hope they do so in a way that does is little to escalate this as possible israel was already on the verge of carrying out a retaliatory strike on monday, according to cnn analyst barak ravid. but ravid said the attack was called off at the last minute with two israeli officials citing operational reasons the warnings from iran are getting starker with a top iranian general issuing a thinly veiled threat to renew its pursuit of nuclear weapons. i gotta how do goon attacked ed if the fake zionist regime wants to use a threat to attack our country s nuclear centers as a means to put pressure on iran. it would be possible in to revise iran s nuclear doctrine and policies nuclear threats from iran, a reminder of the long history of conflict between the two countries. i also have a message today for the tyrants of tehran israel knows what you re doing and
and all the while, ukraine is preparing a counter offensive. this propaganda video broadcast by military commanders to raise morale and encourage what they called a decisive offensive. but when might it begin? translation: we will figure out when - that will start so that we can have the best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week. it would be strange if i were to name dates or the start of that or another event. that cannot be done. but you re ready. translation: we re always ready. - the same as we were ready to defend our country at any time. and it is not a question of time. we have to understand that that historical opportunity that is given to us by god, to our country, we cannot lose. so we can truly become an independent, big european country. but until that happens, ukraine will remain vulnerable
kiwirrkurra georgiou is been in ankara. president erdogan here in istanbul. they both looking to which of the 50% mark, because that is key, no obvious treatment of the 22 candidates in the expectation is that we will this time find out who turki s mick slater will be. let s looking a little more detail and to the turkish people people are choosing between. resident toaded li, anne powerfor 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. president richard tait turn present no one. he has been accused of being totalitarian change in the laws protect themselves. also making this a deeply religious country. certainly in terms of civil society, the rule of law, that it was beforehand. he and his supporters say that he is a strong leadership candidate, that he is the sort of man that
government through democratic means. 50 government through democratic means. ., ., ., , ., means. so how do voters not ust means. so how do voters not just here means. so how do voters not just here in means. so how do voters not just here in istanbul - means. so how do voters not just here in istanbul but - just here in istanbul but across the country responded to that? what do they think about theissues that? what do they think about the issues that the contenders have been talking about? the economy is one of the biggest things that people have been considering. turkey s economic crisis has been long and deep. people have been really feeling it in their pockets. things leave the country public response, particularly the government public response to the devastating earthquake in february, a lot of people unhappy with that. they saw it as slow and lacking. that didn t seem to damage the support for president erdogan too much in those southern areas. another concern are refugees,
what is now tentative, if they want the votes to get that passed on capital hill on wednesday. let s turn to ukraine where a fresh air attack on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the city s mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated, but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city s defences. this latest attack comes as one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to begin it s long awaited counter offensive. oleksiy danilov, the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council, has been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control.