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[00:00:10] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:13] News. President Zelensky welcomes
[00:00:15] welcomes Donald Trump's idea of an an energy ceasefire, but says Russia
[00:00:18] Russia is continuing to attack Ukrainian
[00:00:21] Ukrainian power plants despite the
[00:00:23] the announcement by the US. Another Another strike hits Riyadh's main
[00:00:27] main airport in Saudi Arabia, a day day after 13 people were killed and
[00:00:31] and hundreds wounded in a Houthi
[00:00:33] Houthi attack. At least 139 people
[00:00:36] people have been killed, including including 15 children, in a deadly
[00:00:39] deadly shipwreck off the coast of
[00:00:41] of Djibouti. Here in the UK. Witnesses
[00:00:44] Witnesses to the fatal mauling of
[00:00:45] of a man at a wildlife park in Yorkshire
[00:00:49] Yorkshire speak of their distress.
[00:00:50] distress. Manchester City win 3-0
[00:00:53] 3-0 against Liverpool in their first first match since being found guilty
[00:00:56] guilty of breaching financial rules.
[00:01:08] rules. Hello, welcome. I'm Catherine Catherine Byaruhanga. President Zelensky
[00:01:11] Zelensky has accused Russia of striking
[00:01:14] striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure infrastructure after President Trump
[00:01:16] Trump claimed both sides had signed
[00:01:18] signed up to an energy ceasefire. ceasefire. Initially, President Zelensky
[00:01:22] Zelensky said the announcement was was news to him. He has since posted
[00:01:26] posted to say he's discussed the the energy ceasefire with various
[00:01:29] various world leaders and Ukraine Ukraine backs the idea if Russia
[00:01:33] Russia supports it too. But questioned questioned if Moscow really wants
[00:01:36] wants peace. Earlier, Donald Trump
[00:01:38] Trump wrote on his Truth Social Platform Platform that an agreement between
[00:01:41] between Russia and Ukraine to halt halt attacks on each other's energy
[00:01:45] energy facilities would come into into effect immediately. In September.
[00:01:48] September. A similar promise of such
[00:01:50] such a ceasefire failed to materialise. materialise. Now it's being reported
[00:01:54] reported by the Financial Times that that the US is threatening to stop
[00:01:57] stop the procurement system that that provides Ukraine with weapons
[00:02:00] weapons as part of its efforts to
[00:02:01] to press Kyiv to halt its strikes
[00:02:04] strikes on Russian infrastructure. infrastructure. Our correspondent
[00:02:06] correspondent Dan Johnson is in Kyiv Kyiv and has more on that initial
[00:02:10] initial announcement from Donald Donald Trump. This seems to have
[00:02:13] have come as a big surprise. Out Out of the blue, Donald Trump says
[00:02:17] says both parties have agreed. We
[00:02:18] We don't know what the Russian involvement involvement is, but for Ukrainians
[00:02:22] Ukrainians this seemed to come out out of nowhere and there was no response
[00:02:26] response for a time. The latest that
[00:02:27] that we've had is a post on X from from President Volodymyr Zelensky,
[00:02:32] Zelensky, who said he'd been discussing discussing this with other world
[00:02:35] world leaders and that he supports supports the ceasefire. And it's
[00:02:38] it's important for Russia to support support it as well. He said we are
[00:02:42] are awaiting details from the American American side, from our side there
[00:02:45] there is always full support for for de-escalation steps, protection
[00:02:49] protection of lives and the necessary necessary decisions to end the war
[00:02:53] war and ensure lasting peace. So So it seems like rather than being
[00:02:56] being negotiated jointly, this was was announced unilaterally by Donald Donald Trump, not the first time
[00:03:00] time that has happened, but it does does look like it will be signed
[00:03:02] signed up to by the Ukrainian side side because people here in this
[00:03:05] this city, which is currently in in darkness, having just had another
[00:03:09] another air raid alert, know how
[00:03:11] how critical their energy infrastructure infrastructure is and how devastating
[00:03:14] devastating Russia's attacks on it
[00:03:16] it have been. Russia wants the strikes
[00:03:18] strikes on its oil refineries to to stop. And the backdrop to this
[00:03:21] this is the deal that Donald Trump Trump announced with Vladimir Putin
[00:03:25] Putin to allow Russia to export diesel
[00:03:28] diesel again, to get that income, income, to actually fulfil those
[00:03:31] those orders and supply that fuel fuel Russia needs Ukraine to stop
[00:03:34] stop its long range strikes on that that infrastructure. But the big
[00:03:38] big question is will this hold? Will Will both sides respect it? Now Donald
[00:03:41] Donald Trump announced something something similar about a month ago,
[00:03:44] ago, but Russia's attacks on Ukrainian
[00:03:46] Ukrainian energy infrastructure continued. continued. Dan Johnson in Kyiv there.
[00:03:50] there. Let's take you through how how the past few days have unfolded.
[00:03:54] unfolded. On Friday, Donald Trump Trump announced a deal to import
[00:03:57] import Russian diesel into the US.. US.. Ukraine's president condemned
[00:04:01] condemned the deal, calling it a
[00:04:03] a gift to Putin. The US President President hit back, saying he thought
[00:04:06] thought it was time for Ukraine to to get a new president. President
[00:04:10] President Zelensky said Ukraine would would stop striking Russian oil refineries
[00:04:13] refineries if Russia stopped striking striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
[00:04:17] infrastructure. In an interview with
[00:04:19] with US network ABC, Zelensky then then said he would organise elections
[00:04:22] elections in Ukraine if President President Putin agrees to a 60 day
[00:04:26] day ceasefire. The US President posted posted on Truth Social saying Russia
[00:04:30] Russia and Ukraine agreed to an immediate immediate ceasefire. President Zelensky
[00:04:33] Zelensky told US media it was news
[00:04:36] news to him. Zelensky then posted
[00:04:38] posted on X, saying he backs a ceasefire, ceasefire, but it's important Russia
[00:04:42] Russia supports it too, and that that he's awaiting details from the
[00:04:46] the US. Well, let's now speak to
[00:04:49] to Katy Balls. She is the Washington Washington editor and columnist at
[00:04:52] at the Times and Sunday Times. Welcome Welcome back to the programme. What
[00:04:56] What do we know about these reports reports in the Financial Times that
[00:04:58] that the US is threatening to stop
[00:05:00] stop the procurement system that
[00:05:03] that provides Ukraine with weapons? weapons? Well, we know that when
[00:05:06] when it comes to the Trump administration administration for, you know, over
[00:05:10] over a month now, they've been trying trying to get Ukraine to stop when
[00:05:13] when it comes to hitting Russian
[00:05:17] Russian oil refineries. And Trump
[00:05:20] Trump has had various threats. Also Also previously announced a ceasefire ceasefire that didn't take hold.
[00:05:24] hold. And therefore this is an administration administration that's trying to press,
[00:05:28] press, you know, different pressure pressure points to get what they
[00:05:30] they want. And the FTT, the Financial Financial Times is reporting that
[00:05:33] that this you know, this is what
[00:05:36] what officials, EU officials speaking speaking to the Ukrainians are telling telling them that the US are doing.
[00:05:40] doing. And I think it we don't have have anything yet from the US on
[00:05:44] on it, but certainly there is just just a sense that, you know, Trump
[00:05:47] Trump has made pretty clear that that he is determined to stop the
[00:05:50] the Ukrainians from hurting Russian Russian infrastructure. And the deal
[00:05:54] deal he announced obviously on Friday Friday night, which caused lots of
[00:05:57] of consternation, lots of you know, know, opposition quickly emerging
[00:06:01] emerging to it to say that Russia Russia was going to be supplying supplying America with a certain
[00:06:05] certain amount of diesel also is is tying US interests to Russian
[00:06:09] Russian infrastructure, making it it even harder for the. To now strike
[00:06:13] strike them. And I think the announcement announcement that Zelensky wants
[00:06:16] wants to go along with this ceasefire ceasefire deal is perhaps a way for
[00:06:19] for all sides to walk down. But whether whether it holds is a different matter.
[00:06:22] matter. Yes. And what do you think think is the President's motivation
[00:06:25] motivation here? Is it simply energy
[00:06:28] energy prices in the United States States where you are, or does he
[00:06:31] he think this is a way of ending ending the war? I think there's a
[00:06:34] a few different things. Certainly Certainly energy prices are becoming becoming a political problem for
[00:06:38] for Donald Trump and the Republican Republican Party, and you cannot
[00:06:41] cannot get away from the fact that that there are the mid-term elections elections in just a couple of weeks'
[00:06:45] weeks' time at the very beginning beginning of November. So when Trump
[00:06:48] Trump unveiled his deal with Russia Russia on Friday on his true social
[00:06:52] social account, he said, you know, know, the big winner from this is
[00:06:54] is Americans and talked about the the American agricultural workers.
[00:06:58] workers. And that does come to the the fact that diesel in America last
[00:07:01] last month hit its highest ever recorded recorded price. And voters are linking
[00:07:05] linking that to the Iran war and and blaming Donald Trump. So any
[00:07:07] any tool he can do to either lower lower the prices ideally, but also
[00:07:11] also signal to American voters, which which might be more realistic given given the time frame that he's doing
[00:07:15] doing something is something he wants wants to grab. You also add to that,
[00:07:19] that, however, the fact that the the Ukrainian war is now being wrapped
[00:07:23] wrapped up with the Iranian war. war. Trump obviously did start their
[00:07:26] their Iran war. He says the Ukraine
[00:07:29] Ukraine war would never started, started, but they're coming together
[00:07:31] together to create something of an an energy crisis. And he also keeps
[00:07:35] keeps saying he still wants a peace peace prize. So he's looking for
[00:07:37] for ways to end it. It's just that that getting closer to Russia, I
[00:07:41] I think still the jury is out speaking speaking to Europeans and some Republicans
[00:07:44] Republicans that that is the way way that this is going to come to
[00:07:46] to an end in a way the Ukrainians Ukrainians can get behind. We've
[00:07:49] We've seen the President take strong strong positions on Ukraine and then
[00:07:52] then walk them back. Could all of of this blow over in a few days?
[00:07:56] days? In a few weeks? Yeah. I think think this is the thing that's tricky. tricky. Obviously on Friday you have
[00:08:00] have Trump announcing this deal with
[00:08:02] with the Russians and you have then
[00:08:05] then Trump today announcing a ceasefire ceasefire and then minutes later
[00:08:08] later Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader, leader, saying, well, you know, well, well, he doesn't know anything about
[00:08:12] about it. Now, I think the Ukrainians Ukrainians still feel as though they
[00:08:15] they need to have their Americans Americans on side. I think they are
[00:08:18] are finding it harder sometimes to to walk that line. You saw Zelensky
[00:08:22] Zelensky on Friday criticising Trump Trump for this deal. Trump in turn
[00:08:25] turn saying Zelensky needs to go go and he also needs to hold an election
[00:08:28] election soon. So I think it's a a very fluid picture for being completely
[00:08:32] completely honest and no one can can predict how the next couple of
[00:08:34] of days and weeks are going to go. go. Certainly, I think what we can
[00:08:38] can say is right now Trump is tying tying American interests closer with
[00:08:42] with Russia, closer with Putin, and and that makes things harder for
[00:08:46] for the Ukrainians and the European European allies that are trying to
[00:08:49] to get Ukraine's voice heard. So So there'll be some relief if there
[00:08:52] there is a ceasefire. But I think think no one is holding their breath,
[00:08:56] breath, particularly on this, because because it feels as though things
[00:08:59] things are quite hard to predict, predict, quite fragile. And Trump
[00:09:02] Trump is leaning more towards Russia Russia than he had been a few months
[00:09:06] months ago. Katy Balls Washington Washington editor for the Times and
[00:09:10] and Sunday Times. Thank you. In a
[00:09:14] a major escalation in the Middle Middle East, Yemen's Houthis say
[00:09:18] say they've attacked energy facilities facilities and two airports in Saudi
[00:09:21] Saudi Arabia. Blasts were heard at
[00:09:23] at Dammam airport and at King Khalid
[00:09:25] Khalid Airport in Riyadh, where injuries injuries have been reported. The
[00:09:29] The attack comes a day after 13 people
[00:09:31] people were killed and hundreds wounded wounded in a strike by the Iran-backed
[00:09:35] Iran-backed group. The deadliest deadliest attack on Saudi soil in
[00:09:38] in more than a decade. The Houthis Houthis have warned airlines and
[00:09:41] and passengers not to use airports
[00:09:43] airports in Saudi Arabia. A number number of Western diplomatic missions,
[00:09:47] missions, including the UK and the the US, have warned their nationals
[00:09:50] nationals to stay away from the airport.
[00:09:52] airport. Our world news correspondent
[00:09:55] correspondent Joe Inwood reports. reports. May I have your attention,
[00:09:58] attention, please? This is a building.
[00:10:01] building. Chaos at one of Saudi Arabia's
[00:10:04] Arabia's most important airports. airports. Inside the terminal, the
[00:10:07] the damage is clear. The result of
[00:10:09] of a missile strike. More than 300
[00:10:12] 300 people injured. Emergency services
[00:10:13] services are said to be overwhelmed. overwhelmed. Although they have not
[00:10:17] not officially claimed credit. It's It's thought it was carried out by
[00:10:20] by the Houthis, who had already struck struck the airport twice this week.
[00:10:24] week. This footage from Thursday,
[00:10:27] Thursday, the Iran-backed group control control large parts of Yemen. Saudi
[00:10:31] Saudi Arabia's strategically significant significant southern neighbour. For
[00:10:34] For more than a decade, the Houthis Houthis have been involved in a brutal
[00:10:37] brutal civil war with the internationally internationally recognised government,
[00:10:40] government, which has Saudi backing. backing. Now, for the last couple
[00:10:43] couple of years, there's been an an uneasy truce. But that was shattered
[00:10:46] shattered in recent months. The Houthis
[00:10:49] Houthis made lightning advances down down the Red Sea coast last month,
[00:10:52] month, giving them an even greater greater ability to threaten shipping
[00:10:56] shipping in the Red Sea. Now Saudi
[00:10:58] Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes
[00:11:00] strikes and with the government recently recently retook some territory. The
[00:11:04] The Houthi response to that could
[00:11:06] could be seen at Riyadh airport last
[00:11:08] last night from the US President. President. Condemnation of the attack,
[00:11:12] attack, but no promise of support.
[00:11:14] support. I think it's terrible, terrible
[00:11:17] terrible without being because himself himself southwest well they're able
[00:11:20] able to defend look the Saudis are
[00:11:22] are good fighters. But I think the the attack was a terrible thing.
[00:11:25] thing. This attack was the most severe
[00:11:27] severe on Saudi soil in over a decade.
[00:11:29] decade. It has already claimed many many lives. But more than that, it
[00:11:33] it strikes at the heart of the kingdom's
[00:11:36] kingdom's image for stability and
[00:11:38] and security. There will surely be
[00:11:40] be a retaliation. Joe Inwood. BBC
[00:11:43] BBC News. Our senior international international correspondent Orla
[00:11:47] Orla Guerin, who's in Yemen in the
[00:11:49] the city of Aden, has more on the the significance of this attack.
[00:11:52] attack. The Houthis have managed
[00:11:54] managed to strike not only an economically economically important target by
[00:11:57] by hitting the airport in Riyadh,
[00:11:58] Riyadh, but also a very politically
[00:12:01] politically sensitive target. Now, Now, they have already said that
[00:12:04] that they consider airports in Saudi
[00:12:07] Saudi Arabia to be potential targets. targets. They have warned airlines
[00:12:10] airlines to stay out of the airspace, airspace, and they have said people
[00:12:14] people should take those warnings warnings seriously. So that suggests
[00:12:16] suggests more attacks are to come. come. I certainly think we can expect
[00:12:20] expect to see a significant retaliation
[00:12:23] retaliation by Saudi Arabia. They They will want to do something of
[00:12:27] of some serious measure to send a
[00:12:29] a message to the Houthis. We did did have air strikes today in the
[00:12:33] the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, but there
[00:12:35] there is no word yet about any casualties
[00:12:38] casualties from those attacks. But But I think one of the big questions
[00:12:40] questions now is what does President President Trump do? He will be under
[00:12:44] under growing pressure from Saudi Saudi Arabia, who are close allies,
[00:12:49] allies, to get more involved. Now
[00:12:50] Now that has been something he has
[00:12:53] has resisted in recent weeks, and and he would probably prefer to resist
[00:12:56] resist it again. He has the US mid-terms
[00:12:59] mid-terms coming up and getting involved involved in another foreign war,
[00:13:03] war, and will not be popular with with American voters. But Riyadh
[00:13:05] Riyadh will certainly be pushing pushing for help. And I think we
[00:13:09] we have to remember you cannot divorce
[00:13:11] divorce all of this from the broader
[00:13:14] broader context of conflict and tension tension and escalation in the Middle
[00:13:18] Middle East, and particularly the the war by America and Israel on
[00:13:22] on Iran. The Houthis are major Iranian
[00:13:24] Iranian allies. And what the Houthis Houthis have done now by striking
[00:13:27] striking Saudi Arabia so hard will
[00:13:30] will certainly please Tehran. Orla
[00:13:33] Orla Guerin in Aden, in Yemen, their
[00:13:36] their football now and Manchester
[00:13:38] Manchester City have won their first first match after being found guilty
[00:13:42] guilty of all charges related to to breaches of the financial rules
[00:13:45] rules governing the game. The team team were met by boos in Liverpool
[00:13:49] Liverpool this afternoon. Take a a listen to this crowd reaction from
[00:13:53] from Sky sports match coverage. Of
[00:13:56] Of all the games, of all the venues.
[00:14:04] venues. But it was city who took took the victory, securing a three
[00:14:08] three zero win at Anfield. The club club maintained they haven't broken
[00:14:11] broken any rules and have appealed appealed against the verdict. Security
[00:14:15] Security was stepped up around Anfield Anfield ahead of the arrival of the
[00:14:19] the City team bus, which was also
[00:14:21] also greeted by boos and chants ahead
[00:14:24] ahead of the game. Liverpool fans
[00:14:26] fans were not impressed. The atmosphere
[00:14:29] atmosphere is going to be volatile. volatile. I think it's always a special
[00:14:32] special game, not as big as Man United United and Everton, but I think it's it's still up there with the best.
[00:14:36] best. I think because they're dominating dominating for a lot of years, I
[00:14:40] I think once they get the perch back
[00:14:42] back from the year before. So I think think it is more more difficult because
[00:14:46] because of what's going on, on city.
[00:14:48] city. It's isn't it? It's more. Yeah,
[00:14:50] Yeah, I think so. And it's kind of
[00:14:53] of also the whole saga really I'm I'm losing my passion for the game,
[00:14:57] game, to be honest. Just feels like like it's no longer for supporters,
[00:15:00] supporters, no longer for fans. It's It's all about the money nowadays.
[00:15:04] nowadays. Money, money. How many
[00:15:06] many teams have been relegated or or lost Champions League spots, Europe
[00:15:10] Europe spots. I mean I'm a Liverpool Liverpool supporter. I don't want
[00:15:13] want tainted titles. I just like
[00:15:16] like some justice. Well, our sports
[00:15:19] sports editor Dan Roan sends this this update after the final whistle
[00:15:22] whistle and says the whole Premier Premier League has been left waiting
[00:15:25] waiting to see what happens next next after another Manchester City
[00:15:28] City win. Now city have won convincingly convincingly here today. I think think that is the result that many
[00:15:32] many fans, not just Liverpool fans fans but supporters of other clubs
[00:15:35] clubs would have feared because it it does mean that their perfect start
[00:15:38] start to the season continues that that six wins out of six. There are
[00:15:41] are three points clear at the top top of the table, nine points now
[00:15:45] now ahead of Liverpool. But how much much does it actually mean that?
[00:15:49] that? That is a hard question to to answer. If city go on and win
[00:15:52] win or even just if they're in the the title race, how much pride can
[00:15:55] can they take? How much excitement excitement can it spark when you
[00:15:59] you know, when everybody knows that that there is a very real prospect prospect that they could be handed
[00:16:03] handed a huge points deduction that that would condemn them to relegation
[00:16:06] relegation or even expulsion from from the league. And until we know
[00:16:10] know what that punishment is and and until we know the outcome of of any appeal, we know that city
[00:16:13] city have appealed, but we don't don't know how long that will take
[00:16:15] take or whether indeed they'll then then go beyond football jurisdiction
[00:16:19] jurisdiction and take it to the courts.
[00:16:22] courts. Then this sense of limbo limbo will hang over this campaign.
[00:16:26] campaign. And what many will fear
[00:16:27] fear is future seasons. If it's not
[00:16:31] not concluded before the start of
[00:16:32] of next season. At least 139 people
[00:16:36] people have been killed, including
[00:16:38] including 15 children, after a boat
[00:16:40] boat sank off the shores of Djibouti.
[00:16:43] Djibouti. That's according to the the International Organisation for
[00:16:46] for migration. Survivors said the the vessel, which was carrying around
[00:16:49] around 350 people from Djibouti to to Yemen, capsized north of the town
[00:16:53] town of Obock overnight on October
[00:16:55] October the 8th. 82 people, all Ethiopian
[00:16:59] Ethiopian nationals, were rescued. rescued. It's among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks recorded on
[00:17:02] on a route used by migrants from from the Horn of Africa trying to
[00:17:05] to reach the Gulf states. Alexandre
[00:17:09] Alexandre Coissac is the International International Organisation for Migration's
[00:17:11] Migration's chief of mission in Djibouti. Djibouti. He visited the shoreline
[00:17:15] shoreline where the shipwreck took took place and has been telling me
[00:17:18] me more about it. I arrived one day
[00:17:21] day after and I saw I mean, it's it's very tragic. It's very difficult
[00:17:24] difficult to describe. Sorry, but but many, many, many dead bodies
[00:17:28] bodies that were on the scene that that have been pushed on the sea.
[00:17:31] sea. The day just before the army, army, which was the first to intervene
[00:17:35] intervene together with the local
[00:17:37] local authorities and already buried
[00:17:39] buried 67 bodies, but more were being
[00:17:42] being pushed by the sea. So I saw saw devastation. That's what I've
[00:17:45] I've seen. Yes. And what have survivors
[00:17:48] survivors had to say? We've met some some survivors actually, as we were
[00:17:52] were going there with the car somebody
[00:17:55] somebody was in the desert, got lost
[00:17:57] lost and run towards US, very frankly. frankly. I mean, the one I met could
[00:18:01] could hardly speak. He had been lost
[00:18:03] lost in the desert for one and a a half when we met him. We brought
[00:18:07] brought him to our centre. We are
[00:18:09] are providing support to another
[00:18:12] another 8081 of them altogether. altogether. It's 82 people that we
[00:18:16] we are currently helping in a migrant migrant response centre that we have
[00:18:19] have in Obock. There are all in state
[00:18:21] state of shock. It's very difficult
[00:18:24] difficult for them to, to express express what happened and what we
[00:18:27] we are trying to do for them is to to provide food, water, shelter.
[00:18:31] shelter. I mean, human contact. And
[00:18:33] And we have our health doctors and and psychologists who are also working
[00:18:36] working with them. A flash flood
[00:18:39] flood in central Nepal has left at
[00:18:41] at least five people missing. More
[00:18:44] More than 140 houses were fully or or partially damaged, and bridges
[00:18:48] bridges and hydropower infrastructure infrastructure were swept away. Officials
[00:18:51] Officials suspect a dry landslide landslide had blocked the river in
[00:18:54] in the area before it burst. More
[00:18:56] More than 90 people, including nine nine foreigners, have been rescued
[00:18:59] rescued so far. Residents living living downstream have been told
[00:19:03] told to leave for their safety. A
[00:19:05] A disaster management official said
[00:19:07] said SMS alerts helped avert a major major loss of life. The country remains
[00:19:11] remains on high alert after devastating devastating floods swept at thousands
[00:19:15] thousands of people away seven weeks
[00:19:17] weeks ago, triggered by a glacier glacier collapse along the border
[00:19:20] border with Tibet. Visitors to a
[00:19:24] a wildlife park in South Yorkshire Yorkshire in northern England have
[00:19:27] have been describing their shock shock and distress after a man was
[00:19:31] was killed when he entered the tiger tiger enclosure yesterday. The park
[00:19:34] park remains closed while an investigation
[00:19:36] investigation continues. Yunus Mulla
[00:19:40] Mulla reports. A Siberian tiger filmed,
[00:19:42] filmed, relaxed and in the sunshine sunshine just minutes before a man
[00:19:47] man entered this enclosure at the the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and was
[00:19:50] was attacked. The entire incident incident at the Land of Tigers section
[00:19:53] section was witnessed by Ella Ford. Ford. She was on a raised walkway
[00:19:57] walkway with her boyfriend. He climbed climbed up and some woman was there
[00:20:01] there talking to him and he climbed climbed up onto the barriers onto
[00:20:04] onto like a metal bar. And then next next thing you know, he just jumped
[00:20:07] jumped in and then he like crawled
[00:20:11] crawled towards in front of the tiger tiger where the tiger was perched perched and just lay there. We've
[00:20:14] We've seen the tiger get down and and come over to him and obviously
[00:20:18] obviously grab on to him. And then
[00:20:20] then he was shouting for help. And And then people around us was obviously
[00:20:23] obviously trying to get the kids kids away and gone to try and find
[00:20:27] find help. And then that's when all
[00:20:29] all the staff ran over and obviously obviously had to block the whole
[00:20:32] whole bridge that everyone was on on and got everyone off the bridge.
[00:20:36] bridge. Staff evacuated around 15 15 to 20 people from the enclosures
[00:20:40] enclosures raised platform and emergency emergency services were called, but
[00:20:43] but the man died at the scene. Went
[00:20:46] Went past the tiger walkway. My family family said, oh, that's it there
[00:20:48] there look. And there were a load
[00:20:50] load of police loads of rangers and and this black tarpaulin thing up
[00:20:54] up to cover people from seeing in.
[00:20:57] in. The two acre reserve is home home to Amur tigers, an endangered
[00:21:01] endangered subspecies with around around 500 left in the wild. The
[00:21:04] The high fence walkway allows visitors
[00:21:06] visitors to see the animals roaming
[00:21:09] roaming below the park said today today it's thoughts and sympathies sympathies remain with the family
[00:21:13] family of the man who has died. Staff
[00:21:16] Staff here will also be given specialist
[00:21:19] specialist support and the tiger, tiger, it said, is safe and will
[00:21:22] will not be euthanized as a result
[00:21:23] result of the attack. The park remains
[00:21:26] remains closed. Yunus Mulla BBC News
[00:21:32] News Doncaster. And you can read
[00:21:33] read much more on this story from
[00:21:37] from Yorkshire there on the BBC website
[00:21:39] website and app as well. Now let's
[00:21:42] let's take you to the red carpet carpet at the London Film Festival
[00:21:46] Festival this evening for the premiere
[00:21:48] premiere of animal. Actor Ashley
[00:21:50] Ashley Walters is making his directorial directorial debut with a film about
[00:21:54] about a teenager navigating life
[00:21:56] life inside a young offenders institution institution starring Tut Nuyot and
[00:22:00] and Stephen Graham. Our culture correspondent correspondent Noor Nanji reports.
[00:22:03] reports. Well, I'm here at London London Film Festival where there
[00:22:06] there are a whole host of films generating generating a real buzz around them.
[00:22:09] them. One of them is animal, a new new drama by Ashley Walters. Now
[00:22:12] Now you probably know Ashley Walters Walters as usually being in front
[00:22:15] front of the camera, but he is now now directing this film. It is the
[00:22:18] the first feature film that he has has directed. Now the film itself
[00:22:21] itself is set in a youth detention detention centre, and it follows
[00:22:25] follows the young inmates as they they navigate friendship and identity,
[00:22:28] identity, all against the backdrop backdrop of something which is quite
[00:22:31] quite violent and often quite stressful. stressful. It has a whole number
[00:22:34] number of rising stars who are in
[00:22:36] in this film, but also Stephen Graham,
[00:22:38] Graham, who stars as a welfare officer
[00:22:41] officer in the prison and of course, course, Stephen Graham and Ashley
[00:22:45] Ashley Walters were recently together together in the TV series. The hit
[00:22:48] hit TV series Netflix drama adolescence
[00:22:51] adolescence last year. And I started started by asking Ashley Walters
[00:22:54] Walters whether he felt any pressure
[00:22:57] pressure living up to that. Of course course there's pressure. You know,
[00:23:01] know, you want to you want to win. win. You want to make a good movie
[00:23:04] movie or whatever. But I realised realised the good movie is subjective,
[00:23:07] subjective, right? It's like, you you know, as long as I pushed my
[00:23:10] my vision and the idea that I had had for this film and I came out
[00:23:14] out with that or somewhat, you know,
[00:23:15] know, similar to what I had envisaged envisaged then I'd be happy, I'd
[00:23:19] I'd be proud of myself. And however however anyone else took it, it's
[00:23:21] it's up to them. But to be here amongst amongst all these great people at
[00:23:25] at this festival is like amazing. amazing. It's overwhelming. And Stephen
[00:23:28] Stephen Graham and you are friends. friends. You are brilliant together together in adolescence. Now you're
[00:23:32] you're directing him. Was it strange strange to make that transition? transition? Oh, not at all. I'd already
[00:23:35] already directed him. I had a taster taster because I had him in a thousand
[00:23:39] thousand blows that I did for Disney Disney that I directed before. So
[00:23:42] So it was kind of we had a we already already had a rapport. I already
[00:23:45] already knew how he was working. working. I think in a thousand blows
[00:23:48] blows it was scarier than animal animal because I'd already done it.
[00:23:51] it. How did you draw on your own own experiences in a young offenders
[00:23:54] offenders institution for this film? film? Most of what you see in the
[00:23:58] the film is how I saw my Young Offenders
[00:24:00] Offenders Institute. I mean, we spent spent months and months and months
[00:24:03] months kind of going back and forth forth about prisons that we would
[00:24:06] would shoot in because I needed it it to look it feel like the same
[00:24:10] same prison that I was in. So we we found the prison that was that
[00:24:13] that close, but down to the clothes, clothes, the colours, you know, the
[00:24:16] the sounds, everything comes from from my memory of being in a YOY
[00:24:20] YOY when I was. And this film will will make you smile. It'll make you
[00:24:23] you cry. What message do you want
[00:24:24] want people to take away from it?
[00:24:29] it? Hope you know, pushing people
[00:24:30] people to be their authentic selves
[00:24:33] selves and shame. Sometimes a lot
[00:24:35] lot of the time is like a construct,
[00:24:37] construct, you know, a lot of people people do things behind closed doors
[00:24:40] doors that they don't want to talk talk about because of how they think
[00:24:44] think other people feel about them.
[00:24:47] them. And I would say 95% of those those things you could probably tell
[00:24:49] tell someone and find support. A A lot of problems happen when we
[00:24:52] we feel we're the only ones going going through something. And this
[00:24:55] this film is about, you know, saying, saying, first of all, that you're
[00:24:58] you're not the only person. And second, second, don't be ashamed of who ashamed
[00:25:01] ashamed of who you are. You know? know? Now before we go, I want to
[00:25:05] to show you some stunning images images that BBC Weather Watchers
[00:25:09] Watchers have captured of the Northern
[00:25:11] Northern Lights. The natural phenomenon
[00:25:13] phenomenon known as the Aurora borealis, borealis, which is the result of
[00:25:17] of increased solar activity, was was seen across large parts of the
[00:25:20] the UK. Such occurrences are mostly
[00:25:23] mostly visible near the Arctic Circle Circle and northern Scotland, but
[00:25:27] but particularly strong activity activity levels meant there could
[00:25:28] could be seen as far south as Devon,
[00:25:31] Devon, Hampshire and Kent on Saturday Saturday night, the Met Office says
[00:25:35] says sightings could continue to to be possible during clear skies
[00:25:38] skies until Tuesday. Experts have
[00:25:42] have previously said 2026 will be be a peak year for Aurora spotting,
[00:25:46] spotting, as the sun has been in in a heightened state of activity
[00:25:49] activity as part of its 11 year natural
[00:25:52] natural cycle. Some beautiful pictures pictures there. You're watching BBC
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