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[00:00:00] MUSIC
[00:00:11] Live from Washington. This is BBC
[00:00:16] BBC News. Russia hammers Ukraine Ukraine for another night as Ukraine's
[00:00:20] Ukraine's president vows retaliation retaliation if Russian strikes on
[00:00:22] on the country's energy grid continue.
[00:00:26] continue. The BBC goes inside Yemen Yemen as Saudi backed government
[00:00:29] government forces work to regain regain control of coastal land from
[00:00:32] from the Houthis as the ongoing war
[00:00:34] war takes a toll on the population.
[00:00:36] population. This whole area has just
[00:00:38] just been retaken by pro-government
[00:00:41] pro-government forces. They captured captured it about three days ago.
[00:00:45] ago. Until then, the Houthis were were in control here. US Congresswoman
[00:00:49] Congresswoman Ilhan Omar condemns condemns a raid on her home, believed
[00:00:52] believed to be part of an ongoing
[00:00:55] ongoing federal criminal investigation.
[00:01:01] investigation. MUSIC MUSIC Hello,
[00:01:05] Hello, I'm Amanda Walker. Thanks Thanks for being with us. We start
[00:01:08] start in the Ukrainian capital as as we go to air. Kyiv is facing another
[00:01:12] another night of deadly Russian air air strikes. Local officials say
[00:01:15] say one person has been killed in in a strike on an apartment block.
[00:01:18] block. It's unclear how many are are injured. This is the latest in
[00:01:22] in a series of Russian attacks following
[00:01:23] following a tense and uncertain 48
[00:01:26] 48 hours on Saturday, President Trump
[00:01:29] Trump appeared to unilaterally announce announce an energy ceasefire between
[00:01:32] between Russia and Ukraine. President President Zelensky said he would
[00:01:35] would support it but accused Russia
[00:01:36] Russia of attacking six energy facilities
[00:01:39] facilities less than 24 hours after after it was announced. Well, these
[00:01:43] these strikes, said Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, was Putin's answer to President
[00:01:47] President Trump. There's been no no confirmation from the Kremlin
[00:01:49] Kremlin of any agreement on a ceasefire. ceasefire. Russia's foreign minister
[00:01:53] minister says Ukraine doesn't deserve deserve any respite. Well, this was
[00:01:57] was President Trump's response to to those conflicting reports. Well,
[00:02:00] Well, they agreed. You know why?
[00:02:02] why? Because I said you agree. That's
[00:02:05] That's why they agreed. Because I I said they agreed. And that thing
[00:02:09] thing has to get settled. That war
[00:02:11] war is a disaster. Maryan Zablotskyy Zablotskyy is a Ukrainian MP. He
[00:02:15] He spoke to me just a few minutes minutes after leaving an emergency
[00:02:19] emergency shelter following tonight's
[00:02:20] tonight's latest air raids in Kyiv.
[00:02:24] Kyiv. Well, just 45 minutes ago we we had like four ballistic missile missile strikes. So unfortunately,
[00:02:28] unfortunately, I had to leave this this office. But now things feel
[00:02:31] feel relatively safe. But relatively
[00:02:34] relatively safe is always quite relative. relative. So I have a special screen
[00:02:38] screen here as I serve in the interior
[00:02:40] interior unit. So I see at least
[00:02:42] least one jet powered Iranian Russian Russian drone hovering over Kyiv.
[00:02:46] Kyiv. What's it like living through
[00:02:48] through this so many years on? Well,
[00:02:52] Well, human beings get used to everything. everything. Plus you have this frustration
[00:02:55] frustration at the enemy and the the Russians, you know, to really
[00:02:58] really stand on and to take this
[00:03:01] this fight to their territory. Let's Let's talk a bit about what's been
[00:03:04] been happening. Donald Trump saying
[00:03:06] saying that Ukraine should hold wartime wartime elections essentially should
[00:03:10] should ditch its president. What's What's the reaction in Ukraine when
[00:03:13] when Donald Trump says things like
[00:03:16] like that? Well, currently it's a a difficult period for both Ukraine
[00:03:20] Ukraine and US since it's a pre-election pre-election period in, in the United
[00:03:23] United States. And we have learned learned the hard way that we have
[00:03:26] have to be very careful at what we we say and what we do in order not
[00:03:29] not to impact these elections. Well,
[00:03:31] Well, I want to say is that we appreciate
[00:03:34] appreciate the help of United States
[00:03:37] States governments, people we know know that in the vast majority American
[00:03:41] American hearts are with Ukraine, Ukraine, and we hope we get through
[00:03:45] through this difficult politically politically intense election related
[00:03:47] related period. As you say there, there, that the hope is that America
[00:03:51] America is with Ukraine. But does does that hope fade when you hear
[00:03:55] hear things like that? And also when when you look that President Trump
[00:03:59] Trump is lifting sanctions on Russian
[00:04:03] Russian diesel, how do Ukrainians Ukrainians I know it's not a monolith, monolith, but how do people feel
[00:04:06] feel about that? What conversations
[00:04:08] conversations are you hearing? Well,
[00:04:11] Well, it's no, it's not the first first time it's happened with this
[00:04:15] this administration. It's been happening happening over for many administrations
[00:04:18] administrations before. I do remember
[00:04:21] remember during the first Russian
[00:04:22] Russian invasion on Donbas and Crimea,
[00:04:25] Crimea, United States under Obama Obama administration refused to sell
[00:04:28] sell us any weapons. So I guess it
[00:04:31] it changes from cycle to cycle. But But I do wish that United States
[00:04:35] States politics would be more long-term
[00:04:37] long-term and not short-term connected connected to elections because, you
[00:04:40] you know, we when we made a long-term long-term commitment to get rid of
[00:04:44] of nuclear weapons, this was not not really conditional on us having
[00:04:47] having different elections at different different periods of time and us
[00:04:51] us changing our mind. And this lifting
[00:04:53] lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel diesel has really caused shockwaves
[00:04:57] shockwaves in the international community. community. And here in Washington,
[00:05:00] Washington, DC., how much of a surprise surprise was that? And what's the
[00:05:04] the take from Ukraine in terms of
[00:05:05] of this just being a gift to Putin,
[00:05:09] Putin, essentially? Well, we advocate
[00:05:12] advocate strongly for not any single single country to buy any oil or
[00:05:15] or gas from Russia. You know, it's
[00:05:17] it's not conditioned on us specifically. specifically. Previously we had such
[00:05:20] such pilots, for example, with Mr
[00:05:23] Mr Orban who lost his elections quite
[00:05:28] quite recently. Unfortunately, any
[00:05:31] any money paid to Russia or blood blood money because about half of
[00:05:34] of Russians budget, about half of of the profits that they get and
[00:05:38] and they use it to finance weapons weapons that kill Ukrainians. And
[00:05:41] And not only that, you know, they they send this money to buy weapons
[00:05:45] weapons from North Korea. They send send this money to buy drones from
[00:05:49] from Iran. And we are currently being
[00:05:51] being bombed by Iranian drones. So
[00:05:53] So this in the end may cost lives lives all around the world, including
[00:05:57] including those in the Middle East East and those of American
[00:06:00] soldiers. Yeah, everything connects. connects. Where do you think Ukraine
[00:06:04] Ukraine goes from here? And what what do you see as the future of
[00:06:07] of US support? Do you think it will will continue to go up and down,
[00:06:10] down, or do you see this as potentially potentially a moment where it really
[00:06:13] really does fade? I think historically
[00:06:18] historically US had a complicated complicated relationships with their their allies. If you look at also
[00:06:21] also at Kurds, if you look at what what happened in Afghanistan, I've
[00:06:25] I've always been advocating for us us to call for Ukrainian diaspora
[00:06:29] diaspora to be more active in elections elections in the United States. And
[00:06:32] And that seems to be the key for
[00:06:34] for US support. I wish that your
[00:06:37] your support was not so connected connected to election cycles. Unfortunately
[00:06:40] Unfortunately it is. We have what what we have. But on the bright side,
[00:06:43] side, you know, if we look at all all the other countries in the world,
[00:06:47] world, there's not so much of the the democratic and civilised world
[00:06:50] world that is out there and that
[00:06:52] that is helping Ukraine. And US is
[00:06:55] is still, still helping Ukraine quite quite a lot with weapons sales and
[00:06:59] and with intelligence sharing. OK. OK. That was Ukrainian MP Maryan
[00:07:02] Maryan Zablotskyy. Well, on Monday, Monday, the Ukrainian leader told
[00:07:05] told the Warsaw Security Forum that that Kyiv would retaliate if Russian
[00:07:09] Russian strikes on the country's
[00:07:10] country's energy grid continued.
[00:07:15] continued. It was clear that Putin
[00:07:19] Putin does not read Truth Social.
[00:07:22] Social. Russia is trying to use another
[00:07:25] another winter, another period of
[00:07:27] of cold weather against our country,
[00:07:29] country, taking our power plants,
[00:07:31] plants, power grids and all parts
[00:07:34] parts of our energy infrastructure
[00:07:37] infrastructure every single day. It's unclear whether an energy
[00:07:41] energy cease fire between Russia Russia and Ukraine will actually actually hold, but European allies
[00:07:45] allies have warned that Washington's Washington's recent diesel agreement
[00:07:48] agreement with Moscow could encourage encourage further aggression on Ukraine.
[00:07:52] Ukraine. Last week, President Trump Trump announced the US would temporarily
[00:07:55] temporarily ease restrictions on on Russian diesel fuel exports. This
[00:07:59] This would allow Russia to supply supply some diesel to US and global
[00:08:03] global markets for the next six months. months. Well, the US leader says
[00:08:06] says it's the right choice for Americans, Americans, but it's faced intense
[00:08:10] intense criticism abroad and at home
[00:08:12] home on Capitol Hill, a bipartisan bipartisan group of seven lawmakers
[00:08:16] lawmakers released a joint statement statement on Sunday calling on the
[00:08:19] the Trump administration to reverse reverse course. In part, it read,
[00:08:22] read, The United States should not not provide Putin with a financial
[00:08:26] financial lifeline. While Russia Russia continues to kill Ukrainian
[00:08:29] Ukrainian civilians. Well, Democratic Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen
[00:08:33] Shaheen is ranking member of the the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
[00:08:36] Committee, and she was one of the the signatories on that statement.
[00:08:39] statement. She gave her reaction reaction to the agreement. Congress
[00:08:42] Congress passed a law in 2022 that
[00:08:45] that said we would not allow the the imports of any Russian fuel.
[00:08:49] fuel. And if for some reason the the administration were thinking
[00:08:53] thinking about it, they needed to to come and consult with Congress. Congress. And if Congress had conditions
[00:08:56] conditions to put on it, then they
[00:08:58] they had to listen to those conditions.
[00:09:00] conditions. So the reality is they they are in violation of that law.
[00:09:03] law. We are making it very clear, clear, and I think on a bipartisan
[00:09:07] bipartisan basis in Congress, it's it's very clear that it's not the
[00:09:11] the US position that's shifting away away from Ukraine. It's Donald Trump's
[00:09:15] Trump's position and the White House House position that shifting away
[00:09:18] away from Ukraine. The Iranian backed
[00:09:21] backed Houthis have claimed another another attack on Riyadh's international
[00:09:25] international airport, a spokesman spokesman for the group said they they had fired a ballistic missile
[00:09:28] missile and added that they had also also targeted a Saudi airbase in
[00:09:32] in the southwestern city of Khamis Khamis Mushait with a drone. There
[00:09:35] There has been no official confirmation confirmation from Saudi Arabia, but
[00:09:38] but authorities have lifted an alert alert for the area. The weekend saw
[00:09:42] saw Riyadh's international airport airport hit with two deadly strikes
[00:09:45] strikes in as many days. Our security security correspondent Frank Gardner
[00:09:49] Gardner reports. A normal day in
[00:09:52] in Riyadh airports busy departure
[00:09:53] departure terminal. Then this with
[00:09:56] with no warning a Houthi missile
[00:09:58] missile fired from Yemen. 13 people
[00:10:00] people killed on Saturday, hundreds hundreds injured three strikes over
[00:10:03] over four days. Saudi air defences
[00:10:07] defences penetrated all this while
[00:10:09] while Saudi Arabia is hosting a major
[00:10:12] major international energy conference.
[00:10:14] conference. Resilience gives us the
[00:10:17] the capacity to sustain progress
[00:10:18] progress and continue shaping our
[00:10:21] our future. The events of recent
[00:10:24] recent weeks are serious. Our response
[00:10:27] response must be equally serious.
[00:10:29] serious. While remaining focus on
[00:10:31] on the decades ahead. But the Houthis
[00:10:36] Houthis have other plans responding responding to recent Saudi air strikes,
[00:10:40] strikes, Yemen's Houthis have launched launched a barrage of missile and
[00:10:43] and drone strikes right across the
[00:10:45] the Saudi kingdom. Saudi Arabia spent
[00:10:49] spent more than $83 billion on defence defence last year. That made them
[00:10:52] them the eighth biggest defence spender
[00:10:55] spender in the world over the years, years, they bought typhoon jets,
[00:10:59] jets, Patriot missiles and third third interceptors. So how is it
[00:11:03] it then that with all of this expensive
[00:11:05] expensive kit, they can't seem to to prevent these devastating Houthi
[00:11:09] Houthi missile strikes? The Houthis Houthis have a mixture of ballistic
[00:11:12] ballistic missiles, cruise missiles missiles and drones that all require
[00:11:15] require a lot of different defences defences so you can spend millions millions intercepting weapons that
[00:11:19] that cost a fraction of that. You You can shoot down lots of them,
[00:11:22] them, but you still suffer crippling crippling damage from the ones that
[00:11:25] that get through. The Saudis can can bomb Yemen extensively to try
[00:11:28] try and stop this, but it's really really hard to track down every launcher,
[00:11:32] launcher, every possible missile
[00:11:33] missile site, every small factory.
[00:11:37] factory. Especially in a country country wracked by its own ongoing
[00:11:41] ongoing conflict forces loyal to to the ousted, internationally recognised
[00:11:44] recognised Yemeni government have have retaken land in places they've
[00:11:47] they've lost it in others. But all
[00:11:50] all the while, Iran is strengthening strengthening its hand, ready for
[00:11:54] for an eventual deal with America.
[00:11:56] America. To end this widening war.
[00:12:00] war. Frank Gardner, BBC News. Let's
[00:12:03] Let's take a closer look at the situation
[00:12:05] situation in Yemen, the civil war war in Yemen began in 2014 when Houthi
[00:12:09] Houthi fighters backed by Iran, gained
[00:12:11] gained control of the capital Sana'a.
[00:12:14] Sana'a. Since 2015, a Saudi led coalition coalition has been trying with heavy
[00:12:17] heavy air strikes to restore to power power the internationally recognised
[00:12:20] recognised government. In recent recent weeks, the Houthis have taken
[00:12:23] taken over part of the west coast coast of the country, although Saudi
[00:12:27] Saudi backed government forces have
[00:12:28] have since retaken some of it. Our
[00:12:32] Our senior international correspondent correspondent Orla Guerin reports reports from the Yemeni coast. Her
[00:12:35] Her report contains distressing images.
[00:12:41] images. Crossing the desert, a remote
[00:12:44] remote battlefield in a civil war
[00:12:46] war that is fast becoming a major
[00:12:48] major regional threat. We travelled
[00:12:51] travelled with Yemen's southern forces
[00:12:53] forces fighters loyal to the internationally
[00:12:56] internationally recognised government
[00:12:58] government in this landscape of harsh
[00:13:01] harsh beauty, they have regained regained lost ground and took us
[00:13:04] us to see it here. The wreckage of
[00:13:07] of a Houthi drone shot out of the
[00:13:10] the sky. How much damage could this
[00:13:13] this have done? Commander Tawfiq
[00:13:15] Tawfiq Al Haboun says it contained
[00:13:19] contained explosives. And could kill
[00:13:23] kill 10 to 15 people. This whole
[00:13:27] whole area has just been retaken retaken by pro-government forces.
[00:13:31] forces. They captured it about three
[00:13:33] three days ago. Until then, the Houthis
[00:13:35] Houthis were in control here. They've They've been pushed back. And we've
[00:13:38] we've been told that there are Houthi
[00:13:41] Houthi fighters in position up in in the mountains. About 500 of them.
[00:13:45] them. And since we've been here, here, the forces are keeping an eye
[00:13:48] eye on the sky just to make sure
[00:13:50] sure that there are no more drones
[00:13:52] drones coming. And here, scenes from
[00:13:55] from the battle to retake this territory.
[00:14:00] territory. No military precision
[00:14:02] precision in this desert campaign.
[00:14:05] campaign. Just a loose alliance of of pro-government fighters. Some
[00:14:08] Some of them barefoot. As we left
[00:14:15] left front lines about a mile from
[00:14:17] from the Houthis government reinforcements
[00:14:20] reinforcements were heading in. Along
[00:14:24] Along the way, a tableau of suffering
[00:14:27] suffering for some of those who have
[00:14:29] have fled the fighting, the only
[00:14:31] only shelter is the trees. Aisha
[00:14:34] Aisha tells me she has been here
[00:14:37] here for 30 days with no money, no
[00:14:41] no food and no water, not even a
[00:14:44] a blanket. Yemen's civil war is casting
[00:14:46] casting a shadow well beyond its
[00:14:49] its borders. The Houthis are a threat
[00:14:52] threat to international shipping shipping and increasingly a threat
[00:14:55] threat to Saudi Arabia. But for their
[00:14:58] their backers in Iran, they provide
[00:15:02] provide leverage in operating rooms
[00:15:03] rooms in the city of Aden, geopolitics
[00:15:07] geopolitics feels remote night and
[00:15:08] and day. Doctors are treating wounded
[00:15:12] wounded fighters. That includes the
[00:15:14] the enemy. This man is a Houthi,
[00:15:17] Houthi, but most here are from the
[00:15:21] the government side. When you get get a real sense here of how fierce
[00:15:24] fierce the fighting is, this hospital
[00:15:28] hospital alone has received 51 wounded wounded fighters today. Every bed
[00:15:32] bed in the intensive care unit is
[00:15:34] is full. They've been arriving with
[00:15:36] with gunshot wounds with shrapnel.
[00:15:38] shrapnel. Some have had limbs amputated amputated and the casualties keep
[00:15:41] keep coming. We've been told there
[00:15:43] there are three more on the way.
[00:15:47] way. The battles in Yemen are ebbing
[00:15:50] ebbing and flowing with no clear
[00:15:52] clear victor, but plenty more trauma.
[00:15:55] trauma. For some, the war will always
[00:15:57] always be with them. Some still have
[00:16:01] have their fighting spirit like Ahmed
[00:16:04] Ahmed Ali Mahmoud. He wants to get
[00:16:06] get back to the front. Despite multiple
[00:16:10] multiple fractures. I'm not waiting
[00:16:15] waiting to be fully recovered, he he told us. I just want to be able
[00:16:19] able to stand. I think it's a religious religious duty and a national duty.
[00:16:22] duty. The Houthis have destroyed
[00:16:25] destroyed the country. Come on. In
[00:16:28] In the next ward, Ali, who is 121
[00:16:31] 121 year older than Yemen's war.
[00:16:33] war. He was injured by a drone and
[00:16:35] and is now facing a complicated surgery.
[00:16:40] surgery. There is shrapnel near his
[00:16:42] his spine, says Doctor Amur Al-sakkaf.
[00:16:45] Al-sakkaf. The operation won't be be easy, but God willing our staff
[00:16:48] staff will be able to handle it.
[00:16:52] it. But will war follow Ali into
[00:16:54] into adulthood? Orla Guerin, BBC
[00:16:58] BBC News Southern Yemen. Still to
[00:17:01] to come, oil prices are climbing climbing after those attacks on Saudi
[00:17:05] Saudi Arabia. We'll look at what what the turmoil is doing to energy
[00:17:09] energy prices around the world
[00:18:10] League here on BBC News or via the
[00:18:12] the BBC Sport website and app. You're
[00:18:22] You're live with BBC News. Welcome Welcome back. Oil prices have risen
[00:18:26] risen as turmoil continues in the the Middle East and despite President President Trump's attempt to drive
[00:18:29] drive the price down with his agreement agreement to buy Russian oil, the
[00:18:32] the cost of Brent crude is around
[00:18:35] around $106 a barrel. That's up from
[00:18:37] from around $70 before the US Israel Israel war with Iran. Well, this
[00:18:41] this has fed through to higher costs costs for car fuel in many countries,
[00:18:45] countries, including the US., where where prices at the pump are a big
[00:18:49] big complaint from voters ahead of of the mid-term elections. And analysts
[00:18:52] analysts warn that President Trump's Trump's deal to buy oil from Russia
[00:18:56] Russia is not likely to have a noticeable
[00:18:59] noticeable impact on prices. Here's Here's what President Trump had to
[00:19:02] to say about energy prices on his
[00:19:04] his way to Ohio a little earlier.
[00:19:07] earlier. Prices are coming down, down, and as soon as the war ends,
[00:19:10] ends, which will be very soon with with Iran, the oil will drop like
[00:19:13] like a rock and it's going to end
[00:19:14] end very soon. The apparent deal,
[00:19:17] deal, says Russia will immediately
[00:19:20] immediately supply 300,000 tonnes tonnes of diesel. I asked Simon KC,
[00:19:23] KC, managing editor of energy commodities commodities at Bloomberg, if he thinks
[00:19:27] thinks Russia is capable of such such a feat. Opinion, frankly, is
[00:19:30] is divided. If you listen to Ukraine's Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky,
[00:19:34] Zelensky, he say it's doubtful and and he thinks this is not going to
[00:19:37] to make much difference. There is
[00:19:39] is probably some capability, but
[00:19:42] but as you point out, Russia's come
[00:19:44] come under attack consistently from
[00:19:47] from Ukraine this year on its energy energy infrastructure. It's quite
[00:19:50] quite battered. It did not suspend
[00:19:53] suspend those exports. Likely that
[00:19:56] that was a last resort to keep Russian
[00:19:58] Russian industry basically and the the economy going in the face of
[00:20:02] of this barrage. So there is some
[00:20:05] some wiggle room. But even if the
[00:20:07] the exports do come out, will it
[00:20:09] it make much difference? The consensus consensus we've been picking up on
[00:20:13] on so far is that it's going to make make little difference. Overall,
[00:20:17] Overall, the world is still going going to be constrained when it comes
[00:20:21] comes to gasoline and diesel for for quite some time. So yeah, that
[00:20:24] that was going to be my next question. question. Donald Trump obviously obviously hoping that this can have
[00:20:28] have some impact ideally before the the mid-term elections. But you seem
[00:20:31] seem to be saying that that's not not going to happen. Is there any any chance that this could move the
[00:20:34] the needle further down the line? line? I mean, it could move the needle
[00:20:38] needle very incrementally. But I I mean, given that we're, what, three three weeks out from the mid-term
[00:20:42] mid-term elections and given that
[00:20:45] that the sort of the logistical issues issues if you simply put oil on a
[00:20:48] a tanker and you export it across across the ocean, you're talking
[00:20:51] talking a matter of weeks at at,
[00:20:53] at, you know, at least sometimes sometimes it can be months to get
[00:20:57] get these cargoes from one location
[00:20:59] location to the other. So this could could over time make a difference.
[00:21:03] difference. But in the run up to to the election, the timing is very
[00:21:07] very short. You know, you played played a quote a clip there from
[00:21:11] from the President. He's right. To To the extent that prices fuel prices
[00:21:14] prices have edged lower in recent recent weeks. But we're talking you
[00:21:18] you know, if you look at average average US gasoline prices, they've
[00:21:21] they've gone from about $4.50 a gallon
[00:21:23] gallon down to about 430, something
[00:21:25] something like that. It's a very
[00:21:27] very small difference really. And And overall they're still at a very
[00:21:31] very high level. The sort of level
[00:21:33] level we last saw during the Ukraine, Ukraine, the start of the Ukraine
[00:21:37] Ukraine war back in 2022. And the
[00:21:40] the President, President Trump blaming blaming Ukraine, not the Iran war
[00:21:42] war for spiking oil prices around around the world. Is there any truth
[00:21:46] truth in that? I mean, there is some
[00:21:48] some truth. I think absent the conflict
[00:21:51] conflict in Ukraine and if Ukraine
[00:21:54] Ukraine wasn't bombarding Russian Russian refineries across the country,
[00:21:57] country, and if Russia was exporting exporting diesel like it did a year
[00:22:01] year or two ago we'd be in a slightly
[00:22:05] slightly better position. But overwhelming. overwhelming. The biggest factor
[00:22:09] factor here in the squeeze on global
[00:22:10] global fuel prices has been the war war in Iran. There's a significant
[00:22:14] significant amount of refining capacity capacity within the Persian Gulf
[00:22:18] Gulf that is effectively out of commission commission right now. And even though
[00:22:22] though a lot of the crude exports exports have kind of returned from
[00:22:25] from that part of the world, even even in the face of sustained action
[00:22:29] action by Iran, and we still see
[00:22:31] see ships being attacked the refined
[00:22:35] refined products, as the industry
[00:22:36] industry calls it, the diesel, the
[00:22:39] the gasoline that is normally refined refined in that region is not coming
[00:22:42] coming out. And that's a big gap
[00:22:45] gap that the world is struggling struggling to fill. Inventories are are down and prices are up. And we're
[00:22:49] we're all seeing that at the pump, pump, at least if you're in the US.
[00:22:53] US. And just briefly, Salman, I think think I know what your answer might might veer towards. But what is the
[00:22:57] the one thing that needs to happen happen to get things even closer
[00:22:59] closer back to what they were before
[00:23:01] before the Iran war? I mean, you you know, absent the, you know, a
[00:23:05] a proper ceasefire, I think it would
[00:23:08] would be guarantees on the safety safety of shipping through the Persian
[00:23:11] Persian Gulf. As I say, there's been
[00:23:13] been a quite a sort of a Herculean
[00:23:15] Herculean effort to get more crude crude sailing through the Strait
[00:23:19] Strait of Hormuz. It's come at a a huge cost. We have record shipping
[00:23:22] shipping costs right now. As I say,
[00:23:23] say, we have a real security issue. issue. Ships are getting attacked.
[00:23:27] attacked. They're running a great great risk going through there every
[00:23:29] every day given the costs, the priority priority has been given to crude
[00:23:33] crude oil rather than gasoline and and diesel. If there was a greater
[00:23:36] greater certainty, if there was greater greater safety for shipping there,
[00:23:39] there, I think you would probably probably see more a refined products
[00:23:43] products start to pass through the the Strait of Hormuz and that that
[00:23:46] that sort of that shortage would would finally begin to ease. Simon
[00:23:50] Simon Casey from Bloomberg. There There are two American academics,
[00:23:53] academics, Robert Hall and Michael Michael Woodford have been awarded
[00:23:56] awarded this year's Nobel Prize for for economics. The pair received
[00:23:59] received the prestigious award for for their development of new macroeconomic
[00:24:02] macroeconomic models, which are used used by central banks and governments governments around the world. The
[00:24:06] The Swedish academy said they had had laid the foundations for the
[00:24:09] the New Keynesian paradigm, with
[00:24:11] with economic models built from the
[00:24:14] the bottom up. Now round up of stories
[00:24:17] stories making headlines across the
[00:24:19] the globe. Protesters led by India's
[00:24:21] India's main opposition, the Congress Congress Party, have been marching
[00:24:24] marching in Delhi towards the Supreme Supreme Court. They're demanding
[00:24:27] demanding the resignation of the the chief election commissioner after
[00:24:30] after the removal of millions of of names from voter lists. This comes
[00:24:33] comes after thousands of protesters protesters were detained, then released
[00:24:37] released this weekend, including including the leaders of the Gen
[00:24:39] Gen Z movement. The Cockroach Janta
[00:24:42] Janta Party hundreds of French supermarkets supermarkets have been hit by a cyber
[00:24:46] cyber attack that caused their fridges fridges and freezers to heat up,
[00:24:49] up, spoiling fresh and frozen food
[00:24:52] food estimated to be worth millions millions of euros. Hackers reportedly
[00:24:55] reportedly gained control of the the software that regulates the temperatures
[00:24:59] temperatures of the refrigeration refrigeration units, forcing some
[00:25:01] some to warm to 50 Celsius or 122
[00:25:05] 122 Fahrenheit. Overnight, the prosecutor's prosecutor's office in Paris says
[00:25:08] says it has launched an investigation. investigation. Pope Leo has cancelled
[00:25:12] cancelled all audiences until the the 20th of October, as he's expected
[00:25:16] expected to undergo surgery. The The Pope will reportedly be admitted
[00:25:20] admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital Hospital Tuesday morning as he prepares
[00:25:23] prepares for an operation to remove remove a small nodule on one of his
[00:25:27] his lungs, the Vatican said the growth growth had been found on a recent
[00:25:30] recent check up and had been found
[00:25:32] found early. Some breaking news to to bring you. The US actor RJ Mitte,
[00:25:36] Mitte, best known for his role as as Walter White Jr in Breaking Bad,
[00:25:40] Bad, has died. He was 34. No immediate
[00:25:43] immediate cause of death was provided. provided. MIT lived with cerebral
[00:25:46] cerebral palsy and drew on his own own experience for his award winning
[00:25:50] winning role in the Breaking Bad Bad series. A representative for
[00:25:54] for MIT told the BBC it is with profound profound sadness that we share the
[00:25:57] the tragic passing of a beloved actor,
[00:26:00] actor, philanthropist and passionate passionate disability rights advocate.
[00:26:03] advocate. RJ Mitte. We'll do stay stay with us
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