One killed and dozens injured in Kuwait by Iranian drones

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1:09Then, clip the offer in the app for automatic event-long savings. Stack up those rewards to save even more. Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in-store or online for easy pickup or delivery. Restrictions apply. See the website for full terms and conditions. This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Alex Ritson and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 3rd of June, these are our main stories. Kuwait's international airport is hit by Iranian drones as US Iran talks stall. Ukraine targets the Russian city of St Petersburg as an investment summit known as Putin's Davos gets underway.

1:53Malawi prepares a return programme for its citizens in South Africa, impacted by migrant attacks. Also in this podcast... I can't breathe. Words shouted at British police during violent protests sparked by the murder of a stabbed student handcuffed after his killer accused him of racism. countries in the gulf have once again come under attack from iran as the islamic republic and the united states exchange fire making their ceasefire ever more fragile kuwait has said that one person was killed and at least 63 others were wounded when a passenger terminal at the international airport there was hit by an iranian drone iran's revolutionary guards said they carried out the attack described by Kuwait's foreign ministry as an act of aggression.

2:47Yoland Nell is in Jerusalem monitoring developments for us. Kuwait has repeatedly come under attack by Iran since the start of the war and during the fragile ceasefire as well. It has two air bases and Iran accuses US forces base there of carrying out some of the recent attacks on its territory. A number of hostile drones hit the airport according to Kuwaiti authorities. There is this video footage circulating and someone shows where a drone entered. You can see all the glass overhead has been smashed in the night sky and there's a fire. There's a lot of damage and Kuwait Airways is now flying but just out of a neighbouring terminal.

3:24A lot of flights have been suspended from there. This is an airport that only just opened on Monday after being closed at the height of hostilities during the war with Iran. But Bahrain is the head of quarters of the US Naval Fifth Fleet, and it was also attacked with missiles and drones. The authorities there saying they were intercepted, working jointly with US forces. And all of this is happening now in the Gulf. I mean, this is after several times where the ceasefire has been strained in just the past week. Now you've got officials in the Gulf, a senior Emirati diplomat, Anwar Gargash, for example, talking about the need for a firm united, a cohesive Gulf position, saying the aggression does not just target a specific state, but us all.

4:07You can see things really heating up there now. Yeah, I mean, can we still call this a ceasefire? I mean, I think in many ways, what has happened in recent months in this region has sort of changed the definition of what counts as a ceasefire. When you look at what's been going on, I mean, there's the background to what happened in Kuwait and Bahrain is other exchanges of fire that have gone on between the US and Iran. It seems that US Central Command fired a tanker that was getting into an Iranian port, disabling it. And Iranian media say the Revolutionary Guards then targeted a vessel in response.

4:40The US went on to down drones and target the Iranian military ground station on Qashem Island, saying that was self-defense. Iran's supreme leader's military advisor saying that Iran will not allow the US to overreach in negotiations or ceasefire agreements. And you've got the semi-official Iranian news agency saying that the country has stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the US and Israel. Regional officials saying that Tehran wants the truce in Lebanon enforced before returning to talks. President Trump has been saying these negotiations are continuing.

5:14But this is coming after, you know, the talks have really dragged on for weeks. And there have been these repeated exchanges of strikes in the Gulf. Israel's war in Lebanon is widening and that is all complicating the efforts. Yoland Nell. Drones also seem to be playing an increasingly prominent role in the war in Ukraine and proving to be a thorn in the side of Russia. Now a regional Russian official says they've brought down 50 unmanned devices during an attack on the area around St Petersburg. It comes as a major conference opens in the city. The BBC's Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, is in St Petersburg.

5:53The black smoke is the result of an overnight drone attack, a suspected Ukrainian drone attack on the St Petersburg area. Last night, the governor of Leningrad region, just outside the city of St Petersburg, issued an air raid warning. This morning, he announced that more than 50 drones had been shot down. Local officials say that infrastructure was hit. They're not specifying what. But we know that in recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have been targeting oil facilities, for example, in many parts of Russia. And this comes just hours before the opening of the big set-piece event here, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which Russia uses to try to promote itself on the world stage.

6:38Vladimir Putin is due to take part in the forum later this week. He will deliver a keynote speech. But today, this is the view from the forum venue, the black smoke rising above St Petersburg just hours before the start of this event. Steve Rosenberg in St Petersburg. Vitaly Shevchenko is the chief analyst at BBC Monitoring and is in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. These strikes could not have come at a more embarrassing time for Russia and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said, yes, these were our drones, and he called the strikes long-range sanctions against Russia, and he said they yielded good results.

7:20And footage circulating on social media appears to show fires raging at St. Petersburg oil terminal. Woldymar Zelensky also said that a military facility has been hit at the port of Kronstadt, which is outside St. Petersburg. There are claims that it was a warship, a Russian warship. So what Ukraine is trying to do is show to Russia and all the international guests arriving at the forum in St. Petersburg that, well, we can do it. We have the cards and Ukraine is feeling something like it's a bit on the front foot, on the front line. So this is the message from Ukraine to Russia and the world at this stage.

8:08Vitaly Shevchenko. For years, South Africa has witnessed waves of violence against migrants from other parts of the continent. Now, Malawi is the latest country to offer to repatriate its citizens. These Malawians living in Western Cape in South Africa said they feared for their lives. The people, they just chased us away. They didn't ask us that we have documents or not. They just chased us away like dogs. So that thing is unfair because actually I'm a human being. If maybe the government, they can speak with our government also to beg, maybe we can find a transport. It's better to go home without anything than to lose our life.

8:51The move by Malawi follows earlier announcements by Ghana, as well as Mozambique, whose nationals were caught up in skirmishes in the coastal town of Mosul Bay at the weekend. I heard more from our global affairs reporter, Richard Kagoi, who's covering the story from Nairobi. Malawi is concerned about the safety of its nationals who are currently based in South Africa because of what has been widely reported as attacks targeting African migrants in the country. Now, most of those who are affected, as you've just heard there, have been seeking shelter in community halls, specifically in the South Coast area.

9:30And some fringe groups that have been holding anti-migrants demonstration in parts of the country, including the port city of Darban and in Johannesburg, They have given African migrants who are undocumented up to the 30th of June for them to leave the country. So there's really concern about the safety of the nationals based on recent events that have been documented across the country. What is the deeper cause of this xenophobia? I think the bigger picture here is the fact that South Africa is the biggest economy in Africa. So it really attracts a lot of people who are seeking job opportunities, you know, from neighboring countries and even as far as countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

10:15Now, we've had this type of attacks, you know, recurring over the years. So ordinary South Africans are blaming migrants for economic challenges such as huge unemployment. They blame some of them for involvement in crime, involvement in illicit activities like artisanal mining and also things like drugs. And so there's been that just general discontentment or sentiment that has been growing over the years. They're competing with them even for services like in health and even in education. So I think it's just the fact that ordinary South Africans are feeling that the government hasn't done enough to stay the wave of illegal immigration into the country.

10:56And that's why some of them have really sort of like taken this up in their own hands. So they're going to be pleased? Well, it depends with who you talk to. But I've just been monitoring basically reactions and conversations, especially online, on what people think about this. there are people who feel that South Africa is still open for, you know, people in the country legally, but those who are coming into the country illegally should leave. So it's a debate that's currently ongoing, but that's just the general sentiment prevalent across the country. Richard Kagoy. Next week, the Football World Cup kicks off and as usual, sports illustrators and photographers will be on hand to capture all the fast-paced action and emotion on the field.

11:41One sports illustrator who'll be watching the games closely is Paul Trevelyan. After a decades-long career, the 92-year-old has a new book out about the history of the World Cup. Mike Williams spoke to him about how he combined his two loves of football and drawing. I was born in White Hart Lane, Tottenham, which is a two-minute walk to the Tottenham Hotspur football ground. I decided that I was going to draw footballers in 1937 when I saw Dixie Dean. How old were you then? I was three. My father was a bus conductor. He changed his shift. It was a cup replay. It was on a Wednesday. And I left that ground and I said to my dad, I said, Dad, I'm going to draw footballers.

12:27And he said, what do you mean draw footballers? I said, I'm going to draw them. I'd scribbled a few, the dog and the cat and that. But in this time, I really did want to become a football artist. When you look back on your body of work, of all the characters in the whole of world football over the last six, seven decades, who have you enjoyed drawing the most? Pelé. In the middle here is Pelé number 10. Rivolino, watch Pelé now. What a beautiful goal from Pelé. El Rey, Pelé. 100 goals for Brazil in World Cup competitions and Brazil take this 1-0 lead. I loved Juan Pelley so much that I went to Stanley Pools and they said, we'll publish the book, King Pelley.

13:09And every drawing in that book was mine. I went to a sign-in session for the book and sitting next to me was Pelley. And he looked through it and he said, give me your name. And I gave him my name. He said, give me your address. I gave him my address. And from that moment on, every time Pelley got a job, which he cried out, I was the man. He was the man who phoned me up and said, come for the World Cup 94. I went there and worked with Umbro. That was for Pele. See, I've learnt my lessons, not from art teachers, but from players who have told me what I was doing wrong and why I hadn't captured that person completely.

13:45I had to work at it and work at it and work at it. And you are still drawing now into your 90s? Do you enjoy drawing? Is there a release for you? Look at that hand. Look at that hand. It's very straight. Look at it. Very straight. That hand doesn't shake. Not one bit. and I do eye exercises. I look at my hand and I look at something 200 yards away. I look at my hand, I do that three times a day. My eyes are sharper than the average premiership referee. Who do you enjoy drawing from the current England squad? Harry Kane. As a North London boy, just like you, he's the captain of England and in a few weeks' time, he may well have the World Cup in his hands.

14:26Would that be a fitting last portrait for you? If Harry Kane wins the World Cup, you pick up the newspaper, I'll be in one. Your picture? It will be in a paper. I promise you that, it'll be in a newspaper. Illustrator Paul Trevelyan. Still to come in this podcast. We've always known that it's good for building muscle, but there's more and more research coming out about how it's going to support your cardiovascular health, neurological health, and really importantly, particularly for women, but even your bone density. Scientists say the type of exercise you should choose if you really want to live longer is weightlifting.

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17:47This is the Global News Podcast. Voters in six states in the US have been choosing their candidates for the midterm elections in November, which could have huge implications for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency. The big race is in California, where polls have closed. 61 candidates are competing in what's known as the jungle primary to decide who stands for governor. The two highest vote winners will advance regardless of their party. Oliver Conway heard more from Shima Khalil, who was outside a voting centre in Hollywood. The California governor is one of the most consequential jobs in American politics.

18:26California is the most populous, is the richest state in the nation. It is the big engine behind big technology in Silicon Valley, the entertainment industry, agriculture. But it's also been mired by many, many issues like homelessness, like house affordability, rebuilding here in parts of Los Angeles after the Palisades fires. And of course, the rise in fuel prices made worse after the US-Iran war. So this is a big job for whoever gets it, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat. But it's also a very demanding job and a challenging job with a very long to-do list and a very urgent one for all the voters that I'm looking at right now.

19:08Yeah, it's been held in the past by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan. more recently by a Democrat, Gavin Newsom, who's thought to be running now for US president, who's likely to be the candidate for the next governor? I think this is one of the big issues with this race. It's been described as dramatic, as messy at times, as wide open, because for the first time in more than a quarter of a century, it was cast wide open after the front running for the Democrats, Eric Swalwell, had to bow out because of accusations of sexual misconduct that he denies. We've got three leading names now, two Democrats, Javier Becerra and Tom Steyer, and we've got a Republican, the British American, Steve Hilton.

19:52They're all vowing to do something about immigration. They're all vowing to make California more affordable. Another closely watched race is for mayor of Los Angeles. What should we look out for there? You should look out for three candidates, the incumbent Karen Bass and the reality TV star Steve Spencer Pratt and a progressive Democrat in Nitya Rahman. The incumbent Karen Bass is the most experienced, but she's been lambasted by the opposition, by the competition because of the aftermath of the fires in 2025 for not doing enough. She was infamously abroad when that happened. And Spencer Pratt, the reality TV stars from the show The Hills, has really energized that race, not because of his experience, but because he has put himself as the fighter of the status quo.

20:44He's lost his house in the fires and again has been really critical of the incumbent mayor. Many of the issues in California are really magnified here in Los Angeles, be it homelessness, be it the affordability or the price of fuel. And again, the test is going to be not just in getting elected and convincing people that people hear them. I think they need to convince voters that they can do something about these issues and they can do it fast. Shaiba Khalil, and on the 4th of July this year, the United States will celebrate its 250th birthday, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

21:26In the run-up to the celebrations, we will have a special podcast looking at the state of America today. If you have thoughts or questions on the matter we'd love to hear from you, please email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And if you can include a voice note, so much the better. Police in the English city of Southampton say that 11 of their officers were injured during violent protests. They were demonstrating on Tuesday, following a public outcry, over the treatment of a white student, Henry Novak. He was falsely accused of racism by a Sikh man who murdered him in Southampton last year. Mr Novak was handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying after being stabbed, despite telling the police that he couldn't breathe, words that were shouted by these protesters.

22:17Henry! Henry! Henry! Henry! Police in England are now having to defend themselves against accusations of unfair policing due to anti-racism guidance. The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said that violence against the police was inexcusable. No matter the pain we feel, there is no justification for more violence and disorder. The attacks directed towards police officers in Southampton last night were disgraceful and completely unacceptable. This is a time for serious work, not rage. Peter Cook is a BBC reporter who was in Southampton on Tuesday where the protests took place. It all started just after 5 o 'clock as people started gathering outside Southampton Police Station, a number of protesters.

23:09Those numbers slowly built to around 250 to 300. They were there to see a number of people making speeches, including the far-right figure Tommy Robinson and also activist Lawrence Fox. Now, the protest there was very peaceful. The people stayed for around an hour or so before they slowly made their way through the city on foot, followed by a number of police officers about a mile and a half to two miles outside of the city, into the suburbs, into an area very close to where Henry Novak lost his life. And that area in the St Denny's area was also quite close to the scene of the family home of Vikram Digwa, the man who was jailed on Monday for 21 years for stabbing Henry Novak.

23:53Another large crowd, probably at its peak around 250 to 300 a number, were chanting and also then began throwing missiles at the police, which included bins, e-scooters, bricks and bottles. It was an ugly scene and a very tense atmosphere at the time. The police responded by blocking off both ends of the street and trying to force the protesters away from that property. And ultimately, you know, the protesters who went there last night clearly knew where they were going. Many of them were streaming live on social media. They seem to all know the address. The police obviously clearly seem to anticipate the potential trouble as they had followed them out of the city.

24:35So a number of residents I witnessed came out fairly horrified and shocked to see what they were seeing. And, you know, clearly Southampton slowly stirring this morning. People are waking up to seeing very ugly images of their city. The BBC's Peter Cook. Japan is being battered by a powerful tropical storm, Jangmi. Fierce winds and torrential rain are disrupting transport and business and tens of thousands of homes are without power. The government has urged more than 400 ,000 people to evacuate. because of the risk of flooding and landslides. Our correspondent in Tokyo is Kurumi Mori. We don't know how many have actually left their homes.

25:14There are safety zones that have been set up by the government, so it is there for residents to go and evacuate. But I had a presser earlier in the day, a government spokesperson did urge people that if they sense any danger, don't hesitate, take early action to protect your life. So the officials are pushing people to evacuate. even if there's even a little bit of danger. And we know that last week ahead of the storm, Japan rolled out a new disaster alert system to make it easier for people to understand the level of risk during these types of natural emergencies. Is your sense that people are going?

25:49Well, I went to the grocery store last night to grab some food in case things got bad, but I didn't really get any real sense of panic. There are parts of Japan that face worse rainfall. right now even they are dealing with the mudslides, which is, you know, the rain has passed over them, but some of them are being stuck because the roads are closed because of the mud. But I do think that for us, even for our BBC Tokyo studio, actually, my producer Chika and I just ordered a new kit with food and some fresh first aid gear. So maybe residents in Japan as a whole, maybe we are more prepared than before.

26:29We've experienced a fair share of natural disasters. So I don't sense any real panic. I didn't feel it last night. I don't really sense it this morning. It seems like a lot of people stayed home, way less commuters on buses and trains. So not sure how many people did evacuate, but at least that urgency was there. And maybe people are quite aware. Is this expected to be a lot worse than a normal tropical storm? You know, it's hard to tell. It seems like the worst has passed, at least in the major cities, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya. But it's not over yet because it's continuing to move northeast. And even if it does, we still have to watch for mudslides and those strong winds that could continue to cause some real damage even after the rainfall has stopped.

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