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[00:00:10] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:13] News. In a warning to Russia, Nato's Nato's top military commander says
[00:00:16] says the alliance would block blunt
[00:00:19] blunt and break any attack on its
[00:00:21] its members as fears grow over the
[00:00:23] the threat from Moscow. Ukraine's Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
[00:00:26] Zelensky says Russia hit a power power plant in Ukraine immediately
[00:00:29] immediately after Donald Trump announced announced what he called an energy
[00:00:32] energy ceasefire. It was clear that
[00:00:36] that Putin does not read Truth Social
[00:00:41] Social and his cheeky drones follow
[00:00:42] follow a different set of instructions.
[00:00:46] instructions. The comedian and actor actor Russell Brand has appeared appeared in court for the start of
[00:00:50] of his trial on charges of rape and
[00:00:52] and sexual assault. He denies the
[00:00:54] the charges. Flights remain suspended
[00:00:57] suspended at Saudi Arabia's main main international airport after
[00:01:00] after deadly strikes by Houthi rebels.
[00:01:03] rebels. Thousands of people march march in Delhi calling for the electoral
[00:01:06] electoral commission head to quit quit over names being removed from
[00:01:09] from voter lists. And as America's
[00:01:12] America's mid-term elections loom, loom, a special report into why data
[00:01:16] data centres powering the AI boom
[00:01:17] boom are becoming a political flashpoint.
[00:01:30] flashpoint. Hello, I'm Annita McVeigh. McVeigh. Good to have you with us
[00:01:33] us on BBC News Now. Nato's top commander commander has warned Russia that
[00:01:37] that his forces could destroy anything anything and everything involved
[00:01:41] involved in a potential attack if if Moscow chose to launch an assault
[00:01:45] assault on Alliance territory. Alexis
[00:01:47] Alexis Grynkiewicz spoke at the Warsaw Warsaw Security Forum in the last
[00:01:50] last few hours. He said Nato was
[00:01:52] was first and foremost a defensive defensive alliance, but that it would
[00:01:56] would block blunt and break any attack
[00:01:58] attack against a member state, adding adding that the alliance could deal
[00:02:01] deal with more than one conflict
[00:02:03] conflict at any time. We had a very
[00:02:06] very useful from a military observation
[00:02:08] observation standpoint. Look at this this when we had conflict ongoing
[00:02:12] ongoing in the Middle East at the the same time as the conflict in
[00:02:14] in Ukraine, and it gave us real insight insight on what the stresses on our
[00:02:17] our warfighting system would be and and how we needed to adapt it. So So some of the things in the theory
[00:02:21] theory of victory, like depending depending on large amounts of affordable affordable mass to pair with our
[00:02:25] our high end precision weapons, are are part of the things that we've
[00:02:28] we've learned here that we are going going to need to use kind of a high,
[00:02:31] high, low mix of capabilities in in order to achieve the things that
[00:02:33] that we need to do. Nato Supreme Supreme Allied Commander for Europe
[00:02:37] Europe also gave this warning to to Russia. Whenever the nation that's
[00:02:41] that's come under attack is ready ready and has met their legal requirements
[00:02:44] requirements to attribute the attack, attack, we ought to do that. That
[00:02:47] That lets the Russians know a that that we're onto them. It lets them them know that their network wasn't
[00:02:51] wasn't as unattributable as they they thought it was. They think they they can get away with this because
[00:02:54] because we won't be able to figure figure out who it is. We ought to
[00:02:57] to tell them. We can figure out who who it is. The second thing that that I mentioned is one of the main
[00:03:01] main objectives is to break the West's West's will to continue flowing support
[00:03:04] support to Ukraine. So one of the
[00:03:06] the best responses is to prove that that false to them. And when they
[00:03:10] they come in, when one of these attack attack happens, respond by increasing
[00:03:13] increasing your contributions to to the Perl programme or respond
[00:03:16] respond with a donation of air defence defence interceptors and show that
[00:03:19] that the Russian premise for their their activity is false and you're
[00:03:22] you're only strengthening our resolve.
[00:03:25] resolve. President Zelensky spoke spoke to the Warsaw Security Forum
[00:03:29] Forum a little earlier today, and and large parts of Ukraine are without
[00:03:33] without power following Russian strikes strikes on energy infrastructure. infrastructure. That's despite claims
[00:03:37] claims by President Trump that a a so-called energy ceasefire had
[00:03:40] had been agreed. President Zelensky Zelensky expressed surprise at that
[00:03:44] that assertion, while Moscow has has yet to say anything definitive
[00:03:47] definitive about it. Our world affairs
[00:03:49] affairs correspondent Joe Inwood
[00:03:51] Inwood reports. Vladimir Putin may
[00:03:57] may not have formally responded to to Donald Trump's claim of an energy
[00:04:01] energy ceasefire, but in the city
[00:04:03] city of Kharkiv, people feel they've
[00:04:05] they've received his answer an overnight overnight strike near a shop killing
[00:04:09] killing at least three people and
[00:04:11] and injuring nine more. But according according to one woman who saw the
[00:04:15] the attack, the actual target was
[00:04:16] was the city's thermal power plant.
[00:04:20] plant. We'd already seen the statement statement that they wouldn't target
[00:04:23] target energy facilities, and we we really believed it. Ten minutes minutes had passed and there had
[00:04:27] had already been five strikes. My My child and I saw a missile hit
[00:04:30] hit thermal power plant number five
[00:04:32] five and watched it burn there. It's
[00:04:35] It's horrific. This weekend has seen
[00:04:37] seen a head spinning, chaotic series series of events, all stemming from
[00:04:41] from rising fuel costs in the US.
[00:04:44] US. On Friday, Donald Trump announced announced he'd done a deal to buy
[00:04:47] buy Russian diesel completely reversing
[00:04:50] reversing previous policy and seen seen as a betrayal by Ukraine and
[00:04:53] and many others. On Saturday, Volodymyr Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian
[00:04:57] Russian glide bomb attacks were a
[00:04:59] a thank you for what he called a
[00:05:01] a weak deal. Later that day, Donald Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian attacks
[00:05:05] attacks on Russian refineries for
[00:05:07] for rising diesel prices and called
[00:05:10] called on President Zelensky to quit quit before last night announcing
[00:05:14] announcing on his Truth Social platform platform that both Russia and Ukraine
[00:05:17] Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking attacking each other's energy infrastructure,
[00:05:21] infrastructure, seemingly without without either side's knowledge.
[00:05:24] knowledge. The Ukrainians have repeatedly repeatedly called for an energy ceasefire
[00:05:27] ceasefire but say the Russians have
[00:05:29] have refused to sign up. It was clear
[00:05:32] clear that Putin does not read Truth
[00:05:37] Truth Social. Speaking at the Warsaw Warsaw Security Forum, President
[00:05:40] President Zelensky said if Russia Russia continued to attack his power
[00:05:44] power plants, he would target their
[00:05:46] their refineries. Those refineries
[00:05:49] refineries that Putin is so shamelessly
[00:05:52] shamelessly trying to sell to the
[00:05:54] the wall at the solution, claiming
[00:05:58] claiming they can somehow make up
[00:06:00] up for the losses in global oil supplies
[00:06:03] supplies caused by the crisis in
[00:06:06] in the Strait of Hormuz. He mentions mentions the Strait of Hormuz, and
[00:06:09] and in some ways this weekend's events events come back to the war with
[00:06:12] with Iran. The real reason that diesel
[00:06:14] diesel prices are so high. Donald Donald Trump is facing a vital set
[00:06:18] set of mid-term elections. He knows
[00:06:21] knows many voters hold him responsible responsible for rising oil prices.
[00:06:24] prices. He's hoping to deflect some
[00:06:26] some of that anger onto Ukraine.
[00:06:30] Ukraine. Back in Kharkiv and the the clear up is under way. This country
[00:06:34] country has faced many dark nights nights with an energy cease fire
[00:06:37] fire looking highly unlikely. There
[00:06:40] There may be many more to come. Joe
[00:06:43] Joe Inwood, BBC News. Alexander Kara
[00:06:46] Kara is the former adviser to the the Ministry of Defence in Ukraine
[00:06:49] Ukraine and is now executive director director of the centre for Defence
[00:06:52] Defence Strategies. He says Russia's Russia's recent strikes are because
[00:06:55] because Vladimir Putin knows Ukraine Ukraine is not able to rebuild quickly,
[00:06:59] quickly, especially with the winter winter months ahead. Yesterday the
[00:07:02] the Russians targeted one of the the water pumping stations in Kyiv.
[00:07:06] Kyiv. So for the half of the day day they didn't have running water
[00:07:10] water in my apartment. And for several
[00:07:13] several weeks we have power cuts.
[00:07:15] cuts. We don't have electricity for
[00:07:17] for 3 or 4 hours a day. And the metro
[00:07:23] metro operation is disrupted. So So we need to find a way how to get
[00:07:27] get I live actually on the left bank
[00:07:28] bank of the river, so I use electric
[00:07:31] electric scooter to get to the downtown
[00:07:33] downtown to bypass the public administration administration and transportation.
[00:07:37] transportation. So yes, the Russians
[00:07:40] Russians are not stopping attacking attacking us for the simple reason
[00:07:43] reason they scale up production of of their missiles and drones. And
[00:07:47] And given that Mr Trump wasted a a huge amount of patriotic interceptors
[00:07:50] interceptors in Iran and is not providing providing Ukraine with any Patriot
[00:07:54] Patriot interceptors any more, the the Russians are able to use their
[00:07:57] their ballistic missiles to destroy destroy our critical infrastructure.
[00:08:00] infrastructure. And the most important important Putin. See, Trump is an
[00:08:04] an ally to undermine the defence defence of Ukraine and try to solve
[00:08:08] solve the discord between the Europeans
[00:08:10] Europeans and Americans. And we know know that President Zelensky continues
[00:08:13] continues to develop his relationship, relationship, strong relationships
[00:08:17] relationships with allies in Europe Europe who are building up their
[00:08:20] their defence capabilities to help
[00:08:22] help Ukraine. But in that speech speech to the Warsaw security for
[00:08:26] for him, we saw for and we saw him
[00:08:29] him make really direct appeals to to America, to President Trump to
[00:08:32] to put real pressure, as he put it it on Russia. But so long as the
[00:08:36] the diesel deal between Russia and
[00:08:39] and the US is in place in advance advance of the mid-term elections
[00:08:42] elections in America in November,
[00:08:44] November, it seems unlikely that that America is going to do more
[00:08:48] more on that. Would you agree? Oh
[00:08:51] Oh yes, I would agree. Since the the beginning of this second term
[00:08:54] term of office, Mr Trump, he instructed
[00:08:56] instructed his diplomats not to support
[00:08:59] support even the United Nations General General Assembly resolution supporting
[00:09:02] supporting Ukraine. The United States
[00:09:05] States permanent representative abstained abstained from all those resolutions.
[00:09:08] resolutions. And we've seen how this
[00:09:10] this administration is trying to
[00:09:12] to erode the overall Western sanctions
[00:09:15] sanctions regime against Russia.
[00:09:18] Russia. And is an. Before. Mr Oh,
[00:09:23] Oh, apologies for the loss of sound sound just at the end of that clip.
[00:09:26] clip. That was Alexander Hara. Now Now the comedian and actor Russell
[00:09:30] Russell Brand has appeared in court court for the start of his trial
[00:09:32] trial on charges of rape and sexual
[00:09:34] sexual assault. 51-year-old brand, brand, once one of Britain's most
[00:09:38] most high profile broadcasters, has has pleaded not guilty to seven charges,
[00:09:42] charges, three of rape and four of
[00:09:44] of indecent or sexual assault allegedly
[00:09:48] allegedly committed between 1999 1999 and 2009. Our correspondent
[00:09:51] correspondent Helena Wilkinson has has the latest from Southwark Crown
[00:09:54] Crown Court in London. Russell Brand Brand arrived here at Southwark Crown
[00:09:58] Crown Court just after 830 this morning. morning. I think we can show you
[00:10:01] you the pictures of him arriving arriving at court wearing a suit.
[00:10:04] suit. He was with his wife Laura
[00:10:07] Laura and you can see there just
[00:10:09] just how much of an interest there there is in this case. There were
[00:10:12] were dozens of photographers and and journalists waiting to capture
[00:10:16] capture his arrival at court. Let Let me just take you through the
[00:10:19] the seven charges Russell Brand faces.
[00:10:21] faces. They are three counts of rape,
[00:10:24] rape, three charges of sexual assault assault and one allegation of indecent
[00:10:28] indecent assault. They are alleged
[00:10:29] alleged to have occurred between
[00:10:33] between 1999 and 2009 and relate relate to six female complainants.
[00:10:37] complainants. He has denied the charges charges just a bit more about what
[00:10:39] what happened in court this morning.
[00:10:42] morning. Prospective jurors were were selected. They were then told
[00:10:45] told to return back here at Southwark Southwark Crown Court tomorrow. They
[00:10:49] They will be whittled down even further further and then the remaining 12
[00:10:52] 12 jurors will then be sworn in. in. Russell Brand, of course, rose
[00:10:56] rose to fame as a comedian before before hosting TV and radio shows.
[00:11:00] shows. He went on to have a successful successful Hollywood career. The
[00:11:03] The trial here, expected to last
[00:11:06] last around six weeks. Helena Wilkinson Wilkinson reporting and you can follow
[00:11:09] follow the trial day by day on the
[00:11:12] the BBC podcast Fame Under Fire Russell
[00:11:14] Russell Brand on trial that's available
[00:11:16] available on BBC Sounds YouTube iPlayer
[00:11:18] iPlayer or wherever you get your
[00:11:21] your BBC podcasts. Pope Leo XIV is
[00:11:25] is expected to be admitted to Rome's Rome's Gemelli Hospital late on Tuesday
[00:11:28] Tuesday morning as he prepares for
[00:11:30] for surgery to remove a small nodule
[00:11:33] nodule on one of his lungs. The Vatican Vatican says the growth was found
[00:11:36] found on a recent check-up and had had been spotted early. There's been
[00:11:40] been no precise confirmation when when the surgery will take place.
[00:11:43] place. The 71-year-old pontiff has
[00:11:45] has no previously known health issues.
[00:11:47] issues. We're back after this short short break. Do stay with us around
[00:11:50] around the world and across the UK.
[00:12:55] security. Brief live with an audience
[00:12:55] audience here on BBC News. Officials
[00:13:04] Officials in Saudi Arabia say they they are dealing with new drone and
[00:13:07] and missile threats facing the country country from Houthi rebels in Yemen.
[00:13:11] Yemen. Flights remain suspended at at Saudi Arabia's main international
[00:13:15] international airport after a series series of deadly strikes by the Houthis
[00:13:18] Houthis over the weekend. This is is footage from an attack on Saturday
[00:13:22] Saturday and we should warn you, you, the pictures are quite graphic.
[00:13:25] graphic. 13 people were killed in
[00:13:27] in this strike when a missile hit
[00:13:30] hit King Khalid International Airport Airport in Riyadh. Hundreds more
[00:13:33] more were injured. One person was
[00:13:35] was killed in another attack on Sunday. Sunday. The Houthis,
[00:13:42] Sunday. The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, say they're targeting targeting Saudi Arabia because of
[00:13:45] of its support for government forces forces in Yemen's civil war. Muhammad Muhammad Ali Ash-har Quraishi is is foreign editor of The National
[00:13:49] National in Abu Dhabi. I asked him him what these attacks mean for Saudi
[00:13:53] Saudi Arabia. Well, this is certainly
[00:13:56] certainly turning into a defining defining moment in the history of
[00:13:58] of Saudi Arabia and probably a turning
[00:14:01] turning point in GCC relations to to the attack that killed 13 people
[00:14:04] people on Saturday is the biggest
[00:14:07] biggest attack in Saudi Arabia since since more than a decade when Isis
[00:14:10] Isis was claiming bombings in the
[00:14:12] the kingdom. It is also the largest largest attack by a foreign power
[00:14:16] power in from a foreign country against against Saudi Arabia. So there is
[00:14:20] is definitely a lot of pressure on on the Saudi crown prince, on the
[00:14:23] the Saudi government and on the Saudi Saudi army to. We've heard the Saudis
[00:14:27] Saudis speak up today and explain explain that Saudi Arabia is a very
[00:14:30] very vast country and you cannot cannot defend against every missile
[00:14:34] missile and every drone. And so even even if you protect the borders,
[00:14:38] borders, there are missiles that that cannot be intercepted at some
[00:14:41] some times. So the pressure is growing.
[00:14:44] growing. And as the attacks multiply, multiply, we will see more reaction
[00:14:48] reaction from the Saudis. And we we are expecting more action in Yemen.
[00:14:51] Yemen. They have started to claim
[00:14:55] claim operations against the Houthis. Houthis. Dozens of operations on on daily basis. But maybe in the
[00:14:58] the next few hours or the next few few days, we'll see more surgical surgical operations. The pressure
[00:15:02] pressure is growing. You say is the
[00:15:05] the Houthis confidence also growing?
[00:15:08] growing? Oh, absolutely. Causing
[00:15:10] Causing a massive casualty incident
[00:15:13] incident in Saudi Arabia, forcing
[00:15:16] forcing the airport to close, attacking attacking other airports and oil
[00:15:19] oil facilities. This is definitely definitely something that the Houthis
[00:15:22] Houthis were seeking and wanted to to happen. But it's not only Houthis
[00:15:26] Houthis that are gaining from this. this. It's also Iran because the
[00:15:30] the Houthis, as you mentioned at at the beginning, are backed by Iran.
[00:15:32] Iran. They are Iranian proxy. And
[00:15:35] And they when they escalate. Every Every time Iran felt pressure from
[00:15:38] from the US or felt that there is
[00:15:40] is a war resuming, resuming, the the Houthis escalated more against
[00:15:44] against the Saudi, which is a major major US ally. So it's not only the
[00:15:48] the Houthis, but it's only Iran benefiting benefiting and putting more pressure
[00:15:51] pressure on the US through Saudi Saudi Arabia. What are the implications
[00:15:54] implications for Saudi's neighbours, neighbours, the wider region? Well,
[00:15:58] Well, this is like I said at the the beginning, it's could be a major
[00:16:02] major turning point also for GCC GCC relations and for other countries.
[00:16:06] countries. We've heard the Emiratis Emiratis say today that that this
[00:16:10] this attack on Saudi Arabia means means that the UAE and other Gulf
[00:16:13] Gulf countries are being attacked attacked too, because the security
[00:16:15] security of Saudi Arabia is very very tightly related and linked to
[00:16:19] to the security of other countries countries in the region. We've also
[00:16:23] also heard the Saudis say a few days
[00:16:25] days ago that the security of the
[00:16:28] the Gulf is one security and cannot
[00:16:30] cannot be divided. So we'll definitely definitely see more action from a
[00:16:34] a joint action from the GCC leaders
[00:16:37] leaders and GCC countries. There
[00:16:39] There is a GCC Gulf mechanism that
[00:16:43] that requires or that indicates that
[00:16:45] that GCC countries have to act together. together. It has been activated twice
[00:16:49] twice before, once in Kuwait during
[00:16:50] during the Gulf War and once in Bahrain
[00:16:53] Bahrain when there were protests.
[00:16:56] protests. So will we see the Saudis Saudis asking for this mechanism
[00:17:00] mechanism to be activated again? again? It's yet to be seen, but the
[00:17:03] the pattern and the path is that
[00:17:05] that we're seeing more more push
[00:17:07] push towards a collective GCC reaction.
[00:17:10] reaction. Mohamed Ali Ash-har Quraishi Quraishi Protesters led by India's
[00:17:14] India's main opposition the Congress Congress Party, have been marching
[00:17:17] marching in Delhi towards the Supreme Supreme Court there demanding the
[00:17:20] the resignation of the Chief election election commissioner after the removal
[00:17:23] removal of millions of names from from voter lists. This comes after
[00:17:27] after thousands of protesters were were detained, then released over
[00:17:31] over the weekend, including the leaders leaders of the Gen Z movement. The
[00:17:34] The Cockroach Janta Party. Our reporter
[00:17:36] reporter Jugal Purohit was at the
[00:17:38] the march in Delhi. For days now,
[00:17:41] now, protesters have been
[00:17:45] and heard in India's national capital. capital. However, what we are seeing
[00:17:48] seeing today is unlike what we've
[00:17:50] we've seen on any other day. Look
[00:17:53] Look behind me from this side. There
[00:17:56] There is a huge crowd coming being
[00:17:58] being led by India's opposition leader
[00:18:01] leader Rahul Gandhi and several other
[00:18:05] other parliamentarians from this
[00:18:06] this side and this side. They are
[00:18:09] are merging onto this main carriageway.
[00:18:12] carriageway. As I said, it hasn't hasn't been as big in the last several
[00:18:16] several days. The plan is to march
[00:18:18] march from here to the Supreme Court
[00:18:20] Court of India, and the idea is to
[00:18:24] to press for the resignation of India's India's Chief Election Commissioner
[00:18:28] Commissioner and initiate a slew
[00:18:30] slew of electoral reforms. Now the
[00:18:32] the government says that this area
[00:18:35] area is, is is there's a notification notification which prevents the assembly
[00:18:38] assembly of more than four people
[00:18:41] people at any place in this
[00:18:43] vicinity. But as you can see that
[00:18:45] that particular piece of law has has been breached and the police
[00:18:49] police is moving in, as you can see,
[00:18:51] see, because there's also a huge huge police deployment and now they're
[00:18:55] they're moving in to try and make
[00:18:57] make sure that the protests remain remain confined to this spot. Our
[00:19:01] Our reporter Isha Lahiri in Delhi
[00:19:04] Delhi has more now on the background background to these protests and
[00:19:07] and whether there are any signs of
[00:19:09] of a resolution. This entire exercise
[00:19:12] exercise has been at the centre of of a lot of controversy since it
[00:19:15] it was announced. So critics say say that it is unfair to poorer sections
[00:19:19] sections of society and migrants
[00:19:21] migrants who do not have the documentation
[00:19:24] documentation required by the Sur Sur process to prove themselves.
[00:19:27] themselves. Eligible voters. People
[00:19:29] People also say that this entire entire exercise has been carried
[00:19:32] carried out in an extremely hurried hurried manner. In election going
[00:19:36] going states and India's opposition opposition specifically has alleged
[00:19:39] alleged that voter lists are being
[00:19:43] being manipulated to help India's India's ruling party, the Bharatiya
[00:19:46] Bharatiya Janata Party. Now, all all of these allegations have of
[00:19:48] of course been denied by both the the BJP government and the Election
[00:19:52] Election Commission. But it is in
[00:19:54] in this context that an investigation investigation by Indian newspaper
[00:19:58] newspaper Indian Express, which comes
[00:20:00] comes in which says that certain
[00:20:02] certain decisions regarding this
[00:20:04] this key exercise were taken unilaterally
[00:20:07] unilaterally by India's Chief Election
[00:20:09] Election Commissioner Ganesh Kumar, Kumar, in spite of objections by
[00:20:12] by his fellow election commissioners.
[00:20:16] commissioners. Now this has created created an uproar in the country
[00:20:18] country and many are alleging that
[00:20:20] that Ganesh Kumar is directly responsible
[00:20:24] responsible for about 130 million million people who have been left
[00:20:28] left off the new voters list. And
[00:20:30] And that is why the youth in the
[00:20:33] the country, as well as the opposition opposition opposition parties, have
[00:20:35] have come out on the streets demanding demanding his resignation. And I
[00:20:39] I note that the Chief Justice has
[00:20:41] has told reporters that he declined
[00:20:44] declined a meeting with opposition
[00:20:47] opposition lawmakers without giving giving specific reasons why. But
[00:20:49] But is there any sign of a resolution
[00:20:51] resolution to all of this? Well,
[00:20:54] Well, we must remember that this
[00:20:56] this is the second such mass protest protest against the BJP dispensation
[00:21:01] dispensation in India in a very short short period of time. The last time
[00:21:05] time such a protest happened just just a few months ago, called by
[00:21:08] by the called by India's newest pressure pressure group youth pressure group
[00:21:12] group the Cockroach Janta Party. Party. It led to the resignation
[00:21:15] resignation of India's education education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
[00:21:18] Pradhan, who was a very key leader
[00:21:20] leader in the BJP ecosystem and in
[00:21:22] in Mr Modi's cabinet. Now we have
[00:21:25] have seen that over the past few
[00:21:28] few days the government has responded responded with a massive crackdown
[00:21:31] crackdown on these protests. There There is unprecedented security cover
[00:21:35] cover in Delhi and the government government for this reason will be
[00:21:38] be watching the protests closely. closely. But there has been no signs
[00:21:42] signs of a dialogue between the government government and the protesters. So
[00:21:45] So there is no evidence sign of a a resolution any time soon. Now,
[00:21:49] Now, as America's mid-term elections elections approach just three weeks
[00:21:52] weeks away, now the data centre is
[00:21:54] is powering the AI boom, are becoming becoming a political flashpoint.
[00:21:57] flashpoint. A new proposal in Washington Washington would require them to
[00:22:00] to cover the additional electricity electricity infrastructure costs
[00:22:04] costs they create. President Trump Trump champions their expansion,
[00:22:07] expansion, but Arizona's Attorney Attorney General has called for a
[00:22:09] a pause on new approvals. Our North North America correspondent Shaimaa
[00:22:13] Shaimaa Khalil has been hearing what what it means to live alongside these
[00:22:17] these giant facilities. Get off it.
[00:22:20] it. Put people over profit. A backlash
[00:22:22] backlash to the data centre boom
[00:22:24] boom is happening across America.
[00:22:29] America. Here in Arizona, protesters protesters are fighting against upcoming
[00:22:32] upcoming expansions. The point of of technology is to make things more
[00:22:35] more efficient, not to coat the earth
[00:22:38] earth in rapidly depreciating chips chips that heat, you know, neighbourhoods.
[00:22:42] neighbourhoods. We can't have. Another Another data centre. We don't have
[00:22:44] have enough water as it is. This
[00:22:46] This is what America's AI ambitions ambitions look like. President Trump
[00:22:50] Trump says any slowdown means losing losing to China. At first glance,
[00:22:54] glance, this looks like an ordinary ordinary suburban neighbourhood.
[00:22:57] neighbourhood. That is, until huge huge data centres started sprawling
[00:23:00] sprawling around. And in a place place like Arizona, already struggling
[00:23:04] struggling with soaring temperatures temperatures and drought, people people here worry about what that
[00:23:08] that will mean more pressure on the the power grid, potentially higher
[00:23:12] higher bills, more demand on scarce
[00:23:14] scarce water. We love our house,
[00:23:18] house, but if we had known that was was going in, we never would have
[00:23:21] have bought here. It's enough to
[00:23:24] to make the difference between a
[00:23:27] a pleasant lifestyle and wondering
[00:23:30] wondering how much noise is going
[00:23:32] going to be coming up and what's
[00:23:34] what's next. This is essentially
[00:23:37] essentially a data logger. A noise
[00:23:40] noise isn't the only concern. Scientists Scientists say the data centres are
[00:23:43] are making scorching Arizona even
[00:23:44] even hotter. Driving around this
[00:23:48] this neighbourhood, what worries worries you about its proximity to
[00:23:51] to that data centre? The residents
[00:23:53] residents here are all going to feel
[00:23:57] feel a couple of degree Fahrenheit
[00:23:58] Fahrenheit warming on a typical day,
[00:24:01] day, and that will translate to higher higher energy costs for them running
[00:24:05] running air conditioners probably
[00:24:07] probably higher landscape water use use costs. Reporter but some residents
[00:24:11] residents see these facilities as as part of the technology they already already rely on. I don't think it's
[00:24:14] it's a problem and I'm kind of excited. excited. I just recently bought a
[00:24:18] a Tesla with full Self-Driving, and and I know that uses a lot of data
[00:24:22] data and it's awesome. So I don't don't have a problem with it. We
[00:24:25] We need that water. And if it's not
[00:24:28] not there, how do we farm? But Nancy Nancy Caywood worries about what
[00:24:31] what gets left behind. Her family family has farmed this land since
[00:24:35] since 1930. Drought is making that that harder now, but she says she's
[00:24:38] she's refused offers to sell to data data centre developers. Knowing my
[00:24:42] my granddad worked so hard to for
[00:24:45] for this farm, just not having it it here would just be. It would be
[00:24:48] be hard. What do you say to President
[00:24:50] President Trump? Because he's a big
[00:24:53] big advocate of data centres. He He can't eat data centres, can't
[00:24:56] can't eat them. They're not going going to provide food for you. As
[00:24:59] As voters head to the polls in November, November, many issues will weigh
[00:25:03] weigh heavily on their minds. Among Among them, the expansion of AI,
[00:25:07] AI, changing their lives and the
[00:25:09] the landscape around them. Shaimaa
[00:25:12] Shaimaa Khalil, BBC News Arizona. Arizona. This year's Nobel Prize
[00:25:16] Prize for economics has been awarded awarded to two American economists,
[00:25:20] economists, Robert E Hall and Michael Michael Woodford won the award for
[00:25:22] for their work in the microeconomic
[00:25:26] microeconomic foundations of Macroeconomic Macroeconomic stabilisation. And And essentially what that means is
[00:25:29] is their work looks at how monetary monetary policy can be used to stop
[00:25:33] stop fluctuations in economies, to to bring more stability. The Swedish
[00:25:36] Swedish Academy said they'd help help the world respond to supply
[00:25:40] supply shocks and economic downturns. downturns. Business is up next here
[00:25:43] here on BBC News. And later this this hour, we'll bring you an interview
[00:25:46] interview with Navi Pillay, who has has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
[00:25:50] Prize. The South African former ICC
[00:25:52] ICC judge has been speaking to the
[00:25:54] the BBC about the importance of international international law and what it means
[00:25:58] means to win the award. So do stay
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[00:30:21] Today. Wall Street is off to a flat
[00:30:22] flat start this Monday as oil tops
[00:30:25] tops $106 a barrel and inflation inflation data and bank earnings
[00:30:28] earnings loom. Oil under pressure. pressure. The energy chiefs pull
[00:30:32] pull out of a major gathering in in Riyadh as Iran backed Houthi strike
[00:30:35] strike the airport again. Also, AI
[00:30:39] AI warning Microsoft's president
[00:30:41] president tells the BBC AI needs
[00:30:44] needs urgent global safety rules rules and tough choices. Finance
[00:30:48] Finance ministers meet in Bangkok Bangkok as the head of the IMF warns
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