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00:00:10Live from London. This is BBC
00:00:12News. Just when one day to the midterm
00:00:15midterm elections with last minute minute twists in the race to get
00:00:18get a majority in Congress and maybe
00:00:21maybe the Senate, the King will address address Commonwealth leaders in the
00:00:25the Caribbean about the lasting pain
00:00:26pain of the transatlantic slave trade.
00:00:29trade. Italian driver Kimi Antonelli Antonelli makes history in Mexico
00:00:33Mexico as he becomes Formula One's
00:00:35One's youngest ever world champion
00:00:38champion at just 20 years. And coming
00:00:40coming up, Binance users withdraw
00:00:44withdraw over $3.6 billion after
00:00:45after the record crypto hack. Hello
00:00:57Hello and a very warm welcome. I'm I'm Sally Bundock. So we begin in
00:01:00in the US where the midterm elections
00:01:02elections are just one day away.
00:01:05away. Millions of voters across the the country will determine the balance
00:01:08balance of power in Congress. And And while the Democrats are widely
00:01:11widely predicted to flip the House House of Representatives, the Senate
00:01:15Senate is still up for grabs. And And there's been a last minute twist
00:01:18twist in a key Senate race with the
00:01:20the loser of Michigan's Democratic
00:01:23Democratic Party Representative Haley
00:01:25Haley Stevens, endorsing the Republican
00:01:28Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, Rogers, instead of her own party's
00:01:31party's candidate. Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed. It comes after a public
00:01:35public feud between Miss Stevens Stevens and Mr El-Sayed about Israel,
00:01:38Israel, which led to the cancellation cancellation of public appearances
00:01:42appearances together just days before before tomorrow's election. Latest
00:01:45Latest polls put the Democrats just just ahead of the Republicans in
00:01:48in Michigan in one of the most important
00:01:50important Senate races this year year on North America, correspondent
00:01:53correspondent Will Grant sent this this update from Washington. Any
00:01:57Any high level political defection defection from the Democratic Party
00:02:01Party to the Republican one will
00:02:02will always create headlines. But
00:02:05But this coming this late in the
00:02:07the day and in this particular race
00:02:09race in Michigan really stands out.
00:02:12out. Could it have an effect? Well,
00:02:15Well, certainly already it is having
00:02:16having an effect in terms of funding.
00:02:21funding. Mr El-Sayed's campaign has
00:02:28has generated another $1.2 million
00:02:30million since, according to his campaign campaign officials, since Congresswoman
00:02:33Congresswoman Stevens came out in
00:02:35in support of Mike Rogers. It is
00:02:40is interesting that he received high high level support, for example,
00:02:44example, from the Senate Minority
00:02:46Minority leader Chuck Schumer, who
00:02:48who called the decision by Congresswoman
00:02:51Congresswoman Stevens a diabolical.
00:02:54diabolical. Betrayal. But of course, course, on the flip side, there is
00:02:57is Donald Trump, the Republican Party
00:03:00Party welcoming, welcoming her with with open arms, saying that she would
00:03:04would be welcome to join, calling calling her brave, calling her courageous.
00:03:07courageous. She herself has said,
00:03:09said, as she put it, there is no
00:03:11no place for her in Mr El-Sayed's
00:03:14El-Sayed's campaign. He has said said that he's simply concentrating
00:03:18concentrating on the race, on the the needs of the people of Michigan,
00:03:21Michigan, saying he prefers to concentrate
00:03:24concentrate not on politics but on
00:03:26on the policies. Now this could end
00:03:28end up having the reverse effect
00:03:30effect than intended by Congresswoman Congresswoman Stevens in galvanising
00:03:34galvanising his support in galvanising galvanising money and bringing people
00:03:38people on board in these final few
00:03:40few days, these final few hours really
00:03:43really of a very, very tightly contested
00:03:45contested race. Will Grant there there in Washington, DC for us. Well,
00:03:49Well, let's talk to us political political analyst Eric Hamm, who
00:03:52who also joins us from Washington. Washington. Welcome, Eric. It's good
00:03:55good to be here. Thanks for having having me. So we are a day away now.
00:03:58now. What are your thoughts at this
00:04:00this point? Well, as we get closer
00:04:03closer and closer to the voters heading
00:04:06heading to the polls, it clearly
00:04:08clearly is becoming increasingly
00:04:11increasingly more more combustible, combustible, more wild. And it's
00:04:14it's anyone's guess what is going
00:04:17going to happen. And one of the reasons reasons is because these midterm
00:04:20midterm elections, off year elections
00:04:23elections are now nationalised, we we see President Donald Trump crisscrossing
00:04:27crisscrossing the nation trying to to get voters or trying to get voters
00:04:29voters out to the polls, trying to to get his candidates over the finish
00:04:32finish line. And also we are seeing
00:04:35seeing that now more than 50 million
00:04:38million Americans have already voted voted early in this election in some
00:04:42some states surpassing even presidential
00:04:44presidential vote totals in the previous previous election of 2024, where
00:04:48where Donald Trump was elected to to the presidency. So clearly this
00:04:51this is now an election where everyone
00:04:54everyone is deeply concerned about
00:04:56about what happens. In fact, in a
00:04:59a state that Republicans actually actually have to win Texas. We're
00:05:02We're now learning that there are
00:05:06are 640,000 people that have already
00:05:07already voted early, that did not
00:05:10not vote in the 2024 election. Many
00:05:13Many of those are Latino voters, voters, some under the age of 30,
00:05:1730, which many believe could actually actually vote Democratic and could
00:05:20could potentially swing that election
00:05:22election to the Democrats, an election election that they have not won statewide.
00:05:26statewide. And more than three decades. decades. And what about the move
00:05:29move on the part of Haley Stevens? Stevens? Again, you've got the opposite
00:05:32opposite there. Michigan, a state state that the Republicans haven't
00:05:34haven't won for a very long time.
00:05:37time. What do you think her decision
00:05:40decision to back the Republican candidate
00:05:42candidate means for that state? Well,
00:05:45Well, considering that we saw South
00:05:49South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn
00:05:52Clyburn in that state backing El-Sayed, El-Sayed, another member of the Senate
00:05:56Senate who was there in support of
00:05:58of the Democratic candidate and then then Haley Stevens does this at the
00:06:01the 11th hour. This now puts all all eyes on Michigan. And it begs
00:06:05begs the question is the state now
00:06:07now in play? Most polls up until
00:06:10until now show El-Sayed winning.
00:06:12winning. But could this turn by Stevens
00:06:16Stevens actually change the trajectory trajectory of the race? Many will
00:06:19will not know, but this is a state
00:06:22state that has not been very supportive supportive of Republicans, particularly
00:06:25particularly given that President President Donald Trump has implemented
00:06:28implemented that very expensive trade trade war with Canada, which is costing
00:06:31costing Michigan families as much much as $5,600 per family annually.
00:06:35annually. As a result of that ongoing
00:06:38ongoing trade war. And now we see see this was seen as a potential
00:06:41potential pick-up for Republicans.
00:06:47For Republicans. But now it's anyone's guess what will happen based based on this very strange and outlandish
00:06:51outlandish move by the Democrat to to actually support a Republican.
00:06:54Republican. And already we have heard heard from the Michigan Democratic
00:06:58Democratic Party since Haley has has made this astounding move that
00:07:02that they have now removed her from from the Michigan Democratic Party,
00:07:05Party, saying she is no longer a a member. And briefly, Eric, let's
00:07:09let's get your predictions on what what the outcome will be, please,
00:07:11please, for the House and for the the Senate. Well, for the House,
00:07:14House, I think it's a foregone conclusion conclusion that Democrats will, in
00:07:18in fact, win. Right now we know in in the Senate it's still a razor
00:07:22razor thin margin. And many of these these key battleground states, and
00:07:25and it will come down to turnout, turnout, turnout, turnout. And it's
00:07:28it's still just too close to call, call, unfortunately. OK. Eric Ham,
00:07:31Ham, we appreciate your time. Thanks Thanks for talking to us again. And
00:07:35And you can watch our special programme programme right here on BBC News,
00:07:38News, bringing you the results of of the US midterm elections as they
00:07:42they come in. That will be live from
00:07:44from Washington, DC with Clive Myrie
00:07:48Myrie Sumi Somaskanda and Caitriona
00:07:49Caitriona Perry that starts on Tuesday.
00:07:52Tuesday. Tomorrow, the 3rd of November November at 11:30pm and it goes right
00:07:56right through the night. And then then I follow it. So be sure to join
00:07:59join us on BBC News for that. Now,
00:08:03Now, the Ukrainian Air Force has
00:08:04has said its air alert app is likely likely to have been compromised in
00:08:08in an apparent hacking attack last last night. Many Ukrainians using
00:08:11using the app receive false notifications
00:08:15notifications about a radiological radiological threat, a chemical attack
00:08:17attack and even a message about possible
00:08:19possible street fighting in Kyiv. Kyiv. The authorities say functionality
00:08:23functionality in the app is gradually gradually being restored. Then early
00:08:27early this morning, Russia's Ministry Ministry of Emergency Situation said
00:08:30said its mobile app had been subjected
00:08:32subjected to what it called a massive massive cyber attack. It said this
00:08:36this had resulted in the distribution distribution of fake information
00:08:39information to the public, and that that work was under way to fix the
00:08:43the vulnerability. Meanwhile, a temporary temporary ceasefire that was introduced
00:08:46introduced to allow humanitarian humanitarian operation in the Russian
00:08:48Russian occupied town of Oleshky Oleshky in Ukraine has come to an
00:08:52an end. Hundreds of people who'd who'd been trapped with limited supplies
00:08:55supplies of food, water and medicines
00:08:58medicines for years managed to leave leave on Friday. The limited pause
00:09:02pause in hostilities was brokered brokered with the help of US First
00:09:05First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Pope Leo. While the localised cease
00:09:08cease fire on the front line held
00:09:11held heavy, fighting continued elsewhere. elsewhere. Well, let's talk through
00:09:15through these latest developments developments with Peter Dickinson, Dickinson, editor of Ukraine Alert
00:09:18Alert at the Atlantic Council joining joining us live from Kyiv this morning.
00:09:21morning. Peter, always good to see
00:09:23see you. First of all, how was the
00:09:26the night? Well good morning. You
00:09:29You mentioned there that the suspected
00:09:31suspected hack on the the air raid
00:09:33raid the air alarm app. You know, know, a fairly minor development
00:09:37development in some ways, but also also significant because everybody everybody relies on this app. It's
00:09:41It's absolutely crucial. It's a it's it's an essential tool for Ukrainians.
00:09:45Ukrainians. They you know, they live live their lives by it to a degree. degree. It gives you information
00:09:49information about the nature. It It gives you prior warning of air
00:09:51air raids. And it gives you information information about the location and
00:09:54and the nature of the threat. Is Is it drones? Is it ballistic missiles?
00:09:57missiles? You know, to what extent extent should you take precautions? precautions? Should you stop your
00:10:01your live your daily life? So I think, think, you know, many people understood
00:10:04understood very quickly that this this was some sort of a, you know,
00:10:08know, a hack. It wasn't a real warning
00:10:10warning of a coming nuclear war,
00:10:12war, but still the idea that it can can be hacked, that it's vulnerable
00:10:16vulnerable will damage will damage. damage. Faith in this will damage damage the credibility. And that
00:10:19that will create a sense of uncertainty. uncertainty. So it'll leave people, people, I think, feeling rather worried
00:10:23worried here. Can they trust this this information now? Can they trust
00:10:26trust this app? So not a good sign sign for Ukrainian you know, public
00:10:30public morale. And do we assume Peter,
00:10:32Peter, that, you know, Russia were
00:10:34were behind the attack on the Ukrainian
00:10:37Ukrainian app and therefore Ukraine Ukraine responded with an attack
00:10:39attack on the Russian version? Yeah, Yeah, that would be my assumption.
00:10:43assumption. I mean, I think that that that seems fairly clear. That
00:10:45That was certainly the immediate immediate assumption from the Ukrainian
00:10:48Ukrainian side, the nature of the the hack as well, the idea that it it was clearly designed to spread
00:10:52spread panic, to put out warnings
00:10:55warnings about nuclear weapons and and biological weapons. Street fighting
00:10:58fighting in Kyiv and so forth seemed
00:11:00seemed it was an obvious ploy to
00:11:03to sort of panic. It didn't succeed succeed in that respect. But as I
00:11:06I say, it does not confidence in in it. It does not public confidence
00:11:10confidence in the tools. So yeah. yeah. Worrying. Peter, I want to to quickly ask you about the ceasefire
00:11:14ceasefire in Oleshky, which has now now come to an official end. It was
00:11:17was upheld though, and was, some
00:11:19some would argue, a successful pause pause in fighting there that was
00:11:23was critical for those who were trapped. trapped. Can we take anything good
00:11:26good from this going forward? Yeah,
00:11:29Yeah, well, certainly it worked very very well. You're quite right. It
00:11:32It was by far the most successful successful attempt at a ceasefire
00:11:35ceasefire that we've seen since the the invasion began in February 2022.
00:11:382022. We've seen frankly, we've seen seen nothing like it since the invasion,
00:11:41invasion, since the war began. So So it was a very successful operation. operation. Hundreds of lives were
00:11:45were saved. So that's extremely welcome, welcome, of course. And it showed
00:11:48showed that it can be done, you know, know, so it sets a precedent. Having Having said that, you know, there's
00:11:52there's no sense in Ukraine that that it is a turning point. It's
00:11:55It's seen very much as a one-off one-off and as a something that's
00:11:58that's been orchestrated by the Kremlin Kremlin to give Donald Trump a little
00:12:02little boost ahead of the midterms, midterms, to show that his pro-Russian pro-Russian pivot recently is paying
00:12:06paying off and bringing bringing bringing results on the ground. So So not an indication that Russia's
00:12:10Russia's overall position has changed. changed. But it does show that that,
00:12:14that, you know, progress can be made made when the Russians and Ukrainians Ukrainians come together and work
00:12:18work on these humanitarian issues. issues. Peter Dickinson, once again,
00:12:20again, thank you for your time this
00:12:23this morning. Now King Charles is
00:12:25is expected to speak on the lasting lasting pain of the transatlantic
00:12:29transatlantic transatlantic slave slave trade. In a speech addressing
00:12:33addressing Commonwealth leaders tomorrow. tomorrow. It comes at an end of a
00:12:36a nine day tour of the Caribbean Caribbean that has thrust King Charles
00:12:40Charles into the difficult debates
00:12:41debates over the UK's colonial legacy.
00:12:45legacy. Between 1500 and 1800 British
00:12:47British ships forcibly transported
00:12:51transported around 3.4 million people people from Africa to European colonies
00:12:55colonies and plantations. Our correspondent correspondent Sean Dilley has the
00:12:58the latest. The King and Queen smiling
00:13:05smiling on Antigua and Barbuda's Barbuda's annual independence parade. parade. Guests of honour though they
00:13:09they may be all eyes and ears are
00:13:11are on King Charles as pressure grows grows from Commonwealth leaders for
00:13:14for him to apologise for Britain's Britain's role in the transatlantic
00:13:17transatlantic slave trade. Neither Neither the royal family nor the
00:13:20the British government have ever ever formally apologised. But King
00:13:23King Charles has often spoken about about what he describes as the darkest
00:13:27darkest days in history. It is only only right that we should acknowledge
00:13:31acknowledge the great suffering and
00:13:33and injustices of the past in these
00:13:35these islands and beyond. Even as
00:13:37as we rejoice in the successes of
00:13:40of the present and build new opportunities opportunities for the future. But
00:13:44But Commonwealth leaders believe believe the future depends on making
00:13:47making amends for the past. And they they have a ten-point plan for investing
00:13:51investing reparations in public health health and education. The Prime Minister,
00:13:54Minister, Andy Burnham, has ruled ruled out paying reparations. Writing
00:13:57Writing in the Guardian this weekend weekend that I do not think British
00:14:00British people today can be held held liable for historical wrongs,
00:14:03wrongs, however heinous that happened happened in a different age, under
00:14:06under different laws and in which
00:14:08which they paid no personal part.
00:14:12part. But it seems negotiations about about an apology continue while the
00:14:15the King has shown he's not afraid afraid to accept Britain's role in
00:14:19in historical injustices, he's not not expected to apologise today or
00:14:22or at the Heads of government meeting meeting in CHOGM tomorrow. Discussions
00:14:26Discussions on a possible future future apology are likely to take
00:14:29take some time. Sean Dilley, BBC
00:14:32BBC News. Around the world and
00:14:34across the UK.
00:15:38right here on BBC News. This is BBC
00:15:49BBC News Now. More on our top story. story. And we're going to look at
00:15:52at why the US midterm elections are are so important this time. Well
00:15:56Well all the seats in the House of
00:15:58of Representatives on Capitol Hill
00:16:00Hill in Washington are up for grabs,
00:16:03grabs, along with a little over a
00:16:05a third of the Senate. Both those
00:16:07those chambers in Congress pass laws laws applicable across the nation,
00:16:11nation, and they can act as a check
00:16:14check on presidential power. So the
00:16:16the Democrats taking one or both both chambers would spell trouble
00:16:19trouble for Donald Trump in his final final two years in office. Clive
00:16:23Clive Myrie is in North Carolina, Carolina, and he's been talking to
00:16:26to some of Mr Trump's staunchest staunchest supporters and asking
00:16:29asking if they will stick with him
00:16:30him or vote for the Democrats. It's
00:16:37It's morning in a divided America.
00:16:39America. What we need is not a political political revolution in America.
00:16:42America. What we need is a spiritual
00:16:45spiritual revival fought for at the the Lake Church in North Carolina.
00:16:49Carolina. Local politician and pastor. pastor. Cameron McGill. Are becoming
00:16:53becoming victims of their own vice. vice. Once his largely evangelical
00:16:56evangelical Republican flock to wake
00:16:58wake up. God's law is the foundation
00:17:02foundation of our laws. Our morality morality jurisdiction of right. He's
00:17:05He's worried they'll stay at home home during. The crucial midterm
00:17:09midterm elections. We need to understand understand God's jurisdiction when
00:17:12when it comes to the matters that
00:17:14that have divided us as a nation.
00:17:17nation. Evangelical Christians have
00:17:19have solidly backed Donald Trump Trump and the Republicans. They looked
00:17:22looked away. But the man in the White
00:17:25White House is testing their patience. patience. He was confident of that
00:17:28that victory. They say midterm elections elections are a referendum on the
00:17:32the guy in the White House. I'm not not saying it's the best there is.
00:17:35is. I mean, he has some childish
00:17:37childish habits that I don't really
00:17:39really care for. But in the end,
00:17:43end, versus the other choice, he he was the person. He was the man
00:17:46man for sure. You're a Vietnam vet.
00:17:48vet. Yes, sir. Yeah. And how important important are the coming elections
00:17:51elections for you? Do you think.
00:17:52think. They're important? I don't don't think it's a referendum on
00:17:56on him as much as it is on the general
00:18:03general direction of the nation. nation. Do you support him? I do
00:18:05do support him. I mean, you have
00:18:08have to ask yourself the question. question. AM I better off than I
00:18:11I was two years ago or four years
00:18:13years ago? What do you I mean, yeah,
00:18:18yeah, I am so are you. Is the country
00:18:20country as a whole? I mean, that's
00:18:23that's I feel like it is, yeah. We We tell you thank you for all your
00:18:26your hands have provided. In another
00:18:28another corner of North Carolina,
00:18:30Carolina, a different pastor tends
00:18:32tends her flock. Transporters Daisy
00:18:35Daisy Brooks is using a megaphone megaphone because the parishioners
00:18:38parishioners are all in their cars.
00:18:40cars. I'll blow your horn. Seeking
00:18:43Seeking her help. Her church is a
00:18:50a food bank. This reaches all the
00:18:54the way to the South Carolina line. line. To the border. How far is that?
00:18:58that? Oh, it's a few miles. A few few miles down. You've got a line
00:19:01line of cars stretching for miles. miles. Hum,...
00:19:04And they're all people that need help. They are all people that
00:19:07that need help. The four wheeled
00:19:10wheeled bread line began snaking
00:19:12snaking down the highway at 5am the
00:19:15the food bank opens at 11. Yeah,
00:19:18Yeah, it's pretty tight. In the queue.
00:19:20queue. We found Kathy, who arrived
00:19:23arrived around 6am did you imagine imagine you'd ever end up in a line
00:19:26line like this? No. We're in the
00:19:30the midterm elections. How did you
00:19:33you vote? I voted Democrat this year. year. In early voting. You voted
00:19:36voted Democrat. And how did you vote vote last time. I voted Republican
00:19:40Republican last time. So you've switched.
00:19:42switched. Why have you switched?
00:19:44switched? Cost of living for one,
00:19:47one, gas prices, grocery prices everything's
00:19:53everything's going up. He's going going to make America great again.
00:19:56again. You know, that was his main
00:19:58main slogan. Has he done that? Everything
00:20:01Everything was going to come back
00:20:03back down. I don't think so. So.
00:20:09So. Kathy's weary and worn out. How
00:20:16How are you doing? Good. Hey. From From England. England. BBC. Sherry's
00:20:20Sherry's also tired but angry and
00:20:23and sceptical of all politics. I'm
00:20:25I'm a Republican. You're a Republican.
00:20:27Republican. I am a Republican and and I am not happy. I was a Trump
00:20:31Trump supporter and I am so wished
00:20:34wished I regret. I have many regrets regrets about doing that. But so
00:20:38so in the midterm elections, how how have you voted? I haven't not
00:20:42not not even I'm not even you're you're not doing I'm. You're going
00:20:45going to stay. Home staying home home out of that thing, out of it.
00:20:48it. What's that number for? All right. right. What are the worst examples
00:20:51examples of poverty that you've come come across in this region? I've
00:20:55I've had elderly people eating cat cat food or dog food. Whoa whoa. whoa. Whoa whoa whoa. Back up, back
00:20:59back up, back up. You're saying there
00:21:02there are people coming here who
00:21:04who are so poor, they're eating their
00:21:06their cat food. People are that destitute. destitute. Well. We've gone through
00:21:10through some really hard times, especially especially since Covid. You've got
00:21:12got people who've lost family members.
00:21:14members. Yeah, maybe the major breadwinner.
00:21:17breadwinner. The jobs are not where, where, you know, they're not paying
00:21:21paying what they people would desire desire them to pay. And sometimes
00:21:24sometimes it's a little tough. Politics
00:21:29Politics should be about people.
00:21:30people. No matter their church. A
00:21:34A nation divided will not stand back.
00:21:38back. At the Lake Church, George
00:21:40George Barber takes Pastor Cameron's
00:21:42Cameron's words to heart. He runs
00:21:47runs a vineyard in this corner of
00:21:49of America. So the grapes are harvested. harvested. They go somewhere else.
00:21:53else. He's voting Republican, but but he's fed up. Like so many we
00:21:56we spoke to. I hear they are of the
00:21:59the divisiveness of American politics. politics. I think if both sides would
00:22:03would quit being so extreme one way
00:22:05way or the other and work together
00:22:07together for the betterment of this,
00:22:09this, this nation, our people, and
00:22:12and if we get better, the world might
00:22:15might get better. But are the midterm
00:22:18midterm elections capable of bringing bringing people together, or will
00:22:21will they simply push Americans further
00:22:25further apart? Clive Myrie reporting
00:22:28reporting there now. History was was made in Mexico last night as
00:22:32as the Italian driver Kimi Antonelli
00:22:35Antonelli became Formula One's youngest
00:22:38youngest ever world champion. This
00:22:40This was at 20 years old and has
00:22:42has won nine races this season and
00:22:44and third place in yesterday's Mexico
00:22:46Mexico City Grand Prix was enough
00:22:48enough to secure him the title. Well,
00:22:51Well, with me in the studio is our
00:22:53our reporter Emily Brown an F1 enthusiast. enthusiast. Emily, it's great to
00:22:56to have you with us. So first of of all, just talk us through the
00:23:00the significance of this moment because because when the season began, I
00:23:03I understood he was 19. He turned turned 20 during the season. Yes.
00:23:07Yes. Incredibly young. So he has has won at 20 years old. As you said,
00:23:10said, the last person to have the
00:23:12the record title was Sebastian Vettel, Vettel, who was 23 years old when
00:23:15when he won the title in 2010. So
00:23:18So three years he's really smashed smashed that title, hasn't he? And
00:23:21And having someone so young winning winning this title is important because
00:23:25because it obviously attracts young young fans into the sport. Something Something that Drive to Survive has
00:23:29has done so well. But Kimi has a
00:23:32a huge fan base, particularly in in Italy where he's considered something
00:23:36something of a superstar. Yeah, I'm I'm not surprised to hear that at
00:23:38at all. And tell us a bit more about about his background. Well, he grew
00:23:42grew up in Bologna and he really really moved quite quickly through
00:23:45through the ranks. So he actually actually skipped F3 and went on to
00:23:48to F2. And then obviously came into
00:23:52into F1 in 2025, replacing Lewis Lewis Hamilton's seat. Interestingly,
00:23:55Interestingly, Ferrari actually had had the opportunity to sign Antonelli
00:23:58Antonelli when he was just 11 years years old but chose not to and it
00:24:01it was Mercedes Toto Wolff who swooped swooped in and said we'll take him
00:24:04him on. So I'm sure there are a few few people at Ferrari. Mercedes took
00:24:07took him on when he was 11. Did you
00:24:09you say? Well, yes, onwards and obviously obviously he didn't actually get
00:24:13get into F1 until 2025. He's got got racing in the family. Exactly,
00:24:16Exactly, yes. So his dad was a GT
00:24:19GT into GT racing and involved in
00:24:22in motorsport. So obviously that that that helped Antonelli get into
00:24:25into Motorsport world. And going
00:24:29going forward, what is the expectation expectation for him now because he he is so young? I mean he's got a
00:24:32a whole career ahead of him. Yes, Yes, he's described as a generational
00:24:36generational talent. What's interesting interesting is that he is fairly
00:24:39fairly inexperienced compared to to these other drivers, but he's
00:24:42he's obviously been driving these
00:24:45these new cars and perhaps that's that's worked to his advantage not not being quite so experienced because
00:24:49because some of the drivers will will be used to the old formats of
00:24:52of the cars this year have been particularly particularly different because they're
00:24:55they're largely 50/50 in terms of of combustion and electric. And so
00:24:59so it's been difficult for some of of the other drivers to get to grips grips with these. And interestingly,
00:25:03interestingly, Lewis Hamilton, who who was obviously with Mercedes for for a period where he wasn't doing
00:25:07doing so well because it was seen seen as the match with him and the
00:25:10the car was not so good. Now you've
00:25:13you've got Antonelli with Mercedes, Mercedes, you've got Lewis Hamilton
00:25:16Hamilton with Ferrari. I'm wondering wondering whether Ferrari will want
00:25:18want to try and scoop Antonelli now
00:25:20now of course he's Italian. Yeah Yeah potentially. And maybe they'll
00:25:24they'll be regretting the decision decision that they made so many years
00:25:27years ago. But I'm sure Toto Wolff Wolff will really be trying to retain
00:25:30retain Antonelli. He does have a
00:25:32a contract with Mercedes until the
00:25:35the end of 2027. But obviously, you you know things can change very quickly
00:25:38quickly in F1 a year away. Exactly. Exactly. So you don't know what can
00:25:41can happen what can happen. He has has a very bright future ahead. He He does indeed. Emily, thank you
00:25:45you very much indeed. So that's a
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