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[00:00:13] Life in London. This is BBC
[00:00:15] News. The Houthis in Yemen warn against
[00:00:18] against the use of airports in Saudi Saudi Arabia after 12 people are
[00:00:21] are killed and hundreds wounded in in a deadly attack at Riyadh's international
[00:00:25] international airport. After President President Trump accused him of prolonging
[00:00:28] prolonging the war, President Zelensky Zelensky says Ukraine will stop striking
[00:00:31] striking Russian oil refineries if
[00:00:33] if Russia stops hitting Ukrainian Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
[00:00:37] infrastructure. Pope Leo is to have have an operation in the coming days days for what the Vatican says is
[00:00:41] is a nodule on his lungs. A second
[00:00:44] second day of protests in Delhi as as the leader of India's Cockroach
[00:00:47] Cockroach Janta Party says they will
[00:00:49] will neither back down nor be intimidated.
[00:00:52] intimidated. Flash floods in central central Nepal sweep away bridges
[00:00:55] bridges and homes as five people
[00:00:57] people are reported missing and eight
[00:01:00] eight orangutans are rescued from from wildfires in Indonesia's Borneo
[00:01:03] Borneo and they're to be released
[00:01:05] released into protected forest. Hello,
[00:01:16] Hello, everyone. Welcome to BBC News. News. I'm Mark Lowen. We're going
[00:01:19] going to start with a major escalation escalation in the Middle East conflict.
[00:01:22] conflict. Yemen's Iran backed Houthi Houthi group has warned airlines
[00:01:26] airlines and passengers not to use use airports in Saudi Arabia after
[00:01:29] after the deadliest attack on Saudi Saudi soil in more than a decade.
[00:01:33] decade. Saudi Arabia says the Houthi Houthi missile attack at Riyadh's Riyadh's international airport has
[00:01:37] has killed 12 people and injured injured more than 300. We received
[00:01:40] received these pictures from inside inside the airport terminal. Reports
[00:01:43] Reports say there was a missile strike strike on one of the airport gates.
[00:01:46] gates. The Saudi authorities are are calling it a war crime and have have promised a forceful response.
[00:01:50] response. The airport has been closed closed and hundreds of flights cancelled
[00:01:54] cancelled or diverted for the second second time in less than a month.
[00:01:57] month. Schools in Riyadh have switched switched to remote learning for the
[00:02:00] the week. A number of Western diplomatic diplomatic missions, including the
[00:02:04] the US and UK, have warned their their nationals to stay away from
[00:02:07] from the airport while the strike strike has also been condemned by
[00:02:11] by the United Nations Secretary General General and by President Trump, who
[00:02:14] who has indicated that the US may may join the Saudi campaign against
[00:02:17] against the Houthis. Well, you're you're going to find out, Steve,
[00:02:21] Steve, but I think it's terrible. terrible. Well, they're able to defend defend look, the Saudis are good
[00:02:25] good fighters. But I think the attack attack was a terrible thing. What
[00:02:29] What happened in Saudi Arabia is
[00:02:31] is not acceptable. Thank you. Our Our correspondent in the Middle East,
[00:02:35] East, Jon Donnison, has the latest. latest. It's another dangerous moment
[00:02:39] moment in a region that is already already fraught with tension and
[00:02:42] and conflict. So we've seen those those pictures from the airport.
[00:02:46] airport. Clearly a lot of damage damage inside the terminal. Large
[00:02:49] Large plumes of black smoke rising
[00:02:52] rising above the building and reports
[00:02:54] reports that the hospitals in the the capital are overwhelmed or have
[00:02:57] have been overwhelmed just by the the sheer number of people injured.
[00:03:01] injured. More than 300. Now, the the conflict in Yemen has been going
[00:03:05] going on for more than a decade. decade. The civil war, and that is
[00:03:09] is between the Saudi backed internationally internationally recognised government
[00:03:13] government and the Houthis, who are are supported by Iran. There have
[00:03:16] have been thousands of lives lost.
[00:03:19] lost. There has been a humanitarian humanitarian crisis in Yemen. But
[00:03:22] But in recent weeks the Houthis have
[00:03:24] have stepped up their attacks directly directly on Saudi Arabian soil. And
[00:03:28] And that, I think, is all tied into
[00:03:30] into the broader conflict that the
[00:03:32] the United States and Israel have
[00:03:35] have with Iran. You mentioned that
[00:03:37] that conflict with Iran at the source source of all of this. In a sense,
[00:03:41] sense, John, President Trump has has already said that he will resume
[00:03:44] resume bombing Iran after the mid-term mid-term elections, an indication
[00:03:47] indication of just the impact that that the Iran war is having on the
[00:03:50] the cost of diesel, of course. And And how much of an issue that is
[00:03:54] is in the mid-terms. But now, of
[00:03:56] of course, if the US is mulling getting
[00:04:00] getting involved in bombing the Houthis,
[00:04:03] Houthis, that could escalate that that issue again, given the Houthi
[00:04:06] Houthi control of Bab al-Mandab,
[00:04:08] al-Mandab, that other important oil
[00:04:10] oil strait. Exactly. And that the
[00:04:14] the Houthis are being used really really by the Iranians as another
[00:04:17] another arrow in their quiver to to try and exert economic pressure
[00:04:20] pressure on the United States to
[00:04:22] to try and get a better deal for
[00:04:25] for the Iranians in to try and end
[00:04:28] end that conflict with the United
[00:04:30] United States. But, you know, in
[00:04:33] in America, President Trump says says he may intervene in Yemen. I
[00:04:36] I mean, I think that is pretty unlikely, unlikely, certainly before those those mid-term elections, you have
[00:04:40] have to remember that he was re-elected
[00:04:42] re-elected promising to end America's America's involvement in conflicts
[00:04:45] conflicts around the world. Well, Well, America under his presidency
[00:04:48] presidency this second term has been
[00:04:51] been directly and indirectly involved involved in three in this region
[00:04:54] region alone. So in Gaza, in Lebanon
[00:04:56] Lebanon and in Iran, I think it's it's unlikely that would go down
[00:05:00] down very well with US voters if
[00:05:03] if suddenly in the next few weeks, weeks, America was going to get directly
[00:05:06] directly involved in Yemen to. Were
[00:05:14] Were already supporting Saudi Arabia.
[00:05:16] Arabia. We're supporting Saudi with with air to air refuelling support
[00:05:20] support that enables them to fly
[00:05:22] fly potentially. I've spoken to my
[00:05:25] my Saudi counterpart KBS, on a number number of occasions in recent weeks
[00:05:27] weeks to look at what more we can can do to support Saudi Arabia. And
[00:05:31] And I'm afraid last night explains
[00:05:35] explains precisely why we are providing providing that support. I mean, even
[00:05:39] even in the context of Houthi attacks attacks and an escalation, what we
[00:05:42] we saw in terms of the attack on
[00:05:44] on the airport in Riyadh was a shocking
[00:05:46] shocking escalation. Actually, hundreds hundreds of casualties and an attack
[00:05:50] attack on a civilian target that
[00:05:52] that can't be can't possibly be justified justified in any circumstances. So
[00:05:56] So saying. You could get involved involved in an offensive, the UK
[00:05:59] UK could get involved in offensive offensive operations. Well, that's that's not what we're looking at
[00:06:02] at at this stage and we've always always been clear that there isn't
[00:06:06] isn't a military solution to this this conflict, as Royal Lodge was
[00:06:10] was just setting out there. There There was a truce. We need to see
[00:06:13] see a diplomatic solution and Saudi Saudi needs to do that from a position
[00:06:17] position of strength. And so the the support we've been providing
[00:06:21] providing the air to air refuelling refuelling support, the ground based
[00:06:24] based air defences, those things things are having a positive impact.
[00:06:26] impact. But I think there is clearly clearly more to do, as evidenced
[00:06:29] evidenced by what we saw last night, night, which I think should be condemned
[00:06:32] condemned worldwide. Apologies for for the sound issue a moment ago
[00:06:35] ago that was Wes Streeting, the British British Defence Secretary, being
[00:06:38] being asked for his reaction and and whether the UK would be ready
[00:06:40] ready to support Saudi Arabia even
[00:06:43] even more. Now moving on to Ukraine, Ukraine, President Zelensky says
[00:06:47] says that Ukraine will stop striking striking Russian oil refineries if
[00:06:50] if Russia stops striking Ukrainian Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
[00:06:53] infrastructure. His comments came came after President Trump accused
[00:06:55] accused him of prolonging the war war and said it was time for Ukraine
[00:06:58] Ukraine to elect a new leader. In In a post on social media, President
[00:07:02] President Zelensky wrote the real real cause of the war in Europe is
[00:07:05] is Russia and Russia alone. It is is possible to stop strikes on energy
[00:07:09] energy infrastructure as early as as today, but Putin does not want
[00:07:12] want to do so, he went on. Ukraine Ukraine will be ready to stop striking
[00:07:15] striking Russian oil refineries if
[00:07:17] if Russia stops striking our energy
[00:07:20] energy infrastructure, any de-escalation de-escalation steps must be reciprocal
[00:07:22] reciprocal and backed by real guarantees. guarantees. Well, Wes Streeting,
[00:07:26] Streeting, that British Defence Secretary, Secretary, says the UK stands by
[00:07:30] by President Zelensky after that
[00:07:31] that criticism from the US President.
[00:07:35] President. Now, speaking to reporters reporters yesterday, President Trump
[00:07:39] Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky Zelensky of disrupting global fuel fuel supplies and choosing not to
[00:07:43] to end the war with Russia. You know
[00:07:46] know what I suggest? I suggest they
[00:07:48] they get a new leader who can make
[00:07:51] make a deal because he could have have made many deals and for some
[00:07:54] some reason he never does. And let
[00:07:55] let me go a step further. If I were were president, you wouldn't have
[00:07:59] have ever had that war. That war war would have never started. There
[00:08:03] There was no reason that that war war with Ukraine and Russia started.
[00:08:06] started. It started due to incompetence, incompetence, should have never started.
[00:08:10] started. You wouldn't have lost 30%
[00:08:12] 30% of your country already. You've
[00:08:14] You've lost 30% of your country and
[00:08:17] and you've had over a million people people killed between the two of
[00:08:21] of them, over 2 million people killed. killed. That's a war that should
[00:08:24] should have never started. And I I think it's time for Ukraine to
[00:08:27] to get a new president. Our correspondent correspondent Joe Inwood told us
[00:08:30] us how difficult the situation is is for Ukraine. Now that we're hearing
[00:08:34] hearing reports that the Americans Americans may cut off military intelligence
[00:08:37] intelligence if Kyiv continues to to strike Russian refineries. What
[00:08:41] What makes it really serious? We We do know that the Americans they're
[00:08:44] they're not providing the material material support that they once were were in terms of hardware, in terms
[00:08:48] terms of resources, but they are are still providing intelligence
[00:08:51] intelligence support. And if that that were to be cut off, I think think that would be considered to
[00:08:55] to be very, very serious indeed. indeed. Of course, the Ukrainians
[00:08:58] Ukrainians are still reliant as well well on American manufactured weapons
[00:09:01] weapons purchased and paid for by
[00:09:03] by the Europeans. But, you know, know, American patriots and that
[00:09:08] that sort of thing. And if that were
[00:09:09] were to be if he were President Trump Trump were out of, you know, a fit
[00:09:13] 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
[00:09:17] there's no suggestion of that at at this point. But that's the sort sort of thing that will be very,
[00:09:20] very, very serious indeed. So I think think the Ukrainians are going to
[00:09:24] to be viewing this as something they they want to try and dial down the
[00:09:27] the anger on because I think yesterday yesterday it was interesting listening
[00:09:31] listening to President Zelensky's Zelensky's statement, his reaction
[00:09:34] reaction to the news that Donald Donald Trump was going to be buying
[00:09:37] buying Russian diesel. He sounded sounded absolutely furious. I mean,
[00:09:40] mean, you can never know what's going going on inside someone's head. But But I listened to that interview
[00:09:43] interview and he sounded sounded sounded like a cold rage there. And
[00:09:46] And you wonder if he might have reacted reacted in that rage and now will
[00:09:50] will be trying to dial it back slightly slightly because the relations with
[00:09:53] with President Trump have they have have been improving and they've gone
[00:09:56] gone back many steps, I think. Yeah. And of course, we always know
[00:09:59] know what happens when a world leader
[00:10:01] leader rises to the bait and counterattacks. counterattacks. Donald Trump, a man
[00:10:04] man not known for his thick skin.
[00:10:08] skin. What about whether this will
[00:10:10] will now spur others to leap ever ever further to Ukraine's defence?
[00:10:13] defence? We've already had that call call from Downing Street and Andy
[00:10:16] Andy Burnham promising to meet Zelensky Zelensky in the coming days. I mean,
[00:10:20] mean, there's going to be a kind kind of a greater rallying around around Ukraine by the other allies,
[00:10:24] allies, given the fact that the US US is no longer a trusted one, I
[00:10:26] I suppose. Yeah, I think it goes
[00:10:30] goes without doubt. There's no no no doubt that we will see the Europeans Europeans rally round. But there's
[00:10:33] there's two things here aren't they. they. There's the metaphorical support
[00:10:37] support or the arm round the shoulder shoulder that they can give him.
[00:10:40] him. I mean, in the case of the famous famous White House bust-up, there
[00:10:43] there was a literal arm round the the shoulder for President Zelensky Zelensky from then Prime Minister
[00:10:47] Minister Sir Keir Starmer. But there there are there's a difference between
[00:10:51] between rallying round, showing support support and actually offering the
[00:10:54] the kind of material back up that that Ukraine really needs. They are
[00:10:58] are doing both of those things, but but there's a limit to the latter.
[00:11:00] latter. The former is basically an an unlimited supply. They will stand stand shoulder to shoulder, as they
[00:11:05] they always say. I think that's very very different from, for example, example, replacing the intelligence
[00:11:09] intelligence support that the Americans Americans give them. The Europeans Europeans are going to find that
[00:11:12] that much harder. That's Joe Inwood Inwood well, we heard a moment ago
[00:11:15] ago from the British Defence Secretary, Secretary, Wes Streeting, on the
[00:11:19] the Saudi story. He's also been speaking speaking about Ukraine and he's been
[00:11:22] been saying it's important not to to overstate the impact on US support
[00:11:25] support for Ukraine caused by Donald Donald Trump's lifting of sanctions
[00:11:29] sanctions on Russian diesel. He was was speaking to the BBC's Paddy O'Connell
[00:11:33] O'Connell and he criticised the decision decision to lift sanctions. We don't
[00:11:36] don't support that decision. He's He's wrong. As the Prime Minister Minister set out, we are strengthening
[00:11:40] strengthening sanctions against Russia. Russia. So is the President wrong?
[00:11:42] wrong? Well, look, I think the way way I have interpreted what President
[00:11:46] President Trump has done is very very much in the context of the US
[00:11:50] US mid-term elections that are taking taking place and the inevitable pressure
[00:11:53] pressure that all of us are feeling feeling at the moment to try and and ease the cost of living. But
[00:11:57] But I guess the challenge I would would put to not just the United
[00:12:01] United States, but to all of our
[00:12:05] our allies is we can increase the
[00:12:07] the economic and other pressure on on Russia now to try and shorten
[00:12:11] shorten this war and bring it to
[00:12:13] to a conclusion and to secure Ukraine's
[00:12:16] Ukraine's freedom and independence. independence. Or we can risk lengthening
[00:12:19] lengthening the war if Putin miscalculates
[00:12:22] miscalculates a weakening of Western Western resolve. I don't think there
[00:12:26] there is a weakening of Western resolve. resolve. I think we are all absolutely
[00:12:28] absolutely determined to stand with with Ukraine to bring an end to this
[00:12:32] this war and to support Ukrainian
[00:12:36] Ukrainian freedom and self-determination. self-determination. And that's why why both through economic pressure
[00:12:39] pressure we're placing on Russia, Russia, but also the direct support
[00:12:44] support financial and in terms of of military capability we're providing
[00:12:47] providing to Ukraine. We're doing doing that because if Putin succeeds
[00:12:51] succeeds in Ukraine, he is very likely likely to try elsewhere. That is
[00:12:54] is what history teaches US, not just just in terms of our continent, but
[00:12:58] but also with Putin specifically. specifically. UK Defence Secretary
[00:13:02] Secretary Wes Streeting. Now Poland's Poland's Interior Ministry is holding
[00:13:05] holding an emergency meeting after after what it said were possible
[00:13:09] possible assassination attempts against against the country's Prime Minister Minister and the Defence Minister,
[00:13:13] Minister, a spokesperson said police police had received credible information
[00:13:16] information about possible attacks
[00:13:17] attacks against Donald Tusk and Wodzislaw
[00:13:20] Wodzislaw Kociniak Mccamish ministers ministers will be meeting secret
[00:13:23] secret services later today. The The announcement comes as authorities
[00:13:26] authorities in Poland have been on on high alert following a wave of
[00:13:29] of violence in schools that resulted resulted in the death of a school
[00:13:33] school caretaker on Thursday. Pope Pope Leo has announced that he is
[00:13:37] is to undergo surgery after his doctors doctors detected what he called a
[00:13:40] a very early stage nodule in his
[00:13:43] his lung. Leo, who is 71 years old, old, said it was found during a routine
[00:13:47] routine check-up and appeared to to be well contained. He thanked
[00:13:51] thanked people for their prayers. prayers. Recovery from surgery is
[00:13:53] is expected to take around a week. week. Let's go to India now, where
[00:13:57] where the leader of the Cockroach Cockroach protest movement has been
[00:14:00] been released from detention as the the city sees a second day of protests,
[00:14:04] protests, the Cockroach Janta Party Party said. Its founder, Abhijeet
[00:14:07] Abhijeet Dipke, was detained with with other leaders shortly after
[00:14:09] after landing in Delhi to lead protests protests seeking electoral reform
[00:14:13] reform just months before crucial crucial state elections. He began
[00:14:16] began the movement in May after India's India's chief justice likened some
[00:14:20] some jobless young people to cockroaches cockroaches in his first comments
[00:14:23] comments after his release, Dipke Dipke said the Cjp would neither
[00:14:26] neither back down nor be intimidated. intimidated. Narendra Modi is the
[00:14:30] the biggest coward this country has has ever seen. While protesters have
[00:14:34] have returned to central Delhi for for a second day, much of the area
[00:14:37] area has roads, barricaded. Offices, Offices, shops and restaurants are
[00:14:40] are shut and internet services are are curtailed. For now, demonstrators
[00:14:44] demonstrators are vastly outnumbered outnumbered by security personnel
[00:14:46] personnel and the BBC has witnessed witnessed many detentions. The BJP
[00:14:50] BJP and other opposition parties parties are calling for the election election commissioner to be sacked
[00:14:54] sacked over revisions to the electoral electoral roll, an accusation denied
[00:14:58] denied by the authorities. The Gen
[00:15:00] Gen Z the youth has been stopped
[00:15:02] stopped from being a voter since
[00:15:05] since 2024 and this is being done
[00:15:07] done because the government is scared
[00:15:10] scared that these young generation generation people who are awakened,
[00:15:13] awakened, who are asking questions, questions, who are asking for accountability
[00:15:16] accountability will come after them them and will seek answers from them.
[00:15:19] them. The government does not like
[00:15:21] like it and therefore it is resorting
[00:15:23] resorting to violence against the the citizens of this country. Our
[00:15:27] Our correspondent in Delhi, Arunoday Arunoday Mukharji, has the latest
[00:15:31] latest from the protests. This is is the first time we're hearing the
[00:15:35] the senior members of the Cockroach Cockroach Janta Party movement essentially
[00:15:38] essentially are talking about their their experiences over the last 24
[00:15:42] 24 to 48 hours, highlighting what what happened to them when the police
[00:15:44] police detained them and criticising criticising the Delhi Police once
[00:15:48] once again and essentially very, very, very combative in their messaging
[00:15:51] messaging targeting Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi as well as as the interior minister or the home
[00:15:55] home minister, as he's called here. here. Mr Amit Shah, accusing them
[00:15:58] them of shielding the Chief Election Election Commissioner for their own own gains. They've also said the
[00:16:02] the way in which the Delhi Police Police has gone about carrying out
[00:16:06] out these detentions across Delhi Delhi to the tune of thousands, they
[00:16:09] they said that demonstrates the fear
[00:16:11] fear that the authorities have regarding
[00:16:14] regarding these protests. They have
[00:16:16] have not outlined what their next next plan of action is. That still
[00:16:20] still remains a bit of a question question at the moment. All we've
[00:16:23] we've heard in terms of them urging urging others to continue their protest,
[00:16:26] protest, they said that this is just just the beginning of the battle.
[00:16:29] battle. They've urged people from from other states to go ahead and
[00:16:32] and protest in any way that they they can to ensure their voices are
[00:16:36] are heard. At the moment over here
[00:16:38] here we still see some security that that is there. It is not as strict
[00:16:42] strict as yesterday. We've seen a
[00:16:45] a little bit of relaxation, not completely, completely, but there has been a
[00:16:49] a little bit of difference compared compared to what it was yesterday.
[00:16:52] yesterday. But there are still barricades barricades and other parts of the the city. We've also heard from the
[00:16:55] the Supreme Court, which has now now said and asked the Delhi Police
[00:16:58] Police to review its security measures
[00:17:01] measures in place and only do it
[00:17:04] it where it is necessary. Arun, you
[00:17:06] you talk about how the movement is
[00:17:08] is saying this is the beginning of
[00:17:10] of the battle. I just wonder whether whether I mean, it has it feels like
[00:17:14] like it's got momentum. Of course, course, they got the education minister minister to resign over the summer.
[00:17:17] summer. Their target is now the chief chief election commissioner. Is that
[00:17:21] that does this feel like it has significant
[00:17:24] significant political ambition and and momentum now and could go further
[00:17:27] further even than this current cause?
[00:17:32] cause? Well, that is a question that that has been put to them in the the past, but they've been very categorical
[00:17:36] categorical saying that they are are not a political movement, but
[00:17:38] but they are instead a pressure group. group. That is the word that they
[00:17:41] they use that they are going to pick pick up important issues that affect
[00:17:44] affect ordinary Indians. So for instance, instance, it was educational reform reform which was affecting students,
[00:17:48] students, which is how this movement movement really began and picked picked up steam, which is when they
[00:17:51] they first sort of tasted their first first round of success. And now electoral
[00:17:55] electoral reforms again, another another issue, they say, where they they need to hold the authorities
[00:17:58] authorities accountable when they they are not answering to their demands
[00:18:01] demands of transparency. Arunoday Arunoday Mukharji staying in South
[00:18:04] South Asia, authorities in Nepal Nepal have called for the evacuation
[00:18:07] evacuation of villages on the banks banks of the Budhi Gandaki River
[00:18:11] River after severe flooding in the the centre of the country. Nepali
[00:18:14] Nepali officials say they've rescued rescued 49 people from areas impacted
[00:18:17] impacted by the flash flood, which which has washed away bridges and
[00:18:20] and damaged a hydropower facility. facility. Five people are missing. missing. It's believed the flash
[00:18:24] flash flood was caused by a landslide. landslide. Upstream, the country
[00:18:27] country remains on high alert after after devastating floods swept thousands
[00:18:30] thousands of people away seven weeks
[00:18:32] weeks ago. Our global affairs correspondent correspondent Anbarasan Ethirajan
[00:18:35] Ethirajan gave us this update. Officials
[00:18:37] Officials are now saying that up
[00:18:40] up to 40 houses have been damaged damaged because of this flooding
[00:18:43] flooding and also they were swept
[00:18:45] swept away, including one camp for
[00:18:47] for hydropower project. And the pictures pictures were terrifying. You know,
[00:18:50] know, you have a sludge of mud, rocks
[00:18:54] rocks and water sweeping away several
[00:18:57] several areas of this Budhi Gandaki Gandaki river. And many settlements
[00:19:01] settlements were damaged. And that's that's why Nepali government officials
[00:19:04] officials are now urging people living
[00:19:06] living downstream of the river to to evacuate. And the Nepali officials
[00:19:10] officials have also deployed about about four helicopters. The army
[00:19:14] army has been deployed and they have have rescued dozens of people, including
[00:19:17] including some trekkers. The most most important thing is the damage
[00:19:20] damage to some of the footbridges footbridges and also road bridges,
[00:19:23] bridges, because Nepal is a mountainous mountainous country, these bridges
[00:19:26] bridges play a crucial role in between between connecting various districts.
[00:19:29] districts. For example, this happened happened in Gorkha district. There
[00:19:32] There was one bridge that was completely completely destroyed snapping contact
[00:19:35] contact with the neighbouring district. district. So it makes it difficult
[00:19:38] difficult for the authorities to
[00:19:40] to move aid. And the weather is also
[00:19:42] also not favourable. So this comes comes after, you know, in August
[00:19:45] August you saw the massive floods
[00:19:48] floods in Koshi River that caused caused devastation. So still they
[00:19:52] they are looking for at least five
[00:19:54] five people unaccounted for and also
[00:19:56] also some shepherds are also missing missing and they are hoping to make
[00:20:00] make contact with them later in the the day. You mentioned those terrible terrible floodings floods, of course,
[00:20:03] course, on the border with Tibet
[00:20:05] Tibet from seven weeks ago are the
[00:20:08] the roads and paths still blocked blocked and damaged from those floods
[00:20:11] floods and making it harder even
[00:20:13] even to control these new ones? Nepal
[00:20:16] Nepal is already struggling to come come back from the devastating floods
[00:20:19] floods in late August, and many districts districts were impacted. In fact,
[00:20:23] fact, they have been building this this Bailey bridge connecting various
[00:20:26] various step by step several hydropower hydropower projects were completely
[00:20:30] completely wiped out and still there there are thousands of people living
[00:20:33] living in shelters or with relatives relatives and friends. They can't
[00:20:36] can't go back to their homes because because many of the villages were
[00:20:38] were wiped out. And that's why Nepal Nepal says that the reconstruction
[00:20:42] reconstruction costing cost would
[00:20:43] would be amounting to nearly $5 billion
[00:20:47] billion and still 5000 people are
[00:20:48] are unaccounted for. About 1500 people
[00:20:52] people confirmed dead and several several relatives are still coming coming and searching on the banks
[00:20:55] banks of the river and the settlements. settlements. So this has come as
[00:20:59] as another, you know, big shock for for Nepal. Now they have to deploy
[00:21:03] deploy more people and more resources resources to tackle this particular
[00:21:05] particular flooding. And briefly, briefly, are neighbouring countries
[00:21:09] countries also going to be deploying? deploying? Is there a call for international
[00:21:12] international support? Nepal is called called for international help and and that's why the Nepalese Prime
[00:21:15] Prime Minister, who spoke in the the UN General Assembly, called for for a billions of dollars of aid.
[00:21:19] aid. India and China have already already stepped in giving aid and
[00:21:23] and on for reconstruction work. Anbarasan
[00:21:26] Anbarasan Ethirajan there now at
[00:21:28] at least 109 migrants have been killed, killed, including 15 children, after
[00:21:32] after a boat sank off the shores shores of Djibouti. That's according
[00:21:35] according to the International Organisation Organisation for Migration Survivors Survivors said the vessel, which
[00:21:38] which was carrying 350 people from from Djibouti to Yemen, capsized
[00:21:42] capsized north of the Djibouti town town of Obock overnight on the 8th
[00:21:46] 8th of October. Around 116 are still
[00:21:50] still missing. Hurricane Simon is is bearing down on Mexico's Pacific
[00:21:54] Pacific coast, bringing torrential torrential rain and sustained winds
[00:21:58] winds of up to 240km an hour. The The category four storm is expected
[00:22:01] expected to make landfall near the the port city of Manzanillo in a
[00:22:05] a few hours' time. Residents on the
[00:22:07] the coast of Colima and Jalisco have have been warned that eight metre
[00:22:11] metre waves could bring storm surges surges and coastal flooding. People People have been boarding up windows
[00:22:15] windows and doors ahead of the arrival. arrival. Simon is the latest in a
[00:22:19] a busy hurricane season in the Pacific, Pacific, where the powerful El Nino
[00:22:22] Nino ocean warming phenomenon is
[00:22:24] is allowing storms to gain in strength. strength. Our weather presenter Matt
[00:22:28] Matt Taylor explains just how powerful powerful this hurricane is. Hurricane
[00:22:31] Hurricane Simon. It's quite a phenomenal phenomenal storm. We measure hurricanes
[00:22:34] hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5. 5. This is right at the top end of
[00:22:38] of a four sustained winds. That's That's mean winds of 250km an hour,
[00:22:42] hour, 155 miles an hour gusts much, much, much quicker than that as well.
[00:22:45] well. If I just show you the satellite satellite imagery of where that storm storm is at the moment, you can see
[00:22:49] see the well-defined eye there it it is getting close. It's about 60
[00:22:52] 60 miles offshore at the moment. moment. The big question mark though
[00:22:56] though forecasters are having, is is just the behaviour of what is is going to happen with this storm.
[00:22:59] storm. Is it going to come on land land or is it just going to skirt skirt parallel to the coast for a
[00:23:03] a bit longer? Now that's crucial crucial because the second it goes
[00:23:06] goes on land because it's quite mountainous, mountainous, just inside of the coast, coast, it will rip the storm apart
[00:23:10] apart quite quickly. But if it stays stays offshore for a little bit longer,
[00:23:13] longer, it means those coastal areas areas will be battered by those catastrophic
[00:23:16] catastrophic winds for a much longer longer period. We're going to be
[00:23:19] be piling in more in the way of storm storm surge towards those coastal
[00:23:22] coastal districts as well. And then then the rainfall is going to be
[00:23:25] be piling in as well across the mountainous mountainous region just inland. Just
[00:23:29] Just explain that the links to the
[00:23:30] the El Nino sea warming phenomenon,
[00:23:34] phenomenon, because this is the a a rather delayed first storm of the the Atlantic season, isn't it? Well,
[00:23:38] Well, this one's a Pacific storm,
[00:23:40] storm, of course, with Simon. Yeah,
[00:23:42] Yeah, that was the one that was it's it's been a record breaking quiet
[00:23:46] quiet season across the Atlantic. Atlantic. Isaias was the very first
[00:23:49] first hurricane we've had, whereas whereas the Pacific. It's been an
[00:23:53] an incredibly active season. Now Now it's all due to what we've just just mentioned El Nino. It changes
[00:23:56] changes wind patterns around the the world and within the atmosphere.
[00:24:00] atmosphere. For hurricanes to form, form, you need big thunderstorms. thunderstorms. Those thunderstorms thunderstorms need to be able to
[00:24:03] to breed a little bit and get really really tall into the atmosphere before before they move into hurricanes.
[00:24:07] hurricanes. But because it's changing changing the wind patterns in the the Atlantic, the winds are actually
[00:24:11] actually shredding those hurricane hurricane those storms apart before
[00:24:14] before hurricanes can form, but they're they're actually encouraging them
[00:24:17] them on the other side of the Americas Americas into the Pacific, the warm
[00:24:20] warm waters as well, just helping helping to feed the moisture. We're
[00:24:23] We're talking as much as around 750mm
[00:24:25] 750mm of rain potentially in parts
[00:24:28] parts of Jalisco and also Colima Colima over just a couple of days.
[00:24:31] days. And to put that into perspective perspective for UK viewers, that's
[00:24:34] that's about a year's worth of rain
[00:24:36] rain in parts of the UK. And we mentioned
[00:24:39] mentioned Isaias there. The hurricane, hurricane, which has weakened as
[00:24:42] as it's hit as it's made landfall. landfall. But even though it's weakened, weakened, it can still cause flash
[00:24:46] flash flooding. It still can. There's There's flash flooding warnings out out across parts of North and South
[00:24:50] South Carolina at the moment. The The storm itself, though, as it's it's moved inland, it's been shredded
[00:24:54] shredded apart. It doesn't have the the energy from the warm waters. waters. And so it's just batches
[00:24:57] batches of heavy rain and storms storms which will move across eastern eastern coasts through the rest of
[00:25:01] of today and tonight. Matt Taylor Taylor From BBC Weather to football
[00:25:05] football now and in the Premier League, League, Manchester City will face
[00:25:08] face Liverpool this afternoon. The The fixture at Anfield comes amid
[00:25:11] amid heightening tension following following the Premier League's ruling
[00:25:14] ruling finding city guilty of all all charges related to breaches in
[00:25:18] in the financial financial rules rules governing the game. It's the
[00:25:20] the first time the club faces a rival rival team since that decision, and
[00:25:24] and security has been increased around around the stadium in advance of
[00:25:27] of their arrival by team bus. Now
[00:25:32] Now eight orangutans rescued from from the wildfires that recently
[00:25:34] recently swept through parts of Borneo Borneo have been released into a
[00:25:38] a protected forest. The orangutans orangutans three mother and baby
[00:25:41] baby pairs and two male teenagers
[00:25:44] teenagers were saved from various various locations in West Kalimantan
[00:25:47] Kalimantan on the Indonesian part part of the island. Their new home
[00:25:51] home is the Batu Nambu Reserve, chosen chosen by conservationists because
[00:25:55] because of the availability of food food and water sources as well as
[00:25:58] as its connectivity to other forests, forests, orangutans are critically
[00:26:02] critically endangered, with just just over 100,000 remaining in
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