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[00:00:11] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:13] News. President Zelensky says if if Vladimir Putin agrees to a 60
[00:00:17] 60 day ceasefire, he'll organise organise elections in Ukraine. Another
[00:00:21] Another strike hits Riyadh airport airport in Saudi Arabia, a day after
[00:00:24] after 12 people were killed and hundreds
[00:00:26] hundreds wounded in a Houthi attack.
[00:00:29] attack. Pope Leo is to have an operation operation in the coming days for
[00:00:31] for what the Vatican says is a nodule nodule on his lungs. A second day
[00:00:35] day of protests in Delhi as the leader leader of India's Cockroach Janta
[00:00:39] Janta Party says they'll neither neither back down nor be intimidated.
[00:00:42] intimidated. Flash floods in central central Nepal sweep away bridges
[00:00:45] bridges and homes as five people people are reported missing. Manchester
[00:00:49] Manchester City arrive at Anfield Anfield for their first match against
[00:00:52] against a rival team since being
[00:00:53] being found guilty of financial rule
[00:00:56] rule breaches. Hello and welcome.
[00:01:07] welcome. I'm Martine Croxall Manchester Manchester City kick off at Liverpool Liverpool in the next half hour.
[00:01:10] hour. The first game since the details
[00:01:12] details of the guilty verdicts on on 115 financial charges against
[00:01:15] against city came out, the Manchester
[00:01:18] Manchester club will get a hostile hostile reception on the pitch and
[00:01:21] and have already received a raucous
[00:01:23] raucous welcome for their team bus bus outside Anfield. Well, we've
[00:01:27] we've been hearing from Liverpool Liverpool fans ahead of the game.
[00:01:31] game. The atmosphere is going to
[00:01:33] to be volatile. I think it's always always a special game, not as big
[00:01:36] big as Man United and Everton, but but I think it's still up there with
[00:01:39] with the best, I think because they're they're dominating for a lot of years.
[00:01:43] years. I think once they get the the perch back from the year before.
[00:01:47] before. So I think it is more more more difficult because of what's
[00:01:50] what's going on, on city. Isn't it?
[00:01:53] it? It's more yeah, I think so. And
[00:01:55] And it's kind of also the whole saga saga really. I'm losing my passion
[00:01:59] passion for the game to be honest.
[00:02:01] honest. It just feels like it's no no longer for supporters, no longer
[00:02:05] longer for fans. It's all about the the money nowadays. Money, money.
[00:02:08] money. How many teams have been relegated
[00:02:11] relegated or lost Champions League
[00:02:13] League spots, Europe spots. I mean mean I'm a Liverpool supporter. I
[00:02:17] I don't want tainted titles. I just
[00:02:19] just like some justice. I speak to
[00:02:22] to on BBC sports editor Dan Roan. Roan. You can hear how fed up a lot
[00:02:25] lot of these fans are. Dan. I'm so
[00:02:35] so sorry. Dan we can't hear you. you. We can see that you're talking
[00:02:37] talking to us but we can't hear you
[00:02:40] you at the moment. Dan we can see see you're valiantly trying to talk
[00:02:43] talk to us. Can we try again? Are
[00:02:45] Are we getting any sound coming in? in? No we're not OK. Right. We'll
[00:02:48] We'll try again and speak to Dan
[00:02:51] Dan in a minute. Let's turn our attention.
[00:02:53] attention. Has it come back? We do
[00:02:55] do have we do have Dan. Dan, let's let's start again. Don't you love
[00:02:59] love live telly? We were saying. saying. Saying how fed up some of
[00:03:03] of those fans sounded ahead of this
[00:03:06] this match. Yeah. And that's to be be expected I think because of course
[00:03:10] course few clubs feel as aggrieved aggrieved about the rule breaking breaking that city are have been
[00:03:14] been found guilty of as Liverpool
[00:03:17] Liverpool because during the period period of financial rule breaches
[00:03:20] breaches they lost out to city for for the title. It happened again
[00:03:23] again in the Pep Guardiola era as as well on two occasions. And so
[00:03:26] so there's a great deal of anger anger and resentment and I think
[00:03:30] think that will be very apparent apparent today. This is always a
[00:03:34] a fiery fixture. It really has I
[00:03:36] I think been the best rivalry of of recent years in the Premier League.
[00:03:39] League. But the level of hostility hostility that city will experience, experience, I think inside Anfield
[00:03:43] Anfield this afternoon will be of of a level that we've yet to encounter.
[00:03:47] encounter. And a short time ago I I was on the Anfield Road behind
[00:03:50] behind me, just a short distance distance from the stadium on the
[00:03:53] the traditional route that team buses
[00:03:56] buses make to get inside the stadium. stadium. Liverpool, of course, were
[00:03:59] were greeted with cheers, but many many of the fans were waiting for
[00:04:03] for city's arrival. There were many many flags emblazoned with the word
[00:04:07] word cheats and guilty flares had had been lit as well. But the fans
[00:04:10] fans who had been intent on making
[00:04:12] making it very clear to the visitors
[00:04:15] visitors just how much fury has been been sparked by those rule breaks,
[00:04:18] breaks, those rule breaches didn't
[00:04:20] didn't get the opportunity as planned
[00:04:22] planned because city took an alternative alternative route to the stadium.
[00:04:26] stadium. A much quieter part of Anfield
[00:04:29] Anfield Road, and managed to go in in through the staff and contractors
[00:04:33] contractors entrance and thereby thereby avoided the worst of that that crowd and the abuse that no
[00:04:37] no doubt would have been rained upon upon them. But I think there'll be
[00:04:40] be little escape from that once the the match starts inside the stadium.
[00:04:43] stadium. I think there were a lot
[00:04:45] lot of issues that Man City were
[00:04:48] were facing 115 counts against them.
[00:04:53] them. Apologies. Sorry. The question question again. Sorry. I'm just saying
[00:04:56] saying that there was a there have
[00:05:00] have been a lot of counts on which
[00:05:01] which Manchester City have been found
[00:05:05] found guilty. Well, they've been
[00:05:08] been found guilty of all of the alleged
[00:05:10] alleged rule breaches that related related to financial regulations.
[00:05:14] regulations. The Premier League's League's Independent Commission has
[00:05:16] has made that very clear. And the
[00:05:19] the majority of those relating to to non-cooperation with the Premier
[00:05:22] Premier League's investigation. So So a damning verdict. City, of course,
[00:05:25] course, have appealed. They maintain maintain their innocence, but as
[00:05:29] as long as this continues without without us knowing what the punishment punishment is, a sanctions hearing
[00:05:32] hearing is yet to take place and and the outcome of any appeal. Then
[00:05:36] Then there is this sense of limbo limbo that overshadows the rest of
[00:05:39] of this campaign because of course course city, they started the season season really well before the international
[00:05:43] international break. It was during during that time that this seismic
[00:05:46] seismic news was announced. They They may well win today as well. well. They may well win the league.
[00:05:50] league. But of course everybody knows knows there is a very real prospect
[00:05:53] prospect of a major points deduction deduction that could relegate them
[00:05:55] them or even expulsion. We just don't don't know. But that hangs over the
[00:05:59] the rest of this campaign. And it it does. I think for many really
[00:06:03] really create an issue for the league league in terms of its credibility
[00:06:05] credibility going forward until this this is resolved. So it's not just just a massive issue this for city,
[00:06:09] city, but I think the whole of the the top flight in English football football as well. Dan, thank you
[00:06:13] you very much. I'm sure you'll agree agree that was a technical triumph.
[00:06:16] triumph. But we soldiered on. Thank
[00:06:17] Thank you very much. Dan Roan and
[00:06:21] and Anfield President Zelensky has has told the American Axios website
[00:06:25] website that it's news to him that that Ukraine and Russia have agreed
[00:06:28] agreed an energy ceasefire as claimed claimed by President Trump. Mr Trump
[00:06:32] Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform platform that the agreement that that the two sides will halt attacks
[00:06:36] attacks on each other's energy facilities facilities would come into effect
[00:06:39] effect immediately in September. September. A similar promise of such
[00:06:42] such a ceasefire failed to materialise. materialise. Meanwhile, President
[00:06:45] President Zelensky has told the US US network ABC that if President
[00:06:49] President Putin agrees to a 60 day day ceasefire, he'll organise elections
[00:06:53] elections in Ukraine. Mr Zelensky Zelensky was responding to comments
[00:06:56] comments made by President Trump Trump yesterday that Ukraine should
[00:06:59] should get a new president. Earlier,
[00:07:01] Earlier, the Ukrainian leader condemned condemned President Trump's decision
[00:07:04] decision to buy diesel from Russia.
[00:07:06] Russia. Joe Inwood. Night after night,
[00:07:10] night, Ukraine faces bombardment bombardment from above. This time
[00:07:13] time a warehouse on the outskirts outskirts of Kyiv. But the attacks
[00:07:17] attacks over the last 24 hours have
[00:07:19] have not only been physical but also
[00:07:21] also diplomatic with Donald Trump Trump doubling down on his calls calls for President Zelensky to go.
[00:07:25] go. Well, I think he should have have an election and he could have
[00:07:29] have settled this thing many times
[00:07:32] times and he should have an election election and he can't raise the price
[00:07:35] price of oil. He's done enough. His His reference there to the price
[00:07:39] price of oil indicates how this row row began with the remarkable news
[00:07:43] news that the US had done a deal deal with Russia to start buying
[00:07:46] buying their diesel. It was an attempt attempt by the Trump administration administration to bring down prices
[00:07:50] prices at the pumps ahead of mid-term mid-term elections, with many voters
[00:07:53] voters blaming his war on Iran for
[00:07:55] for causing record prices. That was
[00:07:58] was met with fury from Ukraine and
[00:08:01] and accusations of betrayal. President President Trump then went on to blame
[00:08:05] blame these Ukrainian strikes on on Russian refineries for being behind
[00:08:08] behind the rise in oil prices, saying
[00:08:11] saying they should stop or President President Zelensky should resign.
[00:08:13] resign. The choice as to who leads
[00:08:15] leads Ukraine is one for the Ukrainians. Ukrainians. Speaking to the BBC this
[00:08:19] this morning, the Defence Secretary Secretary criticised the US decision
[00:08:21] decision to buy Russian oil and gave gave his backing to President Zelensky.
[00:08:25] Zelensky. We stand with Ukraine, Ukraine, we stand with President
[00:08:29] President Zelensky and in terms of of what we've seen overnight, it's
[00:08:32] it's not the first time that we've we've seen a public disagreement
[00:08:35] disagreement between Washington and and Kyiv. And when these things happen,
[00:08:38] happen, we see it as our responsibility responsibility as the UK to try and
[00:08:41] and bring our friends back together together again. There was a defiant
[00:08:45] defiant response from President Zelensky, Zelensky, who said Ukraine will be
[00:08:48] be ready to stop striking Russian Russian oil refineries if Russia
[00:08:52] Russia stops striking our energy
[00:08:55] energy infrastructure. For now, there there is little sign of that happening.
[00:08:59] happening. Russia continues to strike
[00:09:01] strike Ukraine and will feel it now
[00:09:03] now has a new diplomatic advantage.
[00:09:07] advantage. Joe Inwood, BBC News. News. Natia Seskuria is head of the
[00:09:11] the Russia, Eurasia and Black Sea Sea programme at the think tank RUSI.
[00:09:14] RUSI. She's been giving her reaction reaction to President Zelensky's
[00:09:17] Zelensky's offer to organise elections elections if Vladimir Putin agrees
[00:09:20] agrees to a 60 day ceasefire. It's
[00:09:22] It's very hard to imagine that elections elections could be held in Ukraine
[00:09:25] Ukraine any time soon because, as as you mentioned, there is martial
[00:09:28] martial law in place. It is also
[00:09:30] also very difficult to trust Russians
[00:09:32] Russians even if they commit to any
[00:09:35] any of the temporary ceasefire. We We know that Russians have violated
[00:09:38] violated these sort of cease fires fires many times before. And on top
[00:09:42] top of that, there are so many Ukrainians Ukrainians who are outside of Ukraine
[00:09:45] Ukraine because of the war. So it it is very, very hard to imagine
[00:09:49] imagine that it's possible due to
[00:09:51] to all the constraints that Ukraine Ukraine has to hold elections. The
[00:09:55] The suggestion that elections could could be held at all stems from the
[00:09:58] the fact that President Trump has
[00:10:00] has said, you need to go, Zelensky,
[00:10:02] Zelensky, your time is up. You've
[00:10:04] You've prolonged this war. What are are comments like that from President
[00:10:08] President Trump going to do to Mr
[00:10:10] Mr Zelensky's popularity? Well, we we have the evidence that when the
[00:10:14] the first Oval Office meeting happened happened and we know how this meeting
[00:10:18] meeting went, unfortunately, this this was the lowest point in American
[00:10:21] American Ukrainian relations. And And back then, even though Zelensky
[00:10:24] Zelensky already had some issues issues when it comes to his popularity,
[00:10:28] popularity, his popularity went up.
[00:10:30] up. Ukrainians decided to back Zelensky
[00:10:33] Zelensky in this process. And since since then, obviously, there have
[00:10:36] have been many issues. Of course, course, some corruption cases that
[00:10:39] that have caused the fluctuation fluctuation in Zelensky's popularity.
[00:10:43] popularity. But I think this case case will help Zelensky to boost
[00:10:45] boost its popularity domestically
[00:10:48] domestically in Ukraine. Natia Seskuria Seskuria from the think tank RUSI
[00:10:52] RUSI in a major escalation in the the Middle East conflict, another
[00:10:55] another projectile has hit the main
[00:10:57] main airport in Riyadh a day after after 12 people were killed and hundreds
[00:11:01] hundreds wounded in an attack by by Yemen's Iran backed Houthi group.
[00:11:04] group. It comes as the Houthis have have warned airlines and passengers
[00:11:08] passengers not to use airports in in Saudi Arabia after that deadliest
[00:11:11] deadliest attack on Saudi soil in in more than a decade. Saudi Arabia
[00:11:14] Arabia says the Houthi missile attack attack at the airport killed 12 people
[00:11:18] people and injured more than 300.
[00:11:20] 300. We received these pictures from from inside the airport terminal,
[00:11:24] terminal, reports say there was a a missile strike on one of the airport
[00:11:27] airport gates. The Saudi authorities authorities are calling it a war
[00:11:30] war crime and have promised a full full response. The airport has been
[00:11:33] been closed and hundreds of flights flights cancelled or diverted for
[00:11:36] for the second time in less than than a month, schools in Riyadh have have switched to remote learning
[00:11:40] learning for the week. A number of of Western diplomatic missions, including
[00:11:44] including the US and UK, have warned warned their nationals to stay away
[00:11:48] away from the airport. Let's speak speak to our Middle East correspondent correspondent Hugo Bachega, who's
[00:11:52] who's monitoring events from Beirut. Beirut. Hugo, tell us more about
[00:11:56] about this unidentified projectile.
[00:12:00] projectile. Yeah, so there's been been a very short statement from
[00:12:03] from the Saudi led coalition in Yemen,
[00:12:06] Yemen, the coalition fighting the the Houthis in Yemen, saying that
[00:12:09] that this projectile fell on terminal terminal four, resulting in a fire
[00:12:13] fire that the authorities were handling. handling. So this happens just a
[00:12:17] a day after that attack that killed
[00:12:20] killed 12 people. And it is an indication indication that the Houthis continue
[00:12:24] continue to carry out attacks deep
[00:12:27] deep inside Saudi Arabia. They've They've been saying that these attacks
[00:12:30] attacks are going to continue. And And again, I think there will be
[00:12:33] be more questions about how these
[00:12:38] these attacks have been happening.
[00:12:40] happening. Targeting a major civilian
[00:12:44] civilian facility in the capital. capital. We've seen that in recent
[00:12:45] recent weeks. The Houthis have carried carried out multiple missile and
[00:12:49] and drone attacks targeting not only
[00:12:51] only this airport in Riyadh, but
[00:12:54] but also a critical energy infrastructure
[00:12:58] infrastructure across the country. country. And this has disrupted daily
[00:13:01] daily life in Saudi Arabia and left
[00:13:03] left an entire nation in shock and
[00:13:06] and has put a lot of pressure on
[00:13:09] on the Saudi leadership as well.
[00:13:11] well. And I think, again, what is is happening here is linked to the
[00:13:15] the conflict in Yemen, a conflict conflict that has been raging for for more than ten years. Thousands
[00:13:18] Thousands of people have been killed. killed. There is a severe humanitarian
[00:13:21] humanitarian crisis in the country
[00:13:22] country as well. And this is a conflict
[00:13:26] conflict between the internationally internationally recognised government
[00:13:30] government supported by the Saudis Saudis against the Houthis, who are
[00:13:33] are backed by Iran. And this escalation
[00:13:37] escalation happens after those significant significant gains by the Houthis
[00:13:40] Houthis after they seized territory
[00:13:43] territory along the Red Sea, threatening threatening a vital shipping route.
[00:13:46] route. And now you have those forces
[00:13:49] forces linked to the government trying trying to seize territory back from
[00:13:52] from the Houthis. They have been been supported by the Saudis. The
[00:13:55] The Saudis have been carried out
[00:13:58] out carrying out air strikes in Yemen.
[00:14:01] Yemen. And finally, this is obviously
[00:14:03] obviously linked to the wider war
[00:14:05] war in the Middle East. The war between
[00:14:08] between the US and Iran. And as long
[00:14:10] long as this war continues, we're we're likely to see more violence
[00:14:13] violence and instability across the the region. Here you go for the moment.
[00:14:16] moment. Thank you. Hugo Bachega in
[00:14:20] in Beirut, Hesham Shawish from BBC BBC Monitoring has been telling us
[00:14:24] us how this latest escalation in in the Middle East is being discussed
[00:14:26] discussed in Saudi Arabia. So the
[00:14:29] the latest attacks on Saudi airports
[00:14:31] airports have been leading the media media coverage in Saudi media, as
[00:14:35] as well as messages of solidarity solidarity from around the region
[00:14:38] region and around the world. The The Saudi media outlets have really
[00:14:40] really been focusing on the latest
[00:14:43] latest statements by US President
[00:14:45] President Trump as well, saying that
[00:14:48] that he will make a decision very, very, very quickly. And at the same
[00:14:51] same time, they've also been reporting reporting that the president has
[00:14:54] has said that the Saudis are capable capable of defending themselves.
[00:14:58] themselves. So we're seeing very, very, very balanced messaging coming
[00:15:01] coming out from the US so far, the
[00:15:04] the Saudi coalition yesterday after
[00:15:06] after the attacks, described the
[00:15:08] the targeting of the airport as a a full-fledged war crime and a terrorist
[00:15:12] terrorist attack. And the Saudis Saudis have said that they'll be
[00:15:15] be responding decisively and firmly
[00:15:18] firmly to the attacks. It wasn't wasn't the first attack on Riyadh
[00:15:22] Riyadh airport. The airport was targeted
[00:15:25] targeted last week by the Houthis. Houthis. And we also saw attacks
[00:15:28] attacks on Abha International Airport
[00:15:31] Airport and the Saudi military airbase
[00:15:34] airbase last week as well. What's What's the reaction been then to
[00:15:37] to the comments from the Houthis Houthis that airlines and passengers
[00:15:41] passengers should avoid Saudi airports?
[00:15:44] airports? We haven't seen much reaction reaction by Saudi media yet, but
[00:15:48] but this warning does seem to be
[00:15:51] be upping the ante by the Houthis.
[00:15:55] Houthis. It's a psychological. Psychological
[00:16:00] Psychological way to kind of really
[00:16:02] really increase tensions in the region. region. It shows that the Houthis
[00:16:06] Houthis are not just signalling that that they're not just going to be
[00:16:09] be targeting military sites, but but also civilian infrastructure.
[00:16:12] infrastructure. It's now part of of the pressure campaign against
[00:16:15] against the Saudis to try and lift lift their blockade from Houthi controlled
[00:16:18] controlled areas. So this type of
[00:16:20] of warning by the Houthis is intended intended to amplify psychological
[00:16:24] psychological pressure, even if it
[00:16:26] it doesn't lead to physical damage
[00:16:30] damage of more Saudi sites. In the the past few minutes, I've also seen
[00:16:34] seen reporting that Sanaa International International Airport, which is Houthi
[00:16:37] Houthi controlled, has been hit in in Saudi air strikes. So we're seeing
[00:16:41] seeing a very heavy Saudi response. response. And that follows the Saudi
[00:16:45] Saudi and Yemeni air strikes targeting targeting Houthi areas since last
[00:16:48] last night. Hesham Shawish from BBC
[00:16:51] BBC Monitoring Hannah Porter is a a Yemen research specialist at ARK
[00:16:55] ARK Group and an expert on the Houthis. Houthis. She told us what this attack
[00:16:58] attack says about the Houthis military military strategy and capabilities
[00:17:02] capabilities at this time. Well, Well, certainly both of them are
[00:17:05] are pushing the Houthis and influencing influencing their behaviour and their
[00:17:08] their decision making. And I think think the dynamics surrounding both
[00:17:11] both of these conflicts are really really important to understanding understanding the Houthis decisions
[00:17:15] decisions right now to be attacking attacking Riyadh. And I think also
[00:17:18] also specifically their decision decision to attack airports repeatedly.
[00:17:21] repeatedly. It's interesting that that initially the Houthis had announced
[00:17:25] announced a maritime blockade on on the Saudis. But now if you look
[00:17:28] look at the language used by the the military spokesman for the Houthis,
[00:17:31] Houthis, Yahya Saraiya, he's focusing focusing on the targeting of airports
[00:17:35] airports with the exclusion they they note, of Mecca and Medina. And
[00:17:38] And I suspect that that is because because the Houthis are attempting
[00:17:41] attempting to stave off US involvement. involvement. And perhaps they believe
[00:17:45] believe that if they stick to targeting
[00:17:48] targeting Saudi airports rather than, than, for example, oil shipments
[00:17:52] shipments that may reduce the likelihood
[00:17:54] likelihood of increased US involvement.
[00:17:57] involvement. Hannah Porter in India, India, the leader of the Cockroach
[00:18:01] Cockroach protest movement has been been released from detention. The
[00:18:04] The Cockroach Janta Party said its its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was
[00:18:07] was detained with other leaders shortly shortly after landing in Delhi to
[00:18:10] to lead protests seeking electoral
[00:18:13] electoral reform just months before before crucial state elections. He
[00:18:15] He began the movement in May after after India's chief justice likened
[00:18:19] likened some jobless young people people to cockroaches. The protesters
[00:18:23] protesters have returned to central central Delhi for a second day. Much
[00:18:26] Much of the area has seen roads barricaded
[00:18:29] barricaded offices, shops and restaurants restaurants are shut and internet
[00:18:32] internet services curtailed. For For now, demonstrators are vastly
[00:18:36] vastly outnumbered by security personnel personnel and the BBC has witnessed
[00:18:39] witnessed many detentions. The CJP CJP and other opposition parties
[00:18:42] parties are calling for the election election commissioner to be sacked
[00:18:46] sacked over revisions to the electoral
[00:18:48] electoral roll, an accusation denied
[00:18:51] denied by the authorities. At least
[00:18:54] least 139 people have died, including
[00:18:56] including 15 children, after a boat
[00:18:58] boat sank off the shores of Djibouti.
[00:19:01] Djibouti. That's according to the the International Organisation for
[00:19:04] for Migration Survivors said the the vessel, which was carrying around
[00:19:08] around 350 people from Djibouti to to Yemen, capsized north of the town
[00:19:12] town of Obock overnight on October
[00:19:15] October the 8th. 82 people all Ethiopian
[00:19:18] Ethiopian nationals, were rescued. rescued. It's among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks recorded on
[00:19:21] on a route used by migrants from from the Horn of Africa trying to
[00:19:24] to reach the Gulf states. A flash
[00:19:28] flash flood in central Nepal has
[00:19:29] has left at least five people missing.
[00:19:33] missing. More than 140 houses were were fully or partially damaged and
[00:19:37] and bridges and hydropower infrastructure infrastructure were swept away. Officials
[00:19:40] Officials suspect a dry landslide landslide had blocked the Gandaki
[00:19:43] Gandaki River before it burst. More
[00:19:46] More than 90 people, including nine nine foreigners, have been rescued
[00:19:48] rescued so far. Residents living living downstream have been told
[00:19:51] told to leave for their safety, a a disaster management official said.
[00:19:55] said. SMS alerts helped avert a major major loss of life. Well, the country
[00:19:59] country remains on high alert after after devastating floods swept thousands
[00:20:02] thousands of people away seven weeks
[00:20:04] weeks ago, triggered by a glacier glacier collapse along the border
[00:20:07] border with Tibet. Our global affairs
[00:20:11] affairs correspondent Anbarasan Ethirajan Ethirajan told us about what we're we're seeing from the affected areas.
[00:20:15] areas. The pictures are really scary
[00:20:17] scary where you see that a torrent
[00:20:19] torrent of water, mud and rocks,
[00:20:22] rocks, the sledge sweeping through
[00:20:24] through some of these villages in
[00:20:26] in central part of Nepal in Gorkha
[00:20:29] Gorkha district and according to
[00:20:31] to officials, nearly 40 houses were were swept away and four bridges.
[00:20:35] bridges. And the bridges are very
[00:20:36] very key because Nepal is a mountainous mountainous country where the bridges
[00:20:40] bridges connect various districts. districts. So transport has been
[00:20:43] been snapped between two districts districts and also for hydroelectric
[00:20:47] hydroelectric power. Projects were
[00:20:50] were damaged in this flash flood, flood, but fortunately the authorities
[00:20:53] authorities were able to predict predict this early as one of the
[00:20:57] the disaster management officials officials was saying early that they
[00:21:00] they were able to give SMS alerts
[00:21:02] alerts to people living downstream downstream of the river. So that's
[00:21:06] that's why many people managed to
[00:21:07] to go to a safer location. And they
[00:21:10] they believe that this flooding was
[00:21:13] was caused by a landslide upstream, upstream, and it blocked the river's
[00:21:16] river's path. And then suddenly it
[00:21:18] it burst, causing this flooding.
[00:21:21] flooding. And so far they have rescued
[00:21:24] rescued more than 80 people and including
[00:21:26] including nine foreigners. And this this could be possibly trekkers is
[00:21:29] is also busy period for people going
[00:21:32] going for trekking in Nepal. But
[00:21:34] But the authorities have deployed deployed four helicopters in the
[00:21:38] the rescue work. So a different location,
[00:21:40] location, a different cause. But
[00:21:43] But how much more prepared and vigilant vigilant are the authorities being
[00:21:47] being now in response to the huge huge flood we saw seven weeks ago.
[00:21:51] ago. This time they had some response response time so that they can warn
[00:21:55] warn people. But it also shows the
[00:21:57] the danger, the climate change and and also how this Himalayan region
[00:22:01] region is sitting on this volcano volcano of landslides or glacial
[00:22:04] glacial ice fall So happening. Now Now this is happening frequently.
[00:22:08] frequently. It is not only in this this particular area, even bigger
[00:22:12] bigger cities and other parts of
[00:22:14] of Nepal, main highways have been been impacted because of repeated
[00:22:17] repeated landslides. It shows that
[00:22:19] that the land is loose or heavy rains
[00:22:22] rains or no forest cover or the impact impact of climate change as many
[00:22:25] many scientists would point away away point out. And at the same time,
[00:22:28] time, a study released last week
[00:22:30] week said nearly 300,000 people living
[00:22:33] living on various banks of the rivers rivers in Nepal, they are in danger
[00:22:37] danger of facing this flash flooding flooding because it is happening
[00:22:40] happening more frequently now and and without giving enough warning,
[00:22:43] warning, so they need to find a way way to resettle people or move people
[00:22:46] people away from the riverbanks. riverbanks. And that's a huge undertaking undertaking that's going to take
[00:22:50] take years. The country is already already reeling under what happened
[00:22:52] happened in the end of August, when
[00:22:55] when this flash floods and the glacial glacial ice fall on the border with
[00:22:59] with Tibet. It killed more than 1500
[00:23:01] 1500 people and 5000 are still missing. missing. And already the Nepalese Nepalese government says they need
[00:23:05] need at least $5 billion to rebuild
[00:23:09] rebuild some of these areas. People People are still living in shelters
[00:23:11] shelters with relatives and friends, friends, and they can't go back to
[00:23:14] to their villages because there is
[00:23:16] is a 4 to 5ft of mud above their their villages and market towns.
[00:23:20] towns. So people are still coming coming to terms with what happened.
[00:23:22] happened. And then you have this
[00:23:24] this new flooding. It shows the dangers dangers of what's happening in Nepal's
[00:23:28] Nepal's mountainous regions. Amazon,
[00:23:32] Amazon, Pope Leo has announced that that he is to undergo surgery after
[00:23:36] after his doctors detected what he he called a very early stage nodule
[00:23:40] nodule in his lung. Leo, who's 71
[00:23:42] 71 years old, said it was found during during a routine check-up and appeared
[00:23:45] appeared to be well contained. He He thanked people for their prayers.
[00:23:49] prayers. Recovery from surgery is
[00:23:50] is expected to take around a week.
[00:23:54] week. Hurricane Simon is bearing bearing down on Mexico's Pacific
[00:23:57] Pacific coast, bringing torrential
[00:23:58] torrential rain and sustained winds
[00:24:01] winds of up to 240km an hour. The
[00:24:04] The category four storm is expected
[00:24:06] expected to make landfall near the the port city of Manzanillo in a
[00:24:10] a few hours' time. Residents on the
[00:24:12] the coast of Colima and Jalisco have have been warned that eight metre
[00:24:16] metre waves could bring storm surges surges and coastal flooding. People
[00:24:19] People have been boarding up windows
[00:24:21] windows and doors ahead of its arrival.
[00:24:23] arrival. Our weather presenter Matt Matt Taylor explains just how powerful
[00:24:27] powerful this hurricane is. Hurricane Hurricane Simon it's quite a phenomenal
[00:24:30] phenomenal storm. We measure hurricanes hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5.
[00:24:33] 5. This is right at the top end of of a four sustained winds. That's
[00:24:36] That's mean winds of 250km an hour,
[00:24:39] hour, 155 miles an hour gusts much, much, much quicker than that as well.
[00:24:43] well. If I just show you the satellite satellite imagery of where that storm storm is at the moment, you can see
[00:24:47] see the well-defined eye there it it is getting close. It's about 60
[00:24:50] 60 miles offshore at the moment. moment. The big question mark, though
[00:24:54] though forecasters are having, is is just the behaviour of what is is going to happen with this storm.
[00:24:57] storm. Is it going to come on land land or is it just going to skirt skirt parallel to the coast for a
[00:25:01] a bit longer? Now that's crucial crucial because the second it goes
[00:25:04] goes on land because it's quite mountainous mountainous just inside of the coast, coast, it will rip the storm apart
[00:25:08] apart quite quickly. But if it stays stays offshore for a little bit longer,
[00:25:10] longer, it means those coastal areas areas will be battered by those catastrophic
[00:25:14] catastrophic winds for a much longer longer period. We're going to be
[00:25:17] be piling in more in the way of storm storm surge towards those coastal
[00:25:20] coastal districts as well. And then then the rainfall is going to be
[00:25:22] be piling in as well across the mountainous
[00:25:24] mountainous region just inland. Matt
[00:25:27] Matt Taylor from BBC Weather eight
[00:25:30] eight orangutans rescued from the the wildfires that recently swept swept through parts of Borneo have
[00:25:34] have been released into protected protected forest. The orangutans
[00:25:37] orangutans three mother and baby
[00:25:39] baby pairs and two male teenagers teenagers were saved, saved from
[00:25:43] from various locations in West Kalimantan Kalimantan on the Indonesian part
[00:25:46] part of the island. Their new home
[00:25:48] home is at the Batu Nyambu Reserve, Reserve, chosen by conservationists
[00:25:52] conservationists because of the availability availability of food and water resources
[00:25:56] resources as well as its connectivity connectivity to other forests, orangutans
[00:25:59] orangutans are critically endangered, endangered, with just over 100,000
[00:26:03] 100,000 of them remaining in Borneo Borneo and Sumatra.
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[00:30:54] the banks of the Budhi Gandaki River River after severe flooding in the
[00:30:57] the centre of the country. Five people people are reported missing.