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00:00:09Live from London. This is BBC News. The Lithuanian authorities
00:00:13authorities locate the debris of of a drone that entered EU airspace
00:00:17airspace overnight and was shot down down by Nato jets. The United States
00:00:21States confirms for the first time time its deployed space weapons.
00:00:24weapons. China urges the US to stop
00:00:26stop preparing for war in space train train travel across large parts of
00:00:30of the Netherlands has ground to to a standstill because of what authorities
00:00:34authorities suspect are co-ordinated co-ordinated acts of sabotage. The
00:00:36The UN says an influx of refugees refugees fleeing the fighting in
00:00:40in Yemen to Djibouti is unexpected
00:00:43unexpected and horror comedy Widow's Widow's Bay wins big at the TV Emmy
00:00:46Emmy Awards, taking home 14 at the
00:00:49the ceremony in LA. Hello, I'm Lucy
00:01:01Lucy Hockings, welcome to BBC News News Now! The President of Lithuania
00:01:04Lithuania says Nato fighter jets jets have shot down a drone that
00:01:08that entered the country's airspace airspace overnight from neighbouring
00:01:10neighbouring Belarus. The debris, debris, which was scattered over
00:01:13over a wide area, is now being collected collected and examined by military
00:01:16military police. It's the latest latest security incident in the Baltic
00:01:19Baltic states since Russia launched launched its full-scale invasion
00:01:22invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Posting Posting on X, the UK's Defence Secretary
00:01:26Secretary Wes Streeting says thanks thanks to the swift and professional
00:01:29professional actions of Lithuanian Lithuanian and Italian forces, Nato
00:01:31Nato once again demonstrated our
00:01:33our readiness to protect our airspace.
00:01:36airspace. We stand united around around the clock in defence of every
00:01:40every inch of Nato territory. Our Our Eastern Europe correspondent correspondent Sarah Rainsford has
00:01:44has this report from Vilnius. It
00:01:46It was. Just after midnight this this morning here in Vilnius that
00:01:50that my phone screeched with an alert alert and when I checked the message,
00:01:53message, it said there was a suspected suspected drone. Keep safe, it said,
00:01:57said, and wait for the all clear.
00:01:59clear. Now that all clear came about about 20 minutes later and we now
00:02:02now know that there was a drone confirmed confirmed that it was in Lithuanian
00:02:05Lithuanian airspace for around about about half an hour before it was
00:02:08was intercepted and shot down by by Nato fighter jets belonging to
00:02:12to Italy. We still don't know who who that drone belonged to. We don't
00:02:15don't know whether it was launched launched deliberately or it might might have strayed into Lithuanian
00:02:19Lithuanian airspace. We know that that it entered from neighbouring
00:02:23neighbouring Belarus and that after after it was shot down, the debris debris was scattered over a wide
00:02:26wide area. So it's being collected collected up and examined to see
00:02:30see where it came from, who it was was launched by and whether or not
00:02:34not it was armed. In fact, whether whether or not there was any explosives.
00:02:38explosives. But this has happened happened at a nervous time here in
00:02:41in this region because Russia is is escalating its full-scale war
00:02:45war on Ukraine, and it is also escalating escalating its hybrid attacks on
00:02:49on Ukraine's greatest supporters. supporters. Vilnius, Lithuania has
00:02:52has always been a staunch supporter supporter of Ukraine ever since the
00:02:55the full-scale invasion. This city city is still covered in Ukrainian
00:02:59Ukrainian flags. There's lots of
00:03:01of messages of solidarity for Kyiv
00:03:04Kyiv here in this city, in this country,
00:03:07country, in the past, when there there have been drone incursions incursions into other countries,
00:03:11countries, including Poland and other other Baltic states, experts have
00:03:15have suggested that Moscow could could be testing Nato's reactions.
00:03:18reactions. At the moment here in in Lithuania, there are still more
00:03:20more questions than answers, but but certainly there is now a full-scale
00:03:24full-scale investigation into what what happened and who might be behind
00:03:27behind it. Sarah Rainsford there there will separately, Denmark has
00:03:31has reported that a Russian frigate frigate fired two flares towards
00:03:35towards a Danish military helicopter helicopter off its coast on Monday.
00:03:37Monday. The flares narrowly missed missed the aircraft, which had been
00:03:40been on a mission to photograph the the ship. Russia's ambassador to
00:03:44to Denmark has been summoned. Moscow Moscow has accused the Danish helicopters
00:03:47helicopters of making dangerous manoeuvres manoeuvres near its warships. These
00:03:50These incidents also come as Russia Russia and Ukraine exchanged aerial
00:03:54aerial attacks overnight. The government government of Zaporizhzhia said power
00:03:57power had been cut to some areas
00:03:58areas while ships were struck in
00:04:01in Odesa, the Russian city of Taganrog
00:04:03Taganrog came under large-scale Ukrainian Ukrainian drone attack as well. Let's
00:04:07Let's take you live to Kyiv now and and join our diplomatic correspondent
00:04:10correspondent James Landale. Who Who is there, James? President Trump
00:04:12Trump had said on Monday that both
00:04:15both Ukraine and Russia had promised
00:04:17promised to stop striking energy energy targets. They obviously haven't
00:04:20haven't signed up to this. Yeah.
00:04:24Yeah. President Trump spoke of an
00:04:27an agreement both Ukraine and Moscow
00:04:30Moscow are talking about a proposal, proposal, an idea. There is clearly
00:04:34clearly a suggestion doing the rounds. rounds. And clearly the Americans
00:04:36Americans are backing it because because they are desperate to have
00:04:40have some kind of good news that that can suggest that perhaps oil
00:04:43oil the price of fuel might be falling falling ahead of the elections in
00:04:46in November. But both Moscow and
00:04:50and Kyiv here have been sort of falling falling over themselves to sort of
00:04:54of put dampers on this without actually actually upsetting Washington, President
00:04:57President Zelensky said in his overnight overnight address. Look, yeah, you
00:05:01you know, it's a strong proposal proposal from Washington that there
00:05:04there should be some kind of pause pause in the fighting in terms of
00:05:07of energy targets. And in theory, theory, Ukraine is willing to consider
00:05:11consider de-escalatory moves, but but only if Russia shows a willingness willingness to end the war. And you
00:05:15you know, that hasn't happened yet. yet. Likewise, the Kremlin this morning
00:05:19morning said that this idea of some some kind of pause in the fighting
00:05:22fighting would be a good idea. But But again, you know, with lots of
00:05:26of conditions attached, we've been
00:05:27been down this route before. It hasn't
00:05:31hasn't materialised. It hasn't worked. worked. So nobody here, I think in
00:05:34in Kyiv is holding their breath, breath, expecting that to happen, happen, not least on the basis of
00:05:38of the attacks overnight, especially. especially. James, can we get your
00:05:42your views on what we saw in Lithuania Lithuania overnight with this drone
00:05:45drone being shot down by Nato jets jets and the different considerations
00:05:48considerations that Baltic governments governments are having to make now,
00:05:52now, as well as Nato when this is
00:05:54is increasingly happening. Yeah.
00:05:57Yeah. Well, look, it's not a new new thing for a drone to enter Nato
00:06:01Nato airspace as a result of this this war that has happened pretty
00:06:04pretty much on a regular basis since since Russia's full-scale invasion
00:06:08invasion in 2022. The big question, question, of course, is this sometimes sometimes those drones and missiles
00:06:12missiles that cross into Nato territory, territory, you know, their missiles missiles and drones are out of control.
00:06:16control. They have been fired by by one side or the other. They've
00:06:19They've been disrupted by some kind kind of electronic countermeasures
00:06:22countermeasures or air defences, defences, and they're just a spill-over
00:06:25spill-over of this conflict. Other Other times, though, these drones
00:06:28drones are deliberately sent by Russia
00:06:31Russia to test Nato airspace and and Nato defences. And this drone
00:06:35drone that was that ended up in Lithuania. Lithuania. I mean, it came a long long way. We don't know where it
00:06:39it originated, but it came west through
00:06:42through Belarus and then went straight straight into southern Lithuania.
00:06:45Lithuania. You know, that's a long
00:06:47long way from this particular battlefield.
00:06:50battlefield. So the suggestion, the the consensus among analysts is that
00:06:53that it's more likely to have been
00:06:55been a deliberate deployment of a
00:06:58a drone by Russia. And again, it's it's part of a piece, you know, on
00:07:01on the same time we've got sort of
00:07:05of a conflict, if you like, between
00:07:07between a Russian frigate and a Danish
00:07:10Danish helicopter in the Baltic Sea.
00:07:13Sea. You've got Russian drones, sorry,
00:07:15sorry, Russian bombers in the air
00:07:18air over the Norwegian Sea. That's
00:07:20That's just reported. I can hear
00:07:22hear another air alert alarm firing firing as we speak because Russia's
00:07:25Russia's new tactic now is for daily daily round the clock attacks rather
00:07:29rather than just at night. I think think this is part of a piece Russia
00:07:33Russia is escalating in this country country in Ukraine, but it's also
00:07:36also escalating its push against against Nato countries. Really great
00:07:40great to have you with us, James. James. Thank you so much. Take care
00:07:42care as well. James Landale there
00:07:44there in Kyiv. Well, let's get you
00:07:47you some official reaction now from from Lithuania. I'm joined by the
00:07:51the Minister of National Defence, Defence, Robertas Kaunas, who joins
00:07:54joins us. Very good to see you. Thank Thank you for taking the time. James
00:07:58James Landale just laying out some
00:08:00some of the picture there. But from
00:08:02from your perspective, was this just just a spill-over this drone into
00:08:05into your territory or was this deliberate,
00:08:07deliberate, a deliberate action from
00:08:09from Russia? Good afternoon. Actually, Actually, it's a good, good question.
00:08:13question. We last night we faced
00:08:15faced drone entered Lithuania airspace
00:08:18airspace from Belarus and during
00:08:21during this time there were no huge
00:08:26huge attacks from Russia in Ukraine.
00:08:31Ukraine. So it could be a deliberate deliberate provocation from Russia.
00:08:34Russia. We will collect all data.
00:08:36data. We will find answers and we
00:08:40we will ask questions because it
00:08:43it is very dangerous when not only
00:08:46only Lithuanian airspace facing incursion,
00:08:49incursion, but Nato, Nato airspace
00:08:51airspace facing incursion from Belarus
00:08:54Belarus and Nato jets had to scramble
00:08:58scramble to intercept those targets.
00:09:00targets. I want to express my sincere
00:09:03sincere gratitude to Italian pilots,
00:09:07pilots, to Italian armed forces,
00:09:11forces, because only working together
00:09:12together we can mitigate this threat
00:09:15threat and show to Putin that we
00:09:19we will defend our ground. Were you
00:09:22you satisfied then with how quickly
00:09:25quickly the Italians and Nato responded?
00:09:28responded? Minister calmness. Yes,
00:09:30Yes, it actually it is an example
00:09:33example how Lithuanian armed forces
00:09:35forces should co-operate with Nato
00:09:39Nato and air forces. And this is
00:09:41is an example of how Italians pilots
00:09:45pilots actually shows example to
00:09:47to all Nato, how to react. I think
00:09:50think that reaction was great. Of
00:09:53Of course we will collect data. Of
00:09:56Of course we will provide some investigation.
00:09:58investigation. We will do our lessons.
00:10:01lessons. But this example shows that
00:10:03that Nato air defence mission is is working.
00:10:10Mission is working. What happens though next time if one drone drone gets this far into Lithuania,
00:10:13Lithuania, what if next time there there are ten. Those are cheap drones.
00:10:16drones. They're easy to deploy. You're You're putting up there a very expensive
00:10:19expensive fighter jet from Nato to
00:10:21to counter them. I believe that security
00:10:25security of our people, security
00:10:28security of our society is most important
00:10:31important thing. We are not counting
00:10:33counting how much does it cost. We
00:10:35We will provide what is necessary
00:10:37necessary to secure our ground, our
00:10:41our air and our nation. I think that
00:10:46that we need air defence mission mission proved itself and we will
00:10:50will continue in this way. Many would
00:10:53would say that that Russia is just
00:10:56just constantly testing that. There's There's this ambiguity. There's this
00:10:59this grey zone they're pushing to
00:11:01to see what they can do, what they
00:11:03they can get away with. What would
00:11:06would your red line be in your country country in terms of collective defence
00:11:10defence and a collective response
00:11:11response to some of these actions?
00:11:14actions? We shouldn't speak as separated
00:11:16separated country. We are Nato alliance.
00:11:19alliance. We are working together.
00:11:21together. And I already mentioned
00:11:25mentioned that Russia is attacking
00:11:28attacking Nato. They are attacking attacking at the moment but they
00:11:31they are not working in that real
00:11:35real war. War, real world as we understand
00:11:40understand it. They are working in
00:11:42in that grey zone. They are providing
00:11:44providing hybrid attacks against
00:11:46against Nato. So we must respond
00:11:49respond as a single alliance, as
00:11:53as a single unit. United Alliance. Alliance. Minister, it's one final
00:11:56final question. Did people in Lithuania
00:12:00Lithuania feel a bit frightened today
00:12:02today by what had happened? People
00:12:07People reacted very well. They were
00:12:09were informed on time. All messages
00:12:12messages were sent on time. Jets
00:12:16Jets scrambled on time. And I think
00:12:18think this is an example how we should
00:12:22should react. Robertas Kaunas Minister Minister of National Defence in Lithuania, Lithuania, thank you very much for
00:12:26for joining us on BBC News. Russia
00:12:30Russia has called for weapons to to be kept out of space after the
00:12:33the US military confirmed for the the first time that it's deployed deployed weapons in Earth's orbit.
00:12:37orbit. It's believed to be the first
00:12:39first public acknowledgement by Washington Washington of such capabilities.
00:12:42capabilities. US officials say weapons weapons are already in operation
00:12:45operation and capable of defending defending American assets. China
00:12:48China has also criticised Washington's Washington's move, urging the US
00:12:52US to stop preparing for war in space. space. I've been speaking to Doctor
00:12:56Doctor Mark Hilborne, a senior lecturer lecturer in defence studies at King's
00:12:59King's College London. He also set set up the space Security Research
00:13:02Research Group to further the understanding understanding of space, and I asked
00:13:05asked him what the US has actually actually revealed and why they're
00:13:08they're doing it now. Well, the US US hasn't said precisely what they've
00:13:11they've done. They have said they they have orbital capabilities. They've
00:13:15They've probably done it now as a a form of deterrence and in response
00:13:19response to certain activities they've
00:13:21they've seen by the Chinese and the the Russians. So that probably explains
00:13:24explains the timing, although we we did know that there was a sort
00:13:27sort of testing process going on on since 2023. So something was in
00:13:31in the works. So are we talking about about something in space that could
00:13:34could do something like destroy a
00:13:35a satellite? What they've what they
00:13:39they haven't revealed is probably probably not that kind of capability. capability. We know that exists.
00:13:43exists. We have ground based interceptors, interceptors, but what the US is
00:13:46is talking about are probably things things like electronic warfare or
00:13:50or jamming abilities or spoofing
00:13:53spoofing abilities, possibly things things like what we call co-orbital
00:13:56co-orbital weapons, which you have have another satellite that's orbiting
00:13:59orbiting alongside another satellite satellite and could bang into it it or grapple with it or manoeuver
00:14:03manoeuver itself in some way to find find out more information. And is
00:14:07is nothing destructive? OK, nothing nothing destructive, but is it the the sort of thing that China also
00:14:10also has? Like, how much do we know know about China's space programme?
00:14:14programme? Well, we don't know necessarily. necessarily. I mean, it's not beyond beyond the bounds of possibility
00:14:18possibility that they could create create the same kind of ability, ability, you know, electronic warfare.
00:14:21warfare. We see that being waged waged from the ground by Russia,
00:14:24Russia, for instance, against Starlink
00:14:27Starlink to undermine the Ukrainian Ukrainian use of Starlink. So these
00:14:30these kind of capabilities exist. exist. Whether they've put them in
00:14:32in orbit is another question. China
00:14:35China also has a kind of space plane, plane, much the same as the American
00:14:39American X-37, which can do a number number of different things in orbit. orbit. So, you know, they certainly
00:14:43certainly have growing capabilities capabilities in this space domain.
00:14:46domain. And what about the Russians?
00:14:48Russians? Russia as well? I mean, mean, they've been actively using
00:14:52using these kind of capabilities, capabilities, jamming GPs. And we've we've seen a number of stories of,
00:14:56of, you know, commercial flights flights being disrupted by this,
00:14:58this, but specifically for military military purposes. And they've been
00:15:01been doing so over some time prior
00:15:04prior to the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine. Very again, whether they
00:15:07they have anything in space is another
00:15:09another question. There has been been persistent rumours, and I'm
00:15:13I'm always careful as to the credence credence I put in these rumours. rumours. But they're long standing
00:15:16standing of a Russian kind of nuclear nuclear explosive device that they
00:15:19they can put in space. And this would would have a sort of game changing
00:15:22changing effect that it would be be able to take out many numbers
00:15:26numbers of satellites, something something like Starlink, which is is very difficult to take out individual
00:15:29individual satellites and have any any effect on. Let's just take you
00:15:32you to the very latest pictures that
00:15:34that we've getting in from Bucharest,
00:15:37Bucharest, from Romania. And what
00:15:38what you can see here is a big crowd
00:15:42crowd and they are facing off against against riot police. As you can see
00:15:45see here, what we know about this
00:15:47this crowd, they are livestock farmers farmers and they've gathered in Victory
00:15:50Victory Square in the centre of Bucharest,
00:15:54Bucharest, voicing their concerns, concerns, their grievances over restrictions
00:15:57restrictions on sheep and goat exports
00:15:59exports and also unpaid compensation.
00:16:02compensation. So it's a big protest protest in Bucharest. These are live
00:16:05live pictures we're getting at the
00:16:07the moment as this crowd of farmers farmers particularly face off, as
00:16:11as you can see against riot police police in the middle of Bucharest
00:16:14Bucharest and Victory Square. So So we're keeping across this story
00:16:17story for you any developments, we we will bring them to you around
00:16:21around the world and across the UK.
00:17:24global streaming giants. That's all
00:17:25all on The Media Show on BBC News.
00:17:32News. Now and the United Nations Nations has described an influx of
00:17:35of refugees fleeing the fighting fighting in Yemen to Djibouti as
00:17:39as unexpected. More than 2000 crossing crossing the Red Sea since last Thursday.
00:17:43Thursday. Officials are warning that that thousands more could arrive
00:17:45arrive if the fighting continues. continues. This news comes as Bloomberg
00:17:49Bloomberg reports that Saudi Arabia Arabia has requested operational operational assistance from Britain.
00:17:52Britain. The military and diplomatic diplomatic support is to counter
00:17:56counter the Houthis advance, which which is happening right along Yemen's
00:17:58Yemen's Red Sea coast right now toward
00:18:01toward the strategic Bab al Mandab Mandab Strait, as well as to help
00:18:04help protect its oil infrastructure infrastructure from Houthi attacks.
00:18:07attacks. Richard Kagoe, our correspondent, correspondent, is following these
00:18:10these developments from Nairobi. Nairobi. Well, the UN in Djibouti
00:18:14Djibouti is saying that they are are currently overwhelmed by the
00:18:17the influx of refugees who are fleeing fleeing the fighting in Yemen, saying
00:18:21saying that they have so far received
00:18:25received about 2400. But the authorities authorities in Djibouti indicating
00:18:28indicating that there are thousands
00:18:31thousands more, about 3400 and more more are still coming. What they're
00:18:34they're saying is that the town of of Obock, which is literally on the
00:18:38the front line in terms of this response,
00:18:40response, is currently overwhelmed overwhelmed because you're having
00:18:44having majority of them who are children. children. They say that the children
00:18:47children on arrival are appear to
00:18:50to be stressed, also at the same
00:18:52same time, they appear to be very very tired and but there's a sense
00:18:56sense of relief from them. The fact fact that they have been able to
00:18:59to escape the war and successfully successfully navigated the waters
00:19:03waters across the Red Sea. So currently currently what they're doing is that
00:19:05that they're doing registration, registration, providing them with
00:19:08with water, with food and other supplies.
00:19:13supplies. Do they have what they they need in order to help these
00:19:16these people though, Richard. Because Because were there not already thousands
00:19:19thousands of refugees that the country country was having to host and deal
00:19:23deal with? Yeah, actually, that's
00:19:26that's the major concern by the authorities authorities in Djibouti as well as
00:19:30as aid partners, because currently
00:19:31currently Djibouti hosts nearly about
00:19:34about 36,000 refugees. So these are
00:19:35are largely displaced people from from Eritrea, from Somalia and also
00:19:39also Ethiopia. And it also includes
00:19:42includes asylum-seekers. So they're they're saying currently they are
00:19:45are stretched to capacity. And what what they're saying is that they're
00:19:49they're currently need about 3 million
00:19:50million USD for them to be able to
00:19:53to accommodate the current lot that that has just arrived in Djibouti.
00:19:56Djibouti. And also those that are are anticipated to be coming in the
00:19:59the coming days because we listen listen to the Unicef local representative
00:20:03representative in Djibouti, speaking speaking to the BBC earlier today
00:20:06today saying that they're expecting expecting anything between 5000 to
00:20:10to 10,000 new arrivals in the coming coming days if the fighting continues.
00:20:14continues. And what is the latest latest from Yemen itself, Richard,
00:20:17Richard, in terms of the Houthis
00:20:18Houthis advance along the Red Sea
00:20:22Sea coast? Well, there are fierce
00:20:25fierce fighting is continuing. What What we are hearing at the moment
00:20:29moment is that the Houthi militias
00:20:31militias have attacked the southern
00:20:34southern province of the Saudi kingdom.
00:20:37kingdom. About 13 people there have have been wounded. The reports also
00:20:40also of about three people, have
00:20:42have been killed in the southwestern
00:20:44southwestern province of Taiz from
00:20:47from Saudi air strikes. So the situation situation seems to be escalating.
00:20:51escalating. The Duke and Duchess Duchess of Sussex have pulled their
00:20:53their children out of their new school school in the UK, and it's just two
00:20:57two days into the term. A spokesperson spokesperson said the decision was
00:20:59was taken after a discussion with with the family's protection team
00:21:03team about the practicalities of of their original arrangements. The
00:21:05The children are now at another school school and it's understood that Prince
00:21:09Prince Harry's publicly funded security security is to be subject to a fresh
00:21:12fresh review. As Ellie Price reports.
00:21:16reports. It was the first glimpse glimpse into the new life of the
00:21:19the Sussex family. An Instagram video
00:21:21video posted by Meghan, Duchess of of Sussex showing five-year-old Lilibet
00:21:25Lilibet and seven-year-old Archie. Archie. Their faces hidden enjoying
00:21:28enjoying a trip out. But now a spokesperson spokesperson for the family has confirmed
00:21:31confirmed the children have had to to change schools. Just days into
00:21:35into the new school term. The locations locations of the schools were of
00:21:38of course kept private, but even even so, it's understood that there
00:21:41there were concerns from the family's family's security team about the
00:21:45the practicalities of their first first choice. Prince Harry and his
00:21:49his wife Meghan lost their publicly publicly funded security when they
00:21:52they stepped back from royal duties
00:21:53duties and moved to the US in January
00:21:56January 2020. The Duke of Sussex Sussex appealed that decision, made
00:21:59made by Ravec, an independent body body overseen by the Home Office.
00:22:02Office. In the court last May and and lost. For the time being. It's
00:22:06It's impossible for me to take my my family back to the UK. I can't
00:22:09can't see a world in which I would would be bringing my wife and children
00:22:13children back to the UK at this point. point. It's totally normal. But this
00:22:16this summer the family did come back back first on holiday where Harry
00:22:20Harry appeared at various charity charity events. And now for what's
00:22:23what's been described as an extended extended period of time. As a result,
00:22:26result, it's understood the Sussexes Sussexes will be given a review of
00:22:29of their publicly funded security
00:22:30security now that they are full-time
00:22:34full-time residents rather than visitors. visitors. The King has made clear clear the pair will not be working
00:22:38working royals and will not carry carry out official engagements. But
00:22:41But their security may yet be stepped stepped up as if they were Ellie
00:22:45Ellie Price. BBC News. Billed as as TV's biggest night, the Primetime
00:22:48Primetime Emmy Awards have been taking taking place in Los Angeles. Winners
00:22:52Winners so far include talk show show host Stephen Colbert, Allison
00:22:56Allison Janney you might remember remember her from The West Wing, Wing, making history with her eighth
00:23:00eighth award and Welsh actor Matthew Matthew Rhys making history with
00:23:03with wins in two lead actor categories.
00:23:05categories. David Willis is an Alia.
00:23:07Alia. Emmy winner and Law and Order
00:23:10Order star Mariska Hargitay got a
00:23:12a celebration of the best in television. television. Off to a high energy
00:23:15energy start. The Emmy. And the Emmy
00:23:20Emmy goes to Kate O'Flynn Widow's Widow's Bay. The first award of the
00:23:24the night going to Kate O'Flynn from from Greater Manchester for her role
00:23:28role as the awkward assistant Patricia Patricia in the quirky new comedy
00:23:31comedy Widow's Bay. Hello, my name
00:23:33name is Patricia. It's Patricia.
00:23:35Patricia. Thank you Katie and Hiro Hiro for trusting this Lancashire
00:23:38Lancashire lass to play a sassy broad
00:23:41broad like Patricia. And the Emmy
00:23:45Emmy goes to Matthew Rhys The Beast
00:23:48Beast In Me. Matthew Rhys is the the star of Widow's Bay, but his
00:23:51his history making moment was still still to come. His first award of
00:23:55of the night was for his role in
00:23:56in the Netflix miniseries The Beast
00:23:59Beast In Me. Don't Let Me Down. Matthew
00:24:02Matthew Rhys. His Emmy for Widow's
00:24:04Widow's Bay, made him the first actor
00:24:06actor to win two lead acting trophies trophies in a single night. He is
00:24:10is also the first performer in history history to have won the lead acting
00:24:14acting award in all three fields.
00:24:16fields. Limited series, drama and
00:24:18and now comedy. Sorry buddy. To the
00:24:22the great and good people of Wales Wales who were as much a nurture
00:24:25nurture as anyone else. We are a a small but mighty nation. This is
00:24:28is incredible. Thank you very much.
00:24:31much. Thank you, thank you. In his his native Welsh, Matthew Rhys crowned
00:24:34crowned Widow's Bay his rapid transformation
00:24:37transformation from quirky newcomer newcomer to mainstream hit. He plays
00:24:40plays the hapless mayor of a New New England town that he refuses
00:24:43refuses to believe is haunted. Apple
00:24:46Apple TV has commissioned a second
00:24:48second series for the fifth year year in a row. 75-year-old Jean Smart,
00:24:52Smart, the star of Hacks, was named
00:24:54named best comedy actress. Jean Smart
00:24:58Smart Hacks. The hospital drama The
00:25:00The Pitt went into these awards with
00:25:04with 25 Emmy nominations, collecting collecting his Best Dramatic Actor
00:25:06Actor award. Its star, Noah Wyle
00:25:09Wyle paid tribute to fellow contender
00:25:12contender Sir Gary Oldman. Mr Oldman,
00:25:13Oldman, I have to tell you I don't
00:25:16don't know that as an actor my age age that didn't look at Prick Up
00:25:18Up Your Ears and Sid and Nancy and and think that's the benchmark that
00:25:21that I want to hit one day in my my career. The leading award of the
00:25:25the night for Best Drama went to
00:25:27to The Pitt amid the fall in Hollywood
00:25:31Hollywood production and flight to to other less expensive corners of
00:25:34of the world, including the UK and
00:25:36and Canada. The success of The Pitt
00:25:38Pitt provides at least a crumb of
00:25:40of comfort. It was made not in Pittsburgh
00:25:43Pittsburgh but on a soundstage here here in Los Angeles, and it's already
00:25:46already been commissioned for a third
00:25:48third series. David Willis, BBC News
00:25:51News at the Emmys. All the winners winners on the BBC News website as
00:25:55as well. Do stay with us here on
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00:30:08BBC News. These are the latest headlines
00:30:16headlines from BBC News. The United United States confirms for the first
00:30:19first time its deployed space weapons. weapons. China urges the US to stop
00:30:23stop preparing for war in space. space. A drone is shot down over
00:30:27over European Union airspace by Nato
00:30:29Nato fighter jets. Lithuania's president president says such readiness is
00:30:33is vital as Russia intensifies its
00:30:35its aggression against Ukraine. Babies Babies could have been saved at the
00:30:38the British hospital, where child child killer Lucy Letby worked. That's
00:30:41That's according to an inquiry into into the crimes of the former nurse.
00:30:45nurse. Trains across large parts parts of the Netherlands grind to
00:30:47to a halt because of what authorities authorities suspect are co-ordinated
00:30:50co-ordinated acts of sabotage on on the tracks. Nairobi in Kenya is
00:30:54is to become the first African city
00:30:56city to host the World Athletics Athletics Championships, beating
00:30:59beating rival bids from London and
00:31:01and Rome for the 2029 event. And And horror comedy Widow's Bay is
00:31:05is the big winner at the TV Emmy
00:31:07Emmy Awards, taking home 14 at the
00:31:09the ceremony in Los Angeles. Hello,
00:31:19Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings, good to to have you with us. Both Ukraine Ukraine and Russia have continued
00:31:23continued their strikes on each other other overnight. Ships and a warehouse
00:31:26warehouse were struck in Odesa. These These images, showing firefighters
00:31:29firefighters tackling a fire at a a warehouse in the region after a
00:31:32a Russian strike. The Russian city city of Taganrog, also coming under
00:31:36under a large-scale Ukrainian drone drone attack. The head of Ukraine's
00:31:40Ukraine's state Post Office, meanwhile, meanwhile, has told the BBC Russia Russia is deliberately targeting
00:31:44targeting his branches and delivery
00:31:46delivery vans. Igor Smelyansky said
00:31:49said this was because his staff provided provided a lifeline for millions
00:31:52millions left isolated by the war. war. Our diplomatic correspondent correspondent James Landale has been
00:31:56been out on the road in Ukraine, Ukraine, meeting some of the most
00:31:59most men and women who deliver more
00:32:01more than just parcels. This is all
00:32:05all that's left of Katerina's Post
00:32:06Post Office. Widowed by war. Forced
00:32:09Forced from her home. It was in this
00:32:11this building she rebuilt her life
00:32:13life until March when a Russian drone drone struck, targeting soldiers
00:32:17soldiers who'd worked nearby. So
00:32:20So that was your desk? Yeah. From
00:32:24From here. For two years, she served
00:32:26served as the village postmistress. postmistress. It's a great picture
00:32:30picture for me to lose this room.
00:32:33room. This was your life. This was
00:32:34was your work? Yeah. Yeah, I didn't
00:32:40didn't visit this room. It is first
00:32:44first time. Today, Katerina's new
00:32:47new office is this van. One of thousands thousands of mobile branches providing
00:32:50providing vital services to people people on the margins of society.
00:32:54society. And they don't just deliver deliver parcels. Most here in this
00:32:58this village near Zaporizhzhia are
00:32:59are collecting pensions or paying
00:33:02paying bills. It's a long way for
00:33:04for us to travel to Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia, especially now at a
00:33:08a time when there are attacks all
00:33:10all around. They also deliver medicines
00:33:13medicines and food and something
00:33:16something more intangible. It's very
00:33:19very important. It's one of the few few joys of the month. You come out,
00:33:22out, have a chat with people, collect
00:33:24collect your pension and go home.
00:33:27home. For security, Katerina travels travels with Slava, who's armed,
00:33:30armed, and they go from home to home,
00:33:32home, helping those most in need.
00:33:34need. Where would you be without
00:33:37without Kate? We would be stuffed.
00:33:42stuffed. Ukraine is a vast rural rural country made up of thousands
00:33:45thousands of remote villages just just like this. And the Postal Service
00:33:48Service is part of the glue that that holds it all together. And for
00:33:52for these people, not too far from
00:33:54from the front line, this van can
00:33:57can be their last link to the Ukrainian Ukrainian state. What do you think
00:34:01think people here think about you?
00:34:04you? They proud of me. They love
00:34:09love me. They need me. But this is
00:34:16is dangerous work. Russia has destroyed destroyed hundreds of branches and
00:34:19and vans and more than 50 postmen postmen and women have lost their
00:34:23their lives. The region, plan B.
00:34:25B. The head of Ukrposhta told me me they were deliberately targeted
00:34:29targeted and he faced a daily decision decision about where to deploy his
00:34:32his teams. If we don't go, they don't don't have basic supplies, they don't
00:34:36don't have food, they don't have have medicine. I mean, people will
00:34:39will struggle. If we do go, they
00:34:42they may delay the decision to evacuate
00:34:45evacuate from the areas they probably probably should have evacuated. For
00:34:49For their safety. Katerina and Slava
00:34:50Slava have just one antenna to detect
00:34:53detect drones. Do you not feel scared?
00:34:55scared? No. Why not? It's my luck.
00:35:03luck. Yeah yeah. If I can't, who
00:35:09who will do my job? Ukraine's defence
00:35:11defence comes in many forms and it's
00:35:14it's not always delivered at the the barrel of a gun. James Landale,
00:35:17Landale, BBC News near Zaporizhzhia. Zaporizhzhia. Here in the UK, an
00:35:21an inquiry has found that some of of the deaths of babies murdered
00:35:24murdered by neonatal nurse Lucy Lepe Lepe could have been prevented if
00:35:28if safeguarding practices had been been followed. Letby was convicted
00:35:32convicted in 2023 of seven murders murders of babies and attempting
00:35:34attempting to murder seven more.
00:35:37more. Lady Justice Thirlwall's report report sets out 17 recommendations
00:35:41recommendations the NHS must take take to prevent, detect and act when
00:35:44when deliberate harm is suspected. suspected. Lauren Moss reports. The
00:35:47The offences of murder and attempted attempted murder have been identified
00:35:51identified and you have been identified identified as a suspect of these
00:35:54these offences. Lucy Letby, seen seen here on police body camera footage
00:35:57footage arrested at her home on suspicion suspicion of murdering vulnerable
00:36:01vulnerable babies on a neonatal hospital
00:36:04hospital ward in 2015 and 2016. I
00:36:05I was at a job that you enjoyed.
00:36:11enjoyed. She would go on to be convicted convicted of murdering seven babies
00:36:15babies and attempting to murder seven seven others, making her the UK's
00:36:19UK's most prolific child killer of of modern times. Now, the findings
00:36:22findings of an inquiry led by a senior senior judge looking into how Letby
00:36:26Letby was able to harm those in her
00:36:29her care, has found huge failures failures in the NHS trust where she
00:36:33she worked and that babies may have have lived if senior managers had
00:36:36had acted sooner. The report describes
00:36:39describes dysfunctional management management and governance, a gulf
00:36:42gulf between hospital leadership leadership and clinicians, and failure
00:36:46failure to understand the fundamentals
00:36:50fundamentals of safeguarding. Errors Errors were made by nurses, doctors
00:36:53doctors and managers at the time time of. These events. I've set these
00:36:57these out in the report and will
00:36:59will turn to this topic later. There
00:37:02There was also complete failure at
00:37:04at all levels to invoke safeguarding
00:37:07safeguarding procedures at any point.
00:37:09point. The inquiry has found there
00:37:11there was a complete failure to protect
00:37:14protect babies on the neonatal unit. unit. There was a failure to understand
00:37:18understand the fundamentals of safeguarding safeguarding and that parents of
00:37:21of the babies were kept in the dark dark for years over concerns that
00:37:25that their babies may have been deliberately
00:37:27deliberately harmed. It says the
00:37:29the NHS must take steps to prevent,
00:37:32prevent, detect and act when deliberate
00:37:35deliberate harm is suspected. The
00:37:37The inquiry hasn't reviewed Letby
00:37:39Letby convictions. Protesters campaigning
00:37:42campaigning about Libby's innocence innocence gathered outside Liverpool
00:37:44Liverpool town Hall ahead of the
00:37:47the inquiry's report. Her legal team team asked for the inquiry to be
00:37:50be paused while her case is looked looked at by the Criminal Cases Review
00:37:54Review Commission, but that was denied. denied. A group of medical experts
00:37:57experts have questioned the evidence.
00:37:58evidence. In summary, ladies and and gentlemen, we did not find any
00:38:02any murders. The inquiry found clinicians
00:38:05clinicians who raised concerns about about Letby were themselves made
00:38:08made the subject of investigation investigation and forced to apologise
00:38:11apologise to her. It also found lessons lessons from previous scandals, including
00:38:14including the Harold Shipman case,
00:38:16case, had not been learnt. Solicitors Solicitors representing some of the
00:38:20the families of the babies say the
00:38:22the inquiry, which started hearing hearing evidence two years ago, has
00:38:26has been traumatic. The legal reality reality is that Lucy Letby has been
00:38:29been convicted. We have these long,
00:38:31long, often long running and often
00:38:34often expensive inquiries and they're they're very important for learning
00:38:37learning lessons. But often the recommendations recommendations are never implemented
00:38:40implemented and it's a betrayal not not just of the people who've suffered
00:38:44suffered in these cases, families families like those I represent.
00:38:47represent. It's actually betrayal
00:38:49betrayal of the public. The inquiry
00:38:51inquiry makes 17 urgent recommendations. recommendations. Lady Justice Thirlwall
00:38:55Thirlwall says nothing like this
00:38:56this must ever be allowed to happen
00:38:59happen again. Lauren Moss there. there. Let's return now to this news
00:39:03news that Russia has called for weapons
00:39:05weapons to be kept out of space after after the US military confirmed for
00:39:08for the first time that it's deployed deployed weapons in Earth's orbit.
00:39:11orbit. It's believed to be the first
00:39:13first public acknowledgement by Washington Washington of such capabilities.
00:39:16capabilities. China also criticising criticising Washington's move, urging
00:39:20urging the US to stop preparing for
00:39:23for war in space. But why would the the US acknowledge this now? Our
00:39:26Our defence correspondent Jonathan Jonathan Beale explains. It's strange.
00:39:29strange. That China and Russia should
00:39:33should criticise the US for something something that the US already accuses accuses them of. In other words,
00:39:37words, they say the US that both
00:39:39both Russia and China have tested tested weapons in space. But I think
00:39:43think I went to the US Space Force
00:39:46Force in Colorado last year and they
00:39:48they made clear that they were going
00:39:50going to defend their interests in in space, and that signalled that
00:39:54that they were going to use some
00:39:57some kind of weapon. And now we have have confirmation that they have
00:40:00have used weapon. Now the question, question, I guess, is what was the
00:40:04the weapon? So if you look at the the range of threats in space that
00:40:07that the US Space Force lists, it
00:40:10it is communications jamming of satellites,
00:40:14satellites, lasers down to grappling
00:40:16grappling hooks to manoeuver satellites
00:40:18satellites out of orbit, down to
00:40:22to using weapons essentially missiles
00:40:25missiles from the ground to space space to destroy satellite, which
00:40:28which China has carried out a test test of, according to the US. And
00:40:31And then Russia itself firing a projectile
00:40:33projectile from one satellite. And And again getting the condemnation
00:40:37condemnation of the US and other other countries, including the UK.
00:40:40UK. So I think that there are lots
00:40:42lots of potential. And it is you
00:40:44you know, for most of us it should should be concerning because we use
00:40:48use space every day in terms of communications,
00:40:52communications, internet banking, banking, transfers, and there is is the potential to take out satellites.
00:40:56satellites. Does it feel like an an important sort of threshold has has been crossed, though, with this
00:40:59this kind of acknowledgement? I think think it has. I think that, you know,
00:41:03know, there was I think when I went went to US briefings about five years
00:41:06years ago, the emphasis was on the the importance of the peaceful use
00:41:10use of space. And now I think everybody
00:41:12everybody accepts that, you know, know, they need to defend what they they have in space. And remember,
00:41:16remember, there are about 18,000
00:41:1818,000 satellites, functioning satellites satellites in space and they are
00:41:22are taking steps. These big countries.
00:41:26countries. So I'd say China, which which is as far as the US is concerned,
00:41:29concerned, the pacing challenge Russia
00:41:31Russia and now the US to protect protect their own satellites, which
00:41:35which they need for fighting wars wars on the ground as well as in.
00:41:38in. How vulnerable would a military military be if its satellites were
00:41:41were taken out of action? I mean, mean, it would be catastrophic. I
00:41:45I mean, if you think about all those those aircraft that have been flying
00:41:48flying those long range bombing missions
00:41:51missions from the US to hit Iran,
00:41:54Iran, the weapons themselves that that are being used sometimes have
00:41:58have GPs, sometimes they have other other systems to guide them. But
00:42:02But space is pretty much. And US US Space Force has been active on
00:42:05on the ground in Iran. They're the the ones to detect the launch of
00:42:09of Iranian ballistic missiles, for
00:42:11for example. So if you did take out
00:42:15out a country's capabilities, satellites satellites in space, its guidance guidance systems and there are lots
00:42:19lots of military satellites up there, there, they would be in an awful
00:42:22awful lot of bother. Jonathan Beale Beale there around the world and
00:42:26and across the UK.
00:43:29adventure is far from offline. The
00:43:30The Travel Show on BBC iPlayer. Train
00:43:37Train travel across large parts of of the Netherlands has ground to
00:43:40to a standstill. Hours before the the ceremonial state opening of Parliament,
00:43:44Parliament, services in central and and eastern parts of the country
00:43:46country are suffering from severe severe disruption, and authorities
00:43:50authorities suspect this was a co-ordinated co-ordinated act of sabotage. So
00:43:53So what do we know? Let's take you you to our Europe correspondent Nick
00:43:56Nick Beake, who joins us now from
00:43:58from Brussels. What's going on in in terms of the disruption? Firstly,
00:44:02Firstly, Nick. Hi, Lucy. Yes, mainly
00:44:05mainly in the north and the east east of the country where the disruption
00:44:08disruption has been seen from early early this morning, it has to be be said. And the information we've
00:44:12we've got is from the Dutch rail rail operator saying that they're
00:44:16they're thinking that this is a co-ordinated
00:44:18co-ordinated act of sabotage. They're
00:44:21They're talking about around 30 spots,
00:44:23spots, mainly in rural locations. locations. These are places where
00:44:26where it seems that someone has attached attached some sort of tube or pipe
00:44:30pipe to the track. And the problem problem is that the computer system
00:44:34system detects this as being a part part of the track that's occupied.
00:44:37occupied. So in other words, the the computer thinks that there is
00:44:41is some sort of train there at the the moment. So that kicks into place
00:44:44place a red light. And so you get
00:44:47get all this disruption along the
00:44:49the tracks. And we've seen this today,
00:44:51today, lots of cancellations, lots lots of problems. The big question
00:44:54question I guess, Lucy, is who is is behind this. And we don't have
00:44:57have an answer to that. We know that
00:44:59that the various authorities, the
00:45:02the police prosecutors also intelligence intelligence agencies in the Netherlands
00:45:05Netherlands are looking into this. this. One thing to say, though, this
00:45:09this is the Dutch equivalent of the the state opening of Parliament.
00:45:12Parliament. It's when the King gives gives a speech, the government sets
00:45:14sets out its budget for the next
00:45:17next year and farmers had said that that they were going to protest in
00:45:20in some way today. They haven't said said that they're behind this, but
00:45:23but certainly lots of people, lots lots of groups in the Netherlands Netherlands unhappy about the budget
00:45:27budget for the year ahead. And so so that will certainly be one line
00:45:30line of inquiry that the authorities authorities will be looking at. And And like I say, there's also a few
00:45:34few problems on the roads because because some level crossings have have been shut. But what about access
00:45:38access to some of the big airports?
00:45:40airports? What about where you are are in Belgium? Any problems there?
00:45:43there? Has there been a spill-over spill-over effect? Well, I was having
00:45:46having a look a short time ago. Lucy,
00:45:49Lucy, to see whether there was wider wider disruption. I think some international
00:45:53international services to Germany Germany were certainly affected earlier. earlier. But looking at the latest
00:45:56latest from Eurostar, there doesn't doesn't seem to be any particular
00:45:59particular problem there. So for
00:46:01for now it appears to be confined confined to the Netherlands. As you
00:46:04you say, there were some problems problems on the roads because signal
00:46:08signal crossings were affected by by this because of the computer detecting
00:46:12detecting that there were things things on the line when actually actually there weren't. Also we did
00:46:16did see some fires that were started started and it seems that these were
00:46:19were bales of hay in certain parts parts of the country. So there was
00:46:23was smoke that was drifting across across onto highways, onto motorways,
00:46:26motorways, which were stopping traffic. traffic. The latest I've just seen
00:46:28seen is that the roads are now clear clear once again, but we had a quick
00:46:32quick chat with the rail operator operator and they say the disruption
00:46:35disruption is ongoing. Although they're
00:46:37they're trying to clear this as soon soon as possible. But of course it
00:46:41it takes some time to do that. All All the while investigators are looking
00:46:43looking into who may have been behind behind this. Nick, thank you so much.
00:46:47much. A number of people in Japan
00:46:49Japan who are aged 100 or older has
00:46:53has surpassed 100,000 for the first
00:46:54first time. Nearly 90% of the centenarians
00:46:57centenarians are women with the oldest
00:47:01oldest person being 114 years old. old. She's a woman from Kyoto. When
00:47:04When Japan's Ministry of Health first
00:47:06first began collecting data on centenarians
00:47:09centenarians in 1963, there were were only 153 of them in the country.
00:47:13country. So let's speak now to Doctor Doctor Saul Newman, a research fellow
00:47:15fellow at the Oxford Institute of of Population Ageing. He also authored
00:47:19authored the book Morbid Debunking
00:47:21Debunking Modern Longevity Science. Science. So you've got all the answers
00:47:25answers for us, I hope. What are are they doing in Japan in particular?
00:47:29particular? That means that they're they're living for longer. Saul.
00:47:32Saul. I think this is a very curious curious because 20 years ago the
00:47:35the exact same ministry more than than 20 years ago announced the exact
00:47:38exact same thing that they had got
00:47:42got over 100,000 living centenarians.
00:47:44centenarians. Now, in 2010, it turned turned out that 82% of those people
00:47:47people were actually dead, even though though even though they were claimed
00:47:50claimed to be alive by the ministry,
00:47:53ministry, they were ghosts in a filing filing cabinet. And yet now, even
00:47:57even though we have no new methods methods of detecting these, exactly
00:48:00exactly the same kind of error, we're
00:48:02we're in the same place again. So
00:48:05So the short answer is there is no
00:48:07no secret because the data are incredibly
00:48:12incredibly unreliable the methods methods haven't changed and we still
00:48:15still cannot detect these sort of of basic errors that occur in age
00:48:18age validation. What would be the the reason behind this? Do we know
00:48:21know that they would be fabricating fabricating this? Well, it's not
00:48:25not necessarily fabricating. I mean
00:48:26mean if nobody reports your death,
00:48:29death, you can't do it. You know,
00:48:31know, it's oh, and in Japan you have
00:48:34have this remarkable system called called the Koseki system, where households
00:48:37households and the head of the household household needs to report a death.
00:48:41death. So if you have a system like like this, you often end up with
00:48:44with a shambles where people are
00:48:47are long dead, but they're kept alive alive in filing cabinets. There's
00:48:51There's even a word in Japanese for
00:48:53for this kodokushi where people die die and not discovered to be dead
00:48:56dead for a long time and they remain
00:48:59remain alive and often over the age
00:49:01age of 100. I do think, though, that
00:49:05that on the whole, people imagine
00:49:07imagine or believe that the Japanese
00:49:09Japanese are healthier live a better
00:49:13better life, meditate, you know, know, do all these different things,
00:49:17things, particularly with their diets diets that mean that they live on
00:49:19on average. Is that true? It's true. true. Yes. On average this is true.
00:49:23true. I mean, they have excellent
00:49:26excellent average lifespans. It's It's really at this sort of nice
00:49:30nice round figures at the margins margins where we go wrong because
00:49:33because the odds of having bad paperwork paperwork are far better than the
00:49:36the odds of reaching age 100. And
00:49:39And again, the Japanese Ministry
00:49:41Ministry of Health dramatically demonstrated demonstrated this when they investigated
00:49:45investigated whether or not 280 odd
00:49:48odd thousand people were alive. It It was slightly less. And they discovered
00:49:52discovered that 230 000 people, at at least were dead. You know, they
00:49:54they had these people alive on the
00:49:56the record books, but they were they
00:49:59they were gone. So so what do we we know? Are there things, though,
00:50:01though, that help us live longer?
00:50:04longer? This is very simple. I mean, mean, talk to your doctor, do some
00:50:07some exercise. Don't drink, don't
00:50:08don't smoke. You know, there are
00:50:11are some societal level helpers, helpers, you know, having lots of
00:50:15of money and free healthcare. Really
00:50:17Really the key. But beyond that, that, you know, if you look at these
00:50:21these edge cases, these extreme outliers, outliers, you don't get any more
00:50:24more information. And often it's it's highly counterproductive. So
00:50:27So what about diet? That's always always cited as being a very big
00:50:30big one. I think diet is really curious.
00:50:34curious. I think it's not clear to
00:50:36to me I'm not a dietician, but you you get an extraordinary diversity
00:50:40diversity of answers, let's put it it that way. Some you know, the ones
00:50:43ones I would go with would be the the sort of solid, reliable professionals
00:50:47professionals who say some more vegetables. vegetables. But beyond that, I can't
00:50:51can't really comment. OK, doctor doctor Saul Newman, interesting to to talk to you. Thanks so much for
00:50:55for joining us. Lots more to come. come. I hope you can stay with us
00:50:58us here on BBC News.
00:51:21in association with Turkish Airlines.
00:51:25Airlines. I'm travelling through through Japan, going off the beaten
00:51:28beaten track to find out what makes
00:51:30makes this country unique. This is
00:51:33is ultimate Japan. This time I visit
00:51:38visit Toba in the South to witness witness the ultimate Japanese fishing
00:51:41fishing tradition. I'm on a small
00:51:44small island in an area called Toba,
00:51:46Toba, which is home to one of Japan's
00:51:48Japan's most unusual communities communities a group, mostly women
00:51:52women who over generations have forged forged a really tight bond with both
00:51:56both the sea and nature generally.
00:52:05generally. AMA are iconic Japanese
00:52:08Japanese freedivers who collect seafood, seafood, seaweed and even pearls
00:52:11pearls from the sea floor. Almost
00:52:14Almost all AMA are women, and many
00:52:16many keep diving until their 70s.
00:52:1870s. 80s and even 90s diving without
00:52:23without oxygen in their traditional traditional white outfits. It's a a centuries old way of life that's
00:52:27that's been passed down through generations,
00:52:30generations, but today's divers under under threat from all the pressures
00:52:34pressures of modernity, are having having to adapt. Like here, displaying
00:52:37displaying their skills for tourists.
00:52:42tourists. Talbi what is this show
00:52:45show about? Amazon. I. Uno. Simon
00:52:54Simon King. Which do you prefer getting
00:52:58getting real fish or would you like like doing this and performing to
00:53:02to tourists. Or not? No I. It's kind
00:53:11kind of ironic because for a long
00:53:12long time Japan was a homogenous homogenous and quite inward looking
00:53:16looking society. But it's outsiders,
00:53:20outsiders, tourists who are now providing providing a major industry here.
00:53:22here. But rest assured elsewhere elsewhere there is still some genuine
00:53:26genuine AMA diving going on a few
00:53:29few miles along the shore in Asatsu Asatsu I meet some divers who are
00:53:33are still making a living from this
00:53:34this traditional form of fishing.
00:53:40fishing. Abha he Abha so they. MUSIC
00:53:52MUSIC Aizawa
00:53:54Aizawa Umi Asa yukimasu so I don't
00:53:59don't know. Oyo State what more.
00:54:10more. I. Know that. Yet these AMA
00:54:18AMA still need to supplement their their income by preparing meals for.
00:54:21for. Well, people like me. How is
00:54:25is it different now diving to when
00:54:28when you first started doing it?
00:54:37it? Solheim Cup. And why do you think
00:54:42think that is? Do you think AMA diving
00:54:46diving will carry on? I know. MUSIC
00:55:04MUSIC Even Even having spent just a few hours hours with these charming ladies
00:55:07ladies has made me realise that the the traditional old ways aren't just
00:55:11just romantic. They actually offer offer a viable way of life for the
00:55:15the next generation. It was really really interesting to learn that that people are coming back here
00:55:19here to actually live and work as
00:55:21as AMA divers. Maybe it's just very
00:55:24very Japanese. The past is also the
00:55:28the future.
00:55:40in association with Turkish
00:59:20I was on air when the London seven over seven attacks happened.
00:59:24happened. That day was different different because of the sheer volume
00:59:27volume of information we were grappling grappling with in real time. We couldn't
00:59:30couldn't let the desperation for for news influence our reporting
00:59:34reporting or be overwhelmed by the the magnitude of what we were witnessing.
00:59:37witnessing. Today, as we wade through through endless waves of misinformation,
00:59:41misinformation, it's vital that we we don't just ask the questions.
00:59:45questions. We question the answers. answers. I'm Matthew Amroliwala on
00:59:48on Verified Live for BBC News.
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