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00:00:15MUSIC These These are the latest headlines from from BBC News. The government plans
00:00:19plans cot camps in baby wards after after an inquiry into Nurse Lucy
00:00:23Lucy Letby, who murdered seven children, children, found that lives could
00:00:26could have been saved. China warns
00:00:29warns against turning outer space space into a battlefield, as the
00:00:31the US confirms for the first time
00:00:34time its deployed space weapons.
00:00:36weapons. The EU chief hits out at at Russia's reckless and dangerous
00:00:40dangerous behaviour after a drone drone is shot down over European
00:00:43European Union airspace by Nato fighter
00:00:46fighter jets. Prince Harry and Meghan's Meghan's police protection is being
00:00:50being reviewed as they change their their children's school. Just two
00:00:53two days into the new term over security
00:00:57security concerns Nairobi in Kenya Kenya has become the first African
00:00:59African city to host the World Athletics Athletics Championships, beating
00:01:03beating bids from London and Rome
00:01:06Rome for the 2029 event. And horror
00:01:08horror comedy Widow's Bay is the the big winner at the TV Emmy Awards,
00:01:12Awards, taking home a record 14.
00:01:2214. So let's turn to one of those those headlines. China has warned
00:01:25warned against turning outer space space into a battlefield, and Russia
00:01:28Russia has called for weapons to to be kept out of space after the
00:01:32the US military confirmed that it's it's deployed weapons in Earth's
00:01:34Earth's orbit. It's believed to be be the first public acknowledgement
00:01:38acknowledgement by Washington of of such capabilities, though analysts
00:01:41analysts say it confirms an open open secret. US officials say weapons
00:01:44weapons are already in operation
00:01:46operation and capable of defending defending American assets. Well,
00:01:50Well, our White House correspondent correspondent Bernd Debusmann and
00:01:53and our defence correspondent Jonathan Jonathan Beale gave their assessments
00:01:56assessments of this move. Well, about about the actual weapon itself, we
00:01:59we know very little. In remarks yesterday, yesterday, the Secretary of the Air
00:02:02Air Force, Troy Mink, openly admitted admitted that there is an on orbit
00:02:06orbit weapon, but he didn't reveal reveal anything about its capabilities, capabilities, how long it's been
00:02:10been in orbit or what exactly it's
00:02:12it's intended to do. He did say,
00:02:14say, however, that unnamed adversaries adversaries had already attempted
00:02:18attempted to disrupt US satellites, satellites, which are used for command
00:02:21command and control and connecting connecting units in the field with
00:02:24with their commanders, possibly even even as far back as the United States.
00:02:28States. It's strange that China and
00:02:31and Russia should criticise the US US for something that the US already
00:02:35already accuses them of. In other other words, they say the US that
00:02:39that both Russia and China have tested tested weapons in space. But I think
00:02:43think I went to the US Space Force
00:02:45Force in Colorado last year, and
00:02:47and they made clear that they were
00:02:49were going to defend their interests interests in space, and that signalled
00:02:53signalled that they were going to
00:02:55to use some kind of weapon. And now
00:02:58now we have confirmation that they they have used weapon. Now the question,
00:03:01question, I guess, is what was the
00:03:03the weapon? Well, let's speak to to Kari Bingen, who's director of
00:03:07of the Aerospace Security Project Project at the centre for Strategic Strategic and International Studies.
00:03:11Studies. She served as US deputy deputy undersecretary for Defence
00:03:14Defence and intelligence and security
00:03:16security in the Trump administration
00:03:18administration between 2017 and 2020. 2020. Welcome here to BBC News and
00:03:22and the programme. What do you make
00:03:25make of this official acknowledgement acknowledgement from Washington? Washington? Well, thanks for having
00:03:28having me on. You know, for someone someone that tracks this, the announcement
00:03:32announcement doesn't surprise me. me. The United States has long had
00:03:35had what we call a space control
00:03:37control mission. But in recent years, years, senior defence leaders are
00:03:41are more openly discussing the growing
00:03:43growing threat that you highlighted highlighted space weapons and warfighting
00:03:46warfighting in space and greater greater investments in this area.
00:03:49area. But it does appear to be the the first such public acknowledgement
00:03:52acknowledgement by a senior government government official. So I can see see where it would be a surprise
00:03:56surprise to folks if they're not not tracking this. Give me a sort
00:03:59sort of idea because they haven't haven't been specific about this.
00:04:02this. Give me the sort of idea of
00:04:04of the types of weapons we are actually
00:04:07actually potentially talking about. about. And I would say having served
00:04:11served in those types of senior seats, seats, those statements, those words
00:04:15words are chosen very carefully and
00:04:18and very deliberately. So the term term on orbit was used. So this is
00:04:22is a some sort of space weapon or or weapons that are orbiting the
00:04:26the earth versus land based weapons weapons like a GPs or Starlink jammer
00:04:30jammer that we're seeing in Ukraine, Ukraine, or a missile that would would be launched from the ground
00:04:34ground against a satellite. We won't
00:04:36won't know the specifics on how, how, but let's look at basic physics.
00:04:40physics. There could be a range of
00:04:41of options that are employed. Anything
00:04:45Anything from a kinetic kill mechanism,
00:04:47mechanism, say, ramming a space weapon weapon or a spacecraft into another
00:04:51another spacecraft. Perhaps you release release pellets or something non
00:04:54non kinetic and even what we call call reversible. So a jammer where
00:04:58where you're jamming a signal from from one satellite to another satellite,
00:05:01satellite, you're using a laser weapon
00:05:03weapon to affect another satellite. satellite. So there are several different
00:05:07different modes. The thing I'd also also though be sensitive to here
00:05:10here is just a reminder of the physics
00:05:12physics of space. And so any weapon
00:05:15weapon that is used these planners, planners, I believe will be careful
00:05:19careful about the creation of debris. debris. You do not want to create
00:05:23create a lot of debris in these orbits orbits where other satellites will
00:05:26will be passing through. The Chinese,
00:05:28Chinese, the Russians to have talked
00:05:30talked about and warned the US against
00:05:32against starting a sort of space
00:05:34space arms race in effect. Is that
00:05:36that warning already out of date?
00:05:41date? I did not hear Secretary Ming's Ming's speech. I read it afterwards,
00:05:45afterwards, but he talked quite a
00:05:47a bit about the threat. And so China
00:05:49China and Russia have been building, building, testing and deploying space
00:05:53space weapons or ways to attack our
00:05:55our satellites for a long time. Go
00:05:59Go back to 2007 when China tested tested a direct ascent anti-satellite anti-satellite missile, so shot a
00:06:02a missile at one of their satellites satellites and created debris that
00:06:05that will be on orbit for decades. decades. But what we've seen in the
00:06:08the last couple of years, China,
00:06:11China, for example, one of our senior senior Space Force generals had had
00:06:15had described China's activities activities in space as dog fighting.
00:06:18fighting. So several satellites working
00:06:20working together on synchronised synchronised manoeuvres, close approaches
00:06:24approaches to other satellites in in lower orbit all the way up to
00:06:27to higher orbits, releasing objects objects from their space plane. The
00:06:30The Russians as well. Last year in
00:06:33in 2025, they tested something called called a nesting doll. Or think of
00:06:36of it like a matryoshka doll, where
00:06:38where one satellite released another another object more recently the
00:06:42the spring, the commander of US Space Space Command. So the operational
00:06:46operational command for planning planning and conducting operations operations in space publicly said
00:06:49said that Russia is deploying space
00:06:52space weapons and testing them near near our satellites. And you may
00:06:55may remember from a few years ago,
00:06:57ago, Russia is what was. Believed
00:07:02Believed to be developing a nuclear nuclear anti-satellite weapon that
00:07:05that would sit in orbit like a mine
00:07:08mine and detonate at a time and place place of their choosing, creating
00:07:11creating a nuclear highly radioactive
00:07:14radioactive environment for entire entire swaths of Earth's orbit. So
00:07:17So you're saying the Russians, the
00:07:19the Chinese, they're already doing doing exactly what the Americans Americans are now venturing into.
00:07:23into. A final question, because Donald Donald Trump, of course, created
00:07:26created the US Space Force in 2019.
00:07:292019. And that was the first new
00:07:30new branch of the US military in
00:07:33in what, 70 years? Do we know at
00:07:35at all any sort of headline cost
00:07:38cost of what we're talking about, about, this new venture into space,
00:07:40space, these sorts of weapons? What What is the price tag for all of
00:07:43of that? Do we know? It's a great
00:07:46great question. We don't. And this
00:07:49this area of the defence budget is is usually kept at a very highly
00:07:53highly classified level so that our our adversaries don't get that information
00:07:56information or those descriptions descriptions to reverse engineer
00:07:59engineer what we're building, how how good it is, etc if I can also
00:08:03also just make one other point though,
00:08:05though, is we are seeing our adversaries adversaries increasingly use their
00:08:08their own satellites to target our our forces and our bases on the ground.
00:08:12ground. We're seeing it in the Middle Middle East, where there have been
00:08:15been reports of China supplying satellite satellite imagery to Iran to target
00:08:19target US bases. So you think about about other domains. Would we allow
00:08:22allow drones to fly overhead unimpeded unimpeded to target our forces, or
00:08:26or would we allow our adversaries adversaries to hold the highest ridgeline?
00:08:29ridgeline? We wouldn't. And so we're we're thinking about these types
00:08:32types of concepts in the space domain
00:08:34domain as well, and not allowing
00:08:36allowing our adversaries unfettered unfettered access to satellites that
00:08:40that would take images of our forces. forces. And then later on target
00:08:43target them. Kari Bingen it's been been absolutely fascinating talking talking to you. So thanks so much
00:08:47much for joining us on today's show.
00:08:49show. My pleasure. Thank you. Now
00:08:52Now the price of oil has risen sharply sharply over the past few days, with
00:08:55with Brent crude currently trading trading at levels not seen since
00:08:59since May. It follows those fresh fresh attacks on Saudi Arabian oil
00:09:02oil infrastructure and on shipping shipping in the Middle East, heightening
00:09:06heightening concerns about supply. supply. Saudi Arabia shut down its
00:09:09its east west pipeline to the Red
00:09:11Red Sea after it was damaged by drones drones fired from Iraqi territory.
00:09:15territory. The shutdown threatens threatens up to 4% of global oil
00:09:18oil supplies the route had allowed
00:09:20allowed Saudi Arabia to circumvent
00:09:22circumvent the Strait of Hormuz, Hormuz, blocked by Iran. Well, with
00:09:25with me is Thomas Copeland from BBC
00:09:28BBC Verify. So Thomas, all of this
00:09:31this revolves around the latest Houthi Houthi action in the Middle East.
00:09:34East. So tell us more about this
00:09:37this pipeline, the assessment around around that and the damage done to to that. You've said it there. We've
00:09:41We've been looking at the damage damage that has been done to this this pipeline. It's an increasingly
00:09:44increasingly important pipeline for for Saudi Arabia, pumping oil away
00:09:47away from the Strait of Hormuz over over to the Red Sea. The satellite satellite images, they should be
00:09:50be on your screen in front of you. you. Now they appear to show charred,
00:09:54charred, burnt, demolished elements elements of this large pumping station
00:09:57station along the pipeline. We've We've been speaking to experts who who say that the Saudis might take
00:10:01take up to six weeks to fully repair repair that pipeline. That's going
00:10:03going to have a big impact on global global supply. We've been you mentioned
00:10:07mentioned the 4% figure there 4% 4% impact on global supply. Brent
00:10:11Brent crude spiked on Friday after after that strike, and then it's
00:10:14it's still trending over $100 a barrel. barrel. Now all of this, experts
00:10:18experts say has exposed partly a a weakness in the Saudi strategy
00:10:21strategy they had tried to avoid avoid putting oil through the Strait
00:10:24Strait of Hormuz because of the influence influence of Iran there. But a large
00:10:27large pipeline moving all across across your country is a sitting sitting duck target. Experts have
00:10:31have told us it is long. It is above above ground. It is hard to defend
00:10:35defend in this case, the Saudis say say that this was a drone attack
00:10:37attack that came from Iraq, from from Iran backed proxies in Iraq.
00:10:41Iraq. But it is a similar strategy strategy that we're seeing from the the Houthis, another Iran backed
00:10:44backed proxy in Yemen. They have have been striking oil refinery facilities.
00:10:47facilities. For example, in Jizan, Jizan, a Saudi city. You can see
00:10:50see some of that damage on your screen screen as well here from earlier earlier in the month, destroyed oil
00:10:54oil tanks that are forced that refineries
00:10:57refineries closure and that refinery refinery hit again this week by the
00:11:00the Houthis. Tell me more then, about about the strikes between the Houthis
00:11:04Houthis and Saudi Arabia, because because that has been going on for
00:11:06for such a while in terms of that
00:11:09that wider conflict. But the Houthis Houthis making massive progress in
00:11:12in the last week or so, grabbing grabbing the coastline of the Red
00:11:15Red Sea. Yeah. This is the other other part of this puzzle, right. right. So the Houthis have seized
00:11:18seized huge amounts of territory territory along the west coast of of Yemen that has given them greater
00:11:22greater access to the Red Sea than than ever before and to the Saudi
00:11:26Saudi linked ships that are in there. there. The Houthis have had this
00:11:28this what they call a blockade of
00:11:30of Saudi ports for a number of months months now in place. This new territory
00:11:34territory that they have will give give them greater access to those
00:11:36those ships. If it is the case that that Saudi Arabia is forced to ship
00:11:40ship all of its oil instead of through through the Bab al Mandab Strait
00:11:43Strait of the south of the Red Sea Sea up through the Suez Canal, all
00:11:45all the way around Africa to get get to these refineries in Asia,
00:11:48Asia, that's going to send oil prices prices up. And even for ships that
00:11:51that aren't linked to Saudi Arabia, Arabia, experts say to us ship ownership
00:11:55ownership companies, they're really really worried. They're worried about about miscommunication and they're
00:11:58they're worried about maybe in the the future. The Houthis targets changing
00:12:00changing as well. Well, tell us more
00:12:04more because there is obviously, obviously, as you're outlining huge
00:12:06huge pressure on Saudi oil production, production, but you production but
00:12:09but you have these two giant choke
00:12:11choke points. Now in terms of the
00:12:14the impacts, the longer impacts on on reserves, all of that, where are
00:12:17are we with global oil markets? Well, Well, we've spoken to experts who've
00:12:20who've said that it is the case that that if it weren't for the choke
00:12:23choke point in the Strait of Hormuz, Hormuz, you know, the international international and global oil markets
00:12:27markets could probably absorb some some of the blow of an increasingly
00:12:31increasingly restricted Bab el. About About 15% of global trade goes through
00:12:35through there. But because you have have this choke point in the Strait
00:12:38Strait of Hormuz, more oil is getting getting through there than we have have seen earlier on in this conflict,
00:12:42conflict, but still nowhere near near the levels that we were seeing seeing before the conflict began.
00:12:46began. All of that means that there's there's simply less slack in the
00:12:49the system than there was before, before, and that's going to have have an impact on oil prices. And
00:12:52And that means goods, services, product, product, international trade. Thomas,
00:12:56Thomas, thanks for taking us through through all of that. And you say
00:12:59say about the impacts I was reading reading only a bit earlier in terms
00:13:02terms of petrol prices in this country
00:13:05country spiking today. So all of
00:13:08of that global pressure already filtering filtering through into various market
00:13:12market places. Well, here we've also also seen the publication today of
00:13:15of wage growth data, which means means the total state pension is
00:13:19is likely to top 1300 £0 a year. year. Well wage growth figures are
00:13:23are used in the so-called triple triple lock. The calculation used
00:13:27used for the state pension, which which has come under such scrutiny
00:13:30scrutiny because of the cost. Well, Well, our deputy economics editor, editor, Dharshini David explains
00:13:34explains how they get to that 13,000
00:13:3813,000 figure and the implications. implications. Well, first of all, all, we should say this is not a
00:13:41a rise that is set in stone by any any means before anyone starts cracking cracking open the bubbly. And as
00:13:45as you say, this has all come about about because of that monthly jobs
00:13:48jobs and wages report we tell you you about every month. And what we've
00:13:51we've seen there, I'm afraid to say say as well no reason for job seekers
00:13:55seekers to start celebrating just
00:13:57just yet. The unemployment rate stayed
00:13:59stayed at 4.9%. But we also saw was was that there were fewer vacancies
00:14:03vacancies and also the number of
00:14:05of employees was down somewhat. But
00:14:07But if you are in work, wage growth
00:14:10growth staying pretty static 3.5%. 3.5%. So ahead of inflation, that
00:14:14that is good news for some. There's There's another measure of wage inflation
00:14:17inflation which includes bonuses bonuses that rose by 3.9%. And it
00:14:21it is that which forms part of what what is known as the triple lock
00:14:24lock formula, which is used normally normally to uprate the state pension.
00:14:28pension. So it's the highest of that that inflation and 2.5%. And we think
00:14:31think it's likely to be this figure.
00:14:33figure. And that's where that 1300
00:14:361300 £0 figure comes from. If you
00:14:38you are on the full new state pension, pension, there are other lower rates
00:14:41rates as well. But it all depends. depends. The figures could be revised
00:14:44revised and we do need the government government to give the green light light to this kind of rise, which
00:14:48which may not happen for some time. time. As you say, they have confirmed
00:14:51confirmed that if the state pension
00:14:52pension rise goes above the tax free free allowance, they will let people
00:14:56people off if they're not earning earning other sources of income whatsoever.
00:14:59whatsoever. But there are wider questions questions around this because don't
00:15:02don't forget the cost of providing
00:15:04providing this state pension, which which has been really helpful in
00:15:07in lifting pensioners out of poverty, poverty, is getting quite expensive
00:15:11expensive for the state. It is far far more expensive than had been
00:15:14been predicted right at the beginning. beginning. And as those billions
00:15:17billions mount up over £150 billion billion this year alone, questions questions are being asked whether
00:15:21whether that means there's less cash cash for the Chancellor to use. For
00:15:25For example, for other spending decisions. decisions. This debate is going to
00:15:28to run and run. That was Dharshini Dharshini David. We're going to take take a short break around the world
00:15:33world and across the UK. You are
00:16:38Martin Sharkey I'll take now on BBC
00:16:38BBC News. Welcome back. Now when
00:16:46when Caroline Ainslie, a former nurse, nurse, was diagnosed with stage four
00:16:49four ovarian cancer in March, she
00:16:51she was told it was inoperable. But But after being invited to try a
00:16:55a pioneering new treatment, she is is now cancer free. She's been talking
00:16:59talking to Alastair V. I just thought
00:17:03thought that that was it. I was a a goner, I was going to die and I
00:17:07I wasn't going to have very much much life left. I thought I would
00:17:09would be dead within a year. Six
00:17:12Six months ago, Caroline was given given a diagnosis that couldn't have
00:17:15have been worse. Ovarian cancer, cancer, which had been caught late
00:17:19late and had advanced to stage four, four, the highest classification
00:17:23classification of the disease. I
00:17:24I had cancer in my ovary and it was
00:17:28was also in my liver and in my lung
00:17:30lung had cancer pretty much everywhere. everywhere. She was initially told
00:17:34told her cancer was inoperable and and there was little doctors could
00:17:37could do. It just felt completely
00:17:40completely hopeless. They were just just finding microscopic residual
00:17:43residual tumour areas there. Caroline Caroline responded so well to an
00:17:47an initial round of chemotherapy. chemotherapy. Her consultant suggested
00:17:50suggested she undergo a pioneering pioneering treatment that involves
00:17:54involves pouring heated chemotherapy chemotherapy into the body after
00:17:57after her cancerous tumours are removed.
00:17:59removed. The process is called Hipec.
00:18:02Hipec. Hipec heated intraperitoneal intraperitoneal chemotherapy is essentially
00:18:05essentially us putting chemotherapy chemotherapy into a carrier solution
00:18:08solution inside the abdomen. Once Once we've finished doing the operation. operation. Once we've achieved complete
00:18:12complete clearance of disease so so that is circulating for 90 minutes
00:18:16minutes to mop up any cancer cells cells that might remain that are
00:18:19are microscopic that of course we we can't see with the naked eye.
00:18:22eye. So we're healing really nicely nicely around the edges. It's granulating. granulating. Well. At this moment
00:18:26moment in time, I'm cancer free and
00:18:28and I am absolutely delighted about
00:18:30about that. Now Caroline's treatment treatment journey is almost over.
00:18:34over. She'll now be closely monitored monitored in the months ahead. I
00:18:37I can't believe you just said that.
00:18:40that. Hopefully my story inspires inspires other people to realise
00:18:44realise that actually having a cancer cancer diagnosis does not mean the
00:18:47the end of your life. It certainly certainly changes it. But there,
00:18:50there, there is a great deal of hope hope in the future because of the
00:18:53the advancements and treatments that
00:18:55that that we've got in this country.
00:18:58country. Alastair v BBC News. Now
00:19:02Now there are more than 40 species
00:19:04species of sharks found in UK waters, waters, but there's still much that
00:19:08that we don't know about them. But
00:19:09But a team in Kent is hoping to help help scientists better understand
00:19:12understand one. The ocean's top predators predators by catching them and gathering
00:19:17gathering data about their movements movements and behaviour. Here's our
00:19:21our reporter Hanna Rowe. This catch
00:19:28catch reveals a terrifying secret secret there are sharks swimming
00:19:31swimming just off the Kent coast coast and frankly, thank goodness
00:19:34goodness there are. Sharks are incredible. incredible. They've actually been
00:19:37been around for over 400 million million years. They're usually mid-level
00:19:40mid-level or top level predators, predators, and they help to regulate regulate that food chain. There's
00:19:44There's over 40 species of sharks sharks in the UK. Half of those species
00:19:47species are under threat from extinction. extinction. In Kent. We actually
00:19:50actually think it's a really important important nursery and pupping ground. ground. So we're hoping some of our
00:19:54our research can shed light on that that because these could be really really key areas for their development
00:19:57development before they go out to to sea. These starry smooth hound
00:20:01hound sharks are now key subjects subjects of that research through
00:20:03through a brand new project, Sharks
00:20:05Sharks of Kent. The idea is simple
00:20:08simple catch the shark, weigh it it £6 and if it's big enough, put
00:20:12put a tag on it. It might look a a little brutal. But when that shark's
00:20:16shark's caught again, that tag can can be used to tell scientists how
00:20:20how much it's grown, where it's been been and what it's been up to. But
00:20:24But scientists can only take so many many trips, which is why they've
00:20:27they've got the community involved. involved. Better Day Charters is
00:20:30is one of the boats they've trained trained up. Skipper Daniel tags sharks
00:20:34sharks every time he catches one one on his fishing trips and one
00:20:37one of their star anglers is Ben. Ben. As much as anything I'm fascinated
00:20:41fascinated by what's down there.
00:20:44there. I've always loved fishing, fishing, but without the sharks, sharks, obviously it affects the
00:20:47the entire food chain. Also on the the project are two graduates from
00:20:51from Kent fresh out of uni. The work work here is setting them up for
00:20:55for a career in marine biology. It's It's really hard to find opportunities
00:20:59opportunities in the marine industry industry that are close to home, home, but also really practical.
00:21:02practical. And Daniel, you're from from Kent. Yeah. So for me it's really
00:21:05really meant a lot to be able to to work and study animals and do
00:21:08do these amazing things where I'm I'm from. On this day, 31 sharks
00:21:12sharks were caught and 11 of them them were tagged. Each animal will
00:21:16will now be able to tell scientists
00:21:18scientists more about how best to to protect this important species.
00:21:22species. Hanna Rome BBC News. Good
00:21:24Good timing because we're going to to head live to the TUC because just
00:21:28just in the last few seconds, the the first Secretary of State, Louise
00:21:31Louise Haigh, just standing up there
00:21:34there in place of the Prime Minister, Minister, Andy Burnham, after the
00:21:36the death of his father. But she's she's going to be addressing the
00:21:40the warnings that we've heard around
00:21:41around AI that have come from many
00:21:45many current workers in that AI industry. industry. Let's just put the microphones
00:21:47microphones up and hear her early
00:21:49early comments. And her grandfather.
00:21:57grandfather. The Prime Minister has
00:21:59has talked so openly and movingly movingly about the influence that
00:22:03that his father, Roy, had on his
00:22:05his life and on his politics. And
00:22:07And many of you in this room will
00:22:09will have had to personally experience experience the devastating impact
00:22:13impact that Alzheimer's can have have on the lives of you and of your
00:22:17your loved ones. It's at times like
00:22:19like these that you want to be surrounded surrounded by the people closest
00:22:23closest to you, and that's genuinely genuinely one of the reasons why
00:22:26why Andy was so sorry he couldn't
00:22:28couldn't be here today with his with
00:22:32with our Labour family, because the the Prime Minister understands that
00:22:35that the strength of our movement movement is drawn from our roots
00:22:38roots in the trade unions and that
00:22:40that at moments like these are such
00:22:42such a valuable opportunity to come
00:22:45come together to remind ourselves ourselves of our common endeavour
00:22:49endeavour of what binds us and unites unites us in our daily fight to improve
00:22:52improve the lives of working people.
00:22:55people. Like all families, we have
00:22:57have and will always have our differences, differences, our disagreements big
00:23:01big and small. But on days like today,
00:23:03today, we should come together and and remind ourselves of all that
00:23:06that we have in common and everything
00:23:10everything that we have achieved
00:23:13achieved together at various points
00:23:14points I've sat next to some of you you around the negotiating table
00:23:18table and at other times I've sat
00:23:21sat across from you. I know which
00:23:24which times I have preferred. Sometimes
00:23:27Sometimes you've backed us, sometimes
00:23:30sometimes you've challenged us. Sometimes Sometimes we're going to leave. Louise
00:23:34Louise Haig, she will say at some some point that the UK government government must heed those warnings
00:23:38warnings of those who are at the the forefront of developing AI. When
00:23:40When she comes to that section of of the speech, we'll obviously play
00:23:44play you that later. Due to all of of those warnings over the last few
00:23:48few days and of course, only yesterday,
00:23:51yesterday, what the US President President was saying. So much more
00:23:54more on that coming up a little later. later. But let's squeeze in one more
00:23:58more story because the Welsh actor actor Matthew Rhys has become the the first person to win two lead
00:24:02lead acting prizes at the Emmys in in one night. The horror comedy he
00:24:06he stars in Widow's Bay was the big
00:24:08big winner in LA, taking home six six awards at the ceremony last night
00:24:12night from Hollywood. Here's David David Willis. Emmy winner and Law
00:24:15Law and Order star Mariska Hargitay
00:24:18Hargitay got a celebration of the
00:24:20the best in television off to a high
00:24:22high energy start. The Emmy. And
00:24:25And the Emmy goes to Kate O'Flynn
00:24:28O'Flynn Widow's Bay. The first award award of the night going to Kate
00:24:32Kate O'Flynn from Greater Manchester Manchester for her role as the awkward
00:24:36awkward assistant Patricia in the the quirky new comedy Widow's Bay.
00:24:38Bay. Hello, my name is Patricia.
00:24:41Patricia. It's Patricia. Thank you you Katie. And Hiro. For trusting
00:24:45trusting this Lancashire lass to
00:24:46to play a sassy broad like Patricia.
00:24:49Patricia. And the Emmy goes to Matthew
00:24:54Matthew Rhys The Beast In Me. Matthew Matthew Rhys is the star of Widow's
00:24:58Widow's Bay, but his history making making moment was still to come.
00:25:00come. His first award of the night
00:25:02night was for his role in the Netflix
00:25:05Netflix miniseries The Beast In Me.
00:25:07Me. Don't Let Me Down. Matthew Rhys.
00:25:10Rhys. His Emmy for Widow's Bay, made
00:25:11made him the first actor to win two
00:25:14two lead acting trophies in a single
00:25:16single night. He is also the first first performer in history to have
00:25:20have won the lead acting award in
00:25:22in all three fields. Limited series,
00:25:25series, drama and now comedy. Sorry
00:25:27Sorry Buddy. To the great and good
00:25:30good people of Wales who were as as much a nurture as anyone else.
00:25:33else. We are a small but mighty nation. nation. This is incredible. Thank
00:25:36Thank you very much. Thank you guys. guys. Thank you. In his native Welsh,
00:25:40Welsh, Matthew. Rhys crowned Widow's
00:25:42Widow's Bay his rapid transformation transformation from quirky newcomer
00:25:46newcomer to mainstream hit. He plays plays the hapless mayor of a New
00:25:49New England town that he refuses refuses to believe is haunted. Apple
00:25:53Apple TV has commissioned a second
00:25:55second series for the fifth year year in a row. 75-year-old Jean Smart,
00:25:59Smart, the star of Hacks, was named
00:26:01named best comedy actress. Jean Smart
00:26:05Smart Hacks. The hospital drama The
00:26:07The Pitt went into these awards with
00:26:10with 25 Emmy nominations, collecting collecting his Best Dramatic Actor
00:26:13Actor award. Its star, Noah Wyle
00:26:15Wyle paid tribute to fellow contender
00:26:18contender Sir Gary Oldman. Mr Oldman,
00:26:20Oldman, I have to tell you I don't
00:26:23don't know that as an actor my age age that didn't look at Prick Up
00:26:25Up Your Ears and Sid and Nancy and and think that's the benchmark that
00:26:28that I want to hit one day in my my career. The leading award of the
00:26:32the night for best drama went to
00:26:34to The Pitt amid the fall in Hollywood
00:26:37Hollywood production and flight to to other less expensive corners of
00:26:41of the world, including the UK and
00:26:43and Canada. The success of The Pitt Pitt provides at least a crumb of
00:26:47of comfort. It was made not in Pittsburgh
00:26:50Pittsburgh but on a soundstage here here in Los Angeles, and it's already
00:26:53already been commissioned for a third
00:26:55third series. David Willis, BBC News
00:26:57News at the Emmys. We're going to to take a short break and back in
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