure group. group. That is the word that they
[00:18:35] they use that they are going to pick pick up important issues that affect
[00:18:38] affect ordinary Indians. So for instance, instance, it was educational reform reform which was affecting students,
[00:18:42] students, which is how this movement movement really began and picked picked up steam, which is when they
[00:18:45] they first sort of tasted their first first round of success. And now electoral
[00:18:49] electoral reforms again, another another issue, they say, where they they need to hold the authorities
[00:18:52] authorities accountable when they they are not answering to their demands
[00:18:55] demands of transparency. But, again, again, because of the numbers we
[00:18:59] we saw the last time, that's certainly certainly emboldened the movement. movement. And they're hopeful that
[00:19:03] that if they get the numbers and
[00:19:04] and they're able to sustain and maintain maintain this pressure, they will
[00:19:08] will be able to make some sort of of an impact or have some sort of
[00:19:11] of an impact. But in this case, the the government doesn't seem to be be in a mood to relent. The Election
[00:19:15] Election Commission has denied all all allegations of any kind of irregularities
[00:19:19] irregularities in voter lists. The The BJP, which is the ruling party
[00:19:22] party in the country, has also accused
[00:19:24] accused opposition parties of essentially essentially playing politics of having
[00:19:27] having political motives. But as as far as this movement is concerned, concerned, we don't know whether whether it could take a political
[00:19:32] political shape later on. At the the moment, they continue to themselves
[00:19:34] themselves declare that they are are a pressure group taking up important
[00:19:38] important issues that affect ordinary ordinary Indians. They say. Arunoday
[00:19:42] Arunoday Mukharji in Delhi, thanks
[00:19:43] thanks very much. Let me just bring
[00:19:50] bring you some comments that have have just come through to us from
[00:19:53] from Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's Ukraine's president, responding to
[00:19:56] to that current row with the US and
[00:19:59] and Russia over diesel. President President Zelensky has just posted
[00:20:03] posted to X, and it's a pretty long long post. But let me just show you
[00:20:06] you one particular element of it, it, he says. At the end of it, the
[00:20:10] the real causes of the war in Europe
[00:20:12] Europe is Russia and Russia alone. alone. It is possible to stop the
[00:20:16] the strikes on energy infrastructure infrastructure as early as today,
[00:20:19] today, but Putin does not want to
[00:20:21] to do so. Ukraine will be ready to
[00:20:24] to stop striking Russian oil refineries
[00:20:26] refineries if Russia stops striking striking our energy infrastructure,
[00:20:29] infrastructure, any de-escalation, de-escalation, he goes on, must be
[00:20:32] be reciprocal and backed by real
[00:20:35] real guarantees. So that comment comment coming through from the Ukrainian
[00:20:39] Ukrainian president after Donald Donald Trump said that Zelensky should
[00:20:43] should better damn well stop striking striking the refineries. Russia,
[00:20:46] Russia, of course, continuing to to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure
[00:20:49] infrastructure and civilian infrastructure infrastructure and Zelensky saying
[00:20:52] saying that Ukraine willing to stop,
[00:20:54] stop, but only if Moscow does the
[00:20:56] the same. Let's move on with some
[00:20:59] some more developing news out of of Nepal, because the authorities authorities have called for the evacuation
[00:21:03] evacuation of villages on the banks banks of the Budhi Gandaki River
[00:21:06] River after severe flooding in the the centre of the country, Nepali
[00:21:09] Nepali officials say they've rescued rescued 24 people from areas impacted
[00:21:12] impacted by the flash flood, which which has washed away bridges and
[00:21:16] and damaged a hydropower facility. facility. Five people are missing. missing. It's believed the flash
[00:21:19] flash flood was caused by a landslide. landslide. Upstream, the country
[00:21:22] country remains on high alert after after devastating floods swept thousands
[00:21:25] thousands of people away seven weeks
[00:21:28] weeks ago, our BBC Nepali reporter reporter Phanindra Dahal has the
[00:21:31] the latest. Officials have said now
[00:21:35] now they have rescued 36 persons
[00:21:36] persons from different areas. Four
[00:21:40] Four helicopters are currently engaged engaged in search and rescue operations.
[00:21:43] operations. They say they are estimating
[00:21:46] estimating the losses caused by the
[00:21:49] the flash flood and rescue operations
[00:21:53] operations are under way at different different places. There was no massive
[00:21:56] massive rainfall in the area yesterday,
[00:22:00] yesterday, but officials have assumed
[00:22:02] assumed that there was a dry landslide
[00:22:05] landslide which caused the blockage
[00:22:07] blockage of the River Gandaki upstream
[00:22:12] upstream and the blockage collapsed
[00:22:14] collapsed and it caused a flash flood
[00:22:17] flood earlier this morning because because of the flash flood, huge
[00:22:21] huge amount of debris and water level
[00:22:26] level could be observed. There were
[00:22:28] were dramatic footages that were
[00:22:30] were shared from various various
[00:22:33] various villages in the downstream downstream areas, and people were
[00:22:37] were really worried. The disaster disaster have reminded the people
[00:22:41] people of the tragedy, the devastating devastating flood that occurred along
[00:22:45] along Nepal, China border one and
[00:22:47] and a half month ago. Phanindra Dahal
[00:22:50] Dahal there in Nepal, meanwhile, meanwhile, Hurricane Simon is bearing
[00:22:53] bearing down on Mexico's Pacific Pacific coast, bringing torrential
[00:22:56] torrential rain and sustained winds
[00:22:58] winds of up to 240km an hour. The The category four storm is expected
[00:23:01] expected to make landfall near the the port city of Manzanillo in a
[00:23:04] a few hours' time. Residents on the the coast of Colima and Jalisco have
[00:23:08] have been warned that eight metre metre waves could bring storm surges
[00:23:12] surges and coastal flooding. People People have been boarding up windows
[00:23:14] windows and doors ahead of its arrival. arrival. Hurricane Simon is the latest
[00:23:18] latest in a busy hurricane season season in the Pacific, where the
[00:23:21] the powerful El Nino ocean warming warming phenomenon is allowing the
[00:23:24] the storms to gain in strength. Our
[00:23:27] Our weather presenter Matt Taylor Taylor has more. Hurricane Simon.
[00:23:31] Simon. It's quite a phenomenal storm. storm. We measure hurricanes on a
[00:23:34] a scale of 1 to 5, this is right right at the top end of a. For sustained
[00:23:37] sustained winds. That's mean winds
[00:23:40] winds of 250km an hour, 155 miles
[00:23:42] miles an hour gusts much, much quicker quicker than that as well. If I just
[00:23:45] just show you the satellite imagery imagery of where that storm is at at the moment, you can see the well-defined
[00:23:49] well-defined eye there. It is getting getting close. It's about 60 miles
[00:23:52] miles offshore at the moment. The The big question mark, though forecasters
[00:23:56] forecasters are having, is just the the behaviour of what is going to to happen with this storm. Is it
[00:23:59] it going to come on land or is it it just going to skirt parallel to
[00:24:02] to the coast for a bit longer? Now Now that's crucial because the second
[00:24:05] second it goes on land because it's it's quite mountainous just inside inside of the coast, it will rip
[00:24:09] rip the storm apart quite quickly. quickly. But if it stays offshore offshore for a little bit longer,
[00:24:12] longer, it means those coastal areas areas will be battered by those catastrophic
[00:24:16] catastrophic winds for a much longer longer period. We're going to be
[00:24:19] be piling in more in the way of a a storm surge towards those coastal
[00:24:22] coastal districts as well. And then then the rainfall is going to be
[00:24:24] be piling in as well across the mountainous mountainous region just inland. Just
[00:24:28] Just explain that the links to the
[00:24:30] the El Nino sea warming phenomenon,
[00:24:34] phenomenon, because this is a rather rather delayed first storm of the the Atlantic season, isn't it? Well,
[00:24:37] Well, this one's a Pacific storm,
[00:24:39] storm, of course, with Simon. Yeah,
[00:24:41] Yeah, that was the one that was it's it's been a record breaking, quiet
[00:24:45] quiet season across the Atlantic. Atlantic. Isaias was the very first
[00:24:48] first hurricane we've had, whereas whereas the Pacific. It's been an
[00:24:52] an incredibly active season. Now Now it's all due to what we've just
[00:24:55] just mentioned, El Nino. It changes changes wind patterns around the
[00:24:58] the world and within the atmosphere. atmosphere. For hurricanes to form, form, you need big thunderstorms.
[00:25:01] thunderstorms. Those thunderstorms thunderstorms need to be able to to breed a little bit and get really
[00:25:05] really tall into the atmosphere before before they move into hurricanes. hurricanes. But because it's changing
[00:25:07] changing the wind patterns in the the Atlantic, the winds are actually
[00:25:10] actually shredding those hurricane hurricane those storms apart before
[00:25:13] before hurricanes can form, but they're they're actually encouraging them
[00:25:16] them on the other side of the Americas Americas into the Pacific, the warm
[00:25:20] warm waters as well, just helping helping to feed the moisture. We're
[00:25:22] We're talking as much as around 750mm
[00:25:25] 750mm of rain in parts of Jalisco
[00:25:28] Jalisco and also Colima over just just a couple of days. And to put
[00:25:31] put that into perspective for UK UK viewers, that's about a year's
[00:25:34] year's worth of rain in parts of
[00:25:36] of the UK. And we mentioned Isaias
[00:25:39] Isaias there. The hurricane, which
[00:25:41] which has weakened as it's hit as as it's made landfall. But even though
[00:25:44] though it's weakened, it can still still cause flash flooding. It still still can. There's flash flooding
[00:25:48] flooding warnings out across parts parts of North and South Carolina Carolina at the moment. The storm
[00:25:51] storm itself, though, as it's moved moved inland, it's been shredded shredded apart. It doesn't have the
[00:25:55] the energy from the warm waters. waters. And so it's just batches batches of heavy rain and storms,
[00:25:58] storms, which will move across eastern eastern coasts through the rest of
[00:26:01] of today and tonight. Matt Taylor Taylor there. Headlines coming up. up. Don't go
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