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00:00:13Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:15News. Fifa says its boss Gianni Infantino
00:00:18Infantino strongly denies claims claims that Uefa paid off. A woman
00:00:22woman described as his lover when when he was head of European football's
00:00:26football's governing body. At least least three people, including a child,
00:00:29child, have been killed in overnight overnight Russian attacks near the
00:00:32the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The The attacks come as President Zelensky
00:00:36Zelensky is visiting Serbia, a traditional traditional ally of Russia, as he
00:00:40he seeks to bolster support for Ukraine's
00:00:42Ukraine's war effort. Spain imposes imposes border controls against Italy
00:00:46Italy as a row over migration. Immigration
00:00:49Immigration grows. Washington pledges
00:00:52pledges $1 billion in security assistance
00:00:54assistance to Colombia after Abelardo
00:00:57Abelardo de la Espriella is sworn sworn in as president, promising
00:00:59promising a hard line approach to
00:01:01to drugs and crime. Hello. Welcome.
00:01:12Welcome. You are with BBC News. I'm
00:01:14I'm Kasia Madera, the Fifa boss, boss, Gianni Infantino has denied
00:01:18denied allegations published by the the Daily Telegraph today that Uefa
00:01:22Uefa paid off a woman described as as his lover when he was in charge
00:01:26charge of European football's governing
00:01:27governing body. Fifa says the allegation
00:01:30allegation is categorically untrue. untrue. Uefa says a standard departure
00:01:33departure payment was made to the the employee. Well Mike Bushell from
00:01:37from the BBC Sports Centre has been been giving us the background to
00:01:40to the allegations against Infantino. Infantino. The story first emerged
00:01:43emerged in the Daily Telegraph and and relates back to a time when the
00:01:46the now Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, Infantino, was the Secretary General
00:01:49General of Uefa, a time from 2009
00:01:522009 to 2016, and the allegations allegations are that a woman who
00:01:55who was allegedly in a relationship relationship with was given this
00:01:58this six figure severance payment
00:02:00payment by Uefa, a claim Fifa have have categorically denied. I'll come
00:02:04come to exactly what Fifa have reportedly reportedly said shortly, but first,
00:02:08first, Uefa have issued a statement statement and this is it seen by
00:02:12by the BBC. They say we are aware aware of the allegations and can
00:02:15can confirm a departure payment was was made to the individual in question,
00:02:19question, coupled with the payment payment of fees for an MBA course
00:02:22course at a local business school, school, they go on to say the payment
00:02:25payment was in line with the regulations
00:02:28regulations that existed for departing
00:02:30departing staff at the time. Such
00:02:33Such regulations have been tightened tightened since 2016 and the current current staff regulations, which
00:02:37which apply to all Uefa employees employees at whatever level, reflect
00:02:41reflect those found in a modern high
00:02:44high profile organisation. So Fifa, Fifa, as you were mentioning, have have been approached by the BBC for
00:02:48for comment. But in a statement given given to The Telegraph, they say
00:02:51say that Fifa president Gianni Infantino
00:02:53Infantino strongly denies these allegations. allegations. They are categorically
00:02:56categorically untrue. They add no
00:02:58no employee at Fifa or Uefa has ever
00:03:01ever raised a complaint regarding regarding Mr Infantino's behaviour
00:03:05behaviour because there was never never an incident where he was involved. involved. Of course, this comes at
00:03:08at a time when the President's main main concern has been trying to win
00:03:12win back support. After the backlash backlash to his now shelved proposal
00:03:15proposal to sell off a stake in the
00:03:17the World Cup. Despite heavy criticism criticism from Uefa, he has had the
00:03:21the backing from other nations, including including Where he is there in these
00:03:24these pictures in Colombia, as the
00:03:26the head of the South American Confederation
00:03:29Confederation said, we stand by Johnny.
00:03:32Johnny. Mike Bushell with that report. report. Well. Gianni Infantino is
00:03:36is in Colombia, where he has been been attending the inauguration of
00:03:39of the new president and the BBC BBC caught up with Mr Infantino as
00:03:43as he was attending a meeting with with the head of South America's
00:03:46America's Football Confederation. Confederation. As my colleague Ione
00:03:49Ione Wells explains. The events of of the inauguration of. Wrapped up
00:03:52up here in Cali in the south of Colombia
00:03:56Colombia and unsurprisingly, Infantino Infantino did not answer any of the the questions that I tried to pose
00:04:00pose to him when I saw him entering
00:04:02entering and leaving that event where where he was attending the inauguration
00:04:05inauguration of Colombia's new president,
00:04:08president, Abelardo de la Espriella
00:04:10Espriella Infantino. Will you resign resign after your plan to sell off
00:04:14off part of Fifa failed? A word for for BBC News. What is your response
00:04:17response to Europe? Who say they they will boycott the World Cup?
00:04:20Cup? Infantino. I asked him whether whether he would resign given his
00:04:23his plan to sell off parts of Fifa Fifa failed. I asked him what his
00:04:27his response was to Europe, saying saying it could boycott the World
00:04:30World Cup given Uefa doesn't have have faith in his leadership. I asked
00:04:34asked him whether, as countries like like Jordan have claimed, he has
00:04:38has been financially blackmailing blackmailing some countries to support support him and whether in fact he
00:04:41he is here in South America to try
00:04:43try to shore up support for his presidency. presidency. I think many will see
00:04:47see this visit of his as essentially essentially an attempt to try and
00:04:50and get more countries on his side
00:04:52side to try and get every single single vote he can from countries
00:04:55countries that might still support support him ahead of that crucial
00:04:58crucial election next year to determine
00:05:01determine the next Fifa president. president. I think some could say
00:05:05say that as a result, this trip has
00:05:07has been somewhat of a success in
00:05:09in that regard, given that he met
00:05:11met with not just grassroots football
00:05:13football associations but also with with the Federation Colombian Football
00:05:17Football Federation and also, crucially, crucially, the President of Conmebol, Conmebol, which is the governing
00:05:21governing body of football in South South America. The President spoke
00:05:24spoke to us afterwards and seemed
00:05:27seemed to suggest that Conmebol did
00:05:30did support Infantino, continued continued to support him and in fact,
00:05:33fact, the only question, the only only answer that I received from
00:05:36from Infantino was very simply in
00:05:38in his words I love Colombia. Gianni
00:05:41Gianni Infantino, could you just just give us one answer for BBC News?
00:05:44News? What's your view? That being
00:05:47being said, just because he may have have the support of some governing
00:05:51governing bodies and figures here, here, this scandal certainly hasn't
00:05:53hasn't gone away and he will continue continue to face these questions.
00:05:56questions. I think wherever he goes goes next. Ione Wells there now we're
00:05:59we're going to have more shortly shortly on Colombia's new right wing
00:06:03wing president, who's actually broken broken with tradition by being sworn
00:06:05sworn in not in the capital Bogota,
00:06:07Bogota, but in Cali in the country's country's volatile south-west, which
00:06:11which has long been on the front front line of the government's conflict
00:06:14conflict with armed groups. That
00:06:16That coming up shortly now, Spain Spain has brought in border checks
00:06:20checks on people travelling from from Italy, escalating a migration
00:06:23migration row between the two EU EU countries. Madrid's month long
00:06:27long suspension applies not just just to citizens of third countries
00:06:30countries arriving from Italy, but but also to Italians themselves.
00:06:34themselves. Spain was angered by by Italy's response to last week's
00:06:37week's sudden influx of tens of thousands thousands of would be migrants into
00:06:40into the Spanish territory of Ceuta
00:06:43Ceuta on Morocco's coast. Italy promptly
00:06:46promptly imposed border restrictions restrictions on third country travellers
00:06:49travellers from Spain, which will
00:06:50will last until at least mid-August. mid-August. Well, our correspondent
00:06:54correspondent in Rome, Sarah Rainsford, Rainsford, told us just how much
00:06:57much of a practical response this this is to the migrant influx and
00:07:00and how much political posturing. posturing. Well, here in Italy, the
00:07:03the government says it's all about about security. They say that they
00:07:07they will remove the restrictions restrictions that they put in place
00:07:10place around a week ago. Now, as as soon as there is no danger, as
00:07:14as they described it, no security
00:07:17security threat from that surge of of migrants swimming from Morocco
00:07:20Morocco into Ceuta, Spain and many many other countries have pointed pointed to the fact that, of course,
00:07:24course, nobody who made that crossing crossing in actual fact then moved
00:07:28moved on to the European continent. continent. They stayed in North Africa Africa and the vast majority of them,
00:07:32them, in fact, have now been returned returned to Morocco. So it does appear
00:07:36appear to be primarily about politics politics and particularly about politics
00:07:39politics here in Italy, where the the government, the right wing government government of Georgia, Meloni is
00:07:42is facing an election next year. year. There's a more more far right
00:07:46right contender who is taking votes votes from her coalition right now.
00:07:49now. So she needs to appeal to that that right wing contingent. So that's
00:07:52that's what many people here in Italy Italy see behind this. But the government
00:07:56government itself, of course, is is stressing that it's all about about the security threat. It's all
00:07:59all about keeping firm control of of the borders. Now, in practical
00:08:03practical terms, it's not clear that that it has a huge impact. Italy
00:08:06Italy has said it only applies to
00:08:08to non-EU citizens. It doesn't apply apply to Spanish citizens. But of
00:08:12of course it's quite hard to tell tell who's who in essentially an
00:08:15an open border space. So you've got got border guards and police doing
00:08:18doing spot checks when planes arrive
00:08:21arrive and when boats arrive to ports. ports. And on the other side, Spain
00:08:24Spain doing the same, although also
00:08:26also applying that to Italian citizens.
00:08:29citizens. So in that case everyone everyone arriving is channelled into
00:08:32into special corridors and face again again spot checks. So it certainly
00:08:36certainly is a long way from the the free movement idea of the Schengen
00:08:39Schengen zone. The Schengen agreement, agreement, in terms of what impact
00:08:42impact it will have right at the the height of tourist season. That's That's not quite clear yet. It may
00:08:45may be limited, but it may mean some some delays for people travelling
00:08:49travelling between these two countries. countries. Sarah Rainsford in Rome
00:08:52Rome now the United States has pledged
00:08:55pledged $1 billion in security assistance assistance to Colombia after the
00:08:58the inauguration of its new right
00:09:01right wing president, Abelardo de de la Espriella. In his fiery maiden
00:09:05maiden speech, Mr de la Espriella Espriella pledged to crush armed
00:09:08armed insurgents, rebuild the country
00:09:10country and defend democracy by reason reason or by force. Well, Colombia
00:09:14Colombia has significant natural natural resources, including substantial
00:09:17substantial oil reserves, but it's
00:09:19it's also home to violent drug trafficking trafficking organisations and is
00:09:22is the world's leading producer of of cocaine. Colombia's new president
00:09:26president is seen as an ally of President
00:09:28President Trump and has pledged to
00:09:30to be forceful and decisive against
00:09:33against crime. Well, our global affairs
00:09:35affairs correspondent Mimi Swaby
00:09:37Swaby has been monitoring his inaugural inaugural speech and fiery is a bit
00:09:41bit of an understatement. Fiery is is definitely an understatement. understatement. Abelardo de la Espriella
00:09:45Espriella took firstly the oath of of office not in the capital Bogota,
00:09:49Bogota, but in the southwestern very very volatile city of Cali. And was
00:09:52was that a clear signal to armed armed groups who operate in the region
00:09:55region that he's going to be taking taking a very tough stance. And that
00:09:58that was reflected in his rhetoric rhetoric in this fiery speech. He
00:10:02He actually did the speech to troops troops at a nearby military base,
00:10:05base, again reinforcing the idea idea that he will use military force
00:10:09force against these armed groups groups who are operating across Colombia.
00:10:12Colombia. He said it's the age of of the tiger that's the self-appointed self-appointed nickname we've heard
00:10:16heard him use throughout his campaign, campaign, and that he said the state
00:10:19state will use forceful and decisive
00:10:22decisive action against crime. He He is a millionaire. Ex-lawyer who
00:10:26who had a very successful, successful
00:10:30successful career defending former
00:10:32former drug trafficking paramilitaries, paramilitaries, football stars and
00:10:35and fraudsters. However, now, he he says, unlike his leftist predecessor
00:10:39predecessor Gustavo Petro, he's going going to be taking an iron fist approach.
00:10:43approach. And in that speech we saw
00:10:44saw that really come to life, promising
00:10:47promising to tackle down creating
00:10:49creating mega prisons and other policies. policies. Very extravagant, extreme
00:10:53extreme policies in some cases all all aimed at making sure that criminals,
00:10:56criminals, in his words, have no no area in the country where they
00:11:00they can safely operate. And this this type of tough rhetoric that's
00:11:02that's right up Donald Trump's street.
00:11:04street. And hence we've got this this $1 billion pledge. How is that
00:11:08that going to work? Yes, President
00:11:10President Trump has backed de la la Espriella during his campaign
00:11:13campaign and made it very clear that that he is going to be an ally of
00:11:16of Washington. This funding package
00:11:18package is going to be used as security security assistance, and it came
00:11:21came very shortly after the inauguration. inauguration. It will be used to
00:11:25to fight drugs, which largely are are produced in Colombia, then travel
00:11:29travel towards the US organised crime crime groups, and also it will be
00:11:32be used in the crackdown against
00:11:34against illegal migration from Colombia, Colombia, the Latin American region
00:11:38region more widely to the US as well.
00:11:40well. So kind of fighting organised organised crime and illegal activity
00:11:44activity that Washington perceives perceives as a national threat, especially
00:11:47especially from Colombia on all fronts. fronts. It'll be interesting to see
00:11:50see how many policies de la Espriella Espriella can actually get through, through, because Congress is very
00:11:54very divided in Colombia. Some he he could push through by decree,
00:11:57decree, but others he will have to to negotiate. And like I said, a
00:12:01a divided Congress will perhaps make
00:12:04make his policies or force his policies policies to be watered down slightly.
00:12:07slightly. But a lot of funding from
00:12:09from the US and previously de la
00:12:11la Espriella has said that he would would welcome US soldiers on Colombian
00:12:15Colombian soil. So very different different approach to Gustavo Petro,
00:12:18Petro, who's now left office, a very very aggressive approach from the
00:12:22the new leader and one which was was ending peace talks, peace talks
00:12:26talks with armed groups. Again, a a different approach and is going
00:12:29going to look for military force force backed by the US. And we're
00:12:32we're seeing that right from the the start. His day one with this
00:12:36this very large security assistance assistance package. Yeah fighting fighting talk from day one. Our global
00:12:40global affairs correspondent Mimi Mimi Swaby as always thank you so
00:12:42so much for that. Thank you. Now
00:12:45Now Ukraine says that three people, people, including a child, have been
00:12:49been killed in Russian missile attacks attacks near Kyiv overnight. This
00:12:52This morning, Ukraine's military military said that its drones struck
00:12:55struck two Russian oil refineries refineries as part of a long running
00:12:58running strategy to hit Moscow's Moscow's economic ability to continue
00:13:01continue the war from Kyiv. Dan Johnson
00:13:04Johnson has this report. This is
00:13:07is the level of destruction Russian Russian drones are inflicting on
00:13:10on Ukrainian family homes. They struck
00:13:13struck after midnight here, taking taking the lives of a three-year-old
00:13:17three-year-old boy and his grandparents, grandparents, his brother and their their parents were injured, along
00:13:21along with a neighbour who tried
00:13:23tried to save them. Ukrainian prosecutors prosecutors say this could amount
00:13:26amount to a war crime. Svetlana lives
00:13:30lives next door. My husband rushed
00:13:32rushed to get water to put out the the fire, but that didn't help. The
00:13:36The neighbours rushed out trying trying to rescue a small child but
00:13:40but they couldn't find the child.
00:13:45child. She. This is where the sacrifices
00:13:47sacrifices of Ukrainian soldiers soldiers are commemorated. But recent
00:13:51recent strikes have highlighted the the ongoing risk to ordinary people
00:13:54people because Ukraine says it just just doesn't have what it needs to
00:13:58to defend its skies. The other key key priority here is pushing for
00:14:01for tougher sanctions against Russia.
00:14:06Russia. And so President Zelensky
00:14:07Zelensky is for the first time visiting
00:14:10visiting Serbia, a traditional Russian Russian ally, one of the few countries
00:14:13countries not to impose sanctions.
00:14:17sanctions. In a time of war, we value value and are deeply grateful for
00:14:21for the help Ukraine receives from
00:14:22from other countries and other
00:14:26nations. Ukraine has again been targeting targeting Russian oil facilities facilities in the latest round of
00:14:30of attacks. Both sides have exchanged
00:14:32exchanged in this increasingly dangerous
00:14:34dangerous phase of the war, Don Johnson,
00:14:37Johnson, BBC News, Kyiv. Well, after after those talks that we saw there
00:14:40there in Belgrade with Volodymyr
00:14:44Volodymyr Zelensky, President Aleksandar Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia reiterated
00:14:47reiterated that Serbia unequivocally unequivocally supports Ukraine's
00:14:50Ukraine's territorial integrity and
00:14:53and European path. So let's cross cross over to Slobodan Maricic from
00:14:57from BBC Serbian News Slobodan, at
00:15:00at that news conference, we heard heard President Vucic saying that
00:15:03that Serbia supports Ukraine, but but he actually stopped short of
00:15:07of criticising Russia. So what kind
00:15:09kind of support is Serbia offering?
00:15:14offering? Well, one of the few topics topics that they've talked about
00:15:18about that they that that were sort
00:15:19sort of put on the table were a European
00:15:25European Union and co-operation in in the fields of economy and energy.
00:15:29energy. President Vucic and President President Zelensky also also noted
00:15:33noted that Serbia has sent a humanitarian
00:15:38humanitarian aid to Ukraine as well
00:15:42well as that as well as President President Vucic pointed out that
00:15:44that he hopes that the war and the
00:15:47the killings stop soon. But we haven't
00:15:50haven't heard nothing more of this.
00:15:52this. The media have previously reported
00:15:56reported that there might be some
00:15:58some military co-operation between between the two countries, but President
00:16:02President Vucic denied that. He said said that military military co-operation
00:16:06co-operation might be able when the
00:16:08the war ends. And Serbia's president,
00:16:11president, its leader, refused to to impose sanctions on Russia. Slobodan,
00:16:15Slobodan, just help us to understand
00:16:17understand why this is significant.
00:16:21significant. Well, there are there there are several several reasons
00:16:25reasons for that simplified version version might might be that Serbia
00:16:29Serbia is dependent on Russian support
00:16:33support in the Security Council in
00:16:36in United Nations, especially on
00:16:38on Kosovo matter. Russia have previously
00:16:41previously supported Serbia's stance
00:16:42stance on Kosovo, which have declared
00:16:46declared independence from Serbia
00:16:48Serbia in 2008, which Serbia still
00:16:51still doesn't recognise. The second
00:16:53second one is dependence on Russia's
00:16:57Russia's energy, especially oil and
00:16:58and gas. And third one might be sort
00:17:03sort of close historical and cultural
00:17:07cultural connections. Another reason
00:17:10reason besides that might be the
00:17:13the popularity of Russia in the Serbian
00:17:15Serbian public. According to the
00:17:20the research from 2025, the 59% of
00:17:25of population in Serbia trust Russia
00:17:30Russia and only 38% are sort of leaning
00:17:33leaning more towards the EU. OK, OK, Slobodan Maricic from BBC Serbian.
00:17:36Serbian. Thank you so much. An overnight
00:17:40overnight sitting of the Republican Republican controlled US Senate has
00:17:42has narrowly approved President Trump's Trump's former lawyer, Todd Blanche,
00:17:46Blanche, as Attorney General. Mr Mr Blanche, who had been acting Attorney
00:17:50Attorney General since April, was
00:17:52was approved by 50 votes to 49 after
00:17:55after several Republican senators senators relented following weeks
00:17:58weeks of uncertainty, Democrats unanimously unanimously opposed his appointment,
00:18:02appointment, fearing Mr Trump is is deliberately undermining the independence
00:18:06independence of the Justice Department Department in what they called a
00:18:09a retribution campaign against his
00:18:12his opponents. The son of the former
00:18:15former US President, Joe Biden, has has told the BBC that he feels like
00:18:18like the most privileged person there there could be after receiving a
00:18:22a presidential pardon from his father father towards the end of his term
00:18:26term in office. In an interview with with BBC Newsnight, Hunter Biden
00:18:29Biden defended the decision, which which covered his federal gun conviction
00:18:32conviction a tax case he pleaded pleaded guilty to and any federal
00:18:36federal offences committed between
00:18:39between 2014 and 2024. He was speaking
00:18:41speaking to Paddy O'Connell. I am
00:18:44am the most privileged person as as it relates to that that there
00:18:48there could possibly be. I was one
00:18:50one of one. And I'm eternally grateful
00:18:52grateful for it. I am eternally grateful grateful for it because I think that
00:18:56that Donald Trump has proven to be
00:18:59be exactly who my dad thought he he was going to be. As it relates
00:19:02relates to the revenge and retribution retribution that he would seek on
00:19:05on his political enemies. He spent spent in the first 100 days alone,
00:19:09alone, he mentioned or criticised criticised my dad or me six times
00:19:13times a day. And if I was in a in
00:19:17in the Federal Bureau of Probation
00:19:21Probation or God forbid, in a in
00:19:24in a prison, then I think that he he would have had a hold on my family
00:19:28family that was that would make it
00:19:30it not just unbearable, but incredibly incredibly unjust and unfair. He's
00:19:34He's proven that he does not believe
00:19:36believe in the separation of powers powers or the independence of the
00:19:39the Justice Department or any of
00:19:41of or any of its parts, including
00:19:44including the Federal Bureau of Probation. Probation. And that's the decision
00:19:48decision that my dad made. Now here's
00:19:50here's the real answer to your question, question, though. What you're saying.
00:19:53saying. Was it good for our Constitution? Constitution? Was it good for the
00:19:57the American people? Was it good good for my dad's legacy? No. On
00:19:59On all counts. It was it was not.
00:20:03not. It was. It's something that
00:20:05that is easily criticised and for
00:20:07for good reason. And I can't pretend
00:20:11pretend otherwise. All I know is is that I'm grateful that he did
00:20:14did it for me. And all I can say say to anybody out there is that.
00:20:17that. What would you have thought thought of my dad if he did not do
00:20:20do that for me and left me to the
00:20:23the whims of Donald Trump? What would
00:20:25would you think of a dad that would
00:20:29would say, I'll put you in a prison prison controlled by a guy who's
00:20:33who's made it clear that he's willing willing to do just about anything
00:20:37anything to get his way for himself.
00:20:39himself. And so but no, you're right,
00:20:42right, Patty, it is a it's not fair.
00:20:45fair. I was the only one in the world world that could have gotten what
00:20:49what I got from the only person in in the world who could give it my
00:20:52my father. Hunter Biden there speaking
00:20:54speaking to Paddy O'Connell. Authorities Authorities in Thailand say that
00:20:57that a 12-year-old girl has died died of her injuries following a
00:21:00a mass shooting at a school on Friday.
00:21:03Friday. She is the first child confirmed confirmed to have died in the shooting
00:21:06shooting near Bangkok. Eight people, people, including five teachers,
00:21:09teachers, were killed when a 14-year-old 14-year-old boy shot two of his grandparents
00:21:13grandparents and then opened fire fire at his school, before then taking
00:21:17taking his own life. The biggest
00:21:21biggest celebration of Irish music music and culture in the world has has been taking place in Northern
00:21:25Northern Ireland. The Fleadh Festival Festival is being held in Belfast Belfast for the first time. Nearly
00:21:29Nearly a million people are expected expected to attend the event, which
00:21:32which is projected to give the city
00:21:35city a £53 million economic boost. boost. Sara Girvan has went to go
00:21:38go along to find out more. On every
00:21:44every street of Belfast city centre,
00:21:47centre, on every corner, in every
00:21:50every nook and cranny. There's music.
00:21:52music. There have been 200 events events this week, sessions, concerts
00:21:56concerts and competitions with more more than 20,000 musicians taking
00:22:00taking part. The Fleadh or music
00:22:04music festival of Ireland is the the world's largest celebration of
00:22:07of traditional Irish music and culture. culture. People come from all over
00:22:11over this island and all over the
00:22:13the globe to perform, to compete
00:22:15compete or simply to watch, listen
00:22:18listen and enjoy. Early estimates
00:22:20estimates put visitor numbers at
00:22:22at 800,000 and a boost to Northern
00:22:24Northern Ireland's economy at more
00:22:27more than £50 million. But it's thought
00:22:28thought those figures have now been
00:22:32been surpassed. And while the Fleadh
00:22:34Fleadh doesn't finish until tomorrow, tomorrow, thoughts are already turning
00:22:38turning to the event's legacy. There's There's so many places who take the
00:22:41the Fleadh on. It's a flash in the the pan. The music goes for about
00:22:45about 6 or 7 months or maybe a year
00:22:46year after it, and fizzles out again.
00:22:49again. We're our city was already
00:22:52already a huge area for traditional traditional music. Anything that
00:22:55that involves arch brings people
00:22:57people together. More of it. Please.
00:23:04Please. Issues around culture and
00:23:06and identity can be divisive in Northern Northern Ireland. Organisers of this
00:23:10this year's Fleadh have worked with with communities to make sure the
00:23:13the event welcomed all traditions. traditions. We caught up with a loyalist
00:23:17loyalist marching band rehearsing rehearsing for their showcase. Fleadh
00:23:20Fleadh performance. Wow. Are we really
00:23:22really going to do this? What are are people going to think? You know,
00:23:25know, and those are the questions questions that go through your head
00:23:28head and you're thinking as our community
00:23:30community going to be against. But But surprisingly, a lot of people
00:23:34people have said, fantastic. Great Great to see us out. You know, go go for it, you know, and that's what
00:23:38what we're doing. It's a journey. journey. It's new territory for Belfast
00:23:41Belfast and our aim is to try and and break down negative stereotypes stereotypes around the loyalist community
00:23:45community and what our culture and and traditions look like. And the
00:23:47the only way by doing that is by
00:23:49by participating in them. For many,
00:23:53many, the Fleadh has been a family
00:23:56family affair, especially when it it comes to busking. I think it's
00:23:58it's just a bit of fun. Like it's it's nice to have something to do
00:24:02do on the side like other than school school and all, and it's fun to have
00:24:05have friends and all and go play play music in pubs and all the people.
00:24:08people. I could hear all the music
00:24:09music when I go around and it sounds
00:24:14sounds very good. These students students have been studying music,
00:24:18music, Irish language and poetry
00:24:20poetry all week ahead of their performance. performance. Together, some pupils
00:24:24pupils travelled from America just just for the Fleadh. This is definitely
00:24:28definitely the biggest session I've I've been to. It was nice to play
00:24:31play with as much people. I have have been very lucky to make a career
00:24:34career out of it and to make a living living out of it and to be based
00:24:37based in America teaching music and and playing music. It's. It's such
00:24:40such an honour for me to be able able to share my culture so broadly,
00:24:43broadly, and it's such a thrill to to have so many of the kids over
00:24:46over with us. This week. I like traditional traditional Irish music because it
00:24:50it helps me connect to Ireland and
00:24:53and Anna Turley next to people around around me, and it always just makes
00:24:56makes me feel really nice and fuzzy
00:24:58fuzzy on the inside. And for those those who've enjoyed all the fun
00:25:02fun of the Fleadh, well, they don't don't have to wait too long for the
00:25:05the next one because it's back in
00:25:08in Belfast next year. Sara Girvan,
00:25:11Girvan, BBC News. Love that little little boy saying he feels fuzzy
00:25:14fuzzy on the inside. Great stuff stuff now. Marketing executives are
00:25:17are always trying to find new ways ways to grab our attention, so just
00:25:20just have a look at this stunt. This
00:25:24This man has taken up temporary residence
00:25:26residence inside a living room which which is built into a billboard in
00:25:30in Los Angeles. Now it's part of of a promotional campaign for Netflix's
00:25:34Netflix's new sci-fi thriller The The Last House. The film follows
00:25:37follows a family of four who suddenly suddenly find themselves sealed inside
00:25:41inside their home with no way out. out. I wonder, does he have a bathroom
00:25:45bathroom in there? And finally, let's
00:25:47let's look upwards because in Bristol,
00:25:50Bristol, in south-west England this this morning, hot air balloons of
00:25:53of all shapes and sizes took part
00:25:56part in the early mass ascent at
00:25:58at the annual International Balloon
00:26:01Balloon Festival Fiesta. Even over
00:26:03over 100 balloons took part
00:27:3740s. That's it. Take care.
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