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[00:00:09] It's 7pm in London. This is the
[00:00:12] world today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. Ukraine's President Zelensky
[00:00:15] Zelensky says Russia hit a power power plant in Ukraine immediately
[00:00:18] immediately after Donald Trump claimed claimed both sides had agreed to
[00:00:22] to an energy ceasefire. We'll have have special coverage coming up on
[00:00:25] on the war in Ukraine as The Security
[00:00:27] Security Brief goes live. This evening evening we are diving deep into all
[00:00:30] all the issues that will affect Ukraine. Ukraine. We've got our resident military
[00:00:34] military analyst, Mikey Kay alongside. alongside. Also here, Doctor Fiona
[00:00:38] Fiona Hill, who led the White House House Russia policy in Donald Trump's
[00:00:41] Trump's first term. And Brigadier
[00:00:43] Brigadier Stu Nassar. Saudi Arabia Arabia threatens what it calls a
[00:00:47] a serious response to deadly Houthi Houthi attacks on Riyadh's international
[00:00:51] international airport. Flights remain
[00:00:52] remain suspended. The BBC reports
[00:00:56] reports from inside Yemen, where where the long running civil war
[00:00:58] war is escalating. We've been told told that there are Houthi fighters
[00:01:02] fighters in position up in the mountains. mountains. About 500 of them. And
[00:01:06] And since we've been here, the forces forces are keeping an eye on the
[00:01:09] the sky just to make sure that there
[00:01:11] there are no more drones coming.
[00:01:14] coming. It's emerged the man mauled
[00:01:15] mauled to death by a tiger was visiting
[00:01:18] visiting the Yorkshire Wildlife Park
[00:01:21] Park alone.
[00:01:31] Hello and a very warm welcome
[00:01:34] to The World Today on BBC News. Russia's Russia's foreign minister says Ukraine
[00:01:37] Ukraine doesn't deserve any respite. respite. Just a day after President
[00:01:40] President Trump announced Ukraine Ukraine and Russia had agreed to
[00:01:43] to stop attacking each other's energy energy infrastructure and Ukraine's
[00:01:46] Ukraine's President Zelensky, who who said he would support a ceasefire,
[00:01:49] ceasefire, accused Russia of attacking
[00:01:52] attacking six energy facilities. facilities. Less than 24 hours later.
[00:01:55] later. He's called on Donald Trump Trump to put increased pressure on
[00:01:58] on Vladimir Putin after more than
[00:02:00] than four years of war. Dan Johnson
[00:02:02] Johnson reports from Kyiv. This is
[00:02:05] is the. Soundtrack to Ukraine's energy
[00:02:10] energy crisis and the power cuts cuts continue despite Donald Trump's
[00:02:14] Trump's ceasefire announcement. We
[00:02:17] We just adapt, Natalia says. Putin
[00:02:19] Putin is a scoundrel. He doesn't
[00:02:21] doesn't want peace. At least businesses
[00:02:25] businesses have a way of keeping keeping the lights on. Many of the
[00:02:28] the residents here aren't so fortunate. fortunate. They don't have the option
[00:02:30] option of generators. And if you're you're living in a tower block like
[00:02:34] like that, when the lift stops working,
[00:02:37] working, that's 16 flights of stairs.
[00:02:40] stairs. And many are having to store store water ready for the next outage
[00:02:44] outage when the pumps stop. Olga
[00:02:47] Olga has lived through 81 winters
[00:02:50] winters but wasn't relishing another.
[00:02:53] another. Trump should hurry up and and put Putin in his place instead
[00:02:57] instead of pretending to be friends friends with him. All those phone
[00:03:00] phone calls between them. He should
[00:03:02] should come here to Ukraine and see
[00:03:04] see our homes, see how badly they've
[00:03:07] they've been destroyed. This started started with Donald Trump's deal
[00:03:09] deal to lift restrictions on Russian
[00:03:12] Russian diesel, a betrayal in Ukrainian Ukrainian eyes. The ceasefire came
[00:03:15] came as a surprise to Ukraine's president, president, who said he'd sign up
[00:03:19] up but claims Russia's hit six more
[00:03:22] more energy facilities. It was clear
[00:03:25] clear that Putin does not read Truth
[00:03:29] Truth Social. Russia is trying to
[00:03:32] to use another winter, another period
[00:03:34] period of cold weather against our
[00:03:36] our country, taking our power plants,
[00:03:39] plants, power grids and all parts
[00:03:42] parts of our energy infrastructure
[00:03:45] infrastructure every single day.
[00:03:50] day. Russia's first response was was this a strike on a Kharkiv suburb.
[00:03:54] suburb. People there think was destined
[00:03:56] destined for its power station. We'd
[00:03:59] We'd already seen the statement that that they wouldn't target energy
[00:04:02] energy facilities, and we really really believed it. Ten minutes had
[00:04:04] had passed and there had already already been five strikes. My child
[00:04:08] child and I saw a missile hit thermal thermal power plant number five and
[00:04:11] and watched it burn there. It's horrific.
[00:04:15] horrific. The Kremlin's only comment
[00:04:17] comment has been about Zelensky.
[00:04:20] Zelensky. I do not think he deserves deserves a respite. I don't think
[00:04:24] think we'll be buying into assurances
[00:04:25] assurances and promises again. So
[00:04:28] So many Kyiv streets remain in darkness
[00:04:31] darkness and Ukrainians are under under no illusions. Russia's war
[00:04:35] war continues. Dan Johnson, BBC News
[00:04:38] News in Kyiv. Well, Angela Stent
[00:04:40] Stent is a senior fellow at the American American Enterprise Institute and
[00:04:44] and author of the book Putin's World World Russia against the West. So
[00:04:48] So how unusual is it for a ceasefire ceasefire to be announced before
[00:04:52] before both sides have agreed to to its terms? That's a question I
[00:04:55] I put to Angela. So I think this this isn't the first time it's happened
[00:04:59] happened with President Trump. There There have been a couple of other other times when he's announced such
[00:05:02] such a ceasefire, and it's never
[00:05:05] never come into being. So for him, him, it isn't that unusual. But I
[00:05:09] I think in general, of course, it it would be because you would have
[00:05:12] have to have both parties agreeing
[00:05:13] agreeing to an energy cease fire. fire. Ukraine, as President Zelensky
[00:05:17] Zelensky said, is quite willing to to agree to that. But there's no
[00:05:20] no indication that Russia ever agreed agreed to it. And why would Russia Russia agree to it, given that it
[00:05:24] it spent many years targeting Ukraine's Ukraine's energy infrastructure?
[00:05:27] infrastructure? Angela? Well, it
[00:05:30] it wouldn't agree to it also because
[00:05:33] because even though the Ukrainians Ukrainians are striking Russian energy
[00:05:37] energy facilities, they now have have this deal announced at least
[00:05:40] least by President Trump. They're They're going to export more diesel. diesel. So they're still going to
[00:05:43] to earn the revenues they need to
[00:05:45] to keep their war machine going.
[00:05:47] going. Is the US prioritising energy energy stability over military pressure
[00:05:51] pressure on Russia? Do you think?
[00:05:53] think? I think what the US is doing
[00:05:55] doing now under President Trump, Trump, he's prioritising what's going
[00:05:58] going to happen in the mid-term elections elections that are going to happen.
[00:06:01] happen. I believe, in three weeks' weeks' time where it's said that
[00:06:06] that the Republicans aren't going going to do so well. And so he's
[00:06:09] he's trying to lower petrol prices prices in the United States, and
[00:06:12] and particularly diesel prices, which which are really quite high because
[00:06:16] because voters are quite dissatisfied dissatisfied with him. But I think
[00:06:19] think we have to remember the reason reason why petrol prices are so high
[00:06:22] high in the United States has much much more to do with the Iranian
[00:06:26] Iranian war than it does with the the Russia-Ukraine war. Let's talk
[00:06:29] talk a little bit about President President Putin. What do you think think he's thinking right now? Have
[00:06:33] Have you seen anything to suggest suggest that President Putin is in
[00:06:35] in any way, shape or form prepared
[00:06:37] prepared to compromise? Not at all.
[00:06:40] all. In fact, I think he's very happy
[00:06:42] happy that with this diesel deal deal announced the sanctions against
[00:06:45] against Russia are now being removed, removed, at least from the US side,
[00:06:49] side, not from the European side. side. He's going to earn more money
[00:06:52] money and he sees no reason to stop
[00:06:54] stop this war. As long as he can can humour President Trump into believing
[00:06:58] believing that at some point he will will do that because he believes
[00:07:01] believes that Russia is winning, winning, the winter is going to be
[00:07:04] be very difficult for Ukraine. European European countries are doing as much
[00:07:07] much as they can to support Ukraine, Ukraine, but there's a limit to how
[00:07:10] how much they can do. And US support
[00:07:13] support is certainly waning. So I
[00:07:15] I do not believe that Putin believes believes there's any necessity, any
[00:07:19] any urgency to engage either in an
[00:07:20] an energy cease fire or ready to
[00:07:23] to negotiate seriously to end the
[00:07:25] the war. Well, that's Angela Stent Stent they're talking to me a little
[00:07:29] little bit earlier, and there's more more on what's happening in Ukraine,
[00:07:32] Ukraine, of course, on the website. website. And as you can see on your
[00:07:35] your screen, The Security Brief will will be discussing Ukraine in a lot
[00:07:39] lot of detail in about 22 minutes'
[00:07:41] minutes' time. Yemen's Houthi rebels rebels have renewed their attacks
[00:07:45] attacks against Saudi Arabia, firing firing more drones and missiles into
[00:07:48] into the country. It all comes after after two deadly strikes on Riyadh's
[00:07:52] Riyadh's main international airport airport in as many months. In as
[00:07:54] as many days. Excuse me. Saudi officials
[00:07:56] officials say one person was killed killed and 11 wounded in an attack
[00:08:00] attack on the King Khalid International International Airport on Sunday.
[00:08:03] Sunday. That came just hours after after another Houthi claimed attack
[00:08:06] attack on the airport killed 13 people people and left hundreds of others
[00:08:09] others wounded. Operations at the the airport have now been suspended
[00:08:13] suspended until Sunday. The Iranian Iranian backed Houthi say they're
[00:08:16] they're targeting Saudi Arabia because because of its support for government government forces in Yemen's civil
[00:08:20] civil war. In recent weeks, the Houthi Houthi rebels have advanced along
[00:08:23] along the coast, capturing towns towns and cities and threatening
[00:08:26] threatening the critical Bab al-Mandab
[00:08:29] al-Mandab Bab al-Mandab Strait Frank
[00:08:31] Frank Gardner reports. A normal day
[00:08:33] day in Riyadh airports busy departure
[00:08:35] departure terminal. Then this with
[00:08:38] with no warning a Houthi missile
[00:08:40] missile fired from Yemen. 13 people people killed on Saturday hundreds
[00:08:43] hundreds injured. Three strikes over
[00:08:46] over four days. Saudi air defences
[00:08:48] defences penetrated. All this while
[00:08:51] while Saudi Arabia is hosting a major
[00:08:54] major international energy conference.
[00:08:55] conference. Resilience gives us the
[00:08:58] the capacity to sustain progress
[00:09:01] progress and continue shaping our
[00:09:03] our future. The events of recent
[00:09:06] recent weeks are serious. Our response
[00:09:09] response must be equally serious serious while remaining focused on
[00:09:13] on the decades ahead. But the Houthis
[00:09:18] Houthis have other plans. Responding Responding to recent Saudi air strikes,
[00:09:22] strikes, Yemen's Houthis have launched launched a barrage of missile and
[00:09:25] and drone strikes right across the
[00:09:27] the Saudi kingdom. Saudi Arabia spent
[00:09:31] spent more than $83 billion on defence defence last year. That made them
[00:09:35] them the eighth biggest defence spender
[00:09:37] spender in the world. Over the years, years, they've bought typhoon jets,
[00:09:41] jets, Patriot missiles and third
[00:09:43] third interceptors. So how is it
[00:09:45] it then that with all of this expensive
[00:09:48] expensive kit, they can't seem to to prevent these devastating Houthi
[00:09:51] Houthi missile strikes? The Houthis Houthis have a mixture of ballistic
[00:09:54] ballistic missiles, cruise missiles missiles and drones that all require
[00:09:57] require a lot of different defences. defences. So you can spend millions millions intercepting weapons that
[00:10:01] that cost a fraction of that. You You can shoot down lots of them,
[00:10:04] them, but you still suffer crippling crippling damage from the ones that
[00:10:06] that get through. The Saudis can can bomb Yemen extensively to try
[00:10:10] try and stop this, but it's really
[00:10:12] really hard to track down every launcher, launcher, every possible missile
[00:10:15] missile site, every small factory.
[00:10:19] factory. Especially in a country country racked by its own ongoing
[00:10:22] ongoing conflict. Forces loyal to
[00:10:25] to the ousted, internationally recognised recognised Yemeni government have
[00:10:28] have retaken land in places they've they've lost it in others. But all
[00:10:32] all the while, Iran is strengthening strengthening its hand, ready for
[00:10:36] for an eventual deal with America
[00:10:38] America to end this widening war.
[00:10:42] war. Frank Gardner, BBC News. Well, Well, our senior international correspondent
[00:10:46] correspondent Orla Guerin has this this special report from inside Yemen
[00:10:49] Yemen where the long running civil civil war is escalating. A warning
[00:10:52] warning you might find some of her
[00:10:54] her content distressing. Crossing
[00:10:58] Crossing the desert, a remote battlefield
[00:11:01] battlefield in a civil war that is is fast becoming a major regional
[00:11:05] regional threat. We travelled with
[00:11:08] with Yemen's southern forces fighters fighters loyal to the internationally
[00:11:12] internationally recognised government
[00:11:15] government in this landscape of harsh
[00:11:17] harsh beauty, they have regained regained some lost ground and took
[00:11:21] took us to see it here. The wreckage
[00:11:24] wreckage of a Houthi drone shot out
[00:11:27] out of the sky. How much damage could
[00:11:29] could this have done? Commander Tawfik
[00:11:32] Tawfik Al Haugen says it contained
[00:11:35] contained explosives. And could kill
[00:11:39] kill 10 to 15 people. This whole
[00:11:43] whole area has just been retaken retaken by pro-government forces.
[00:11:47] forces. They captured it about three
[00:11:49] three days ago. Until then, the Houthis Houthis were in control here. They've
[00:11:53] They've been pushed back. And we've we've been told that there are Houthi
[00:11:57] Houthi fighters in position up in in the mountains. About 500 of them.
[00:12:01] them. And since we've been here, here, the forces are keeping an eye
[00:12:04] eye on the sky just to make sure
[00:12:05] sure that there are no more drones
[00:12:09] drones coming here. Scenes from the
[00:12:11] the battle to retake this territory.
[00:12:15] territory. No military precision.
[00:12:17] precision. Some fighters are barefoot.
[00:12:21] barefoot. Many families have been been homeless since the Houthi advance
[00:12:25] advance last month. Their only shelter
[00:12:28] shelter is the trees. Aisha tells
[00:12:31] tells me she has no food, no animals
[00:12:34] animals and no water. She's borrowing
[00:12:37] borrowing money to survive. Yemen's
[00:12:41] Yemen's civil war is casting a shadow
[00:12:45] shadow well beyond its borders. The
[00:12:46] The Houthis are a threat to international international shipping and increasingly
[00:12:50] increasingly a threat to Saudi Arabia.
[00:12:53] Arabia. But for their backers in
[00:12:55] in Iran, they provide leverage. In
[00:13:00] In operating rooms in the city of
[00:13:02] of Aden. Geopolitics feels remote
[00:13:05] remote night and day. Doctors are are treating wounded fighters. When
[00:13:09] When you get a real sense here of
[00:13:11] of how fierce the fighting is, this
[00:13:14] this hospital alone has received
[00:13:17] received 51 wounded fighters today. today. Every bed in the intensive
[00:13:20] intensive care unit is full and the the casualties keep coming. We've
[00:13:24] We've been told there are three more
[00:13:26] more on the way. Some still have
[00:13:29] have their fighting spirit like Ahmed
[00:13:32] Ahmed Ali Mahmoud. He wants to get
[00:13:34] get back to the front. Despite multiple
[00:13:38] multiple fractures. I'm not waiting waiting to be fully recovered, he
[00:13:42] he told us. I just want to be able
[00:13:44] able to stand. I think it's a religious
[00:13:47] religious duty and a national duty.
[00:13:49] duty. The Houthis have destroyed
[00:13:52] destroyed the country. In the next
[00:13:55] next ward, 12-year-old Ali, he was
[00:13:57] was injured by a drone and a shrapnel
[00:14:00] shrapnel near his spine. Doctors
[00:14:02] Doctors hope to remove it. But will
[00:14:05] will war follow him into adulthood?
[00:14:08] adulthood? Orla Guerin, BBC News News Southern Yemen. Let's cross
[00:14:12] cross live now and speak to Ali Fathollah-Nejad,
[00:14:15] Fathollah-Nejad, who is the founder founder and director of the centre centre for Middle East and Global Global Order, an independent think
[00:14:19] think tank. Ali, thanks so much for for joining us. And let's just I
[00:14:22] I think it's important to contextualise contextualise what's happening with
[00:14:26] with the Houthis in terms of the the Iran war. So if you can do that
[00:14:29] that for us and just give us the the kind of background to that and and why we're seeing this escalating
[00:14:33] escalating now. Well, I believe that
[00:14:36] that there are certainly inter. Yemeni Yemeni domestic factors, but and
[00:14:40] and also the Houthi Saudi dynamic
[00:14:43] dynamic behind Houthi actions. But But I would rather, as you suggested,
[00:14:47] suggested, contextualise it in the the wider Iran war. We don't have
[00:14:50] have to forget that the Houthi escalation escalation has started precisely
[00:14:53] precisely a month ago. And this was
[00:14:56] was coinciding with several pressure pressure points as the Islamic Republic
[00:14:59] Republic of Iran, a major backer backer of the of Yemen's Houthis,
[00:15:03] Houthis, had been facing the resumption
[00:15:05] resumption of the US naval blockade
[00:15:07] blockade in mid-July that was crippling crippling increasingly so crucially,
[00:15:11] crucially, Iranian oil exports and
[00:15:15] and concerns by the Iranian regime regime that its control over the
[00:15:18] the Strait of Hormuz is going to
[00:15:21] to be eroding as any energy exports
[00:15:24] exports were on the rise, with alternative alternative export routes used by
[00:15:27] by the UAE but also the Kingdom of of Saudi Arabia. And later on we
[00:15:31] we saw that the Houthis were precisely
[00:15:33] precisely attacking also this energy energy infrastructure of the Saudis.
[00:15:36] Saudis. And also the US Navy escorting,
[00:15:40] escorting, you know, relatively quite quite a number of, you know, vessels
[00:15:44] vessels through the Oman route, through through the Strait of Hormuz, which
[00:15:47] which wasn't to the taste of Tehran. Tehran. And frustration, certainly
[00:15:51] certainly over the lack of US concessions concessions vis a vis Tehran. So
[00:15:55] So from the Iranian strategic perspective, perspective, the situation was getting
[00:15:59] getting worse and worse. And they
[00:16:01] they had to increase the pressure pressure upon the Americans, upon
[00:16:05] upon the GCC and to flex their negative
[00:16:08] negative power muscles, so to speak, speak, through the Houthis. And so
[00:16:11] so what choice now does the Saudis Saudis have given this pressure you're
[00:16:14] you're talking about from Iran as
[00:16:16] as well? Well, the Saudis have are
[00:16:21] are in a very delicate situation,
[00:16:24] situation, very obviously those attacks attacks not only against energy infrastructure
[00:16:28] infrastructure but also against the
[00:16:30] the civilian airports over the last
[00:16:32] last week have been quite costly.
[00:16:34] costly. There is some frustration, frustration, certainly over the extent
[00:16:38] extent of support within the so-called so-called Mecca pact, which is this
[00:16:42] this defence agreement that was forged
[00:16:44] forged between Saudi Arabia and Turkey Turkey and Pakistan, so that from
[00:16:48] from Turkey and Pakistan there they they cannot really expect any kind
[00:16:52] kind of active military support.
[00:16:54] support. But they're nevertheless nevertheless going to try to recapture
[00:16:58] recapture some of the lost territory. territory. And to, you know, push
[00:17:01] push away the Houthis from controlling
[00:17:05] controlling this second important important waterway next to the Strait
[00:17:07] Strait of Hormuz in this wider region,
[00:17:09] region, which is the Bab al-Mandab. al-Mandab. So I think, militarily
[00:17:12] militarily speaking, we're going
[00:17:14] going to see a lot of back and forth.
[00:17:17] forth. And it's very unclear how
[00:17:19] how on the military front things things are going to end. Ali, thanks
[00:17:23] thanks so much for your analysis.
[00:17:25] analysis. Thank you. Well, we'll
[00:17:29] we'll have a special live show with
[00:17:31] with so much more on the war in Ukraine Ukraine coming up as The Security
[00:17:34] Security Brief goes live in front front of a studio audience tonight.
[00:17:37] tonight. You can watch that here here on BBC News in just over 12
[00:17:41] 12 minutes' time. You can also watch
[00:17:42] watch it on BBC iPlayer and of course
[00:17:45] course the BBC News YouTube channel. channel. Today, at 7:30 UK time,
[00:17:49] time, Christian and Mikey will have have their live analysis with a panel
[00:17:53] panel of very special guests. But But first, let's take a quick break
[00:17:56] break here on the world today, around around the world and across the UK.
[00:17:59] UK. This is The World
[00:19:00] security. Brief live with an audience
[00:19:01] audience here on BBC News. The Prime
[00:19:10] Prime Minister has given MPs his his clearest signal yet that he sees
[00:19:13] sees a closer relationship with the the EU as a key part of growing the
[00:19:17] the UK economy. He told MPs it would would be a dereliction of duty not
[00:19:20] not to push for closer ties with with the EU, and that the status
[00:19:24] status quo is not good enough. Our
[00:19:25] Our political editor, Chris Mason,
[00:19:28] Mason, has more. Remember when all
[00:19:30] all Westminster seemed to do was
[00:19:33] was row about Brexit? Of course you
[00:19:35] you do. And it's all gone quiet though
[00:19:37] though in recent years. But is that
[00:19:40] that now changing? Andy Burnham.
[00:19:44] Burnham. The Prime Minister, wants wants a closer relationship with
[00:19:48] with the European Union. If we are
[00:19:52] are serious about promoting growth
[00:19:55] growth controlling immigration, upholding upholding our values and security.
[00:19:59] security. It is a conversation we
[00:20:01] we must have. Sticking with the status
[00:20:05] status quo is not good enough for
[00:20:06] for Britain. Worse, it would be a
[00:20:09] a major dereliction of duty to turn
[00:20:11] turn away. A UK EU summit will take
[00:20:14] take place in Brussels at the end end of next month, and the Prime
[00:20:17] Prime Minister says he wants to reduce reduce the administrative burden
[00:20:20] burden on farmers, deepen co-operation co-operation on immigration and discuss
[00:20:24] discuss a youth mobility scheme.
[00:20:26] scheme. But with what trade offs
[00:20:29] offs and costs. His exact words earlier
[00:20:31] earlier this year were the last thing
[00:20:33] thing we should do right now is rerun
[00:20:36] rerun those arguments. And yet here
[00:20:39] here he is unpicking the deal this
[00:20:41] this country signed with the EU a
[00:20:44] a decade after the referendum. He He is not going to get a better deal.
[00:20:48] deal. And another thing the Prime Prime Minister said about Brexit
[00:20:51] Brexit has got some people Take talking. talking. A listen. I asked a question
[00:20:55] question coming into Downing Street.
[00:20:57] Street. Was there interference in in the 2016 referendum from Russia?
[00:21:00] Russia? And I've had the clear answer answer that yes, there was. Over
[00:21:03] Over the weekend on the Rest Is Politics
[00:21:05] Politics podcast. He implied that
[00:21:08] that the referendum result was illegitimate
[00:21:10] illegitimate because of Russian interference. interference. Where has this come
[00:21:13] come from? We all remember in 2018
[00:21:16] 2018 the head of MI5 said that there there was no evidence that Russia
[00:21:19] Russia had influenced the EU referendum referendum result. I implied no such
[00:21:23] such thing, the Prime Minister insisted,
[00:21:25] insisted, adding. It is a matter
[00:21:28] matter of record, Mr Speaker, that
[00:21:30] that Russian actors sought to interfere
[00:21:34] interfere in the 2019 general election
[00:21:35] election and we think it is inconceivable
[00:21:39] inconceivable that this was the first
[00:21:41] first time. The Liberal Democrats Democrats commended what they called
[00:21:44] called his courage in saying this, this, adding he should publish the
[00:21:48] the evidence. So will he now present
[00:21:50] present it to the House in full alongside
[00:21:52] alongside any evidence of interference
[00:21:54] interference in other UK votes? Mr
[00:21:57] Mr Burnham didn't promise to do so
[00:22:00] so earlier. The Reform UK leader
[00:22:02] leader was blunt in his assessment.
[00:22:05] assessment. The Prime Minister is
[00:22:06] is a liar. Yes, a liar. There was
[00:22:12] was no Russian interference and the
[00:22:14] the Russia hoax has run all the way
[00:22:16] way through this. A new Prime Minister
[00:22:19] Minister and our relationship with
[00:22:21] with the European Union. Brexit is
[00:22:23] is back in the political debate. debate. Incidentally, to complete
[00:22:26] complete the rather back to the future future feel of today, Boris Johnson
[00:22:30] Johnson has chipped in on this whole whole question of Russian interference,
[00:22:34] interference, saying that he asked asked the same question that Andy
[00:22:36] Andy Burnham did when he became Foreign
[00:22:39] Foreign Secretary of the Security Security services and was told at
[00:22:41] at the time there was no evidence
[00:22:45] evidence of any successful interference. interference. I think the debate
[00:22:47] debate will rumble about what interference
[00:22:49] interference amounts to and what what successful interference amounts
[00:22:52] amounts to. The bigger picture, though, though, is that the Prime Minister
[00:22:55] Minister is willing to lean in to to this wider argument about Brexit,
[00:22:59] Brexit, and we can expect him to to continue to do so in the coming
[00:23:03] coming weeks and months. He insists, insists, though, that this side of
[00:23:05] of a general election he'll be saying
[00:23:08] saying no to the customs union, the
[00:23:10] the single market and therefore freedom
[00:23:12] freedom of movement. That's our political
[00:23:16] political editor, Chris Mason, there. there. The Home Secretary, Shabana
[00:23:19] Shabana Mahmood, has announced an an urgent review of the security
[00:23:22] security arrangements of all high high profile public figures. It follows
[00:23:25] follows the murder of former Conservative Conservative Minister Ann Widdecombe
[00:23:28] Widdecombe at her Devon home in July.
[00:23:31] July. It is clear there is insufficient insufficient protection for those
[00:23:35] those who serve. I can therefore therefore announce today that I will
[00:23:38] will expand with immediate effect effect police support to political
[00:23:42] political figures who are not currently currently Members of Parliament.
[00:23:45] Parliament. This will include former
[00:23:47] former Members of Parliament, peers peers and party spokespeople giving
[00:23:50] giving them access to a named police
[00:23:53] police officer as well as help with with wider security measures. Staying
[00:23:57] Staying here in the UK, it's emerged emerged the man who was mauled to
[00:24:00] to death by a tiger after entering entering its enclosure on Saturday
[00:24:03] Saturday was visiting the Yorkshire Yorkshire Wildlife Park alone. An
[00:24:07] An investigation has started into into his death as the park near Doncaster
[00:24:10] Doncaster remains closed for a third
[00:24:11] third day. Jim Connolly reports.
[00:24:15] reports. Yorkshire Wildlife Park Park is normally busy with families families and school trips, all excited
[00:24:19] excited to see the animals. Today Today nobody's going in. It's after
[00:24:23] after a man climbed into the tiger tiger enclosure on Saturday afternoon
[00:24:26] afternoon and was fatally attacked.
[00:24:28] attacked. There's been a lot of speculation speculation online about the man
[00:24:32] man and what happened. Had he been been accompanied to the park? Well, Well, the police have confirmed to
[00:24:35] to us he was visiting on his own. own. An eyewitness described seeing
[00:24:39] seeing the man wearing headphones headphones and pacing around near near the enclosure before he went
[00:24:43] went in. We're not showing the videos videos of the attack circulating
[00:24:46] circulating online, but we've seen seen them and how the man interacts interacts with the tiger, the animal
[00:24:50] animal pawing at him and overpowering overpowering him. Then the attack
[00:24:53] attack happens, killing him at the the scene. We had these two shots
[00:24:57] shots and that's when we started started to question what's going
[00:25:00] going on. And then we came out of
[00:25:02] of the lemur enclosure and there there was another ranger saying,
[00:25:05] saying, I'm sorry, we're going to to have to evacuate. You all have
[00:25:08] have to make your way to the exit exit and say it took three quarters
[00:25:11] quarters of an hour for us to get get out. But all the way along the
[00:25:14] the Rangers then we saw the police. police. Then we saw the helicopter.
[00:25:17] helicopter. There was another two two shots at some point as well.
[00:25:21] well. It's eerily quiet, typically typically even on a wet, drizzly
[00:25:25] drizzly Monday like today, this place place would be busy. It's a popular
[00:25:29] popular tourist destination, but but now it's just a couple of security
[00:25:31] security guards and a lot of media media attention. This afternoon,
[00:25:35] afternoon, the City of Doncaster Doncaster Council told us they've
[00:25:37] they've launched a health and safety
[00:25:39] safety investigation. There are plenty plenty of unanswered questions. Why
[00:25:43] Why did the man enter the enclosure? enclosure? Who was he and how did
[00:25:46] did he get so close to such a dangerous
[00:25:48] dangerous animal? A park spokesperson spokesperson said their thoughts
[00:25:52] thoughts and heartfelt sympathies sympathies remain with the man's man's family, and it confirmed that
[00:25:56] that the tiger, called Altai, remained
[00:25:58] remained in the enclosure and would
[00:26:00] would not be euthanized. Jim Connolly, Connolly, BBC News, Doncaster. You've
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