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[00:00:08] MUSIC
[00:00:13] Live from Singapore. This is
[00:00:15] BBC News. Democratic Congresswoman Congresswoman Haley Stevens endorses
[00:00:18] endorses the Republican Party's Senate Senate candidate in the key battleground
[00:00:22] battleground state of Michigan. The The latest twist in a crucial Senate
[00:00:25] Senate race just two days ahead of
[00:00:27] of the US midterm elections. Ukraine's Ukraine's military says its air raid
[00:00:31] raid alert app is likely to have
[00:00:34] have been hacked after citizens received received false warnings about threats
[00:00:37] threats of radiation and chemical
[00:00:39] chemical attacks. Buckingham Palace
[00:00:41] Palace says King Charles will speak speak with unflinching honesty and
[00:00:45] and sincere sorrow about slavery
[00:00:47] slavery at the Commonwealth Leaders Leaders Summit in the Caribbean and
[00:00:51] and on Business Today, the world's world's largest cryptocurrency exchange,
[00:00:54] exchange, Binance, sees record withdrawals withdrawals after it reopened on
[00:00:58] on Sunday following a massive hack.
[00:01:13] You're watching News Day. I'm
[00:01:14] Vandhna Bhan the US midterm elections
[00:01:17] elections are just two days away.
[00:01:19] away. Millions of voters across the the country will determine the balance
[00:01:23] balance of power in Congress. And And while the Democrats are widely
[00:01:26] widely predicted to flip the House House of Representatives, the Senate
[00:01:29] Senate is still up for grabs. President
[00:01:32] President Trump has just left Kansas,
[00:01:34] Kansas, where he held his final rally
[00:01:36] rally in the months long campaign campaign blitz for Republicans. He's
[00:01:40] He's just finished his speech in
[00:01:41] in the last few minutes. Along with
[00:01:44] with Florida and Iowa, Kansas was
[00:01:46] was once considered reliably a Republican
[00:01:49] Republican state, but the US President President spent the final weekend
[00:01:52] weekend before polling day campaigning
[00:01:54] campaigning there, highlighting how how competitive they have become
[00:01:58] become and how important they will will be in determining control of
[00:02:01] of Congress. In Michigan, Democratic
[00:02:04] Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens Stevens broke with her party by endorsing
[00:02:08] endorsing Republican Senate candidate candidate Mike Rogers. It follows
[00:02:11] follows a rift with her fellow Democrat
[00:02:12] Democrat and nominee for Senate Abdul
[00:02:15] Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated her her in the primary. Stevens criticised
[00:02:19] criticised him over a political ad
[00:02:20] ad by an outside group, blaming Israel
[00:02:23] Israel for high grocery prices. Stevens
[00:02:25] Stevens then appeared with Rogers Rogers on the campaign trail, there,
[00:02:29] there, she explained a little more
[00:02:31] more of why her support has shifted.
[00:02:34] shifted. My vote for Senate is going going to be with Mike Rogers, and
[00:02:37] and I will tell you why because we
[00:02:41] we have to stand with country. We
[00:02:43] We can't stand with hate. I'm sorry
[00:02:45] sorry people are upset and I understand
[00:02:48] understand that I did endorse the the Democratic nominee and he chose
[00:02:51] chose to close this campaign by saying saying I wasn't welcome. I've never
[00:02:55] never been invited to a campaign campaign event. That's fine. You You know, he's busy. He's running
[00:02:58] running all around. I've had primaries primaries before myself. It's not
[00:03:01] not about that. It's this is about
[00:03:04] about leadership and integrity. Now, Now, President Trump praised Stevens
[00:03:07] Stevens for her decision to endorse endorse Rogers, saying he would welcome
[00:03:11] welcome her to the Republican Party. Party. Al-Sayed, meanwhile, called
[00:03:14] called the endorsement a distraction distraction and spoke out against
[00:03:18] against his former primary challenger. challenger. So look, if you're somebody
[00:03:21] somebody who believes that we ought ought to have more rights, not less less than I would think you would
[00:03:25] would support me in this race. If If you are somebody who believes
[00:03:29] believes that we should stand up up to hate, and you have watched watched this last campaign, I think
[00:03:33] think we probably would not want want to support Mike Rogers and Donald
[00:03:36] Donald Trump and JD Vance. Our North North America correspondent Nada
[00:03:40] Nada Tawfik was at El-Sayed's rally rally in Michigan. We have been speaking
[00:03:43] speaking with voters all day long
[00:03:45] long who were just as stunned by
[00:03:47] by this move. By Haley Stevens who
[00:03:50] who remember, was running in the
[00:03:53] the primary to take on Mike Rogers
[00:03:55] Rogers before she lost to Mr El-Sayed.
[00:03:58] El-Sayed. Voters very much see this
[00:04:00] this as a disappointment, as a distraction distraction ahead of, you know, a
[00:04:04] a few days before the election when when this is such a critical seat
[00:04:08] seat for Democrats in their fight fight to retake the Senate, they
[00:04:12] they believe that this is a betrayal betrayal of the Democratic Party
[00:04:15] Party that Haley Stevens has abandoned
[00:04:18] abandoned or her core kind of beliefs
[00:04:20] beliefs as a Democrat. And we have
[00:04:22] have seen a flurry of reaction from
[00:04:25] from top Democrats, not just in Michigan
[00:04:28] Michigan but in Washington as well. well. The Democratic leader, Chuck
[00:04:31] Chuck Schumer in the Senate, also also trying to portray the party
[00:04:35] party as united. And we have heard heard from Haley Stevens' own staff,
[00:04:39] staff, including her chief of staff,
[00:04:41] staff, who said that many have resigned
[00:04:43] resigned because they don't want want to see this sowing of discord
[00:04:47] discord right before the election. election. Now to the state of Texas,
[00:04:50] Texas, more than half $1 billion billion has been spent on advertising
[00:04:54] advertising alone, making it the the most expensive non-presidential
[00:04:58] non-presidential race in American American history. Democrat James
[00:05:01] James Talarico and Republican Ken
[00:05:03] Ken Paxton are in a race that's too
[00:05:05] too close to call. So what would would it mean for Republicans if
[00:05:08] if they were to lose Texas? Our correspondent
[00:05:11] correspondent Rob Grant explains. explains. It would be huge. It's
[00:05:15] It's you know, it's been decades decades since there's been a Democratic
[00:05:19] Democratic senator in Texas. It's It's such a vital state. And I think
[00:05:22] think what makes it so important important is that what it would tell
[00:05:25] tell us if there was a Democratic Democratic senator out of Texas for
[00:05:29] for the rest of the races, particularly,
[00:05:32] particularly, you know, looking at at President Trump's dwindling popularity
[00:05:36] popularity at the moment, the importance importance of the Latino vote, obviously,
[00:05:39] obviously, in a state like Texas
[00:05:41] Texas where people are reacting against against a number of things, first
[00:05:45] first and foremost, of course, the
[00:05:46] the cost of living that's a an issue
[00:05:51] issue across the nation. It has resonance, resonance, particularly in Texas,
[00:05:55] Texas, particularly in rural states states where the war with Iran is
[00:05:59] is pushing up the cost, obviously, obviously, of fuel, but also the
[00:06:02] the cost of fertiliser. You know,
[00:06:05] know, other products, oil based products products are all rising. And of course,
[00:06:08] course, the cost of living in terms terms of filling up your car with
[00:06:11] with gas. So these are the things
[00:06:14] things that if it does swing to a
[00:06:16] a Democratic senator out of Texas,
[00:06:19] Texas, you know, an almost unthinkable
[00:06:22] unthinkable prospect for the Republican Republican Party in many ways, it
[00:06:25] it really is an it would be an indication
[00:06:28] indication of where the night will will be heading or where the race
[00:06:32] race will be heading more broadly. broadly. Well, let's get more with
[00:06:35] with Mike Madrid, a Republican strategist
[00:06:37] strategist and former political director director for the California Republican
[00:06:40] Republican Party. Great to be able able to speak with you, Mike. And
[00:06:43] And I just want to go back to the
[00:06:46] the Michigan Senate race and actually actually we understand that Abdul
[00:06:49] Abdul El-Sayed has brought in over
[00:06:52] over $1.2 million in funding in just
[00:06:54] just four hours after Haley Stevens
[00:06:57] Stevens backed the Republican leader. leader. I mean, well, Mike Rogers,
[00:07:00] Rogers, what do you think this defection defection from Stevens is going to
[00:07:04] to mean from the Dems heading into into the midterm elections? Well,
[00:07:08] Well, a couple of things have happened. happened. The last minute. Of course,
[00:07:11] course, as you just mentioned, this this extraordinary fundraising dynamic.
[00:07:14] dynamic. It's obviously too late late to actually spend money. I don't don't know what you could spend that
[00:07:18] that money on, given that it's 48 48 hours away. But also the New York
[00:07:22] York Times poll just came out showing showing side with an extraordinarily
[00:07:26] extraordinarily large lead. Given Given the closeness of the race.
[00:07:28] race. So it seems to from those two two data points seems to be that
[00:07:32] that the both bases are closing,
[00:07:34] closing, that the Democrats are rallying rallying around their candidate.
[00:07:37] candidate. And the defection of Haley Haley Stevens was probably just her
[00:07:40] her own vote and not bringing any any votes with her. Mike, look, there's
[00:07:44] there's a lot of comments saying saying that the midterms are going
[00:07:46] going to be a flood of blue. As a a strategist, what has been I guess,
[00:07:49] guess, the biggest downfall for the the Republicans leading up to these
[00:07:53] these midterms. Overwhelmingly the the economy. I can't stress that
[00:07:56] that enough. Donald Trump is sitting sitting at a historic low point not
[00:07:59] not just for his own presidency, presidency, but for any presidency presidency in the era of modern polling.
[00:08:04] polling. The complete fiasco with with the war in Iran, the way that
[00:08:07] that has driven up prices, the way
[00:08:09] way it's affecting people's pocketbooks,
[00:08:12] pocketbooks, the dollars problems,
[00:08:14] problems, the lack of stability of of our own currency, this chaotic
[00:08:18] chaotic tariff policy. I could go go on and on. Add on top of that,
[00:08:22] that, the ice crackdowns, the unconstitutionality unconstitutionality of what's happening, happening, and Americans are simply
[00:08:26] simply feeling that we're in a moment moment of chaos, a maelstrom here,
[00:08:29] here, and they're ready to take decisive
[00:08:31] decisive action if the polls are are correct against this administration.
[00:08:35] administration. What's the trajectory trajectory here, then, for the Republican Republican Party and especially for
[00:08:38] for the Maga base here? This is the
[00:08:41] the first time in ten years of watching watching this very closely, where where I'm seeing a deterioration
[00:08:45] deterioration in support among self-identified self-identified Maga Republicans.
[00:08:49] Republicans. Donald Trump is sitting sitting in the high 60s, low 70s
[00:08:53] 70s with Republicans. That's a massive massive amount of defections, something
[00:08:55] something he rarely has dropped into
[00:08:57] into the 80s on. He's now a full
[00:09:00] full 15 points, sometimes more in in testing on that. And the question
[00:09:03] question becomes what happens in in the post-Trump era as he becomes
[00:09:06] becomes a super lame duck after this, this, assuming the Democrats win
[00:09:10] win both houses of Congress, which which seems increasingly likely,
[00:09:13] likely, you're going to have an old, old, feeble, erratic president who's
[00:09:16] who's not doing well in the first
[00:09:17] first two years of his term being
[00:09:21] being surrounded by his allies in
[00:09:23] in Europe who don't trust him, enemies
[00:09:26] enemies in the Middle East and domestic domestic opposition gathering steam.
[00:09:29] steam. I think it could be a very
[00:09:32] very erratic time in the history history of the United States. Coming
[00:09:35] Coming up. Mike Madrid really appreciate
[00:09:37] appreciate getting your analysis. analysis. Republican strategist.
[00:09:41] strategist. Now the Ukrainian Air Air Force has said its air alert
[00:09:44] alert app is likely to have been
[00:09:46] been compromised in an apparent hacking hacking attack on Sunday evening.
[00:09:50] evening. Many Ukrainians using the
[00:09:52] the app received false notifications notifications about a radiological
[00:09:55] radiological threat, a chemical attack attack and even a message about possible
[00:09:59] possible street fighting in Kyiv, Kyiv, the authorities say functionality
[00:10:02] functionality in the app is gradually gradually being restored. Meanwhile,
[00:10:06] Meanwhile, on Monday, Russia's Ministry Ministry of Emergency Situations
[00:10:10] Situations said its mobile app had had been subjected to what it called
[00:10:13] called a massive cyber attack. It It said this had resulted in the
[00:10:17] the distribution of fake information information to the public, and that
[00:10:20] that work was under way to fix the the vulnerability. Well, let's get
[00:10:23] get more on all of this with Matthew Matthew Warren, director of the Centre
[00:10:27] Centre of Cyber Security at RMIT RMIT Australia. Really great to be
[00:10:31] be able to speak with you. Just how
[00:10:35] how concerning is this attack, this this hacking of air raid at a flash,
[00:10:38] flash, a false nuclear warning? What
[00:10:40] What was the aim of this really?
[00:10:43] really? It's a big worry because
[00:10:46] because the Australian the Ukrainian Ukrainian air raid apps really trusted
[00:10:50] trusted source of information. The
[00:10:51] The fact that that's been compromised
[00:10:54] compromised and false information information was shared even for a
[00:10:57] a short period focuses on trying
[00:11:01] trying to cause distrust between, between, I suppose, trusted Ukrainian
[00:11:05] Ukrainian government sources of information
[00:11:08] information to its citizens, which
[00:11:10] which is a classic Russian information information warfare disinformation
[00:11:13] disinformation approach. And is this
[00:11:15] this more of, I guess, a psychological
[00:11:18] psychological tactic in warfare?
[00:11:20] warfare? So again, there's a number
[00:11:23] number of issues. One is the psychological psychological effect, the fact that
[00:11:26] that the Ukrainian population at at the moment is under increased
[00:11:30] increased aerial bombing from drones
[00:11:33] drones from the Russians. The fact
[00:11:35] fact that the Russians are, you know,
[00:11:39] know, trying to cause distrust between
[00:11:44] between the Ukrainian government government and its population. But
[00:11:47] But what's different is that Ukrainian Ukrainian government has invested
[00:11:51] invested a lot in civic resilience resilience that they know how to
[00:11:55] to deal with disinformation and they they know how to deal with these
[00:11:58] these sorts of situations. And what what do you make of Russia saying
[00:12:00] saying that they have also been subjected
[00:12:04] subjected to a massive cyber attack attack in their words, is this a
[00:12:07] a tit-for-tat? Do we believe Russia
[00:12:09] Russia here? Well, again, what's
[00:12:14] what's different with the Ukrainian
[00:12:17] Ukrainian example is that a cyber cyber incident occurred and false
[00:12:21] false information was shared. And
[00:12:22] And we've seen the evidence of that
[00:12:25] that in terms of Russia audit we've we've seen is what the Russian government
[00:12:28] government is saying that's happened. happened. And it may just be a case
[00:12:31] case that they're trying to distract distract people's attention with
[00:12:35] with the implication that there's
[00:12:36] there's somehow a third party involved,
[00:12:40] involved, which because of the sophistication sophistication of the attack on the
[00:12:43] the Ukrainian system, I think that's that's very unlikely. OK. Matthew
[00:12:47] Matthew Warren, really appreciate appreciate getting your analysis analysis there. Director at the Centre
[00:12:51] Centre of Cyber Security, RMIT Australia.
[00:12:54] Australia. Now there have been clashes clashes between police and rioters
[00:12:58] rioters in cities across Germany
[00:13:00] Germany late on Saturday after peaceful
[00:13:02] peaceful protests by a youth movement movement called Gen Z takes Charge
[00:13:06] Charge turned violent. They followed followed similar protests in France,
[00:13:09] France, where more than 300,000 people
[00:13:12] people marched on Saturday. Protests
[00:13:14] Protests also took place in Albania
[00:13:17] Albania and Portugal. This warning
[00:13:19] warning from the a warning this report
[00:13:21] report from our correspondent Joe Joe Pike Joe Inwood contains flashing
[00:13:24] flashing images from the start. These These are not scenes Germans are
[00:13:28] are used to on their streets. Youth
[00:13:30] Youth anger boiling over. In Frankfurt,
[00:13:37] Frankfurt, Germany's financial heart. heart. Small groups took the opportunity
[00:13:40] opportunity to loot shops, including including a gun store. But these
[00:13:43] these were relatively isolated incidents incidents and a long way from the
[00:13:47] the central message of protests, protests, which had been largely
[00:13:50] largely peaceful. Hundreds of thousands
[00:13:53] thousands of mostly young Germans Germans calling for equality, better
[00:13:57] better public services and an ease
[00:13:58] ease to the costs of living. Young
[00:14:01] Young people are taking to the streets streets to gather as Gen Z to say
[00:14:04] say that we want a future in which
[00:14:06] which we can lead a good life. Dass.
[00:14:09] Dass. We must distance ourselves ourselves from radical protest. Our
[00:14:12] Our primary focus is on education,
[00:14:14] education, climate change and democracy. democracy. What took place in Germany
[00:14:18] Germany is part of a wider trend
[00:14:20] trend started in France but now spreading
[00:14:22] spreading to Italy, Spain and here here in Portugal, where a housing
[00:14:26] housing crisis is said to have hit
[00:14:27] hit the youngest hardest in France
[00:14:31] France two there were massive protests protests for a third weekend in a
[00:14:34] a row, like in Germany, they were were for the most part peaceful and
[00:14:38] and good natured. They take us for
[00:14:40] for clowns. This woman's sign reads,
[00:14:43] reads, but France is a country with
[00:14:44] with deep fiscal problems and even
[00:14:48] even deeper political divisions. divisions. The authorities say they've
[00:14:51] they've opened an attempted murder murder investigation after police
[00:14:55] police were attacked by petrol bombs.
[00:14:58] bombs. In total, more than 700 people
[00:15:00] people were arrested. In every march.
[00:15:03] march. There were groups of rioters rioters and looters, many driven
[00:15:07] driven by the far left. Their sole
[00:15:08] sole aim was to retake city centres
[00:15:11] centres with extraordinary violence. violence. Across Europe, there seems
[00:15:14] seems to be a growing sense of anger
[00:15:16] anger and unrest amongst the young, young, a feeling the social contract
[00:15:20] contract has been broken by governments governments of left, right and the
[00:15:24] the centre. They are making their
[00:15:26] their voices heard. Joe Inwood, BBC
[00:15:29] BBC News. We'll be right back with
[00:15:32] with more including Buckingham Palace Palace confirming that King Charles
[00:15:35] Charles will speak about slavery slavery when he addresses the Commonwealth
[00:15:38] Commonwealth Leaders Summit in Antigua, Antigua, around the world and across
[00:15:42] across the UK.
[00:16:44] more climate friendly cities? That's
[00:16:45] That's coming up on BBC News. You're
[00:16:52] You're live with BBC News. Buckingham Buckingham Palace says King Charles
[00:16:56] Charles will speak about slavery slavery with unflinching honesty
[00:17:00] honesty and sincere sorrow when he he addresses the Commonwealth Leaders
[00:17:03] Leaders Summit in Antigua on Tuesday. Tuesday. The King, starting three
[00:17:07] three days of formal engagements engagements there as part of a wider
[00:17:11] wider tour of the Caribbean. It's It's understood his speech won't
[00:17:14] won't be affected by comments made made by the UK Prime Minister, Andy
[00:17:18] Andy Burnham, raising the possibility possibility of a formal apology for
[00:17:21] for Britain's role in the transatlantic
[00:17:23] transatlantic slave trade. The British British government has never made
[00:17:26] made a formal apology for slavery
[00:17:28] slavery or offered to pay reparations.
[00:17:31] reparations. Here's our political political correspondent Joe Pike.
[00:17:35] Pike. Throughout his Caribbean tour, tour, the King has acknowledged slavery's
[00:17:38] slavery's place in the history of
[00:17:40] of these islands. He has. The Caribbean
[00:17:42] Caribbean community have a ten-point ten-point plan for reparations, including
[00:17:46] including investment in education education and public health. But
[00:17:48] But Andy Burnham has ruled out anything anything financial. The Chancellor
[00:17:52] Chancellor explained his boss's thinking. thinking. The Prime Minister has
[00:17:55] has said look, we are open to a discussion
[00:17:58] discussion about an apology. He feels feels that that's the right thing,
[00:18:02] thing, particularly ahead of the the Commonwealth Leaders Conference.
[00:18:05] Conference. But he doesn't believe believe that reparations are the
[00:18:07] the right approach and considering considering a formal apology doesn't
[00:18:11] doesn't mean accepting that British British people now should accept
[00:18:14] accept the financial liability for for any party in things that happened
[00:18:18] happened hundreds of years ago in in which they had no role. For the
[00:18:22] the Conservatives, even the offer
[00:18:23] offer of an apology is navel gazing
[00:18:26] gazing and a distraction. It is time time for the Commonwealth to start
[00:18:29] start looking forwards, not endlessly endlessly backwards. And why now?
[00:18:32] now? Why not in the 60s 70s 80s? 80s? Why are we - why are we having
[00:18:35] having this conversation today? What What is it? Because lots of Commonwealth Commonwealth leaders are asking for
[00:18:39] for it? Yes, that's what I meant. meant. Why are they asking for it
[00:18:43] it now? It is because many of these these countries are struggling with
[00:18:46] with the same issues that we're struggling struggling with. They're not becoming becoming richer. They don't know
[00:18:49] know what to do. So they want to to ask Britain for more money. My
[00:18:52] My answer is no. We should not even
[00:18:54] even be entertaining the idea of
[00:18:57] of reparations. In Antigua, where where Andy Burnham will arrive tomorrow.
[00:19:01] tomorrow. Views on an official apology
[00:19:03] apology are mixed. If someone is is apologising, I mean they've done
[00:19:07] done something wrong and if they've they've done wrong, apology is a
[00:19:11] a good start. No, I don't think the
[00:19:13] the UK should apologise for anything anything because the slave trade
[00:19:16] trade has happened years ago and and what's in the past should stay
[00:19:19] stay in the past and people should should learn from the past and not
[00:19:21] not try to live in the past. The
[00:19:24] The King will address the Commonwealth Commonwealth Heads of Government
[00:19:27] Government on Tuesday. A message message of unflinching honesty and
[00:19:30] and sincere sorrow is expected to
[00:19:33] to feature in that speech. Joe Pike,
[00:19:35] Pike, BBC News. Now I spoke with
[00:19:37] with Earl Biskey, chair of the Saint Saint Lucian National Reparations
[00:19:41] Reparations Committee, and asked asked him how Caribbean leaders have
[00:19:43] have taken the news of King Charles
[00:19:46] Charles not apologising. Caribbean
[00:19:48] Caribbean leaders are welcoming his
[00:19:52] his statement having indicated that
[00:19:54] that he is in fact joining the King
[00:19:58] King in considering that the time
[00:19:59] time has come for a conversation
[00:20:02] conversation on reparations and in in so doing, the two of them will
[00:20:06] will be joining that conversation conversation in one of the regions
[00:20:10] regions of the world most affected.
[00:20:13] affected. And it is one where Caricom
[00:20:16] Caricom leaders have welcomed the
[00:20:19] the move from refusal, but it is
[00:20:21] is one that also reflects the trend
[00:20:25] trend from Buckingham Palace as far
[00:20:29] far back in 2021, when Queen Elizabeth,
[00:20:31] Elizabeth, on her dying bed, offered offered some royal statements of
[00:20:35] of sorrow, stopping just short of
[00:20:37] of an apology which was repeated
[00:20:40] repeated by then. Prince Charles
[00:20:43] Charles in her message to Barbados Barbados when it became a republic
[00:20:47] republic in November of that year,
[00:20:52] year, then in 2024, in at the Commonwealth
[00:20:56] Commonwealth Summit in Samoa, the the King made that statement that
[00:20:59] that the time has come for the conversation
[00:21:03] conversation and the Caribbean is
[00:21:05] is very glad and they are being welcomed
[00:21:08] welcomed by the chairman of the Caricom
[00:21:11] Caricom Reparations Commission. So
[00:21:12] So Hilary Beckles, who is looking
[00:21:17] looking forward along with the other
[00:21:19] other member heads of government
[00:21:21] government of Caricom to that conversation.
[00:21:24] conversation. The King never said
[00:21:27] said that he would apologise. And
[00:21:28] And therefore those who expect him
[00:21:31] him to maybe expressing hopes rather
[00:21:35] rather and wishes rather than dealing
[00:21:38] dealing with the reality. Secondly,
[00:21:40] Secondly, you cannot divorce an apology
[00:21:43] apology from reparations. And thirdly,
[00:21:46] thirdly, reparations is not only only about money. The ten-point plan
[00:21:49] plan points out. Yeah, all of what
[00:21:52] what we are requesting by way of
[00:21:54] of reparations. And it's not about
[00:21:56] about giving us a check. I just want want to ask I mean, you've spent
[00:21:59] spent decades campaigning on this. this. How close do you think you
[00:22:02] you are to any breakthrough? Briefly.
[00:22:05] Briefly. I think we'll see it in
[00:22:06] in our lifetime. And just flagging
[00:22:10] flagging that was in response to to Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying
[00:22:12] saying that he's open to a formal formal apology. Well, let's take
[00:22:15] take a look at some other stories
[00:22:18] stories in the headlines in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, the pro-Kremlin presidential
[00:22:22] presidential candidate Iliana Iotova, Iotova, has won the country's run-off
[00:22:24] run-off election. The Bulgarian presidency presidency is largely ceremonial.
[00:22:28] ceremonial. Miss Iotova, who favours favours dialogue with Russia and
[00:22:31] and opposes military aid to Ukraine,
[00:22:33] Ukraine, will become Bulgaria's first
[00:22:36] first elected female head of state.
[00:22:38] state. A private plane has crashed
[00:22:40] crashed in a residential area in in Florida, killing all nine people
[00:22:44] people on board the aircraft. A Learjet
[00:22:46] Learjet 60 was on its way to the
[00:22:49] the Bahamas after taking off from from Texas when it nosedived in Palm
[00:22:52] Palm Beach County, bursting into into flames as it hit the ground.
[00:22:56] ground. The cause of the crash is
[00:22:58] is unclear. Opposition parties in
[00:23:01] in India have renewed calls for the the resignation of the country's
[00:23:05] country's election chief over an an overhaul of voter lists. They
[00:23:08] They say unfairly benefits the governing
[00:23:10] governing party. They held a massive massive rally in Delhi, joined by
[00:23:13] by tens of thousands of people from from across the country to press
[00:23:17] press their demand. A 130 million
[00:23:20] million names have been removed from from the draft rolls. The Election
[00:23:24] Election Commission has denied favouring
[00:23:27] favouring any party. Now heavily heavily armed Australian police officers
[00:23:31] officers have started patrolling patrolling the streets of Sydney Sydney in response to last year's
[00:23:35] year's deadly attack on Bondi Beach. Beach. The Armed Response Command
[00:23:38] Command was established after gunmen
[00:23:41] gunmen killed 15 people during last last year's celebrations for the
[00:23:44] the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah. Hanukkah. Our correspondent Katy
[00:23:47] Katy Watson has more from Sydney.
[00:23:49] Sydney. This armed Response Command
[00:23:52] Command is an elite police unit that that was set up, as you said, in
[00:23:55] in the wake of what happened in Bondi, Bondi, which is coming up to nearly
[00:23:58] nearly a year ago now when the attack
[00:24:02] attack happened, the Prime Minister, Minister, Anthony Albanese, came
[00:24:06] came under a lot of pressure. Authorities Authorities were accused of not having
[00:24:09] having done enough to prevent such
[00:24:12] such an attack. And after the attack
[00:24:15] attack there was a crackdown on gun
[00:24:16] gun laws and as well as on, on political
[00:24:21] political protest. And so this elite
[00:24:23] elite unit also comes about as a
[00:24:26] a result of what we saw last year.
[00:24:29] year. So there will be eventually eventually about 250 officers. They've
[00:24:32] They've been given special training. training. They will be armed with
[00:24:35] with rifles. They've been given special special driving training. So they'll
[00:24:38] they'll have specialist vehicles vehicles as well. And the idea is
[00:24:42] is that they will patrol big tourist tourist hotspots of course like Bondi.
[00:24:46] Bondi. But you know all around Sydney, Sydney, those kind of famous places
[00:24:50] places that tourists will visit, visit, as well as sporting events,
[00:24:53] events, major events and places of of worship. So they'll be pretty
[00:24:57] pretty visible. And I think that's that's what's going to be quite surprising
[00:25:00] surprising for many Australians are are not used to that. Of course, course, tourists aren't either. This
[00:25:04] This is a country that is seen as,
[00:25:07] as, you know, incredibly safe and
[00:25:09] and there has been some criticism criticism that this is a kind of
[00:25:13] of militarisation of police, a kind kind of US style police presence.
[00:25:16] presence. Some people concerned about about that, but it's also been welcomed
[00:25:20] welcomed by many to especially Jewish Jewish communities who, you know,
[00:25:23] know, feel that much more could have have been done to protect. And that's
[00:25:26] that's the idea that it's to prevent prevent and deter and to rapidly
[00:25:30] rapidly respond to any threats, including
[00:25:32] including kind of armed threats and
[00:25:34] and to give communities people much much more kind of reassurance that
[00:25:37] that the police can deploy quickly
[00:25:40] quickly and effectively. If any major major attack was to happen again.
[00:25:43] again. And before we go, sporting sporting history has been made Italian
[00:25:47] Italian driver Kimi Antonelli has has clinched his first world title
[00:25:51] title and became Formula One's youngest
[00:25:53] youngest ever world champion after after competing at the Mexico City
[00:25:57] City Grand Prix. That's it for this this edition of Newsday. Do stay
[00:26:00] stay with us. I'll be back with Business
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