Our maIn sTory. The IsraelI PrIme MInIster, BenjamIn Netanyahu, says Iran wIll pay a terrIble prIce for launchIng a barrage of mIssIles Towards sItes across Israel. Tehran saId It had concluded Its mIlItary actIon, but warned of further attacks If Israel retalIated. Around 180 mIssIles were fIred across large parts of Israel, IncludIng Jerusalem And Tel avIv. Most were Intercepted. Its been confIrmed that brItIsh troops were Involved In supportIng Israel. In a statement Last NIght, prIme MInIster KeIr Starmer warned that the MIddle East Is now On The BrInk. Well be speakIng To our correspondents across the regIon throughout the mornIng, and gaugIng polItIcal reactIon, as well, but fIrst wIth the latest from jerusalem, Jon DonnIson reports. AIrraId sIren. Israel was warned It was comIng. But thIs was Irans revenge. Almost 200 ballIstIc mIssIles raInIng In across the country. ExplosIons. 0k, guys, we got To get off the roof. These are comIng down rIght next To us here. As people ran for
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400,000 property which was a 20 year high. 400,000 first time buyers. but that ownership is overwhelmingly concentrated among the over 65s, those who are able to buy in an age when housing was much cheaper. we look at the millennial generation. i can see some millennials here. just 31% own their own homes in the uk. 3i% own their own homes in the uk. in france, that figure is 41%. partly this is a function of supply. when labour left office, they famously remarked that there was no money left, but they failed to build new homes at the rate that was necessary, and we have been sorting that out ever since. thanks to the planning reforms we have put in over the last decade, house building rates reached a 20 year high. but everywhere else outside london, i should clarify, where the present mayor is not showing quite the speed and scale achieved by his immediate predecessor. but despite the