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Lionel Messi!

Cuts inside. Pele...

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ITALIAN COMMENTARY

Gol!

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Whoa! Oh, my God.

What, you never seen this before?

Dude!

It's another week at the 2026 Oversight headquarters

in Miami, and in the social media space,

there's something cool happening.

Like, what even is that? Keepy-uppies.

Excuse me? Wait. Keepy-uppies?

You never heard of keepy-uppies?

What, like, it's a thing? Oh, man.

Yeah, no, it's great.

It's really... Oh! No, hang on.

This is a big week, with BLEEP about to unveil

its official ball for the 2026 tournament.

The team have been looking at ways to viralise the moment

on social media, and it looks as if they might have literally

stumbled across something.

Whoa!

Jesus. Nice and still.

Oh, my God.

It's all about distribution of weight.

This is so cool.

Oh! Sorry, Will.

Yeah, no worries, yeah, cool.

OK. Bad luck. Just keep your head still, yeah?

Ooh! OK...

Yeah, no, sorry. Yeah, no, crap.

OK. Nice easy rhythm.

Like, we should totally put this on The Far Corner, right?

Right. Like, Oh, my God. OK.

Like, as a challenge, right? Yeah. Right, right, right.

Not thinking about my feet. They're doing their own thing.

Like #KeepyUppyChallenge...

Right. #2026.

Like you post your personal best, right?

Right. I can totally see that.

OK, OK, let's do it.

Like, like, this is really cool, right?

Right. Hey, you want to try?

Me? Yeah.

Like, you should totally try this.

Yeah, no, I'm good. OK.

Yeah. Fine.

So we had to work hard on this

with the venues and the manufacturers

and our alternative technologies team.

But we got there, right? We made it.

Viva! Absolutely.

Meanwhile, in the meeting room,

Sarah is wearing

her sustainability and climate strategy hat in a big way.

So we are now able to say officially that the lighting

in all public areas around all of our stadiums

and all of our venues will be powered exclusively

by onsite, solar-powered generators,

producing 100% sustainable electricity,

with zero environmental impact.

Right. Well, that's really... I mean, that's really great.

Yeah, that is something, right?

"Shine A Light."

Shine A Light is the flagship initiative

in her Better Place pledge to leave the host cities,

North America,

and ultimately the world itself, in a better place

after the 2026 tournament

than wherever it was before it.

This is cutting-edge technology.

Yes. We're shifting the paradigm

for how these events are managed around the world.

Exactly. Yes.

Because from now on, things are going to be different. Si, bueno.

Because they have to be, right?

Bravo, Sarah.

So there's a chip in the ball, right?

They put a chip in the ball.

Like, who is this guy, right?

Right. Right? OK.

But what they don't tell you is that chip is a Chinese chip.

OK, so this is not good.

As in, it is a Chinese-made chip, right?

Need I say any more? He's a nutcase.

OK, so you cannot actually say that.

Yeah, right, right, right. But meanwhile,

back in the world of balls,

there's been an unforeseen development.

Like, this is actually the same chip they're using

in Chinese military drones

and nuclear warheads.

Of course, they don't want you to know that.

What? Like, Oh, my God, that is so yikes. Oh, my God.

A copy of an email has appeared online

which claims that, in early trials,

players are unhappy with the new 2026 ball,

which they say doesn't behave normally through the air,

prompting a virtual overreaction on social media.

All right. Thanks for watching, guys.

You know where I am. You can subscribe here.

I'm also there on Instagram,

#ThingsTheyDontWantYouToKnow.

In the meantime - no fear, no doubt, no sleep.

Right, so that's it. OK.

Right. OK. So this guy...

So this has come from nowhere. Right? Right. Totally.

Right. Like, I've literally never heard of him, right?

Right. So this is Thunderbird Stingray.

What? Right, so that's probably

not his real name, right? Right.

I should hope not. He has, like, this channel,

like Things They Don't Want You To Know. Yeah. Yeah.

Right. Yeah. You see,

for me, I'm sorry,

but for me... No, sorry. Crap.

For me, the guy's a nutcase.

So that is not OK, OK? I mean,

he's sitting in his bedroom. He has about 12 subscribers.

So actually he has, like, 300, right?

Right. OK.

Actually 372.

Right. OK. 372 other nutcases

sitting in their bedrooms. OK. So...

I mean, I'm sorry, but it's

#GrowUpGetOffYourArse AndGetAFuckingLife, right?

Yeah. Right, right, right.

Why would I do that? I don't need to.

I don't need to tell him, why would I?

OK, well, it's not his condo either, right? It's...

By the next morning, it's already Tuesday.

I don't care.

So that's just a legal thing, right? That's just, like... OK!

Well, yes. Absolutely.

No, absolutely. That is a plan and we will talk again soon.

OK. Absolutely. Great. Sure. Bye! Bye-bye.

Hi. Morning.

I just thought I'd pick up a coffee before I start.

Absolutely.

By the way, I know I should be drinking

ashwagandha tea instead. Well...

I know, you left some for me

in the survival pack in the apartment.

Right. And I will start drinking it,

I promise. But sometimes... Right.

So the guy showed up to fix the garbage disposal?

Yes... yes! Great.

Yeah, thanks very much for that. Sure.

It was a spoon, apparently. It was my fault.

I shouldn't have taken the thing off.

Probably not, no. By the way,

it's so great, you know.

The condo? Really, honestly.

I can't tell you, so...

Well, you know I'm glad.

Talking of the environment, I see that Shine A Light

went live on the website this morning. Right.

Looks great. Well, thank you. Yeah.

You had any reaction yet? Right. So...

...actually, as of now, not yet.

Right. No.

Still... It's early days, right?

Absolutely. And it's out there now.

Absolutely.

It's real. There you go, saving the world again.

Oh, no! Stop it!

I bet you say that to all the sustainability girls.

I probably shouldn't say this, but who knows?

Maybe the world really can be

a better place after all, right?

Right. In spite of everything.

Yes. So that's all good, then.

Yes.

Yes.

"They can control it whenever they want,

"like, with free kicks or penalties.

"Like, there's actually a building in Beijing,

"like, there's footage out there. Like, it's insane."

Right. OK.

I mean, fuck's sake, this guy can barely type.

By nine o'clock, with stories about the chip in the 2026 ball

now proliferating fast amongst

highly trained conspiracy theorists online,

the Strategic Operations Group, or SOG,

has gathered in the meeting room.

"It can connect with any Wi-Fi network wherever it is,

"using AI to bypass password and security, and they can

"harvest information from computers or phones

"on that network without anyone knowing."

What? Exactly. Yes, I mean... You're kidding.

OK, so this is not a joke, OK? This stuff is out there.

It's like, where do these guys come from? It's outrageous.

There's another one somewhere. I saw it earlier.

"The ball can listen." Exactly. Yes.

Yes, well... Listen? Yeah. Exactly.

What to? Well... What to?

Yes. I mean... What do you mean, "What to?"?

What kind of a fucking question is that?

OK, well... I mean,

us, I guess, in this case.

Us? Yeah.

Christ.

I mean, if that's true, you got to say it's impressive.

Well... I mean, I don't know about you guys, but

I don't find that easy a lot of the time, and I've got ears.

Yes. Exactly so.

The official BLEEP 2026 football is made by BLEEP,

who we're unable to name, for legal reasons.

And the pressure is on to establish, firstly,

what the actual truth about the ball is

and then, crucially, whether that's going to be believable.

I mean, perhaps before we get drawn any further into

the whole, you know... We're looking at

a bottomless pit of shit here.

Yes. Well, that's one way...

Yeah, 100%. Yeah. So, as I say,

before we get drawn any further into that, shall we just

back up a moment and try and establish a few facts here?

Ah, yes. Interesting. Yeah, that'd be something.

Yes. Because just to be clear

about what we're dealing with here,

in terms of the optics of this. Exactly, yes. I mean, because,

well, there is a chip in the ball, isn't there?

Well, yeah. Well, we know that.

So that's actually true. Of course there is.

I mean, otherwise how are we going to know where it is?

Yes. And so,

just out of interest, then, is it Chinese-made, do we know?

What, the chip? Yes.

I mean, I don't know. Probably, right?

How do I know that? Do we know that, Eric?

Well... Because I know Zurich's

been working very closely with BLEEP

through all the development stages of this.

Well, exactly so. Then perhaps we can say

we are all Chinese now, yes?

Right, OK. It is where we are.

Bueno. OK. Fuck.

OK. So with something like this,

the only people that are going to visit the website

are people who already know that it's there, right?

Right. OK. Totally. The thing about

the people who already know it's there

is they already know it's there, right?

Right. Right.

Meanwhile, Sarah is with the social media team,

analysing early reaction to her Shine A Light campaign.

And with three comments posted on the website so far -

two of them from Ian Fletcher - the main takeaway is

that there hasn't really been one.

It's like the people that you need to reach out to here

are the people that are not going to visit the website.

OK. Like, they have literally no idea what it is.

Right. Like, this is

a huge audience, right? Right, totally.

Yeah, right. It's huge. Yeah. Right, right, right.

But fortunately, as usual, they've got

the whole of the internet at their finger and thumb tips.

OK, OK. So apparently the Rolling Stones

actually sang this song, Shine A Light.

OK. The Rolling Stones?

Right, yes. OK. Right.

Eww. OK.

Wait. What happened?

Not going to work.

No way. OK, sure.

Their task is to find a way of connecting Shine A Light

with a younger and almost universally unaware audience

on social media.

So, wait, is that...? OK, so that's keepy-uppies.

Keepy-uppies? Right. For the ball launch.

OK. So cool. So cool.

Like it's literally gone crazy.

Right, right, right.

OK, but that's Will, right?

What? Will?

Oh, wow. No way. Will?

You posted a video? Yeah.

That's so cool. Yes, I've been practising

so I can do, like, my personal best.

Right. That's your personal best?

- No, but the hat. - Yeah, say again?

In the video, you're wearing the Shine A Light hat.

Yeah, no. Yeah.

OK. Oh, my God.

Ian Fletcher gave it to me, like, he said I could wear it?

OK, OK. So, like, if Will was like,

I don't know, like Cristiano Ronaldo, right?

No. Right. No. Like, oh, my God.

Like, oh, my God, shut up!

Yeah, I know, yeah, crap.

UPBEAT LATIN MUSIC

Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding

the official ball for the soccer World BLEEP

took a more serious turn overnight,

with President BLEEP posting on BLEEP

that BLEEP, the governing body for world soccer,

should get rid of the Chinese chip in the ball,

which he says can actually listen to what you say,

and replace it with an American chip

made by BLEEP, which he says is far superior anyway.

Our sports correspondent Dan Howard

has been following this story

and is outside the White House now.

Dan, this is a story that just got a lot more serious, right?

That's right, Alex. As you say,

this is a story that got more serious overnight.

It's Wednesday morning, and the issue

with the ball has got a lot more serious overnight.

And with the President posting again

in the last few minutes,

this time suggesting that they should replace

the BLEEP ball itself,

BLEEP being a German company, of course,

and replace it with a BLEEP ball.

Right. OK.

Now, we here at CNC News have approached BLEEP for comment.

Unfortunately, they haven't gotten back to us yet.

And with the President...

I mean, the idea of us dropping BLEEP

completely at this point...

Yeah. Uh... GABRIELA: No. Excuse me?

I mean, presumably that would be, you know...

No, no, no. Yes, so we can say

this could be complicated. Complicated?

Exactly so. OK. You want to know how much

the contract with BLEEP is worth over the next ten years?

Well... $ BLEEP hundred million.

Right, OK. 700 BLEEP...

Yes. It's not complicated. That's Apocalypse Now.

Yes. And then, when it comes to the idea

of replacing the BLEEP chip with an BLEEP chip...

Oh, please.

OK, so these are just details.

But first of all, BLEEP don't actually make their own chips.

They're actually made out of either Taiwan or South Korea.

Right. Yeah.

And also this is actually pretty interesting.

I believe BLEEP currently supply the hardware

for a lot of the US administration's own systems.

Right. But like I say,

those are just, you know, they're just facts.

Yes. I mean, obviously we need to get ahead of this

pretty quickly. Absolutamente.

But when it comes to...

But when it comes to exactly what the narrative is here...

OK. So what you have here

is you have a fire here, and the forest is dry.

Yes? Right. Great. We're on fire. OK.

Then in Mexico, we have a saying.

La manera de extinguir un incendio pequeno

es con un incendio mas grande.

Ah, yes. Right, well...

The way to extinguish... Yes.

The way to extinguish... Yes, extinguish a small fire.

...a small fire is with...

...a bigger one, yes. Bigger one. Yes, exactly so.

Yes. So how do we do that?

Bueno. Then this is the question here, yes? Right.

This is what I am saying. Yes. Exactly so. Yes.

Also, nothing back from Lionel Messi,

but they did ask us to send him the hat.

OK. Cool.

Over in the social media space,

having come up with the idea of mashing up

their Keepy-Uppy ball campaign

with Sarah's Shine A Light environmental initiative,

all thanks to Will, the team has been busy reaching out

to global sports stars to keep the ball up and wear the hat,

but so far, without much luck.

OK, so we keep going here, right?

Like, it doesn't even have to be a soccer player.

Like, it could be... Right. Totally. Could be anybody, right?

Right. Like, even Will has, like, 300 views now, right?

Right. Yeah. Right. So it could be anybody, right?

Right. Totally.

Yeah, cool, yeah. It could be anybody. Yeah, cool.

And no-one is more keenly aware than Sarah of what's at stake

if they could somehow pull this off.

OK, so Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi,

Chad Vandegriffe, Mohamed Salah,

Abby Dahlkemper, Kylian Mbappe, Narendra Modi...

Wait. Narendra Modi? OK, wait.

Yeah, like he plays for Real Madrid, right?

Uh... So... No way.

What? No way. What? They love the hat.

Who does? Uh, Lionel Messi. His people.

OK. Lionel Messi?

Whoa! No!

They love the hat. They love the idea. He wants to do it.

OK, OK. Oh, my gosh.

- Cool. - Will!

Yeah, I know. Yeah, that's just like mental.

Can I hug you?

Uh, yeah.

- Would that be OK? - Yeah. OK, cool.

I'm so sorry. I just had to do that.

Yeah, no, no worries. Yeah, cool.

Wait, you're saying, legally, I have to tell him?

It's another morning, and for Sarah,

it's another cup of tea at the start of another day.

Tell him. I don't care.

What's he going to do about it, right?

OK, so sue me. Go ahead.

But you can tell him from me that I...

Absolutely...

No, absolutely. OK, sure. Bye. Bye-bye.

Ah, right. Oh, hi!

I thought I might find you in here.

Absolutely. Can't go on meeting like this, right?

Yes. No. I was just... Oh, by the way,

congratulations on the news about Messi and the hat.

Right. I mean,

that would be amazing if that happened.

Sure. I mean, wouldn't it?

So his management has been in touch...

Right. And they're asking

about the issue with the ball.

Right. Yes. So...

Yes. Right, when we were this close.

No, but I'm sure we'll find a way.

I mean, in the end, it's just a problem.

It's just a problem?

Well, there are all kinds of problems, aren't there?

And I think we're at a point with this one where

the only way out of it is to find a solution.

Right. I mean, that's literally

the only way of dealing with it.

So, no, I mean, it's exciting.

Right. Yeah. So anyway,

a big day, but I just wanted to find you.

It's a bit embarrassing,

but I think with everything going on,

I managed to leave my keys behind

in the flat this morning. OK.

I mean, locked inside, obviously.

Sure. So I was just wondering if...

Sure. No, no problem. I have a spare set.

Oh, great. Phew.

So I don't actually have them with me.

Oh, OK. They're at home.

Right. So I could just

bring them over to you at the end of the day, right?

Er, well, that seems a bit...

I could meet you at the condo?

Or I could come to your place. Right.

Well, or if it's better for you to come to my place...

I mean, your place, actually,

of course. Sure.

With news breaking a few moments ago that

President Xi is threatening to pull out of the summit,

describing recent comments by President BLEEP

about the Chinese-made computer chip

in the ball as unacceptable and offensive.

Our diplomatic correspondent Andrew Duclair

has been following this story and is in Beijing.

Andrew, this is a story that just got

a lot more serious in the last few minutes, right?

Well, Alex, as you say, this is a story that has gotten

a lot more serious in the last few minutes.

Meanwhile, it looks as if

the issue with the official ball

has got more serious still in the last few minutes,

with China's President Xi Jinping now threatening

to pull out of a scheduled meeting with President BLEEP

at the G20 summit in Paris.

...the first meeting between the two men

since the last time they met. OK, so this is not good. Well, no.

President BLEEP, as is his way, of course,

appears to be doubling down with a series of new posts,

with another one coming in just in the last few moments,

describing the new solar-powered generators

to be deployed across all 2026 venues

as "Chinese fake tech".

It's not good news for anyone, but especially not

if your mission in life as the person responsible

for sustainability and climate strategy is

to make the world a better place.

...saying they should be replaced instead with

US-made diesel generators running on US gas,

which he describes as common sense.

Fuck's sake. Where's Sarah? Sarah?

Yes. In the kitchen, I think. Yes. OK.

No, you're all right, she's gone.

...public areas having zero environmental impact.

So things are moving fast around here, yes?

Exactly. I have good news.

Zurich has been talking to the White House.

Right. We have good relations there, as you know.

Right, yes. Yeah. Er...

They have also been talking to Beijing. OK.

Who? Zurich have? Yes. Fortunately,

we know our president

is a personal friend with President Xi, of course.

Right. Wait, a personal friend of President Xi?

Ah, yes. Yes. What the fuck does that mean?

So apparently they share a love

for opera. What?!

Huh. Perhaps we can say this is the power of football and music

working together. Yes? Yes. Well, anyway...

Opera? Yes.

Anyway, we will be releasing a statement shortly,

which we hope will

de-escalate the situation. Great.

OK. And which we hope

will be acceptable to all the parties involved.

Right, OK.

Then hopefully we can all get back to football.

Yes, exactly. Exactly so.

So, good news. Yes?

Yes, but hang on. I mean, how? How?

I mean, what kind of statement?

What's going to be in it?

Ah, yes. So we can say they are very keen to know this.

Right. Actually we can say

super keen. Right.

Ah. OK. Bueno.

What you mean is, we're going to be releasing a statement.

Well... Fuck's sake.

No, no, no. Perhaps we can say

when the big moment arrives in the big game,

this is where you find out who you are. Yes? Well...

No. Sure you want to know that?

Esto no es la gran juego, es la Tercera Guerra Mundial, yes?

Well, exactly, yes.

Meanwhile, as rumours surrounding

the Chinese chip in the ball continue to proliferate

on social media, and with

President BLEEP and President Xi Jinping

apparently in a standoff,

the pressure is building on 2026 organisers

to find a solution to this problem

before it gets a lot more serious.

I mean, so in terms of what we know, we know

we can't replace the chip with a different chip

and we know exactly why we can't do that.

We know we can't replace the ball with a different ball.

And again, we know exactly why we can't do that.

Right. So we're starting from

a place where we know quite a lot already.

So that's all good. Yeah, right.

With the world's media watching

and what would once have been diplomats

in both Washington and Beijing

waiting for an official statement from BLEEP,

this is about as serious as it can get.

Unless it gets more serious still.

I mean, is there a way...? And, listen,

if I had a better idea, I would tell you about it.

But is there a way we could just turn this thing off?

Right, OK. Turn it off?

You mean the chip? Right.

Sorry, what do you mean, turn it off?

Look. So, look, I love technology

as much as the next guy. So recently,

I've actually started sleeping with it.

But in this case.... You what?

But in this case, it is the technology

that got us where we are here, right?

Well, yes. That's true. Right.

So I'm just wondering... OK. OK.

That's an interesting light to shine on this, isn't it?

Interesting? Is it? I don't know.

Fuck's sake. So, Nick, you don't seem...

So this is a BLEEP chip, right? Right.

Right. How do we know if it's on or off? OK. How do we know

what it's doing? Yeah, no, OK, yeah. Fair point. So, what,

we get our guy to have a private word

with President Xi at Cosi Fan fuckin' Tutte?

Yes. Or, I don't know, maybe we cut a deal. Maybe they get to keep the chip

switched on if they promise not to invade Taiwan.

Yes. OK. You know, actually,

that's not a bad idea, actually.

I mean, what is this, a fucking high school slumber party?

OK, bueno.

So what you have here, this is a runaway train. Yes?

Well... Exactly. Then when you have

a runaway train, what do you do?

What you do is you make sure you are laying the track. Yes?

Right. What? Exactly. I'm sorry,

but I'm struggling here. So this is instead of the fire, is it?

Excuse me? Yeah.

Fire? I think that's a different...

Obviously, this is not my area, but I'm pretty sure the train

is on fire as well, here. Exactly.

Well, OK. Yeah. Got it.

With the clock ticking and the world waiting for a statement,

the challenge is to find something acceptable to Zurich,

Beijing, Washington,

and conspiracy theorists the world over.

And in an era of competing narratives

and with fact heavily circumcised,

they need to find a story that's better

than anyone else's story.

OK, so let's go back to the beginning

and start again. Really?

Haven't we done that once already?

Well, sometimes when you tell yourself the story again,

you see something that's been staring you in the face all along.

Huh.

Yeah, like disaster.

OK, so the chips are made by BLEEP.

Correct. And just to be clear,

all the software is BLEEP too?

Right. Uh, well, no.

Actually, I believe the ball-tracking software

itself is actually US-based.

Right? It's written by

a bunch of 14-year-olds in Silicon Valley.

OK.

Right. OK. Right.

Huh.

By the end of the afternoon,

with the press now gathered outside,

there's a growing sense

that something has got to happen.

Hi, yes, it's Ian. I'm not sure where you are at the moment,

but I just wanted to say...

I just wanted to bring you up to speed, really.

But in the meantime,

Ian is having a brief moment in the kitchen.

It looks like we're on to something. And if it works,

then it could even be that this whole thing goes away

as quickly as it flared up. So, for Shine A Light and for,

you know, saving the world, basically, that's all good.

Yes. And then with the keys,

I'm not quite sure what the plan was,

so it might be good to firm up on that.

Anyway, um, I hope you're well.

Um, I mean, I hope you're OK.

Yes. So, er, anyway, we'll speak soon. Yes. Bye.

CLEARS THROAT

Oh, right.

OK, bueno.

First things first.

But eventually, after intensive track-laying,

and with the train still on fire,

the time has finally come

for someone to go downstairs and say something.

There are a lot of TV crews down there now. Right.

But we have said you will make one statement only, yes?

Right, yes. Don't worry. I am there to protect you.

Right. OK. In this situation,

I am in midfield, controlling the game. You're just scoring the goals.

OK. Yes. It's a perfect scenario. Yes.

Ah, right. Yes. OK, here we go.

Yes. So I've been in contact with Zurich.

Right. What I can say to you is

they are super happy with your statement.

Right. Super happy.

Good. Exactly. Yes. They just have one little thought...

Yes. OK. Just to save time here, I'm going to be making

the statement that we agreed on in the room, if that's OK.

Ah, yes.

Not some other announcement that I haven't seen yet

and that I won't have time to look at

until it's coming out of my mouth.

No. Well, then, in this case, we can say good luck.

Yes, well, thank you.

Gracias. Thank you. Yes, exactly so.

BELL DINGS

Si, si.

So we we're avoiding mentioning BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEP,

BLEEP or Donald BLEEP by name

at any point. Right, yes.

You can literally use any other words you like.

Right. Donald BLEEP? I added that one. Right.

You got a problem with that? No.

Right. No.

OK. Bueno. Great.

OK, so this is going to be great.

Right, well. Good luck.

Thanks. Yeah, good luck, mate. Yeah, cool, yeah.

So I guess I shouldn't say this,

and I mean it as a compliment, but in case it helps,

I'm glad it's not me. Yeah, me too, yeah.

Yeah, 100%. OK.

CAMERAS CLICK

Thank you.

So, thank you for gathering here for this,

and welcome to Oversight.

So we've become aware, obviously,

in the last few days of a number of rumours

surrounding the official ball in the 2026 tournament.

So it's a great opportunity for us to clarify things.

So, for a while now, there has been a chip in the ball

used in many, if not most, professional soccer games,

and there's nothing different about this tournament.

But soccer is nothing if not a global game,

and every four years the world comes together

to celebrate that fact.

So it is no secret and no surprise to find

that the chip in the 2026 ball is manufactured in China,

just as it is no surprise to find

that the software that controls it is written and created

here in the US.

So what do those two facts tell us?

They tell a story of two of the greatest nations on Earth,

the US and China, working together in lockstep,

united in creative and technical endeavour,

whether it's this

or the cutting-edge solar-powered generators

across all our venues

and connected to the rest of the world

through the power of sport,

soccer, the 2026 World Cup.

We live in a complex and often troubled world,

and I don't know about you, but that's a story

we need to hear now more than ever.

Who knows? Maybe the world can be a better place after all,

in spite of everything.

Thank you.

Mr Fletcher, have you spoken with the President?

Gracias. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Exactly so. Yes. Is this...?

BELL RINGS

CHEERING

Oh, hi. Hey.

I hope you haven't been here long.

This is so good of you. No, not at all.

It's the end of a long day,

and Sarah has come over with her spare set of keys

to let Ian back into the apartment.

So I just wanted to say thank you.

Me? No, I mean, what for?

That was a brilliant thing you did.

Oh, no. Well, I mean,

sometimes it's like with pilots and bad weather.

Sometimes you can't go round it or over it

so, in the end, you just have to go through it.

You know, that's so true.

So, I want to show you something.

OK.

Have you seen this?

I don't know, it depends what it is.

OK.

MUSIC PLAYS

Wow!

They just posted it on the Far Corner site.

That's amazing. Right? Right?

No, he's definitely better than Will.

Right!

How many followers has he got?

500 million on Instagram.

Right. Have we got 500 million hats?

Anyway, I just thought you should see it.

Well, that's amazing.

I mean, well done, basically.

Well... So, really, coming over here

to let you in is the least I can do.

OK. Well, anyway, thank you. It's very good of you.

Huh. OK.

So...

OK...

Actually, is that...?

I mean, has someone changed the locks?

OK.

I mean, could that have happened?

OK, so we should probably talk, I guess.

Right. No, look, I mean, it's fine.

I'm truly sorry about this. No, honestly.

Really, it's fine. I'll phone the hotel.

It is not fine. You know, they know me.

I'm sure they'll be able to... Also, you're not going back to a hotel tonight.

Honestly, it's... You're not. This is my fault.

No, it's... No, it's not my fault, but...

I mean, it's one of those things, isn't it?

It's just... You're not going anywhere.

There's room at my place.

Right. Um...

If you would like that.

Right.