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00:00:10Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:13News. Fifa says its boss Gianni Infantino Infantino strongly denies claims
00:00:17claims that Uefa paid off. A woman woman described as his lover when
00:00:20when he was head of European football's
00:00:22football's governing body. Iran's
00:00:24Iran's security chief has set out out a number of demands that he says
00:00:28says the US must satisfy before the
00:00:30the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened, reopened, at least three people,
00:00:33people, including a child, have been been killed in overnight Russian
00:00:37Russian attacks near the Ukrainian Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Police are
00:00:40are urging anyone who believes they they may have been a victim of the
00:00:43the convicted sex offender and murderer
00:00:45murderer Simon Levy, to come forward.
00:00:47forward. Spain imposes border controls controls against Italy as a row over
00:00:51over immigration grows. Hello and
00:01:02and welcome. I'm Samantha Simmonds, Simmonds, European football's governing
00:01:05governing body. Uefa has confirmed confirmed that a payment was made
00:01:08made to a departing member of staff
00:01:11staff in 2016, after the Daily Telegraph Telegraph reported that the woman
00:01:13woman was Gianni Infantino's lover
00:01:16lover at the time. The current Fifa Fifa boss was UEFA's general secretary.
00:01:19secretary. Uefa says the payment, payment, which also included covering
00:01:22covering the fees for a course at at a business school, met its rules
00:01:26rules at the time, but they have
00:01:27have since been changed. Leigh Milner
00:01:31Milner reports. Gianni Infantino Infantino was already under pressure
00:01:35pressure over his future as Fifa Fifa president. Now he's facing fresh
00:01:39fresh questions over claims a woman woman he allegedly had an affair
00:01:42affair with was given a six figure figure severance payment by Uefa.
00:01:46Uefa. The Daily Telegraph says the the alleged relationship happened
00:01:49happened while Infantino, who is
00:01:51is married, was UEFA's general secretary. secretary. He strongly denies it.
00:01:55it. His spokesman told the paper
00:01:56paper the claims are categorically
00:01:59categorically untrue and says there there was never a complaint about
00:02:02about his behaviour. In a statement, statement, Uefa said it was aware
00:02:06aware of the allegations and can can confirm a departure payment was
00:02:09was made to the individual in question, question, coupled with the payment
00:02:12payment of fees for an MBA course course at a local business school.
00:02:15school. The payment was in line with with the regulations that existed
00:02:19existed for departing staff at the
00:02:21the time. This comes after calls
00:02:24calls for Infantino to resign over over a completely separate controversy.
00:02:27controversy. He wanted to sell stakes stakes in the World Cup to private
00:02:31private investors. That caused a a huge backlash and the plan was
00:02:35was eventually dropped. Gianni Infantino
00:02:38Infantino has since apologised for for what he called errors, but he
00:02:41he hasn't stepped down. He's been
00:02:43been busy trying to strengthen his his relationships with officials
00:02:47officials and politicians who back back him, like here in Colombia.
00:02:50Colombia. He's had the support from from senior figures at Fifa and from
00:02:54from football authorities in Africa Africa and South America. But with
00:02:57with his future still in question,
00:02:59question, the BBC's South America America correspondent Ione Wells
00:03:02Wells later asked him if he would
00:03:03would step down. Infantino Will you you resign after your plan to sell
00:03:07sell off part of Fifa failed? A word
00:03:10word for BBC News. What's your response response to Europe? Who say they'll
00:03:14they'll boycott the World Cup? Infantino.
00:03:18Infantino. For now he remains in in the job. But these latest claims
00:03:21claims mean the questions around
00:03:23around his future aren't going away.
00:03:25away. Leigh Milner BBC News. Football
00:03:29Football journalist Henry Winter Winter explains how the allegations allegations will impact Mr Infantino's
00:03:32Infantino's bid to hang on to his
00:03:34his job after weeks of controversy. controversy. Well, he strongly denies
00:03:38denies them. As he pointed out in
00:03:41in the Fifa statement last night. night. And we have to start with
00:03:44with that. But what it is is the
00:03:48the pressure is ramping up and whether whether the people within Fifa, I
00:03:52I mean not everyone in Fifa, which
00:03:54which is an organisation of 960 people people and obviously there are people
00:03:57people at the top, whether it's the the Fifa Council or members of the
00:04:01the management board who will have have their own views on him as an
00:04:04an individual. And also the plan plan as you highlight the World Cup
00:04:07Cup sell off plan, and they will
00:04:09will have issues with that. So the
00:04:11the pressure will ratchet up and and it will come externally from
00:04:15from the media. It will come from from Uefa and it will come from within.
00:04:18within. And it's just a question
00:04:19question of how much pressure and
00:04:22and scrutiny he is himself is prepared prepared to take or whether he just
00:04:25just says no, enough is enough and and walk away. I mean, so far he's
00:04:29he's shown little inclination of of that, but these headlines, which
00:04:33which obviously he strongly denies, denies, can't be easy to live with.
00:04:36with. To what extent do you think think he has managed to shore up
00:04:39up support? Because we have had various various countries like Mexico, like
00:04:42like Argentina saying they support support him. How important is that?
00:04:46that? Well, it was no surprise when when he went for his crisis meeting.
00:04:50meeting. It was in Rabat, Morocco, Morocco, in Africa, which is the
00:04:53the heartland of his support. 54
00:04:5554 member associations of CAF. That's
00:04:58That's a quarter of the 211 member member associations of Fifa. So very
00:05:01very important. You know, he does does have support around the world
00:05:04world and there was support in certain
00:05:06certain parts for this plan of his
00:05:09his because $40 million is a lot
00:05:11lot of money to quite a few national national associations throughout
00:05:15throughout the world, less so in in Europe, which obviously got the
00:05:18the Wealthy League's wealthier countries. countries. But yeah, I mean, there
00:05:21there absolutely is support for him.
00:05:23him. But the clock is ticking because
00:05:26because we're now within four weeks weeks of the first Fifa tournament,
00:05:29tournament, which is the women's
00:05:31women's under 20s in Poland. And
00:05:34And obviously there is this Uefa,
00:05:36Uefa, this European threat of withdrawing
00:05:38withdrawing if effectively he doesn't doesn't go. So what is going to happen,
00:05:42happen, do you think in all likelihood
00:05:44likelihood with that threat, will will Uefa follow through? How do
00:05:48do you predict a saga? I mean it's it's you know it's a giant slalom.
00:05:51slalom. It zigzags each way every
00:05:53every day. Statements, counter statements,
00:05:56statements, headlines stories, more more scrutiny, more pressure. I mean,
00:05:59mean, you wait for a very much standing standing firm on this. I think it's
00:06:03it's going to be the crunch over over the under 20s. And then of course
00:06:06course we move into the Women's World World Cup qualifiers in October.
00:06:10October. The senior Lionesses will
00:06:11will be playing in that. So I think think when it actually starts hitting
00:06:15hitting the sport, I think people people within Fifa may just have
00:06:18have a quiet word and say Johnny,
00:06:20Johnny, time to go. Henry Winter
00:06:23Winter there to Iran now. And the the security chief there has set
00:06:26set out a number of demands that that he says the US must satisfy
00:06:29satisfy before the Strait of Hormuz
00:06:31Hormuz can be reopened. The latest latest statement by Mohammad Bagher
00:06:35Bagher Zolgahdr comes despite the the fact that both Iran and Oman
00:06:38Oman have been saying their negotiations negotiations over new arrangements
00:06:40arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz have been positive and constructive.
00:06:44constructive. Let's get more on all all of this with our global affairs affairs correspondent, Sebastian
00:06:47Sebastian Usher. Hi, Sebastian. You've You've been following this for many,
00:06:50many, many weeks. Tell us where we're we're up to today. Then tonight specifically.
00:06:53specifically. I mean, I think where where we are is it's a hardening,
00:06:56hardening, a visible hardening of of Iran's stance, as you were saying.
00:07:00saying. It's coming as the last few few days, as has happened before.
00:07:03before. President Trump has talked talked up a possibility of an imminent imminent deal with Iran, not really
00:07:07really giving details about that. that. The deal that does seem to
00:07:11to be under negotiation at the moment moment is not directly involving
00:07:13involving the US it's between Iran Iran and Oman who are on either side
00:07:17side of the Strait of Hormuz and and negotiating a new mechanism for
00:07:20for vessels to pass through it, a a new route essentially. And they've
00:07:24they've been talking it up. Iran Iran has said that it's been very
00:07:27very positive. Just today, the Omani Omani Foreign Ministry for the first
00:07:31first time echoed that and saying saying talks have been constructive.
00:07:34constructive. But, you know, there there were signs a few days ago from
00:07:38from President Trump and other senior senior members of his administration administration that it was going
00:07:41going to happen. It's going to happen, happen, you know, one one day to to the next. It hasn't. So there's
00:07:45there's a sense that the momentum momentum of that is drifting off
00:07:48off a bit. And even that Iran has
00:07:51has been insisting isn't necessarily necessarily connected to the full
00:07:54full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hormuz. It isn't connected to the
00:07:57the US.. So what we've had now from
00:07:59from a security chief is a restatement
00:08:02restatement of conditions that were were in the memorandum of understanding,
00:08:05understanding, but they were left left very vague. The time scale of
00:08:07of when they would be enforced. And And they weren't just linked to the the Strait of Hormuz being reopened.
00:08:11reopened. They were linked to Iran's Iran's nuclear ambitions. What he's
00:08:15he's put out are those conditions. conditions. That's war reparations.
00:08:18reparations. That's sanctions being being lifted. So billions of dollars
00:08:21dollars being unfrozen and given given to Iran, the full withdrawal
00:08:25withdrawal of US troops from around around Iran, the immediate lifting
00:08:28lifting of a blockade that the US US has imposed on Iranian ports,
00:08:31ports, all of that to happen essentially essentially either before or as the
00:08:35the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened.
00:08:39reopened. So that is. Definitely Definitely a hardening of the stance.
00:08:42stance. And it had already been kind kind of previewed by the Iranian Iranian foreign minister who said
00:08:46said that the Strait of Hormuz would
00:08:49would require its reopening more more conditions to be fulfilled.
00:08:53fulfilled. So I think that's where where we are at the moment. A big big headache still for the Americans.
00:08:56Americans. And is that because Iran Iran sees or feels that it has more
00:09:00more of the cards? I think, you know, know, Iran, like the rest of the
00:09:04the world, has watched the negotiating negotiating strategy of President
00:09:07President Trump, which is to walk walk everyone up a hill and then then walk them almost straight down
00:09:11down again. So the biggest threat
00:09:13threat of all came a week ago. From
00:09:15From today, essentially from President President Trump saying that he would
00:09:19would unleash destruction that had had only been seen, you know, in
00:09:22in World War II, last on Iran if if it didn't accept a deal again
00:09:26again 24 hours later, he was saying saying the deal is imminent. He's
00:09:30He's been persuaded by US allies allies in the region not to do this. this. So Iran watching that thinks,
00:09:34thinks, well, he's not going to do do it. So if he's not going to do
00:09:36do it, what do we really have to
00:09:39to be concerned about immediately? immediately? Now we can push the
00:09:43the Americans harder because it doesn't doesn't look like they're ever really
00:09:46really going to attack us in a way way that would change the equation.
00:09:50equation. The escalations we've seen seen so far from America haven't
00:09:53haven't shifted, in fact, have made made the Iranian regime seem more
00:09:56more obdurate, more obstinate in in its position. So I think that's
00:09:59that's where the Iranian leadership leadership stands at the moment.
00:10:03moment. Now, you would have thought thought a few weeks ago maybe that's that's a false confidence. But the
00:10:07the way this pattern has been repeated repeated again and again gives a
00:10:09a sense that, you know, perhaps, perhaps, you know, they're on to
00:10:13to something here. Meanwhile, we
00:10:14we see this vital waterway still
00:10:18still at a standstill. Hundreds of of ships are stuck, oil still can't
00:10:21can't get through and all the other other things that pass through there there as well. And that is having
00:10:24having a huge knock-on effect. What What three, four months in now? It
00:10:27It is and that's for pressure. But But Iran is able to bring to bear
00:10:31bear on the Americans. And they're they're also able to intensify the the pressure. I think that is another
00:10:35another element in this that as America America as the US has escalated,
00:10:39escalated, Iran has escalated as as well. So they brought the Houthis
00:10:42Houthis in Yemen into the conflict conflict for the first time just
00:10:45just in the past 2 or 3 weeks. So
00:10:48So they have partially closed down down the Bab el Mandeb, another major
00:10:51major waterway. That was where the the Saudis were sending their oil.
00:10:54oil. They were able to bypass the the closure of Strait of Hormuz with
00:10:57with a pipeline from east to west west in the country, and then send
00:11:00send the oil in vessels down that that route. So they're having to
00:11:04to look at potentially changing that that and that I mean, another knock-on
00:11:07knock-on effect, which may not have have immediate bearing on the conflict
00:11:11conflict between the US and Iran, Iran, but it looks like it may reignite
00:11:14reignite the dormant war in Yemen
00:11:17Yemen between the Houthis and the the Saudi led coalition that supported
00:11:20supported the government there. So, So, you know, there are many consequences.
00:11:24consequences. And most of them at at the moment are though Iran, the
00:11:28the leadership, you know, has been been decimated, although the country
00:11:31country clearly is in desperate economic economic straits even worse than
00:11:34than before the war. Obviously, when when the smoke lifts, we may well
00:11:37well see that, but it suits I mean, mean, you said this many times. In
00:11:41In some ways it suits the Iranian Iranian leadership to be in this this position where they're still
00:11:45still in a conflict with the US they they can still play these cards and
00:11:48and they don't have to face up to
00:11:51to the Iranian people and their demands demands as they face back in January, January, when they came out onto
00:11:55onto the streets in the way that that it looks like they probably
00:11:57probably will when this if it ever
00:11:59ever is all over. So, you know, from from their perspective, which doesn't
00:12:03doesn't take into account the wishes wishes of Iranian people, you know,
00:12:06know, it doesn't take into account
00:12:08account the stability of the region, region, obviously, but from their
00:12:12their calculus, this is working.
00:12:12working. OK. Sebastian. Thank you.
00:12:16you. Now to Ukraine and President President Volodymyr Zelensky has
00:12:19has issued a fresh call for more more US made Patriot interceptor
00:12:22interceptor missiles after Ukraine's Ukraine's air defences failed again
00:12:25again to intercept incoming Russian Russian ballistic missiles. Three
00:12:29Three people, including a child, child, were killed in an overnight overnight attack near the Ukrainian
00:12:33Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. It happened happened in the east of the city,
00:12:36city, and witnesses say residential residential buildings and a fuel
00:12:39fuel tank were hit. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Ukraine's military said its drones
00:12:42drones struck two Russian oil refineries refineries as part of a long running
00:12:45running strategy to disrupt Russia's Russia's oil production, which it it says are being used to finance
00:12:49finance its war in Ukraine. From
00:12:52From Kyiv, Dan Johnson sent this
00:12:54this report. This is the level of
00:12:57of destruction Russian drones are are inflicting on Ukrainian family
00:13:00family homes. They struck after midnight midnight here, taking the lives of
00:13:04of a three-year-old boy and his grandparents,
00:13:07grandparents, his brother and their their parents were injured, along
00:13:10along with a neighbour who tried
00:13:11tried to save them. Ukrainian prosecutors prosecutors say this could amount
00:13:15amount to a war crime. Svetlana lives
00:13:19lives next door. My husband rushed
00:13:21rushed to get water to put out the the fire, but that didn't help. The
00:13:25The neighbours rushed out trying trying to rescue a small child but
00:13:29but they couldn't find the child.
00:13:33child. She. This is where the sacrifices
00:13:36sacrifices of Ukrainian soldiers soldiers are commemorated. But recent
00:13:39recent strikes have highlighted the the ongoing risk to ordinary people
00:13:43people because Ukraine says it just just doesn't have what it needs to
00:13:46to defend its skies. The other key key priority here is pushing for
00:13:50for tougher sanctions against Russia.
00:13:55Russia. And so President Zelensky Zelensky is for the first time visiting
00:13:59visiting Serbia, a traditional Russian Russian ally, one of the few countries
00:14:02countries not to impose sanctions.
00:14:06sanctions. In a time of war, we value value and are deeply grateful for
00:14:09for the help Ukraine receives from
00:14:11from other countries and other nations.
00:14:14nations. Ukraine has again been targeting targeting Russian oil facilities
00:14:17facilities in the latest round of of attacks. Both sides have exchanged
00:14:21exchanged in this increasingly dangerous
00:14:23dangerous phase of the war. Don Johnson,
00:14:25Johnson, BBC News Kyiv. In the UK,
00:14:28UK, police are urging anyone who who believes they may have been a
00:14:31a victim of the convicted sex offender offender and murderer Simon Levy
00:14:35Levy to come forward. He was found found guilty yesterday of murdering
00:14:38murdering two women and raping another. another. There have been calls for
00:14:40for a major review into how he was
00:14:42was able to continue offending. A A warning Tom Symonds report contains
00:14:46contains some distressing details.
00:14:50details. Simon, Simon, stay where
00:14:51where you are. Simon Levy. The sexual
00:14:55sexual predator and killer arrested. arrested. Time you're under arrest
00:14:58arrest on suspicion of murder. OK.
00:15:00OK. Right after time and freed, allowing allowing him to carry out a string
00:15:04string of sexual assaults and eventually eventually two murders. The Metropolitan
00:15:08Metropolitan Police admits he could could have been stopped before killing
00:15:11killing his second victim. Now there there are inquiries into what went
00:15:15went wrong inside two police forces forces and the criminal justice system.
00:15:19system. Levy was free to carry out
00:15:21out a series of sexual assaults on
00:15:23on the London Underground, including including one filmed by a woman he
00:15:27he had already assaulted. The police police watchdog is investigating
00:15:30investigating an officer for potential potential gross misconduct and a
00:15:34a detective sergeant for misconduct. misconduct. Were policies designed
00:15:37designed to protect women followed. followed. Are there any lessons to
00:15:41to be learnt? And now there are demands
00:15:43demands for a wider look at how the the system failed. We need all the
00:15:46the agencies involved to answer for for why there wasn't better information
00:15:50information sharing, and why the the assessment of risk he posed wasn't wasn't good enough. And then the
00:15:54the response that he received by by the police, by the CPS and the
00:15:57the courts, the fact he wasn't placed placed on remand earlier. The police
00:16:00police didn't treat his first murder murder as a murder. There was a lack
00:16:03lack of restrictions that could have have been placed on him. After all,
00:16:06all, Levy was released on bail despite despite the British Transport Police
00:16:10Police warning the courts. At one one point he was a danger to the
00:16:14the public at high risk of predatory predatory sexual offending against
00:16:17against women. The families of Carmenza
00:16:21Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Sheryl Wilkins have now seen him
00:16:24him jailed. The Metropolitan Police Police has actively investigated
00:16:27investigated whether he committed committed other murders, but today
00:16:30today police said they wanted to to hear from anyone he might have
00:16:34have assaulted. Tom Symonds, BBC
00:16:36BBC News. Spain has brought in border
00:16:39border checks on people travelling travelling from Italy, escalating
00:16:41escalating a migration row between between the two EU countries. Madrid's
00:16:45Madrid's month long suspension applies applies not just to citizens of third
00:16:48third countries arriving from Italy,
00:16:50Italy, but also to Italians themselves. themselves. Spain was angered by
00:16:54by Italy's response to last week's
00:16:55week's sudden influx of tens of thousands thousands of would be migrants into
00:16:59into the Spanish territory of theatre theatre on Morocco's coast. Italy
00:17:03Italy promptly imposed border restrictions restrictions on third country travellers
00:17:07travellers from Spain, which will
00:17:08will last until at least mid-August.
00:17:11mid-August. Our southern Europe correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford is
00:17:13is in Rome. She explained how this this row over migration has created
00:17:17created a rift within the heart of
00:17:18of Europe. It's definitely escalated
00:17:22escalated overnight with Spain retaliating
00:17:25retaliating for the Italian restrictions. restrictions. The measures themselves
00:17:29themselves are involve essentially
00:17:32essentially passengers who are arriving arriving into Spain from Italy being
00:17:35being met from planes and from boats. boats. If there are any cruise liners
00:17:39liners by extra police officers now now they're being met at the terminal
00:17:42terminal before they reach the terminal terminal itself, rather than being
00:17:45being taken to passport control. control. But there are now spot checks
00:17:48checks being carried out. I understand understand from the Spanish police
00:17:52police that they're inspecting around around about 10% of the passengers passengers on every flight coming
00:17:55coming in, but we're talking about about dozens of flights, I think
00:17:58think around about 200 flights from from Italy to Spain today alone. alone. We are at the height of tourist
00:18:02tourist season, of course. So this this is happening, this diplomatic
00:18:06diplomatic escalation, if you like, like, right? When there is the largest
00:18:10largest passenger flow between the the two countries and of course, course, passengers from Spain coming
00:18:13coming to Italy are facing similar
00:18:15similar checks here. And so where where is this likely to go at the
00:18:18the moment it's for a month. And
00:18:20And is the suggestion is the thinking
00:18:23thinking that will be it. Well yeah.
00:18:26yeah. I mean there's a debate going going on a political fight in public.
00:18:30public. I'm not quite sure what negotiations negotiations going on behind the
00:18:32the scenes, but certainly this step step taken by Spain came because
00:18:36because it gave Italy an ultimatum. ultimatum. It said, look, lift the the measures that you've implemented.
00:18:40implemented. They are politically politically motivated. It is scare
00:18:42scare mongering. There is no security security threat to Italy from the
00:18:45the fact that tens of thousands of
00:18:48of Moroccan primarily migrants, entered entered Ceuta because they've almost
00:18:52almost all of them gone back. And And anyway, none of them reached reached the European mainland. So
00:18:56So Spain was furious at the Italian Italian reaction and it has now retaliated
00:18:59retaliated because Italy said it it wouldn't accept ultimatums, it
00:19:02it wouldn't change its position and and that the measures in Italy will
00:19:05will stay in place for at least a a couple of weeks. So there's a big
00:19:08big debate over how long the two
00:19:10two sides will keep this up. Certainly Certainly Italy is pointing to social
00:19:14social media rumours suggesting there
00:19:16there may be another surge of migrants
00:19:19migrants trying to swim into Ceuta Ceuta on the 15th of August. And
00:19:22And Italy is pointing to that saying, saying, look, the security threat,
00:19:24threat, the terror threat they're they're saying is severe at the moment.
00:19:27moment. So we're going to keep the the measures in place. Spain is simply
00:19:30simply saying this is all politics politics and we will retaliate so
00:19:33so long as Italy continues to implement implement these restrictions. So
00:19:36So who knows where this will go. go. But certainly I think it does
00:19:39does point to a real serious rift
00:19:40rift at the heart of Europe, frankly, frankly, about how illegal migration
00:19:44migration is dealt with very different different positions from the left
00:19:48left and the right of politics here
00:19:50here on the continent. Sarah Rainsford Rainsford there and staying with
00:19:53with Spain, hundreds of people protested protested in the island of Mallorca
00:19:57Mallorca against mass tourism in in the Balearic Islands. Protesters
00:20:00Protesters said locals are finding finding it increasingly difficult
00:20:03difficult to access housing and the the mass tourism is forcing traditional
00:20:07traditional businesses to close. close. Spain is the world's second second most visited country after
00:20:11after France and welcomed more than than 96 million tourists last year.
00:20:15year. The government estimates that that tourists will contribute $73
00:20:19$73 billion to the economy this summer. summer. That's up 10% from the same
00:20:23same period last year, reinforcing reinforcing tourism's role as a key
00:20:27key driver of Spain's economic growth.
00:20:30growth. Hundreds of thousands of of people in Puerto Rico's capital capital have spent the day without
00:20:34without running water, with a massive massive rationing measure in effect
00:20:37effect triggered both by infrastructure infrastructure issues and a severe
00:20:40severe drought. The measure was put put in place on Friday. Customers
00:20:43Customers are divided into two groups groups that will temporarily lose
00:20:46lose access to water on a rotating rotating basis. Residents were seen
00:20:50seen filling up jugs and buckets buckets with water in preparation.
00:20:54preparation. The move is expected expected to remain in force until
00:20:56until the end of the month. Its capital capital San Juan, experienced its
00:21:00its driest July on record and 68%
00:21:0368% of the US territory is currently
00:21:05currently in drought. The United
00:21:07United States has pledged $1 billion billion in security assistance to
00:21:11to Colombia after the inauguration inauguration of its new right wing
00:21:15wing president, Abelardo de la Espriella. Espriella. In his fiery maiden speech,
00:21:18speech, he pledged to crush armed armed insurgents, rebuild the country
00:21:22country and defend democracy by reason
00:21:24reason or by force. Colombia has
00:21:27has significant natural resources, resources, including substantial substantial oil reserves, but is
00:21:31is also home to violent drug trafficking trafficking organisations and is
00:21:34is the world's leading producer of of cocaine. Colombia's new president
00:21:38president is seen as an ally of President President Trump and has pledged to
00:21:41to be forceful and decisive against
00:21:43against crime. Our global affairs affairs reporter Mimi Swaby explains
00:21:47explains how the new president has has made it his mission to tackle
00:21:50tackle the so-called narco terrorism
00:21:52terrorism in the country. Now, Abelardo
00:21:54Abelardo de la Rhiya was a very successful
00:21:58successful ex-lawyer who actually actually defended drug trafficking trafficking paramilitaries before
00:22:02before he entered politics. Now he's
00:22:04he's vowed a very sharp break with
00:22:06with his leftist predecessor, Gustavo
00:22:08Gustavo Petro, replacing peace talks
00:22:11talks with relentlessly crushing crushing armed insurgents, rebuilding
00:22:14rebuilding the country and really really overhauling the state with
00:22:17with lots of changes in place. It'll
00:22:19It'll be interesting to see how many
00:22:21many of these very kind of Iron Fist
00:22:23Fist policies he's able to push through
00:22:25through some he can push through
00:22:28through a via decree, but many of
00:22:29of his proposals will require backing backing from a divided Congress in
00:22:33in Colombia. So they will perhaps perhaps have to be watered down to
00:22:36to be pushed through. He is really
00:22:39really come onto the stage, though, though, with very strong warnings
00:22:43warnings to armed groups in the area.
00:22:46area. Interestingly, he had his oath oath for office in Cali, not Bogota.
00:22:50Bogota. Now Cali is an area where
00:22:51where illegal armed groups have a
00:22:54a lot of influence. It's a very volatile volatile area, he said in this speech
00:22:57speech as well and reiterated today today on social media that Colombia
00:23:00Colombia is entering a new era the
00:23:03the era of a tiger. Now he's given given himself a very much a self-appointed self-appointed nickname, referring
00:23:07referring to himself as a tiger. tiger. And he said that the state
00:23:10state is going to use forceful, forceful forceful and decisive action against
00:23:13against crime. He's seen images shared
00:23:16shared throughout this campaign of of a fanged tiger himself as that
00:23:19that tiger. And he warned that the
00:23:21the tiger knows how to bite. So some
00:23:24some very clear warnings to armed armed groups and a very strong approach,
00:23:28approach, which we really heard in
00:23:29in that speech. Mimi Swaby there
00:23:32there and overnight sitting of the the Republican controlled US Senate
00:23:36Senate has narrowly approved President President Trump's former lawyer,
00:23:39lawyer, Todd Blanche, as Attorney Attorney General. Mr Blanche, who
00:23:42who has been acting Attorney General General since April, was approved
00:23:45approved by 50 votes to 49 after after several Republican senators
00:23:49senators relented following weeks
00:23:51weeks of uncertainty, Democrats unanimously unanimously opposed his appointment.
00:23:54appointment. White House reporter reporter Bernd Debusmann explained explained why the Senate vote was
00:23:58was so narrow. I think more than than anything, his proximity with
00:24:02with President Trump over the years years as his personal attorney had
00:24:04had led to some concern, even among among Senate Republicans. But much
00:24:09much more recently, there was a lot
00:24:10lot of questions about how Mr Blanche
00:24:14Blanche handled the $1.8 billion billion anti-weaponisation fund that that the administration said would
00:24:17would be used to compensate alleged
00:24:21alleged victims of judicial persecution persecution in previous administrations,
00:24:25administrations, as well as his handling handling of the Epstein files. And
00:24:27And I think collectively, even among among some of President Trump's political
00:24:31political allies, those two things things really did raise a lot of
00:24:34of alarm. And that's what led to
00:24:35to this very, very razor thin vote.
00:24:38vote. The man who actually cast the the deciding vote. Bill Cassidy is
00:24:42is a frequent critic of President
00:24:45President Trump's. But he said that that he just wasn't sure that if
00:24:48if President Trump would end up nominating nominating someone who he sees as
00:24:52as a worst option. So I think even even there, you saw quite a lot of
00:24:56of even though the vote was successful, successful, you saw quite a lot of
00:24:59of dissent from within the Republican Republican Party before the vote vote took place. And tell us a little
00:25:03little bit more about the role of
00:25:05of Attorney General, what it means
00:25:07means and what his appointment could
00:25:09could mean legally in the country.
00:25:12country. Well, he's very much the
00:25:15the become now the top law enforcement enforcement officer in the United
00:25:18United States. It's an enormously
00:25:21enormously influential position overseeing overseeing the really vast Department
00:25:24Department of Justice and all the the investigations that it carries
00:25:27carries out. And that's part of the the concern many Democrats had pointed
00:25:30pointed to him and said that they
00:25:33they were concerned that he would
00:25:35would essentially serve as the tool
00:25:38tool of the Trump administration administration to go after perceived perceived political opponents in
00:25:42in the future. But it is a very important
00:25:45important role in which he does oversee
00:25:48oversee essentially the entire federal federal law enforcement bureaucracy.
00:25:52bureaucracy. And how long will he
00:25:54he be in that role for? Well, at
00:25:57at the very least until there's if if there's another administration,
00:26:01administration, then it would be be up to them to nominate a new one.
00:26:04one. So for at least the next two two and a half years or so and then
00:26:08then depending on who comes to the the White House following the 2020
00:26:122020 election, it may well be that that there is a different Attorney
00:26:15Attorney General. It's a position position that comes and goes most
00:26:18most often with changes in administration. administration. Bernd Debusmann there?
00:26:21there? Stay with us here on BBC
00:30:15you are. Business on BBC News. Make
00:30:17Make the connection. MUSIC
00:30:29MUSIC
00:30:34BBC News. The headlines:. Fifa says its boss Gianni Infantino strongly
00:30:38strongly denies claims that Uefa Uefa paid off a woman described as
00:30:41as his lover when he was head of of European football's governing
00:30:44governing body. Iran's security chief
00:30:46chief has set out a number of demands demands that he says the US must
00:30:50must satisfy before the Strait of of Hormuz can be reopened, at least
00:30:54least three people, including a child, child, have been killed in overnight
00:30:57overnight Russian attacks near the the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. President
00:31:00President Zelensky has issued a call
00:31:02call for more interceptor missiles. missiles. Police are urging anyone
00:31:05anyone who believes they may have have been a victim of the convicted
00:31:08convicted sex offender and murderer
00:31:10murderer Simon Levy, to come forward.
00:31:13forward. Spain imposes border controls
00:31:15controls against Italy as a row over
00:31:17over immigration grows. Hello, I'm
00:31:23I'm Samantha Simmonds, the Prime Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, is
00:31:25is back from his summer break on on Monday ahead of his return, Downing
00:31:28Downing Street has announced a renewed renewed focus on cost of living pressures.
00:31:32pressures. With me now to talk about about that is political correspondent correspondent Nick Eardley. Hi, Nick.
00:31:35Nick. And this was obviously the the focus of the first two weeks
00:31:39weeks of his prime ministership. ministership. So what can we expect, expect, do you think? Downing Street
00:31:42Street says the Prime Minister is is back from holiday in listening
00:31:45listening mode, and he's about to to embark on this much trailed tour
00:31:49tour of the UK around the four nations nations talking to people about what
00:31:52what they think are the big concerns concerns when it comes to the cost
00:31:55cost of living. Now number ten is is talking about something I think
00:31:57think we might hear a bit more about about in the next few weeks what
00:32:00what it calls everyday hassles, things things that lead to customers being
00:32:04being ripped off as the way they're they're putting it. And we're being
00:32:07being told to expect some pro-consumer pro-consumer measures in the next
00:32:11next few days. Now, no details on
00:32:13on what exactly they are at the moment
00:32:16moment and no details of the scale. scale. There has been, I think, a
00:32:19a bit pressure on the Prime Minister
00:32:22Minister to do something quite bold bold on the cost of living, but it
00:32:26it also seems that's unlikely at at the moment, at least until the
00:32:29the budget at the end of October. October. Even then, though, the chancellor
00:32:33chancellor of the new Chancellor, Chancellor, John Healey, has said
00:32:35said that he wants to maintain a
00:32:37a strong grasp of the public finances,
00:32:39finances, he wants to stay well within within those strict financial rules
00:32:43rules that the Labour Party is set set in power. So it does seem there's
00:32:47there's limited room for manoeuver manoeuver when it comes to spending
00:32:49spending money on the cost of living. living. So that's what the Prime
00:32:52Prime Minister wants to talk about. about. The other thing that I think
00:32:55think he's going to find it hard hard to escape from is this issue
00:32:59issue of early release of prisoners prisoners in England and Wales. There's
00:33:02There's been a lot of pressure in in the last few days on Andy Burnham
00:33:05Burnham over the fact that two of of the killers of PC Andrew Harper
00:33:09Harper are still due to be eligible eligible for early release from next
00:33:12next year after serving about half half of their sentences. The government
00:33:16government is continuing to say tonight
00:33:19tonight that it can't do anything anything else to the scheme without
00:33:21without risking prison capacity, capacity, but it's proving a difficult
00:33:25difficult issue for the Prime Minister Minister already. It's probably the
00:33:28the hardest big test that he's faced faced already, and I think it's one
00:33:31one he's bound to be confronted with, with, confronted. Confronted with
00:33:34with and suggestions that he may
00:33:36may well have to U-turn on this very very issue and criticism from some
00:33:40some opponents last week that he he was on holiday. He wasn't on the
00:33:43the front foot with this. So yeah, yeah, it's going to be interesting interesting to see how he manages
00:33:46manages that in the next few weeks. weeks. But whether or not the honeymoon
00:33:49honeymoon period that he's been allowed allowed also continues. Yeah, absolutely.
00:33:52absolutely. And the thing about this this issue is Andy Burnham kind of
00:33:55of owns it now because he when he he came into Downing Street said,
00:33:58said, I want to look at this. I want want to review the scheme. He did
00:34:01did that review. He exempted some
00:34:03some groups of offenders from early early release but not people convicted
00:34:07convicted of manslaughter, which which is the case with these two
00:34:10two men who were found guilty of of contributing to the killing of
00:34:14of PC Andrew Harper. Now there are are some suggestions that the Prime
00:34:17Prime Minister is prepared to look look at this again and try and find
00:34:20find some sort of solution. Number Number ten continuing to say tonight,
00:34:23tonight, though, when I ask them them that his position still stands,
00:34:25stands, that there just isn't the the capacity to come up with any
00:34:29any more exemptions. OK, Nick, we we will see. Thank you. Now, Russian
00:34:32Russian drone and missile strikes strikes on Ukrainian targets have
00:34:35have ramped up in recent months as
00:34:37as Ukrainian air defences are increasingly increasingly tested. But did you
00:34:40you know many of the weapons inflicting inflicting the damage include components
00:34:43components made in Western countries, countries, including the US, UK and
00:34:47and Germany. His security briefs briefs Mikey Kay, a former senior
00:34:51senior officer in the British military. military. Do you know how many Russian
00:34:54Russian weapons being used against against Ukraine are reliant on Western
00:34:57Western parts called dual use components? components? I'm Mikey Kay, military
00:35:01military analyst on the Security Security Brief, and I'll explain explain how Western manufacturers manufacturers are helping to fuel
00:35:04fuel Russia's war machine. This year,
00:35:08year, up until June, Russia launched launched nearly 40,000 drones on
00:35:12on Ukraine. These include decoy and and reconnaissance drones, but more
00:35:16more than half are called one way
00:35:17way attack drones comprising of the
00:35:20the Garand two and Geran-3. This This is the Geran-3, a jet powered
00:35:23powered one way attack drone used used by the Russians to inflict devastation
00:35:27devastation across Ukraine. That That hole on the back is an air intake
00:35:30intake for a jet engine manufactured manufactured in China. The Geran-3
00:35:33Geran-3 is an evolution of the Iranian
00:35:36Iranian made Shahed 136 attack drone. drone. That particular drone has
00:35:39has been synonymous with the conflict conflict in the Persian Gulf, but
00:35:42but actually has been used to attack attack Ukraine for over four years.
00:35:46years. But the Geran-3 is a major major step up. It has over twice
00:35:50twice the speed, twice the range range and twice the payload of the
00:35:53the original Shahed. Now Ukrainian Ukrainian intelligence has identified
00:35:56identified from debris a vast amount amount of foreign components in this
00:35:59this drone that have been supplied supplied through third parties. It's
00:36:01It's important to note that these these companies are not supplying supplying parts directly to Russia.
00:36:06Russia. Let me show you. Here you
00:36:08you can see 23 parts made by American
00:36:10American firms eight from China, China, seven from Switzerland as
00:36:14as well as Germany, the UK and Japan. Japan. Let's focus on the part the
00:36:17the UK is playing. Computers like like this have been found inside
00:36:21inside the Geran-3 made by a British British company called Raspberry Raspberry Pi. Originally designed
00:36:24designed to help teach it in schools,
00:36:27schools, it's used as a central nervous nervous system of the drone. The
00:36:30The company told The Times that third third party distributors, largely
00:36:33largely in China, have been buying buying its products and shipping
00:36:36shipping them to Russia without its its knowledge. It has also said it
00:36:40it fully complies with international international sanctions on Russia.
00:36:43Russia. As you can see, the UK is is only a small part of this big
00:36:46big problem. And it's not just the
00:36:48the Geran-3. This is the KH-101 Russian
00:36:51Russian cruise missile. Last week week in a single night. 60 of these
00:36:54these were launched on Ukraine. It's It's dropped from a strategic bomber
00:36:58bomber which allows aircraft to remain remain well clear of enemy air defence
00:37:02defence threats. This is called a a standoff range and the KH-101 has
00:37:06has a range of up to 2800km. That's
00:37:10That's roughly 1750 miles and that's that's nearly three times the length
00:37:13length of the UK. It bears a conventional
00:37:15conventional warhead payload of around around 450kg. But here's the kicker
00:37:19kicker there's also a nuclear variant variant called the KH-102, effectively
00:37:23effectively the same missile but but can reportedly carry a thermonuclear
00:37:26thermonuclear warhead of up to 450 450 kilotons. That's roughly 30 times
00:37:30times the size of the US bomb that that was dropped on Hiroshima in
00:37:34in World War II. So what type of of Russian aircraft am I talking
00:37:37talking about? It is generally launched launched from Russia's strategic
00:37:39strategic bomber fleet. On the left
00:37:42left is the Tu 95 bear. You'll have
00:37:44have seen these bombers being intercepted intercepted regularly by typhoon
00:37:46typhoon jets. As the bombers are are approaching UK airspace and on
00:37:50on the right. That's the Russian
00:37:53Russian TU-160 Blackjack. Remember Remember Operation Spiderweb Ukrainian
00:37:56Ukrainian drone attacks launched launched from trucks positioned deep
00:37:59deep inside Russia. Although these these strategic bombers form part
00:38:01part of Russia's nuclear second strike strike deterrent, they were targeted
00:38:05targeted because they are also being being used to fire cruise missiles,
00:38:09missiles, which are causing devastation devastation across Ukraine. So how
00:38:12how many foreign parts are inside
00:38:14inside the KH-101? The answer more
00:38:16more than 100 missile examined by by Ukrainian authorities after a
00:38:20a deadly strike on a Kyiv apartment apartment block in January found
00:38:23found parts from companies based
00:38:25based in the US, Germany, Netherlands,
00:38:27Netherlands, China and Taiwan. The The Geran-3 drone and the KH-101
00:38:31KH-101 cruise missile are just two two case studies of Russia's war
00:38:34war machine. Analysis has also identified
00:38:37identified many other Russian capabilities capabilities that rely on foreign
00:38:40foreign dual use components for military military vehicles to radar stations
00:38:44stations and helicopters. So the the same countries that are providing
00:38:47providing military and financial financial assistance to Ukraine are
00:38:50are home to the companies that are
00:38:52are enabling its destruction. Mikey
00:38:54Mikey Kay. They're now tucked in
00:38:57in southwestern Ukraine. Odesa is is the country's third largest city.
00:39:00city. It was an economic powerhouse powerhouse before the war. Now that
00:39:04that Russia occupies the majority majority of Ukraine's coastline,
00:39:06coastline, the region has become become even more vital. But residents
00:39:10residents continue to go about their their daily lives. BBC correspondent
00:39:14correspondent Paul Adams travelled travelled to Odesa as the war at
00:39:17at sea escalates. Supersonic missiles
00:39:21missiles are heading roughly in this
00:39:25this direction. All of this stuff
00:39:27stuff going on while people are just just splashing around in the water,
00:39:30water, it's quite weird. Yemi....
00:39:34Yemi.... There's a battle raging raging at sea and in ports. Russia
00:39:37Russia and Ukraine hitting each other's other's ships for the past month.
00:39:40month. The images have been pouring
00:39:42pouring in. Much of it is taking taking place near Odesa, where we're
00:39:46we're about to spend three days. days. For those living here in southern
00:39:50southern Ukraine, the war is always always close. Something that was
00:39:53was quite hard to listen to. Is that
00:40:06that boom, boom, boom right here.
00:40:08here. It's probably trimmed. I'm
00:40:11I'm not sure. Sure I'm not sure. sure. Felt a little bit like the
00:40:14the rumbling of a train that wasn't.
00:40:19wasn't. It's not. So defence is a
00:40:24a drone. That crackling sound is is the sound of people trying to
00:40:28to shoot a drone down. But we can't
00:40:31can't hear the drone. So we've come come to Odesa because for the last
00:40:34last few weeks we keep hearing reports reports and seeing videos of Russian
00:40:38Russian attacks on ships out in the the Black Sea and also on all the
00:40:41the ports in this area. And so it
00:40:45it feels like another escalation escalation in this war. And we want
00:40:47want to see and feel what it's like
00:40:49like to live here in one of Ukraine's
00:40:52Ukraine's most famous cities. It's
00:40:55It's a great place, bustling, full full of history, apparently well
00:40:57well known for its sense of humour
00:41:01humour to what's the story? It's
00:41:04It's just the humour in Odesa. Four Four and a half years of war have
00:41:08have given rise to some pretty interesting interesting art as well. This is
00:41:12is quite a nice view. Battlefield
00:41:14Battlefield like war on the land,
00:41:17land, sea and sky. MUSIC
00:41:31MUSIC So So that just seems like another classic classic Odesa moment. One minute minute you're walking along a lovely
00:41:35lovely tree lined avenue, listening listening to a man playing the accordion,
00:41:38accordion, and then moments later later you're hearing a distant explosion
00:41:41explosion and the sound of machine
00:41:43machine gun fire. It is just the
00:41:45the daily routine here, particularly particularly at the moment. We're
00:41:48We're waiting because. We've been been planning this trip for days.
00:41:52days. But with the sirens constantly constantly going off and Russian
00:41:55Russian drones and missiles seemingly seemingly never far away, the plans
00:41:58plans keep changing. Let's give it
00:42:00it some time. They will check the
00:42:02the possible threats for tomorrow
00:42:04tomorrow given the available information information everyone has. Because
00:42:08Because if it's really dangerous,
00:42:10dangerous, it's not worth it. So
00:42:13So this is what the Russian Ministry Ministry of Defence is saying that
00:42:16that they continued their strikes
00:42:19strikes against Ukrainian port infrastructure,
00:42:22infrastructure, including something
00:42:24something in Odesa Port. So the place
00:42:29place we're going to board the boat boat is not in, in Odesa. Exactly
00:42:32Exactly right. Yes. It's one of the
00:42:36the biggest ports in the Odesa region.
00:42:38region. So far, so good. A trip with with the Navy is on, but you're going
00:42:42going to see a lot of blurring for for a bit. There are all sorts of
00:42:45of things they don't want us to film, film, including where we are. Anything
00:42:49Anything basically that could help help the Russians. And we're waiting
00:42:52waiting for a press guy from the
00:42:55the Navy who is going to escort us
00:42:57us inside where we will get on board
00:42:59board a patrol vessel. This has all
00:43:03all been very tightly controlled controlled and we're going to split
00:43:06split up the group. That's just going going to be three of us going on
00:43:08on board just to keep the risk to
00:43:10to a minimum. Oh. How many times
00:43:20times a day at the moment. Last last
00:43:25last time very many. So the siren
00:43:28siren has just gone off and Andrey Andrey has suggested that we move
00:43:32move to the nearest shelter and there there are a couple of them here. here. We're going to head to this
00:43:35this one here. This happens a lot.
00:43:49Everyone's coming. It's going
00:43:51to get crowded. In here. So that
00:43:56that is another siren. And there's
00:43:58there's a message on my phone which
00:44:00which says that two supersonic missiles
00:44:04missiles are heading roughly in this this direction. So I guess we're
00:44:08we're going to be staying here for
00:44:11for a bit. No, duh. No. This. You're
00:44:18You're right. We're stuck in the
00:44:23the bunker for 15 minutes. It's hot.
00:44:25hot. So, Andrea escort gives us a a little air. Finally, the danger
00:44:29danger passes. OK, that's all clear.
00:44:34clear. We're going on patrol. These These are the first responders. When
00:44:37When cargo ships are hit at netting, netting, by the way, that's supposed
00:44:41supposed to offer some protection
00:44:42protection against smaller drones.
00:44:46drones. It kind of goes around. So
00:44:48So as we exit the port we're passing
00:44:55passing evidence of Russian attacks
00:44:56attacks in this area. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, we can't show you
00:45:00you any of this because it's really
00:45:02really important that the authorities authorities here that the Russians
00:45:05Russians don't know what is and isn't
00:45:08isn't working. But we've seen ships
00:45:11ships that have been badly damaged damaged by fire, another one where
00:45:14where the containers which are still
00:45:16still on board seem to be on fire.
00:45:19fire. The risk is absolutely constant.
00:45:25constant. Just. Above. Ningbo Lishe
00:45:34Lishe attack. OK, so the. Maximum.
00:45:40Maximum. What is this other vessel?
00:45:43vessel? It's one of yours. Like.
00:45:45Like. Like this one. OK. So so Martin,
00:45:50Martin, this is going to be a we're we're going to pass one of the same
00:45:53same boats as this and we can film
00:45:56film it. Everyone is focused on alert.
00:46:06alert. Andrey says they fire their their guns pretty much every day.
00:46:10day. For the moment though, everything
00:46:12everything out here looks calm. So
00:46:16So if you live anywhere near any
00:46:18any of the ports down in the Odesa Odesa area, you are running a risk
00:46:21risk because not all the missiles missiles land where they're supposed
00:46:24supposed to land. And we've been been told that one landed here just
00:46:27just a few days ago. The port is
00:46:32is literally a matter of a few hundred hundred metres in that direction.
00:46:35direction. So this was hit by something
00:46:39something that overshot its target.
00:46:42target. And you can tell from the
00:46:45the wreckage here this was just someone's
00:46:47someone's home. Maybe someone's workshop.
00:46:51workshop. What a mess. This is a
00:46:55a hi, Paul. He was working on Christina.
00:46:58Christina. He was working and he he was here at the moment when the
00:47:01the attack happened. And he's ready ready for the interview. Do people
00:47:05people who live and work in this
00:47:08this area feel that they are somehow
00:47:10somehow on the front line? No no.
00:47:22no. No. No. And has the situation
00:47:31situation got worse in the last few
00:47:35few weeks? You know, after all these
00:47:41these alarms and scenes of destruction, destruction, this might just surprise
00:47:44surprise you a little bit. Look at
00:47:45at this. This is the beach in Odesa.
00:47:49Odesa. While we've been here, the the alarm has gone off about 2 or
00:47:53or 3 times. No one has moved a muscle.
00:48:01muscle. Let me show you. What does
00:48:08does it say about this one? Is this
00:48:11this the alert we're getting? Which Which one? Like how many did we have?
00:48:15have? This today? Five. Five? Yeah.
00:48:19Yeah. No, this one was over there.
00:48:21there. Yeah. There are some sirens.
00:48:25sirens. Yeah. 000. This is completely
00:48:33completely surreal. We just saw a a drone flying up into the sky. We
00:48:37We have no idea what it was. Maybe Maybe some kind of interceptor drone.
00:48:41drone. Now just in the last few seconds seconds we've heard what sounds like
00:48:44like a jet flying overhead. All of
00:48:47of this stuff going on while people people are just splashing around
00:48:50around in the water. It's quite weird.
00:48:59weird. Oh there more drones. Yeah, Yeah, there. It's hovering just over
00:49:02over the water there. Yeah. I reckon
00:49:10reckon that's the one we saw taking
00:49:11taking off and it's just come back.
00:49:20back. Come on. It's our last morning morning in Odesa and we're catching
00:49:23catching up with the boss of one one of the biggest ports in the area.
00:49:26area. He's counting the cost to Ukraine Ukraine of a month of constant Russian
00:49:30Russian attacks. So right now all
00:49:33all ports are on hold and the corridor corridor is open. So the military
00:49:36military are letting through vessels. vessels. But there is barely anybody
00:49:40anybody who wants to call because
00:49:44because there is a huge problem with with people getting killed. But Russia
00:49:47Russia is having problems too. Big Big problems. Ukraine has been hitting
00:49:51hitting their ships sanctioned oil oil tankers, ferries, tugboats, around
00:49:55around 200 of them just in the past past month, all part of a campaign
00:49:59campaign to cut off supplies to Russian
00:50:01Russian occupied Crimea. The Ukrainians Ukrainians say this is very different
00:50:04different from hitting ships carrying
00:50:07carrying grain to the world. Over
00:50:09Over there. Everyone is. Hello. Hello.
00:50:16Hello. Producer Christina. So these
00:50:19these two ladies here work in the
00:50:26the port and we're hoping that they're
00:50:27they're going to give us a very good
00:50:30good insight into what it's like like to work day to day at a time
00:50:34time when you've simply no idea when when you're going to come under attack
00:50:37attack next. Well, one year. One
00:50:39One year ago, Svetlana is limping. limping. She still has pieces of
00:50:43of a Russian missile in her leg and and back after an explosion a year
00:50:46year ago. I feel bad that we're making
00:50:48making you walk all this way. But
00:50:52But some of us. And how much more
00:51:02more difficult has it become in the
00:51:04the last few weeks? Oh. Watching
00:51:08Watching low morale. No no no. Ahead
00:51:14Ahead of Helena Humphrey lot of morale.
00:51:17morale. Ningbo Lishe what would you.
00:51:31Civil. At the. Or. Svetlana is
00:51:58from the Russian occupied East. She's
00:51:59She's made Odesa a home. But the
00:52:04the war won't leave her alone. She's
00:52:09She's clearly struggling. Bye-bye
00:52:16Bye-bye bye. Thank you. Oh, God.
00:52:29God. Something that was quite hard
00:52:30hard to listen to.
00:52:45We're trying to find the site
00:52:47of an explosion we heard earlier.
00:52:52earlier. Sir, he is struggling. The The alert is still on, so Google
00:52:55Google Maps doesn't work. That's That's because incoming drones use
00:52:58use GPs to. So the authorities scramble
00:53:01scramble the signal. Eventually we
00:53:04we get there in the ruins of his
00:53:05his house and garden we find Andrey
00:53:09Andrey taking stock. Are. Three year.
00:53:20year. Yeah, look at the height. Not.
00:53:31Not. You seem to have a sense of
00:53:33of humour about this whole incident.
00:53:37incident. Was just humourous. Yes,
00:53:41Yes, it. All. To meet Andrey and
00:53:52and to get a little bit of legendary
00:53:55legendary Odesa humour. Just a few few hours after his whole house had
00:53:59had been destroyed. Absolutely incredible.
00:54:03incredible. This is where he's going
00:54:04going to sleep tonight. Yes. She.
00:54:17She. So someone's brought him a blanket?
00:54:21blanket? I will clean it up here,
00:54:22here, sir. Yeah. We have what it
00:54:30it is, what it is. One second. Yeah.
00:54:40Yeah. Right. I saw that I saw that
00:54:46that lying on his bed. This is one
00:54:49one of your pairs. Yeah. You hear?
00:54:52hear? Have good. Tis damn good. Is
00:54:54Is it? Can I eat it now? Oh. You
00:54:58You just need to have good teeth.
00:55:00teeth. I've got good teeth. Are.
00:55:05Are. All fine then. So that heavy
00:55:13heavy machine gun fire has been going
00:55:15going on for several minutes now.
00:55:18now. That's one of the many ways
00:55:20ways that they try and shoot down
00:55:22down drones. But as usual, no one
00:55:26one is paying any attention at all.
00:55:34all. Our trip to Odesa ends pretty
00:55:36pretty much as it began. It's time time for the long drive back to Kyiv.
00:55:40Kyiv. We've seen a lot in a city city where people are trying hard
00:55:44hard to stay normal.
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01:00:10Live from Washington. This is
01:00:12BBC News. Ukraine's president repeats
01:00:15repeats his plea for more missiles missiles to intercept air strikes
01:00:19strikes after another deadly Russian
01:00:24After another deadly Russian attack just outside the capital, capital, Kyiv. Football's world body body Fifa responds as questions mount
01:00:27mount about president Gianni Infantino? Infantino? S personal and professional
01:00:31professional conduct. And police police in the UK urge others who
01:00:34who might be the victim of the convicted
01:00:37convicted murderer and rapist. Simon
01:00:39Simon Levy to come forward. I'm Helena
01:00:50Helena Humphrey good to have you you with us. Ukraine's President President Volodymyr Zelensky is again
01:00:54again appealing to allies for interceptor interceptor missiles after a Russian
01:00:58Russian attack killed three people,