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00:00:13Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:16News. The Houthis in Yemen warn against
00:00:18against the use of airports in Saudi Saudi Arabia after 12 people are
00:00:22are killed and hundreds wounded in in a deadly attack at Riyadh's international
00:00:26international airport. President President Zelensky says if Putin
00:00:29Putin agrees to a 60 day ceasefire,
00:00:31ceasefire, he'll organise elections elections in Ukraine. Pope Leo is
00:00:35is to have an operation in the coming coming days for what the Vatican
00:00:38Vatican says is a nodule on his lungs.
00:00:41lungs. A second day of protests in in Delhi as the leader of India's
00:00:45India's Cockroach Janta Party says says they will neither back down
00:00:48down nor be intimidated. Flash floods
00:00:51floods in central Nepal sweep away away bridges and homes as five people
00:00:55people are reported missing. Manchester Manchester City prepare for their
00:00:58their first match against a rival rival team since being found guilty
00:01:01guilty of financial rule breaches. breaches. They'll face Liverpool
00:01:04Liverpool at Anfield. Hello, I'm
00:01:15I'm Martine Croxall. We begin with with a major escalation in the Middle
00:01:19Middle East conflict. Yemen's Iran Iran backed Houthi group has warned
00:01:23warned airlines and passengers not
00:01:25not to use airports in Saudi Arabia Arabia after the deadliest attack
00:01:28attack on Saudi soil in more than than a decade. Saudi Arabia says
00:01:32says 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. The Saudi authorities authorities are calling it a war
00:01:48war crime and have promised a forceful forceful response. The airport has
00:01:52has been closed and hundreds of flights flights have been cancelled or diverted
00:01:55diverted for the second time in less less than a month. Schools in Riyadh
00:01:58Riyadh have switched to remote learning
00:02:00learning for the week. A number of of Western diplomatic missions, including
00:02:04including the UK and US, have warned
00:02:06warned their nationals to stay away away from the airport. Jon Donnison
00:02:10Donnison reports. May I have your
00:02:12your attention, please? One of Saudi
00:02:17Saudi Arabia's main airports under
00:02:19under attack again inside the terminal.
00:02:22terminal. The damage was clear. Emergency
00:02:27Emergency services were overwhelmed overwhelmed with more than 300 people
00:02:31people reportedly injured. It's thought thought the attack was carried out
00:02:34out by the Houthis from Yemen. The
00:02:36The Iranian backed group struck the
00:02:38the airport twice earlier this week.
00:02:41week. The civil war in Yemen between between the Houthis and the Saudi
00:02:45Saudi backed, internationally recognised recognised government has been going
00:02:48going on for more than a decade. decade. But in recent weeks the Houthis
00:02:51Houthis have stepped up attacks on
00:02:53on Saudi Arabian soil. Speaking after
00:02:57after a campaign rally, President President Trump condemned the latest
00:03:00latest strike. I think it's terrible,
00:03:03terrible, terrible. For the Saudis. Saudis. Table Ita Dungan South southwest.
00:03:07southwest. Well they're able to defend defend look, the Saudis are good
00:03:09good fighters. But I think the attack
00:03:11attack was a terrible thing. But But for a president who promised
00:03:16promised to reduce US involvement involvement in foreign wars, he's
00:03:19he's unlikely to want to get embroiled embroiled in another one. Just weeks
00:03:22weeks before crucial mid-term elections.
00:03:25elections. It's another dangerous dangerous moment in a region already
00:03:29already fraught with tension and
00:03:31and conflict. Jon Donnison reporting. reporting. Well, I asked our Middle
00:03:35Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega Bachega if Saudi Arabia was caught
00:03:38caught out by this. Exactly. So this this is another dangerous moment
00:03:42moment in this region. The deadliest deadliest attack in Saudi Arabia Arabia in more than a decade. And
00:03:46And I think lots of questions will
00:03:47will be asked about how an attack
00:03:50attack of this magnitude targeting
00:03:53targeting a key civilian infrastructure infrastructure happened. This wasn't
00:03:56wasn't the first time that this airport airport in Riyadh, in the capital,
00:04:00capital, was targeted by the Houthis. Houthis. The Houthis had threatened
00:04:03threatened to continue to carry out
00:04:06out these attacks. So this is obviously obviously putting a lot of pressure
00:04:10pressure on the Saudi leadership.
00:04:11leadership. And again, the context
00:04:14context here is the conflict in Yemen, Yemen, a conflict that proved to
00:04:17to be humiliating for the Saudis Saudis in the past. This is a conflict
00:04:22conflict between the internationally internationally recognised government
00:04:24government in Yemen, which is supported
00:04:26supported by the Saudis against the
00:04:28the Houthis, who are backed by Iran.
00:04:31Iran. And this is a conflict that that has raged for more than a decade.
00:04:35decade. Thousands of people have have been killed. There is a significant
00:04:38significant humanitarian crisis in in Yemen, and I think all of this
00:04:41this is linked to the conflict between between the US and Iran. There hasn't
00:04:45hasn't been a deal to end this conflict.
00:04:47conflict. And I think as long as
00:04:49as this war between the US and Iran Iran continues, we will continue
00:04:53continue to have a lot of instability instability and violence all across across the region. How likely, though,
00:04:57though, is this attack by the Houthis
00:04:59Houthis on Saudi Arabia to widen
00:05:02widen the conflict between or lengthen lengthen the conflict between Iran
00:05:05Iran and the US? Yeah. So this is
00:05:10is the key question here because because obviously we've seen this
00:05:14this escalation in Yemen after the the Houthis made some significant
00:05:16significant gains in recent weeks
00:05:18weeks along the Red Sea, threatening threatening a vital shipping route.
00:05:22route. And they say that they will
00:05:24will continue to carry out attacks attacks against Saudi Arabia, which
00:05:27which has been, you know, helping helping the government in Yemen with
00:05:31with air strikes as forces linked linked to the government are trying
00:05:35trying to take back territory seized seized by the Houthis. We've seen
00:05:38seen President Trump saying that
00:05:40that he is considering the possibility
00:05:43possibility of striking, you know, know, Houthi positions in Yemen.
00:05:47Yemen. And obviously, this is a very
00:05:50very sensitive moment for the President. President. Just weeks before crucial
00:05:53crucial mid-term elections. The President
00:05:56President was re-elected, promising promising to end American involvement
00:05:59involvement in conflicts around the the world. And I think lots of voters voters in the US will be saying,
00:06:03saying, hang on a second. This is is the opposite of what the President
00:06:06President had promised. So very difficult
00:06:10difficult moment for the President President here. And again, as the
00:06:14the conflict between the US and Iran
00:06:16Iran continues with no end in
00:06:21sight. Hugo Bachega speaking to us us there from Beirut, let's speak
00:06:23speak to Hesham Shawish from BBC
00:06:25BBC Monitoring Hashim, how is all all of this being discussed in Saudi
00:06:29Saudi Arabia? Hi, Martin. Yeah. So
00:06:32So the latest attacks on Saudi airports
00:06:35airports have been leading the media media coverage in Saudi media as
00:06:38as well as messages of solidarity solidarity from around the region
00:06:41region and around the world. The The Saudi media outlets have really
00:06:43really been focusing on the latest
00:06:46latest statements by US President
00:06:48President Trump as well, saying that
00:06:51that he will make a decision very, very, very quickly. And at the same
00:06:54same time, they've also been reporting reporting that the President has
00:06:57has said that the Saudis are capable capable of defending themselves.
00:07:01themselves. So we're seeing very, very, very balanced messaging coming
00:07:04coming out from the US so far, the
00:07:07the Saudi coalition yesterday after
00:07:09after the attacks, described the
00:07:11the targeting of the airport as a a full-fledged war crime and a terrorist
00:07:14terrorist attack. And the Saudis Saudis have said that they'll be
00:07:18be responding decisively and firmly
00:07:21firmly to the attacks. It wasn't
00:07:23wasn't the first attack on Riyadh
00:07:25Riyadh airport. The airport was targeted
00:07:28targeted last week by the Houthis. Houthis. And we also saw attacks
00:07:32attacks on Abha International Airport
00:07:34Airport and the Saudi military airbase
00:07:37airbase last week as well. What's What's the reaction been then to
00:07:40to the comments from the Houthis Houthis that airlines and passengers
00:07:44passengers should avoid Saudi airports?
00:07:46airports? We have seen much reaction
00:07:49reaction by Saudi media yet, but
00:07:51but this warning does seem to be
00:07:54be an upping the ante by the Houthis.
00:07:58Houthis. It's a psychological. Psychological
00:08:03Psychological way to kind of really really increase tensions in the region.
00:08:07region. It shows that the Houthis Houthis are not just signalling that
00:08:10that they're not just going to be be targeting military sites, but
00:08:14but also civilian infrastructure. infrastructure. It's now part of of the pressure campaign against
00:08:18against the Saudis to try and lift lift their blockade from Houthi controlled
00:08:21controlled areas. So this type of
00:08:23of warning by the Houthis is intended intended to amplify psychological
00:08:27psychological pressure, even if it
00:08:30it doesn't lead to physical damage
00:08:32damage of more Saudi sites. In the
00:08:35the past few minutes, I've also seen
00:08:37seen reporting that Sanaa International International Airport, which is Houthi
00:08:40Houthi controlled, has been hit in in Saudi air strikes. So we're seeing
00:08:44seeing a very heavy Saudi response.
00:08:46response. And that follows the Saudi Saudi and Yemeni air strikes targeting
00:08:49targeting Houthi areas since last
00:08:51last night. Now Saudi Arabia is a
00:08:54a signatory to the Mecca pact, which
00:08:55which was signed in August this year
00:08:58year with Turkey and Pakistan basically
00:09:01basically saying if one of us is is attacked, we're all attacked.
00:09:04attacked. How might the Mecca pact pact then have an impact on what
00:09:08what we're seeing playing out at
00:09:10at the moment? Exactly. The latest
00:09:12latest attacks will really test the the sincerity of this new defence
00:09:16defence pact with Saudi Arabia, and
00:09:18and Turkey will be watching to see see if the latest attacks will lead
00:09:22lead to just statements of condemnation condemnation and strong rhetoric rhetoric from Turkey in Pakistan,
00:09:25Pakistan, or whether there will be
00:09:28be a mobilisation of troops or sending
00:09:31sending over of advanced weaponry weaponry to the kingdom. At the moment
00:09:34moment we haven't seen any statements statements saying that troops will will be sent over, but it's something
00:09:38something that will definitely be
00:09:41be watching as the conflict is expanding
00:09:44expanding and as tensions escalate. escalate. Hashim, thank you very
00:09:47very much. Hesham Shawish from BBC
00:09:50BBC Monitoring. Ukraine's President President Zelensky has told the US
00:09:54US network ABC that if President President Putin agrees to a 60 day
00:09:58day ceasefire, he'll organise elections elections in Ukraine. Mr Zelensky
00:10:01Zelensky was responding to comments comments made by President Trump
00:10:04Trump yesterday that Ukraine should should get a new president. Earlier,
00:10:07Earlier, the Ukrainian leader condemned condemned President Trump's decision
00:10:10decision to buy diesel from Russia.
00:10:13Russia. Joe Inwood reports. Night
00:10:16Night after night, Ukraine faces faces bombardment from above. This
00:10:20This time a warehouse on the outskirts outskirts of Kyiv. But the attacks
00:10:28But the attacks over the last 24 hours have not only been physical physical but also diplomatic. With
00:10:31With Donald Trump doubling down on on his calls for President Zelensky Zelensky to go. Well, I think he
00:10:34he should have an election and he he could have settled this thing
00:10:38thing many times. And he should have have an election. And he can't raise
00:10:42raise the price of oil. He's done done enough. His reference there
00:10:45there to the price of oil indicates indicates how this row began with
00:10:49with the remarkable news that the the US had done a deal with Russia
00:10:52Russia to start buying their diesel. diesel. It was an attempt by the
00:10:55the Trump administration to bring bring down prices at the pumps ahead
00:10:58ahead of mid-term elections, with with many voters blaming his war
00:11:01war on Iran for causing record prices.
00:11:04prices. That was met with fury from
00:11:06from Ukraine and accusations of betrayal. betrayal. President Trump then went
00:11:10went on to blame these Ukrainian
00:11:13Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries refineries for being behind the rise
00:11:15rise in oil prices, saying they should
00:11:18should stop or President Zelensky Zelensky should resign. The choice
00:11:21choice as to who leads Ukraine is is one for the Ukrainians. Speaking
00:11:25Speaking to the BBC this morning, morning, the Defence Secretary criticised
00:11:28criticised the US decision to buy buy Russian oil and gave his backing
00:11:31backing to President Zelensky. We We stand with Ukraine, we stand with
00:11:35with President Zelensky and in terms terms of what we've seen overnight,
00:11:38overnight, it's not the first time time that we've seen a public disagreement
00:11:42disagreement between Washington and and Kyiv. And when these things happen,
00:11:45happen, we see it as our responsibility responsibility as the UK to try and
00:11:48and bring our friends back together together again. There was a defiant
00:11:52defiant response from President Zelensky, Zelensky, who said Ukraine will be
00:11:55be ready to stop striking Russian Russian oil refineries if Russia
00:11:59Russia stops striking our energy
00:12:02energy infrastructure. For now, there there is little sign of that happening.
00:12:06happening. Russia continues to strike
00:12:08strike Ukraine and will feel it now
00:12:10now has a new diplomatic advantage.
00:12:13advantage. Joe Inwood. BBC News.
00:12:15News. With us is Natia Seskuria, Seskuria, head of the Russia and
00:12:19and Eurasia and Black Sea programme programme at the think tank RUSI. RUSI. Nazir, welcome. Thanks for
00:12:23for coming in. We've just been reporting
00:12:26reporting that President Zelensky Zelensky is saying that if Vladimir
00:12:29Vladimir Putin gives him a 60 day
00:12:31day ceasefire, he'll hold elections. elections. How would that work when
00:12:35when constitutionally he can't do do that while there's martial law
00:12:38law in place? It's very hard to imagine
00:12:41imagine that elections could be held held in Ukraine any time soon because because as you mentioned, there is
00:12:45is martial law in place. It is also
00:12:48also very difficult to trust Russians,
00:12:50Russians, even if they commit to to any of the temporary ceasefire.
00:12:54ceasefire. We know that Russians Russians have violated these sort
00:12:56sort of ceasefires many times before. before. And on top of that, there
00:13:00there are so many Ukrainians who who are outside of Ukraine because
00:13:03because of the war. So it is very,
00:13:05very, very hard to imagine that it's
00:13:07it's possible due to all the constraints constraints that Ukraine has to hold
00:13:11hold elections. The suggestion that that elections could be held at all
00:13:14all stems from the fact that President
00:13:17President Trump has said, you need need to go, Zelensky, your time is
00:13:20is up. You've prolonged this war.
00:13:23war. What are comments like that that from President Trump going to
00:13:27to do to Mr Zelensky's popularity?
00:13:30popularity? Well, we have the evidence evidence that when the first Oval Oval Office meeting happened and
00:13:33and we know how this meeting went, went, unfortunately, this was the
00:13:36the lowest point in American Ukrainian
00:13:39Ukrainian relations. And back then, then, even though Zelensky already
00:13:42already had some issues when it comes
00:13:45comes to his popularity, his popularity popularity went up. Ukrainians decided
00:13:49decided to back Zelensky in this
00:13:51this process. And since then, obviously, obviously, there have been many issues.
00:13:54issues. Of course, some corruption corruption cases that have caused
00:13:58caused the fluctuation in Zelensky's Zelensky's popularity. But I think
00:14:01think this case will help Zelensky Zelensky to boost its popularity
00:14:04popularity domestically in Ukraine. Ukraine. Donald Trump, meanwhile, meanwhile, is struggling with his
00:14:08his popularity going down in the the polls ahead of the mid-term elections
00:14:11elections at the beginning of November. November. How tied to those elections
00:14:15elections do you believe the decision
00:14:18decision has been for Donald Trump Trump to lift sanctions sufficiently
00:14:21sufficiently so he can buy Russian Russian diesel? I think it's very
00:14:24very closely tied and connected to
00:14:26to that, even though 1st May argue
00:14:30argue that foreign policy never decides
00:14:32decides the domestic outcome of elections
00:14:34elections in the US and United States,
00:14:37States, population votes based on on some of the domestic grievances
00:14:41grievances rather than foreign policy policy decisions. This is the case
00:14:44case when the domestic situation situation in this case, diesel prices prices are connected to Trump's foreign
00:14:48foreign policy. But I think the most most unfortunate case here is that
00:14:52that they are using Ukraine and President President Zelensky in order to justify
00:14:56justify the decision to lift the
00:14:57the sanctions on Russia. Once we
00:15:01we get beyond the mid-term elections, elections, though, how likely is is it do you think that that decision
00:15:05decision to buy Russian diesel will
00:15:08will be reversed? Because a lot of of commentators are saying it's not not going to make much difference
00:15:12difference to, to fuel prices anyway? Yes, precisely. It is unlikely
00:15:15unlikely to make any difference. difference. I mean, we should see
00:15:19see how things will, will, will escalate escalate or de-escalate when it comes
00:15:22comes to Ukrainian American relations. relations. But I would assume that
00:15:26that President Zelensky, with the the help of its allies, will try
00:15:29try his best to deescalate the tensions
00:15:32tensions because even though American American President has been very
00:15:36very much controversial when it comes comes to his Ukraine policy, Ukrainians
00:15:40Ukrainians are in need to have US
00:15:42US support. But is the importance
00:15:46importance overall of US support support less significant now than
00:15:50than European allies, for example?
00:15:51example? Well. I think European allies
00:15:55allies have definitely scaled up up their support for Ukraine. And
00:15:59And now the burden of long-term support
00:16:01support for Ukraine falls on Europe, Europe, for sure. But when it comes
00:16:04comes to some of the critical necessities,
00:16:07necessities, such as US made Patriot Patriot missiles, for example, which
00:16:10which is supplied to Ukraine with with the help of its allies. But
00:16:14But ultimately the US still has the the leverage to support Ukraine and
00:16:18and especially when it comes to intelligence intelligence sharing, for example,
00:16:21example, this has been critical necessity necessity that Ukraine has had and
00:16:24and the lack of it will cause very
00:16:26very serious problems on the battlefield. battlefield. Natia Seskuria from
00:16:29from RUSI, thank you very much for
00:16:31for your time. Thank you. In India,
00:16:34India, the leader of the Cockroach Cockroach protest movement has been
00:16:38been released from detention as Delhi Delhi sees a second day of protests.
00:16:42protests. The Cockroach Janta Party Party said that its founder, Abhijeet
00:16:46Abhijeet Dipke, was detained with with other leaders shortly after
00:16:49after landing in Delhi to lead protests protests seeking electoral reform
00:16:52reform just months before crucial crucial state elections. He began
00:16:55began the movement in May after India's India's chief justice likened some
00:16:58some jobless young people to cockroaches
00:17:01cockroaches in his first comments comments after his release, Dipke
00:17:04Dipke said that the CJP will neither neither back down nor be intimidated.
00:17:08intimidated. Narendra Modi is the the biggest coward this country has
00:17:11has ever seen. What protesters have
00:17:14have returned to central Delhi for for a second day, and much of the
00:17:18the area has roads barricaded. Offices, Offices, shops and restaurants are
00:17:21are shut and internet services curtailed. curtailed. For now, demonstrators
00:17:25demonstrators are vastly outnumbered outnumbered by security personnel
00:17:27personnel and the BBC has witnessed
00:17:30witnessed many detentions. The CJP CJP and other opposition parties
00:17:33parties are calling for the election election commissioner to be sacked
00:17:36sacked over revisions to the electoral
00:17:39electoral roll, an accusation denied
00:17:41denied by the authorities. Our correspondent correspondent in Delhi, Arunoday
00:17:44Arunoday Mukharji, has the latest latest from the protesters there.
00:17:47there. This is the first time we're
00:17:50we're hearing the senior members members of the Cockroach Janta Party
00:17:53Party movement essentially talking
00:17:54talking about their experiences over
00:17:57over the last 24 to 48 hours, highlighting highlighting what happened to them
00:18:00them when the police detained them them and criticising the Delhi Police
00:18:03Police once again and essentially essentially very, very combative
00:18:06combative in their messaging targeting targeting Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi as well as the interior
00:18:10interior minister or the home minister minister as he's called here. Mr
00:18:12Mr Amit Shah, accusing them of shielding shielding the Chief Election Commissioner
00:18:16Commissioner for their own gains. gains. They've also said the way
00:18:18way in which the Delhi Police has has gone about carrying out these
00:18:22these detentions across Delhi to to the tune of thousands, they said
00:18:25said that demonstrates the fear that
00:18:27that the authorities have regarding
00:18:30regarding these protests. They have
00:18:32have not outlined what their next next plan of action is. That still
00:18:36still remains a bit of a question question at the moment. All we've
00:18:39we've heard in terms of them urging urging others to continue their protests,
00:18:42protests, they said that this is is just the beginning of the battle.
00:18:45battle. They've urged people from from other states to go ahead and
00:18:48and protest in any way that they they can to ensure their voices are
00:18:51are heard. At the moment over here
00:18:54here we still see some security that that is there. It is not as strict
00:18:58strict as yesterday. We've seen a
00:19:01a little bit of relaxation, not completely, completely, but there has been a
00:19:04a little bit of difference compared compared to what it was yesterday. yesterday. But there are still barricades
00:19:08barricades in other parts of the the city. We've also heard from the
00:19:11the Supreme Court, which has now now said and asked the Delhi Police
00:19:14Police to review its security measures
00:19:17measures in place and only do it
00:19:19it where it is necessary. Arunoday
00:19:22Arunoday Mukharji in Delhi at least
00:19:25least 139 migrants have been killed, killed, including 15 children, after
00:19:28after a boat sank off the shores shores of Djibouti, according to
00:19:32to the International Organisation Organisation for Migration Survivors
00:19:35Survivors said the vessel, which which was carrying 350 people from
00:19:39from Djibouti to Yemen, capsized capsized north of the Djibouti town
00:19:42town of Obock overnight on October
00:19:45October the 8th. Authorities in Nepal Nepal have called for the evacuation
00:19:49evacuation of villages on the banks banks of the Budhi Gandaki Gandaki
00:19:52Gandaki River after severe flooding flooding in the centre of the country,
00:19:56country, Nepali officials say they've
00:19:58they've rescued 49 people from areas areas affected by the flash flood,
00:20:02flood, which has washed away bridges bridges and damaged a hydropower
00:20:05hydropower facility. Five people people are missing. It's believed
00:20:07believed that the flash flood was was caused by a landslide. Upstream,
00:20:11Upstream, the country remains on on high alert after devastating floods floods swept thousands of people
00:20:15people away. Seven weeks ago. Our
00:20:17Our global affairs correspondent correspondent Anbarasan Ethirajan
00:20:20Ethirajan joins us now. Once again,
00:20:22again, we're seeing these incredibly
00:20:25incredibly arresting pictures from from Nepal. The pictures are really
00:20:29really scary where you see that torrent
00:20:31torrent of water, mud and rocks,
00:20:33rocks, the sludge sweeping through through some of these villages in
00:20:37in central part of Nepal in Gorkha
00:20:40Gorkha district. And according to
00:20:42to officials, nearly 40 houses were
00:20:44were swept away and four bridges. bridges. And the bridges are very
00:20:48very key because Nepal is a mountainous mountainous country where the bridges
00:20:52bridges connect various districts. districts. So transport has been
00:20:55been snapped between two districts districts and also for hydroelectric
00:20:59hydroelectric power. Projects were
00:21:01were damaged in this flash flood, flood, but fortunately the authorities
00:21:05authorities were able to predict predict this early as one of the
00:21:08the disaster management officials officials was saying early that they
00:21:12they were able to give SMS alerts alerts to people living downstream
00:21:15downstream of the river. So that's that's why many people managed to
00:21:19to go to a safer location. And they
00:21:22they believe that this flooding was
00:21:24was caused by a landslide upstream, upstream, and it blocked the river's
00:21:28river's path and then suddenly it
00:21:30it burst, causing this flooding.
00:21:33flooding. And so far they have rescued
00:21:35rescued more than 80 people and including
00:21:37including nine foreigners. And this this could be possibly trekkers.
00:21:40trekkers. This is also a busy period
00:21:42period for people going for trekking
00:21:45trekking in Nepal. But the authorities
00:21:47authorities have deployed four helicopters helicopters in the rescue work. So
00:21:50So a different location, a different
00:21:53different cause. But how much more
00:21:55more prepared and vigilant are the
00:21:57the authorities being now in response response to the huge flood we saw
00:22:01saw seven weeks ago. This time they
00:22:03they had some response time so that that they can warn people. But it
00:22:07it also shows the danger, the climate
00:22:10climate change and also how this this Himalayan region is sitting
00:22:13sitting on this volcano of landslides landslides or glacial icefall happening.
00:22:17happening. So now this is happening
00:22:19happening frequently. It is not only
00:22:21only in this particular area, even even bigger cities and other parts
00:22:24parts of Nepal. Main highways have
00:22:27have been impacted because of repeated repeated landslides. It shows that
00:22:31that the land is loose or heavy rains
00:22:33rains or no forest cover or the impact impact of climate change as many
00:22:37many scientists would point away away point out. And at the same time,
00:22:40time, a study released last week
00:22:42week said nearly 300,000 people living
00:22:45living on various banks of the rivers rivers in Nepal, they are in danger
00:22:48danger of facing this flash flooding flooding because it is happening
00:22:51happening more frequently now and and without giving enough warning.
00:22:54warning. So they need to find a way way to resettle people or move people
00:22:58people away from the riverbanks. And that's a huge undertaking undertaking that's going to take
00:23:01take years. The country is already already reeling under what happened
00:23:04happened in the end of August, when
00:23:06when this flash floods and the glacial
00:23:08glacial ice fall on the border with
00:23:10with Tibet. It killed more than 1500 1500 people and 5000 are still missing.
00:23:14missing. And already the Nepalese Nepalese government says they need
00:23:17need at least $5 billion to rebuild
00:23:21rebuild some of these areas. People People are still living in shelters shelters with their relatives and
00:23:24and friends, and they can't go back back to their villages because there
00:23:27there is a 4 to 5ft of mud above above their villages and market towns.
00:23:31towns. So people are still coming coming to terms with what happened.
00:23:34happened. And then you have this this new flooding. It shows the dangers
00:23:38dangers of what's happening in Nepal's Nepal's mountainous regions. Amber
00:23:41Amber sun, thank you very much. Anbarasan
00:23:45Anbarasan Ethirajan Pope Leo has has announced that he is to undergo undergo surgery after his doctors
00:23:49doctors detected what he called a a very early stage nodule in his
00:23:53his lung. Leo, who's 71 years old,
00:23:55old, said it was found during a routine routine check-up and appeared to
00:23:59to be well contained. He thanked thanked people for their prayers.
00:24:02prayers. Recovery from surgery is
00:24:03is expected to take around a week.
00:24:07week. Football and in the Premier Premier League, Manchester City will
00:24:11will face Liverpool this afternoon. afternoon. The fixture at Anfield
00:24:14Anfield comes amid heightened tension tension following the Premier League's
00:24:17League's ruling that city were guilty guilty of all charges related to
00:24:21to breaches in the financial rules rules governing the game. It's the
00:24:24the first time that the club will will have faced a rival team since
00:24:28since the decision, and security security has been increased around
00:24:30around the stadium in advance of
00:24:32of their arrival by team bus. Well,
00:24:34Well, we've heard the take from Liverpool
00:24:37Liverpool fans ahead of the game. game. The atmosphere is going to
00:24:41to be volatile. I think it's always always a special game, not as big
00:24:44big as Man United and Everton, but but I think it's still up there with
00:24:47with the best, I think because they're they're dominating for a lot of years.
00:24:51years. I think once they get the the perch back from the year before.
00:24:54before. So I. Think it is more more more difficult because of what's
00:24:58what's going on, on city. It's isn't isn't it? It's more yeah, I think
00:25:02think so. And it's kind of also the
00:25:05the whole saga really I'm losing losing my passion for the game, to
00:25:09to be honest. It just feels like like it's no longer for supporters,
00:25:12supporters, no longer for fans. It's It's all about the money nowadays.
00:25:15nowadays. Money, money. How many
00:25:18many teams have been relegated or or lost Champions League spots? Europe
00:25:22Europe spots. I mean I'm a Liverpool Liverpool supporter. I don't want
00:25:25want tainted titles. I just like
00:25:28like some justice. Eight orangutans orangutans rescued from the wildfires
00:25:31wildfires that recently swept through through parts of Borneo have been
00:25:35been released into a protected forest. forest. The orangutans three mother
00:25:38mother and baby pairs and two male
00:25:41male teenagers were saved from various
00:25:43various locations in West Kalimantan Kalimantan on the Indonesian part
00:25:47part of the island. Their new home
00:25:49home is the Batu Nyamu Reserve, chosen
00:25:52chosen by conservationists because because of the availability of food
00:25:55food and water resources as well well as its connectivity to other
00:25:59other forests, orangutans are critically
00:26:01critically endangered. There are are just over 100,000
00:27:35will emerge low 40s and Celsius in
00:27:38in Kuwait.
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