1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Time to catch up with UK correspondent Gevin Gray and 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: some pretty concerning images out of Yorkshire in Northeast England. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: Gevin these riots to tell us about what's been going on. 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, Jack, and uncertainty is for the court, but let 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 2: me start by what started well. A number of police 6 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 2: were called after seemingly some sort of disorder which then 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: became some serious disorder. A police car was flipped over, 8 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 2: a bus was set alight, Barricades were made in streets 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: in the Harehills area of Leeds. It's quite a rundown 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: part of that city in the northeast of England. In 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: Yorkshire and Police Force said they were called to a 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: disturbance at an address at around five pm local time 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: and then further pockets of disorder spread out. Indeed, social 14 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: media videos show big crowds on the streets and this 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: police car being attacked with a scooter before it was 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: then flipped over. The local MP saying she's appalled at 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: the shocking scenes. Injuries have been reported, but right through 18 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 2: until very late into the evening, hundreds of people remained 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: gathered around as the streets were strewn with rubbish and 20 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: other debris. Police had the missiles thrown at them. So 21 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 2: why did it all start. All we're being told is 22 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 2: that police were called to quote an ongoing disturbance which 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: involves some agency workers and some children. When they attended 24 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: a disturbance, more people started to attend the location and 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: the decision was made to remove the agency workers and 26 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: the children to a safe place. So we don't know 27 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: why the agency workers were there, what agency workers they were. 28 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: All sorts of speculation which I won't add to. I'm 29 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: sure we'll get more details. Yeah. 30 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, some of those images were pretty remarkable, to be 31 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: perfectly honest, I mean, especially that fust thing. See the 32 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: light it was that was shocking. Now, the outgoing NATO 33 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: boss says Europe must be prepared forget this a decade 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: of the Ukrainian war. 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, So Jen Staltenberg's ten year ten comes to 36 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 2: an end in October. In November, we get to the 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 2: presidential election in America and if Donald Trump wins a 38 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: second term, he's already said that he would either completely 39 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 2: cut aids to Ukraine as into zero or severely drastically 40 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: reduce it, And of course that means we've got a 41 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 2: war going on on the doorstep of Europe, and that's 42 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 2: why Jen Stottenburg is warning both Europe but also the 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 2: rest of NATO that they really do need to be 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 2: aware this is going to be a long drawn out affair. 45 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: And of course NATO's funds as well are something that 46 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: a second term for Donald Trump might might be cut 47 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: back on. He's already suggested that NATO members should be 48 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 2: paying more than America. So what Jan Stoltenberg is saying is, look, 49 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 2: we need to be prepared for it to last a 50 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: long time, and ironically saying that the more we fund 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: it now, the faster a resolution might be reached. 52 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: And Gavin five environmental protests who blocked a major London 53 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: motorway in twenty twenty two have been sentenced to jail, yes, and. 54 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: Quite long terms, which surprised people, but I think as 55 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: well a lot of motorists who were affected on the 56 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 2: actions that they took were delighted. So in November of 57 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two, forty five just top ball protesters climbed 58 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: gantries on the London Orbital Motorway, the M twenty five. 59 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: It's a massively busy road even when it's quiet, and 60 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,519 Speaker 2: of course when they were up in the gantries. The 61 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: police said, well they're not safe. They may four drivers 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 2: may crash, so they shut the motorway. It was said 63 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 2: to cost fifty one thousand hours of driver delays, cost 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: the economy at least one and a half billion New 65 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 2: Zealand dollars and indeed cost the police operation two millions. 66 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: So there was huge anger at the time. And now 67 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: five of the main ring leaders who organized that protest 68 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 2: have been jailed, the ring leader five years imprisonment, the 69 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 2: others or four years. We had become, i think, so 70 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: used in this country to people being just let off 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 2: with a little smack on the risk of some community 72 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 2: service work that when the length of jail tones was 73 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 2: read out, I think there was genuine shock in the court. 74 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 2: But looking at the daily papers, many of them saying, 75 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: at last we are getting some serious sentences for those 76 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 2: who commit these crimes and cause such inconvenience. 77 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: UK correspondent Gavin Gray, thank you you take care. 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: For more from hither Dupless Yellen Drive. 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