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[00:00:14] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:16] BBC News Ahead this hour. Saudi authorities
[00:00:19] authorities say one person has been
[00:00:21] been killed in another attack on on Riyadh's international airport.
[00:00:25] airport. It follows Saturday's Houthi Houthi attack on the same airport
[00:00:28] airport that killed 13 people. We'll
[00:00:30] We'll have new video showing the
[00:00:33] the moment of the strike, the bloodshed
[00:00:35] bloodshed in Ukraine continues. Three Three dead in this Russian strike
[00:00:38] strike while President Zelensky says says Russia struck energy facilities
[00:00:42] facilities after President Trump's Trump's announcement of an energy
[00:00:46] energy ceasefire, President Zelensky Zelensky welcomes Donald Trump's Trump's announcement, but Moscow
[00:00:50] Moscow has yet to comment. And Pope
[00:00:53] Pope Leo says he's to undergo surgery surgery after his detected doctors
[00:00:57] doctors what he called a very early
[00:00:58] early stage nodule in his lung. Helena
[00:01:10] Helena Humphrey, good to have you you with us. We start with breaking
[00:01:14] breaking news out of Saudi Arabia. Arabia. Officials say that one person
[00:01:16] person has died and 11 others were
[00:01:19] were injured in the second strike strike on the Riyadh International
[00:01:22] International Airport in as many
[00:01:24] many days. Officials say that a projectile projectile hit a passenger hall,
[00:01:28] hall, sparking a fire. It comes just just a day after Saturday's attack
[00:01:31] attack by Yemen's Houthis, which
[00:01:34] which killed 13 people, injuring
[00:01:36] injuring over 300 people. Now there's there's new CCTV video of that strike,
[00:01:40] strike, a warning that it is distressing.
[00:01:43] distressing. This footage is coming
[00:01:45] coming to us from Al Arabiya, a media
[00:01:48] media organisation funded by the the Saudi government, with paused
[00:01:50] paused the video here. At the moment
[00:01:53] moment of impact before an explosion. explosion. As you can see tears through
[00:01:57] through the airport hall as people people run to shelter. The BBC has
[00:02:01] has not independently verified the the video and it's been obtained
[00:02:03] obtained by multiple news agencies
[00:02:05] agencies including AFP and Reuters.
[00:02:08] Reuters. Now no flights are going going in or out of Riyadh. This is
[00:02:11] is a live illustration of air traffic traffic largely avoiding the Saudi
[00:02:15] Saudi capital, which usually handles handles more than 100,000 passengers
[00:02:19] passengers each day. Meanwhile, inside
[00:02:22] inside Yemen, Houthi run television television claims to show buildings
[00:02:25] buildings damaged by a Saudi strike strike in the capital Sanaa. The
[00:02:28] The BBC has not independently verified
[00:02:30] verified the footage. All of this
[00:02:33] this as Yemen's internal civil war war rages on. Yemen's government government forces say that these
[00:02:37] these pictures show military operations operations against the Houthis east
[00:02:40] east of Sanaa. Joe Inwood reports.
[00:02:43] reports. May I have your attention,
[00:02:46] attention, please? It in the. Chaos
[00:02:50] Chaos at one of Saudi Arabia's most
[00:02:52] most important airports. Inside the the terminal, the damage is clear.
[00:02:56] clear. The result of a missile strike.
[00:02:59] strike. More than 300 people injured.
[00:03:01] injured. Emergency services said
[00:03:04] said to be overwhelmed tonight. The The Houthis have claimed responsibility
[00:03:07] responsibility not just for this this attack but for this one. Last
[00:03:10] Last Thursday at the same airport airport as well as one at a state
[00:03:14] state run gas plant with the help
[00:03:17] help of Almighty God, the armed forces
[00:03:19] forces carried out for qualitative qualitative operations over the past
[00:03:23] past 24 hours using a number of ballistic ballistic and winged missiles as
[00:03:26] as well as drones. The first operation operation targeted King Khalid Airport
[00:03:29] Airport in Riyadh. The second operation
[00:03:31] operation targeted an Aramco gas
[00:03:34] gas plant. The Iran-backed group
[00:03:37] group control large parts of Yemen.
[00:03:39] Yemen. Saudi Arabia's strategically strategically significant southern southern neighbour. For more than
[00:03:43] than a decade, the Houthis have been been involved in a brutal civil war
[00:03:47] war with the internationally recognised recognised government, which has
[00:03:49] has Saudi backing. Now, for the last last couple of years, there's been
[00:03:52] been an uneasy truce. But that was
[00:03:55] was shattered in recent months. The The Houthis made lightning advances
[00:03:59] advances down the Red Sea coast last
[00:04:01] last month, giving them an even greater greater ability to threaten shipping
[00:04:04] shipping in the Red Sea. Now Saudi
[00:04:06] Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes
[00:04:09] strikes and with the government recently recently retook some territory. The
[00:04:13] The Houthi response to that could
[00:04:15] could be seen at Riyadh airport last
[00:04:17] last night from the US President. President. Condemnation of the attack,
[00:04:21] attack, but no promise of support.
[00:04:22] support. I think it's terrible,
[00:04:27] terrible. The Saudis able to find find themselves. Well. They're able able to defend look, the Saudis are
[00:04:31] are good fighters. But I think the the attack was a terrible thing.
[00:04:34] thing. This attack was one of the
[00:04:36] the most severe on Saudi soil in
[00:04:39] in over a decade. Some of those killed killed are now being identified,
[00:04:43] identified, one of them, Buthaina Buthaina Awada, was a mother of four
[00:04:46] four from Syria. She was a victim victim of a conflict she had no part
[00:04:50] part in, but that seems to be escalating
[00:04:52] escalating dangerously. Joe Inwood,
[00:04:55] Inwood, BBC News. Democratic Senator Senator Chris Murphy has been on
[00:04:59] on a tour of US allies in the Middle
[00:05:01] Middle East. He says that he was was in the Riyadh airport the day
[00:05:05] day before it was struck. We're back back now in Washington. Senator Murphy,
[00:05:08] Murphy, ranking member on the Foreign Foreign Relations Committee, described
[00:05:11] described the conflict to our partners
[00:05:13] partners at CBS News as a full-blown full-blown war that is spiralling
[00:05:17] spiralling out of control. In regard
[00:05:20] regard to this particular strike.
[00:05:22] strike. The US has not committed
[00:05:24] committed to retaliating on our partners, partners, the Saudis behalf. Do you
[00:05:28] you think that would be appropriate? appropriate? No, I don't think the the United States should go to war
[00:05:32] war in Yemen. I mean, this administration
[00:05:35] administration is absolutely incompetent incompetent in war making. And so
[00:05:38] so just as we have made the Middle Middle East worse and more chaotic
[00:05:42] chaotic by getting involved in a a war against Iran, we would simply
[00:05:46] simply escalate and make the situation situation even more dangerous if
[00:05:48] if we then went to war not only with
[00:05:50] with Iran but with the Houthis in
[00:05:53] in Yemen as well. Well, joining me me live now is Allison Minor, director
[00:05:57] director of the project for Middle Middle East Integration at the Atlantic Atlantic Council, and she also served
[00:06:01] served as deputy special envoy for
[00:06:03] for Yemen and as director for Arabian
[00:06:05] Arabian Peninsula affairs on the the National Security Council. Allison,
[00:06:08] Allison, when you look at that attack
[00:06:10] attack on Riyadh airport, two attacks
[00:06:13] attacks now, does this mark a turning turning point, do you think, in this
[00:06:16] this conflict for Saudi Arabia? Hi,
[00:06:19] Hi, Helena. It's good to be with with you. I really think it does.
[00:06:21] does. I think this raises the stakes stakes of the conflict quite a bit.
[00:06:25] bit. And we've seen repeated Houthi
[00:06:27] Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure, infrastructure, both since this conflict
[00:06:31] conflict escalated in recent weeks
[00:06:34] weeks and prior to the 2022 truce truce between the Houthis and the
[00:06:37] the Saudi backed coalition. But I
[00:06:39] I think the level of damage from
[00:06:42] from this attack striking the capital's capital's airport, a major artery
[00:06:46] artery for the country and killing killing over a dozen people. This
[00:06:49] This has has demonstrated that the the Houthi capabilities have grown
[00:06:53] grown over time, and they're showing showing the strains of Saudi Arabia's Arabia's ability to continue to deflect
[00:06:57] deflect those attacks. So I think think we will see a widening, intensifying
[00:07:00] intensifying war, at least over the the short-term. So, Allison, where
[00:07:03] where do you think this goes? What
[00:07:05] What are the options for Riyadh right right now and how determined do you
[00:07:09] you see the Houthis as being? You've You've said that their capabilities
[00:07:13] capabilities have increased. How
[00:07:14] How much can they dig in? So the
[00:07:18] the Houthis are very dug in. You You know, they are trying to settle
[00:07:21] settle the Yemen conflict basically basically on surrender terms. And
[00:07:25] And this is, you know, an existential existential fight for them, for Saudi
[00:07:28] Saudi Arabia. They have to respond. respond. We're already seeing them
[00:07:31] them preparing to respond to yesterday's yesterday's attack on the airport.
[00:07:35] airport. And I think they are going going to continue to try to impose
[00:07:39] impose costs on the Houthis for these these attacks. But really, the question question in the Yemen war is, is
[00:07:43] is the balance of power on the ground ground between the Houthis and the
[00:07:47] the Saudi backed Yemen government? government? And that fight is is
[00:07:50] is continuing to rage, centring now
[00:07:51] now on the city of Taiz, a strategic strategic connection between the
[00:07:55] the Houthi controlled north and the the government controlled south.
[00:07:58] south. And you know that fighting fighting shows. So shows no sign sign of abating either. So I think
[00:08:02] think we're going to continue to to see reverberating consequences.
[00:08:06] consequences. And if we see other other countries get involved not
[00:08:09] not just in defending Saudi Arabia,
[00:08:11] Arabia, but also in direct hostilities hostilities on in the ground on the
[00:08:15] the ground inside of Yemen. I think think we could see the Houthis expanding
[00:08:18] expanding their target set to include include new countries in the region
[00:08:22] region and also other assets in the
[00:08:24] the Red Sea. Which countries do you you think that could potentially
[00:08:28] potentially be? Allison. So as we
[00:08:31] we heard earlier, the US is certainly
[00:08:34] certainly top of the list for Saudi Saudi Arabia for a more robust response.
[00:08:37] response. I think there's a real real question in my head about what
[00:08:41] what additional US air strikes could could accomplish. But that's something
[00:08:45] something clearly that Riyadh is
[00:08:46] is is seeking. Other countries include include Pakistan and Turkey. We saw
[00:08:50] saw earlier this month the activation
[00:08:52] activation of the Mecca Defence agreement. agreement. So far, Pakistan and Turkey
[00:08:56] Turkey have both sent various forms
[00:08:58] forms of support to Saudi Arabia Arabia to help defend the kingdom.
[00:09:02] kingdom. And we've heard reports reports of Turkish military assets
[00:09:06] assets on the ground inside of Yemen. Yemen. But in terms of both those
[00:09:09] those countries actually joining joining hostilities inside of Yemen,
[00:09:11] Yemen, that's yet to be seen. I mean, mean, what do you think all of this
[00:09:15] this means for global energy markets markets as well? So far, the Houthis
[00:09:18] Houthis have been saying that we
[00:09:20] we are only targeting Saudi flagged flagged vessels in the Bab al-Mandab
[00:09:24] al-Mandab Strait. Do you see that
[00:09:25] that changing? I think if other countries
[00:09:28] countries join in, in the conflict conflict or we see really devastating
[00:09:32] devastating Saudi strikes on, on on the Houthis, they could certainly
[00:09:35] certainly expand their attacks. The The Houthis have realised that constraining constraining traffic through the
[00:09:39] the Red Sea is one of their most most effective tools. And if they
[00:09:42] they feel backed into a corner in in this wider war, I think we could could see them expanding those attacks.
[00:09:46] attacks. You know, I do think over
[00:09:48] over the course of both this re-escalation
[00:09:51] re-escalation of the Yemen war and and the broader Iran conflict, we've
[00:09:54] we've seen that, you know, there there are ways to keep oil moving.
[00:09:57] moving. But I think this the latest
[00:10:00] latest events in Yemen and Saudi Saudi Arabia point to the fact that
[00:10:03] that we're going to see, if not catastrophic catastrophic oil prices, elevated
[00:10:06] elevated oil prices for months and
[00:10:08] and perhaps even years to come. Briefly, Briefly, if you don't mind, you know,
[00:10:12] know, are we seeing shrinking routes, routes, though for oil first Strait
[00:10:15] Strait of Hormuz, then Bab al-Mandab, al-Mandab, you know, are all of the
[00:10:18] the back-up plans perhaps slipping
[00:10:21] slipping away? Yes and no, it's not
[00:10:23] not been a completely linear progression.
[00:10:25] progression. We saw a surge of exports
[00:10:28] exports through the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz earlier this month, but then
[00:10:32] then that started to wane again as as we saw Iranian attacks on those
[00:10:35] those vessels start to increase. increase. So I think, you know, we've
[00:10:39] we've seen that there are various
[00:10:41] various ways to get around these
[00:10:44] these constrictions. But those two two then get subject to attacks and
[00:10:48] and to other means of subversion. subversion. So again, I think it's
[00:10:51] it's not necessarily going to be be that all oil will stop flowing
[00:10:55] flowing from the Gulf, but it will will remain constrained, especially especially for refined products.
[00:10:59] products. That means higher gas prices, prices, higher diesel prices, not
[00:11:01] not just here in the United States
[00:11:04] States but globally. Allison Minor, Minor, director of the project for
[00:11:07] for Middle East Integration at the the Atlantic Council. Thanks for
[00:11:10] for being with us. Thank you. Now
[00:11:13] Now Ukraine is accusing Russia of of ongoing deadly attacks despite
[00:11:17] despite a so-called energy ceasefire ceasefire proposed by President Trump.
[00:11:21] Trump. President Zelensky says Russia Russia struck power plants following
[00:11:24] following the announcement and has has continued to strike civilian civilian areas. This footage shows
[00:11:28] shows damage from an industrial site
[00:11:30] site near Kyiv. On Sunday, President President Trump posted this, claiming
[00:11:34] claiming that the two sides agreed agreed to stop attacks on energy
[00:11:38] energy facilities effective immediately. immediately. But the Kremlin has
[00:11:40] has yet to comment. President Zelensky Zelensky said the announcement was,
[00:11:43] was, quote, news to him, but the the Ukraine would support a ceasefire
[00:11:47] ceasefire if Russia sticks to the the terms. Both the UK and Canada
[00:11:50] Canada have since affirmed support support for a sustained energy cease
[00:11:53] cease fire. Our Ukraine correspondent correspondent Dan Johnson sent us
[00:11:56] us this report from Kyiv. On the
[00:11:59] the edge of Kharkiv this evening.
[00:12:04] evening. A reminder Russia has not
[00:12:06] not stopped attacking Ukraine. This
[00:12:10] This woman was filming after the
[00:12:12] the sirens asking where would be
[00:12:15] be hit. She was lucky to survive
[00:12:17] survive a strike on a shop that killed
[00:12:20] killed three people and injured more
[00:12:22] more than 20. This just hours after
[00:12:25] after Donald Trump announced his
[00:12:27] his partial truce on Truth Social,
[00:12:30] Social, he wrote effective immediately, immediately, there is an energy ceasefire
[00:12:33] ceasefire in the war between Russia Russia and Ukraine. Both parties
[00:12:37] parties have agreed. Do not break
[00:12:41] break it. Ukraine's been targeting targeting Russian oil refineries
[00:12:45] refineries in response to attacks attacks on its own power grid. Ukraine
[00:12:48] Ukraine said it was ready to cease cease if Russia did the same. But
[00:12:52] But Donald Trump's announcement appeared appeared to come as a surprise to
[00:12:56] to President Zelensky. Ukraine is
[00:12:59] is ready to refrain from striking striking Russia's energy infrastructure,
[00:13:03] infrastructure, and we expect Russia Russia to show the same readiness
[00:13:06] readiness and honour. The agreement agreement reached with the President
[00:13:09] President of the United States. He
[00:13:12] He better damn well stop. It's been
[00:13:14] been a tense weekend of fractured
[00:13:17] fractured US Ukraine relations. I I suggest they get a new leader who
[00:13:20] who can make a deal. The row started
[00:13:23] started when Donald Trump lifted lifted export restrictions on Russian
[00:13:26] Russian diesel. Many believe to ease
[00:13:28] ease fuel prices driven up by the
[00:13:31] the war in Iran. In Kyiv, the streets
[00:13:36] streets have fallen dark and quiet
[00:13:38] quiet as its power network has been
[00:13:40] been pounded. Many people here are are without light, heat or water
[00:13:44] water because electricity is needed needed to pump it. Ukrainians were
[00:13:48] were braced for a very difficult difficult few months ahead into the
[00:13:51] the winter, so there's a lot riding riding on this cease fire. But even
[00:13:54] even if it holds, the war is not
[00:13:57] not over. And that was hammered home
[00:14:01] home tonight with more drones heading
[00:14:03] heading for the capital. In less
[00:14:06] less than two hours in this was Kharkiv's
[00:14:09] Kharkiv's main power station tonight
[00:14:11] tonight ablaze and leaving Ukrainians Ukrainians questioning what impact
[00:14:14] impact this cease fire will have.
[00:14:17] have. Meanwhile, in the US., a growing growing coalition of Democratic and
[00:14:21] and Republican lawmakers are criticising criticising President Trump over
[00:14:25] over the diesel deal. Republican Republican Senator Thom Tillis called
[00:14:28] called it dangerous in an interview
[00:14:29] interview with NBC's Meet the Press.
[00:14:32] Press. Look, this is this has deadly
[00:14:35] deadly consequences, giving Vladimir Vladimir Putin any sense that we're we're going to put our foot on the
[00:14:39] the brakes versus put our foot on
[00:14:41] on the accelerator to ending this
[00:14:43] this war and ensuring peace in Europe. Europe. We've got to we've got to
[00:14:47] to go back. And I do believe there's there's a legitimate case for saying saying the President is not following
[00:14:50] following the law. We were very clear
[00:14:53] clear that we are that Russia is is the aggressor. Russia is the one
[00:14:56] one who can end this war by backing backing out of territory that they
[00:14:59] they occupied. I've been speaking speaking to Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian
[00:15:03] Ukrainian MP from part of Zelensky's Zelensky's coalition in Kyiv, and
[00:15:06] and I asked her how Ukraine is reacting
[00:15:09] reacting to this declared energy
[00:15:11] energy ceasefire. I don't think there's
[00:15:14] there's going to be anything coming
[00:15:16] coming out of the ceasefire for the
[00:15:19] the reason. The main reason being
[00:15:21] being that Ukraine was not part of
[00:15:24] of the deal making of the negotiations
[00:15:27] negotiations around the ceasefire. ceasefire. This information just
[00:15:31] just came through social media from
[00:15:33] from President Trump and the reaction reaction of President Zelensky was,
[00:15:36] was, as you correctly said, that that it came as a complete surprise
[00:15:39] surprise to him. It came as a complete
[00:15:42] complete surprise to Ukrainian people
[00:15:43] people as well. The relationship
[00:15:46] relationship between President Trump Trump and President Zelensky appears
[00:15:49] appears to be strained again. What's
[00:15:52] What's your assessment of where things things stand right now? Is it as
[00:15:55] as bad as what we saw after that
[00:15:58] that difficult Oval Office
[00:16:03] meeting? The relationship is very very difficult with the United States
[00:16:06] States since President Trump came
[00:16:09] came into office, into power. You
[00:16:12] You have seen that the supplies,
[00:16:15] supplies, the military supplies to
[00:16:17] to Ukraine have dwindled since then.
[00:16:20] then. We have had an intensification intensification of Russia's attacks.
[00:16:24] attacks. Russia seems to think that
[00:16:27] that they can go unpunished for continuously
[00:16:29] continuously bombing Ukrainian civilian civilian infrastructure instead of
[00:16:33] of putting pressure on Putin, President
[00:16:37] President Trump continuously tries tries to put pressure in every way
[00:16:40] way he can on President Zelensky
[00:16:43] Zelensky to cease and to the demands
[00:16:46] demands of Vladimir Putin, which which is kind of ridiculous because
[00:16:49] because it really should be the other other way around. What we are witnessing
[00:16:53] witnessing here in Ukraine, even
[00:16:55] even after this announcement of the
[00:16:57] the so-called energy ceasefire, is is more attacks in Kyiv. I have counted
[00:17:01] counted at least three air raids
[00:17:03] raids since the announcement of the
[00:17:05] the ceasefire. I'm sure that down
[00:17:08] down east and southeast Ukraine have
[00:17:09] have it even worse. The truth is
[00:17:13] is that Russia has a strategy to
[00:17:15] to make Ukrainian cities unliveable. unliveable. By the time winter comes.
[00:17:19] comes. So not even through winter,
[00:17:20] winter, but even by the time that
[00:17:23] that winter arrives. So as of 30th
[00:17:26] 30th September, they have started
[00:17:28] started bombing precision bombing bombing Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
[00:17:31] infrastructure. So power lines, power
[00:17:34] power distribution grids, the heating heating system, the water system
[00:17:38] system are all under constant attack
[00:17:40] attack from Russian missiles, drones
[00:17:43] drones and where it is possible closer closer to the border, glide bombs
[00:17:46] bombs and artillery. Are you concerned
[00:17:49] concerned that the relationship with with the United States could deteriorate deteriorate further? There's been
[00:17:53] been reporting today from the Financial
[00:17:55] Financial Times that the US has threatened
[00:17:57] threatened to block arms for Ukraine
[00:17:59] Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries. refineries. Have you heard that?
[00:18:03] that? Are you concerned about it?
[00:18:06] it? There is great concern. I mean,
[00:18:08] mean, we still view the United States
[00:18:11] States as well as all other Nato Nato member states as key allies,
[00:18:14] allies, strategic allies for Ukraine. Ukraine. The United States has been
[00:18:18] been playing a key role in maintaining
[00:18:22] maintaining democracy across the the world. As things stand, we would
[00:18:26] would really appreciate the United United States providing air defence
[00:18:29] defence for Ukraine, in particular
[00:18:31] particular Patriot missiles which
[00:18:35] which the supplies are nearly zero
[00:18:38] zero in Ukraine. We look to the United
[00:18:40] United States for further defence
[00:18:44] defence partnerships and for weapon
[00:18:46] weapon deliveries. However, for some
[00:18:49] some time now, these weapon deliveries deliveries have been unsteady if
[00:18:53] if available at all, and it has become become increasingly difficult even
[00:18:57] even for our European partners for
[00:18:59] for the EU, mainly to buy to buy,
[00:19:02] buy, not even to receive for Ukraine,
[00:19:04] Ukraine, but to buy for Ukraine. Ukraine. Weapons and weapon systems
[00:19:08] systems from the United States. All All of this is making defence of
[00:19:11] of Ukrainian civilians more and more
[00:19:13] more difficult. And at this point,
[00:19:16] point, as we speak, the only reliable reliable defence that we have is
[00:19:20] is using our own long range strike
[00:19:24] strike weapons to hit targets inside inside of Russia. And by targets
[00:19:27] targets I mean the very sources that
[00:19:30] that fuel Russia's war economy and
[00:19:33] and that make Russia's continued continued war of aggression possible.
[00:19:36] possible. And you've got President President Trump, for example, saying
[00:19:39] saying that he believes that Ukraine
[00:19:41] Ukraine needs a new president. You
[00:19:45] You are a lawyer. There are barriers
[00:19:47] barriers to that, aren't there. To
[00:19:50] To hold an election in Ukraine. We
[00:19:53] We would need to be in peace time time conditions. Ukraine's constitution
[00:19:56] constitution is no different from from the constitution of many other
[00:20:00] other countries across the world, world, and it prohibits any type
[00:20:03] type of elections during martial martial law. And Ukraine has been
[00:20:06] been in martial law conditions since
[00:20:10] since 24th of February 2022. Now
[00:20:13] Now President Zelensky has also said
[00:20:16] said that should there be a ceasefire,
[00:20:18] ceasefire, a full ceasefire for two
[00:20:22] two months, 60 days, then preparations
[00:20:25] preparations for elections could
[00:20:26] could be on the way. But, again,
[00:20:30] again, in my opinion, being a Ukrainian Ukrainian living through sometimes
[00:20:34] sometimes 20 hour air raids in Kyiv,
[00:20:37] Kyiv, I think it's impossible for for Russia to maintain a ceasefire
[00:20:40] ceasefire even for one day, let alone
[00:20:43] alone for 60 days needed to prepare prepare the country to start preparing
[00:20:46] preparing the country for an election
[00:20:48] election process. At least 139 people
[00:20:53] people have died, including 15 children,
[00:20:55] children, after a boat sank off the the shores of Djibouti. That's according
[00:20:58] according to the International Organisation Organisation for Migration Survivors Survivors said the vessel, which
[00:21:02] which was carrying around 350 people
[00:21:05] people from Djibouti to Yemen, capsized
[00:21:08] capsized north of the town of Obock Obock overnight on the 8th of October,
[00:21:12] October, 82 people all Ethiopian Ethiopian nationals, were rescued.
[00:21:14] rescued. It is among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks ever recorded
[00:21:17] recorded on a route used by migrants migrants from the Horn of Africa
[00:21:20] Africa trying to reach the Gulf states,
[00:21:23] states, Alexandre Coissac is the the International Organisation for
[00:21:26] for Migration's chief of mission mission in Djibouti. He visited the
[00:21:30] the shoreline where the shipwreck shipwreck took place and told my my colleague Catherine Byaruhanga
[00:21:34] Byaruhanga what he witnessed there. there. I arrived. One day after and
[00:21:37] and I saw I mean, it's very tragic.
[00:21:39] tragic. It's very difficult to describe. describe. Sorry, but many, many,
[00:21:43] many, many dead bodies that were were on the scene that have been
[00:21:46] been pushed on the sea the day just
[00:21:49] just before the army, which was the the first to intervene together with
[00:21:52] with the local authorities, had already
[00:21:54] already are buried 67 bodies, but but more were being pushed by the
[00:21:58] the sea. So I saw devastation. That's
[00:22:01] That's what I've seen. Yes. And what
[00:22:03] what have survivors had to say? We've
[00:22:06] We've met some survivors actually, actually, as we were going there
[00:22:09] there with the car, some was in the
[00:22:12] the desert, got lost and run towards towards us very frankly. I mean,
[00:22:16] mean, the one I met could hardly hardly speak. He had been lost in
[00:22:20] in the desert for one and a half half when we met him. We brought
[00:22:23] brought him to a centre. We. We are
[00:22:25] are providing support to another
[00:22:28] another 8081 of them. Altogether Altogether it's 82 people that we
[00:22:32] we are currently helping in a migrant migrant response centre that we have
[00:22:35] have in Obock. They are all in state
[00:22:37] state of shock. It's very difficult
[00:22:40] difficult for them to, to express express what happened and what we
[00:22:43] we are trying to do for them is to to provide food, water, shelter.
[00:22:47] shelter. I mean human contact. And
[00:22:49] And we have our health doctors and and psychologists who are also working
[00:22:53] working with them. A flash flood flood left at least five people missing
[00:22:57] missing in Nepal. More than 140 houses
[00:22:59] houses were fully or partially damaged, damaged, and bridges and hydropower
[00:23:03] hydropower infrastructure swept away. away. More than 90 people, including
[00:23:05] including nine foreigners, have been been rescued so far, a disaster management
[00:23:09] management official said that SMS SMS alerts helped avert a major loss
[00:23:13] loss of life. Well, the country remains remains on high alert after devastating
[00:23:17] devastating flooding which swept swept thousands of people away seven
[00:23:19] seven weeks ago. Triggered by a glacier
[00:23:22] glacier collapse along the border border with Tibet. Pope Leo made
[00:23:26] made a surprise announcement on Sunday Sunday saying that he is to undergo
[00:23:30] undergo surgery to remove a small small lung nodule. The Pope said
[00:23:33] said that the nodule, which usually usually refers to a lump or tissue
[00:23:37] tissue growth, was detected at a a very early stage during a routine
[00:23:41] routine medical check-up now, the the Vatican said that the operation
[00:23:44] operation is scheduled for the first
[00:23:46] first days of this week and the estimated estimated post-operative recovery
[00:23:50] recovery time will be about one week.
[00:23:52] week. The 71-year-old pontiff has has no previously known health problems.
[00:23:55] problems. Our Rome correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford has
[00:23:58] has more. Yeah, as you say, a real real surprise, of course, for everybody
[00:24:01] everybody who had gathered here on on Saint Peter's Square at midday midday today. That's when Catholics
[00:24:05] Catholics come here to see the Pope, Pope, to have a blessing by the Pope
[00:24:09] Pope from the balcony here. After
[00:24:11] After that, though, the Pope then then delivered this announcement, announcement, as you say, a big shock
[00:24:15] shock for those who were listening. listening. He said that he had had
[00:24:18] had medical checks and that doctors doctors had discovered a nodule on
[00:24:21] on his lung. Now, he said, as he he put it, that this had been detected
[00:24:24] detected at a very early stage and and was well localised, but that
[00:24:28] that doctors had advised him he should should have it removed. So he is is going to have surgery and that
[00:24:32] that will take place in the next next few days here in Rome. The Vatican
[00:24:36] Vatican is not giving many more details details than that. Just saying that
[00:24:39] that it will take him about a week week to recover from the surgery
[00:24:41] surgery itself. We do know that nodules nodules like this are relatively
[00:24:45] relatively common and that usually usually they're not cancerous. But But certainly I think Catholics around
[00:24:49] around the world are concerned are are watching this news very closely,
[00:24:52] closely, I think in particular, because because this is a relatively young
[00:24:55] young Pope. He's in his early 70s. 70s. He goes to the gym. He likes likes playing tennis. He's always
[00:24:59] always been thought of as fit and
[00:25:01] and as healthy. And this is the first first health scare that he's had
[00:25:05] had since he was elected last year. year. One encouraging note, I think,
[00:25:09] think, was perhaps his tone as he he made that announcement. He seemed seemed very calm. He even smiled
[00:25:13] smiled a couple of times during the the statement. And also he mentioned mentioned today a trip that's coming
[00:25:17] coming up in November to Peru, the the place where he was a missionary
[00:25:20] missionary for many years and a bishop. bishop. He has talked about that
[00:25:23] that with the suggestion that that that trip should still go ahead in
[00:25:26] in November. So perhaps encouraging encouraging news for Catholics even
[00:25:29] even as they absorb this. Pretty Pretty surprising and for some shocking
[00:25:32] shocking news. Eight orangutans rescued
[00:25:35] rescued from the wildfires that recently recently swept through parts of.
[00:25:38] of. Borneo have been released into into a protected forest. Now the
[00:25:42] the orangutans three mother and baby baby pairs and two male teenagers
[00:25:46] teenagers were saved from various
[00:25:48] various locations in West Kalimantan Kalimantan on the Indonesian part
[00:25:51] part of the island. Their new home
[00:25:54] home is the Batu Nyambu reserve, reserve, chosen by conservationists conservationists because of the availability
[00:25:57] availability of food and water as
[00:26:00] as well as connectivity to other
[00:26:02] other forests of orangutans are critically
[00:26:04] critically endangered.
[00:27:36] will emerge low 40s and Celsius in
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