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israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. here in the uk — the outgoing head of the government's climate change watchdog, says rishi sunak has set back the cause of tackling global warming in the uk and is risking the uk falling behind other countries, in the battle against global warming. here's justin rowlatt. we had a stark reminder of the impact of climate change this week, a warning that the world's coral reefs were at risk of dying because of a global bleaching event caused by exceptionally high sea temperatures. it comes as the head of the government watchdog on climate change had some stern words for the prime minister. the reason — in the autumn, rishi sunak delayed a ban on petrol and diesel cars and watered down targets for phasing out gas boilers. we seem to have defaulted to an approach which will impose unacceptable costs on h
israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. here in the uk — the outgoing head of the government's climate change watchdog, says rishi sunak has set back the cause of tackling global warming in the uk and is risking the uk falling behind other...
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israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. i have been speaking about the situation in the region with jasmine el—gamal, a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the us department of defence. so the iranian response was basically to play down the attack. there was a clear signal from iran after the attack that they did not want to escalate further. you will remember that before the israeli strike, the iranians were warning that if there was an israeli strike that was significant enough that the iranians would not hesitate to counterattack once again. and so the fact that they are downplaying this strike, there are a lot of messaging, there was a lot of messaging on social media from iran linked accounts that were almost kind of making fun of the types of weapons that had made their way onto their sites. so that is a clear signal,
israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. i have been speaking about the situation in the region with jasmine el—gamal, a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the us department of defence. so the iranian response was basically to...
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missile hit iran on friday — israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. let's bring you some live pictures from tel aviv, where israeli protesters have gathered for their weekly demonstration against benjamin netanyahu's government. stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back a little later with more on the day's stories. hello. well, this time of the year, it really is all about the sunshine. it can feel quite pleasant, even if the temperature is not particularly high. but as soon as it clouds over, it can feel really cold. and i think that is the outlook over the next few days. a fair amount of cloud and feeling quite chilly, and it feels chilly right across europe. this is the temperature anomaly mapped through the weekend across the whole of europe — almost the whole of europe — the temperatures are below the average for the time of the
missile hit iran on friday — israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. let's bring you some live pictures from tel aviv, where israeli protesters have gathered for their weekly demonstration against benjamin netanyahu's government. stay with us...
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israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. meanwhile, in iraq, a base used by pro—iranian militias has been damaged by a large explosion, a day after israel's presumed strike on iran. one person was killed and eight others injured in the blast and intense fire at the kalso military base, south of the capital baghdad. this footage from the scene shows the aftermath of the explosion, which iraqi security sources have described as a "bombing" which hit weapons and vehicles. the base is used by the popular mobilisation forces — an umbrella organisation linking several pro—iran militias who've recently attacked us personnel in iraq. the pentagon says it has not carried out any new strike in iraq. let's speak to jasmine el—gamal, a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the us department of defence. good to have you on the program
israel reportedly targeted an air defence radar system near the city of isfahan, which protects the natanz nuclear facility. it follows weeks of tensions between the rivals, during which israel attacked an iranian compound in syria, and iran launched an unprecedented assault against israel. meanwhile, in iraq, a base used by pro—iranian militias has been damaged by a large explosion, a day after israel's presumed strike on iran. one person was killed and eight others injured in the blast and...
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there was no chance that any targeting of the isfahan facility would have been successful because it is deep and it is hard. so that's not a question. the iranians have done that for decades. but i also would suggest, i don't know if iran could accelerate their programme any faster than it already is. numerous violations of us inspectors, numerous attempts to obscure what's really happening. so i think we've just got to presume that the iranians will continue their nuclear programme until they've reached break—out. and in terms of iran's funding of other proxies, how much do you think the current sanctions, even the new ones that have been added on, will make to changing that? very little. the sanctions regimes with iran — and for that matter, many other countries — just don't seem to be having a bite and have certainly not stopped iran from producing the drones that they've not only used in this fight, but have provided to russia as part of the fight in ukraine. the focus in recent days has been on tensions between israel and iran, but let's take you inside iran now, where the
there was no chance that any targeting of the isfahan facility would have been successful because it is deep and it is hard. so that's not a question. the iranians have done that for decades. but i also would suggest, i don't know if iran could accelerate their programme any faster than it already is. numerous violations of us inspectors, numerous attempts to obscure what's really happening. so i think we've just got to presume that the iranians will continue their nuclear programme until...
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there is no chance that any targeting of the isfahan facility would have been successful, because it is hard. that's not in question. iranians have done that the decades. but also i would suggest, i don't know if iran could accelerate their programme any faster than it already is, violations of us inspectors, numerous attempts to obscure what is really happening, so i think wejust have to presume that the iranians will continue their nuclear programme until they have reached break—out. find programme until they have reached break-out. �* , ., ., ., �*, break-out. and in terms of around's fundin: of break-out. and in terms of around's funding of other _ break-out. and in terms of around's funding of other proxies, _ break-out. and in terms of around's funding of other proxies, how - break-out. and in terms of around's funding of other proxies, how much | funding of other proxies, how much do you think the current sanctions, even the new ones that have been added on, will make to changing that? , . ., , that? very little. the sanctions re . imes that? very little. the sanctions
there is no chance that any targeting of the isfahan facility would have been successful, because it is hard. that's not in question. iranians have done that the decades. but also i would suggest, i don't know if iran could accelerate their programme any faster than it already is, violations of us inspectors, numerous attempts to obscure what is really happening, so i think wejust have to presume that the iranians will continue their nuclear programme until they have reached break—out. find...
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tensions between iran and israel, following a suspected israeli attack in isfahan in the early hours of friday morning. live tojerusalem and our correspondent wyre davies. i would assume there is a sense of relief that things have not escalated?— relief that things have not escalated? , ., , , escalated? tensions between the countries appear _ escalated? tensions between the countries appear to _ escalated? tensions between the countries appear to have - escalated? tensions between the i countries appear to have dissipated, this time last week there were concerns that the tit—for—tat escalations and the rhetoric between the countries was heading in one direction and that was a regional conflict and war. it's only a week ago that the 300 iranian projectiles were fired towards israel and most of them were taken down before they got into israeli territory and we had and avowed israeli response of the nature of that response could have gone either way but many israelis particularly in military circles under the right—wing of the israeli government to advocating a full—scale mil
tensions between iran and israel, following a suspected israeli attack in isfahan in the early hours of friday morning. live tojerusalem and our correspondent wyre davies. i would assume there is a sense of relief that things have not escalated?— relief that things have not escalated? , ., , , escalated? tensions between the countries appear _ escalated? tensions between the countries appear to _ escalated? tensions between the countries appear to have - escalated? tensions between the i...
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he was speaking to us media after a presumed israeli drone attack on isfahan in central iran. iran's top diplomat downplayed this, questioning whether israel was involved. tehran�*s muted response to friday morning's events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. what more have we heard from the foreign minister? the? the foreign minister? they mainly saying _ the foreign minister? they mainly saying what - the foreign minister? iie: mainly saying what happened yesterday was just drones that were downed by the air defence. he said it's israel because israel itself didn't acknowledge the attack so in this case iran is trying to get out of this dilemma because it was the israeli strike than it would have been responded, they are a leader of iran and it would be an immediate response in seconds and even the foreign minister said it was significant, the attack would be responded with massive response to respond to israel. in this case they tried to convert situation, the te
he was speaking to us media after a presumed israeli drone attack on isfahan in central iran. iran's top diplomat downplayed this, questioning whether israel was involved. tehran�*s muted response to friday morning's events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. what more have we heard from the foreign minister? the? the foreign minister? they mainly saying _ the foreign minister? they...
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he was speaking to us media after a presumed israeli drone attack on isfahan in central iran. iran's top diplomat downplayed this, questioning whether israel was involved. tehran�*s muted response to friday morning's events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. what more have we heard from the foreign minister? the? the foreign minister? they mainly saying _ the foreign minister? they mainly saying what - the foreign minister? tie: mainly saying what happened yesterday was just drones that were downed by the air defence. he said it's israel because israel itself didn't acknowledge the attack so in
he was speaking to us media after a presumed israeli drone attack on isfahan in central iran. iran's top diplomat downplayed this, questioning whether israel was involved. tehran�*s muted response to friday morning's events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. what more have we heard from the foreign minister? the? the foreign minister? they mainly saying _ the foreign minister? they...
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we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran — in isfahan. it's about a four hour drive from the capital tehran. us officials told our news partner cbs news that there was an israeli missile strike — while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage. our colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more. israel launched strikes on iran according to us officials, following unprecedented attacks on israel a week ago during which it wants more than 300 drones and missiles. so why did iran attack israel? i was in retaliation for israel's targeting of the consulate in syria on the first of april in which iran says seven of its military officers were killed. as a long—running shadow war between these bitter rivals which is out in the open. we analyse footage from the letters attack sent to our colleagues which shows the succession of flashes in the sky said to be above isfahan. we think it is to be consider flashes match
we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran — in isfahan. it's about a four hour drive from the capital tehran. us officials told our news partner cbs news that there was an israeli missile strike — while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage. our colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more. israel launched strikes on iran according to us...
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we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran — in isfahan. it's about a four hour drive from the capital tehran. us officials told our news partner cbs news that there was an israeli missile strike — while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage. 0ur colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more.
we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran — in isfahan. it's about a four hour drive from the capital tehran. us officials told our news partner cbs news that there was an israeli missile strike — while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage. 0ur colleague merlyn thomas from bbc verify has more.
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we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran, in isfahan. it's about a four—hour drive from the capital, tehran, and home to an airbase and several small nuclear sites. there are also missile factories in the vicinity. us officials told our news partner, cbs news, that there was an israeli missile strike, while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. a message not of war but of warning. explosion ..that israel could also strike its enemy at home if it wanted. after threatening a harsh and massive response to the smallest incursion, iran has downplayed this morning's strike. its president didn't mention it once in his speech today. and this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. the message — "nothing to see here". other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage la
we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran, in isfahan. it's about a four—hour drive from the capital, tehran, and home to an airbase and several small nuclear sites. there are also missile factories in the vicinity. us officials told our news partner, cbs news, that there was an israeli missile strike, while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any...
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we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran, in isfahan. it's about a four—hour drive from the capital, tehran, and home to an airbase and several small nuclear sites. there are also missile factories in the vicinity. us officials told our news partner, cbs news, that there was an israeli missile strike, while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage.
we do know there were explosions overnight deep inside iran, in isfahan. it's about a four—hour drive from the capital, tehran, and home to an airbase and several small nuclear sites. there are also missile factories in the vicinity. us officials told our news partner, cbs news, that there was an israeli missile strike, while iranian media said three small drones had been involved. there were also reports of explosions in syria and iraq. very few images have come out so far showing any damage.
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and in case anyone in iran woke up feeling worried, iranian tv showed pictures of calm in isfahan, complete with soothing music. at a rally of supporters of the regime, the president, ebrahim raisi, significantly, made no mention of last night's events, focusing instead on the barrage of missiles and drones iran fired at israel last weekend. translation: this move | was necessary, obligatory, unifying and a source of pride and powerfor our great country. almost all of iran's missiles and drones were shot down by israel, with the help of the us, the uk and other allies. but this was a huge escalation, the first time iran had ever attacked israel directly, after decades of covert war. and it prompted international alarm. it was iran's response to this strike by israel on an iranian diplomatic compound in damascus at the start of the month, targeting a senior military commander — an attack, iran said, on its sovereign territory, to which it was bound to respond. i spoke earlier to behnam ben taleblu, a senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies. always good to have you. how s
and in case anyone in iran woke up feeling worried, iranian tv showed pictures of calm in isfahan, complete with soothing music. at a rally of supporters of the regime, the president, ebrahim raisi, significantly, made no mention of last night's events, focusing instead on the barrage of missiles and drones iran fired at israel last weekend. translation: this move | was necessary, obligatory, unifying and a source of pride and powerfor our great country. almost all of iran's missiles and drones...
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and this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. the message — "nothing to see here". other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. but if you want to take down a bully, you've got to take down with force. i expected more, to be quite honest. i think more would have been evenjustified, considering they sent 300 rockets to kill so many people. i think that we are losing, - we're losing the war with hamas, we're losing the war- with his hezbollah, we're losing the war with iran. we're losing, and it's a pity, we have so many strengths, i but were afraid to use it. air-raid siren. last weekend, iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles towards israel — punishment, it said, for the assassina
and this is the situation in isfahan, as shown on iranian tv. the message — "nothing to see here". other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going...
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us officials say israel was responsible for explosions near the city of isfahan. israel hasn't officially confirmed this, and the iranian state media has downplayed any damage. let's bring out our panel. what do you make of the israel response, anna? .. ., ~ anna? on the face of it, i think israel made — anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear— anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear it _ anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear it was - anna? on the face of it, i think. israel made clear it was planning anna? on the face of it, i think- israel made clear it was planning to respond and this was the most comforting, it that's the word. i think it was both the uk side and the us really trying to urge restraint, and i think the mood coming out of both countries is that this might be it. find coming out of both countries is that this might be it.— this might be it. and i, we'll 'ust this might be it. and i, we'll 'ust t and this might be it. and i, we'll 'ust try and reconnect i this might be it. and i, we'll 'ust try and reconne
us officials say israel was responsible for explosions near the city of isfahan. israel hasn't officially confirmed this, and the iranian state media has downplayed any damage. let's bring out our panel. what do you make of the israel response, anna? .. ., ~ anna? on the face of it, i think israel made — anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear— anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear it _ anna? on the face of it, i think israel made clear it was - anna? on the face of...
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us officials say israel was responsible for explosions near the city of isfahan. israel hasn't officially confirmed this, and the iranian state media has downplayed any damage. let's speak now to dan arbell, scholar in residence the centre for israel studies. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme._ what l thank you very much for coming on l the programme._ what did the programme. thank you. what did ou make the programme. thank you. what did you make of — the programme. thank you. what did you make of the _ the programme. thank you. what did you make of the choice _ the programme. thank you. what did you make of the choice here - the programme. thank you. what did you make of the choice here of- you make of the choice here of israel's response? i you make of the choice here of israel's response?— you make of the choice here of israel's response? i think they want to send a clear _ israel's response? i think they want to send a clear message _ israel's
us officials say israel was responsible for explosions near the city of isfahan. israel hasn't officially confirmed this, and the iranian state media has downplayed any damage. let's speak now to dan arbell, scholar in residence the centre for israel studies. thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme._ what l thank you very much for coming on l the programme._ what did the programme. thank...
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by israel on iran, with reports of an israeli drone attack and explosions in the central province of isfahan. hamidreza azizi is an iran analyst and visiting fellow in the africa and middle east division at the german institute for international and security affairs. i asked him what can we read into iran's relatively muted response. that's a let's get more now on the rising tension between israel and iran, that's a sign that the iranian side doesn't want to escalate. i mean, from their point of view and from what i could follow, for example, in the days after iran's attack until last night, it was more or less like they would expect some kind of israeli response. so i would say nobody was surprised. but the main question was when and how, and at what scale. so i think the very fact that no fatalities have been reported and no significant damages have been reported, these are what, you know, maybe the israelis have delivered the device to, left some room for deniability at the same time as transmitting their message. so my reading right now is that iran does not have the intention to escalat
by israel on iran, with reports of an israeli drone attack and explosions in the central province of isfahan. hamidreza azizi is an iran analyst and visiting fellow in the africa and middle east division at the german institute for international and security affairs. i asked him what can we read into iran's relatively muted response. that's a let's get more now on the rising tension between israel and iran, that's a sign that the iranian side doesn't want to escalate. i mean, from their point...
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this is the picture of isfahan shown on iranian tv today. tehran�*s own message — nothing to see here. other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and, injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. if you want to take down a bully, you've got to take down with force. i expected more, to be quite honest. i think more would have been evenjustified, considering they sent 300 rockets to kill so many people. i think that we're losing. we are losing the war with hamas, losing the war with hezbollah, - we're losing the war with iran. we are losing and it's a pity — we have so much strength . but we are afraid to use it. israel's allies had urged it to take the win after intercepting hundreds of drones and missile
this is the picture of isfahan shown on iranian tv today. tehran�*s own message — nothing to see here. other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and, injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going to...
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this is the picture of isfahan shown on iranian tv today. tehran�*s own message — nothing to see here. other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and, injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going to come back harder and harder and harder. if you want to take down a bully, you've got to take down with force. i expected more, to be quite honest. i think more would have been evenjustified, considering they sent 300 rockets to kill so many people. i think that we're losing. we are losing the war with hamas, losing the war with hezbollah, - we're losing the war with iran. we are losing and it's a pity — we have so much strength . but we are afraid to use it. israel's allies had urged it to take the win after intercepting hundreds of drones and missile
this is the picture of isfahan shown on iranian tv today. tehran�*s own message — nothing to see here. other than that, nothing has happened, everything is back to normal. israel was divided over how to respond to iran's barrage last weekend. thejudgment of one far—right cabinet minister this morning — lame. and, injerusalem's main market today, many others were disappointed. when a bully comes to you, we're going to respond to the bully with restraint, so the bully�*s just going to...
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it's very apparent that isfahan province was chosen. it's i isfahan province was chosen. it's clearly aimed at balancing the voices on the right — not even just the right in israel — who say we need to deter our enemies to be safe and we have to act tough and hit back when somebody attacks us. i think wise heads prevailed in the sense that president biden, lord cameron, and others were all, including eu and g7, urging restraint. the message they were giving israel was take the win. you've locked down almost 300 plus of those missiles and drones that iran sent. you've shown that you're pretty hard to hit. let's not forget on april the 1st, israel, pretty hard to hit. let's not forget on aprilthe1st, israel, its presumed, carried out an air strike on the iranian consulate in damascus that killed 13 people. isfahan is an important message because it's home to iran's nuclear iranian enrichment facility, a number of nuclear facilities, as well as missile bases. it's a militarily strategically vital area and israel will send the message that they can reach that. ., . , ., w
it's very apparent that isfahan province was chosen. it's i isfahan province was chosen. it's clearly aimed at balancing the voices on the right — not even just the right in israel — who say we need to deter our enemies to be safe and we have to act tough and hit back when somebody attacks us. i think wise heads prevailed in the sense that president biden, lord cameron, and others were all, including eu and g7, urging restraint. the message they were giving israel was take the win. you've...
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iranian state media said explosions were heard over the city of isfahan, which it said were iranian air defences hitting three drones. the action appears to have been limited in scope, with no casualties or major damage reported. protestors took to the streets in tehran, denouncing israel, but iranian state media has played down the incident. one official said there were no plans forfurther retaliation against israel. a minister in benjamin netanyahu's government described the israeli action as "lame". mr blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers. he said his focus remains on de—escalation. let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and where it remains. de—escalation, avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. that is what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, and, as necessary, that is what we will continue to do. and again, that is reflected in the statement that you will see coming from all of the g7 countries. on rafah, we have been very clear about this. president biden has been very clear about this. we ca
iranian state media said explosions were heard over the city of isfahan, which it said were iranian air defences hitting three drones. the action appears to have been limited in scope, with no casualties or major damage reported. protestors took to the streets in tehran, denouncing israel, but iranian state media has played down the incident. one official said there were no plans forfurther retaliation against israel. a minister in benjamin netanyahu's government described the israeli action as...
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lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it's safe and secure. iran's state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran's strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% were downed. iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. this morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa.
lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it's safe and secure. iran's state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other...
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lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences.
lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences.
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these are the pictures from isfahan, showing the apparent israeli strike. israel has not officially confirmed, that it was responsible. the international atomic agency says, there's been no damage to sites associated with iran's nuclear programme in the area. an iranian official said, there were no plans for further retaliation against israel. one minister — in benjamin netanyahu's government — described the israeli action as "lame". iran's state broadcaster irib downplayed reports of an attack. let's hear how the news was broken. translation: reliable sources emphasise that all nuclear - facilities and military centres in isfahan and all parts of the country are completely secure and no incident has occurred at these facilities and centres. the us secretary of state antony blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers. he said his focus remains on de—escalation. let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. de—escalation and avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. that is w
these are the pictures from isfahan, showing the apparent israeli strike. israel has not officially confirmed, that it was responsible. the international atomic agency says, there's been no damage to sites associated with iran's nuclear programme in the area. an iranian official said, there were no plans for further retaliation against israel. one minister — in benjamin netanyahu's government — described the israeli action as "lame". iran's state broadcaster irib downplayed...
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these are the pictures from isfahan, showing the apparent israeli strike. israel has not officially confirmed, that it was responsible. the international atomic agency says, there's been no damage to sites associated with iran's nuclear programme in the area.
these are the pictures from isfahan, showing the apparent israeli strike. israel has not officially confirmed, that it was responsible. the international atomic agency says, there's been no damage to sites associated with iran's nuclear programme in the area.
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lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it's safe and secure. iran's state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran's strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% were downed. iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. this morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa.
lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it's safe and secure. iran's state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other...
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according to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes here, near the city of isfahan —
according to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes here, near the city of isfahan —
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lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel's answer to iran's unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it's safe and secure. iran's state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran's strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% were downed. iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. this morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa.
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there are also important nuclear facilities around isfahan. the iaea has said that there was no damage to any iranian nuclear structures so it seems that whatever was aimed was aimed at a non—nuclear military sites but perhaps with the message implied that we could hit more important things if we needed. thank ou so important things if we needed. thank you so much. — important things if we needed. thank you so much, lawrence _ important things if we needed. thank you so much, lawrence norman - important things if we needed. thank you so much, lawrence norman from the wall streetjournal, giving us more information and reaction to the comments from secretary of state anthony blinking. —— anthony blinking. as we mentioned, the g7 foreign ministers are meeting in capri, in italy. in their final communique, they said they urged all parties to work to prevent further escalation. oil prices jumped after us officials said an israeli missile had struck iran. brent crude surged by as much as 4.2% initially, though it's since fallen back. investo
there are also important nuclear facilities around isfahan. the iaea has said that there was no damage to any iranian nuclear structures so it seems that whatever was aimed was aimed at a non—nuclear military sites but perhaps with the message implied that we could hit more important things if we needed. thank ou so important things if we needed. thank you so much. — important things if we needed. thank you so much, lawrence _ important things if we needed. thank you so much, lawrence...
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isfahan is the location of iran's nuclear sites. the international atomic energy agency has confirmed there is no damage to iran's nuclearfacilities. in a social media post, the agency's director—general, rafael mariano grossi, continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. there has been no official comment from israel, but itamar ben—gvir, the far—right national security minister, has tweeted a single word after friday's strikes, "scarecrow!", meaning feeble in hebrew slang, suggesting that israel was behind the blasts in iran, but the action was insufficient. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent james lansdale who's injerusalem. just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are? at just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are?- just bring it up on what you are hearing where you are? at the moment there is still no _ hearing where you are? at the moment there is still no official _ there is still no official confirmation
isfahan is the location of iran's nuclear sites. the international atomic energy agency has confirmed there is no damage to iran's nuclearfacilities. in a social media post, the agency's director—general, rafael mariano grossi, continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. there has been no official comment from israel, but itamar ben—gvir, the far—right national security minister, has tweeted a single...
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there were explosions reported in iran and near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, which are activated at local air defence systems. we have had confirmation to our broadcast part in a cbs news that this was an attack from israel. so two us officials are confirming that. plenty of reaction coming in and week will be monitoring the news conference at the g7. time for a quick look at the weather. hello there. it is still quite breezy out there, so the showers will continue to run in across parts of central and eastern england, and also in the south we are clearing away our morning weather front. actually for western areas, the winds start to ease. the wind is still brisk, particularly in central and eastern areas, given that at this time of year the sea is at its coolest, it will feel quite bracing for north sea coasts. 1a or 15 outside of the wind and sunshine should feel pleasant. we should see more for northern ireland and western scotland and western england and wales. this evening and overnight, the chilling breeze continues to feed showers into parts of eastern
there were explosions reported in iran and near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, which are activated at local air defence systems. we have had confirmation to our broadcast part in a cbs news that this was an attack from israel. so two us officials are confirming that. plenty of reaction coming in and week will be monitoring the news conference at the g7. time for a quick look at the weather. hello there. it is still quite breezy out there, so the showers will...
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isfahan is home to iran's nuclear facilities. blasts have also been reported in the country's north—west. video online shows iranian defence missiles being fired into the air. commercial flights were initially diverted around iranian airspace, but iranian media say all restrictions have now been lifted. ishafan is the location of iran's nuclear sites. the international atomic energy agency has confirmed there is no damage to the facilities. in a social media post, the agency's director general rafael mariano grossi continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody and said nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. our security correspondent frank gardner has provided his assessment of the situation. my assessment, for what it is worth, is this crisis is over, it has been averted for now. it does not end the middle east's problems, but the real fear of the tit—for—tat escalating exchange of fire between israel and iran for now at least appears to be over. why? let's take it back to april the 1st
isfahan is home to iran's nuclear facilities. blasts have also been reported in the country's north—west. video online shows iranian defence missiles being fired into the air. commercial flights were initially diverted around iranian airspace, but iranian media say all restrictions have now been lifted. ishafan is the location of iran's nuclear sites. the international atomic energy agency has confirmed there is no damage to the facilities. in a social media post, the agency's director...
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isfahan was the second city of iran. a lot of military bases are around it and, as you say, they pay to have hit a military base was not whether it is a rainy and the revolutionary guard corps, who knows, i wouldn't be at all surprised. and fairly near to where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. where we believe iran is trying to build nuclearweapons. i where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. isuspect where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. i suspect a nod to them. i think this attack is very much a demonstration of capability and perhaps intent. iran fired 300 plus missiles and drones that israel and they virtually will get knocked down. israel fires one, perhaps two missiles at iran, at a target, appears to have got through and damage. i think people might be surprised to know that, conventionally, israel vastly over matches iran. and this is a demonstration of that. i suspect your correspondent frank gardner, said earlier on today, iran is far more likely to fight i
isfahan was the second city of iran. a lot of military bases are around it and, as you say, they pay to have hit a military base was not whether it is a rainy and the revolutionary guard corps, who knows, i wouldn't be at all surprised. and fairly near to where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. where we believe iran is trying to build nuclearweapons. i where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. isuspect where we believe iran is trying to build nuclear weapons. i...
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isfahan is the location of iran's nuclear site. the international atomic agency has confirmed there is no damage to iran's nuclear facilities. the director general continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody. he said nuclear facility should never be a target in military conflicts. our security correspondent frank gardner has outlined his assessment of the current situation. my my assessment for what it is worth is this crisis is over, it has been averted. it does not end the problem is, but the realfear of averted. it does not end the problem is, but the real fear of the tit—for—tat escalating exchange of fire between israel and iran for now at least appears to be over. why? let's take it back to april the 1st. there was a devastating air strike on iran's consulate in damascus. it flattened it. it was a targeted, precision strike which israel did not say it did, but everyone knows it was israel. it killed 13 people, including two top iranian generals. iran vowed a strong response. the region held its breath, the midd
isfahan is the location of iran's nuclear site. the international atomic agency has confirmed there is no damage to iran's nuclear facilities. the director general continued to call for extreme restraint from everybody. he said nuclear facility should never be a target in military conflicts. our security correspondent frank gardner has outlined his assessment of the current situation. my my assessment for what it is worth is this crisis is over, it has been averted. it does not end the problem...
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"isfahan's nuclear site is completely safe". in the video, a man near the isfahan nuclear technology centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. we can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. as well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in southern syria, apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. and there were also blasts in iraq — in both the capital baghdad and babil province to the south. israel had promised to respond to saturday night's drone and missile attack by iran. both nbc and cnn have reported unnamed officials saying that israel had warned washington of the attack but that washington had not endorsed the action. earlier i spoke to hamish de bretton—gordon, a chemical weapons expert and former commander of british and nato nuclearforces — aboutjust how significant the location of isfahan is for this a
"isfahan's nuclear site is completely safe". in the video, a man near the isfahan nuclear technology centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. we can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. as well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in southern syria, apparently from missiles...
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i asked how significant the location of isfahan was for this attack. it is very significant, it is the second city of iran and there are a lot of military bases around it and whether it is the real iranian revolutionary guard corps was, i wouldn't be at all surprised, and fairly near to where we believe iran's nuclear weapon sights are. i think this attack is very much a demonstration of capability and perhaps intense. iran fired 300 plus missiles and drones at israel and they all get knocked down. israel fires one, perhaps two missiles at iran and they appear to have got through and damaged the target. people might be surprised —— surprised to know that israel vastly over matches iran and this is a demonstration of that fact. i expect your correspondent frank gardner said earlier on today that iran would far more like to fight in the shadows using its terror groups and proxies rather than going toe to toe with israel conventionally where it knows it could get a real hammering. clearly this morning the mood music appears to be to downplay the scale
i asked how significant the location of isfahan was for this attack. it is very significant, it is the second city of iran and there are a lot of military bases around it and whether it is the real iranian revolutionary guard corps was, i wouldn't be at all surprised, and fairly near to where we believe iran's nuclear weapon sights are. i think this attack is very much a demonstration of capability and perhaps intense. iran fired 300 plus missiles and drones at israel and they all get knocked...
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facility presumably in isfahan. ,, ., isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. isfahan. it looks like an, something similar- this— isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is _ isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is confirming - isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is confirming the - similar. this is confirming the reports that it might be an airport. so a calmer situation. people reading into whether this is a limited strike, why the israelis have not spoken publicly about it yet, why it is being downplayed by iran. some analysis from an interview earlier. this was former us assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs speaking to my colleague. if political and military affairs speaking to my colleague. if this is true then it — speaking to my colleague. if this is true then it says _ speaking to my colleague. if this is true then it says that _ speaking to my colleague. if this is true then it says that israel - speaking to my colleague. if this is true then it
facility presumably in isfahan. ,, ., isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. isfahan. it looks like an, something similar- this— isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is _ isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is confirming - isfahan. it looks like an, something similar. this is confirming the - similar. this is confirming the reports that it might be an airport. so a calmer situation. people reading into whether this is a limited strike, why the israelis have...
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isfahan is only 150 kilometres south of the capitol tehran. so attacking isfahan is really significant and the israelis, if they do not want to come out and speak that they were behind that, as exactly they did when they attacked the iranian consulate in syria, this is the way israel does the attacks, they do the attacks, but they do not come out and speak loudly that they did the attack, but all the indications would say that they did the attack. the americans confirmed that there reports from, you know, channel 12, the israeli channel 12, the new york times that they did the attack. that is come from _ that they did the attack. that is come from al— that they did the attack. that is come from al jazeera, - that they did the attack. that is come from aljazeera, this is come from aljazeera, this is a very unverified account. when the israelis to come out and talk about this attack and i think peoples perception of deescalation and israel's approach unless we change dramatically, so we should just take those reports with a pinch of salt at th
isfahan is only 150 kilometres south of the capitol tehran. so attacking isfahan is really significant and the israelis, if they do not want to come out and speak that they were behind that, as exactly they did when they attacked the iranian consulate in syria, this is the way israel does the attacks, they do the attacks, but they do not come out and speak loudly that they did the attack, but all the indications would say that they did the attack. the americans confirmed that there reports...
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isfahan has a nuclear— that is significant. isfahan has a nuclear facility, - that is significant. isfahan has a nuclear facility, so l that is significant. isfahan | has a nuclear facility, so if has a nuclearfacility, so if this news is right, this is in retaliation from israel to the earlier attack from aranha against israel, that massive attack. from what we see of that news there is an attack on syria, an attack on iraq at the same time, so we are facing, like, a complicated attack, if that's against iranian facilities in the region —— iran. but on the iranian side they deny that, they say all what happened, that iranian air defence managed to down three drones in the air of isfahan, they say it is a local attack, not from outside, and they are hinting that some groups that are loyal to israel that might have done this attack. they do not say this attack is coming from outside, from a missile from outside, from a missile from outside. and the israeli silence on that and no confirmation from the israeli side, no confirmation from the countries in the region that there might
isfahan has a nuclear— that is significant. isfahan has a nuclear facility, - that is significant. isfahan has a nuclear facility, so l that is significant. isfahan | has a nuclear facility, so if has a nuclearfacility, so if this news is right, this is in retaliation from israel to the earlier attack from aranha against israel, that massive attack. from what we see of that news there is an attack on syria, an attack on iraq at the same time, so we are facing, like, a complicated attack, if...
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. not to do so at this point -- isfahan-— not to do so at this point -- isfahan. ., , ., ,, , isfahan. for those of you 'ust “oininu isfahan. for those of you 'ust joining i isfahan. for those of you 'ust joining us, this is i isfahan. for those of you just joining us, this is breaking i joining us, this is breaking news. to us officials told cbs news, our us partner, and israeli missile has hit iran. there was an explosion heard northwest of the iranian city of isfahan early friday morning, according to the country's semi—official farres newsagency. state media reporting three drawings destroyed by the country's air defence system —— fars news agency. it's about a four —hour drive s. of tehran and is home to a large air base, a major missile products complex and several nuclear sites, as we were just discussing. several nuclear sites, as we werejust discussing. plenty several nuclear sites, as we were just discussing. plenty of potential targets for an israeli counterstrike. iranians that media reporting those nuclear sites there are" completely safe". according to reuters,
. not to do so at this point -- isfahan-— not to do so at this point -- isfahan. ., , ., ,, , isfahan. for those of you 'ust “oininu isfahan. for those of you 'ust joining i isfahan. for those of you 'ust joining us, this is i isfahan. for those of you just joining us, this is breaking i joining us, this is breaking news. to us officials told cbs news, our us partner, and israeli missile has hit iran. there was an explosion heard northwest of the iranian city of isfahan early friday...
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—— isfahan. iran reports that flights to tehran, isfahan and shiraz and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended. an iranian source tells reuters that its air defence system has been activated in the region. it was activated against, quote, "an object suspected to be a drone". in newsagency telling officials there had been three explosions heard near an army base in the city's north—west so we are getting more details coming in and we will continue to update the story as we get it. joining me live is mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. it's great to have you on tonight with us as we get these details about a potential what we believe to be an israeli missile strike on iran. as you are hearing these reports coming in, what details stand out to you?— out to you? firstly, if this is true, it out to you? firstly, if this is true. it says _ out to you? firstly, if this is true, it says israel - out to you? firstly, if this
—— isfahan. iran reports that flights to tehran, isfahan and shiraz and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended. an iranian source tells reuters that its air defence system has been activated in the region. it was activated against, quote, "an object suspected to be a drone". in newsagency telling officials there had been three explosions heard near an army base in the city's north—west so we are getting more details coming in and we will continue to...
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. —— isfahan. iran reports that flights to tehran, isfahan and shiraz and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended. an iranian source tells reuters that its air defence system has been activated in the region. it was activated against, quote, "an object suspected to be a drone". in newsagency telling officials there had been three explosions heard near an army base in the city's north—west so we are getting more details coming in and we will continue to update the story as we get it. joining me live is mark kimmitt, former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs. it's great to have you on tonight with us as we get these details about a potential what we believe to be an israeli missile strike on iran. as you are hearing these reports coming in, what details stand out to you?—
. —— isfahan. iran reports that flights to tehran, isfahan and shiraz and airports in the west, northwest and southwest have been suspended. an iranian source tells reuters that its air defence system has been activated in the region. it was activated against, quote, "an object suspected to be a drone". in newsagency telling officials there had been three explosions heard near an army base in the city's north—west so we are getting more details coming in and we will continue to...