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Speaker 1: Let's catch up now with news from elsewhere in the world. Adam Gilchrist out for the day. Welcome back, Vicky Turner. Let's start with the story. The US and UK working together to foil a possible terror attack.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is making international headlines.
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Speaker 3: RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, well, between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, has been used by the US Air Forces for decades now. But earlier this year, when Sir Keir Starmer was still Britain's prime minister, he gave Donald Trump permission to use this airbase to launch defensive action against Iran. And I think as soon as he did that, a lot of people realised it could become a target. It definitely was a potential target. That seems to have come to fruition. On Sunday morning, a woman tried to drive up a road near her house. She saw three white vans parked there. She immediately thought something was suspicious. She tried to call the airbase itself. Believe it or not, there was no answer. So she called the emergency services, who then appeared on scene and they arrested five men. They opened the vans using army bomb disposal robots. And these five men have been charged with explosives charges, also with preparing weapons. an act of terrorism. So that's all we can assume is that they were going to RAF Fairford to maybe try and carry out some bomb explosions there. Now, Donald Trump says that these five guys were on their radar.
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Speaker 2: They were working with the UK.
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Speaker 3: They knew who they were, and they're pleased that they have now got them under arrest. The local police force are saying the matter is contained. However, there are still 80 people or 80 houses who aren't allowed back to their properties just yet.
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Speaker 2: So it's not quite safe yet.
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Speaker 1: Vicky, for 30 years, for 30 years, we thought the problems of Northern Ireland were behind us.
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Speaker 2: They're clearly not, unfortunately.
00:02:03
Speaker 3: From 1998, the Orange Men, who are basically from the Orange Order, which is loyal to Britain, have marched through a town called Drum Cree. Now, They haven't done it since 1998 because there was an order that said, no, it's too inflammatory. Drum Cree is populated by Catholic people or nationalists, people who want the reunification of Ireland. So they haven't been able to walk through there because it's been seen as a flashpoint. Now, earlier this year, for one legal reason or another, there was a sort of loophole and it meant that this march could go ahead. Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered there to stop the march happening. They did stop it happening. 4am UK time this morning, they tried again, the Orangemen, to walk through. It was stopped again. They're going to try again, believe it or not, in another half an hour or so. It's only about 35 Orangemen who want to walk down the road of Drunkery. It's the whole village who don't want them to do it. The reason this is important is because Stormont, which is Ireland's parliament, has been working fairly okay recently. And this threatens to derail everything and hopefully not. I mean, this is, you know, the ultimate thing, hopefully not the peace process.
00:03:21
Speaker 1: And let's talk about an unlikely celebrity with Gen Z in China.
00:03:27
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a guy, I hope I say his name correctly. My Chinese isn't great, but I think he's called Biao Jiang. He's a 54-year-old Gen Xer. But he studied anthropology and they don't know why, but he seems to absolutely understand Gen Z. And he talks their language. He uses little phrases that make them connect with him. And he's become such a hit. He actually lives in Germany at the moment. He's working at a German university. But he has become such a hit that he tours the world talking to Gen Zers. And the reason why he's hit it off so well with China's Gen Zers, they say, is because China is growing so quickly, but they still have their traditional values. So you've got a whole generation that doesn't know where they belong. Are they part of the new generation where everything is new in technology or can they still harp back to Chinese traditions? Well, this guy is travelling the world and everywhere he goes, Chinese Gen Zers turn up and they want selfies with him. They absolutely love him. He's like a pop star, but for the world of anthropology. Now, whoever thought that sentence would be said?
00:04:35
Speaker 1: He understands the assignment, Vicky.
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Speaker 2: He leaves no crumbs. He must do. He leaves no crumbs. He must do.
00:04:41
Speaker 3: We're all trying to connect at the moment with Gen Z, so maybe we should be listening to him as well.
00:04:47
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. He leaves no crumbs. He understands the assignment. That's how Gen Z speaks. We'll leave it there for this morning's Worldview with Vicky Turner.
Speaker 1: Let's catch up now with news from elsewhere in the world. Adam Gilchrist out for the day. Welcome back, Vicky Turner. Let's start with the story. The US and UK working together to foil a possible terror attack.
00:00:17
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is making international headlines.
00:00:19
Speaker 3: RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, well, between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, has been used by the US Air Forces for decades now. But earlier this year, when Sir Keir Starmer was still Britain's prime minister, he gave Donald Trump permission to use this airbase to launch defensive action against Iran. And I think as soon as he did that, a lot of people realised it could become a target. It definitely was a potential target. That seems to have come to fruition. On Sunday morning, a woman tried to drive up a road near her house. She saw three white vans parked there. She immediately thought something was suspicious. She tried to call the airbase itself. Believe it or not, there was no answer. So she called the emergency services, who then appeared on scene and they arrested five men. They opened the vans using army bomb disposal robots. And these five men have been charged with explosives charges, also with preparing weapons. an act of terrorism. So that's all we can assume is that they were going to RAF Fairford to maybe try and carry out some bomb explosions there. Now, Donald Trump says that these five guys were on their radar.
00:01:36
Speaker 2: They were working with the UK.
00:01:37
Speaker 3: They knew who they were, and they're pleased that they have now got them under arrest. The local police force are saying the matter is contained. However, there are still 80 people or 80 houses who aren't allowed back to their properties just yet.
00:01:52
Speaker 2: So it's not quite safe yet.
00:01:54
Speaker 1: Vicky, for 30 years, for 30 years, we thought the problems of Northern Ireland were behind us.
00:02:01
Speaker 2: They're clearly not, unfortunately.
00:02:03
Speaker 3: From 1998, the Orange Men, who are basically from the Orange Order, which is loyal to Britain, have marched through a town called Drum Cree. Now, They haven't done it since 1998 because there was an order that said, no, it's too inflammatory. Drum Cree is populated by Catholic people or nationalists, people who want the reunification of Ireland. So they haven't been able to walk through there because it's been seen as a flashpoint. Now, earlier this year, for one legal reason or another, there was a sort of loophole and it meant that this march could go ahead. Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered there to stop the march happening. They did stop it happening. 4am UK time this morning, they tried again, the Orangemen, to walk through. It was stopped again. They're going to try again, believe it or not, in another half an hour or so. It's only about 35 Orangemen who want to walk down the road of Drunkery. It's the whole village who don't want them to do it. The reason this is important is because Stormont, which is Ireland's parliament, has been working fairly okay recently. And this threatens to derail everything and hopefully not. I mean, this is, you know, the ultimate thing, hopefully not the peace process.
00:03:21
Speaker 1: And let's talk about an unlikely celebrity with Gen Z in China.
00:03:27
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a guy, I hope I say his name correctly. My Chinese isn't great, but I think he's called Biao Jiang. He's a 54-year-old Gen Xer. But he studied anthropology and they don't know why, but he seems to absolutely understand Gen Z. And he talks their language. He uses little phrases that make them connect with him. And he's become such a hit. He actually lives in Germany at the moment. He's working at a German university. But he has become such a hit that he tours the world talking to Gen Zers. And the reason why he's hit it off so well with China's Gen Zers, they say, is because China is growing so quickly, but they still have their traditional values. So you've got a whole generation that doesn't know where they belong. Are they part of the new generation where everything is new in technology or can they still harp back to Chinese traditions? Well, this guy is travelling the world and everywhere he goes, Chinese Gen Zers turn up and they want selfies with him. They absolutely love him. He's like a pop star, but for the world of anthropology. Now, whoever thought that sentence would be said?
00:04:35
Speaker 1: He understands the assignment, Vicky.
00:04:37
Speaker 2: He leaves no crumbs. He must do. He leaves no crumbs. He must do.
00:04:41
Speaker 3: We're all trying to connect at the moment with Gen Z, so maybe we should be listening to him as well.
00:04:47
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. He leaves no crumbs. He understands the assignment. That's how Gen Z speaks. We'll leave it there for this morning's Worldview with Vicky Turner.
