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00:00:13Live from Washington. This is
00:00:15BBC News. Ahead this hour, Saudi Saudi authorities say one person
00:00:19person has been killed in another another attack on Riyadh's international
00:00:23international airport. It follows follows Saturday's Houthi attack
00:00:26attack on that same airport that
00:00:29that killed 13 people. The bloodshed
00:00:31bloodshed in Ukraine continues. Three Three dead in this Russian strike,
00:00:35strike, while President Zelensky Zelensky says Russia struck energy
00:00:38energy facilities after President President Trump's announcement of
00:00:40of an energy cease fire. Moscow has
00:00:43has yet to comment and Pope Leo says
00:00:46says he is to undergo surgery after after his doctors detected what he
00:00:49he called a very early stage nodule
00:00:52nodule in his lung. I'm Helena Humphrey
00:01:03Humphrey good to have you with us. us. As we start with some breaking
00:01:06breaking news out of Saudi Arabia, Arabia, with officials saying that
00:01:09that one person has died and 11 others
00:01:11others were injured in the second second strike on the Riyadh International
00:01:15International Airport in as many many days. Officials say that a projectile
00:01:19projectile hit a passenger hall, hall, sparking a fire. It comes a
00:01:22a day after Saturday's attack by by Yemen's Houthis, which killed
00:01:26killed 13 people, injuring over 300.
00:01:29300. Now there's new CCTV video of
00:01:31of that strike, a warning that it it is distressing. This footage is
00:01:35is coming in to us from Al Arabiya,
00:01:37Arabiya, a media organisation funded
00:01:39funded by the Saudi government with with paused the video here at the
00:01:43the moment of impact before an explosion. explosion. As you can see tears through
00:01:46through the airport hall as people people run to shelter. The BBC has
00:01:50has not independently verified the the video and it's been obtained
00:01:53obtained by multiple news agencies
00:01:55agencies including AFP and Reuters.
00:01:57Reuters. No flights are going in
00:01:59in or out of Riyadh. This is a live live illustration of air traffic
00:02:03traffic largely avoiding the Saudi
00:02:04Saudi capital, which usually handles
00:02:08handles more than 100,000 passengers passengers each day. May I have your
00:02:11your attention, please? This in the.
00:02:15the. Chaos at one of Saudi Arabia's
00:02:18Arabia's most important airports. airports. Inside the terminal, the
00:02:22the damage is clear. The result of
00:02:24of a missile strike. More than 300
00:02:27300 people injured. Emergency services
00:02:30services said to be overwhelmed tonight. tonight. The Houthis have claimed
00:02:33claimed responsibility not just for for this attack but for this one.
00:02:36one. Last Thursday at the same airport
00:02:39airport as well as one at a state
00:02:40state run gas plant with the help
00:02:43help of Almighty God, the armed forces
00:02:45forces carried out for qualitative qualitative operations over the past
00:02:49past 24 hours using a number of ballistic
00:02:51ballistic and winged missiles as as well as drones. The first operation
00:02:54operation targeted King Khalid Airport Airport in Riyadh. The second operation
00:02:58operation targeted an Aramco gas
00:03:01gas plant. The Iran-backed group
00:03:03group control large parts of Yemen.
00:03:05Yemen. Saudi Arabia's strategically strategically significant southern
00:03:08southern neighbour for more than than a decade, the Houthis have been
00:03:11been involved in a brutal civil war war with the internationally recognised
00:03:15recognised government, which has has Saudi backing. Now, for the last last couple of years, there's been
00:03:19been an uneasy truce. But that was
00:03:22was shattered in recent months. The The Houthis made lightning advances
00:03:25advances down the Red Sea coast last last month, giving them an even greater
00:03:29greater ability to threaten shipping shipping in the Red Sea. Now Saudi
00:03:33Saudi Arabia responded with air strikes
00:03:35strikes and with the government recently recently retook some territory. The
00:03:39The Houthi response to that could
00:03:41could be seen at Riyadh airport last
00:03:44last night from the US President. President. Condemnation of the attack,
00:03:47attack, but no promise of support.
00:03:49support. I think it's terrible, terrible.
00:03:52terrible. I think terrible because because I think south southwest. southwest. Well they're able to defend.
00:03:56defend. Look the Saudis are good good fighters. But I think the attack
00:03:59attack was a terrible thing. This This attack was one of the most severe
00:04:03severe on Saudi soil in over a decade.
00:04:06decade. Some of those killed are are now being identified. One of
00:04:09of them, Buthaina Awada, was a mother
00:04:11mother of four from Syria. She was
00:04:13was a victim of a conflict she had
00:04:15had no part in. But that seems to
00:04:18to be escalating dangerously. Joe
00:04:21Joe Inwood, BBC News. That report
00:04:24report by our correspondent Joe Inwood Inwood Will Michael Ratney served
00:04:27served as US ambassador to Saudi
00:04:30Saudi Arabia from 2023 to 2025. He He was in Saudi Arabia until Saturday
00:04:33Saturday and shared his experience experience of trying to fly out of
00:04:37of the country. You know, when I I got to Saudi Arabia last week,
00:04:40week, it felt pretty normal. But But it was just the next night as
00:04:43as some friends were arriving at at the airport that there was a Houthi
00:04:46Houthi strike seemingly intercepted intercepted at that point. But it it was pretty unnerving. We were
00:04:50were planning on leaving on Friday
00:04:53Friday via the airport. In the event event the airport was actually fine
00:04:56fine on Friday, but we left via Bahrain
00:04:58Bahrain and sure enough, Saturday Saturday was this last atrocious
00:05:02atrocious attack again repeated another another one today. I think it's really
00:05:05really unnerving for people because
00:05:06because in so many ways Riyadh feels
00:05:10feels relatively unscathed. And I I think this is the Houthis sending
00:05:12sending a message that it's not just just military targets, it's not just
00:05:16just energy infrastructure. They're They're going to strike at civilian
00:05:19civilian airports in a way that could could kill a lot of people. Well,
00:05:22Well, the Houthi strikes on Saudi Saudi Arabia are likely to have significant
00:05:26significant economic impacts on the the country, which is heavily reliant
00:05:29reliant on oil production and exports. exports. Energy ministers and industry
00:05:33industry leaders gathered in Riyadh Riyadh on Sunday for the 17th International
00:05:37International Energy Forum ministerial ministerial meeting. The meeting
00:05:40meeting went ahead despite those those repeated attacks on the international
00:05:44international airport, the country's country's energy minister looked
00:05:46looked to emphasise Saudi Arabia's
00:05:48Arabia's ability to withstand the
00:05:50the regional instability. Saudi resilience
00:05:55resilience and foresight. I think
00:05:57think by now people take it as given.
00:06:01given. Saudi Arabia remained resilient.
00:06:03resilient. No one can shake our determination
00:06:06determination to sustain our progress
00:06:08progress and fulfil our commitments.
00:06:11commitments. Some energy industry industry giants do appear to have
00:06:14have concerns on Sunday. The oil oil giant BP said that it was cancelling
00:06:18cancelling its chief executives attendance attendance at this week's World Petroleum
00:06:21Petroleum Council Energy Congress Congress in Riyadh. The Financial Financial Times has reported that
00:06:25that the heads of ExxonMobil TotalEnergies
00:06:28TotalEnergies and shell have also also withdrawn, although this has
00:06:31has not yet been confirmed. Well,
00:06:33Well, joining me live now is Muhammed Muhammed Sergi, editor of Semafor
00:06:37Semafor Gulf. Very good to have you you with us. Thanks so much for your
00:06:40your time. Muhammed, you have been been reporting on how news of the
00:06:43the attack on Riyadh's international international airport spread across
00:06:47across the region. Saudi Arabia has has now released footage of the attack.
00:06:50attack. What do you read into that?
00:06:52that? Do you see it as being significant?
00:06:55significant? Yes. Thank you for having
00:06:58having me on the. It's a tragic,
00:07:00tragic, you know, terror attack in
00:07:02in all in all sense and seeing the
00:07:06the footage, you know, this airport airport that we all know in the region
00:07:09region who are who've been here know know it very well. And just as a
00:07:12a former ambassador mentioned, it's
00:07:14it's jarring for us to know that that the main gateway to Riyadh is
00:07:18is being attacked in this way. Civilians, Civilians, civilians are being attacked.
00:07:22attacked. And the implications for for obviously, business is almost
00:07:26almost secondary in a sense, to the the loss of life, life that we've
00:07:29we've seen. But Saudi Arabia has
00:07:32has this is in a is in a bind, in
00:07:34in a dilemma where they have to continue
00:07:37continue and show resilience and and they are resilient. But at the
00:07:40the same time, they're being hit
00:07:42hit in the main artery for their
00:07:45their for their economy. So, you you know, you're seeing this week
00:07:49week the energy conference, some, some, some global names are dropping
00:07:52dropping out and you know, it's completely
00:07:56completely kind of you know, understandable. understandable. But they need to
00:08:00to they need to press on and continue, continue, you know, boosting confidence
00:08:03confidence in their economy, which which is quite large and, you know,
00:08:06know, seven, 8 million barrels of of oil a day, leaving trillions of
00:08:10of dollars in investment coming up. up. So they have to prosecute this
00:08:14this war at the same time. So, Muhammed, Muhammed, how do you think they'll they'll go about that? As you point
00:08:18point out on one hand, trying to
00:08:20to keep that sense of security with
00:08:23with those economic concerns at a a time when they host many energy
00:08:26energy conferences, including the the World Petroleum Congress this
00:08:29this week, while at the same time
00:08:31time they've vowed to respond to
00:08:33to the Houthis. Yeah, it's this war,
00:08:37war, this metastasising war that
00:08:38that that we're looking at, you know,
00:08:42know, this region is, you know, as
00:08:45as you know, about a quarter of the
00:08:47the oil and oil and gas exports of of the world come out from here.
00:08:51here. But it's not just that there's there's millions of of expats who
00:08:55who live here. There's business finance,
00:08:58finance, all of it converges on a,
00:09:00a, on a node, a choke point that
00:09:02that is in a way, if not controlled,
00:09:05controlled, disrupted by Iran and and its proxies. And even in the
00:09:08the intro to this to the segment,
00:09:10segment, they mentioned the Syrian
00:09:12Syrian woman who was killed in the the attack and saying she was not
00:09:15not connected to the war when in in fact, you know, there were Houthi
00:09:19Houthi militias inside of Syria during during the war there supporting the
00:09:22the Assad regime and attacking Syrians. Syrians. So it's been connected for
00:09:26for a very long time. And we're now
00:09:29now seeing I don't know what phase
00:09:31phase of this 50-year-old conflict conflict between, you know, the Gulf
00:09:35Gulf Arab states and Iran and also
00:09:37also US and Israel on one side, Russia,
00:09:40Russia, China. But it's obviously
00:09:43obviously become a lot more difficult
00:09:45difficult to, to manage and not have have the fallout, the civilian fallout.
00:09:49fallout. There you are there in Dubai Dubai and you said, you know, watching
00:09:53watching on it is very jarring to
00:09:56to see the gateway to Riyadh. I think
00:09:59think you put it hit. So for these these other Gulf countries, how concerned
00:10:03concerned are they that they could could also be drawn into this conflict?
00:10:06conflict? Further? Yeah, definitely.
00:10:09definitely. That's that's the thing, thing, you know, in, in a way, they
00:10:13they are they are the punching bag.
00:10:14bag. They are the, the soft, the
00:10:17the soft spot for, for Iran to hit
00:10:20hit back as they are weakened by
00:10:23by the by, by the US and Israel.
00:10:26Israel. But and this is something
00:10:28something that the Gulf Gulf officials officials have been saying for a
00:10:31a very long time is that, you know,
00:10:34know, they've spent trillions of of dollars all of their lives, all
00:10:37all of their, you know, focus and and vision to develop these areas.
00:10:41areas. And they're right across from
00:10:43from the missiles and drones and
00:10:47and other, you know, artillery from from places that haven't really developed
00:10:51developed and, and are, are, are are bent on destroying this progress.
00:10:54progress. So they need to protect protect what they have continue to
00:10:58to move forward, defend. But every
00:11:01every hit is, is a costly hit. And
00:11:03And every loss of life is something something that that is they you know,
00:11:06know, none of us want to see here. here. Muhammed Sergie editor of Semafor
00:11:09Semafor Golf. Thanks for being with
00:11:11with us. Thank you. Well, Ukraine
00:11:14Ukraine is accusing Russia of ongoing
00:11:16ongoing deadly attacks despite a a so-called energy ceasefire proposed
00:11:19proposed by President Trump. President President Zelensky says Russia struck
00:11:22struck power plants following the the announcement and has continued
00:11:26continued to strike civilian areas. areas. This footage shows damage
00:11:29damage from an industrial site near near Kyiv. Well, on Sunday, President
00:11:32President Trump posted this, claiming claiming the two sides agreed to
00:11:36to stop attacks on energy facilities facilities effective immediately.
00:11:39immediately. But the Kremlin has has yet to comment. President Zelensky Zelensky said the announcement was,
00:11:43was, quote, news to him but that that Ukraine would support a ceasefire
00:11:47ceasefire if Russia sticks to the the terms. Both the UK and Canada
00:11:51Canada have since affirmed support support for a sustained energy cease
00:11:54cease fire. And our Ukraine correspondent correspondent Dan Johnson sent this
00:11:57this report from Kyiv. On the edge
00:12:00edge of Kharkiv this evening. A reminder
00:12:05reminder Russia has not stopped attacking
00:12:09attacking Ukraine. This woman was
00:12:12was filming after the sirens asking
00:12:14asking where would be hit. She was
00:12:17was lucky to survive a strike on on a shop that killed three people
00:12:21people and injured more than 20.
00:12:2420. This just hours after Donald
00:12:26Donald Trump announced his partial
00:12:29partial truce on Truth Social, he he wrote effective immediately, there
00:12:33there is an energy ceasefire in the
00:12:35the war between Russia and Ukraine.
00:12:37Ukraine. Both parties have agreed.
00:12:39agreed. Do not break it. Ukraine's
00:12:44Ukraine's been targeting Russian Russian oil refineries in response
00:12:46response to attacks on its own power power grid. Ukraine said it was ready
00:12:50ready to cease if Russia did the the same. But Donald Trump's announcement
00:12:54announcement appeared to come as
00:12:55as a surprise to President Zelensky.
00:12:59Zelensky. Ukraine is ready to refrain
00:13:01refrain from striking Russia's energy energy infrastructure, and we expect
00:13:05expect Russia to show the same readiness readiness and honour. The agreement
00:13:08agreement reached with the President President of the United States. He
00:13:12He better damn well stop. It's been
00:13:15been a tense weekend of fractured
00:13:18fractured US Ukraine relations. I I suggest they get a new leader who
00:13:21who make can a deal. The row started
00:13:24started when Donald Trump lifted lifted export restrictions on Russian
00:13:27Russian diesel. Many believe to ease ease fuel prices driven up by the
00:13:31the war in Iran. In Kyiv, the streets
00:13:37streets have fallen dark and quiet
00:13:39quiet as its power network has been
00:13:42been pounded. Many people here are are without light, heat or water
00:13:45water because electricity is needed needed to pump it. Ukrainians were
00:13:48were braced for a very difficult difficult few months ahead into the
00:13:51the winter, so there's a lot riding riding on this cease fire. But even
00:13:55even if it holds, the war is not
00:13:58not over. And that was hammered home
00:14:02home tonight with more drones heading
00:14:04heading for the capital. And less
00:14:07less than two hours in this was Kharkiv's
00:14:09Kharkiv's main power station tonight.
00:14:12tonight. Ablaze and leaving Ukrainians Ukrainians questioning what impact
00:14:14impact this cease fire will
00:14:19have. Well, I've been speaking to to Lesia Vasylenko, a Ukrainian MP MP from part of Zelensky's coalition
00:14:23coalition in Kyiv, and I asked her her how Ukraine is reacting to this
00:14:27this declared cease fire. I don't
00:14:30don't think there's going to be anything
00:14:32anything coming out of the ceasefire
00:14:35ceasefire for the reason. The main
00:14:37main reason being that Ukraine was
00:14:40was not part of the deal making of
00:14:42of the negotiations around the ceasefire.
00:14:45ceasefire. This information just
00:14:47just came through social media from
00:14:50from President Trump and the reaction reaction of President Zelensky was,
00:14:53was, as you correctly said, that that it came as a complete surprise
00:14:56surprise to him. It came as a complete
00:14:59complete surprise to Ukrainian people
00:15:00people as well. The relationship
00:15:03relationship between President Trump Trump and President Zelensky appears
00:15:06appears to be strained again. What's
00:15:09What's your assessment of where things things stand right now? Is it as
00:15:12as bad as what we saw after that
00:15:15that difficult Oval Office
00:15:20meeting? The relationship is very very difficult with the United States
00:15:23States since President Trump came
00:15:26came into office, into power. You
00:15:29You have seen that the supplies,
00:15:32supplies, the military supplies to
00:15:34to Ukraine have dwindled since then.
00:15:38then. We have had an intensification intensification of Russia's attacks.
00:15:41attacks. Russia seems to think that
00:15:44that they can go unpunished for continuously
00:15:47continuously bombing Ukrainian civilian civilian infrastructure instead of
00:15:50of putting pressure on Putin, President
00:15:53President Trump continuously tries tries to put pressure in every way
00:15:57way he can on President Zelensky
00:15:59Zelensky to cease and to the demands
00:16:03demands of Vladimir Putin, which which is kind of ridiculous because
00:16:06because it really should be the other other way around. What we are witnessing
00:16:10witnessing here in Ukraine, even
00:16:12even after this announcement of the
00:16:14the so-called energy cease is more more attacks in Kyiv. I have counted
00:16:18counted at least three air raids
00:16:20raids since the announcement of the
00:16:22the ceasefire. I'm sure that down
00:16:24down east and southeast Ukraine have
00:16:27have it even worse. The truth is
00:16:30is that Russia has a strategy to
00:16:32to make Ukrainian cities unliveable. unliveable. By the time winter comes.
00:16:35comes. So not even through winter,
00:16:37winter, but even by the time that
00:16:40that winter arrives. So as of 30th
00:16:4230th September, they have started
00:16:44started bombing precision bombing bombing Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
00:16:48infrastructure. So power lines, power
00:16:50power distribution grids, the heating
00:16:53heating system, the water system system are all under constant attack
00:16:57attack from Russian missiles, drones
00:16:59drones and where it is possible closer closer to the border, glide bombs
00:17:03bombs and artillery. Are you concerned
00:17:06concerned that the relationship with with the United States could deteriorate deteriorate further? There's been
00:17:10been reporting today from the Financial Financial Times that the US has threatened
00:17:14threatened to block arms for Ukraine
00:17:16Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries. refineries. Have you heard that?
00:17:20that? Are you concerned about
00:17:25it? There's great concern. I mean, mean, we still view the United States
00:17:28States as well as all other Nato Nato member states as key allies,
00:17:31allies, strategic allies for Ukraine,
00:17:34Ukraine, the United States has been
00:17:35been playing a key role in maintaining
00:17:39maintaining democracy across the
00:17:40the world. As things stand, we would
00:17:43would really appreciate the United United States providing air defence
00:17:46defence for Ukraine, in particular
00:17:48particular Patriot missiles which
00:17:52which the supplies are nearly zero
00:17:55zero in Ukraine. We look to the United
00:17:57United States for further defence
00:18:01defence partnerships and for weapon
00:18:03weapon deliveries. However, for some
00:18:06some time now, these weapon deliveries deliveries have been unsteady if
00:18:10if available at all, and it has become
00:18:12become increasingly difficult even even for our European partners for
00:18:15for the EU, mainly to buy to buy,
00:18:19buy, not even to receive for Ukraine, Ukraine, but to buy for Ukraine.
00:18:23Ukraine. Weapons and weapon systems systems from the United States. All
00:18:27All of this is making defence of of Ukrainian civilians more and more
00:18:30more difficult. And at this point,
00:18:32point, as we speak, the only reliable reliable defence that we have is
00:18:36is using our own long-range missile
00:18:39missile strike weapons to hit targets targets inside of Russia. And by
00:18:43by targets I mean the very sources
00:18:46sources that fuel Russia's war economy
00:18:49economy and that make Russia's continued continued war of aggression possible.
00:18:53possible. You've got President Trump, Trump, for example, saying that he
00:18:57he believes that Ukraine needs a
00:18:59a new president. You are a lawyer.
00:19:03lawyer. There are barriers to that,
00:19:06that, aren't there. To hold an election
00:19:08election in Ukraine. We would need
00:19:10need to be in peace time conditions. conditions. Ukraine's constitution
00:19:14constitution is no different from from the constitution of many other
00:19:16other countries across the world, world, and it prohibits any type
00:19:20type of elections during martial martial law. And Ukraine has been
00:19:23been in martial law conditions since
00:19:27since the 24th of February 2022.
00:19:292022. Now President Zelensky has
00:19:32has also said that should there be
00:19:34be a ceasefire, a full cease for
00:19:39for two months, 60 days, then preparations
00:19:42preparations for elections could
00:19:43could be on the way. But, again,
00:19:47again, in my opinion, being a Ukrainian Ukrainian living through sometimes
00:19:51sometimes 20 hour air raids in Kyiv,
00:19:53Kyiv, I think it's impossible for
00:19:56for Russia to maintain a ceasefire ceasefire even for one day, let alone
00:20:00alone for 60 days needed to prepare prepare the country to start preparing
00:20:03preparing the country for an election
00:20:05election process. Still to come.
00:20:08come. Mexico's Pacific coast braces braces for the impact of Hurricane
00:20:11Hurricane Simon as the powerful storm storm approaches, packing strong strong winds around the
00:21:15might Putin go to test Nato? And And is Europe ready? The Security Security Brief live with an audience
00:21:19audience here on BBC News. Live with
00:21:28with BBC News. At least 139 people
00:21:31people have died, including 15 children,
00:21:33children, after a boat sank off the the shores of Djibouti. That's according
00:21:37according to the International Organisation Organisation for migration. Survivors Survivors said the vessel, which
00:21:41which was carrying around 350 people
00:21:43people from Djibouti to Yemen, capsized
00:21:46capsized north of the town of Obock Obock overnight on the 8th of October.
00:21:50October. 82 people all Ethiopian Ethiopian nationals, were rescued.
00:21:53rescued. It is among the deadliest deadliest shipwrecks recorded en
00:21:56en route on a route used by migrants migrants from the Horn of Africa
00:21:59Africa trying to reach the Gulf States.
00:22:01States. Alexandre Coissac is the the international Organisation for
00:22:05for Migration's chief of mission mission in Djibouti. He visited the
00:22:09the shoreline where the shipwreck shipwreck took place, describing describing the devastation. He told
00:22:12told the BBC what he's heard from
00:22:15from survivors. We've met. Some survivors
00:22:17survivors actually, as we were going going there with the car, some of
00:22:21of the was in the desert, got lost
00:22:24lost and run towards us very frankly.
00:22:26frankly. I mean, the one I met could
00:22:28could hardly speak. He had been lost lost in the desert for one and a
00:22:32a half when we met him. We brought brought him to our centre. We. We
00:22:35We are providing support to another
00:22:38another 8081 of them. Altogether Altogether it's 82 people that we
00:22:42we are currently helping in a migrant migrant response centre that we have
00:22:45have in Obock. There are all, instead
00:22:47instead of shock it's very difficult
00:22:50difficult for them to, to express express what happened and what we
00:22:53we are trying to do for them is to to provide food, water, shelter.
00:22:57shelter. I mean human contact. And
00:22:59And we have our health doctors and and psychologists who are also working
00:23:03working with them. Mexican President
00:23:05President Claudia Sheinbaum issued issued evacuation orders for people
00:23:09people along Mexico's Pacific coast coast as Hurricane Simon approaches.
00:23:12approaches. This is a live look now. now. Mexico's coastline. Forecasters
00:23:16Forecasters say the category four four storm is moving slowly and is
00:23:19is likely to skirt the coast rather rather than making direct landfall.
00:23:23landfall. But it does remain dangerous. dangerous. Extreme weather and wind
00:23:26wind warnings are active across the
00:23:28the area and heavy rain. A severe
00:23:30severe storm surge of 3 to 4m and
00:23:33and destructive coastal swells are
00:23:35are expected. A flash flood left
00:23:37left at least five people missing
00:23:39missing in Nepal. More than 140 houses
00:23:42houses were fully or partially damaged
00:23:44damaged and bridges, as well as hydropower hydropower infrastructure were swept
00:23:47swept away. More than 90 people, people, including nine foreigners,
00:23:51foreigners, have been rescued so so far and the country remains on
00:23:53on high alert after devastating floods floods swept thousands of people
00:23:57people away some seven weeks ago, ago, triggered by a glacier collapse
00:24:00collapse along the border with Tibet.
00:24:04Tibet. Pope Leo made a surprise health health announcement on Sunday, saying
00:24:07saying that he'll undergo surgery surgery to remove a small lung nodule.
00:24:10nodule. The Pope said the nodule, nodule, which usually refers to a
00:24:14a lump or tissue growth, was detected detected at a very early stage during
00:24:18during a routine medical check-up, check-up, the Vatican said the operation
00:24:22operation is scheduled for the first
00:24:24first days of this week, and the the estimated post-operative recovery
00:24:28recovery time will be about one week. week. The 71-year-old pontiff has
00:24:32has no previously known health problems. problems. Our Rome correspondent
00:24:35correspondent Sarah Rainsford has has more. Yeah. As you say, a real real surprise, of course, for everybody
00:24:39everybody who had gathered here on on Saint Peter's Square at midday midday today. That's when Catholics
00:24:43Catholics come here to see the Pope, Pope, to have a blessing by the Pope
00:24:46Pope from the balcony here. After
00:24:49After that, though, the Pope then then delivered this announcement, announcement, as you say, a big shock
00:24:53shock for those who were listening. listening. He said that he had had
00:24:56had medical checks and that doctors doctors had discovered a nodule on
00:24:58on his lung. Now, he said, as he he put it, that this had been detected
00:25:02detected at a very early stage and
00:25:04and was well localised, but that that doctors had advised him he should
00:25:07should have it removed. So he is is going to have surgery and that that will take place in the next
00:25:11next few days here in Rome. The Vatican
00:25:14Vatican is not giving many more details details than that. Just saying that
00:25:17that it will take him about a week week to recover from the surgery
00:25:19surgery itself. We do know that nodules nodules like this are relatively
00:25:23relatively common and that usually usually they're not cancerous. But But certainly I think Catholics around
00:25:26around the world are concerned are are watching this news very closely.
00:25:30closely. I think in particular, because because this is a relatively young
00:25:33young Pope. He's in his early 70s. 70s. He goes to the gym. He likes likes playing tennis. He's always
00:25:36always been thought of as fit and
00:25:39and as healthy. And this is the first first health scare that he's had
00:25:43had since he was elected last year. year. One encouraging note, I think,
00:25:46think, was perhaps his tone as he he made that announcement. He seemed seemed very calm. He even smiled
00:25:50smiled a couple of times during the the statement and also he mentioned mentioned today a trip that's coming
00:25:54coming up in November to Peru, the the place where he was a missionary
00:25:57missionary for many years and a bishop. bishop. He has talked about that
00:26:01that with the suggestion that that that trip should still go ahead in
00:26:04in November. So perhaps encouraging encouraging news for Catholics even
00:26:06even as they absorb this. Pretty Pretty surprising and
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