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[00:02:17] Hello, I'm Maryam Moshiri and this is the Iran War. Today we'll
[00:02:20] we'll bring you up to date with all all you need to know on the US war
[00:02:24] war with Iran. Well, let's start
[00:02:26] start now with some of today's key key developments. Iran says the Strait
[00:02:30] Strait of Hormuz could reopen within
[00:02:31] within two days if the US agrees agrees to its conditions. Ahead of
[00:02:35] of Tuesday's US midterm elections. elections. President Trump says the
[00:02:37] the war will soon be over. One way
[00:02:40] way or another. The Israeli Prime Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
[00:02:42] Netanyahu, is reported to have pressed pressed Mr Trump for renewed strikes
[00:02:46] strikes on Iran in a call with him
[00:02:49] him over the weekend. And coming coming up, we hear the harrowing harrowing story of the mother who
[00:02:52] who was forced to flee Iran after
[00:02:55] after her daughter was killed during
[00:02:57] during anti-government protests.
[00:03:06] protests. Region of Danish woman.
[00:03:12] woman. Well, first, Iran says it's it's ready to reopen the Strait of
[00:03:16] of Hormuz within two days. If Washington Washington agrees to conditions.
[00:03:19] conditions. Well, the offer comes comes amid indirect talks with the
[00:03:22] the United States. The Iranian foreign foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi,
[00:03:25] Araqchi, said the proposal was offered offered in good faith but was conditional
[00:03:29] conditional to the US first fulfilling fulfilling Iran's demands such as
[00:03:32] as sanctions relief. On the first
[00:03:34] first day of the process. All normal normal transit through the waterway
[00:03:37] waterway would then be restored on on the second day. The closure of
[00:03:40] of the strait has been a critical critical choking point in the war.
[00:03:44] war. Well, this is what the Iranian Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
[00:03:47] spokesman had to say about the offer
[00:03:48] offer at a press briefing in Tehran.
[00:03:52] Tehran. In Iran. The basis for negotiations
[00:03:56] negotiations between Iran and the the United States through mediators
[00:03:59] mediators remains Iran's seven step step plan, which has now been condensed
[00:04:03] condensed so that it can be implemented implemented within two days. This
[00:04:06] This once again demonstrates Iran's
[00:04:07] Iran's good faith approach. As we
[00:04:10] we have already stated, if Iran's Iran's demands are met, security
[00:04:12] security can be restored to the Strait Strait of Hormuz and the negotiation
[00:04:16] negotiation process can get under under way within a short period of
[00:04:18] of time. With me is BBC Persian's Persian's Jiyar Gol. What more do
[00:04:21] do we know about this plan? Well,
[00:04:24] Well, Iranians say they are willing
[00:04:26] willing to remove the blockade from
[00:04:29] from seven days in 2048 hours. They They can remove it if the US meet
[00:04:33] meet their condition, which is removing
[00:04:35] removing the naval blockade of Iranian
[00:04:37] Iranian coast, allowing Iranian oil
[00:04:40] oil exports and removing relevant relevant sanctions so Iran can export
[00:04:44] export its oil and also release Iranian
[00:04:47] Iranian frozen assets and rearranging
[00:04:51] rearranging the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz and ending hostilities. There
[00:04:54] There is no mention of nuclear talk, talk, something which is very important
[00:04:58] important to the US so we know in
[00:05:02] in Mariam, we know Iranian delegation
[00:05:03] delegation have been in Qatar, in
[00:05:07] in Doha in through mediation, Pakistani Pakistani and Qataris. They have
[00:05:11] have been trying to find the ground
[00:05:15] ground to reach an agreement. But But we know this morning they left
[00:05:19] left Doha. But it seems what we are
[00:05:23] are hearing from Iran is there hasn't
[00:05:26] hasn't been substantial agreement
[00:05:27] agreement between both sides. But
[00:05:30] But as and a few hours ago, Iranian
[00:05:33] Iranian president also said that
[00:05:36] that he has a blessing from the Iranian
[00:05:40] Iranian Supreme leader for continuing continuing negotiation. And they
[00:05:43] they have. He has given them the the authority to pursue this, which
[00:05:47] which is something is important for for the Iranian government because because it opened their hand against
[00:05:51] against the hardliners inside Iran Iran to continue negotiations. What What about the midterms? What are
[00:05:54] are we expecting after the midterms? midterms? We heard, haven't we, President President Trump talking about resuming
[00:05:58] resuming those attacks on Iran after after the midterms? What is the reality
[00:06:01] reality now and what does the Iranian Iranian government think is going
[00:06:04] going to happen after the
[00:06:07] elections? I think there is a great great concern from Iranian side, side, from the government, also from
[00:06:10] from the people of Iran who are facing
[00:06:14] facing difficulty in this economic economic situation. I think they
[00:06:17] they are extremely worried that the the US might resume and Israel might
[00:06:21] might resume the attack. We have have hearing the report that Israeli
[00:06:25] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
[00:06:27] Netanyahu has been pressing President
[00:06:30] President Trump to attack Iran, but
[00:06:33] but in the same time, we have been
[00:06:35] been hearing defined messages from from Iranian military commanders.
[00:06:39] commanders. They say if the US and and Israel resume attacks against
[00:06:43] against Iran, they will give them them a bitter lesson and they respond respond never seen before. OK, Jia,
[00:06:46] Jia, thank you very much indeed.
[00:06:49] indeed. Well, President Trump, who who is campaigning over the weekend weekend for the midterm elections,
[00:06:52] elections, has said that more military military action against Iran is still
[00:06:56] still possible. The President told told a radio show on Sunday that
[00:06:58] that the war will soon be over, one one way or the other, and this is
[00:07:02] is what he said during a campaign
[00:07:04] campaign rally. And the only reason
[00:07:06] reason why not finished with Iran Iran is I want to be nice. I want
[00:07:10] want to try and save all those lives. lives. If I can. And they're sitting
[00:07:14] sitting there with a very bad. But But at some point we're going to
[00:07:17] to have to give them the hammer. hammer. Well, Russia, meanwhile, meanwhile, has said that signs of
[00:07:21] of new military action against Iran Iran are worrying. Whilst China said
[00:07:24] said Iran had its support in defending defending its sovereignty. Let's
[00:07:27] Let's cross live now to our White White House reporter Bernd Debusmann
[00:07:30] Debusmann and Bern, what is President
[00:07:31] President Trump planning? Do we
[00:07:35] think. Well, President Trump has has left open the possibility of of strikes for quite some time now.
[00:07:38] now. And what we know is that the
[00:07:40] the assets are already in place around around Iran that would enable him
[00:07:44] him to do that very quickly. What What we don't know is any specific
[00:07:47] specific targets. President Trump Trump this weekend said that there
[00:07:50] there are targets still on the list list that could be hit. One of those
[00:07:53] those is widely interpreted to be be Pickaxe Mountain in Iran. It's
[00:07:56] It's one of the few sites linked linked to Iran's nuclear programme
[00:08:00] programme that wasn't struck in the the initial wave of strikes during
[00:08:03] during Operation Epic Fury and another
[00:08:05] another possibility could be to strike strike Iran's reconstituted drone
[00:08:08] drone and ballistic missile capabilities,
[00:08:11] capabilities, as well as naval targets targets and shore based targets in
[00:08:15] in the Gulf that would enable shipping
[00:08:17] shipping to, in theory, move faster. faster. But President Trump hasn't
[00:08:21] hasn't made clear what exactly this this would accomplish. That Operation
[00:08:24] Operation Epic Fury didn't particularly particularly as he claims repeatedly
[00:08:28] repeatedly that Iran's military has has been completely decimated, as
[00:08:31] as has its nuclear capabilities.
[00:08:32] capabilities. And who in his administration
[00:08:36] administration is known to be pushing pushing for military action for against against Iran after the midterms?
[00:08:40] midterms? And who is trying to pull
[00:08:41] pull the President back? Well, we
[00:08:44] we know we from US media reporting, reporting, it seems that the general
[00:08:48] general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
[00:08:50] Staff, General Dan Cain, is has presented
[00:08:53] presented options to allow President President Trump to renew those military
[00:08:56] military strikes. Ask has Admiral Admiral Cooper, the commander of
[00:08:58] of Central Command, which has responsibility responsibility for this war? There
[00:09:02] There are figures, however, in the the administration that are much
[00:09:05] much less publicly enthusiastic about about the prospect of renewed fighting.
[00:09:09] fighting. Vice President JD Vance Vance is one of them who, according
[00:09:12] according to US media reports at at least had initially been quite
[00:09:15] quite sceptical of this entire campaign campaign and is remains so to this
[00:09:19] this day. Of course, you know, within
[00:09:22] within that movement, there are many many people within the Maga base
[00:09:25] base who weren't comfortable with with this war in the first place, place, particularly as President
[00:09:29] President Trump campaigned with a a message of avoiding these sorts
[00:09:33] sorts of long foreign entanglements. entanglements. And there certainly
[00:09:35] certainly are voices in the administration administration that, you know, echo
[00:09:38] echo that to President Trump. OK,
[00:09:40] OK, Ben, great to see you. Thank
[00:09:43] Thank you. Well, Israel could take take part in any renewed strikes
[00:09:46] strikes against Iran. And President
[00:09:48] President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu over the weekend.
[00:09:51] weekend. Our Middle East correspondent correspondent Hugo Bachega is in
[00:09:55] in Jerusalem. He says there's real real uncertainty around what happens
[00:09:57] happens next. This uncertainty has
[00:10:01] has led to renewed concerns in this
[00:10:03] this region that we could see another
[00:10:07] another round of conflict here between
[00:10:11] between the US and Iran. The Iranians
[00:10:14] Iranians obviously have threatened
[00:10:16] threatened to respond to any attack.
[00:10:19] attack. Meanwhile, there was a phone phone call between the President
[00:10:22] President and the Israeli Prime Minister, Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on
[00:10:26] on Saturday. According to the Axios Axios website, the Prime Minister
[00:10:29] Minister is pressing the President President to strike Iran immediately
[00:10:32] immediately after the midterm elections elections tomorrow. But again, the
[00:10:36] the President seems interested to
[00:10:40] to give these negotiations a chance,
[00:10:41] chance, a strategy that, according
[00:10:44] according to this report, the Prime
[00:10:46] Prime Minister is concerned about.
[00:10:49] about. And here in Israel, where where there's still uncertainty about
[00:10:52] about who is going to be the next
[00:10:53] next Prime Minister after those inconclusive
[00:10:56] inconclusive elections last week, week, there are fears that the Prime
[00:11:00] Prime Minister is trying to restart
[00:11:02] restart the war with Iran in an effort
[00:11:04] effort to stay in power. Next to to the situation inside Yemen, the
[00:11:07] the Iran backed Houthi say Saudi Saudi air strikes have targeted a
[00:11:12] a key Red Sea port and oil facility facility in Hodeida province. The
[00:11:15] The armed forces of Yemen's Saudi Saudi backed government released released this footage on Sunday,
[00:11:18] Sunday, which it described as showing showing targeting operations against against the Houthi militia. Well,
[00:11:21] Well, we can't confirm when the footage footage was actually filmed. The The Saudi led coalition said it had
[00:11:25] had conducted a precision operation operation aimed at neutralising vital
[00:11:28] vital resources used by the Houthis.
[00:11:31] Houthis. Well, BBC Arabic correspondent correspondent Nabeel has been following following developments from Cairo.
[00:11:35] Cairo. The latest we have in this this ongoing conflict is that the
[00:11:38] the Iran backed Houthi militants militants announced that seven people
[00:11:42] people were injured after the Saudis
[00:11:44] Saudis launched a series of air strikes
[00:11:47] strikes targeting both an oil facility facility and a port in the province
[00:11:50] province of Hodeidah, which overlooks
[00:11:52] overlooks the Red Sea. On the other
[00:11:55] other hand, we have a progress that
[00:11:57] that has been announced by the government
[00:12:00] government forces, the forces of
[00:12:02] of the Yemeni internationally recognised recognised government, which is backed
[00:12:06] backed by Saudi Arabia. Government Government forces said that they
[00:12:09] they have managed to take control
[00:12:12] control of a mountainous area called called Huatian area in the province
[00:12:16] province of Jawf. The significance
[00:12:19] significance of this progress is is that Al-jawf province is close
[00:12:22] close to Saada, in the north of the
[00:12:25] the country and Saada province is
[00:12:27] is actually the stronghold, the main
[00:12:29] main stronghold and birthplace of
[00:12:31] of the Houthi group. So if government
[00:12:34] government forces can set a foothold
[00:12:37] foothold there that might have a
[00:12:39] a significant repercussions in the
[00:12:42] the future. Generally speaking, this
[00:12:45] this conflict has a high human cost.
[00:12:46] cost. The UN has been talking about
[00:12:50] about more than 1600 people killed killed since the escalation began
[00:12:53] began a few months ago. Well, next,
[00:12:57] next, BBC Panorama has secured rare
[00:12:59] rare access to people inside Iran Iran whose lives have been changed
[00:13:03] changed forever by the brutal crackdown crackdown by the authorities and
[00:13:06] and the start of the U. S Israeli Israeli war on the country. Among
[00:13:09] Among them is a mother who was forced forced to flee the country after
[00:13:12] after her daughter was killed during during anti-government protests.
[00:13:16] protests. Well, Gesbeen Mohammad Mohammad made this film for Panorama
[00:13:19] Panorama and joins us now. Thanks
[00:13:21] Thanks for joining us. Documentary Documentary is called Inside Iran
[00:13:24] Iran The People's Story. Tell us us a little bit more about those those you spoke to. Well, the documentary
[00:13:28] documentary is really the inside inside story of how some Iranian
[00:13:31] Iranian lives were shaped by the the uprising that we saw at the beginning
[00:13:34] beginning of the year, and then followed followed by the US Israel war on
[00:13:38] on Iran. And it's really the documentary
[00:13:42] documentary is really putting people people at the centre of the film film because obviously we've had
[00:13:45] had a year where we've heard about about the Strait of Hormuz, the price
[00:13:48] price of oil, big political statements.
[00:13:51] statements. And so yeah, this documentary documentary really puts the human human story at the centre of it all.
[00:13:55] all. And I think all of the contributors contributors in the film, I think
[00:13:58] think it's fair to say, have different
[00:14:00] different experiences of both the
[00:14:03] the protests as well as the war. war. Now, one of your stories focuses
[00:14:06] focuses very much on Samira, who who is a mother. She begins the year
[00:14:10] year planning a future for her daughter daughter only to see her daughter,
[00:14:14] daughter, her only daughter killed killed in the protests and now she's
[00:14:17] she's living in exile. So tell us us a bit more about her remarkable
[00:14:20] remarkable story. Well, Samira is
[00:14:21] is a protester, which makes her a a witness to the Iranian authorities
[00:14:25] authorities violent response to the the protests in January, while the
[00:14:29] the internet was shut down in Iran. Iran. And she says her daughter Sevda
[00:14:32] Sevda was shot in front of her on
[00:14:36] on the streets. Amy Acton by Danish
[00:14:44] Danish region of the Danish woman
[00:14:47] woman by the name of Shiona McCallum.
[00:14:51] McCallum. Or the village girl. After
[00:15:02] After her daughter's death, Samira Samira was regularly targeted by
[00:15:05] by the Iranian authorities, she says, says, and even in exile she's been
[00:15:08] been charged with a string of offences offences in absentia that could lead
[00:15:12] lead to a death penalty if she returns
[00:15:14] returns to Iran. But despite this,
[00:15:16] this, she remains defiant. I treated
[00:15:20] treated old people, middle aged people
[00:15:23] people and teenagers. They were shot
[00:15:26] shot at with the intent to kill in
[00:15:29] in the head in the neck in the genitals.
[00:15:36] genitals. That was actually a medic medic talking there. Just tell us us a little bit about that medic.
[00:15:40] medic. Sorry, I think we've just just jumped over that other clip. clip. Tell me a bit more about the
[00:15:44] the medic that obviously you're interviewing interviewing without showing their
[00:15:47] their identity. Yes. So Milad, not not his real name, works as a medic
[00:15:50] medic and his voice has been disguised disguised as you say. He says obviously
[00:15:54] obviously that hospitals struggled struggled to cope with the numbers
[00:15:57] numbers arriving for treatment and and the Iranian authorities say more
[00:16:01] more than 3000 people were killed killed in the protests, including including members of the security
[00:16:05] security forces. But one human rights
[00:16:07] rights group that human rights activists
[00:16:10] activists news Agency estimates more more than 7000 people were killed,
[00:16:14] killed, mostly protesters. Now, I I appreciate this. Is very sensitive.
[00:16:18] sensitive. So can you tell us anything anything at all about how this film
[00:16:21] film was produced? Because obviously obviously been getting inside Iran,
[00:16:25] Iran, getting those stories, talking talking to those people must be so so difficult. How did you do it?
[00:16:28] it? Well, making a film like this
[00:16:31] this in Iran comes with significant significant obstacles. And risks,
[00:16:34] risks, from filming to getting the the rushes. But we had very strict
[00:16:37] strict protocols throughout to keep keep everyone safe and obviously
[00:16:40] obviously to protect those that took took part. I can't really reveal
[00:16:44] reveal how we made this film. OK.
[00:16:47] OK. And I must say obviously that that Panorama also did write about
[00:16:51] about the allegations contained in in the film to the Iranian Embassy
[00:16:53] Embassy in London for a response. response. They told Panorama peaceful
[00:16:57] peaceful and legitimate protests protests had been hijacked by foreign
[00:17:00] foreign powers, including the US., US., which it says promoted violence,
[00:17:04] violence, provided weapons and equipment equipment and compromised public
[00:17:07] public security. OK. Thank you so so much for joining us and talking
[00:17:11] talking us through all of that. Well,
[00:17:14] Well, if you're in the UK, you can
[00:17:16] can see Panorama, Iran The People's People's Story on iPlayer now and
[00:17:20] and on BBC One tonight at 8:00. Whether
[00:17:23] Whether you're joining us on YouTube, YouTube, TikTok, sounds Radio or
[00:17:27] or TV. Thank you for your time. We're
[00:17:30] We're back soon with another Iran
[00:17:31] Iran war today.
[00:18:35] interviews, results and goals as as we follow every twist of the Premier
[00:18:38] Premier League season here on BBC
[00:18:42] BBC News. Scientists have revealed
[00:18:48] revealed the survival rate for one one of the deadliest blood cancers
[00:18:51] cancers in the UK has barely improved
[00:18:54] improved over the past decade. Researchers Researchers are today hoping a new
[00:18:58] new appeal will enable them to fund fund more research into the disease.
[00:19:01] disease. Well, a large-scale analysis analysis of blood cancer cases has
[00:19:04] has revealed the five year survival survival rate for one of the deadliest
[00:19:08] deadliest types acute myeloid leukaemia
[00:19:10] leukaemia has improved by just three three percentage points in a decade.
[00:19:14] decade. Well, blood cancer is the the third biggest cancer killer in
[00:19:18] in the UK and the fifth most common
[00:19:20] common cancer, which currently only only 1 in 3 people survive the deadliest
[00:19:24] deadliest forms of the disease. Well, Well, today Blood Cancer UK, the
[00:19:28] the charity, is launching a £25 million
[00:19:31] million appeal to double survival survival rates using an innovative
[00:19:33] innovative trial design for the first
[00:19:35] first time for those types of blood blood cancer. Well, let's cross live
[00:19:39] live and speak to Doctor Rubina Ahmed, Ahmed, director of research at Blood
[00:19:42] Blood Cancer UK. And before we talk talk about the research, Doctor Ahmed,
[00:19:45] Ahmed, let me ask you about why you you think given there's been so much
[00:19:48] much progress with other forms of of cancer research that blood cancer
[00:19:52] cancer or these very serious types types of blood cancer have been left
[00:19:55] left behind? Yeah. Thank you very very much for having me on the show
[00:19:58] show tonight. And I think firstly, firstly, you know, we do need to
[00:20:02] to recognise the progress that has has been made across cancers in survival
[00:20:05] survival and that includes many types types of blood cancers. But there
[00:20:08] there are particular types of blood blood cancer that are really hard
[00:20:11] hard to treat. And now there are are multiple reasons for this for
[00:20:15] for something like AML, which you've you've just mentioned, acute myeloid myeloid leukaemia. It's you know,
[00:20:18] know, it's a combination of genetics, genetics, how hard it is to, you
[00:20:21] you know, to diagnose the condition. condition. And then once it's diagnosed,
[00:20:25] diagnosed, actually, it can rapidly rapidly change and mutate. So one
[00:20:28] one treatment that might work for
[00:20:29] for one patient or one type of AML
[00:20:32] AML might not work for another type.
[00:20:34] type. Or if the or if the cancer
[00:20:38] cancer mutates. So you know, often often these patients have to have have multiple different lines of
[00:20:41] of treatment. And there is currently
[00:20:43] currently nothing that is is, you you know, really effective and curative,
[00:20:47] curative, which is why over 75% of of patients who have AML do unfortunately
[00:20:51] unfortunately pass away within the the first five years of their diagnosis.
[00:20:54] diagnosis. Tell me a little bit more more about what Blood Cancer UK is
[00:20:56] is trying to do. This trial treat
[00:20:58] treat beat appeal and what it wants
[00:21:01] wants to do to improve the outcomes outcomes for these thousands of people.
[00:21:05] people. Yeah. Thank you. So Trial Trial Treat Beat is a campaign that
[00:21:09] that we're launching today to raise
[00:21:11] raise £25 million to really drive drive investment into innovative
[00:21:15] innovative clinical trials. Now, Now, many of your viewers might know
[00:21:18] know about clinical trials where where patients often will be get
[00:21:22] get access to an innovative therapy therapy instead of the standard treatment
[00:21:25] treatment that they might otherwise otherwise get. But with the types types of trials we're funding, what
[00:21:29] what we want to see is multiple different different treatments tested at the
[00:21:33] the same time against the standard standard of care. So instead of having
[00:21:36] having to test one treatment at a a time, what we want to do is test test multiple different treatments.
[00:21:40] treatments. And that means that if if something isn't effective, it
[00:21:44] it can be dropped really quickly. quickly. Or if a new drug comes onto
[00:21:48] onto the testing platform, it can can be added really quickly. And
[00:21:51] And that really speeds up the effectiveness effectiveness and the efficiency
[00:21:54] efficiency of running these trials. trials. And we've seen great progress progress in this type of approach
[00:21:57] approach in other types of cancers, cancers, most notably in prostate
[00:22:01] prostate cancer, but also in other other conditions like multiple sclerosis
[00:22:04] sclerosis as well. So we really want want to test this approach in blood
[00:22:08] blood cancers. OK, doctor Rubina Rubina Ahmed, thank you so much for for joining us. It's been great to
[00:22:11] to get you on the show. Thanks once
[00:22:13] once again. Thank you. Now investigations
[00:22:16] investigations are under way after after a private jet crashed in Florida,
[00:22:20] Florida, killing all nine people people on board. Let's take a look
[00:22:23] look at the moment the jet crashed. crashed. This is from dashcam footage.
[00:22:26] footage. We're showing you the Learjet Learjet 60 which was heading to the
[00:22:30] the Bahamas, came down in Palm Beach
[00:22:32] Beach County. A large crater formed formed in the middle of the multi-lane
[00:22:35] multi-lane road with fires burning burning across it. Nobody on the
[00:22:39] the ground was hurt and the cause cause of the crash is still unclear.
[00:22:42] unclear. Well, Tom Chapman from the the National Transportation Safety Safety Board gave this update on
[00:22:46] on the events leading up to the crash.
[00:22:49] crash. The aircraft departed. Austin-bergstrom Austin-bergstrom International Airport
[00:22:52] Airport and route to North Eleuthera,
[00:22:55] Eleuthera, Bahamas, with nine people
[00:22:57] people on board, two flight crew
[00:22:59] crew and seven passengers. After
[00:23:02] After take-off, the polite proceeded proceeded towards the destination
[00:23:05] destination while establishing contact contact with various ATC ATC facilities
[00:23:09] facilities along the route of flight.
[00:23:14] flight. About 12:47pm Eastern Time,
[00:23:15] Time, the crew transmitted to ATC
[00:23:19] ATC that they were encountering light light clear ice which was manageable
[00:23:22] manageable and also moderate turbulence.
[00:23:25] turbulence. While in contact with with Miami Air Route Traffic Centre,
[00:23:29] Centre, the crew transmitted that
[00:23:32] that they were at 35,000ft with moderate
[00:23:35] moderate turbulence with altitude altitude deviations of about 700ft.
[00:23:39] 700ft. The crew reported the outside
[00:23:44] outside temperature was -47 Celsius, Celsius, which is -53 Fahrenheit,
[00:23:48] Fahrenheit, and they were managing managing the ice but were in moderate
[00:23:51] moderate turbulence. Very soon after
[00:23:54] after the crew transmitted, we are are picking up precipitation, requesting
[00:23:58] requesting to climb to 37,000ft if
[00:24:02] if able, which was approved by FAA
[00:24:04] FAA Air Traffic Control. Less than
[00:24:07] than 30s later, a transmission from from the aeroplane announced the
[00:24:11] the descent, followed by a mayday
[00:24:16] mayday call about 1248 eastern. The The aeroplane transmitted. We are
[00:24:19] are in an overspeed condition, descending
[00:24:22] descending with the rest unintelligible.
[00:24:25] unintelligible. Subsequent communications communications described that the the aeroplane was descending rapidly
[00:24:28] rapidly and gave an altitude call
[00:24:31] call out. Sadly all aboard were lost.
[00:24:34] lost. But of course you can read
[00:24:36] read more about that plane crash crash on the BBC's website. As I
[00:24:40] I mentioned earlier, more details.
[00:24:42] details. As you saw there are emerging
[00:24:44] emerging about the circumstances circumstances before this incident.
[00:24:47] incident. Let's just take you now now to Capitol Hill in Washington,
[00:24:50] Washington, DC and get used to this this live shot because you're going
[00:24:53] going to be seeing a lot of it over over the next few days because of
[00:24:57] of course, we have now reached the the final day of campaigning ahead
[00:25:00] ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections
[00:25:02] elections in the US we've got all
[00:25:04] all 435 seats in the House of Representatives
[00:25:07] Representatives up for grabs and
[00:25:09] and 35 seats in the Senate. Republicans Republicans currently control both
[00:25:13] both chambers. Remember, in Congress,
[00:25:16] Congress, but polls are suggesting
[00:25:18] suggesting that the Democrats are
[00:25:20] are set to win back the House and
[00:25:22] and have a more realistic chance
[00:25:24] chance of taking the Senate, too.
[00:25:27] too. So President Trump and his Vice Vice President, JD Vance, have both
[00:25:30] both been crisscrossing the country.
[00:25:32] country. You can see here Vice President President Vance is live currently
[00:25:36] currently in Ohio giving a speech. speech. I'm told that Donald Trump
[00:25:39] Trump Jr is by his side. They are are crisscrossing the country. They're
[00:25:43] They're trying to talk to voters. voters. Voters are worried. They
[00:25:46] They don't want those high fuel prices. prices. They're worried about the
[00:25:49] the cost of living. They're worried worried about the Iran war. And those
[00:25:52] those are all things that President President Trump has to grapple with,
[00:25:55] with, as do all the candidates on on the Republican sheets. We will
[00:25:59] will bring you, obviously, the very
[00:26:00] very latest on what's happening ahead
[00:26:03] ahead of those midterms. But after after this short break, I'm back at the top of the hour with
[00:26:07] with the headlines
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[00:30:12] It's 7pm in London. This is the World
[00:30:18] World Today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. Millions prepare to vote
[00:30:20] vote on the eve of Americas crucial
[00:30:22] crucial midterm elections. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
[00:30:26] Republicans keep control of the US US Congress? Russian forces bomb
[00:30:30] bomb a village in the southeastern southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, region, killing at least 24 people.
[00:30:34] people. Also coming up on the world world today, the Home Secretary scraps
[00:30:37] scraps plans for migrant care workers workers already in the UK to wait
[00:30:40] wait 15 years for permanent settlement.
[00:30:44] settlement. Supermarkets in seven seven European countries report problems
[00:30:46] problems with their refrigeration refrigeration systems and a suspected
[00:30:49] suspected cyber attack. The King King will address Commonwealth leaders
[00:30:52] leaders about the lasting pain of of the transatlantic slave trade
[00:30:56] trade during the final leg of his his Caribbean tour.