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00:00:13Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:15News. In Lithuania, authorities locate
00:00:17locate the debris of a drone that that entered EU airspace overnight
00:00:21overnight and was shot down by Nato Nato jets. The public inquiry into
00:00:25into how former nurse Lucy Lepe was was able to murder seven babies and
00:00:29and attempt to kill seven more is is due to publish its findings. The
00:00:32The US confirms for the first time time its deployed space weapons.
00:00:36weapons. China urges the US to stop stop preparing for war in space.
00:00:40space. And the TV series Widow's Widow's Bay breaks the record for
00:00:43for the most Emmys won by a comedy
00:00:45comedy in a single season. Hello,
00:00:55Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings, welcome welcome to BBC News Now! The President
00:00:58President of Lithuania says Nato Nato fighter jets have shot down
00:01:01down a drone that entered the country's country's airspace overnight from
00:01:05from neighbouring Belarus. This was was the moment the drone was brought
00:01:09brought down by Italian Nato fighter fighter jets near the city of Kaunas.
00:01:13Kaunas. The interception, caught caught by a security camera. The
00:01:17The debris, which was scattered over over a wide area, is now being collected
00:01:20collected and examined by military military police. It's the latest
00:01:23latest security incident in the Baltic Baltic states since Russia launched
00:01:25launched its full-scale invasion invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Posting
00:01:29Posting on X, the UK Defence Secretary Secretary Wes Streeting said thanks
00:01:33thanks to the swift and professional professional actions of Lithuanian
00:01:35Lithuanian and Italian forces, Nato
00:01:37Nato once again demonstrated our
00:01:39our readiness to protect our airspace. airspace. We stand united around
00:01:43around the clock in defence of every
00:01:45every inch of Nato territory. Our Our Eastern Europe correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford sent
00:01:49sent this report from Vilnius. It
00:01:52It was just after midnight this morning morning here in Vilnius that my phone
00:01:55phone screeched with an alert and and when I checked the message, it
00:01:58it said there was a suspected drone.
00:02:00drone. Keep safe, it said, and wait
00:02:03wait for the all clear. Now that that all clear came about 20 minutes
00:02:06minutes later and we now know that that there was a drone confirmed
00:02:09confirmed that it was in Lithuanian Lithuanian airspace for around about about half an hour before it was
00:02:13was intercepted and shot down by
00:02:14by Nato fighter jets belonging to
00:02:17to Italy. We still don't know who who that drone belonged to. We don't
00:02:20don't know whether it was launched launched deliberately or it might might have strayed into Lithuanian
00:02:24Lithuanian airspace. We know that that it entered from neighbouring
00:02:28neighbouring Belarus and that after after it was shot down, the debris debris was scattered over a wide
00:02:31wide area. So it's being collected collected up and examined to see
00:02:35see where it came from, who it was was launched by and whether or not
00:02:39not it was armed. In fact, whether whether or not there was any explosives.
00:02:43explosives. But this has happened happened at a nervous time here in
00:02:46in this region because Russia is is escalating its full-scale war
00:02:50war on Ukraine, and it is also escalating escalating its hybrid attacks on
00:02:54on Ukraine's greatest supporters. supporters. Separately. Denmark has
00:02:57has reported that a Russian frigate frigate fired two flares towards
00:03:01towards a Danish military helicopter helicopter off its coast on Monday.
00:03:04Monday. The flares narrowly missed missed the aircraft, which had been
00:03:07been on a mission to photograph the the ship. Russia's ambassador to
00:03:11to Denmark has been summoned. Moscow Moscow has accused the Danish helicopters
00:03:14helicopters of making dangerous manoeuvres
00:03:18manoeuvres near its warships. Let's Let's speak now to Jim Townsend,
00:03:20Townsend, who is a former deputy deputy assistant secretary of defence
00:03:23defence for European and Nato policy. policy. Good to have you with us.
00:03:26us. In terms of the Baltic states, states, these drone incursions that
00:03:30that we're increasingly seeing, Jim, Jim, how do you view them? Well,
00:03:34Well, this is the continuing effort effort by the Russians to intimidate
00:03:38intimidate and to scare Europe particularly
00:03:40particularly the assault on the Ukrainian Ukrainian train a couple of days
00:03:44days ago was an escalation of that that attempt. And we're going to
00:03:47to see more and more of this and and maybe an increasing velocity
00:03:50velocity of these two. They might might come more and more as the days
00:03:54days go on. So what should Nato planners planners be preparing for? Because
00:03:58Because a Nato fighter jet shooting
00:04:00shooting down a drone doesn't seem seem like a particularly good use
00:04:03use of resources, a cheap drone versus versus a very expensive fighter jet.
00:04:07jet. That's exactly right. And that's that's a problem across the board
00:04:10board in the United States too. We We are still lagging behind in finding
00:04:13finding a way that we can use an an inexpensive missile or whatever
00:04:17whatever it might be to take out out a drone. But we've got a bigger
00:04:20bigger problem and that is how do do we deter the Russians? How do
00:04:23do they know that this escalation escalation is going to rebound against
00:04:26against them? And so Nato planners planners have got to start thinking
00:04:30thinking about what can we do to
00:04:32to deter what can we do to push back
00:04:34back on Russia without causing an an escalation ourselves? And what
00:04:38what are your thoughts on that? I I mean, what we saw last night with
00:04:40with these fighter jets shooting
00:04:42shooting down the drone in Lithuania,
00:04:45Lithuania, does that send a message message to Russia or does it just just show once again how easy it
00:04:49it is for a drone to penetrate these these border countries? Well, it
00:04:53it certainly shows us how easy it
00:04:54it is for these drones to come across,
00:04:57across, but it also shows Russia Russia that we did use an expensive
00:05:00expensive missile and Italian aircraft aircraft to shoot these things down.
00:05:03down. And I think we have to keep
00:05:05keep doing that no matter the asymmetry asymmetry in terms of cost. We've
00:05:08We've got to show Russia that we're we're unified as an alliance and
00:05:11and the EU is unified as well, that
00:05:14that steps are going to be taken. taken. And there are other things
00:05:17things that we can do too. I mean,
00:05:18mean, a cyber attack in a certain
00:05:21certain part of the Russian economy
00:05:24economy or a something along those those lines where we can show that
00:05:27that we can actually do more than than just deliver strong messages,
00:05:31messages, but we can actually cause cause some pain on the Russians as as well. But we've got to figure
00:05:35figure out what those are. Yeah.
00:05:37Yeah. Where would your line be on
00:05:39on this, Jim, when we stop sort of
00:05:42of seeing these repeated incursions
00:05:45incursions as being individual incidents incidents and something more collectively
00:05:49collectively being like a hostile hostile action from Russia? Well,
00:05:51Well, I think first of all, we need
00:05:54need to say that publicly at a high high senior level, we've got to connect
00:05:58connect the dots for the European European people and for the Americans,
00:06:01Americans, too, that this is a campaign.
00:06:03campaign. These are not one off incidents.
00:06:05incidents. This isn't a bilateral bilateral problem between Lithuania
00:06:08Lithuania and Russia, that this is
00:06:10is a campaign. It's a campaign of
00:06:13of intimidation, of trying to scare scare the Europeans, trying to take
00:06:17take away support for Ukraine. And And we have to make sure that we
00:06:20we as a people understand that and and that we've got to act as a collective
00:06:24collective because. Does Russia know
00:06:26know that there's just too much grey grey area here? There's too much
00:06:29much ambiguity. That's what they're they're playing with. Well that's that's right. And they're masters
00:06:33masters at that. They're masters masters at sowing doubt saying well,
00:06:37well, maybe it was Russia, but maybe maybe it was Belarus. Maybe it was
00:06:41was a Ukrainian drone. And so back back and forth and the Russians play
00:06:44play in this area. Certainly it was was from Russia. And because of the
00:06:48the West the way we are, we want want to make sure that we are sure
00:06:51sure about where it's coming from. from. So it takes time and discussion,
00:06:54discussion, and then they move on
00:06:55on to some other some other type
00:07:00type of intimidation. So the Russians Russians are very good at swimming swimming in the grey area. We've
00:07:04We've got to be good at swimming swimming in that grey area to. Jim
00:07:07Jim Townsend. Very good to talk to to you. Thanks for joining us. You're
00:07:10You're welcome. Here in the UK in in the next half hour we're expecting
00:07:14expecting publication of the findings findings of a public inquiry into
00:07:17into how Nurse Lucy Letby was able able to repeatedly murder and harm
00:07:21harm babies. The Thirlwall Inquiry Inquiry was set up to look into what
00:07:24what happened at the Countess of
00:07:26of Chester Hospital between 2015
00:07:292015 and 2016, while Letby was working working in the neonatal unit. Now
00:07:33Now aged 36, Lucy Letby is serving
00:07:36serving 15 whole life prison terms.
00:07:38terms. The inquiry was not tasked
00:07:40tasked with examining Letby guilt, guilt, Lauren Moss reports. The offences
00:07:43offences of murder and attempted attempted murder have been identified
00:07:46identified and you have been identified identified as a suspect of these
00:07:49these offences. Lucy Letby, seen seen here on police body camera footage
00:07:53footage arrested at her home on suspicion suspicion of murdering vulnerable
00:07:57vulnerable babies on a neonatal hospital hospital ward. So you're going to
00:08:00to have to go to the police station station to be questioned about these
00:08:02these allegations. Being a nurse nurse was her dream job. And is it
00:08:06it a job that you enjoyed? You Lottie
00:08:11Lottie Woad. She would go on to be
00:08:14be convicted of murdering seven babies,
00:08:16babies, making her the UK's most most prolific child serial killer
00:08:20killer of modern times. Now the findings findings of an inquiry looking into
00:08:24into how Letby was able to harm those
00:08:26those in her care but not reviewing reviewing her convictions, will be
00:08:30be published later. This whole process process has been very, very difficult
00:08:33difficult and at times very, very very traumatic for them. Lawyer Richard
00:08:37Richard Scorer represents some of
00:08:39of the babies families. It's very
00:08:42very clear that there were serious
00:08:45serious failings and the responsibility responsibility for ensuring that that the police were brought in and
00:08:49and brought in at an early stage stage when it was clear that there
00:08:52there was potential criminal activity, activity, that responsibility ultimately
00:08:55ultimately rested with the senior senior managers and they failed.
00:08:58failed. Between June 2015 and 2016, 2016, a number of babies collapsed
00:09:01collapsed and died at the Countess Countess of Chester Hospital. In
00:09:05In August 2023, Lucy Letby was found found guilty of murdering seven babies
00:09:09babies and the attempted murder of of six others. A year later, she
00:09:12she was convicted of the attempted attempted murder of a seventh baby
00:09:15baby and is serving 15 whole life
00:09:18life sentences in prison. The government government launched the Thirlwall
00:09:20Thirlwall Inquiry into what happened happened and hearings began in September
00:09:24September 2024. They concluded in in March last year and the report
00:09:28report will be published later. It
00:09:30It is not the actions of Lucy Letby
00:09:33Letby that I am scrutinising. It
00:09:35It is the actions of all those who
00:09:38who were in the hospital. What they they did at the time, in the light
00:09:41light of what they knew at the time time and in the light of what they
00:09:45they should have known at the time. time. The inquiry has taken place
00:09:48place while a campaign by some to
00:09:51to prove Lucy Libby's innocence has has grown in the background, her
00:09:54her legal team wants her convictions convictions reviewed and a group
00:09:57group of medical experts have questioned questioned the evidence. In summary,
00:10:01summary, ladies and gentlemen, we we did not find any murders. The
00:10:04The families of Letby's victims who who suffered at the Countess of Chester
00:10:08Chester Hospital. They say they hope hope the inquiry leads to lasting
00:10:11lasting change. The legal reality reality is that Lucy Letby has been
00:10:15been convicted. We have these long,
00:10:17long, often long running and often
00:10:20often expensive inquiries, and they're they're very important for learning
00:10:22learning lessons. But often the recommendations recommendations are never implemented
00:10:26implemented and it's a betrayal not
00:10:28not just of the people who've suffered suffered in these cases, families
00:10:31families like those I represent. represent. It's actually betrayal
00:10:34betrayal of the public. The inquiry's inquiry's conclusions will be published
00:10:38published this afternoon. Lauren
00:10:39Lauren Moss, BBC News. The inquiry inquiry will publish its findings
00:10:43findings in about 20 minutes' time.
00:10:45time. We will be live in Liverpool Liverpool when that happens. Russia
00:10:49Russia has called for weapons to to be kept out of space after the
00:10:52the US military confirmed for the the first time that it's deployed deployed weapons in Earth's orbit.
00:10:56orbit. It's believed to be the first
00:10:58first public acknowledgement by Washington Washington of such capabilities.
00:11:01capabilities. US officials say weapons weapons are already in operation
00:11:04operation and capable of defending defending American assets. China
00:11:08China has also criticised Washington's Washington's move, urging the US
00:11:11US to stop preparing for war in space. space. Let's speak now to Doctor
00:11:15Doctor Marc Hilborne, a senior lecturer lecturer in defence studies department department at King's College London.
00:11:19London. He also set up the Space Space Security Research Group to
00:11:23to further the understanding of space. space. Good to have you with us,
00:11:26us, Marc. What has the US actually actually revealed and why have they
00:11:30they done it now? Well the US hasn't
00:11:34hasn't said precisely what they've they've done. They have said they
00:11:37they have orbital capabilities. They've They've probably done it now as a
00:11:41a form of deterrence and in response response to certain activities they've
00:11:45they've seen by the Chinese and the the Russians. So that probably explains explains the timing, although we
00:11:49we did know that there was a sort sort of testing process going on
00:11:52on since 2023. So something was in in the works. So are we talking about
00:11:56about something in space that could could do something like destroy a
00:11:59a satellite? What they've what they
00:12:03they haven't revealed is probably probably not that kind of capability. capability. We know that exists.
00:12:06exists. We have ground based interceptors. interceptors. But what the US is
00:12:10is talking about are probably things things like electronic warfare or
00:12:14or jamming abilities or spoofing spoofing abilities, possibly things
00:12:18things like what we call co-orbital co-orbital weapons, which you have
00:12:20have another satellite that's orbiting orbiting alongside another satellite satellite and could bang into it
00:12:24it or grapple with it or manoeuver manoeuver itself in some way to find
00:12:28find out more information. And it's it's destructive. OK. Nothing destructive,
00:12:31destructive, but is it the sort of of thing that China also has? Like,
00:12:34Like, how much do we know about China's
00:12:36China's space programme? Well, we we don't know necessarily. I mean,
00:12:40mean, it's not beyond the bounds bounds of possibility that they could
00:12:42could create the same kind of ability, ability, you know, electronic warfare.
00:12:45warfare. We see that being
00:12:50Warfare. We see that being waged from the ground by Russia, Russia, for instance, against Starlink Starlink to undermine the Ukrainian
00:12:54Ukrainian use of Starlink. So these these kind of capabilities exist. exist. Whether they've put them in
00:12:57in orbit is another question. China
00:12:59China also has a kind of space plane, plane, much the same as the American
00:13:03American X-37, which can do a number number of different things in orbit.
00:13:05orbit. So, you know, they certainly certainly have growing capabilities capabilities in the space domain.
00:13:09domain. And what about the
00:13:13Russians. Russia as well? I mean, mean, they've been actively using using these kind of capabilities,
00:13:16capabilities, jamming GPs. And we've we've seen a number of stories of, of, you know, commercial flights
00:13:20flights being disrupted by this, this, but specifically for military
00:13:23military purposes. And they've been
00:13:25been doing so over some time prior
00:13:27prior to the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine. Very again, whether they
00:13:30they have anything in space is another
00:13:33another question. There has been been persistent rumours and I'm always
00:13:37always careful as to the credence credence I put in these rumours. rumours. But they're long standing
00:13:40standing of a Russian kind of nuclear nuclear explosive device that they
00:13:43they can put in space. And this would would have a sort of game changing
00:13:46changing effect that it would be be able to take out many numbers
00:13:49numbers of satellites, something something like Starlink, which is is very difficult to take out individual
00:13:53individual satellites and have any any effect on. Marc, really interesting
00:13:56interesting to talk to you, doctor doctor Marc Hilborne, a senior lecturer
00:14:00lecturer in defence studies at the the King's College, London. Very
00:14:03Very good to have you on the programme. programme. We're going to be talking talking more about this with Jonathan
00:14:06Jonathan Beale, our defence correspondent, correspondent, later in the programme programme as well. Around the world
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00:15:24back. Good to have you with us on on BBC News Now. Let's update you
00:15:27you on what's been happening in Yemen. Yemen. The United Nations describing
00:15:31describing an influx of refugees refugees fleeing the fighting in
00:15:35in Yemen to Djibouti as unexpected.
00:15:38unexpected. More than 2000 crossing crossing the Red Sea since last Thursday.
00:15:41Thursday. And officials are warning warning that thousands more could
00:15:45could arrive if the fighting continues. continues. That news comes as Bloomberg
00:15:48Bloomberg reports that Saudi Arabia Arabia has requested operational
00:15:52operational assistance from Britain, Britain, the military and diplomatic
00:15:55diplomatic support is to counter counter the Houthis advance along
00:15:58along Yemen's Red Sea coast toward toward the strategic Bab al Mandab
00:16:02Mandab Strait, as well as to help help protect its oil infrastructure
00:16:04infrastructure from Houthi attacks. attacks. Let's cross live to Nairobi
00:16:07Nairobi now we can speak to our correspondent correspondent there, Richard Isa Isa Guha. Richard, good to have you
00:16:11you with us. What are we hearing
00:16:14hearing from the United Nations in in Djibouti? What are they having
00:16:16having to deal with these thousands
00:16:19thousands of people making that crossing?
00:16:24crossing? Well, the UN in Djibouti
00:16:26Djibouti saying that they are currently
00:16:29currently overwhelmed by the influx influx of refugees who are fleeing
00:16:32fleeing the fighting in Yemen, saying
00:16:34saying that they have so far received
00:16:37received about 2400. But the authorities authorities in Djibouti indicating
00:16:40indicating that there are thousands
00:16:43thousands more, about 3400 and more more are still coming. What they're
00:16:47they're saying is that the town of of Obock, which is literally on the
00:16:50the front line in terms of this response,
00:16:53response, is currently overwhelmed overwhelmed because you're having
00:16:56having majority of them who are children. children. They say that the children
00:16:59children on arrival are appear to
00:17:02to be stressed, are also at the same same time, they appear to be very
00:17:06very tired and are. But there's a a sense of relief from them. The
00:17:09The fact that they have been able
00:17:11able to escape the war and successfully
00:17:14successfully navigated the waters waters across the Red Sea. So currently currently what they're doing is that
00:17:17that they're doing registration, registration, are providing them
00:17:20them with water, with food and other
00:17:24other supplies. Do they have what
00:17:26what they need in order to help these these people though, Richard. Because
00:17:30Because were there not already thousands thousands of refugees that the country
00:17:33country was having to host and deal
00:17:36deal with? Yeah, actually, that's
00:17:38that's the major concern by the authorities authorities in Djibouti as well as
00:17:42as aid partners, because currently
00:17:44currently Djibouti hosts nearly about
00:17:46about 36,000 refugees. So these are are largely displaced people from
00:17:50from Eritrea, from Somalia and also
00:17:52also Ethiopia. And it also includes includes asylum-seekers. So they're
00:17:56they're saying currently they are are stretched to capacity. And what
00:17:59what they're saying is that they're they're currently need about 3 million
00:18:03million USD for them to be able to
00:18:05to accommodate the current lot that that has just arrived in Djibouti.
00:18:08Djibouti. And also those that are are anticipated to be coming in the
00:18:11the coming days because we listen listen to the Unicef local representative
00:18:15representative in Djibouti, speaking speaking to the BBC earlier today
00:18:18today saying that they're expecting
00:18:21expecting anything between 5000 to to 10,000 new arrivals in the coming
00:18:24coming days if the fighting continues. continues. And what is the latest
00:18:28latest from Yemen itself, Richard, Richard, in terms of the Houthis
00:18:31Houthis advance along the Red Sea
00:18:35Sea coast? Well, there are fierce
00:18:38fierce fighting is continuing. What What we are hearing at the moment
00:18:41moment is that the Houthi militias
00:18:44militias have attacked the southern
00:18:47southern province of the Saudi kingdom.
00:18:49kingdom. About 13 people there have have been wounded. The reports of
00:18:53of about three people have been killed
00:18:55killed in the southwestern province
00:18:57province of Taiz from Saudi air strikes.
00:19:00strikes. So the situation seems to
00:19:02to be escalating. Richard, thank thank you for joining us, Richard,
00:19:05Richard, joining us there from Nairobi. Nairobi. The Duke and Duchess of
00:19:09of Sussex have pulled their children children out of their new school
00:19:12school in the UK. Just two days into into the term, a spokesperson said
00:19:15said the decision was taken after after a discussion with the family's
00:19:18family's protection team about the the practicalities of their original
00:19:22original arrangements. The children children are now at another school. school. It's understood that Prince
00:19:25Prince Harry's publicly funded security security is to be subject to a fresh
00:19:29fresh review, as Ellie Price now
00:19:30now reports. It was the first glimpse
00:19:33glimpse into the new life of the
00:19:35the Sussex family. An Instagram video
00:19:37video posted by Meghan, Duchess of of Sussex showing five-year-old Lilibet
00:19:41Lilibet and seven-year-old Archie Archie their faces hidden enjoying
00:19:44enjoying a trip out. But now a spokesperson spokesperson for the family has confirmed
00:19:47confirmed the children have had to to change schools. Just days into
00:19:51into the new school term. The locations locations of the schools were of
00:19:54of course kept private, but even even so, it's understood that there
00:19:57there were concerns from the family's family's security team about the
00:20:01the practicalities of their first first choice. Prince Harry and his
00:20:05his wife Meghan lost their publicly publicly funded security when they they stepped back from royal duties
00:20:09duties and moved to the US in January
00:20:12January 2020. The Duke of Sussex Sussex appealed that decision, made
00:20:15made by Ravec, an independent body body overseen by the Home Office
00:20:19Office in the court last May and and lost. For the time being. It's
00:20:22It's impossible for me to take my my family back to the UK. I can't
00:20:25can't see a world in which I would would be bringing my wife and children
00:20:29children back to the UK. At this this point it's totally normal. But
00:20:32But this summer the family did come come back first on holiday where
00:20:35where Harry appeared at various charity charity events. And now for what's
00:20:38what's been described as an extended extended period of time. As a result,
00:20:42result, it's understood the Sussexes Sussexes will be given a review of
00:20:45of their publicly funded security
00:20:46security now that they are full-time
00:20:50full-time residents rather than visitors. visitors. The King has made clear clear the pair will not be working
00:20:54working royals and will not carry carry out official engagements, but
00:20:57but their security may yet be stepped stepped up as if they were Ellie
00:21:01Ellie Price. BBC News. Billed as as TV's biggest night, the Primetime
00:21:05Primetime Emmy Awards have been taking taking place in Los Angeles. Winners
00:21:08Winners so far include talk show show host Stephen Colbert, Allison
00:21:12Allison Janney you might remember remember her from The West Wing, Wing, making history with her eighth
00:21:16eighth award. Meanwhile, Welsh actor actor Matthew Rhys made history with
00:21:19with wins in two lead actor categories. categories. Let's bring you more
00:21:22more with our North America correspondent correspondent David Willis. He's
00:21:25He's in LA. Emmy winner and Law and
00:21:28and Order star Mariska Hargitay got got a celebration of the best in
00:21:32in television. Off to a high energy
00:21:34energy start. The Emmy. And the Emmy
00:21:39Emmy goes to Kate O'Flynn Widow's
00:21:41Widow's Bay. The first award of the the night going to Kate O'Flynn from
00:21:45from Greater Manchester for her role role as the awkward assistant Patricia
00:21:49Patricia in the quirky new comedy comedy Widow's Bay. Hello, my name
00:21:52name is Patricia. It's Patricia. Patricia. Thank you Katie and Hiro
00:21:56Hiro for trusting this Lancashire Lancashire lass to play a sassy broad
00:22:00broad like Patricia. And the Emmy
00:22:04Emmy goes to Matthew Rhys The Beast
00:22:07Beast In Me. Matthew Rhys is the the star of Widow's Bay, but his
00:22:10his history making moment was still still to come. His first award of
00:22:14of the night was for his role in
00:22:16in the Netflix miniseries The Beast
00:22:18Beast In Me. Don't Let Me Down. Matthew
00:22:21Matthew Rhys. Is Emmy for Widow's
00:22:23Widow's Bay made him the first actor
00:22:25actor to win two lead acting trophies trophies in a single night. He is
00:22:29is also the first performer in history
00:22:31history to have won the lead acting
00:22:33acting award in all three fields
00:22:36fields limited series, drama and
00:22:38and now comedy. Sorry buddy. To the
00:22:41the great and good people of Wales Wales who were as much a nurture
00:22:44nurture as anyone else. We are a a small but mighty nation. This is
00:22:48is incredible. Thank you very
00:22:52much. Thank you. In his native Welsh, Welsh, Matthew Rhys crowned Widow's Widow's Bay his rapid transformation
00:22:56transformation from quirky newcomer newcomer to mainstream hit. He plays
00:22:59plays the hapless mayor of a New New England town that he refuses
00:23:02refuses to believe is haunted. Apple
00:23:05Apple TV has commissioned a second second series for the fifth year
00:23:09year in a row. 75-year-old Jean Smart,
00:23:11Smart, the star of Hacks, was named
00:23:13named best comedy actress. Jean Smart
00:23:17Smart Hacks. The hospital drama The
00:23:20The Pitt went into these awards with
00:23:22with 25 Emmy nominations, collecting collecting his Best Dramatic Actor
00:23:25Actor award. Its star, Noah Wyle
00:23:28Wyle paid tribute to fellow contender
00:23:30contender Sir Gary Oldman. Mr Altman,
00:23:32Altman, I have to tell you I don't
00:23:35don't know that as an actor my age age that didn't look at Prick Up
00:23:38Up Your Ears and Sid and Nancy and and think that's the benchmark that
00:23:40that I want to hit one day in my my career. The leading award of the
00:23:44the night for best drama went to
00:23:46to The Pitt amid the fall in Hollywood
00:23:50Hollywood production and flight to to other less expensive corners of
00:23:53of the world, including the UK and
00:23:55and Canada. The success of The Pitt Pitt provides at least a crumb of
00:23:59of comfort. It was made not in Pittsburgh
00:24:02Pittsburgh but on a soundstage here here in Los Angeles, and it's already
00:24:05already been commissioned for a third
00:24:08third series. David Willis, BBC News
00:24:10News at the Emmys. Some news to bring bring you now from the Netherlands
00:24:14Netherlands where train travel across across large parts of the Netherlands
00:24:18Netherlands right now has ground ground to a standstill. And what
00:24:21what we're hearing from the Dutch
00:24:23Dutch authorities is that they suspect suspect there have been co-ordinated
00:24:27co-ordinated acts of sabotage there. there. And we're hearing also that
00:24:30that services are most severely disrupted disrupted in the middle of the Netherlands
00:24:33Netherlands as well in central and and eastern parts of the country.
00:24:36country. There has been a statement statement through from the Dutch
00:24:39Dutch rail operator Prorail, and and they said tubes had been found
00:24:43found attached to train tracks in in multiple locations. It said no
00:24:46no suspect or motive had been identified identified but that the national
00:24:50national police are now investigating investigating and the disruption
00:24:53disruption has spilt over to road road traffic. Several level crossings
00:24:56crossings in the Netherlands have have had to shut down, remain closed,
00:25:00closed, so that's disrupting things things as well. And the rail operator
00:25:04operator this is Prorail saying to to all travellers you should expect
00:25:07expect delays all day. And what is is unclear as well is whether the
00:25:10the sabotage is linked to the government's government's budget. That budget
00:25:14budget is being placed before Parliament Parliament in The Hague today, so so we're keeping across the story.
00:25:17story. We'll bring you more from from the Netherlands just as soon
00:25:20soon as we get it. And if you also also go to the BBC News website, website, another piece of breaking
00:25:23breaking news to bring you. And it
00:25:25it is big for the continent of Africa
00:25:28Africa because Kenya will become become the first African country
00:25:31country to host the World Athletics Athletics Championships after winning
00:25:35winning the bid for the 2029 edition. edition. It's Nairobi that will hold
00:25:39hold the event at their 48,000 capacity
00:25:42capacity Kasarani Stadium. London London and Rome, the two big cities
00:25:45cities to miss out with Munich awarded
00:25:47awarded the hosting rights in 2031.
00:25:502031. So we'll be live in Kenya to to talk about this throughout the
00:25:53the day. A big deal for people across
00:25:56across Africa. As we mentioned earlier, earlier, we're very shortly expecting
00:25:59expecting the publication of the the findings of a public inquiry
00:26:02inquiry into how Nurse Lucy Letby Letby was able to repeatedly murder
00:26:06murder and harm babies. Let's take take you live to Liverpool. We can
00:26:09can join our correspondent who is
00:26:10is there. Emer Vardy. Hello and welcome
00:26:20welcome to BBC News Live. We are are in Liverpool today live at Liverpool
00:26:24Liverpool Town Hall where we are are awaiting the findings of the
00:26:28the public inquiry into the crimes
00:26:30crimes of Lucy Letby. Now this inquiry,
00:26:34inquiry, known as the Thirlwall Inquiry, Inquiry, has spent months examining
00:26:37examining how concerns about the the neonatal nurse were handled at
00:26:40at the Countess of Chester Hospital
00:26:43Hospital and how she was able to
00:26:45to commit her crimes. Now Lucy Letby
00:26:47Letby is currently serving 15 whole whole life sentences. She was convicted
00:26:51convicted of murdering seven babies babies and attempting to murder seven
00:26:55seven others. And the key questions questions in this inquiry have been
00:26:59been why the alarm wasn't raised raised sooner. Whether opportunities
00:27:02opportunities were missed to stop stop what she was doing and whether
00:27:05whether there are wider lessons that that can be learned and recommendations
00:27:09recommendations for the wider NHS. NHS. Now we will be getting the findings
00:27:12findings of Lady Justice Thirlwall Thirlwall in the next few minutes. minutes. We'll bring them to you
00:27:15you live as we get them and reaction reaction to. But first let's take
00:27:19take a look back at the case with
00:27:22with correspondent Lauren Moss. The The offences of murder and attempted
00:27:25attempted murder have been identified identified and you have been identified
00:27:27identified as a suspect of these these offences. Lucy Letby, seen
00:27:31seen here on police body camera footage footage arrested at her home on suspicion
00:27:35suspicion of murdering vulnerable vulnerable babies on a neonatal hospital
00:27:38hospital ward. You're going to have have to go to the police station station to be questioned about these
00:27:42these allegations. Being a nurse nurse was her dream job. Was it a
00:27:46a job that you enjoyed? I love my
00:27:51my job. She would go on to be convicted
00:27:54convicted of murdering seven babies,
00:27:56babies, making her the UK's most
00:27:58most prolific child serial killer killer of modern times. Now, the
00:28:02the findings of an inquiry looking looking into how Letby was able to
00:28:05to harm those in her care but not
00:28:08not reviewing her convictions, will will be published later. This whole
00:28:12whole process has been very, very very difficult and at times very,
00:28:14very, very traumatic for them. Lawyer Lawyer Richard Scorer represents
00:28:18represents some of the babies families.
00:28:21families. It's very clear that there
00:28:23there were serious failings and the the responsibility for ensuring that
00:28:27that the police were brought in and and brought in at an early stage
00:28:30stage when it was clear that there there was potential criminal activity,
00:28:33activity, that responsibility ultimately ultimately rested with the senior
00:28:36senior managers and they failed.
00:28:38failed. Between June 2015 and 2016, 2016, a number of babies collapsed
00:28:41collapsed and died at the Countess Countess of Chester Hospital. In
00:28:45In August 2023, Lucy Letby was found found guilty of murdering seven babies
00:28:49babies and the attempted murder of of six others. A year later, she
00:28:52she was convicted of the attempted attempted murder of a seventh baby
00:28:55baby and is serving 15 whole life
00:28:57life sentences in prison. The government government launched the Thirlwall
00:29:00Thirlwall Inquiry into what happened happened and hearings began in September
00:29:04September 2024. They concluded in in March last year and the report
00:29:08report will be published later. The The families of Lebanese victims
00:29:11victims who suffered at the Countess Countess of Chester Hospital. They
00:29:14They say they hope the inquiry leads
00:29:16leads to lasting change. The inquiry's
00:29:19inquiry's conclusions will be published
00:29:21published this afternoon. Well, I'm
00:29:24I'm joined now by correspondent Phil Phil McCann, who spent a long time
00:29:27time covering this in a lot of detail. detail. Phil, what are some of the
00:29:31the key recommendations and areas areas that we expect Lady Justice
00:29:34Justice Thirlwall to address today? today? Well, the key one will be,
00:29:37be, of course, about whether any
00:29:40any babies could have survived because
00:29:42because of this. And we know that that it's all about the timeline
00:29:45timeline here because of course, course, Lucy Letby was convicted
00:29:49convicted of having murdered and and attempted to murder babies between
00:29:52between June of 2015 and June of
00:29:55of 2016. But the Lady Justice Thirlwall
00:29:58Thirlwall has made clear that some some babies may have survived if
00:30:02if the management of the hospital hospital would have acted differently. differently. What she can't do is
00:30:06is put a number on that, but she's she's very clear. You remember June
00:30:09June 2015 is when the first murder murder that she was convicted of
00:30:11of took place. October 2015 though though Lady Justice Thirlwall found
00:30:15found was the first point at which which suspicions were raised. The
00:30:19The death of a baby called baby J J or the babies, of course, were
00:30:23were anonymized. He. Had she been
00:30:24been moved off the ward at that point point because of safeguarding concerns,
00:30:28concerns, the deaths of other babies, babies, specifically two other babies
00:30:30babies O and P would not have happened happened and other babies would not
00:30:34not have been attacked. And there there was also concerns about a level
00:30:37level of insulin. Back in August
00:30:40August of 2015. And at that point,
00:30:43point, those concerns were disregarded disregarded by a senior doctor. I'll
00:30:45I'll get. You to pause there. We
00:30:49We now have that inquiry report published. published. Let's listen to Lady Justice.
00:30:52Justice. Justice Thurwell's findings.
00:30:56findings. October 2023. After the the convictions of Lucy