1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Devin Gray UK corresponds with us givin you there, Hi there, 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Heather Gavin, tell me about what happened with us. Is 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: it a photographer who got shot? 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, a British photographer who's been in Los 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: Angeles covering the riots there. It's got particularly violent overnight 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: in the last few hours, with of course Donald Trump, 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: the President of America, announcing those plans to deploy two 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 2: thousand National Guard troops to California. So Nick Stearn is 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: the name of the photographer. He's documenting a standoff between 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: anti immigration and customs enforcement. That's ice basically the standoff 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 2: between protesters against them and police outside what's been called 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: a home depot in Paramount. That was when he was 13 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: hit by what's been called a sponge bullet, a fourteen 14 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 2: millimeter sponge bullet which tore into his thigh and he 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 2: has now thankfully been talking about it. He's undergone emergency 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 2: surgery at a hospital and is fine. He said. Some 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 2: of the protesters came and helped me and ended up 18 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: carrying me, and I noticed there was blood pouring from 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: my leg. Believe it or not. This is the second 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 2: time that Stern, who emigrated to America in two thousand 21 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 2: and seven, has been involved in an incident like this. 22 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: He was covering the George Floyd protests in twenty twenty 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: when he was also hit. And I think this kind 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: of thing will ratchet up the pressure, of course on 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: the President to perhaps wind down on what Democrats and 26 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 2: the Californian government is described as purposefully inflammatory both speech 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: and action. 28 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: Now, what is the problem with this Chinese super embassy 29 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: in London. 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: Well, it's the positioning of it which has led to 31 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 2: some concerns. Apparently, so China is planning to build a 32 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: huge saying it's an embassy, Others are saying it's rumors 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: of a bug center, or it might be you know, 34 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: a sort of super embassy that they're doing, and it's 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: at the Royal Mint Court. And the reason that that 36 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 2: matters is because the actual site is in area where 37 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: lots and lots of data centers are and lots of 38 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: data change his hands, particularly around the City of London 39 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: and Canary Wharf. Canary Wharf of course a huge business 40 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: center City of London, Bank of England there and other 41 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: big financial companies, and that's raised concerns about the potential 42 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 2: foreign espionage risk. This was first apparently released by reports 43 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 2: over the weekend here in several newspapers in which it 44 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 2: was said that America and indeed the White House itself, 45 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 2: had raised concerns with the British government about the sighting 46 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: of the embassy and allowing the embassy to be built 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 2: right in the center of London. However, the Shadow Home 48 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: Secretary is weighing in on this, saying that you're right, 49 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 2: we don't think it should be built there, But a 50 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: minister for this current government is saying that the security 51 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: concerns don't need to be worried about because we've taken 52 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 2: care assidiously in the planning process. 53 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: Brilliant. Hey, thank you very much Gavin for talking us through. 54 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: Devin Gray, UK correspondent. 55 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 56 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 2: news Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.