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[00:00:13] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:15] BBC News. Ahead this hour, Saudi Saudi authorities say one person
[00:00:19] person has been killed in another another attack on Riyadh's international
[00:00:23] international airport. It follows follows Saturday's Houthi attack
[00:00:26] attack on that same airport that
[00:00:29] that killed 13 people. The bloodshed
[00:00:31] bloodshed in Ukraine continues. Three Three dead in this Russian strike,
[00:00:35] strike, while President Zelensky Zelensky says Russia struck energy
[00:00:38] energy facilities after President President Trump's announcement of
[00:00:40] of an energy cease fire. Moscow has
[00:00:43] has yet to comment and Pope Leo says
[00:00:46] says he is to undergo surgery after after his doctors detected what he
[00:00:49] he called a very early stage nodule
[00:00:52] nodule in his lung. I'm Helena Humphrey
[00:01:03] Humphrey good to have you with us. us. As we start with some breaking
[00:01:06] breaking news out of Saudi Arabia, Arabia, with officials saying that
[00:01:09] that one person has died and 11 others
[00:01:11] others were injured in the second second strike on the Riyadh International
[00:01:15] International Airport in as many many days. Officials say that a projectile
[00:01:19] projectile hit a passenger hall, hall, sparking a fire. It comes a
[00:01:22] a day after Saturday's attack by by Yemen's Houthis, which killed
[00:01:26] killed 13 people, injuring over 300.
[00:01:29] 300. Now there's new CCTV video of
[00:01:31] of that strike, a warning that it it is distressing. This footage is
[00:01:35] is coming in to us from Al Arabiya,
[00:01:37] Arabiya, a media organisation funded
[00:01:39] funded by the Saudi government with with paused the video here at the
[00:01:43] the moment of impact before an explosion. explosion. As you can see tears through
[00:01:46] through the airport hall as people people run to shelter. The BBC has
[00:01:50] has not independently verified the the video and it's been obtained
[00:01:53] obtained by multiple news agencies
[00:01:55] agencies including AFP and Reuters.
[00:01:57] Reuters. No flights are going in
[00:01:59] in or out of Riyadh. This is a live live illustration of air traffic
[00:02:03] traffic largely avoiding the Saudi
[00:02:04] Saudi capital, which usually handles
[00:02:08] handles more than 100,000 passengers passengers each day. May I have your
[00:02:11] your attention, please? This in the.
[00:02:15] the. Chaos at one of Saudi Arabia's
[00:02:18] Arabia's most important airports. airports. Inside the terminal, the
[00:02:22] the damage is clear. The result of
[00:02:24] of a missile strike. More than 300
[00:02:27] 300 people injured. Emergency services
[00:02:30] services said to be overwhelmed tonight. tonight. The Houthis have claimed
[00:02:33] claimed responsibility not just for for this attack but for this one.
[00:02:36] one. Last Thursday at the same airport
[00:02:39] airport as well as one at a state
[00:02:40] state run gas plant with the help
[00:02:43] help of Almighty God, the armed forces
[00:02:45] forces carried out for qualitative qualitative operations over the past
[00:02:49] past 24 hours using a number of ballistic
[00:02:51] ballistic and winged missiles as as well as drones. The first operation
[00:02:54] operation targeted King Khalid Airport Airport in Riyadh. The second operation
[00:02:58] operation targeted an Aramco gas
[00:03:01] gas plant. The Iran-backed group
[00:03:03] group control large parts of Yemen.
[00:03:05] Yemen. Saudi Arabia's strategically strategically significant southern
[00:03:08] southern neighbour for more than than a decade, the Houthis have been
[00:03:11] been involved in a brutal civil war war with the internationally recognised
[00:03:15] recognised government, which has has Saudi backing. Now, for the last last couple of years, there's been
[00:03:19] been an uneasy truce. But that was
[00:03:22] was shattered in recent months. The The Houthis made lightning advances
[00:03:25] advances down the Red Sea coast last last month, giving them an even greater
[00:03:29] greater ability to threaten shipping shipping in the Red Sea. Now Saudi
[00:03:33] Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes
[00:03:35] strikes and with the government recently recently retook some territory. The
[00:03:39] The Houthi response to that could
[00:03:41] could be seen at Riyadh airport last
[00:03:44] last night from the US President. President. Condemnation of the attack,
[00:03:47] attack, but no promise of support.
[00:03:49] support. I think it's terrible, terrible.
[00:03:52] terrible. I think terrible because because I think south southwest. southwest. Well they're able to defend.
[00:03:56] defend. Look the Saudis are good good fighters. But I think the attack
[00:03:59] attack was a terrible thing. This This attack was one of the most severe
[00:04:03] severe on Saudi soil in over a decade.
[00:04:06] decade. Some of those killed are are now being identified. One of
[00:04:09] of them, Buthaina Awada, was a mother
[00:04:11] mother of four from Syria. She was
[00:04:13] was a victim of a conflict she had
[00:04:15] had no part in. But that seems to
[00:04:18] to be escalating dangerously. Joe
[00:04:21] Joe Inwood, BBC News. That report
[00:04:24] report by our correspondent Joe Inwood Inwood Will Michael Ratney served
[00:04:27] served as US ambassador to Saudi
[00:04:30] Saudi Arabia from 2023 to 2025. He He was in Saudi Arabia until Saturday
[00:04:33] Saturday and shared his experience experience of trying to fly out of
[00:04:37] of the country. You know, when I I got to Saudi Arabia last week,
[00:04:40] week, it felt pretty normal. But But it was just the next night as
[00:04:43] as some friends were arriving at at the airport that there was a Houthi
[00:04:46] Houthi strike seemingly intercepted intercepted at that point. But it it was pretty unnerving. We were
[00:04:50] were planning on leaving on Friday
[00:04:53] Friday via the airport. In the event event the airport was actually fine
[00:04:56] fine on Friday, but we left via Bahrain
[00:04:58] Bahrain and sure enough, Saturday Saturday was this last atrocious
[00:05:02] atrocious attack again repeated another another one today. I think it's really
[00:05:05] really unnerving for people because
[00:05:06] because in so many ways Riyadh feels
[00:05:10] feels relatively unscathed. And I I think this is the Houthis sending
[00:05:12] sending a message that it's not just just military targets, it's not just
[00:05:16] just energy infrastructure. They're They're going to strike at civilian
[00:05:19] civilian airports in a way that could could kill a lot of people. Well,
[00:05:22] Well, the Houthi strikes on Saudi Saudi Arabia are likely to have significant
[00:05:26] significant economic impacts on the the country, which is heavily reliant
[00:05:29] reliant on oil production and exports. exports. Energy ministers and industry
[00:05:33] industry leaders gathered in Riyadh Riyadh on Sunday for the 17th International
[00:05:37] International Energy Forum ministerial ministerial meeting. The meeting
[00:05:40] meeting went ahead despite those those repeated attacks on the international
[00:05:44] international airport, the country's country's energy minister looked
[00:05:46] looked to emphasise Saudi Arabia's
[00:05:48] Arabia's ability to withstand the
[00:05:50] the regional instability. Saudi resilience
[00:05:55] resilience and foresight. I think
[00:05:57] think by now people take it as given.
[00:06:01] given. Saudi Arabia remained resilient.
[00:06:03] resilient. No one can shake our determination
[00:06:06] determination to sustain our progress
[00:06:08] progress and fulfil our commitments.
[00:06:11] commitments. Some energy industry industry giants do appear to have
[00:06:14] have concerns on Sunday. The oil oil giant BP said that it was cancelling
[00:06:18] cancelling its chief executives attendance attendance at this week's World Petroleum
[00:06:21] Petroleum Council Energy Congress Congress in Riyadh. The Financial Financial Times has reported that
[00:06:25] that the heads of ExxonMobil TotalEnergies
[00:06:28] TotalEnergies and shell have also also withdrawn, although this has
[00:06:31] has not yet been confirmed. Well,
[00:06:33] Well, joining me live now is Muhammed Muhammed Sergi, editor of Semafor
[00:06:37] Semafor Gulf. Very good to have you you with us. Thanks so much for your
[00:06:40] your time. Muhammed, you have been been reporting on how news of the
[00:06:43] the attack on Riyadh's international international airport spread across
[00:06:47] across the region. Saudi Arabia has has now released footage of the attack.
[00:06:50] attack. What do you read into that?
[00:06:52] that? Do you see it as being significant?
[00:06:55] significant? Yes. Thank you for having
[00:06:58] having me on the. It's a tragic,
[00:07:00] tragic, you know, terror attack in
[00:07:02] in all in all sense and seeing the
[00:07:06] the footage, you know, this airport airport that we all know in the region
[00:07:09] region who are who've been here know know it very well. And just as a
[00:07:12] a former ambassador mentioned, it's
[00:07:14] it's jarring for us to know that that the main gateway to Riyadh is
[00:07:18] is being attacked in this way. Civilians, Civilians, civilians are being attacked.
[00:07:22] attacked. And the implications for for obviously, business is almost
[00:07:26] almost secondary in a sense, to the the loss of life, life that we've
[00:07:29] we've seen. But Saudi Arabia has
[00:07:32] has this is in a is in a bind, in
[00:07:34] in a dilemma where they have to continue
[00:07:37] continue and show resilience and and they are resilient. But at the
[00:07:40] the same time, they're being hit
[00:07:42] hit in the main artery for their
[00:07:45] their for their economy. So, you you know, you're seeing this week
[00:07:49] week the energy conference, some, some, some global names are dropping
[00:07:52] dropping out and you know, it's completely
[00:07:56] completely kind of you know, understandable. understandable. But they need to
[00:08:00] to they need to press on and continue, continue, you know, boosting confidence
[00:08:03] confidence in their economy, which which is quite large and, you know,
[00:08:06] know, seven, 8 million barrels of of oil a day, leaving trillions of
[00:08:10] of dollars in investment coming up. up. So they have to prosecute this
[00:08:14] this war at the same time. So, Muhammed, Muhammed, how do you think they'll they'll go about that? As you point
[00:08:18] point out on one hand, trying to
[00:08:20] to keep that sense of security with
[00:08:23] with those economic concerns at a a time when they host many energy
[00:08:26] energy conferences, including the the World Petroleum Congress this
[00:08:29] this week, while at the same time
[00:08:31] time they've vowed to respond to
[00:08:33] to the Houthis. Yeah, it's this war,
[00:08:37] war, this metastasising war that
[00:08:38] that that we're looking at, you know,
[00:08:42] know, this region is, you know, as
[00:08:45] as you know, about a quarter of the
[00:08:47] the oil and oil and gas exports of of the world come out from here.
[00:08:51] here. But it's not just that there's there's millions of of expats who
[00:08:55] who live here. There's business finance,
[00:08:58] finance, all of it converges on a,
[00:09:00] a, on a node, a choke point that
[00:09:02] that is in a way, if not controlled,
[00:09:05] controlled, disrupted by Iran and and its proxies. And even in the
[00:09:08] the intro to this to the segment,
[00:09:10] segment, they mentioned the Syrian
[00:09:12] Syrian woman who was killed in the the attack and saying she was not
[00:09:15] not connected to the war when in in fact, you know, there were Houthi
[00:09:19] Houthi militias inside of Syria during during the war there supporting the
[00:09:22] the Assad regime and attacking Syrians. Syrians. So it's been connected for
[00:09:26] for a very long time. And we're now
[00:09:29] now seeing I don't know what phase
[00:09:31] phase of this 50-year-old conflict conflict between, you know, the Gulf
[00:09:35] Gulf Arab states and Iran and also
[00:09:37] also US and Israel on one side, Russia,
[00:09:40] Russia, China. But it's obviously
[00:09:43] obviously become a lot more difficult
[00:09:45] difficult to, to manage and not have have the fallout, the civilian fallout.
[00:09:49] fallout. There you are there in Dubai Dubai and you said, you know, watching
[00:09:53] watching on it is very jarring to
[00:09:56] to see the gateway to Riyadh. I think
[00:09:59] think you put it hit. So for these these other Gulf countries, how concerned
[00:10:03] concerned are they that they could could also be drawn into this conflict?
[00:10:06] conflict? Further? Yeah, definitely.
[00:10:09] definitely. That's that's the thing, thing, you know, in, in a way, they
[00:10:13] they are they are the punching bag.
[00:10:14] bag. They are the, the soft, the
[00:10:17] the soft spot for, for Iran to hit
[00:10:20] hit back as they are weakened by
[00:10:23] by the by, by the US and Israel.
[00:10:26] Israel. But and this is something
[00:10:28] something that the Gulf Gulf officials officials have been saying for a
[00:10:31] a very long time is that, you know,
[00:10:34] know, they've spent trillions of of dollars all of their lives, all
[00:10:37] all of their, you know, focus and and vision to develop these areas.
[00:10:41] areas. And they're right across from
[00:10:43] from the missiles and drones and
[00:10:47] and other, you know, artillery from from places that haven't really developed
[00:10:51] developed and, and are, are, are are bent on destroying this progress.
[00:10:54] progress. So they need to protect protect what they have continue to
[00:10:58] to move forward, defend. But every
[00:11:01] every hit is, is a costly hit. And
[00:11:03] And every loss of life is something something that that is they you know,
[00:11:06] know, none of us want to see here. here. Muhammed Sergie editor of Semafor
[00:11:09] Semafor Golf. Thanks for being with
[00:11:11] with us. Thank you. Well, Ukraine
[00:11:14] Ukraine is accusing Russia of ongoing
[00:11:16] ongoing deadly attacks despite a a so-called energy ceasefire proposed
[00:11:19] proposed by President Trump. President President Zelensky says Russia struck
[00:11:22] struck power plants following the the announcement and has continued
[00:11:26] continued to strike civilian areas. areas. This footage shows damage
[00:11:29] damage from an industrial site near near Kyiv. Well, on Sunday, President
[00:11:32] President Trump posted this, claiming claiming the two sides agreed to
[00:11:36] to stop attacks on energy facilities facilities effective immediately.
[00:11:39] immediately. But the Kremlin has has yet to comment. President Zelensky Zelensky said the announcement was,
[00:11:43] was, quote, news to him but that that Ukraine would support a ceasefire
[00:11:47] ceasefire if Russia sticks to the the terms. Both the UK and Canada
[00:11:51] Canada have since affirmed support support for a sustained energy cease
[00:11:54] cease fire. And our Ukraine correspondent correspondent Dan Johnson sent this
[00:11:57] this report from Kyiv. On the edge
[00:12:00] edge of Kharkiv this evening. A reminder
[00:12:05] reminder Russia has not stopped attacking
[00:12:09] attacking Ukraine. This woman was
[00:12:12] was filming after the sirens asking
[00:12:14] asking where would be hit. She was
[00:12:17] was lucky to survive a strike on on a shop that killed three people
[00:12:21] people and injured more than 20.
[00:12:24] 20. This just hours after Donald
[00:12:26] Donald Trump announced his partial
[00:12:29] partial truce on Truth Social, he he wrote effective immediately, there
[00:12:33] there is an energy ceasefire in the
[00:12:35] the war between Russia and Ukraine.
[00:12:37] Ukraine. Both parties have agreed.
[00:12:39] agreed. Do not break it. Ukraine's
[00:12:44] Ukraine's been targeting Russian Russian oil refineries in response
[00:12:46] response to attacks on its own power power grid. Ukraine said it was ready
[00:12:50] ready to cease if Russia did the the same. But Donald Trump's announcement
[00:12:54] announcement appeared to come as
[00:12:55] as a surprise to President Zelensky.
[00:12:59] Zelensky. Ukraine is ready to refrain
[00:13:01] refrain from striking Russia's energy energy infrastructure, and we expect
[00:13:05] expect Russia to show the same readiness readiness and honour. The agreement
[00:13:08] agreement reached with the President President of the United States. He
[00:13:12] He better damn well stop. It's been
[00:13:15] been a tense weekend of fractured
[00:13:18] fractured US Ukraine relations. I I suggest they get a new leader who
[00:13:21] who make can a deal. The row started
[00:13:24] started when Donald Trump lifted lifted export restrictions on Russian
[00:13:27] Russian diesel. Many believe to ease ease fuel prices driven up by the
[00:13:31] the war in Iran. In Kyiv, the streets
[00:13:37] streets have fallen dark and quiet
[00:13:39] quiet as its power network has been
[00:13:42] been pounded. Many people here are are without light, heat or water
[00:13:45] 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
[00:13:55] even if it holds, the war is not
[00:13:58] not over. And that was hammered home
[00:14:02] home tonight with more drones heading
[00:14:04] heading for the capital. And less
[00:14:07] less than two hours in this was Kharkiv's
[00:14:09] Kharkiv's main power station tonight.
[00:14:12] tonight. Ablaze and leaving Ukrainians Ukrainians questioning what impact
[00:14:14] impact this cease fire will
[00:14:19] have. Well, I've been speaking to to Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP MP from part of Zelensky's coalition
[00:14:23] coalition in Kyiv, and I asked her her how Ukraine is reacting to this
[00:14:27] this declared cease fire. I don't
[00:14:30] don't think there's going to be anything
[00:14:32] anything coming out of the ceasefire
[00:14:35] ceasefire for the reason. The main
[00:14:37] main reason being that Ukraine was
[00:14:40] was not part of the deal making of
[00:14:42] of the negotiations around the ceasefire.
[00:14:45] ceasefire. This information just
[00:14:47] just came through social media from
[00:14:50] from President Trump and the reaction reaction of President Zelensky was,
[00:14:53] was, as you correctly said, that that it came as a complete surprise
[00:14:56] surprise to him. It came as a complete
[00:14:59] complete surprise to Ukrainian people
[00:15:00] people as well. The relationship
[00:15:03] relationship between President Trump Trump and President Zelensky appears
[00:15:06] appears to be strained again. What's
[00:15:09] What's your assessment of where things things stand right now? Is it as
[00:15:12] as bad as what we saw after that
[00:15:15] that difficult Oval Office
[00:15:20] meeting? The relationship is very very difficult with the United States
[00:15:23] States since President Trump came
[00:15:26] came into office, into power. You
[00:15:29] You have seen that the supplies,
[00:15:32] supplies, the military supplies to
[00:15:34] to Ukraine have dwindled since then.
[00:15:38] then. We have had an intensification intensification of Russia's attacks.
[00:15:41] attacks. Russia seems to think that
[00:15:44] that they can go unpunished for continuously
[00:15:47] continuously bombing Ukrainian civilian civilian infrastructure instead of
[00:15:50] of putting pressure on Putin, President
[00:15:53] President Trump continuously tries tries to put pressure in every way
[00:15:57] way he can on President Zelensky
[00:15:59] Zelensky to cease and to the demands
[00:16:03] demands of Vladimir Putin, which which is kind of ridiculous because
[00:16:06] because it really should be the other other way around. What we are witnessing
[00:16:10] witnessing here in Ukraine, even
[00:16:12] even after this announcement of the
[00:16:14] the so-called energy cease is more more attacks in Kyiv. I have counted
[00:16:18] counted at least three air raids
[00:16:20] raids since the announcement of the
[00:16:22] the ceasefire. I'm sure that down
[00:16:24] down east and southeast Ukraine have
[00:16:27] have it even worse. The truth is
[00:16:30] is that Russia has a strategy to
[00:16:32] to make Ukrainian cities unliveable. unliveable. By the time winter comes.
[00:16:35] comes. So not even through winter,
[00:16:37] winter, but even by the time that
[00:16:40] that winter arrives. So as of 30th
[00:16:42] 30th September, they have started
[00:16:44] started bombing precision bombing bombing Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
[00:16:48] infrastructure. So power lines, power
[00:16:50] power distribution grids, the heating
[00:16:53] heating system, the water system system are all under constant attack
[00:16:57] attack from Russian missiles, drones
[00:16:59] drones and where it is possible closer closer to the border, glide bombs
[00:17:03] bombs and artillery. Are you concerned
[00:17:06] concerned that the relationship with with the United States could deteriorate deteriorate further? There's been
[00:17:10] been reporting today from the Financial Financial Times that the US has threatened
[00:17:14] threatened to block arms for Ukraine
[00:17:16] Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries. refineries. Have you heard that?
[00:17:20] that? Are you concerned about
[00:17:25] it? There's great concern. I mean, mean, we still view the United States
[00:17:28] States as well as all other Nato Nato member states as key allies,
[00:17:31] allies, strategic allies for Ukraine,
[00:17:34] Ukraine, the United States has been
[00:17:35] been playing a key role in maintaining
[00:17:39] maintaining democracy across the
[00:17:40] the world. As things stand, we would
[00:17:43] would really appreciate the United United States providing air defence
[00:17:46] defence for Ukraine, in particular
[00:17:48] particular Patriot missiles which
[00:17:52] which the supplies are nearly zero
[00:17:55] zero in Ukraine. We look to the United
[00:17:57] United States for further defence
[00:18:01] defence partnerships and for weapon
[00:18:03] weapon deliveries. However, for some
[00:18:06] some time now, these weapon deliveries deliveries have been unsteady if
[00:18:10] if available at all, and it has become
[00:18:12] become increasingly difficult even even for our European partners for
[00:18:15] for the EU, mainly to buy to buy,
[00:18:19] buy, not even to receive for Ukraine, Ukraine, but to buy for Ukraine.
[00:18:23] Ukraine. Weapons and weapon systems systems from the United States. All
[00:18:27] All of this is making defence of of Ukrainian civilians more and more
[00:18:30] more difficult. And at this point,
[00:18:32] point, as we speak, the only reliable reliable defence that we have is
[00:18:36] is using our own long-range missile
[00:18:39] missile strike weapons to hit targets targets inside of Russia. And by
[00:18:43] by targets I mean the very sources
[00:18:46] sources that fuel Russia's war economy
[00:18:49] economy and that make Russia's continued continued war of aggression possible.
[00:18:53] possible. You've got President Trump, Trump, for example, saying that he
[00:18:57] he believes that Ukraine needs a
[00:18:59] a new president. You are a lawyer.
[00:19:03] lawyer. There are barriers to that,
[00:19:06] that, aren't there. To hold an election
[00:19:08] election in Ukraine. We would need
[00:19:10] need to be in peace time conditions. conditions. Ukraine's constitution
[00:19:14] constitution is no different from from the constitution of many other
[00:19:16] other countries across the world, world, and it prohibits any type
[00:19:20] type of elections during martial martial law. And Ukraine has been
[00:19:23] been in martial law conditions since
[00:19:27] since the 24th of February 2022.
[00:19:29] 2022. Now President Zelensky has
[00:19:32] has also said that should there be
[00:19:34] be a ceasefire, a full cease for
[00:19:39] for two months, 60 days, then preparations
[00:19:42] preparations for elections could
[00:19:43] could be on the way. But, again,
[00:19:47] again, in my opinion, being a Ukrainian Ukrainian living through sometimes
[00:19:51] sometimes 20 hour air raids in Kyiv,
[00:19:53] Kyiv, I think it's impossible for
[00:19:56] for Russia to maintain a ceasefire ceasefire even for one day, let alone
[00:20:00] alone for 60 days needed to prepare prepare the country to start preparing
[00:20:03] preparing the country for an election
[00:20:05] election process. Still to come.
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[00:21:46] capsized north of the town of Obock Obock overnight on the 8th of October.
[00:21:50] October. 82 people all Ethiopian Ethiopian nationals, were rescued.
[00:21:53] rescued. It is among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks recorded en
[00:21:56] en route on a route used by migrants migrants from the Horn of Africa
[00:21:59] Africa trying to reach the Gulf States.
[00:22:01] States. Alexandre Coissac is the the international Organisation for
[00:22:05] for Migration's chief of mission mission in Djibouti. He visited the
[00:22:09] the shoreline where the shipwreck shipwreck took place, describing describing the devastation. He told
[00:22:12] told the BBC what he's heard from
[00:22:15] from survivors. We've met. Some survivors
[00:22:17] survivors actually, as we were going going there with the car, some of
[00:22:21] of the was in the desert, got lost
[00:22:24] lost and run towards us very frankly.
[00:22:26] frankly. I mean, the one I met could
[00:22:28] could hardly speak. He had been lost lost in the desert for one and a
[00:22:32] a half when we met him. We brought brought him to our centre. We. We
[00:22:35] We are providing support to another
[00:22:38] another 8081 of them. Altogether Altogether it's 82 people that we
[00:22:42] we are currently helping in a migrant migrant response centre that we have
[00:22:45] have in Obock. There are all, instead
[00:22:47] instead of shock it's very difficult
[00:22:50] difficult for them to, to express express what happened and what we
[00:22:53] we are trying to do for them is to to provide food, water, shelter.
[00:22:57] shelter. I mean human contact. And
[00:22:59] And we have our health doctors and and psychologists who are also working
[00:23:03] working with them. Mexican President
[00:23:05] President Claudia Sheinbaum issued issued evacuation orders for people
[00:23:09] people along Mexico's Pacific coast coast as Hurricane Simon approaches.
[00:23:12] approaches. This is a live look now. now. Mexico's coastline. Forecasters
[00:23:16] Forecasters say the category four four storm is moving slowly and is
[00:23:19] is likely to skirt the coast rather rather than making direct landfall.
[00:23:23] landfall. But it does remain dangerous. dangerous. Extreme weather and wind
[00:23:26] wind warnings are active across the
[00:23:28] the area and heavy rain. A severe
[00:23:30] severe storm surge of 3 to 4m and
[00:23:33] and destructive coastal swells are
[00:23:35] are expected. A flash flood left
[00:23:37] left at least five people missing
[00:23:39] missing in Nepal. More than 140 houses
[00:23:42] houses were fully or partially damaged
[00:23:44] damaged and bridges, as well as hydropower hydropower infrastructure were swept
[00:23:47] swept away. More than 90 people, people, including nine foreigners,
[00:23:51] foreigners, have been rescued so so far and the country remains on
[00:23:53] on high alert after devastating floods floods swept thousands of people
[00:23:57] people away some seven weeks ago, ago, triggered by a glacier collapse
[00:24:00] collapse along the border with Tibet.
[00:24:04] Tibet. Pope Leo made a surprise health health announcement on Sunday, saying
[00:24:07] saying that he'll undergo surgery surgery to remove a small lung nodule.
[00:24:10] nodule. The Pope said the nodule, nodule, which usually refers to a
[00:24:14] a lump or tissue growth, was detected detected at a very early stage during
[00:24:18] during a routine medical check-up, check-up, the Vatican said the operation
[00:24:22] operation is scheduled for the first
[00:24:24] first days of this week, and the the estimated post-operative recovery
[00:24:28] recovery time will be about one week. week. The 71-year-old pontiff has
[00:24:32] has no previously known health problems. problems. Our Rome correspondent
[00:24:35] correspondent Sarah Rainsford has has more. Yeah. As you say, a real real surprise, of course, for everybody
[00:24:39] everybody who had gathered here on on Saint Peter's Square at midday midday today. That's when Catholics
[00:24:43] Catholics come here to see the Pope, Pope, to have a blessing by the Pope
[00:24:46] Pope from the balcony here. After
[00:24:49] After that, though, the Pope then then delivered this announcement, announcement, as you say, a big shock
[00:24:53] shock for those who were listening. listening. He said that he had had
[00:24:56] had medical checks and that doctors doctors had discovered a nodule on
[00:24:58] on his lung. Now, he said, as he he put it, that this had been detected
[00:25:02] detected at a very early stage and
[00:25:04] and was well localised, but that that doctors had advised him he should
[00:25:07] should have it removed. So he is is going to have surgery and that that will take place in the next
[00:25:11] next few days here in Rome. The Vatican
[00:25:14] Vatican is not giving many more details details than that. Just saying that
[00:25:17] that it will take him about a week week to recover from the surgery
[00:25:19] surgery itself. We do know that nodules nodules like this are relatively
[00:25:23] relatively common and that usually usually they're not cancerous. But But certainly I think Catholics around
[00:25:26] around the world are concerned are are watching this news very closely.
[00:25:30] closely. I think in particular, because because this is a relatively young
[00:25:33] young Pope. He's in his early 70s. 70s. He goes to the gym. He likes likes playing tennis. He's always
[00:25:36] always been thought of as fit and
[00:25:39] and as healthy. And this is the first first health scare that he's had
[00:25:43] had since he was elected last year. year. One encouraging note, I think,
[00:25:46] think, was perhaps his tone as he he made that announcement. He seemed seemed very calm. He even smiled
[00:25:50] smiled a couple of times during the the statement and also he mentioned mentioned today a trip that's coming
[00:25:54] coming up in November to Peru, the the place where he was a missionary
[00:25:57] missionary for many years and a bishop. bishop. He has talked about that
[00:26:01] that with the suggestion that that that trip should still go ahead in
[00:26:04] in November. So perhaps encouraging encouraging news for Catholics even
[00:26:06] even as they absorb this. Pretty Pretty surprising and
[00:27:39] temperatures staying at 35 degrees
[00:27:39] degrees in the week ahead.
[00:29:44] high for Republicans and Democrats Democrats and for the American people. people. For the latest, follow us
[00:29:48] us on the President's path here.
[00:29:50] here. On BBC News. MUSIC
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