Spain and Argentina face off in World Cup final

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0:43Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesby. Coming up today, have you ever run a marathon? And if so, were you dressed like this? We were wearing many layers of wool and synthetic clothes. We were able to all the time sip, unsip, take off gloves and have several layers of gloves. Also, did you need an armed guard to protect you from polar bears? We're going to be hearing about the perils of long distance running at the North Pole. That's still to come. But it is finally here. The men's World Cup final, 104 matches, 307 goals so far. And just one more half to go before we find out who will win that coveted trophy.

1:27either defending champions Argentina or former winners Spain. We're currently in the halftime break. The score at the moment is nil all. And the controversial extra-long halftime show is underway. It's featuring Madonna, Shakira, Burner Boy, Coldplay as well. The Muppets have just made some kind of appearance there. Sadly, we're not permitted to bring you the sound due to the rights issues. But we know that President Trump is in attendance at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with some 80 ,000 other spectators. Security is very tight, but it hasn't dimmed the atmosphere. It's a good time to catch up with fans watching around the world.

2:07The BBC's Laura Garcia is with Argentina fans. Laura, I think you're in Queens, New York somewhere. What's the mood? Well, the mood is very loud, but also a little bit tense. I was here on Wednesday during the England-Argentina match, and the mood was way more celebratory from start to finish. This is a corner in Queens. It's called Corona Avenue and Junction Boulevard, where there's been one Argentinian bakery for decades. And it's become kind of like the enclave for Argentinians in New York. On Wednesday, it was a party from start to finish. Today, there's a party, but also everybody's glued to their phones or to the screens that they can see.

2:43Oh, to each other, they're waiting for this one guy to run out of a barbershop because he's got a live stream that's like 10 seconds quicker than everybody else's. To see if he can run out and tell them that finally we have a goal that brings that tension. Briefly, yeah, there's been no goals so far, but Argentina has picked up a yellow card. Martinez, I think he got swapped out before halftime. Yeah, what I'm getting from people here is whatever happens, they're faced with Messi. Everyone's wearing Messi shirts. There's an enormous Messi mural on Maradona on the wall. So regardless of whatever else happens on the field, they're just waiting for Messi to turn it around and holding their breath until that happens.

3:22Laura, thanks so much for joining us. we've got Guy Hedgeco on the line as well. Guy, you're in Madrid somewhere watching with Spanish fans. What's the mood there? Well, I'm in the Plaza de Colón, which is a massive square in central Madrid where there are giant screens showing the game or showing the halftime show at the moment. Fans are very excited here. They were very confident going into the game, really believed that they were going to win the World Cup, really believed that the Spanish team was the better team going into this game. I think after that first half, they're cautiously optimistic still.

4:05I think they're pleased with how Spain dominated possession to a certain extent and had a few chances in the first half. I think they're slightly disappointed that Spain didn't score a couple of goals there or make its dominance of possession show more on the scoreline. So they're a little bit nervous still, but still confident. Very briefly, Guy, they've had some tough games, Spain, but they haven't gone behind, I don't think, throughout this entire tournament, which is quite incredible. Yes, that's right. And they've only conceded one goal throughout the tournament. After a fairly shaky start, they really got going.

4:49sort of halfway through. The game that really, where they really made their presence felt was in the semi-final against France, of course, which they won really quite easy, 2-0. So the feeling is among Spaniards is Spain has the best team. It's been peaking just at the right time. It starts to peak in the semi-final and that today with the final, this is the moment when La Minha, Mal and the other star players in the team should really be shining. Shakira apparently has taken to the stage we might be able to hear it in the background which technically is not quite right very briefly Laura you're still there Laura's gone I'm told Laura's gone well we're keeping across it let's just put it that way we're going to make sure we bring you any updates on the score obviously millions of people watching around the world it is very tense in the stadium at the moment but certainly the fans enjoying this Well, it's rather controversial, this extra long break.

5:48It's not normally done at Football World Cups, but let's see. Might go down well with the fans. Now, there have been some standout moments of fabulous football over the tournament and some controversies, of course. Earlier today, I spoke to Miguel Maduro from Portugal. He was the chair of FIFA's governance committee for 10 months in 2016 under current FIFA president Gianni Infantino. But since he left the role, he's been critical of both FIFA and Infantino's leadership. And I asked him first about that controversial red card reversal for the US star striker Florian Balogun. What was his take on it?

6:28It's a particularly obvious and explicit example of the way FIFA normally operates, whereby rules are often applied in a selective manner according to what FIFA considers to be its commercial or political interests and not so much what the rules themselves will determine. I think that's a case that outraged a lot of people, but particularly because it was so obvious and it took place in a stage like the World Cup, but is nothing new regarding the culture according to which FIFA works. Gianni Infantino, in response to the criticism over the overturning of that red card, had this to say. He said FIFA's judicial bodies are independent, they operate autonomously, and their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.

7:24He is right just at the end of what he says. The independence of these bodies is crucial for the credibility of football, but these bodies are not independent. They have no guarantee of independence. When imagined that you have a Supreme Court in the UK, for example, or a Supreme Court in the United States or in any country, and that these judges are all appointed by the government and can be dismissed by the government at any moment, you wouldn't call this an independent court. This is unfortunately what independence means for Mr. Infantino, that if he's not happy with the decisions of the bodies, it can replace the people there.

8:06So those that are in those positions know that they are not really independent because continuing or not in their positions depend on those whom they are supposed to control. There's been other decisions which have also caused controversy. The way the Iranian team, for example, had to fly in on match days. They weren't allowed to stay in the United States. Did that affect their game? There was a Somali ref that was banned from arriving in the country altogether. What that highlights is the extent to which FIFA has double standards in how it applies what itself claims to be the principle of political neutrality and how it uses the power it has in negotiating with hosting countries of its events, such as the World Cup.

8:57because on the one hand, FIFA often almost threatens those states with withdrawing the competition, for example, if they don't give it a special tax status and other advantages. But then when it comes to issues like those, it prefers to those states, and in this case to the United States and President Donald Trump. It's another example, I'm afraid, of that culture of governance that I was mentioning. And basically, as I've said this many times, FIFA is a system of rules without the rule of law. And what all these cases and this selective application of the rules, invoking the principle of political neutrality one day to prevent any form of regulation by a state, for example.

9:49And in the other day, developing a very close relationship with political persons like Donald Trump and others. They are all examples of, unfortunately, of this culture of governance where FIFA is dominated by or dominates its actions by what it considers and what it perceives to be its commercial interests or its political interests. Well, you say that, but I mean, FIFA is in the business of making football successful internationally, isn't it? And you say, you know, the commercial interest, but the truth is it does have to make money in order to plough it back into the game. And I guess FIFA would say that that's what they've done.

10:27Around$10 billion has been made from this World Cup. And, you know, perhaps FIFA would say that they plough that back into grassroots level sports in poorer countries, which has allowed those countries to, you know, front up some really quite spectacular teams this tournament. I wish it was as simple as that. And in fact, if we look even at the status of FIFA, FIFA is not only in the business of making money. FIFA is in the business of regulating football. It regulates who can play, it regulates athletes, it regulates the contracts of players with teams. It regulates the competitions that take place.

11:10In fact, and this is one of the fundamental problems in the governance of football and in FIFA. FIFA sits at the heart of a systemic conflict of interest because on the one hand it is supposed to regulate football and on the other hand it's the main commercial actor in that market that itself regulates. I know of no other economic market where that happens. And that systemic conflict of interest creates these problems. These problems are aggravated because as you say FIFA does make money, does need to make money But often this culture of making money ahead of all the other regulatory values that it ought to pursue regarding the different stakeholders in the world of football, putting money ahead of everything, it's the product of how power is organised in FIFA.

12:04But, I mean, you must admit that this particular tournament has been really successful in terms of the standard of football that we've seen. And not just from the big teams, but from some of the underdogs as well. I mean, really outstanding performances, which ultimately is good for the game, isn't it? And good for the fans, good for the world feeling about, you know, coming together in a sporting way. Yes, and that only makes it sadder that then we have to see the other sides of the world of football and FIFA. But certainly on the pitch and on the stands, the enthusiasm of fans and outside the stadiums, because those many of them that couldn't afford it, but that enthusiasm and the quality of football on the pitch is something that is amazing and is always amazing.

12:53And that's why football continues to be the extraordinary thing that is. This is the deep contradiction in which we live. Miguel Maduro there, former chair of FIFA's governance committee, speaking to us earlier today. The halftime is still on. We've heard from Justin Bieber, K-pop band BTS as well. There have been fireworks, Shakira dancing with lots of children, Big Banner saying love. The Muppets are still there playing a key part in this extravaganza at halftime. The match will get underway. We're going to keep an eye on it. Let's put it that way and bring you any updates as they happen.

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14:18The Men's Football World Cup final is underway with Spain facing defending champions Argentina. Iran has intercepted vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and attacked targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after an eighth night of US strikes.

14:39This is Rebecca Kesby with NewsHour live from the BBC. next to the passenger ferry sinking off the coast of Guyana in South America late last night local time. 67 people have been rescued so far and search teams are still looking for any other survivors. The MV Burima was travelling from the capital Georgetown in the north to Port Kaituma in the south. 133 people, including the crew, were on board And the distress call, we think, was put out around 11 p.m. local time. Then private boats, as well as official emergency teams, all responded to try to help. Let's get some details with Shelvin Belgrave, who's a reporter with Kaicha News in Georgetown.

15:25He joins us live. Shelvin, first of all, what happened? Why did this boat start sinking? Well, as the moment we do not know, from the government side of things, there was a huge wave and they're calling that preliminary information. There has not been no results from the investigation as well, as yet, sorry. But they said preliminary information is that the ferry or the vessel was hit with a huge wave, a big wave, and it capsized and then it started sinking. That's the official word we have. However, there are allegations from people that the boat might have been, you know, filled with more cargo.

16:07The government so far has refuted these claims, claiming that the cargo was below the limit, as well as the passengers were below the limit that the vessel can carry. That's what we have at this time. Right, because it is a passenger ferry as far as I understand it. And I mean, it's quite interesting to hear that local boats in the area immediately scrambled to try to reach the ferry. And no doubt that's why so many people have been rescued. Well, basically what happened, the information started circulating as soon as the vessel started sinking. Reports are that passengers in the vessel sent distress messages first to their relatives, especially those in Port Kaituma.

16:53So the information started circulating first in Port Kaituma, where the vessel was expected to arrive today, this afternoon at this time. And the distress message is a recording of one of those messages where the vessel, the passenger said, can you please send help? Send the police, call the police. The vessel just turned over in the river and we are sinking. And then the story was circulated by a journalist, a Guyanese journalist who's based overseas. He's on vacation right now. According to him, his name is Alva Solomon. He saw the information circulating and he decided, let me find out if this is true.

17:33And when he verified, he was the first reporter or journalist to say, well, you know, we have a disaster in hand. And the ferry is sinking at the moment just off the coast of Guyana at a place called Iron Punt off the Pomeroon River mouth on the coastline that borders the Atlantic Ocean. Goodness me. So it was people with mobile phones raising the alarm then. Yes, there was people with mobile phones raising the alarm as the boat began sinking. Shelvin, thank you very much for joining us live there. Good to get the very latest on that story. Shelvin Belgrave there from Keicha News in Georgetown, Guyana.

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19:24Welcome back to News Hour. The self-proclaimed misogynist and influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after the UK Crown Prosecution Service, or CPS, issued 38 new charges against them, which include rape, trafficking and offences relating to indecent images of a child. The brothers already face a number of charges in Romania and have dual UK-US citizenship, so the British authorities are now seeking their extradition. The Tate brothers have consistently denied any wrongdoing and their lawyer has previously claimed accusations against them are politically motivated.

20:03The BBC News correspondent Barry Caffrey told me more. So these brothers were arrested on Saturday in Miami after UK authorities requested their extradition. The US Marshals Service confirmed that the two brothers were in custody and the US Department of Justice says the arrests were made as part of extradition proceedings. The investigation, I should say, in the UK has been running for several years. Last year in May, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that Andrew and Tristan Tate would face 21 criminal charges in England following an investigation by Bedfordshire Police. Now, those charges relate to allegations alleged to have taken place between 2012 and 2016.

20:46Separately, the brothers were subject to criminal investigations in Romania and they've consistently denied all the allegations against them. But the charges that were previously authorised by the CPS following a file of evidence submitted by officers from Bedfordshire Police date back to 2012. Now Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit have been continuing to investigate a number of other offences reported to them. And as a result of that, 38 new charges have now been authorised against Andrew and Tristan Tate, bringing the total number of charges against the brothers to 59.

21:26Right, so these are completely new charges then. I think the police here in the UK have released a statement on all of this. What have they said? Yeah, they have. So of those charges, 42, I should say, have been authorised new charges against Andrew Tate and 17 against Tristan Tate. We've heard from Assistant Chief Constable Carina Thomas from Bedfordshire Police. And she said earlier that officers from our major crime unit have been working closely alongside the Crown Prosecution Service and both national and international law enforcement agencies as part of this investigation, which she calls complex.

22:03She said we understand the interest that this case will generate but would urge the public not to speculate and to allow the legal process to be carried out correctly. And she said there is no place for male violence against women and girls. And she says the force will continue to work tirelessly to support victims and investigate all reports made to them. As I say, 38 new charges now being authorised against Andrew and Tristan Tate. This brings the total number of charges against the two brothers to 59. 42 out of the 59 authorised against Andrew Tate and 17 against Tristan Tate. The BBC's Barry Caffrey there with the news that the Tate brothers have been arrested in Miami.

22:54Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, or Otero as he's usually called, is one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents and on Saturday he arrived at Miami Airport, having spent the past five years in a maximum security jail near Havana. He was arrested in 2021 during the biggest anti-government protest Cuba had experienced in decades. He campaigned for freedom of speech and democracy in the communist country, but now he faces a life in exile, a condition of his release. When the 38-year-old arrived in Miami, he had this message for his supporters who'd gathered there to meet him.

23:42I think there are plenty of tools right now to steer people in a certain direction so they can learn what freedoms are like and take to the streets for that reason. What I really want is to work. I don't think I'm going to waste much time, you know. I'm going to have fun, of course. But I'm here to work because every minute I lose is one more minute of dictatorship.

24:12Right now, there's talk about Donald Trump invading, about the Americans doing I don't know what. But what's really happening right now is the result of all our efforts. Because I saw a video in which Marco Rubio said he had forgotten about Cuba and that the San Isidro movement had inspired him once again to care about Cuba. Well, Monica Barro-Sanchez is a Cuban journalist also living in exile in Miami after she fled Cuba in 2021. She was able to meet Otero just after he arrived in the US and she told me more about him and his work. Well, he's a popular figure, first of all. He's a person that has been building his art with people most of the time and he has been doing performance and he has been provoking people in Cuba to think about the reality that we are living so if I have to define him as someone first I would say that he's a people person because he also comes from a popular neighborhood in Havana a very poor neighborhood in fact and his formation is very independent he didn't go to professional arts schools so he has a very particular background and his pieces of art are shared by that experience and that background.

25:42So he was arrested back in 2021 when there were these big demonstrations in Cuba against the government. You were there, I think, just at that time, then you left yourself. Can you explain what was going on back then and why he was arrested? Yes, he was arrested on July 11, 2021, when he was in his way to the protests that were taking place that day in Cuba. And he wasn't capable of reaching the protesters in Havana and was immediately arrested by the authorities at that moment. And then he was prosecuted because of a performance that he did with the Cuban flag. He did this performance that used the Cuban flag as a skin for a couple of weeks.

26:32And the state security department considered that that was disrespectful to the symbol. And he was sentenced to five years in jail, mainly for that. And also because of two other charges that they decided. And he was sentenced to five years in prison because of that. Yeah, and he's been in a maximum security prison for all that time. And I don't know what conditions would have been like in there, but you knew Otero before he was arrested, didn't you? How do you think those five years have been for him? Well, it's hard for any person to be in jail. It's harder for those that are serving jail time without reason, for political reasons mainly.

27:23For him, I could say that it was very difficult because it was not fair, it was not just. But still, I believe that he found protection somehow in his art and in his creation, and also in his curiosity and his capability to connect with different people. And I believe that also his background, his neighborhood could allow him perhaps to understand better the people that were in jail because many of the people in Cuba right now that are in jail come from a very poor neighborhood and many of them are black people, actually most of them. So, I mean, he was all smiles at Miami airport yesterday, clearly very pleased to be free at last.

28:11But he is now facing a life in exile. And you know better than anyone what that's like. I mean, what is that like to try and adjust to a different culture and to be separated from your homeland? A lot of mixing feelings because somehow you feel, of course, that you are already safe and you are grateful because you are free somehow. But at the same time, you are facing a huge loss. That is the loss of your country, the loss of the places where you have a lot of memories, the loss of family members that you don't know if you're going to see again. And at the same time, when you come from an authoritarian experience and you are getting away from repression, there's no way to realize how heavy the violence in your back is until you leave Cuba and you realize what does it mean to wake up and don't find a police officer outside of your house preventing them from leaving.

29:14for someone that is coming from his experience directly from jail, it's harder than whatever could see from outside. Yeah, it's going to take some readjustment, isn't it? There's obviously the United States oil blockade going on of Cuba at the moment. Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, obviously has a personal interest in Cuba. Is there an expectation that the Trump administration might have plans to go further with Cuba? That's the question that we all have. We don't know how many more sanctions are left before getting to an agreement or before getting into a military operation. The continuity of the Cuban regime is also heartbreaking for a lot of people because it has caused a lot of lives, a lot of family separations.