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00:00:12Live from Singapore. This is BBC
00:00:17BBC News. Iran says it is in the the final stages of negotiations
00:00:21negotiations with Oman on a deal deal that would allow ships to pass
00:00:23pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. Russia launches a devastating
00:00:27devastating attack on Kyiv, with with President Zelensky warning that
00:00:29that a lack of air defence missiles
00:00:31missiles is costing Ukrainian lives.
00:00:34lives. The BBC speaks to the activist, activist, whose hunger strike galvanised
00:00:37galvanised the recent youth led protests protests in India, saying the movement
00:00:40movement has weakened Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi's authority.
00:00:44authority. Gianni Infantino will will remain president of Fifa after
00:00:46after receiving the backing of senior senior executives, but sincerely
00:00:49sincerely apologises for errors made made in his controversial private
00:00:52private investment plans.
00:01:05Hello, I'm Steve Lyon, welcome to Newsday. There's renewed momentum
00:01:09momentum to reopen the Strait of of Hormuz as Tehran says it's close
00:01:12close to finalising a deal with Oman Oman on a new shipping route, saying
00:01:15saying it would only go ahead if if certain third parties don't obstruct
00:01:19obstruct the process. While the details details have not been made public,
00:01:22public, the Iranian foreign Ministry Ministry claimed the deal will allow
00:01:25allow Iran to retain control of the the critical waterway. The US has
00:01:29has yet to comment on the announcement, announcement, but previously said
00:01:32said Iranian control would be unacceptable. unacceptable. President Trump told
00:01:36told Fox News on Tuesday that Iran Iran had reached out to him requesting
00:01:39requesting talks and warned that that Tehran would face severe consequences
00:01:43consequences if negotiations failed. failed. He called me and said very
00:01:47very politely, please, can we talk? talk? Can we talk? They didn't want
00:01:51want and I said, yes, we can talk. talk. Let's get it done. Finally,
00:01:54Finally, let's get it done. This This should have been done by other
00:01:58other presidents for 50 years. You You know, you keep hearing 47, but but that's been for three years now.
00:02:01now. It's been over 50 years. Other Other presidents or other countries
00:02:05countries should have been able to to do this. And I did something that
00:02:08that I had to do because if they they had a nuclear weapon, this whole
00:02:11whole world would be a different different place. If they. Back out out again, are they done? Well, if
00:02:15if they back out again, they're going going to get hit really hard. You
00:02:18You know, they know that they understand understand that. Well, for more we
00:02:21we can speak with Khashayar Joneidi, Joneidi, our BBC Persian Washington
00:02:25Washington correspondent Cassia. Cassia. We've heard rhetoric like like that from President Trump before,
00:02:28before, but do we know more about
00:02:29about the details of this deal? Well
00:02:33Well Iran's deputy foreign minister minister was interviewed interviewed
00:02:36interviewed on state TV tonight. tonight. And in the interview, he
00:02:40he mentioned that Iran and Oman have
00:02:42have almost finalised the co-ordinates co-ordinates for the new shipping
00:02:46shipping route through the Strait Strait of Hormuz. And accordingly,
00:02:50accordingly, a majority of this shipping shipping route passes through Iran's
00:02:53Iran's territorial waters, meaning meaning that ships entering or exiting
00:02:57exiting the Persian Gulf have to to go through navigate through Iranian
00:03:01Iranian waters. According to him, him, and accordingly, that both the
00:03:05the temporary northern and southern southern routes which passed close
00:03:08close to the coastlines of Iran and and Oman, will be closed after the
00:03:11the new route is opened. Of course, course, he mentioned that this is
00:03:15is a temporary route and both countries
00:03:18countries have to further hammer
00:03:19hammer out the details. But of course,
00:03:22course, other Iranian officials have have warned that the opening of the
00:03:26the Strait of Hormuz automatically automatically doesn't mean that it
00:03:29it means a safe passage for all commercial
00:03:32commercial ships as long as there
00:03:35there are interventions by third third parties in the region. Referring
00:03:39Referring to American military presence.
00:03:42presence. In that area. Yeah, just just on that certain third parties
00:03:45parties that Tehran mentioned is is this deal being negotiated then
00:03:47then without involvement from the
00:03:50the United States? So far we've met
00:03:53met some sort of cautious reaction reaction from the Americans. We have
00:03:56have not heard anything from them. them. Earlier, President Trump was
00:03:59was talking about an imminent agreement
00:04:01agreement over the Strait of Hormuz,
00:04:03Hormuz, but Iran and Oman talking talking over the strait without the
00:04:07the US blessing and making an agreement
00:04:10agreement that later will be overturned overturned by the Americans or rejected
00:04:13rejected by them will be a waste
00:04:15waste of time for both sides. Boeotia Boeotia good to get that update from
00:04:18from you. Khashayar Joneidi there there our BBC Persian Washington
00:04:21Washington correspondent. And the the pressure for the US to reach
00:04:24reach a deal soon is amplified by
00:04:26by a report this week by our media media partner, CBS News, suggesting
00:04:29suggesting that they've used a nearly nearly all of its global stockpile
00:04:33stockpile of long range precision precision missiles in its war with
00:04:35with Iran. With weapons stockpile stockpile numbers are classified.
00:04:38classified. A recent analysis estimates
00:04:40estimates that the US had around
00:04:44around 2330 Patriot interceptors interceptors before the conflict conflict with Iran. By late July
00:04:47July that had fallen to around 800. 800. According to the Washington
00:04:50Washington based think tank the centre centre for Strategic and International
00:04:53International Studies. In a statement statement to CBS News, the Pentagon
00:04:57Pentagon says the US military has has the capabilities it needs to
00:05:00to carry out any mission ordered ordered by the President. Well, for
00:05:03for more we can speak with Michael Michael Singh, former senior director director for Middle East affairs
00:05:06affairs at the National Security Security Council and managing director
00:05:09director at Steven D Levi, a senior senior fellow at the Washington Institute.
00:05:12Institute. Michael, good to get your your thoughts. So we'll get to the
00:05:16the munitions stockpiles in a bit, bit, but just what's your read on on this deal that's being discussed
00:05:20discussed between Iran and Oman?
00:05:23Oman? Well, obviously the Iranians Iranians rejected about a week ago
00:05:26ago a previous proposal that was was brought forth by the Omanis.
00:05:30Omanis. And then they resumed their their military attacks on the region
00:05:33region and on US forces. And it appears
00:05:36appears that the result of that is
00:05:38is now a deal which is actually more
00:05:40more favourable to Iran. And so I
00:05:42I think the Iranians believed that
00:05:45that time and leverage was on their their side. And so far what we're
00:05:48we're hearing about this deal suggests suggests that, in fact, they may
00:05:52may not have been incorrect in that that assessment. And what does it
00:05:54it mean that it seems like the US US seems to be sitting on the sidelines sidelines when all this is going
00:05:58going on. I don't think the US is is sitting on the sidelines. Obviously,
00:06:02Obviously, we had some American strikes
00:06:05strikes for some days. The US has has threatened more strikes, but
00:06:08but the US hasn't been directly engaged engaged in negotiations with Iran.
00:06:11Iran. I think that's something Iran Iran prefers because they don't want
00:06:15want to appear as though they're they're being sort of compelled by
00:06:18by the United States. It may also also be something that works to the
00:06:21the US favour, because the US does does not need to perhaps formally
00:06:25formally bless Iranian control of of the Strait of Hormuz. And it looks looks like that's where this negotiation
00:06:29negotiation is going. Yeah. So the the US position is that Iranian control
00:06:32control would be unacceptable. So So what would the US do if that would
00:06:35would emerge as being part of the
00:06:37the deal? Look, you have a deal emerging
00:06:40emerging that is between Iran and and Oman and may eventually be between
00:06:43between Iran and the other Gulf states.
00:06:45states. That does look like it gives
00:06:48gives Iran de facto control over over the Strait of Hormuz. The US
00:06:51US may stand back and say, you know, know, look, that's a deal. The Omanis
00:06:55Omanis and the Gulf states made. made. But we're not a party to this
00:06:58this deal, and we still are going going to uphold the principle of of freedom of navigation. Then the
00:07:02the question will become what happens happens when that's tested? When
00:07:05When a US Navy vessel, for example,
00:07:07example, tries to transit the strait strait without Iranian permission?
00:07:10permission? That's where really this this deal could run into obstacles.
00:07:14obstacles. In a loggerheads. Yeah. Yeah. And there are reports, as I I mentioned, that the US has used
00:07:17used nearly all of its global stockpile stockpile of long range precision
00:07:21precision missiles. Is that a factor
00:07:23factor here? Well, look, I mean,
00:07:25mean, the key error, a key mistake mistake the Trump administration
00:07:28administration has made here is getting getting into this sort of low level
00:07:32level attritional war, which frankly
00:07:34frankly plays to Iran's advantages advantages because the US has priorities
00:07:38priorities elsewhere. You talked, talked, for example, Steve, about
00:07:42about the need to arm Ukraine. You You know, these are global priorities.
00:07:45priorities. And frankly, Iran doesn't doesn't have that problem. Iran has has one priority and that's trying
00:07:49trying to retain control of the Strait Strait of Hormuz, trying to resist
00:07:52resist the United States. And so so I think again, Iran believes that
00:07:56that time is on its side. It believes believes that energy prices will
00:07:59will work against the US military military resources, work against
00:08:02against the United States and the the US strategy unfortunately, has
00:08:06has played to Iran's advantages. advantages. Michael, we'll leave leave it there. But thanks very much
00:08:09much for your thoughts and your perspective perspective today. Michael Singh, Singh, former senior director for
00:08:12for Middle East affairs at the National
00:08:14National Security Council now President
00:08:18President Zelensky says Ukraine's Ukraine's supplies of air defence defence missiles from abroad have
00:08:22have dropped threefold compared with with the same period last year. His
00:08:25His statement comes after Russian Russian strikes killed at least 21
00:08:2821 people overnight, including 17 17 in Kyiv in one of the deadliest
00:08:31deadliest attacks this year. Our Our Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson
00:08:34Johnson has more from the capital.
00:08:39capital. Kyiv. Hadn't seen a night
00:08:41night like this for weeks. A deadly deadly wave of ballistic missiles
00:08:45missiles that came with little warning
00:08:48warning and no chance of interception.
00:08:51interception. It wasn't just Kyiv, Kyiv, but this city felt the worst
00:08:54worst impact. Warehouses seem to to have been the main target, but
00:08:58but homes were also hit. We had the the third floor. We had the roof.
00:09:02roof. So another floor. Yeah, it it was another floor. On the edge
00:09:05edge of the city. Anastasia is trying trying to work out if there's anything
00:09:09anything left. It was so scary. I
00:09:11I must say this was my scariest night
00:09:15night during the five years. My scariest
00:09:17scariest night. At the nearby railway
00:09:20railway station, seven warehouse warehouse workers and a child were were killed, having been evacuated
00:09:24evacuated from their building when when the sirens sounded. There were
00:09:28were 28 ballistic missiles fired fired by Russia last night. None
00:09:30None of them intercepted by Ukrainian Ukrainian air defences. Is that because
00:09:34because they've run out of interceptors? interceptors? Is it because they're
00:09:37they're having to ration their supplies supplies so carefully, given the
00:09:40the shortage, Ukraine's president president called his military advisers
00:09:44advisers together and he was clear. clear. Lives are being lost because
00:09:47because his country doesn't have
00:09:48have enough missile interceptors.
00:09:52interceptors. We recognised that that this is a major challenge. We
00:09:55We made it through a difficult winter,
00:09:57winter, but the reduction in supplies supplies became more noticeable with
00:10:00with each passing month. Today we
00:10:02we are facing a clear shortage. Mr Mr president, welcome. So nice to
00:10:06to see you. Nice to see you. Also
00:10:07Also in Ukraine's capital, the new new British Defence Secretary bringing
00:10:11bringing moral support but no guarantees.
00:10:14guarantees. We've been looking very very closely at Ukraine's requirements.
00:10:17requirements. We're working through through a whole list of those requirements
00:10:21requirements where the UK has the the ability to provide. We will and
00:10:24and where we don't. It's my job to
00:10:27to mobilise the international community
00:10:28community to step up. Another warehouse
00:10:31warehouse was ablaze south of Moscow Moscow last night. The next round
00:10:34round of Ukraine's attacks on Russia's Russia's biggest online retailer,
00:10:38retailer, the Wildberries distribution distribution network, has been under under repeated assault in recent
00:10:42recent weeks. Its workers have been
00:10:45been killed. So were seven Russian
00:10:49Russian holidaymakers at this beach
00:10:51beach on Monday. Struck by a long
00:10:55long range Ukrainian drone believed believed to have been shot down.
00:10:58down. The Kremlin claims its citizens
00:11:01citizens are being deliberately targeted. targeted. Ukrainians insist not.
00:11:05not. But as this war ramps up, Vladimir Vladimir Putin's shuffled his military
00:11:08military leadership, announcing a a new head of drone forces to counter
00:11:11counter the growing threat. It is,
00:11:14is, though, the people of Ukraine Ukraine who have been reminded that
00:11:17that their skies remain vulnerable. vulnerable. And that's going to mean
00:11:21mean more nervous nights ahead. Dan
00:11:23Dan Johnson, BBC News in Kyiv. Germany's Germany's interior minister is warning
00:11:27warning about a new level of danger danger after what appears to be an
00:11:31an attempted drone attack on Leipzig Leipzig airport. A drone packed with
00:11:34with explosives was discovered close close to a Ukrainian cargo plane.
00:11:37plane. Another aircraft collided collided with an unidentified object
00:11:40object shortly after it took off off from Leipzig, forcing it to make
00:11:43make an unscheduled landing. Our Our correspondent Bethany Bell is
00:11:46is in Berlin and sent this report.
00:11:49report. The interior minister, who who was speaking at Leipzig airport,
00:11:53airport, said that this was a new
00:11:55new danger, a new scenario. The fact
00:11:57fact that a drone had been discovered
00:12:00discovered with an explosive on it it and he said, you know, Germany
00:12:04Germany had been used to drone over
00:12:08over flights at the airports, but but to have something that did have
00:12:10have an explosive on it was something,
00:12:12something, in his words that was
00:12:14was new. The authorities are currently
00:12:19currently investigating what the the explosive was and how it got
00:12:22got there. We understand that it
00:12:24it was found last night by an employee
00:12:28employee of the airport. It was on
00:12:30on the ground near those Ukrainian
00:12:33Ukrainian transport planes, near
00:12:35near the southern runway at Leipzig
00:12:39Leipzig Airport, which is a big centre. centre. It's where Nato uses it.
00:12:42it. The German military uses it.
00:12:45it. And it's also a major hub for
00:12:48for the logistics group DHL. And
00:12:51And they found this device. They
00:12:54They suspected that there could be be something wrong. They deployed
00:12:57deployed a robot, and they managed
00:13:01managed to, get rid of the detonator
00:13:05detonator to, make that, safe. And
00:13:09And then, they also shut down some
00:13:11some of the flights for a short period period last night. But now they say
00:13:15say today there has been no danger danger to the public. Plenty more
00:13:18more ahead here on News Day, including including the activist whose hunger
00:13:21hunger strike sparked massive protests protests in India. He speaks to the
00:13:25the BBC for the first time since since those protests
00:14:28it has an edge, but Russia's goals goals seem unchanged. For continued continued coverage of the war in
00:14:30in Ukraine, join us here on BBC News.
00:14:38News. Live with BBC News. For 26
00:14:4126 days, Sonam Wangchuk went on a
00:14:43a hunger strike in India in support support of the Cockroach Janta Party
00:14:46Party and thousands of students as as they demanded change after the
00:14:49the leaking of crucial exam papers. papers. His hunger strike ended after
00:14:52after he received guarantees from from India's government that there
00:14:56there would be charges or changes changes to the country's exam system
00:14:59system and protections for peaceful peaceful student protesters who'd
00:15:01who'd been arrested. He's been speaking speaking with Rajini Vaidyanathan
00:15:05Vaidyanathan on the BBC's NewsHour NewsHour programme. In his first first broadcast interview since the
00:15:08the protests ended. Terribly, terribly.
00:15:12terribly. I mean, people can't even
00:15:15even imagine what's happening now.
00:15:16now. Every part of the country, people
00:15:19people are raising voice, not just
00:15:22just generation Gen Z but Gen Alpha
00:15:25Alpha school boys and girls are raising raising their school issues and getting
00:15:29getting them resolved. Remote places
00:15:32places to different states. People
00:15:34People are rising up to, remove these,
00:15:41these, injustices in the, employment
00:15:42employment systems, examination systems,
00:15:45systems, more in the education arena
00:15:46arena now, but actually it cuts across
00:15:50across various fields. And you may
00:15:52may have heard yesterday in Bihar,
00:15:55Bihar, the ruling party lost two
00:15:58two of the three seats that had by by elections. So the entire atmosphere
00:16:02atmosphere in the country has switched. switched. And Prime Minister Modi
00:16:05Modi has always presented himself
00:16:08himself as India's strong man, hasn't
00:16:10hasn't he? He would possibly take
00:16:13take issue with the fact that this this has weakened his government.
00:16:16government. He still has a lot of of support. Why do you think this
00:16:20this particular wave of protests
00:16:22protests is different? There was
00:16:26was a sense of fear earlier. You You know, it was mostly dealing with
00:16:30with grown ups, middle aged people
00:16:32people who had too much to lose.
00:16:35lose. Businesses were scared of,
00:16:38of, raids by enforcement agencies agencies who would do randomly to
00:16:42to people who they had any issues issues with, who didn't agree to,
00:16:45to, who raised their voice. So all
00:16:47all grown ups were beaten into, fear.
00:16:53fear. So there was no voice. Almost.
00:16:56Almost. And this movement because
00:16:59because it, was by young people who
00:17:01who had hardly anything to lose Gen
00:17:03Gen Z or people like me who had already
00:17:06already faced all that one could
00:17:08could face, at the hands of the government
00:17:11government jail and raids by government government agencies, everything.
00:17:15everything. So we had nothing to to lose. We had no fear. And that's
00:17:18that's what spread across the country.
00:17:19country. And today people are raising
00:17:22raising voice and maybe, they feel
00:17:25feel and rightly so that they don't don't have that control. But I always
00:17:29always thought the best way to have,
00:17:31have, you know, control or power
00:17:34power is through love and, in return
00:17:38return love from the people by ensuring
00:17:42ensuring a just and, fear free, governance,
00:17:46governance, hopefully they'll mend mend their ways this time. It stopped
00:17:50stopped at, education ministry. But,
00:17:52But, if this continues, I think the
00:17:54the younger generation and the people,
00:17:57people, may not stop at just education. education. You talk about the young
00:18:01young people not stopping education. education. We saw a lot of placards,
00:18:04placards, didn't we, at those protests protests calling for the Prime Minister
00:18:07Minister to step down as well. Do Do you still think he is the right
00:18:11right person to govern India? I would
00:18:14would give them the chance to mend
00:18:17mend their ways. I always believe
00:18:19believe in people realising their their mistakes and amending their
00:18:22their ways, so I would give them them that chance. But if it goes
00:18:26goes back to the ways that I suffered,
00:18:28suffered, you know, for the last
00:18:30last 2 or 3 years and if nothing
00:18:33nothing changes, then yes, people people have the right to say that
00:18:36that we don't accept this kind of
00:18:38of governance. We want a free and,
00:18:43and, just democratic governance in in this country. Myanmar's junta
00:18:47junta chief turned president Min Min Aung Hlaing will visit Thailand
00:18:51Thailand today in an attempt to end end the country's international isolation
00:18:54isolation five years after staging staging a coup that led to a bloody
00:18:56bloody civil war. Myanmar has since since been blocked from attending
00:19:00attending meetings in the South East East Asian bloc Asean, but Thailand's
00:19:04Thailand's Prime Minister urged calibrated calibrated re-engagement with Myanmar
00:19:07Myanmar ahead of the meeting. Well, Well, for more, let's go live to to government House in Bangkok and
00:19:11and speak with our South East Asia Asia correspondent Jonathan Head. Head. Jonathan, this is a two day
00:19:15day trip, but what should we expect?
00:19:19expect? Well, Steve, within the next next couple of hours, Min Aung Hlaing
00:19:22Hlaing will be given a full red carpet
00:19:24carpet welcome here. Thailand is
00:19:26is not holding back. It talks about about calibrated re-engagement, but
00:19:30but this looks like full, full re-engagement. re-engagement. He's got a whole series
00:19:33series of meetings here in the seat seat of government. A lot of it will
00:19:36will be focused on security and their
00:19:39their very long shared border. It's It's a 2400 kilometre border. And
00:19:43And Thailand has argued it has to to re-engage with this government
00:19:47government in order to be able to to address a series of difficult
00:19:50difficult issues transnational crime, crime, movement of people across
00:19:54across borders, for Thailand it says says these are big, big issues that
00:19:57that other South East Asian countries countries don't face. They're also
00:20:01also giving him an official dinner. dinner. There's going to be a big
00:20:04big business forum where Thai businesses businesses who are worried about
00:20:07about losing out to China in Myanmar
00:20:10Myanmar want to improve ties so that that they can start doing business
00:20:13business in a more profitable way way in Myanmar. There are lots of
00:20:16of interests in Thailand that want want this relationship reset back
00:20:20back to where it was before the coup, coup, but it is very controversial.
00:20:23controversial. Of course, lots of of groups, particularly human rights
00:20:26rights groups have argued this is is giving legitimacy to a leader
00:20:29leader in Myanmar who has shown no no signs of compromising in his war
00:20:33war with the opposition, a civil civil war that has killed tens of
00:20:36of thousands of people. And Thailand Thailand is really breaking ranks
00:20:39ranks with other South East Asian Asian countries because although
00:20:42although big powers like China and and India have given their full support
00:20:45support to Min Aung Hlaing, they've they've been critical in helping helping him re-establish his authority.
00:20:49authority. The Association of South South East Asian Nations Asean has
00:20:53has has held off its barred men online
00:20:55online for its meetings because it it says he's not meeting the promises
00:20:58promises he made five years ago to to de-escalate and to negotiate with
00:21:02with the opposition. Now ASEAN's ASEAN's held that line. It has its
00:21:05its five-point consensus, which it it says Min Aung Hlaing must show
00:21:08show signs of complying with. But But now Thailand, a founder member
00:21:11member of Asean, has broken ranks. ranks. And I think there's a sense
00:21:15sense here that with the Myanmar Myanmar military re-establishing,
00:21:19re-establishing, taking, taking back back a lot of the territory, it's
00:21:21it's lost having had this much criticised criticised election, you know, it
00:21:24it wasn't free and fair in any sense, sense, but it has allowed Min Aung
00:21:27Aung Hlaing to claim he's now a civilian civilian president, that with that
00:21:30that he's not going anywhere. He's He's really got quite a strong foothold
00:21:34foothold and that you have to do do have to start dealing with him.
00:21:36him. You may as well do it now rather
00:21:39rather than later, but Thailand will will be accused of not getting enough
00:21:42enough out of Min Aung Hlaing. We We did see for the first time a proof
00:21:46proof of life, a photograph of a a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi,
00:21:49Kyi, who of course has been in jail jail ever since she was overthrown
00:21:52overthrown in that coup five and and five and a half years ago. That
00:21:56That photograph was a concession concession by the Myanmar military military to say, look, she's OK.
00:22:00OK. The Thais have said that's at
00:22:02at least a gesture. But others, including including some Asean governments,
00:22:06governments, are saying just one one sighting of Aung San Suu Kyi Kyi is not enough, that we should
00:22:09should be getting much more from from the Myanmar military, particularly
00:22:13particularly stopping the bombardment bombardment of villages, the targeting
00:22:14targeting of schools and hospitals hospitals and negotiations with opposition
00:22:18opposition groups. But as far as as Thailand is concerned, its relationship
00:22:21relationship with Myanmar takes precedence. precedence. Now it's broken ranks.
00:22:24ranks. The question is will the rest rest of Asean, the 11 member states
00:22:28states of Asean, ultimately give give way and follow suit and accept
00:22:31accept a normal relationship with with the government in Myanmar that that is still, although it's notionally
00:22:35notionally civilian, is still essentially essentially dominated by the military.
00:22:38military. Yeah, we'll be fascinating fascinating to watch. Thanks very very much for getting us across that that Jonathan Head there on South
00:22:42South East Asia. Correspondent. Let's Let's take a quick look at some other other stories in the headlines. Michigan's
00:22:46Michigan's left wing Democratic candidate candidate for the US Senate in November's
00:22:49November's mid-term elections has has called for party unity after
00:22:52after his watershed victory over over a centrist in the primaries.
00:22:56primaries. Abdul El-Sayed said any any differences with his defeated
00:22:58defeated fellow Democrat, Haley Stevens Stevens paled in comparison to what
00:23:02what unified them, and they should should now focus on defeating the
00:23:05the Republicans in the swing state. state. Beijing has tightened controls
00:23:09controls on drone exports in what what it described as a restrained
00:23:12restrained response to US kerbs on on technology and trade. China's
00:23:15China's Commerce Ministry will make
00:23:17make sales of drones and other dual dual use technologies subject to
00:23:20to strict case by case review. The
00:23:23The retaliatory measures come ahead ahead of a scheduled meeting between
00:23:26between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump
00:23:28Trump in the US next month. Gianni
00:23:32Gianni Infantino has apologised for for errors he made in a controversial
00:23:35controversial plans to sell off stakes stakes in competitions to private
00:23:38private investors, but will remain remain Fifa president after receiving receiving the backing of senior executives
00:23:42executives in a meeting in Morocco. Morocco. Much criticism has come
00:23:45come from within Fifa, including including Secretary General Mathias
00:23:48Mathias Mattias Grafstrom, who was was at Wednesday's meeting. However,
00:23:52However, in a statement, Grafstrom Grafstrom and the management board board reaffirmed their full support
00:23:56support for Infantino as president.
00:23:59president. BBC sports Mark Benstead Benstead has more details. Yeah,
00:24:02Yeah, busy all day. Gianni Infantino Infantino will remain as Fifa president
00:24:05president for now after he received received the backing of senior executives
00:24:08executives in a meeting in Morocco Morocco on Wednesday. Infantino's Infantino's been under fire for his
00:24:12his plans to sell off stakes in competitions competitions including the World
00:24:16World Cup, to private investors. investors. As you mentioned in a
00:24:19a statement after the meeting, the the Fifa Management Board acknowledged
00:24:21acknowledged the need for improved improved processes around communications.
00:24:25communications. Apologise for mistakes mistakes but said they will not tolerate
00:24:28tolerate any attacks on its integrity. integrity. Let's pull up some of
00:24:31of the key lines from that statement statement then. Firstly, it says
00:24:34says the Fifa Secretary General and and members of the Fifa Management
00:24:37Management Board in attendance reaffirmed reaffirmed their full support for for Fifa president Gianni Infantino
00:24:41Infantino was the only official elected
00:24:44elected by the 211 Fifa member associations associations regarding the forward
00:24:48forward enterprise proposal. That's That's the plan to invite that private
00:24:51private investment, it said. It was was agreed that it was not the intention
00:24:54intention for the Fifa Council and and Fifa members associations to
00:24:58to feel excluded from the process process and that the process should
00:25:01should have been handled differently. differently. It was further acknowledged
00:25:03acknowledged that errors were also also made after the proposal was
00:25:07was leaked to the media. It goes goes on to say that there are always
00:25:10always lessons to be learned and and Fifa will continue to improve
00:25:12improve its processes in light of of this experience. In this instance,
00:25:16instance, however, it is important important to stress that although although mistakes were made, everything
00:25:19everything that was done was done done in full compliance with the
00:25:22the Fifa regulatory framework and and on the criticism that has come
00:25:26come the way of Fifa. They say that that they will no longer tolerate
00:25:29tolerate any attacks on its integrity, integrity, good governance and due
00:25:33due process and crucially, will take take all necessary measures to protect
00:25:36protect and safeguard its name and
00:25:38and reputation. So Infantino stays stays in place for now. If someone
00:25:42someone wants to put themselves forward forward to stand against him for
00:25:45for the presidency next year, they they have until November the 18th
00:25:4818th to put their names forward. forward. Before we go. Scientists Scientists using the world's most
00:25:52most powerful solar telescope have have captured the surface of the
00:25:55the sun in new, unprecedented detail. detail. Images and footage show whirlpools
00:25:59whirlpools of activity never seen seen before. It is the sun's magnetic
00:26:02magnetic field being twisted and and moved by the motion of hot gas. gas. We'll leave you with
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00:30:09News, Business Today. Google announces
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00:30:21intelligence division, as the company company seeks to keep up with big
00:30:23big tech rivals in the AI race. The
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00:30:45welcome to Business Today with me, me, Steve Live. We begin with a major
00:30:48major shake up at Google's artificial artificial intelligence business,
00:30:51business, which seems to have got got investors nervous sending shares
00:30:53shares of alphabet down 4%. Jeff
00:30:55Jeff Dean had long time Google employee employee central to the development
00:30:58development of the company's AI