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00:00:15News. The Houthis in Yemen warn against
00:00:17against the use of airports in Saudi Saudi Arabia after 12 people are
00:00:21are killed and hundreds wounded in in a deadly attack at Riyadh's international
00:00:25international airport. After President President Trump accused him of prolonging
00:00:29prolonging the war, President Zelensky Zelensky says Ukraine will stop striking
00:00:32striking Russian oil refineries if
00:00:34if Russia stops hitting Ukrainian Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
00:00:38infrastructure. Pope Leo is to have have an operation in the coming days
00:00:41days for what the Vatican says is
00:00:42is a nodule on his lungs. A second
00:00:45second day of protests in Delhi as as the leader of India's Cockroach
00:00:49Cockroach Janta Party says they will
00:00:50will neither back down nor be intimidated.
00:00:53intimidated. Flash floods in central central Nepal sweep away bridges
00:00:56bridges and homes as five people people are reported missing. Eight
00:01:00Eight orangutans rescued from wildfires
00:01:02wildfires in Indonesia's Borneo are
00:01:05are released into protected forest.
00:01:15forest. Hello, welcome. I'm Martine Martine Croxall. We begin with a
00:01:18a major escalation in the Middle Middle East conflict. Yemen's Iran
00:01:22Iran backed Houthi group has warned warned airlines and passengers not
00:01:25not to use airports in Saudi Arabia Arabia after the deadliest attack
00:01:29attack on Saudi soil in more than than a decade. Saudi Arabia says
00:01:33says the Houthi missile attack at at Riyadh's international airport
00:01:35airport has killed 12 people and and injured more than 300. We've
00:01:39We've received these pictures from from inside the airport terminal.
00:01:42terminal. Reports say there was a a missile strike on one of the airport
00:01:45airport gates. A Saudi authorities authorities are calling it a war
00:01:49war crime and have promised a forceful forceful response. The airport has
00:01:53has been closed and hundreds of flights flights have been cancelled or diverted
00:01:56diverted for the second time in less less than a month. Schools in Riyadh
00:01:59Riyadh have switched to remote learning learning for the week. A number of
00:02:02of Western diplomatic missions, including including the UK and US, have warned
00:02:05warned their nationals to stay away away from the airport. Jon Donnison
00:02:09Donnison reports. May I have your
00:02:11your attention, please? One of Saudi
00:02:16Saudi Arabia's main airports under
00:02:18under attack again inside the terminal.
00:02:21terminal. The damage was clear. Emergency
00:02:26Emergency services were overwhelmed overwhelmed with more than 300 people
00:02:30people reportedly injured. It's thought thought the attack was carried out
00:02:33out by the Houthis from Yemen. The
00:02:35The Iranian backed group struck the
00:02:37the airport twice earlier this week.
00:02:40week. The civil war in Yemen between between the Houthis and the Saudi
00:02:44Saudi backed, internationally recognised recognised government has been going
00:02:47going on for more than a decade. decade. But in recent weeks, the
00:02:50the Houthis have stepped up attacks
00:02:52attacks on Saudi Arabian soil. Speaking
00:02:56Speaking after a campaign rally, rally, President Trump condemned
00:02:58condemned the latest strike. I think
00:03:01think it's terrible, terrible. The
00:03:03The Saudis cable. Well, they're able
00:03:06able to defend look, the Saudis are
00:03:08are good fighters. But I think the
00:03:10the attack was a terrible thing.
00:03:13thing. But for a president who promised promised to reduce US involvement
00:03:17involvement in foreign wars, he's he's unlikely to want to get embroiled
00:03:20embroiled in another one. Just weeks
00:03:22weeks before crucial mid-term elections.
00:03:24elections. It's another dangerous dangerous moment in a region already
00:03:28already fraught with tension and and conflict. Jon Donnison reported.
00:03:32reported. Let's speak to our Middle Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega,
00:03:35Bachega, who joins us from Beirut. Beirut. It looks, then, Hugo, that
00:03:39that Saudi Arabia was caught out
00:03:42out by this. Exactly. So this is
00:03:46is another dangerous moment in this this region, the deadliest attack
00:03:49attack in Saudi Arabia in more than than a decade. And I think lots of
00:03:52of questions will be asked about
00:03:53about how an attack of this magnitude
00:03:56magnitude targeting a key civilian
00:04:00civilian infrastructure happened. happened. This wasn't the first time
00:04:02time that this airport in Riyadh, Riyadh, in the capital, was targeted
00:04:06targeted by the Houthis. The Houthis Houthis had threatened to continue
00:04:10continue to carry out these attacks.
00:04:12attacks. So this is obviously putting putting a lot of pressure on the
00:04:15the Saudi leadership. And again,
00:04:18again, the context here is the conflict
00:04:20conflict in Yemen, a conflict that that proved to be humiliating for
00:04:23for the Saudis in the past. This
00:04:25This is a conflict between the internationally internationally recognised government
00:04:29government in Yemen, which is supported
00:04:31supported by the Saudis against the
00:04:33the Houthis, who are backed by Iran.
00:04:36Iran. And this is a conflict that that has raged for more than a decade.
00:04:39decade. Thousands of people have have been killed. There is a significant
00:04:43significant humanitarian crisis in in Yemen. And I think all of this
00:04:46this is linked to the conflict between between the US and Iran. There hasn't
00:04:50hasn't been a deal to end this conflict.
00:04:52conflict. And I think as long as
00:04:54as this war between the US and Iran Iran continues, we will continue
00:04:58continue to have a lot of instability instability and violence all across
00:05:00across the region. How likely, though, though, is this attack by the Houthis
00:05:04Houthis on Saudi Arabia to widen
00:05:07widen the conflict between or lengthen lengthen the conflict between Iran
00:05:11Iran and the US? Yeah. So this is
00:05:15is the key question here because because obviously we've seen this
00:05:18this escalation in Yemen after the the Houthis made some significant
00:05:21significant gains in recent weeks weeks along the Red Sea, threatening
00:05:25threatening a vital shipping route. route. And they say that they will
00:05:29will continue to carry out attacks attacks against Saudi Arabia, which
00:05:32which has been, you know, helping helping the government in Yemen with
00:05:36with air strikes as forces linked linked to the government are trying
00:05:40trying to take back territory seized seized by the Houthis. We've seen
00:05:43seen President Trump saying that
00:05:45that he is considering the possibility
00:05:48possibility of a striking, you know, know, Houthi positions in Yemen.
00:05:52Yemen. And obviously, this is a very
00:05:55very sensitive moment for the President President just weeks before crucial
00:05:58crucial mid-term elections. The President
00:06:01President was re-elected, promising promising to end American involvement
00:06:05involvement in conflicts around the the world. And I think lots of voters voters in the US will be saying,
00:06:08saying, hang on a second. This is is the opposite of what the President
00:06:11President had promised. So very difficult
00:06:15difficult moment for the President President here. And again, as the
00:06:19the conflict between the US and Iran Iran continues with no end in sight.
00:06:22sight. There you go. Thank you very
00:06:24very much. Hugo Bachega in Beirut.
00:06:27Beirut. Hannah Porter is a Yemen Yemen research specialist at Arc
00:06:30Arc Group and an expert on the Houthis, Houthis, and she joins us now. Hannah
00:06:34Hannah Porter welcome. What does does this attack tell us about the
00:06:37the military capabilities and strategy
00:06:39strategy of the Houthis? Now? Well,
00:06:42Well, in terms of their military military capabilities, it's clear
00:06:45clear that their weapons and their their targeting have improved and
00:06:48and increased drastically in the
00:06:50the past few years. So since 2022,
00:06:532022, we've seen, of course, increased increased usage of drones. Obviously
00:06:57Obviously they have ballistic missiles missiles and other forms of missiles. missiles. And most importantly, it
00:07:01it seems like their targeting has has improved as well, which makes
00:07:04makes these attacks more frequent, frequent, more effective and also
00:07:07also more deadly in terms of their their goals. The Houthis are very
00:07:11very adamant right now at using this
00:07:14this opportunity to really push for
00:07:15for an end of the blockade. The Saudi
00:07:18Saudi enforced blockade on northern northern Yemen, the territories that
00:07:21that the Houthis control. The Houthis
00:07:23Houthis have deemed this to be the the right opportunity to push for
00:07:27for this because they see that Saudi's Saudi's allies and partners are not
00:07:31not coming to their rescue and are are not coming to their assistance,
00:07:33assistance, at least to the extent extent that would be necessary to
00:07:37to truly do damage to the Houthis. Houthis. And so I think that the
00:07:40the Houthis are making this calculation calculation in the hopes that they
00:07:43they can hurt the Saudis enough that that it will bring them back to the
00:07:46the negotiating table or, in fact, fact, lead them to lift the blockade
00:07:49blockade altogether. So have we got
00:07:52got two different dynamics here?
00:07:55here? What's happening in Yemen itself,
00:07:57itself, but also the conflict between between the US and Iran, which is
00:08:01is pushing them? Well, certainly
00:08:04certainly both of them are pushing pushing the Houthis and influencing
00:08:07influencing their behaviour and their their decision making. And I think
00:08:10think the dynamics surrounding both both of these conflicts are really
00:08:14really important to understanding understanding the Houthis decisions decisions right now to be attacking
00:08:17attacking Riyadh. And I think also also specifically their decision
00:08:20decision to attack airports repeatedly. repeatedly. It's interesting that
00:08:23that initially the Houthis had announced announced a maritime blockade on
00:08:27on the Saudis. But now if you look look at the language used by the
00:08:30the military spokesman for the Houthis, Houthis, Yahya Saraiya, he's focusing
00:08:34focusing on the targeting of airports airports with the exclusion they
00:08:37they note, of Mecca and Medina. And And I suspect that that is because
00:08:41because the Houthis are attempting attempting to stave off US involvement.
00:08:44involvement. And perhaps they believe
00:08:46believe that if they stick to targeting targeting Saudi airports rather than,
00:08:50than, for example, oil shipments,
00:08:53shipments, that may reduce the likelihood
00:08:55likelihood of increased US involvement. involvement. How sensible, though,
00:08:59though, was that calculation by the the Houthis, given that we're now
00:09:01now hearing President Trump saying
00:09:03saying that he might strike to. Well,
00:09:07Well, time will tell how sensible sensible it is, but I can definitely
00:09:09definitely say that from the Houthi Houthi perspective, they are willing
00:09:12willing to sustain air strikes from from the US military, and they have
00:09:16have done so before. And of course, course, it will hurt them. It will
00:09:20will probably kill a lot of Houthi Houthi soldiers and also civilians,
00:09:23civilians, and it may even affect affect their territorial control control and certainly their weapons
00:09:26weapons supplies. But ultimately, ultimately, and this is the most most important point, these air strikes
00:09:30strikes will not defeat the Houthis. Houthis. We have seen this repeatedly
00:09:34repeatedly over more than a decade.
00:09:36decade. The US., Israel, the Saudi Saudi led coalition conducting intensive
00:09:40intensive air strikes against the the Houthis and the group is now
00:09:43now stronger than ever. So unfortunately, unfortunately, it is going to take
00:09:46take more than just air strikes to
00:09:49to address the conflict in Yemen. Yemen. And that's not even through
00:09:52through a ground invasion or ground ground forces. It needs to be diplomacy.
00:09:56diplomacy. There is no military solution solution to the current conflict
00:09:58conflict in Yemen, whether it's the the regional aspect of it or the
00:10:02the domestic aspect. Hannah Porter Porter from Art Group, thank you
00:10:04you very much for talking to us.
00:10:07us. Ukraine has continued to launch launch strikes on Russian infrastructure
00:10:11infrastructure after Donald Trump Trump called on President Zelensky Zelensky to stand down for prolonging
00:10:15prolonging the war. The US leader's leader's comments followed criticism
00:10:18criticism from Mr Zelensky after after the White House lifted sanctions
00:10:20sanctions on Russian diesel. Joe
00:10:23Joe Inwood reports. Night after night,
00:10:27night, Ukraine faces bombardment bombardment from above. This time
00:10:30time a warehouse on the outskirts outskirts of Kyiv. But the attacks
00:10:34attacks over the last 24 hours have
00:10:35have not only been physical but also
00:10:38also diplomatic with Donald Trump Trump doubling down on his calls
00:10:41calls for President Zelensky to go. go. Well, I think he should have
00:10:45have an election and he could have have settled this thing many times
00:10:48times and he should have an election election and he can't raise the price
00:10:52price of oil. He's done enough. His His reference there to the price
00:10:56price of oil indicates how this row row began with the remarkable news
00:11:00news that the US had done a deal deal with Russia to start buying
00:11:03buying their diesel. It was an attempt attempt by the Trump administration administration to bring down prices
00:11:07prices at the pumps ahead of mid-term mid-term elections, with many voters
00:11:10voters blaming his war on Iran for
00:11:13for causing record prices. That was
00:11:15was met with fury from Ukraine and
00:11:18and accusations of betrayal. President
00:11:19President Trump then went on to blame
00:11:22blame these Ukrainian strikes on on Russian refineries for being behind
00:11:25behind the rise in oil prices, saying
00:11:28saying they should stop or President President Zelensky should resign.
00:11:31resign. The choice as to who leads leads Ukraine is one for the Ukrainians.
00:11:35Ukrainians. Speaking to the BBC this this morning, the Defence Secretary
00:11:38Secretary criticised the US decision decision to buy Russian oil and gave
00:11:40gave his backing to President Zelensky. We stand with Ukraine,
00:11:43Ukraine, we stand with President President Zelensky and in terms of
00:11:47of what we've seen overnight, it's it's not the first time that we've
00:11:50we've seen a public disagreement disagreement between Washington and
00:11:53and Kyiv. And when these things happen,
00:11:55happen, we see it as our responsibility responsibility as the UK to try and
00:11:59and bring our friends back together together again. There was a defiant
00:12:02defiant response from President Zelensky, Zelensky, who said Ukraine will be
00:12:06be ready to stop striking Russian Russian oil refineries if Russia
00:12:09Russia stops striking our energy
00:12:13energy infrastructure. For now, there there is little sign of that happening.
00:12:16happening. Russia continues to strike strike Ukraine and will feel it now
00:12:20now has a new diplomatic advantage.
00:12:24advantage. Joe Inwood, BBC News. News. William Taylor is a former
00:12:28former US ambassador to Ukraine and and he joins us now. Ambassador,
00:12:32Ambassador, welcome. How much help
00:12:34help will it really be to the United
00:12:37United States to have access to Russian Russian diesel, which previously
00:12:40previously had been subject to
00:12:43sanctions? Not very much, Martin.
00:12:46Martin. This is a symbolic attempt attempt to put some downward pressure
00:12:50pressure on prices. It may have some
00:12:53some temporary effect, marginal effect, effect, but it will not really move
00:12:56move the needle in terms of prices. prices. The big the big push on oil
00:12:59oil prices as you just as Joe just
00:13:02just said, is the war in Iran. Which
00:13:05Which of course is within the gift
00:13:07gift of Donald Trump to do something
00:13:10something about how concerned should
00:13:13should President Zelensky be that that President Trump is now calling
00:13:16calling for him to hold elections elections and go, which of course course we know he can't because the
00:13:20the Constitution in Ukraine prevents prevents it right now, while they're
00:13:22they're at war. President Zelensky
00:13:24Zelensky is probably not that worried.
00:13:27worried. I suspect that President
00:13:29President Trump's comments will increase increase support for President Zelensky.
00:13:33Zelensky. Last time this happened, happened, as you recall in the Oval
00:13:36Oval Office meeting the support for
00:13:39for Zelensky went way up, I think think ten points up the next day.
00:13:43day. That's likely to happen this
00:13:44this now. And the President's comments, comments, President Trump's comments
00:13:48comments are less and less relevant.
00:13:51relevant. The United States provides provides less and less assistance assistance to Ukraine. It's less
00:13:54less and less of an actor. So it's
00:13:57it's influence and President Trump's Trump's influence certainly over
00:14:01over the leadership of Ukraine, but but even also over the direction
00:14:05direction of policy in Ukraine is
00:14:07is declining. You mentioned popularity, popularity, of course, and we're
00:14:11we're heading towards the mid-term mid-term elections. How different
00:14:15different might the whole picture picture of US involvement with the
00:14:18the Ukraine conflict and the Iranian
00:14:21Iranian conflict look after the mid-terms?
00:14:25mid-terms? I imagine that it would
00:14:27would not be a big change if the
00:14:32the House and the Senate, the US US Congress changes hands, if they
00:14:35they change hands to go towards the
00:14:38the opposition, the Democratic opposition,
00:14:41opposition, then there will be some some constraints on what President
00:14:44President Trump can do legislatively.
00:14:47legislatively. But in terms of the the foreign policy, not major changes
00:14:50changes is what I would expect. William
00:14:55William Taylor, former US ambassador ambassador to Ukraine. Good to get get your insight. Thank you for your
00:14:59your time today. Thank you. Martin.
00:15:02Martin. Authorities in Nepal have have called for the evacuation of
00:15:04of villages on the banks of the Budhi Budhi Gandaki River after severe
00:15:08severe flooding in the centre of of the country. Nepali officials
00:15:11officials say they've rescued 49 49 people from areas affected by
00:15:14by the flash flood, which has washed washed away bridges and damaged a
00:15:18a hydropower facility. Five people people are missing. It's believed
00:15:20believed the flash flood was caused caused by a landslide. Upstream,
00:15:23Upstream, the country remains on on high alert after devastating floods
00:15:26floods swept thousands of people
00:15:27people away only seven weeks ago,
00:15:30ago, thanks to Ayush Joshi from Save
00:15:32Save the Children, director of programmes
00:15:35programmes in Nepal, Aayush, thank thank you very much for talking to
00:15:38to us. How are you preparing to help
00:15:41help the people affected by this
00:15:42this latest flash flood? Thank you
00:15:45you for reaching out to us early early this morning. A devastating
00:15:49devastating flood struck the northern northern Gorkha district in Nepal,
00:15:52Nepal, sweeping away homes, bridges bridges and even a hydropower construction
00:15:55construction camp. The initial reports reports suggest that thousands of
00:15:59of children and families have been been impacted. Many have lost their
00:16:03their lives. Livestocks livelihood livelihood the full extent of the
00:16:07the damage is still being assessed. assessed. What makes this particularly
00:16:11particularly heartbreaking is today today marks the first day of the
00:16:14the Asahi, which is one of Nepal's Nepal's biggest festivals, and children
00:16:17children and the families were preparing preparing to celebrate with their
00:16:20their loved ones. But instead many
00:16:22many of them now face loss, displacement,
00:16:25displacement, uncertainty. This is
00:16:26is also the same district that was
00:16:29was affected by the devastating floods floods in August. Although the areas
00:16:33areas impacted this time is different.
00:16:35different. But for families and children children this means facing yet another
00:16:39another disaster in such a short short period of time. And these repeated
00:16:43repeated floods are creating growing
00:16:44growing anxiety and fear among children children and communities and they're
00:16:48they're still struggling to recover. recover. That is why Save the Children
00:16:52Children is responding alongside alongside our partners, providing providing life saving assistance
00:16:55assistance and working closely with with the government authorities to
00:16:59to access the full-scale of the disaster disaster and just letting you know
00:17:02know that the floods and landslide landslide that hit Nepal yesterday
00:17:06yesterday has also disrupted roads roads and several bridges have been
00:17:09been washed away, making it very
00:17:11very difficult to transport relief
00:17:13relief supplies. I realise that,
00:17:16that, you know your resources are
00:17:19are finite. How does a second flash
00:17:23flash flood like this on top of the the first one, change your thinking
00:17:26thinking about how you need to approach approach working in these areas and
00:17:30and being prepared for more extreme
00:17:33extreme conditions like this. The
00:17:38The government has really mobilised mobilised rescue and relief efforts
00:17:40efforts and we really recognise the the critical work being undertaken
00:17:44undertaken by the government authorities authorities and emergency responders.
00:17:47responders. However, we must recognise recognise that there is enormous
00:17:50enormous pressure. All of us under under Nepal is dealing with multiple
00:17:54multiple flood affected areas overlapping
00:17:58overlapping humanitarian needs, placing placing significant demands on already
00:18:00already stretched resources and response
00:18:02response capacity of both the government government and organisations like
00:18:06like Save the Children. And I guess guess that is where humanitarian humanitarian organisations like Save
00:18:10Save the Children, along with our our pre-positioned stocks working
00:18:13working very closely with the local local partners and communities have
00:18:16have a very important role to play
00:18:18play and we are stepping up our response, response, co-ordinating with the
00:18:21the government and supporting efforts efforts to reach affected children
00:18:25children and families with urgent urgent assistance. We are also appealing
00:18:29appealing donors for more flexible flexible funding so that we can respond
00:18:33respond to recurring climate related related shocks and disasters to address
00:18:36address these emerging needs and and sustain support beyond the emergency
00:18:40emergency period. So the biggest biggest priority for us right now
00:18:43now is to keep children safe, ensure
00:18:46ensure that immediate needs are met met and assistance reaches. Those
00:18:49Those who most need the most. Despite
00:18:52Despite these difficult access related related conditions. Ayush Joshi from
00:18:56from Save the Children in Nepal. Nepal. Thank you very much for talking
00:18:59talking to us. Thank you. Poland's
00:19:03Poland's Interior Ministry is holding holding an emergency meeting after after what it said were possible
00:19:07possible assassination attempts against against the country's Prime Minister Minister and the Defence Minister,
00:19:11Minister, a spokesperson said the the police had received credible
00:19:14credible intelligence about possible possible attacks targeting the two two men. Government ministers are
00:19:18are due to meet with the secret services services later today. The announcement
00:19:21announcement comes as authorities authorities in Poland remain on high
00:19:23high alert following a wave of violence violence at schools, including an
00:19:27an incident on Thursday in which
00:19:29which a school caretaker was killed.
00:19:32killed. At least 109 migrants have
00:19:34have been killed, including 15 children,
00:19:37children, after a boat sank off the the shores of Djibouti, according
00:19:41according to the International Organisation Organisation for Migration Survivors Survivors said the vessel, which
00:19:45which was carrying 350 people from
00:19:48from Djibouti to Yemen, capsized capsized north of the Djibouti town
00:19:50town of Obock overnight on October
00:19:53October the 8th. Around 116 people
00:19:55people are still missing. Let's turn
00:19:58turn our attention to India, where
00:20:01where the leader of the Cockroach Cockroach protest movement has been
00:20:05been released from detention. As As the Delhi sees a second day of
00:20:08of protests. The Cockroach Janta
00:20:10Janta Party said its founder, Abhijeet Abhijeet Dipke, was detained with
00:20:14with other leaders shortly after after landing in Delhi to lead protests
00:20:17protests seeking electoral reform reform just months before crucial
00:20:21crucial state elections. He began
00:20:22began the movement in May after India's India's chief justice likened some
00:20:26some jobless young people to cockroaches.
00:20:29cockroaches. In his first comments comments after his release,... Said
00:20:32Said the Cjp will neither back down
00:20:35down nor be intimidated. Narendra Narendra Modi is the biggest coward
00:20:39coward this country has ever seen.
00:20:45seen. Protesters have returned to to central Delhi for a second day,
00:20:48day, and much of the area has seen
00:20:50seen roads barricaded. Offices, shops shops and restaurants are shut and
00:20:54and internet services curtailed. curtailed. For now, demonstrators
00:20:56demonstrators are vastly outnumbered outnumbered by security personnel
00:20:59personnel and the BBC has witnessed witnessed many detentions. The Cjp
00:21:03Cjp and other opposition parties parties are calling for the election election commissioner to be sacked
00:21:07sacked over revisions to the electoral
00:21:09electoral roll, an accusation denied
00:21:11denied by the authorities. The Gen Gen the youth has been stopped from
00:21:15from being a voter since 2024 and
00:21:19and this is being done because the
00:21:22the government is scared that these these young generation people who
00:21:25who are awakened, who are asking asking questions, who are asking
00:21:28asking for accountability will come come after them and will seek answers answers from them. The government
00:21:32government does not like it and therefore
00:21:36therefore it is resorting to violence violence against the citizens of
00:21:39of this country. Our correspondent correspondent in Delhi, Arunoday
00:21:42Arunoday Mukharji, has the latest latest from the protesters in the
00:21:44the Indian capital. This is the first
00:21:46first time we're hearing the senior senior members of the Cockroach Janta
00:21:50Janta Party movement essentially essentially talking about their experiences
00:21:54experiences over the last 24 to 48 48 hours, highlighting what happened
00:21:57happened to them when the police police detained them and criticising
00:22:00criticising the Delhi Police once once again and essentially very,
00:22:03very, very combative in their messaging messaging targeting Prime Minister
00:22:06Minister Narendra Modi as well as as the interior minister or the home home minister as he's called here,
00:22:10here, Mr Amit Shah, accusing them them of shielding the Chief Election
00:22:13Election Commissioner for their own own gains. They've also said the
00:22:15the way in which the Delhi Police
00:22:18Police has gone about carrying out out these detentions across Delhi
00:22:21Delhi to the tune of thousands, they
00:22:23they said that demonstrates the fear
00:22:25fear that the authorities have regarding
00:22:28regarding these protests. They have
00:22:30have not outlined what their next next plan of action is. That still
00:22:34still remains a bit of a question question at the moment. All we've
00:22:37we've heard in terms of them urging urging others to continue their protests,
00:22:40protests, they said that this is is just the beginning of the battle. battle. They've urged people from
00:22:44from other states to go ahead and and protest in any way that they
00:22:48they can to ensure their voices are
00:22:49are heard. At the moment over here,
00:22:52here, we still see some security security that is there. It is not
00:22:55not as strict as yesterday. We've
00:22:57We've seen a little bit of relaxation,
00:23:00relaxation, not completely, but there there has been a little bit of difference
00:23:03difference compared to what it was was yesterday. But there are still
00:23:06still barricades in other parts of of the city. We've also heard from
00:23:09from the Supreme Court, which has has now said and asked the Delhi
00:23:12Delhi Police to review its security security measures in place and only
00:23:16only do it where it is
00:23:20necessary. Arunoday Mukharji in Delhi. Delhi. Hurricane Simon is bearing bearing down on Mexico's Pacific
00:23:24Pacific coast, bringing torrential
00:23:26torrential rain and sustained winds
00:23:28winds of up to 240km an hour. The
00:23:30The category four storm is expected
00:23:33expected to make landfall near the
00:23:35the port city of Manzanillo in a a few hours' time. Residents on the
00:23:39the coast of Colima and Jalisco have
00:23:41have been warned that eight metre metre waves could bring storm surges
00:23:44surges and coastal flooding. People People have been boarding up windows
00:23:48windows and doors ahead of its arrival. arrival. Simon is the latest in a
00:23:51a very busy hurricane season in the
00:23:54the Pacific, where the powerful El El Nino ocean warming phenomenon
00:23:57phenomenon is allowing the storms storms to gain in strength. Our weather
00:24:01weather presenter Matt Taylor explains explains just how powerful this hurricane
00:24:04hurricane is. Hurricane Simon. It's It's quite a phenomenal storm. We
00:24:07We measure hurricanes on a scale scale of 1 to 5. This is right at
00:24:10at the top end of a four. Sustained Sustained winds. That's mean winds
00:24:14winds of 250km an hour 155 miles
00:24:16miles an hour gusts much, much quicker quicker than that as well. If I just
00:24:19just show you the satellite imagery imagery of where that storm is at at the moment, you can see the well-defined
00:24:23well-defined eye there. It is getting getting close about 60 miles offshore
00:24:27offshore at the moment. The big question question mark, though forecasters
00:24:30forecasters are having, is just the the behaviour of what is going to to happen with this storm. Is it
00:24:33it going to come on land or is it it just going to skirt parallel to
00:24:36to the coast for a bit longer? Now Now that's crucial because the second
00:24:39second it goes on land because it's it's quite mountainous just inside inside of the coast, it will rip
00:24:43rip the storm apart quite quickly. quickly. But if it stays offshore offshore for a little bit longer,
00:24:46longer, it means those coastal areas areas will be battered by those catastrophic
00:24:50catastrophic winds for a much longer longer period. We're going to be
00:24:53be piling in more in the way of a a storm surge towards those coastal
00:24:56coastal districts as well. And then then the rainfall is going to be
00:24:58be piling in as well across the mountainous
00:25:01mountainous region just inland. Matt
00:25:03Matt Taylor from BBC Weather Football
00:25:06Football Now and in the Premier League, League, Manchester City will face
00:25:09face Liverpool this afternoon. The The fixture at Anfield comes amid
00:25:13amid heightened tension following following the Premier League's ruling
00:25:17ruling that a city were guilty of of all charges related to breaches
00:25:20breaches in the financial rules governing governing the game. It's the first first time the club will have faced
00:25:24faced a rival team since the decision, decision, and security has been increased
00:25:27increased around the stadium in advance
00:25:30advance of their arrival by team
00:25:32team bus. Eight orangutans rescued
00:25:35rescued from the wildfires that recently recently swept through parts of Borneo
00:25:39Borneo have been released into a a protected forest. The orangutans
00:25:43orangutans three mother and baby baby pairs and two male teenagers
00:25:46teenagers were saved from various
00:25:49various locations in West Kalimantan Kalimantan on the Indian part of
00:25:53of the island. Their new home is
00:25:54is in the Batu Nambu Reserve. It's
00:25:57It's been chosen by conservationists conservationists because of the availability
00:25:59availability of food and water resources,
00:26:03resources, as well as its connectivity connectivity to other forests.
00:27:36will emerge low 40s and Celsius in
00:27:39in Kuwait.
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