King Charles led commemorations on the 20th anniversary of the 2005 London transit bombings - the deadliest attack on the capital since World War II.
52 were killed and over 700 were injured when four men inspired by al-Qaida blew themselves up on three subway trains and a bus during rush hour on July 7th, 2005.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says King Charles spoke of the importance of unity.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Kevin Gray are UK correspondent with us this evening given
hello in the twentieth anniversary of the London TIRA attacks
seven seven, King Charles is calling on the nation to remember.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Yes, that's right, the series of events ryan now through
London today at which the King, Prime Minister other members
of their royal family are taking part and looking back
on these attacks which left fifty two people dead and
more than seven hundred and fifty injured on the seventh
of July two thousand and five on three underground trains
(00:32):
and a bus. Is going to see an important moment
that twenty years on, to see how has the country changed.
Has it changed much? Well? King Charles's message saying that
people stand united against those who would seek to divide us.
Condemning the senseless acts of evil, The Prime Minister said
that the country will unite today to remember the lives
(00:52):
lost and all those whose lives were changed forever. There
were more than seven hundred run who were injured as well,
some of them with life changing injuries. But these events
today will also I think, be looking at what has
caused them Already. A former senior police officer has described
the fact that we can't deny that foreign policy can
(01:16):
sometimes impact what happens here at home, of course, referring
to the fact that Tony blairs foreign policy was led
to blame by many for those attacks on the seventh
of July, and currently, of course, the UK stance over
what's happening between Israel in Gaza is another factor.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Hey, what's going on with Poland? There sending troops to
the border with Germany. What's that about?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, five thousand troops and potentially as well as some
drone surveillance operators as well. This is all over a
row that has been going up between the governments in
Warsaw and Berlin in how to deal with refugees trying
to cross between the two countries. Now, for a long time,
Poland has been blamed Russia and Belarus for what it
(02:02):
believes is an orchestrated influx of migrants. In other words,
it's being alleged that Russia and Belarus are basically coaching
migrants to the border and then encouraging them to get
into Poland and other Eastern European countries. Now, both Belarus
and Russia deny that, but it has led to a
(02:23):
sudden massive spike in the number of people from the
East trying to seek asylum in those countries, and it
means that sort of that some migrants have literally been
going ping pong across the two countries of Poland and Germany,
and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's liberal government has
been accused by opposition parties there of accepting numerous illegal
(02:46):
migrants being sent back to Poland from Germany. Now Tusk
narrowly survived a confidence vote in the Polish parliament, but
the president elect has campaigned on a promise to ensure
that basically favor Poles over all other nationalities, including Ukrainian refugees.
So a big, big change here at the heart of you,
(03:08):
at where coourse we're supposed to have complete free movement
of people.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, interesting development, isn't it now? Nineteen twenty three the
last time that people swam in the sein and outside
of the Olympics, and now it's open for everybody. Apparently,
Will you.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Be having a dip given ah aah, No, I don't
think I will. Still a bit brown and murky for me.
But the first very hardy, adventurous swimmers have been in
for their dip. So the band came in in nineteen
twenty three basically because of pollution, and the French government
spent an enormous amount of money roughly two point eight
(03:43):
billion New Zealand dollars to tidy up the River Saane.
The problem is it's an old structure, rather like the Thames,
and a lot of effluent and fecal material ends up
going into the river. Now they've managed to stop a
lot of that and it is certainly better than it was,
as the Thames is much better. But would I go
in for a dit No, I don't think so. But
(04:05):
this has been a huge project, part incidentally of the
promise to the Olympic authorities that there would be a
legacy following last year's Olympics that they were going to
make the river quality much better. But still I think
with heavy rain, I'm afraid some of that sort of
excess water tends to be washed in to the river
with a whole load of other things that we weren't mentioned,
(04:27):
which did lead to some very nasty stomach bugs in
the past. But nevertheless, always good to see some environmental measures.
But I have to say the bill seems inordinately high.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yeah, totally out of wek, doesn't it Gevin, thank you
for that. Devin Gray are UK europe correspondent. For more
from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks
it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
Kevin Gray are UK correspondent with us this evening given
hello in the twentieth anniversary of the London TIRA attacks
seven seven, King Charles is calling on the nation to remember.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Yes, that's right, the series of events ryan now through
London today at which the King, Prime Minister other members
of their royal family are taking part and looking back
on these attacks which left fifty two people dead and
more than seven hundred and fifty injured on the seventh
of July two thousand and five on three underground trains
(00:32):
and a bus. Is going to see an important moment
that twenty years on, to see how has the country changed.
Has it changed much? Well? King Charles's message saying that
people stand united against those who would seek to divide us.
Condemning the senseless acts of evil, The Prime Minister said
that the country will unite today to remember the lives
(00:52):
lost and all those whose lives were changed forever. There
were more than seven hundred run who were injured as well,
some of them with life changing injuries. But these events
today will also I think, be looking at what has
caused them Already. A former senior police officer has described
the fact that we can't deny that foreign policy can
(01:16):
sometimes impact what happens here at home, of course, referring
to the fact that Tony blairs foreign policy was led
to blame by many for those attacks on the seventh
of July, and currently, of course, the UK stance over
what's happening between Israel in Gaza is another factor.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Hey, what's going on with Poland? There sending troops to
the border with Germany. What's that about?
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, five thousand troops and potentially as well as some
drone surveillance operators as well. This is all over a
row that has been going up between the governments in
Warsaw and Berlin in how to deal with refugees trying
to cross between the two countries. Now, for a long time,
Poland has been blamed Russia and Belarus for what it
(02:02):
believes is an orchestrated influx of migrants. In other words,
it's being alleged that Russia and Belarus are basically coaching
migrants to the border and then encouraging them to get
into Poland and other Eastern European countries. Now, both Belarus
and Russia deny that, but it has led to a
(02:23):
sudden massive spike in the number of people from the
East trying to seek asylum in those countries, and it
means that sort of that some migrants have literally been
going ping pong across the two countries of Poland and Germany,
and the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's liberal government has
been accused by opposition parties there of accepting numerous illegal
(02:46):
migrants being sent back to Poland from Germany. Now Tusk
narrowly survived a confidence vote in the Polish parliament, but
the president elect has campaigned on a promise to ensure
that basically favor Poles over all other nationalities, including Ukrainian refugees.
So a big, big change here at the heart of you,
(03:08):
at where coourse we're supposed to have complete free movement
of people.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Yeah, interesting development, isn't it now? Nineteen twenty three the
last time that people swam in the sein and outside
of the Olympics, and now it's open for everybody. Apparently,
Will you.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Be having a dip given ah aah, No, I don't
think I will. Still a bit brown and murky for me.
But the first very hardy, adventurous swimmers have been in
for their dip. So the band came in in nineteen
twenty three basically because of pollution, and the French government
spent an enormous amount of money roughly two point eight
(03:43):
billion New Zealand dollars to tidy up the River Saane.
The problem is it's an old structure, rather like the Thames,
and a lot of effluent and fecal material ends up
going into the river. Now they've managed to stop a
lot of that and it is certainly better than it was,
as the Thames is much better. But would I go
in for a dit No, I don't think so. But
(04:05):
this has been a huge project, part incidentally of the
promise to the Olympic authorities that there would be a
legacy following last year's Olympics that they were going to
make the river quality much better. But still I think
with heavy rain, I'm afraid some of that sort of
excess water tends to be washed in to the river
with a whole load of other things that we weren't mentioned,
(04:27):
which did lead to some very nasty stomach bugs in
the past. But nevertheless, always good to see some environmental measures.
But I have to say the bill seems inordinately high.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yeah, totally out of wek, doesn't it Gevin, thank you
for that. Devin Gray are UK europe correspondent. For more
from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to news talks
it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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