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00:00:10Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:13News. President Zelensky welcomes
00:00:15welcomes Donald Trump's idea of an an energy ceasefire, but says Russia
00:00:18Russia is continuing to attack Ukrainian
00:00:21Ukrainian power plants despite the
00:00:23the announcement by the US. Another Another strike hits Riyadh's main
00:00:27main airport in Saudi Arabia, a day day after 13 people were killed and
00:00:31and hundreds wounded in a Houthi
00:00:33Houthi attack. At least 139 people
00:00:36people have been killed, including including 15 children, in a deadly
00:00:39deadly shipwreck off the coast of
00:00:41of Djibouti. Here in the UK. Witnesses
00:00:44Witnesses to the fatal mauling of
00:00:45of a man at a wildlife park in Yorkshire
00:00:49Yorkshire speak of their distress.
00:00:50distress. Manchester City win 3-0
00:00:533-0 against Liverpool in their first first match since being found guilty
00:00:56guilty of breaching financial rules.
00:01:08rules. Hello, welcome. I'm Catherine Catherine Byaruhanga. President Zelensky
00:01:11Zelensky has accused Russia of striking
00:01:14striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure infrastructure after President Trump
00:01:16Trump claimed both sides had signed
00:01:18signed up to an energy ceasefire. ceasefire. Initially, President Zelensky
00:01:22Zelensky said the announcement was was news to him. He has since posted
00:01:26posted to say he's discussed the the energy ceasefire with various
00:01:29various world leaders and Ukraine Ukraine backs the idea if Russia
00:01:33Russia supports it too. But questioned questioned if Moscow really wants
00:01:36wants peace. Earlier, Donald Trump
00:01:38Trump wrote on his Truth Social Platform Platform that an agreement between
00:01:41between Russia and Ukraine to halt halt attacks on each other's energy
00:01:45energy facilities would come into into effect immediately. In September.
00:01:48September. A similar promise of such
00:01:50such a ceasefire failed to materialise. materialise. Now it's being reported
00:01:54reported by the Financial Times that that the US is threatening to stop
00:01:57stop the procurement system that that provides Ukraine with weapons
00:02:00weapons as part of its efforts to
00:02:01to press Kyiv to halt its strikes
00:02:04strikes on Russian infrastructure. infrastructure. Our correspondent
00:02:06correspondent Dan Johnson is in Kyiv Kyiv and has more on that initial
00:02:10initial announcement from Donald Donald Trump. This seems to have
00:02:13have come as a big surprise. Out Out of the blue, Donald Trump says
00:02:17says both parties have agreed. We
00:02:18We don't know what the Russian involvement involvement is, but for Ukrainians
00:02:22Ukrainians this seemed to come out out of nowhere and there was no response
00:02:26response for a time. The latest that
00:02:27that we've had is a post on X from from President Volodymyr Zelensky,
00:02:32Zelensky, who said he'd been discussing discussing this with other world
00:02:35world leaders and that he supports supports the ceasefire. And it's
00:02:38it's important for Russia to support support it as well. He said we are
00:02:42are awaiting details from the American American side, from our side there
00:02:45there is always full support for for de-escalation steps, protection
00:02:49protection of lives and the necessary necessary decisions to end the war
00:02:53war and ensure lasting peace. So So it seems like rather than being
00:02:56being negotiated jointly, this was was announced unilaterally by Donald Donald Trump, not the first time
00:03:00time that has happened, but it does does look like it will be signed
00:03:02signed up to by the Ukrainian side side because people here in this
00:03:05this city, which is currently in in darkness, having just had another
00:03:09another air raid alert, know how
00:03:11how critical their energy infrastructure infrastructure is and how devastating
00:03:14devastating Russia's attacks on it
00:03:16it have been. Russia wants the strikes
00:03:18strikes on its oil refineries to to stop. And the backdrop to this
00:03:21this is the deal that Donald Trump Trump announced with Vladimir Putin
00:03:25Putin to allow Russia to export diesel
00:03:28diesel again, to get that income, income, to actually fulfil those
00:03:31those orders and supply that fuel fuel Russia needs Ukraine to stop
00:03:34stop its long range strikes on that that infrastructure. But the big
00:03:38big question is will this hold? Will Will both sides respect it? Now Donald
00:03:41Donald Trump announced something something similar about a month ago,
00:03:44ago, but Russia's attacks on Ukrainian
00:03:46Ukrainian energy infrastructure continued. continued. Dan Johnson in Kyiv there.
00:03:50there. Let's take you through how how the past few days have unfolded.
00:03:54unfolded. On Friday, Donald Trump Trump announced a deal to import
00:03:57import Russian diesel into the US.. US.. Ukraine's president condemned
00:04:01condemned the deal, calling it a
00:04:03a gift to Putin. The US President President hit back, saying he thought
00:04:06thought it was time for Ukraine to to get a new president. President
00:04:10President Zelensky said Ukraine would would stop striking Russian oil refineries
00:04:13refineries if Russia stopped striking striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
00:04:17infrastructure. In an interview with
00:04:19with US network ABC, Zelensky then then said he would organise elections
00:04:22elections in Ukraine if President President Putin agrees to a 60 day
00:04:26day ceasefire. The US President posted posted on Truth Social saying Russia
00:04:30Russia and Ukraine agreed to an immediate immediate ceasefire. President Zelensky
00:04:33Zelensky told US media it was news
00:04:36news to him. Zelensky then posted
00:04:38posted on X, saying he backs a ceasefire, ceasefire, but it's important Russia
00:04:42Russia supports it too, and that that he's awaiting details from the
00:04:46the US. Well, let's now speak to
00:04:49to Katy Balls. She is the Washington Washington editor and columnist at
00:04:52at the Times and Sunday Times. Welcome Welcome back to the programme. What
00:04:56What do we know about these reports reports in the Financial Times that
00:04:58that the US is threatening to stop
00:05:00stop the procurement system that
00:05:03that provides Ukraine with weapons? weapons? Well, we know that when
00:05:06when it comes to the Trump administration administration for, you know, over
00:05:10over a month now, they've been trying trying to get Ukraine to stop when
00:05:13when it comes to hitting Russian
00:05:17Russian oil refineries. And Trump
00:05:20Trump has had various threats. Also Also previously announced a ceasefire ceasefire that didn't take hold.
00:05:24hold. And therefore this is an administration administration that's trying to press,
00:05:28press, you know, different pressure pressure points to get what they
00:05:30they want. And the FTT, the Financial Financial Times is reporting that
00:05:33that this you know, this is what
00:05:36what officials, EU officials speaking speaking to the Ukrainians are telling telling them that the US are doing.
00:05:40doing. And I think it we don't have have anything yet from the US on
00:05:44on it, but certainly there is just just a sense that, you know, Trump
00:05:47Trump has made pretty clear that that he is determined to stop the
00:05:50the Ukrainians from hurting Russian Russian infrastructure. And the deal
00:05:54deal he announced obviously on Friday Friday night, which caused lots of
00:05:57of consternation, lots of you know, know, opposition quickly emerging
00:06:01emerging to it to say that Russia Russia was going to be supplying supplying America with a certain
00:06:05certain amount of diesel also is is tying US interests to Russian
00:06:09Russian infrastructure, making it it even harder for the. To now strike
00:06:13strike them. And I think the announcement announcement that Zelensky wants
00:06:16wants to go along with this ceasefire ceasefire deal is perhaps a way for
00:06:19for all sides to walk down. But whether whether it holds is a different matter.
00:06:22matter. Yes. And what do you think think is the President's motivation
00:06:25motivation here? Is it simply energy
00:06:28energy prices in the United States States where you are, or does he
00:06:31he think this is a way of ending ending the war? I think there's a
00:06:34a few different things. Certainly Certainly energy prices are becoming becoming a political problem for
00:06:38for Donald Trump and the Republican Republican Party, and you cannot
00:06:41cannot get away from the fact that that there are the mid-term elections elections in just a couple of weeks'
00:06:45weeks' time at the very beginning beginning of November. So when Trump
00:06:48Trump unveiled his deal with Russia Russia on Friday on his true social
00:06:52social account, he said, you know, know, the big winner from this is
00:06:54is Americans and talked about the the American agricultural workers.
00:06:58workers. And that does come to the the fact that diesel in America last
00:07:01last month hit its highest ever recorded recorded price. And voters are linking
00:07:05linking that to the Iran war and and blaming Donald Trump. So any
00:07:07any tool he can do to either lower lower the prices ideally, but also
00:07:11also signal to American voters, which which might be more realistic given given the time frame that he's doing
00:07:15doing something is something he wants wants to grab. You also add to that,
00:07:19that, however, the fact that the the Ukrainian war is now being wrapped
00:07:23wrapped up with the Iranian war. war. Trump obviously did start their
00:07:26their Iran war. He says the Ukraine
00:07:29Ukraine war would never started, started, but they're coming together
00:07:31together to create something of an an energy crisis. And he also keeps
00:07:35keeps saying he still wants a peace peace prize. So he's looking for
00:07:37for ways to end it. It's just that that getting closer to Russia, I
00:07:41I think still the jury is out speaking speaking to Europeans and some Republicans
00:07:44Republicans that that is the way way that this is going to come to
00:07:46to an end in a way the Ukrainians Ukrainians can get behind. We've
00:07:49We've seen the President take strong strong positions on Ukraine and then
00:07:52then walk them back. Could all of of this blow over in a few days?
00:07:56days? In a few weeks? Yeah. I think think this is the thing that's tricky. tricky. Obviously on Friday you have
00:08:00have Trump announcing this deal with
00:08:02with the Russians and you have then
00:08:05then Trump today announcing a ceasefire ceasefire and then minutes later
00:08:08later Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader, leader, saying, well, you know, well, well, he doesn't know anything about
00:08:12about it. Now, I think the Ukrainians Ukrainians still feel as though they
00:08:15they need to have their Americans Americans on side. I think they are
00:08:18are finding it harder sometimes to to walk that line. You saw Zelensky
00:08:22Zelensky on Friday criticising Trump Trump for this deal. Trump in turn
00:08:25turn saying Zelensky needs to go go and he also needs to hold an election
00:08:28election soon. So I think it's a a very fluid picture for being completely
00:08:32completely honest and no one can can predict how the next couple of
00:08:34of days and weeks are going to go. go. Certainly, I think what we can
00:08:38can say is right now Trump is tying tying American interests closer with
00:08:42with Russia, closer with Putin, and and that makes things harder for
00:08:46for the Ukrainians and the European European allies that are trying to
00:08:49to get Ukraine's voice heard. So So there'll be some relief if there
00:08:52there is a ceasefire. But I think think no one is holding their breath,
00:08:56breath, particularly on this, because because it feels as though things
00:08:59things are quite hard to predict, predict, quite fragile. And Trump
00:09:02Trump is leaning more towards Russia Russia than he had been a few months
00:09:06months ago. Katy Balls Washington Washington editor for the Times and
00:09:10and Sunday Times. Thank you. In a
00:09:14a major escalation in the Middle Middle East, Yemen's Houthis say
00:09:18say they've attacked energy facilities facilities and two airports in Saudi
00:09:21Saudi Arabia. Blasts were heard at
00:09:23at Dammam airport and at King Khalid
00:09:25Khalid Airport in Riyadh, where injuries injuries have been reported. The
00:09:29The attack comes a day after 13 people
00:09:31people were killed and hundreds wounded wounded in a strike by the Iran-backed
00:09:35Iran-backed group. The deadliest deadliest attack on Saudi soil in
00:09:38in more than a decade. The Houthis Houthis have warned airlines and
00:09:41and passengers not to use airports
00:09:43airports in Saudi Arabia. A number number of Western diplomatic missions,
00:09:47missions, including the UK and the the US, have warned their nationals
00:09:50nationals to stay away from the airport.
00:09:52airport. Our world news correspondent
00:09:55correspondent Joe Inwood reports. reports. May I have your attention,
00:09:58attention, please? This is a building.
00:10:01building. Chaos at one of Saudi Arabia's
00:10:04Arabia's most important airports. airports. Inside the terminal, the
00:10:07the damage is clear. The result of
00:10:09of a missile strike. More than 300
00:10:12300 people injured. Emergency services
00:10:13services are said to be overwhelmed. overwhelmed. Although they have not
00:10:17not officially claimed credit. It's It's thought it was carried out by
00:10:20by the Houthis, who had already struck struck the airport twice this week.
00:10:24week. This footage from Thursday,
00:10:27Thursday, the Iran-backed group control control large parts of Yemen. Saudi
00:10:31Saudi Arabia's strategically significant significant southern neighbour. For
00:10:34For more than a decade, the Houthis Houthis have been involved in a brutal
00:10:37brutal civil war with the internationally internationally recognised government,
00:10:40government, which has Saudi backing. backing. Now, for the last couple
00:10:43couple of years, there's been an an uneasy truce. But that was shattered
00:10:46shattered in recent months. The Houthis
00:10:49Houthis made lightning advances down down the Red Sea coast last month,
00:10:52month, giving them an even greater greater ability to threaten shipping
00:10:56shipping in the Red Sea. Now Saudi
00:10:58Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes
00:11:00strikes and with the government recently recently retook some territory. The
00:11:04The Houthi response to that could
00:11:06could be seen at Riyadh airport last
00:11:08last night from the US President. President. Condemnation of the attack,
00:11:12attack, but no promise of support.
00:11:14support. I think it's terrible, terrible
00:11:17terrible without being because himself himself southwest well they're able
00:11:20able to defend look the Saudis are
00:11:22are good fighters. But I think the the attack was a terrible thing.
00:11:25thing. This attack was the most severe
00:11:27severe on Saudi soil in over a decade.
00:11:29decade. It has already claimed many many lives. But more than that, it
00:11:33it strikes at the heart of the kingdom's
00:11:36kingdom's image for stability and
00:11:38and security. There will surely be
00:11:40be a retaliation. Joe Inwood. BBC
00:11:43BBC News. Our senior international international correspondent Orla
00:11:47Orla Guerin, who's in Yemen in the
00:11:49the city of Aden, has more on the the significance of this attack.
00:11:52attack. The Houthis have managed
00:11:54managed to strike not only an economically economically important target by
00:11:57by hitting the airport in Riyadh,
00:11:58Riyadh, but also a very politically
00:12:01politically sensitive target. Now, Now, they have already said that
00:12:04that they consider airports in Saudi
00:12:07Saudi Arabia to be potential targets. targets. They have warned airlines
00:12:10airlines to stay out of the airspace, airspace, and they have said people
00:12:14people should take those warnings warnings seriously. So that suggests
00:12:16suggests more attacks are to come. come. I certainly think we can expect
00:12:20expect to see a significant retaliation
00:12:23retaliation by Saudi Arabia. They They will want to do something of
00:12:27of some serious measure to send a
00:12:29a message to the Houthis. We did did have air strikes today in the
00:12:33the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, but there
00:12:35there is no word yet about any casualties
00:12:38casualties from those attacks. But But I think one of the big questions
00:12:40questions now is what does President President Trump do? He will be under
00:12:44under growing pressure from Saudi Saudi Arabia, who are close allies,
00:12:49allies, to get more involved. Now
00:12:50Now that has been something he has
00:12:53has resisted in recent weeks, and and he would probably prefer to resist
00:12:56resist it again. He has the US mid-terms
00:12:59mid-terms coming up and getting involved involved in another foreign war,
00:13:03war, and will not be popular with with American voters. But Riyadh
00:13:05Riyadh will certainly be pushing pushing for help. And I think we
00:13:09we have to remember you cannot divorce
00:13:11divorce all of this from the broader
00:13:14broader context of conflict and tension tension and escalation in the Middle
00:13:18Middle East, and particularly the the war by America and Israel on
00:13:22on Iran. The Houthis are major Iranian
00:13:24Iranian allies. And what the Houthis Houthis have done now by striking
00:13:27striking Saudi Arabia so hard will
00:13:30will certainly please Tehran. Orla
00:13:33Orla Guerin in Aden, in Yemen, their
00:13:36their football now and Manchester
00:13:38Manchester City have won their first first match after being found guilty
00:13:42guilty of all charges related to to breaches of the financial rules
00:13:45rules governing the game. The team team were met by boos in Liverpool
00:13:49Liverpool this afternoon. Take a a listen to this crowd reaction from
00:13:53from Sky sports match coverage. Of
00:13:56Of all the games, of all the venues.
00:14:04venues. But it was city who took took the victory, securing a three
00:14:08three zero win at Anfield. The club club maintained they haven't broken
00:14:11broken any rules and have appealed appealed against the verdict. Security
00:14:15Security was stepped up around Anfield Anfield ahead of the arrival of the
00:14:19the City team bus, which was also
00:14:21also greeted by boos and chants ahead
00:14:24ahead of the game. Liverpool fans
00:14:26fans were not impressed. The atmosphere
00:14:29atmosphere is going to be volatile. volatile. I think it's always a special
00:14:32special game, not as big as Man United United and Everton, but I think it's it's still up there with the best.
00:14:36best. I think because they're dominating dominating for a lot of years, I
00:14:40I think once they get the perch back
00:14:42back from the year before. So I think think it is more more difficult because
00:14:46because of what's going on, on city.
00:14:48city. It's isn't it? It's more. Yeah,
00:14:50Yeah, I think so. And it's kind of
00:14:53of also the whole saga really I'm I'm losing my passion for the game,
00:14:57game, to be honest. Just feels like like it's no longer for supporters,
00:15:00supporters, no longer for fans. It's It's all about the money nowadays.
00:15:04nowadays. Money, money. How many
00:15:06many teams have been relegated or or lost Champions League spots, Europe
00:15:10Europe spots. I mean I'm a Liverpool Liverpool supporter. I don't want
00:15:13want tainted titles. I just like
00:15:16like some justice. Well, our sports
00:15:19sports editor Dan Roan sends this this update after the final whistle
00:15:22whistle and says the whole Premier Premier League has been left waiting
00:15:25waiting to see what happens next next after another Manchester City
00:15:28City win. Now city have won convincingly convincingly here today. I think think that is the result that many
00:15:32many fans, not just Liverpool fans fans but supporters of other clubs
00:15:35clubs would have feared because it it does mean that their perfect start
00:15:38start to the season continues that that six wins out of six. There are
00:15:41are three points clear at the top top of the table, nine points now
00:15:45now ahead of Liverpool. But how much much does it actually mean that?
00:15:49that? That is a hard question to to answer. If city go on and win
00:15:52win or even just if they're in the the title race, how much pride can
00:15:55can they take? How much excitement excitement can it spark when you
00:15:59you know, when everybody knows that that there is a very real prospect prospect that they could be handed
00:16:03handed a huge points deduction that that would condemn them to relegation
00:16:06relegation or even expulsion from from the league. And until we know
00:16:10know what that punishment is and and until we know the outcome of of any appeal, we know that city
00:16:13city have appealed, but we don't don't know how long that will take
00:16:15take or whether indeed they'll then then go beyond football jurisdiction
00:16:19jurisdiction and take it to the courts.
00:16:22courts. Then this sense of limbo limbo will hang over this campaign.
00:16:26campaign. And what many will fear
00:16:27fear is future seasons. If it's not
00:16:31not concluded before the start of
00:16:32of next season. At least 139 people
00:16:36people have been killed, including
00:16:38including 15 children, after a boat
00:16:40boat sank off the shores of Djibouti.
00:16:43Djibouti. That's according to the the International Organisation for
00:16:46for migration. Survivors said the the vessel, which was carrying around
00:16:49around 350 people from Djibouti to to Yemen, capsized north of the town
00:16:53town of Obock overnight on October
00:16:55October the 8th. 82 people, all Ethiopian
00:16:59Ethiopian nationals, were rescued. rescued. It's among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks recorded on
00:17:02on a route used by migrants from from the Horn of Africa trying to
00:17:05to reach the Gulf states. Alexandre
00:17:09Alexandre Coissac is the International International Organisation for Migration's
00:17:11Migration's chief of mission in Djibouti. Djibouti. He visited the shoreline
00:17:15shoreline where the shipwreck took took place and has been telling me
00:17:18me more about it. I arrived one day
00:17:21day after and I saw I mean, it's it's very tragic. It's very difficult
00:17:24difficult to describe. Sorry, but but many, many, many dead bodies
00:17:28bodies that were on the scene that that have been pushed on the sea.
00:17:31sea. The day just before the army, army, which was the first to intervene
00:17:35intervene together with the local
00:17:37local authorities and already buried
00:17:39buried 67 bodies, but more were being
00:17:42being pushed by the sea. So I saw saw devastation. That's what I've
00:17:45I've seen. Yes. And what have survivors
00:17:48survivors had to say? We've met some some survivors actually, as we were
00:17:52were going there with the car somebody
00:17:55somebody was in the desert, got lost
00:17:57lost and run towards US, very frankly. frankly. I mean, the one I met could
00:18:01could hardly speak. He had been lost
00:18:03lost in the desert for one and a a half when we met him. We brought
00:18:07brought him to our centre. We are
00:18:09are providing support to another
00:18:12another 8081 of them altogether. altogether. It's 82 people that we
00:18:16we are currently helping in a migrant migrant response centre that we have
00:18:19have in Obock. There are all in state
00:18:21state of shock. It's very difficult
00:18:24difficult for them to, to express express what happened and what we
00:18:27we are trying to do for them is to to provide food, water, shelter.
00:18:31shelter. I mean, human contact. And
00:18:33And we have our health doctors and and psychologists who are also working
00:18:36working with them. A flash flood
00:18:39flood in central Nepal has left at
00:18:41at least five people missing. More
00:18:44More than 140 houses were fully or or partially damaged, and bridges
00:18:48bridges and hydropower infrastructure infrastructure were swept away. Officials
00:18:51Officials suspect a dry landslide landslide had blocked the river in
00:18:54in the area before it burst. More
00:18:56More than 90 people, including nine nine foreigners, have been rescued
00:18:59rescued so far. Residents living living downstream have been told
00:19:03told to leave for their safety. A
00:19:05A disaster management official said
00:19:07said SMS alerts helped avert a major major loss of life. The country remains
00:19:11remains on high alert after devastating devastating floods swept at thousands
00:19:15thousands of people away seven weeks
00:19:17weeks ago, triggered by a glacier glacier collapse along the border
00:19:20border with Tibet. Visitors to a
00:19:24a wildlife park in South Yorkshire Yorkshire in northern England have
00:19:27have been describing their shock shock and distress after a man was
00:19:31was killed when he entered the tiger tiger enclosure yesterday. The park
00:19:34park remains closed while an investigation
00:19:36investigation continues. Yunus Mulla
00:19:40Mulla reports. A Siberian tiger filmed,
00:19:42filmed, relaxed and in the sunshine sunshine just minutes before a man
00:19:47man entered this enclosure at the the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and was
00:19:50was attacked. The entire incident incident at the Land of Tigers section
00:19:53section was witnessed by Ella Ford. Ford. She was on a raised walkway
00:19:57walkway with her boyfriend. He climbed climbed up and some woman was there
00:20:01there talking to him and he climbed climbed up onto the barriers onto
00:20:04onto like a metal bar. And then next next thing you know, he just jumped
00:20:07jumped in and then he like crawled
00:20:11crawled towards in front of the tiger tiger where the tiger was perched perched and just lay there. We've
00:20:14We've seen the tiger get down and and come over to him and obviously
00:20:18obviously grab on to him. And then
00:20:20then he was shouting for help. And And then people around us was obviously
00:20:23obviously trying to get the kids kids away and gone to try and find
00:20:27find help. And then that's when all
00:20:29all the staff ran over and obviously obviously had to block the whole
00:20:32whole bridge that everyone was on on and got everyone off the bridge.
00:20:36bridge. Staff evacuated around 15 15 to 20 people from the enclosures
00:20:40enclosures raised platform and emergency emergency services were called, but
00:20:43but the man died at the scene. Went
00:20:46Went past the tiger walkway. My family family said, oh, that's it there
00:20:48there look. And there were a load
00:20:50load of police loads of rangers and and this black tarpaulin thing up
00:20:54up to cover people from seeing in.
00:20:57in. The two acre reserve is home home to Amur tigers, an endangered
00:21:01endangered subspecies with around around 500 left in the wild. The
00:21:04The high fence walkway allows visitors
00:21:06visitors to see the animals roaming
00:21:09roaming below the park said today today it's thoughts and sympathies sympathies remain with the family
00:21:13family of the man who has died. Staff
00:21:16Staff here will also be given specialist
00:21:19specialist support and the tiger, tiger, it said, is safe and will
00:21:22will not be euthanized as a result
00:21:23result of the attack. The park remains
00:21:26remains closed. Yunus Mulla BBC News
00:21:32News Doncaster. And you can read
00:21:33read much more on this story from
00:21:37from Yorkshire there on the BBC website
00:21:39website and app as well. Now let's
00:21:42let's take you to the red carpet carpet at the London Film Festival
00:21:46Festival this evening for the premiere
00:21:48premiere of animal. Actor Ashley
00:21:50Ashley Walters is making his directorial directorial debut with a film about
00:21:54about a teenager navigating life
00:21:56life inside a young offenders institution institution starring Tut Nuyot and
00:22:00and Stephen Graham. Our culture correspondent correspondent Noor Nanji reports.
00:22:03reports. Well, I'm here at London London Film Festival where there
00:22:06there are a whole host of films generating generating a real buzz around them.
00:22:09them. One of them is animal, a new new drama by Ashley Walters. Now
00:22:12Now you probably know Ashley Walters Walters as usually being in front
00:22:15front of the camera, but he is now now directing this film. It is the
00:22:18the first feature film that he has has directed. Now the film itself
00:22:21itself is set in a youth detention detention centre, and it follows
00:22:25follows the young inmates as they they navigate friendship and identity,
00:22:28identity, all against the backdrop backdrop of something which is quite
00:22:31quite violent and often quite stressful. stressful. It has a whole number
00:22:34number of rising stars who are in
00:22:36in this film, but also Stephen Graham,
00:22:38Graham, who stars as a welfare officer
00:22:41officer in the prison and of course, course, Stephen Graham and Ashley
00:22:45Ashley Walters were recently together together in the TV series. The hit
00:22:48hit TV series Netflix drama adolescence
00:22:51adolescence last year. And I started started by asking Ashley Walters
00:22:54Walters whether he felt any pressure
00:22:57pressure living up to that. Of course course there's pressure. You know,
00:23:01know, you want to you want to win. win. You want to make a good movie
00:23:04movie or whatever. But I realised realised the good movie is subjective,
00:23:07subjective, right? It's like, you you know, as long as I pushed my
00:23:10my vision and the idea that I had had for this film and I came out
00:23:14out with that or somewhat, you know,
00:23:15know, similar to what I had envisaged envisaged then I'd be happy, I'd
00:23:19I'd be proud of myself. And however however anyone else took it, it's
00:23:21it's up to them. But to be here amongst amongst all these great people at
00:23:25at this festival is like amazing. amazing. It's overwhelming. And Stephen
00:23:28Stephen Graham and you are friends. friends. You are brilliant together together in adolescence. Now you're
00:23:32you're directing him. Was it strange strange to make that transition? transition? Oh, not at all. I'd already
00:23:35already directed him. I had a taster taster because I had him in a thousand
00:23:39thousand blows that I did for Disney Disney that I directed before. So
00:23:42So it was kind of we had a we already already had a rapport. I already
00:23:45already knew how he was working. working. I think in a thousand blows
00:23:48blows it was scarier than animal animal because I'd already done it.
00:23:51it. How did you draw on your own own experiences in a young offenders
00:23:54offenders institution for this film? film? Most of what you see in the
00:23:58the film is how I saw my Young Offenders
00:24:00Offenders Institute. I mean, we spent spent months and months and months
00:24:03months kind of going back and forth forth about prisons that we would
00:24:06would shoot in because I needed it it to look it feel like the same
00:24:10same prison that I was in. So we we found the prison that was that
00:24:13that close, but down to the clothes, clothes, the colours, you know, the
00:24:16the sounds, everything comes from from my memory of being in a YOY
00:24:20YOY when I was. And this film will will make you smile. It'll make you
00:24:23you cry. What message do you want
00:24:24want people to take away from it?
00:24:29it? Hope you know, pushing people
00:24:30people to be their authentic selves
00:24:33selves and shame. Sometimes a lot
00:24:35lot of the time is like a construct,
00:24:37construct, you know, a lot of people people do things behind closed doors
00:24:40doors that they don't want to talk talk about because of how they think
00:24:44think other people feel about them.
00:24:47them. And I would say 95% of those those things you could probably tell
00:24:49tell someone and find support. A A lot of problems happen when we
00:24:52we feel we're the only ones going going through something. And this
00:24:55this film is about, you know, saying, saying, first of all, that you're
00:24:58you're not the only person. And second, second, don't be ashamed of who ashamed
00:25:01ashamed of who you are. You know? know? Now before we go, I want to
00:25:05to show you some stunning images images that BBC Weather Watchers
00:25:09Watchers have captured of the Northern
00:25:11Northern Lights. The natural phenomenon
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00:25:17of increased solar activity, was was seen across large parts of the
00:25:20the UK. Such occurrences are mostly
00:25:23mostly visible near the Arctic Circle Circle and northern Scotland, but
00:25:27but particularly strong activity activity levels meant there could
00:25:28could be seen as far south as Devon,
00:25:31Devon, Hampshire and Kent on Saturday Saturday night, the Met Office says
00:25:35says sightings could continue to to be possible during clear skies
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00:25:42have previously said 2026 will be be a peak year for Aurora spotting,
00:25:46spotting, as the sun has been in in a heightened state of activity
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