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00:00:21Headline News:
00:00:24Most inbound and outbound flights to Saudi Arabia
00:00:28cancelled due to continued Houthi attacks. A number of major oil companies
00:00:31are not attending the Riyadh
00:00:33energy conference.
00:00:40Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure continue
00:00:44despite claims of an agreement. Zelenskyy says an energy ceasefire
00:00:47would be a step towards peace if Washington guarantees
00:00:51Moscow's commitment. The global economy
00:00:54struggles with the growth of artificial intelligence and
00:00:58the energy crisis. Financial policymakers
00:01:00are reviewing the situation at their annual meeting
00:01:03in Thailand. And the use of gene editing
00:01:07to treat hereditary blood diseases in children in Britain.
00:01:29Hello to you. Welcome to another news segment from BBC
00:01:32Persian Television. I am Majid Afshar. With the continuation of Houthi
00:01:36attacks on Saudi Arabia, flights across the country have faced
00:01:40widespread disruption. Riyadh International Airport
00:01:43has almost suspended all its flights.
00:01:47The airport was targeted by deadly Houthi attacks
00:01:51yesterday for the second consecutive day. Saudi Arabia has promised a
00:01:54serious response to these attacks. Inside Yemen, clashes between
00:01:58government forces, supported by Saudi Arabia, have focused on
00:02:02the southern province of Taiz. Baran Abbasi with more
00:02:05details. New images of the moment
00:02:08a missile hit Riyadh International Airport
00:02:11(Saturday). The deadliest attack on Saudi
00:02:14soil in over a decade. Attacks that Yemen's Houthis,
00:02:18an Iranian-backed militia group, have claimed
00:02:21responsibility for. Attacks that have not
00:02:24stopped. For the second time in two days,
00:02:28another deadly attack on the same airport. Sunday
00:02:32afternoon. About 10 kilometers away, at
00:02:35the Riyadh energy conference, an event that executives of some
00:02:39major companies were absent from. However, Saudi Arabia
00:02:42insisted on holding it despite security
00:02:46threats.
00:02:50I thank everyone who traveled to Riyadh because you know
00:02:53this country is safe and fully guarantees your security. Your
00:02:57presence is important. The more difficult
00:03:00the situation, the more important dialogue becomes.
00:03:04At the same time, a promise to respond to Houthi attacks
00:03:07and the continuation of the path Saudi Arabia has taken
00:03:10for economic progress.
00:03:12The events of recent weeks are serious, and our response
00:03:16must be equally serious. In the meantime, we must focus
00:03:20on the future. The implementation of Vision 2030 must continue.
00:03:23Investment must also
00:03:25continue.
00:03:30The official Yemeni government, supported by Saudi Arabia,
00:03:34has released these images. It says they show the bombing
00:03:38of Houthi positions in Taiz, a city that has been besieged
00:03:42by this militia group. In a continuing effort by the
00:03:45Houthis to push back government forces and control
00:03:49more areas of Yemen. The governor of Taiz says
00:03:52fuel and medicine are running out and has warned of
00:03:56a potential humanitarian catastrophe.
00:04:01The Yemeni government is also trying to expel the Houthis
00:04:05from the coastal cities of the Bab al-Mandab Strait,
00:04:08which fell to the group
00:04:10in recent weeks.
00:04:13On the other hand, the Houthis say the release of these
00:04:17images forced government forces to retreat.
00:04:20Iran, which provides financial and
00:04:24military support to the Houthis, has expressed concern over
00:04:27the escalation of conflict between this group and Saudi Arabia.
00:04:30We have declared our readiness to use our good
00:04:34offices to help
00:04:38facilitate dialogue between the parties.
00:04:40We believe that the continuation
00:04:43and escalation of tension will only
00:04:47benefit
00:04:50the Zionist regime in the
00:04:51region.
00:04:54From Saudi Arabia's perspective, however, these scenes at Riyadh
00:04:58airport are a sign of the fulfillment of the same threat
00:05:01that Iran had previously raised. That its response
00:05:05to a US military action would be to destabilize the
00:05:09entire region and raise the cost of war for Washington's allies.
00:05:19Baran Abbasi. Give us a new picture
00:05:23of what is currently happening in Saudi Arabia
00:05:27regarding the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
00:05:30What new news do we have?
00:05:34As you mentioned, Majid, Riyadh International Airport,
00:05:37the main airport of Saudi Arabia, has announced
00:05:40that it will be closed for the next few days,
00:05:44at least until October 17th.
00:05:48And it's not just this airport that's been affected.
00:05:51Other airports have also been affected, but this airport
00:05:55specifically has announced that it has suspended
00:05:58all flights. Western countries, especially
00:06:02the US and UK, have warned their citizens
00:06:05to either avoid using Saudi Arabian
00:06:08airports or to do so with extreme caution and only for
00:06:13absolutely essential
00:06:15travel. These attacks by the Houthis
00:06:19on Saudi Arabia were almost unexpected,
00:06:23especially the simultaneous targeting of multiple
00:06:26airports, some of which were very busy.
00:06:30However, there's a growing perception
00:06:33that beyond the conflict between Saudi Arabia
00:06:37and the Houthis, Iran is essentially
00:06:41showcasing a small model of what could await
00:06:44the region's countries if another stage of
00:06:47a US-Israeli war against Iran
00:06:51begins, and its infrastructure,
00:06:54especially civilian airports, are targeted.
00:06:58This is the situation we are currently
00:07:01seeing in Saudi Arabia, which is truly
00:07:05unprecedented. These unprecedented
00:07:08images from the airports
00:07:13seem to facilitate the formation of a consensus
00:07:16غیر نظامی ایران هدف قرار بگیرند که این
00:07:20شرایتی هست که ما الان در عربستان می بینیم که واقعاً
00:07:23صحنه هاییست بی سابقه دقیقاً این
00:07:26which Saudi Arabia
00:07:30is also pursuing, especially
00:07:33to further involve countries like Pakistan
00:07:37and Turkey in this situation.
00:07:41Exactly. But each of these countries,
00:07:45Majid, has its own
00:07:46calculations.
00:07:51Up to this point, Turkey and Pakistan,
00:07:54who signed the Mecca agreement,
00:07:58the Mecca security agreement with Saudi Arabia,
00:08:02have implicitly indicated that they will support
00:08:05Saudi Arabia behind the scenes.
00:08:08They have also issued very strong statements
00:08:12in support of Saudi Arabia and condemning
00:08:16these attacks. However, there is currently
00:08:19no sign that they will explicitly
00:08:23enter the war, although there were reports
00:08:26that Pakistan carried out a few
00:08:29airstrikes. But these were
00:08:33limited attacks. Against the Houthis.
00:08:36It seems that if the situation progresses
00:08:40beyond this stage, it will be more difficult
00:08:42for these countries to remain neutral.
00:08:46After all, they have signed
00:08:49an agreement. But alongside that,
00:08:53we are now witnessing a larger picture,
00:08:56which is that it seems that another stage
00:09:00of a larger crisis is unfolding in
00:09:03the region, and the focus is on
00:09:07Iran, and whether Israel and the US
00:09:10will launch more extensive attacks against
00:09:14Iran, considering the reports that
00:09:17Israeli fighter jets were maneuvering over
00:09:21Iraq with their refuelers in the
00:09:25past two days. And this self-restraint,
00:09:28let's call it self-restraint,
00:09:31by the US, does not seem unrelated
00:09:35to these circumstances, because their focus
00:09:38is on a larger picture. In this situation,
00:09:41if they do not make that decision,
00:09:45they will probably join Saudi Arabia
00:09:48in expanding attacks against the Houthis,
00:09:51which, of course, there are many
00:09:54questions about. Attacks against
00:09:58the Houthis have continued for years,
00:10:01but ultimately, the Houthis have been
00:10:05able to continue their military activities
00:10:08against Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-backed
00:10:11government. Thank you, Nafiseh. Nafiseh Kouhi,
00:10:15our senior Middle East correspondent.
00:10:18Let's continue the program with two short news
00:10:21items. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it is
00:10:25highly likely that the recent security incident near Fairford
00:10:29Airbase was directed by Iran. Speaking in the British Parliament,
00:10:33he said he was almost certain that the Revolutionary
00:10:36Guard was involved. Mr. Burnham emphasized that
00:10:40to limit Tehran's capabilities, Britain will impose more sanctions
00:10:44against Iran. In the Fairford base incident, seven people,
00:10:47including an Iranian-British citizen, were arrested
00:10:51and released on bail. Following the incident,
00:10:54the US moved all its bombers from the base.
00:10:57Iran's judiciary
00:11:01says it has executed one person for cooperating
00:11:04with Jaish al-Adl. Iran's security and judicial
00:11:08bodies claim that Omar Darastaran was providing
00:11:11ammunition and weapons to this Baloch armed
00:11:14movement and identifying military bases. In separate
00:11:18news, Iranian police announced that they have arrested
00:11:21members of a team linked to recent attacks on
00:11:25police stations in Sistan and Baluchestan
00:11:27province.
00:11:32Despite Donald Trump's statements about stopping
00:11:35mutual attacks by Russia and Ukraine on each other's
00:11:39energy infrastructure, Kyiv says the Kremlin has continued
00:11:42its attacks. According to Ukraine's oil and gas
00:11:46company, Russia's nightly attacks on gas production
00:11:50facilities in Kharkiv have caused fires and damage to equipment.
00:11:53Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that
00:11:57the US should pressure Russia, not reduce
00:12:00its sanctions and give concessions to Moscow. He said
00:12:04an energy ceasefire could be a step towards ending the
00:12:07war, but only if the US ensures Russia will abide
00:12:10by it. Amir Chahaki, international relations
00:12:14analyst, is with us. Mr. Chahaki, the current
00:12:17situation does not seem to be what Mr. Trump
00:12:20was aiming for. Despite the announced
00:12:23ceasefire, both sides
00:12:34issue is that both Trump and Putin, in my opinion,
00:12:38are deliberately offering a strange interpretation
00:12:41of this energy ceasefire. Look, Ukraine has managed
00:12:44to gain the upper hand with its own drones
00:12:47and attack Russian fuel refineries, but Russia
00:12:51has been attacking drinking water infrastructure
00:12:55and power plants for years. It's as if they're playing
00:12:58with words. Russia says it won't attack Ukrainian
00:13:01refineries, but the issue is not equivalent.
00:13:05Ukraine's main concern is its power plants
00:13:08before winter. That's why Zelenskyy suggests
00:13:11it should be explicitly stated: "no attacks
00:13:15on energy infrastructure," but Trump deliberately
00:13:18emphasizes refineries. In my opinion, the honest
00:13:22one in this scene is Zelenskyy, and he can avoid attacking
00:13:25refineries if Russia doesn't attack Ukraine's
00:13:28power plants and energy infrastructure. But we see
00:13:32that Ukraine is also carrying out attacks against
00:13:35Russia. Mr. Trump seemed to be trying
00:13:39to address his own domestic problems, namely the rising
00:13:43price of diesel and so on, by preventing its
00:13:46further increase through this.
00:13:48But if both sides, if you think
00:13:52the Russian side, as you yourself say, in coordination
00:13:56with Mr. Trump, accepts, does the Ukrainian
00:13:59side have any choice but to accept?
00:14:02Ukraine is ready to accept, Mr. Afshar, because
00:14:06for a long time, Russia has not been able
00:14:09to advance on the fronts. 20% of Donbas
00:14:13is completely under Ukrainian control, for over two and a half
00:14:17years. So Ukraine's big problem isn't that it doesn't want
00:14:20to comply, its big problem is that Russia is attacking
00:14:24the infrastructure that supplies electricity and energy,
00:14:27and it pretends it's not a refinery, but an energy facility.
00:14:31If the winter temperatures reach minus 10 degrees
00:14:34in Ukraine, and if Ukraine's power plants
00:14:38go offline at that temperature, there will be no water in homes,
00:14:42and Putin is doing this deliberately. But in my
00:14:45opinion, regarding the non-attack on Ukraine's
00:14:49refineries, Ukraine is ready if Russia complies.
00:14:53Also, for the election
00:14:56of a new president, which should be at least 60 days.
00:14:59In these two cases, Kyiv is honestly ready to comply.
00:15:03Apparently, the Russian side does not accept the election.
00:15:07They only said they are willing not to attack on election
00:15:10day. Right. Yes, look, let me say this:
00:15:13when Zelenskyy says it should be 60
00:15:16days, why is he saying this? Because
00:15:19the law of military governance,
00:15:23the martial law in Ukraine, helps with operations
00:15:26on the front. If Zelenskyy wants to lift martial
00:15:30law, the fronts will practically be damaged.
00:15:33That's why he says to Putin's Kremlin, "I won't attack
00:15:41on election day." Well, local elections
00:15:44are not possible. What Zelenskyy is proposing is realistic;
00:15:48there should be a ceasefire for at least 60 days.
00:15:51Look, every three months, for example, October 31st of this
00:15:55year, in three more months, martial law
00:15:58ends. If Zelenskyy extends it, then
00:16:02naturally, there cannot be elections for another
00:16:0690 days. There have been
00:16:08no elections since March 31st. And if Putin insists
00:16:12on his position, in my opinion,
00:16:15Kyiv's drone attacks - let me say this -
00:16:18Ukraine's drones are Ukrainian-made, and
00:16:22the US cannot influence them in any way.
00:16:25Ukraine has the upper hand in the air
00:16:28behind Russia's front lines, thanks to its drones.
00:16:32Thank you, Amir Chahaki, international relations analyst.
00:16:35We are midway through the program.
00:16:38Let's take another look at the most important headlines.
00:16:41With the continuation of Houthi attacks on Saudi airports,
00:16:45representatives of some of the world's largest oil companies
00:16:48have withdrawn from the Riyadh energy conference.
00:16:51The Ukrainian President says that if the United States
00:16:55guarantees Russia's commitment, an energy ceasefire could
00:16:58lead to peace. In the continuation of this program:
00:17:02The use of gene editing
00:17:03to treat children's
00:17:07blood diseases in Britain. The International Monetary
00:17:11Fund says the rapid development of artificial
00:17:15intelligence is like a slow tsunami that integrates,
00:17:18degrades, or completely eliminates half of the jobs
00:17:22worldwide. It made these remarks at the annual
00:17:26joint meeting of this institution and the World
00:17:30Bank in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. A meeting
00:17:33attended by many finance ministers and central
00:17:36bank governors from various countries. Kristalina
00:17:40Georgieva said that extensive investment
00:17:44in artificial intelligence has led to continued global
00:17:47economic growth despite
00:17:51the energy crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine
00:17:55and also in Iran. Behrang Tajdin reports.
00:17:59There isn't a week that goes by without a new warning
00:18:02about the dangers of this technology. But
00:18:05the rapid pace of development
00:18:16and advancement of artificial intelligence has already
00:18:19had an impact globally. The IMF's point is that
00:18:23very powerful forces are putting pressure on the
00:18:26global economy and pulling it in two different directions.
00:18:29Artificial intelligence is accelerating growth. We see
00:18:32this in US company investments, stock prices,
00:18:35and increased consumer demand. On the other hand,
00:18:39energy markets are acting as a brake. High oil
00:18:41and gas prices are causing
00:18:44inflation and putting pressure on household
00:18:47budgets. The escalation of conflicts between Yemen's
00:18:51Houthis and Saudi Arabia and disruption to shipping
00:18:55in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, along with the ongoing war in
00:18:58Iran and the difficulty of passing through the Strait of
00:19:01Hormuz, have caused Brent crude oil prices, a global
00:19:05market indicator, to remain above $100 per barrel for
00:19:09more than a month. With rising prices of products
00:19:12like diesel, the US President announced on Friday that an
00:19:15agreement had been reached with Russia to inject 300,000
00:19:19tons of diesel into the global market. We still
00:19:23have a very tense situation. The crude oil market is
00:19:27calmer than the products market because we are facing
00:19:30a shortage of efficient refineries outside the
00:19:34Strait of Hormuz. Many Asian refineries are also
00:19:38not receiving enough crude oil. But when you look
00:19:42at crude oil prices, for example Brent, remember
00:19:45that this price does not include transportation
00:19:48costs, which have skyrocketed, and you probably need to
00:19:52add about $40 per barrel for shipping,
00:19:55insurance, and so on. Beyond the energy crisis,
00:19:58the concern of global economic leaders at the
00:20:02annual joint meeting of the World Bank
00:20:04and the International
00:20:08Monetary Fund is the impact of artificial intelligence
00:20:12on the labor market. It's a slow tsunami,
00:20:16but a tsunami nonetheless. Our prediction is that
00:20:18gradually 40% of jobs worldwide will be integrated,
00:20:22degraded, or eliminated. But the World Bank hopes
00:20:25that artificial intelligence will also benefit
00:20:28developing countries. When we get to middle-
00:20:32and low-income countries, the opportunity for AI
00:20:35to create jobs and increase
00:20:40productivity is huge. This technology is advancing
00:20:43so rapidly that all predictions about its
00:20:47impact in the near future may turn out to be
00:20:50incorrect, let alone in the decades
00:20:53to come.
00:20:56Behrang Tajdin, BBC
00:20:57News.
00:21:01Data centers are technology infrastructures on which
00:21:05the rapid growth of artificial intelligence depends. That's
00:21:08why Donald Trump in the US supports their expansion
00:21:12in his competition with China in the field of AI.
00:21:16But not everyone in the US agrees with him, including
00:21:20the Arizona Attorney General, who has called
00:21:23for a halt to new permits for the development of
00:21:26these centers. Such disagreements have made data centers
00:21:30a focal point of contention in the congressional
00:21:32midterm elections. Let's
00:21:37watch Shima Khalil's report. A wave of opposition
00:21:40to the expansion of data centers is forming across
00:21:43the United States. Here in Arizona, protesters
00:21:47are trying to stop center development plans.
00:21:50Technology's goal is to make things better, not to fill
00:21:53the ground with chips that quickly lose their value
00:21:57and heat up neighborhoods. We can't have another data
00:22:00center. We don't have enough water. US President Donald
00:22:04Trump says slowing down the development of this
00:22:07technology means ceding the competitive field to China.
00:22:11When you look at this neighborhood from a distance,
00:22:15it looks like an ordinary suburban neighborhood, but
00:22:18the situation changes when you realize the massive
00:22:22data centers that are expanding around it.
00:22:25Here in Arizona, where people are already grappling
00:22:29with extreme heat and drought,
00:22:33concerns about the impact of the center have grown:
00:22:37increased pressure on the power grid and
00:22:41increased consumption of water resources that
00:22:44are already insufficient.
00:22:46We love our home,
00:24:20but if we had known they were going to build
00:24:23this center here, we would never have
00:24:27bought this house. This could be the difference
00:24:30between a comfortable,
00:24:33pleasant life and a life with the worry
00:24:36of what kind of noise will be made and
00:24:40what will happen next. are facing, which
00:24:43affects their decisions. One of these issues
00:24:47is the expansion of artificial intelligence, which changes
00:25:20their lives and the outlook of their surroundings.
00:25:22Shaheem Khalil, BBC News, Arizona. A teenage
00:25:26girl from Coventry in the south of England,
00:25:30who suffers from thalassemia, says her life has been
00:25:33transformed thanks to a pioneering gene-editing
00:25:37procedure. Thalassemia patients require regular
00:25:41blood transfusions, often have low energy,
00:25:44and are frequently homebound, and even
00:25:47the Children's Hospital Birmingham transformed
00:25:51her life. Now everything is much
00:25:55easier for me. I always have energy
00:25:57to do different things. I tell my mom, "Let's go
00:26:01out." Before, I would
00:26:13just sleep. I was always tired. This treatment method is used
00:26:16for people who suffer from thalassemia or
00:26:20sickle cell anemia. This method is only
00:26:24offered in three children's hospitals across the
00:26:26country, and Vivian from Ontario was one of
00:26:30the first to receive
00:26:35this treatment last year. Now she is well aware
00:26:38of its effects and has started studying health
00:26:42and social care at college. She dreams of becoming
00:26:46a nurse. Now I have more choices.
00:26:50Before, I couldn't do many of the things that
00:26:53other kids did. The cells undergo genetic editing
00:26:57and are returned to her body a few months
00:27:00later. This eliminates the symptoms of the disease.
00:27:29The disease is not completely cured, but the factors that
00:27:35cause problems are eliminated. We find the stem cells
00:27:38and send them to a manufacturing laboratory for editing.
00:27:42In this process, the DNA is changed. As a result,
00:27:45these cells produce more fetal hemoglobin, or neonatal
00:27:48hemoglobin. In a patient with thalassemia, this
00:27:52means they no longer need blood transfusions. In a patient with
00:27:56sickle cell anemia, the level of fetal hemoglobin
00:28:00increases, which counteracts