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00:00:13Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:15News with me Kasia Madera. Iran says
00:00:18says a deal with Oman on a shipping shipping route through the Strait
00:00:21Strait of Hormuz is in its final
00:00:23final stages. Israel says two of
00:00:25of its soldiers have been
00:00:38sell shares in World Cup to private private investors. I'm Tadhg Enright
00:00:42Enright and coming up in business. business. Shares in Google have fallen
00:00:46fallen after the chief executive executive of its DeepMind division
00:00:49division stepped aside. This, as
00:00:50as the tech giant seeks to keep pace
00:00:53pace with its rivals. Also coming
00:00:55coming up, we're going to meet the
00:00:57the 97-year-old woman who successfully successfully broke her own world
00:01:01world record to become the oldest
00:01:03oldest person to complete a wing
00:01:06wing walk. Hello and welcome. Iran
00:01:16Iran says that a deal with Oman on
00:01:19on a new route for ships through
00:01:21through the Strait of Hormuz is being being finalised. However, Iran's
00:01:25Iran's foreign ministry says it would
00:01:26would only go ahead if certain third
00:01:29third parties did not obstruct the the process. Well, President Trump
00:01:32Trump has said that the key waterway
00:01:34waterway would open very soon or
00:01:37or Iran would be hit very hard. Well,
00:01:39Well, in his first meeting with his his US counterpart Marco Rubio, the
00:01:43the new UK Foreign Secretary, and and said that Britain would work
00:01:47work with the US to secure a lasting
00:01:49lasting cease fire in Iran and reopen reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But
00:01:53But in a broadcast interview after after the meeting, Ed Miliband insists
00:01:57insists that the UK would never take
00:02:00take part in offensive military action. action. He spoke to my colleague
00:02:03colleague Helena Humphrey, who asked asked him what he and Marco Rubio
00:02:07Rubio had achieved. Well, the number number one priority for this government
00:02:10government is to tackle the cost cost of living crisis that people
00:02:14people are facing. And my job as as Foreign Secretary most immediately
00:02:17immediately is to work with our closest closest ally, the United States,
00:02:20States, on getting a ceasefire and
00:02:23and a lasting ceasefire in relation
00:02:26relation to the Iran war. Now we we are working night and day to try try and make that happen. That was
00:02:30was a large part of our discussions
00:02:33discussions today. I am hopeful that
00:02:35that this may happen, but we are are not there yet and we've got to
00:02:39to do everything we can to get this this ceasefire in place. The work
00:02:43work between Iran and Oman is obviously obviously crucial to that, but then
00:02:46then we've got to make sure it is is an enduring ceasefire, that we
00:02:49we don't have a nuclear Iran. Ed
00:02:52Ed Miliband there. Speaking to Helena Helena Humphrey now, the Israeli
00:02:56Israeli military has said that two two soldiers have been killed and
00:02:59and four others severely injured injured in southern Lebanon. It comes
00:03:03comes as Israel resumed strikes on on the country for the first time
00:03:05time in more than a month. Lebanese Lebanese state media said that one
00:03:09one person had been killed and 11 11 had been wounded. Well, let's
00:03:13let's cross over to my colleague colleague John Donaldson, who is
00:03:17is in Jerusalem for us. So John, John, just bring us up to date with
00:03:20with the latest developments on the
00:03:23the ground. Well, let's start with
00:03:25with that effort to reopen the Strait Strait of Hormuz. And basically at
00:03:29at the moment we only have Iran's
00:03:31Iran's word for the fact that any any progress has been made. The Iranian
00:03:35Iranian Foreign ministry saying that that they're very close to an agreement
00:03:38agreement with Oman to effectively effectively allow ships to pass in
00:03:41in on the northern route into the the strait along the Iranian coast
00:03:45coast and then for ships to come
00:03:48come out, hugging the Omani coast. coast. So all eyes now really on
00:03:51on the White House and President President Trump's Truth Social account
00:03:55account to see what his reaction reaction is. But it does seem that
00:03:59that some progress there is being being made. However, you know, lots
00:04:02lots of potential pitfalls. It's
00:04:04It's a very complex, region. This
00:04:07This a lot of conflicts interlinked. interlinked. And in Lebanon, as you you say, for the first time in a
00:04:12a month, really, we've had a significant significant flare up in violence violence there. The Israeli military
00:04:15military saying two of its soldiers soldiers killed four severely injured,
00:04:19injured, apparently when they were were carrying out demolitions in
00:04:23in southern Lebanon. And they entered
00:04:24entered a booby trap building Israel
00:04:28Israel then responded or issuing issuing its first evacuation order
00:04:31order in southern Lebanon for more more than a month and carrying out
00:04:34out strikes, which we think went
00:04:37went on into the night. And John,
00:04:39John, so just in terms of that ongoing
00:04:44ongoing conflict when it comes to
00:04:46to Israel and Lebanon, nothing seems seems to be ceasing just an escalation,
00:04:50escalation, obviously deeply concerning concerning for the people of southern
00:04:54southern Lebanon. Yeah, absolutely.
00:04:57absolutely. Many have not been able able to return to their homes. Some
00:05:00Some of them have. Many villages villages have been completely destroyed.
00:05:03destroyed. And while Israeli forces forces continue to occupy a large
00:05:07large chunk of southern Lebanon, Lebanon, I think it's about 5% of
00:05:10of the country in total in terms
00:05:13terms of land area, it is almost
00:05:15almost inevitable that there is the
00:05:17the possibility of flare-ups. And And the reason this matters, given
00:05:21given the broader situation in the
00:05:23the region, is that Iran has insisted
00:05:26insisted that Lebanon must be part
00:05:29part of a broader deal with the United
00:05:32United States. They want a ceasefire
00:05:34ceasefire in Lebanon, too. As part part of that broader deal. So if
00:05:38if we get flare-ups there, it could
00:05:42could undermine those efforts to to achieve a deal with Iran, which,
00:05:45which, to be frank, are only limping
00:05:47limping along at best at the moment. OK, John, as always, thanks
00:05:50thanks so much for the update. John John Donaldson there joining us live
00:05:53live from Jerusalem the embattled
00:05:57embattled president of Fifa, Gianni Gianni Infantino, has apologised
00:06:00apologised for mistakes made in the the pursuit of his controversial
00:06:03controversial proposal to sell shares shares in football's World Cup to
00:06:07to private investors. The apology apology came in a letter signed by
00:06:11by Mr Infantino, which also reaffirmed reaffirmed the management board's
00:06:14board's full support for him as Fifa Fifa president. Well, let's talk
00:06:17talk to Craig Foster, who's a retired retired captain of the Australia
00:06:21Australia national team. Also, Craig, Craig, you're a human rights activist
00:06:25activist and a sports analyst. Just
00:06:27Just in terms of where Gianni Infantino
00:06:29Infantino is now, is this apology
00:06:32apology enough to secure his position?
00:06:35position? Well, that's a good question. question. Very, very sadly, it's
00:06:39it's enough for his management and and what they call the leadership
00:06:41leadership team. And I say sadly,
00:06:44sadly, because we've had one resignation,
00:06:46resignation, we've had one senior senior administrator come out with
00:06:49with a mea culpa and say, look, basically basically this whole thing was unbeknown
00:06:53unbeknown to us, it's shocking. You
00:06:55You know, it can't go on. We even even had a Mattias Grafstrom the
00:06:59the Secretary General, a leaked email
00:07:02email saying to the staff that it's it's sad and reproachable. And now
00:07:05now after a meeting in Morocco, apparently
00:07:07apparently all is, is sunny again.
00:07:10again. And that's got to be a real real concern for all football stakeholders
00:07:14stakeholders around the world. You You know, my message to all former former players is you have to do
00:07:17do something and speak up here. My My message to all fans around the
00:07:20the world is that you have to hold hold your own federation accountable
00:07:24accountable because no one should should be supporting this. What's
00:07:26What's happened is we've had a backflip
00:07:29backflip from the management and
00:07:31and leadership team of Fifa within within just the last 48 hours, and
00:07:35and that tells us that the rot goes goes much, much deeper. We knew that
00:07:38that it wasn't just about Infantino, Infantino, but the real question
00:07:41question for footballers, people people around the world is like how
00:07:44how low can this go? And if this
00:07:47this is what organisational institutional institutional culture actually is
00:07:51is at Fifa, then clearly it needs
00:07:53needs very significant reform. It's It's obvious that, you know, I think
00:07:57think when you come to the Balagan Balagan affair, a whole range of
00:08:00of issues. We go back to the peace
00:08:01peace Prize, but particularly this
00:08:05this unilateral, approach and project project from Infantino that was then
00:08:08then going to be forced through on on member federations to sell off
00:08:11off part of its most precious asset. asset. If this is now acceptable
00:08:15acceptable to Fifa management and
00:08:17and it is then surely Fifa management
00:08:20management along with Infantino need need to be changed. Yeah. So what
00:08:23what does this say about the whole
00:08:26whole of Fifa? Because obviously obviously we had previous leaders
00:08:29leaders of Fifa, said Plata. He was was embroiled in controversy. What
00:08:32What does Fifa need to do in order
00:08:35order to clear. Its. Arguably it's
00:08:38it's a difficult back history. Yeah.
00:08:42Yeah. So as you say, this is a repeating
00:08:45repeating cycle now and that's the the real challenge for global football
00:08:48football and all of the stakeholders, stakeholders, is that this is going
00:08:51going to occur again, the question question is whether next time it
00:08:55it may not be caught, you know, by by external media, it may not be
00:08:59be leaked by people inside the organisation. organisation. It may have been forced
00:09:02forced through and all of a sudden sudden some of the key assets may
00:09:06may well have been sold off in circumstances
00:09:09circumstances of, you know, very very serious concerns about conflict conflict of interests and abuse of
00:09:13of the position of the President. President. So therefore, what it
00:09:16it says to us is if we're going to to end the cycle, we need reform
00:09:19reform of Fifa. There's a lot of of different conversations happening
00:09:22happening about that. As to whether
00:09:25whether it needs, you know, a rotating rotating president or it needs a
00:09:29a chair of an internal board or whatever whatever the case is, but it certainly
00:09:32certainly needs reform. I think the the other two points quickly to make
00:09:36make is that the fans and the players
00:09:38players have to have a stake and and power in this game. They're the
00:09:41the two voices and we always say say that football is for the people
00:09:45people of the world and yes it is, is, but the people of the world have
00:09:47have no access. They have no leverage leverage and they have no power and
00:09:51and it's not being managed in the the interests of the fans and the the people of the world. The only
00:09:55only way that's going to happen is
00:09:57is if the fans come together in a
00:10:00a global organisation and create
00:10:03create leverage and power so that that they have a real stake. And
00:10:06And if players do that and I'm talking talking here about FIFPro, which
00:10:09which is the global players union, union, they need to be stronger.
00:10:12stronger. They need to make sure sure that the legendary players of
00:10:15of the world are on board onside onside with them instead of being
00:10:19being this close and captured by
00:10:20by Fifa. And those two stakeholders stakeholders have to really now get
00:10:24get themselves organised and accept accept responsibility on behalf of
00:10:28of all the players of the world and and all the fans of the world to
00:10:32to actually force reform through through at Fifa. Craig great points
00:10:35points as always. Craig Foster there, there, retired captain of the Australian
00:10:39Australian national team. Thanks Thanks so much. Any updates on Infantino? Infantino? Of course will bring them
00:10:43them to you now the Nigerian government government says that more than 300
00:10:47300 people have been freed in what what it's described as the largest
00:10:50largest ever rescue operation by by the security forces in a single
00:10:54single day. More than half of the the kidnapped victims were seized
00:10:57seized by suspected jihadists in in Kwara State six months ago. The
00:11:01The rest were taken from Niger State.
00:11:04State. The attack in Kwara had targeted
00:11:06targeted two villages near the border
00:11:08border with Benin. At least 75 people
00:11:11people were killed. Myanmar's military
00:11:16military leader turned president president Min Aung Heang is visiting
00:11:19visiting Thailand today in an attempt
00:11:20attempt to end the country's international
00:11:23international isolation. It's five five years since he staged a coup
00:11:26coup that led to a civil war. Myanmar Myanmar has since been blocked from
00:11:29from attending meetings of the South South East Asian trading group Asean.
00:11:33Asean. Well, let's cross over to to the government House in Bangkok
00:11:37Bangkok to talk to our South East East Asia correspondent, Jonathan
00:11:40Jonathan Head. So it looks like Myanmar
00:11:42Myanmar is bringing being brought
00:11:44brought in from the cold. Jonathan.
00:11:47Jonathan. Very much here in Thailand. Thailand. It is I mean, this is a
00:11:50a very ornate backdrop for this visit. visit. But this is where dignitaries,
00:11:54dignitaries, top leaders come to to meet the Prime Minister. It's It's the seat of government in Thailand.
00:11:57Thailand. Min Aung Hlaing has spent spent the last couple of hours here
00:12:00here in meetings with Thailand's Thailand's top leadership, but he
00:12:03he has a full two day visit in which which there's going to be a business business forum where Thai businesses
00:12:07businesses are going to look into into how they can invest more in
00:12:09in Myanmar. He's going to be given given a full dinner. He's going to
00:12:12to be meeting a whole range of Thai Thai officials. This is a much larger
00:12:15larger scale visit than I think many many people expected. For a first
00:12:19first official visit since the coup. coup. And as you say, he's been out
00:12:22out in the cold. The South East Asian
00:12:25Asian position has been that Myanmar Myanmar is in, in the doghouse that
00:12:28that the Myanmar military leaders leaders have refused to honour the
00:12:31the promise they made five years years ago to de-escalate violence
00:12:34violence and talk to the opposition. opposition. Min Aung Hlaing has now
00:12:38now completely dismissed that agreement agreement that he signed five years
00:12:41years ago. And a lot of South East East Asian countries are saying we
00:12:44we should not be engaging with him him until we see some real concessions
00:12:47concessions that might end this catastrophic catastrophic civil war in Myanmar
00:12:51Myanmar that's still ongoing. There's There's still bombardment of villages
00:12:54villages and hospitals. I mean, it's it's there's no sign of it toning
00:12:57toning down or of any overtures being
00:13:00being made to the opposition in Myanmar Myanmar despite the notional transformation
00:13:04transformation of Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing into a civilian president. president. So there are a lot of
00:13:07of South East Asian countries or or some that really disagree with
00:13:10with what Thailand is doing. But But Thailand argues it's a special
00:13:13special case. It's got a very long long border, the longest of all with
00:13:17with Myanmar 2500km. But Min Aung Aung Hlaing is there to stay. He's
00:13:20He's got the backing of China but but they have to start doing business
00:13:23business with him and they've really really elevated relations pretty
00:13:26pretty much back to what they were were before the coup with this visit.
00:13:29visit. And have we heard anything anything about the opposition leader,
00:13:32leader, Aung San Suu Kyi? We've heard
00:13:37heard very little. But we did, of
00:13:40of course, have this photograph published published on Monday showing her meeting
00:13:44meeting a delegation from the Red Red Cross. Now, it wasn't much, but
00:13:47but because the ICRC confirmed it it was actually the very first proof
00:13:50proof of life anyone's had of Aung
00:13:52Aung San Suu Kyi being alive. And And we think reasonably healthy for
00:13:56for more than two and a half years. years. And what's interesting is
00:14:00is that Burmese military rulers have have been under enormous pressure pressure from their neighbours, from
00:14:03from Aung San Suu Kyi's family to to show that she's alive and well.
00:14:06well. They've refused to do it. They They released that photograph on
00:14:09on Monday, largely because the Thais Thais couldn't have allowed this
00:14:12this visit to go ahead without being being sure she was alive. And there there are others saying, well, that's
00:14:16that's fine. I mean, at least it's it's good to know she's alive. But
00:14:18But this is a very small concession. concession. The real concessions concessions people have been asking
00:14:22asking for from the military is to to stop this relentless, destructive
00:14:26destructive war against those who who oppose their coup and to start
00:14:29start dialogue. And we haven't heard
00:14:31heard anything from Min Aung Hlaing Hlaing or the military people around
00:14:34around him that suggest they're ready ready to do that. Jonathan, as always,
00:14:38always, many thanks for the update. update. We'll be back with you throughout throughout the day. Jonathan Head
00:14:41Head there our South East Asia correspondent
00:14:44correspondent still to come here here on BBC News. You need a head
00:14:47head for heights for this one, we're we're going to meet the 97-year-old
00:14:4997-year-old woman who broke her own
00:14:51own world record, becoming the oldest
00:14:54oldest person to complete a wing wing walk. All that and more coming
00:14:57coming up around the world.
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00:16:02question on BBC News. Welcome back.
00:16:12back. You are with BBC News coming coming to you from the very heart
00:16:15heart of our newsroom right here
00:16:17here in central London. Hello. Japan's
00:16:21Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
00:16:22Takaichi has for the first time led
00:16:25led commemorations in Hiroshima on on the anniversary of the world's
00:16:28world's first use of nuclear weapons.
00:16:31weapons. 81 years ago. The United United States dropped an atom bomb
00:16:34bomb on the city at the end of the
00:16:37the Second World War. An estimated
00:16:41estimated 140,000 people were killed.
00:16:42killed. In her address, Miss Takeuchi
00:16:45Takeuchi reaffirmed Japan's three
00:16:47three non-nuclear principles of not
00:16:49not possessing, producing or allowing
00:16:51allowing nuclear weapons on its territory.
00:16:55territory. Well, our correspondent correspondent Kurumi Mori is in Tokyo Tokyo and explains the significance
00:16:59significance of the Prime Minister's
00:17:01Minister's statement. You know, this
00:17:04this commitment that she made was
00:17:06was largely expected. Japanese Prime Prime Minister Takaichi attending
00:17:09attending the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Memorial ceremony for the first time
00:17:13time as the country's leader. She's She's attended before but not as
00:17:16as Prime Minister. So in her speech, speech, she did reaffirm the three
00:17:20three non-nuclear principles you you mentioned not possessing, producing
00:17:23producing or permitting the nuclear nuclear weapons on Japanese territory.
00:17:27territory. I mean, this message, message, though, carried particular
00:17:30particular weight. This year, Japan
00:17:31Japan is set to revise its key national national security strategy later
00:17:34later this year, and that's prompting prompting questions over whether
00:17:38whether its long standing commitment commitment to those principles could
00:17:41could face new pressure. At a time time when we're seeing East Asia
00:17:45Asia rapidly changing with its security security environment and Takaichi
00:17:49Takaichi did not address those concerns concerns directly in her speech,
00:17:53speech, and instead she stressed stressed Japan's responsibility as
00:17:55as the only country to have suffered
00:17:58suffered atomic bombings in war and
00:18:00and renewed that commitment to pursue
00:18:02pursue a world with no nuclear weapons.
00:18:05weapons. But the issue has become
00:18:07become increasingly sensitive in in Japan online, some questioned
00:18:11questioned whether Takeuchi, who who is widely regarded as having
00:18:15having a more hawkish national security security stance, will maintain that
00:18:19that pledge as the regional tensions tensions just grow further and defence
00:18:22defence spending here continues to
00:18:23to rise. A debate did intensify last
00:18:27last month when Defence Minister Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called
00:18:29called for Japan to have a more open open discussion about the role of
00:18:33of nuclear weapons in the country's
00:18:34country's defence. The remarks drew drew criticism from survivors of
00:18:38of the atomic bombings and anti-nuclear anti-nuclear groups, and that prompted
00:18:42prompted Koizumi to later clarify clarify that he remains firmly committed
00:18:45committed to Japan's non-nuclear non-nuclear principles and to that
00:18:47that goal of world, a world free free of nuclear weapons. But, you
00:18:51you know, for many in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, the ceremony is less about
00:18:55about politics than about remembrance, remembrance, as the number of atomic
00:18:59atomic bomb survivors continues to to decline in Japan, there's this
00:19:02this growing urgency to preserve preserve their testimony and ensure
00:19:06ensure that lessons of Hiroshima. Hiroshima. Make sure that they are
00:19:10are not forgotten. Kurumi Mori reporting
00:19:13reporting from Tokyo now. In the the five years since the Taliban
00:19:16Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, women have been banned
00:19:20banned from all organised sport. sport. But against the odds, Afghanistan's
00:19:23Afghanistan's women footballers now now scattered across the world, have
00:19:26have found a way back onto the international
00:19:29international stage after Fifa changed changed its rules, allowing them
00:19:32them to officially represent Afghanistan.
00:19:35Afghanistan. Mahjooba Nowrouzi from from the BBC Global Women followed
00:19:38followed their journey as they travelled travelled to New Zealand for their
00:19:41their first training camp and match.
00:19:46match. At the time Meghan Owen. A
00:19:50A song for Afghanistan, a team reunited.
00:19:53reunited. These players have travelled travelled from across the world for
00:19:57for two friendlies in Auckland against
00:20:00against the Cook Islands. The first
00:20:03first since Fifa allowed Afghanistan's
00:20:05Afghanistan's team in exile back back into international football.
00:20:08football. We want Afghanistan to to be free and we want Afghan girls
00:20:11girls and women to be free, to be
00:20:14be able to choose who they want to
00:20:16to be. We want to prove that we are are still here. We still fighting
00:20:20fighting for the rights that you you took away from us. Five years
00:20:23years ago. Everything changed for
00:20:25for them almost overnight when the
00:20:28the Taliban returned to power, women
00:20:30women were banned from playing sports.
00:20:33sports. Afghanistan's women's team team was forced into exile, unable
00:20:37unable to represent their country. country. They were scattered across
00:20:41across the world. I was bullied throughout throughout high school and football football gave me the confidence to
00:20:44to be who I am today and to be able able to speak loud so I don't know
00:20:48know where I would be. One, two, two, three. Now they are back together
00:20:52together rebuilding the team. They
00:20:54They thought they had lost. For these
00:20:56these players, football is more than than a game. I wanted to use this
00:21:00this platform to advocate for the the war in Afghanistan who haven't
00:21:02haven't been allowed to study for
00:21:04for the past five years. Obviously
00:21:07Obviously the book The Rose, who
00:21:09who is a representation of women
00:21:12women and the date August 15th and
00:21:14and the date that Afghanistan fell.
00:21:18fell. These matches are only the
00:21:20the beginning. The aim is to rebuild
00:21:23rebuild Afghanistan's team in exile
00:21:24exile and to compete for a place
00:21:28place at the 2028 Olympic Games. Games. I will be proud of the team
00:21:31team and proud of myself that I was was part of the journey and I remade
00:21:35remade the history by being the first
00:21:37first like football team to get our our recognition without the approval
00:21:41approval of the Taliban. I'm so proud proud of our young players who played played today. Great game. Don't cry.
00:21:45cry. Don't put our heads down. It's
00:21:46It's more than football for us. Afghanistan
00:21:49Afghanistan lost both matches to
00:21:50to the Cook Islands, but after years
00:21:53years in exile simply wearing their
00:21:55their country's colours again is
00:21:57is a victory. Their Olympic dream dream is is still alive. We don't
00:22:01don't know when we're going to see see each other again, but it's just
00:22:04just always amazing to have the second
00:22:05second time. I've got it done. Mahjooba
00:22:11Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Auckland. Great Great to see the team back together
00:22:13together again. Now to a story of of if you need a head for heights
00:22:17heights for this one, I can tell tell you a 97-year-old woman has
00:22:20has successfully broken her own world world record to become the oldest
00:22:24oldest person to complete a wing
00:22:26wing walk. Betty Bromage started
00:22:29started fundraising by completing completing the stunts a decade ago. ago. Her most recent attempt raised
00:22:33raised money for staff who helped helped her recover from a stroke.
00:22:37stroke. Well, our reporter Steve
00:22:39Steve Knibb was there to see her
00:22:41her flying very high. Betty's back
00:22:48back 97 years young and taking to
00:22:50to the skies again. I just get bored
00:22:52bored with life. Otherwise when you
00:22:54you get old you can't go here. You You can't do this. You can't drive,
00:22:58drive, you can't see. I can't see
00:22:59see very well. And I get a bit frustrated.
00:23:02frustrated. So I want to do the things
00:23:04things that I can do. Up in the air.
00:23:07air. Betty's at home in her element element on the ground. Her friends
00:23:10friends and neighbours from her retirement retirement village in Cheltenham
00:23:13Cheltenham watch on nervously. Oh,
00:23:17Oh, Betty, what. Was it like watching watching her doing loop the loops
00:23:19loops in there? I was here four years
00:23:22years ago. Oh, for makes You want want to cry. But yeah, she got on
00:23:26on fantastic. Yeah. So proud of her. her. It's incredible. I mean, she's
00:23:29she's partially sighted, in fact, fact, almost blind. And yet she can
00:23:33can do this. This isn't the first first time she's done something like
00:23:36like this, but at her age it's just
00:23:38just amazing, isn't it? So, no, she's she's a wonder. Betty started all
00:23:42all this ten years ago at the age age of 87. She's since abseiled down
00:23:46down a tower in Cheltenham and took took on a zipwire in Snowdonia. And
00:23:50And today she pushed the envelope envelope even further, asking the
00:23:53the pilot to throw in a barrel roll.
00:23:56roll. Oh, my God. She explains to
00:23:59to me inside that it's something something that she really is keen
00:24:02keen to do all the time, even at
00:24:04at her age. So so I just think it's it's absolutely fantastic. And for for me, it's such a privilege to
00:24:08to be able to do that. All of this this was done to raise money for
00:24:12for the stroke unit in Cheltenham. Cheltenham. They helped Betty when
00:24:15when she had a stroke last year. year. So kind to me and straight
00:24:18straight away the treatment I got
00:24:22got it affects my words. I go to to say a word and it doesn't always
00:24:26always come out, but the rest of of me I'm fit as a fiddle. Well for
00:24:30for a 97-year-old. Today the staff
00:24:33staff sent her a good luck message.
00:24:36message. Grateful for the support. Thank you Betty. Just
00:24:41support. Thank you Betty. Just amazing amazing that she's doing this for for us. We're so grateful. And to,
00:24:45to, you know, go up and wing walk walk and take on such a daring and
00:24:49and incredible challenge to support support our stroke services team. team. It's just amazing. We're so
00:24:52so grateful. We really appreciate appreciate what she's doing. Back
00:24:56Back on the ground. Betty took it it all in her stride with confirmation
00:24:59confirmation that she broke her own own world record yet again as the
00:25:03the oldest female wing, Walker. Officially
00:25:06Officially amazing. For Betty, there's there's the thrill, the fundraising,
00:25:10fundraising, the excitement. But But she lives by a motto she learned
00:25:13learned at a younger age. I was a a trained children's nurse and I I went to work in Doctor Barnardo's
00:25:17Barnardo's home in Bristol and above above my bed it said we passed through
00:25:20through this world, but once any
00:25:23any good we can do any kindness we
00:25:25we can show. Do it now. Do not defer defer or neglect it. You'll not pass
00:25:28pass this way again. And it's so
00:25:31so true, isn't it? 100%. And of course
00:25:35course this isn't over in two and and a half years' time, Betty has
00:25:38has promised to take to the skies skies again when she turns 100 to
00:25:41to become a magnificent centenarian centenarian on a flying machine.
00:25:45machine. Steve Knibbs, BBC News Renkum.
00:25:49Renkum. Just incredible. Well done done Betty. Now if you thought you you couldn't go any higher, well,
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