It is mid day injerusalem. This time yesterday israel and countries in the region and far beyond watching and waiting to see what iran would do next. And now in the early hours of the morning, the world found out. Iran launched for the first time a direct attack against israel. This is an unprecedented moment and uncharted territory. Hundreds of drones and missiles were fired from iran into the skies above israel. Israel says it intercepted almost all of the projectiles. Backed by the us, uk, france and jordan. This morning israeli officials are saying the confrontation isnt over and are assessing their options. Irans military chief told state tv that as far as iran was concerned, a line had been drawn under the confrontation after its retaliatory strike. A strike conducted by iran after the date for the first attack on its embassy in the Syrian Capital Damascus which destroyed the consulate and also killed senior members of irans Islamic Revolutionary guard corps. Its warning israel t
Iranian strike that could come in the next 48 hours. The state of california could make it legal for workers to ignore messages from their bosses after hours. So should we follow suit . An 89 year old care home resident makes her teenage dreams come true by getting her first tattoo. So were asking , first tattoo. So were asking, can you be too old to get inked . Good morning. Its all eyes on the grand national this afternoon on the track. Organisers insist theres still a small risk of fatalities to horses off it. Security has been ramped up to fend off protesters. Will be live from aintree throughout the morning. Marked contrasts in our weather across the uk today. Warm and bright for some, blustery and showery for others. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Breakfast on. Gb news. I come bearing good news. I come bearing good news. Oh, well, good. We need some of that in
Small boats crisis. And that story about the surgeons is so shocking. These surgeons is so shocking. These women surgeons are being sexually assaulted in the operating theatre. Sometimes dunng operating theatre. Sometimes during surgery. How appalling is that . That . Its quite mind blowing. You its quite mind blowing. You have to stay tuned really to hear the details of all of that. And Everything Else were talking about this morning. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the email address. Touch address. Please get in touch with us. First, here is the with us. But first, here is the news with ray addison. News with ray addison. Thanks. Both good morning. 931 our top stories. The 931 our top stories. The chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk. Unemployment rose by 0. 1, reaching 4. 3 in july, while Job Vacancies fell to below a million. Jeremy hunt says that remains below many of our international peers. Meanwhile average growth
Street, slipping in places like this. I was used to it. Sleeping in places like this. Will talk to Bradley Grimes, 23, in the next hour. And the ashes one of sports greatest rivalries is under way in australia. Its been a topsy turvy opening day england grateful for their top scorerjames vince, who looked to be on his way to scoring a century, before being spectacularly run out. We will speak to england and australian fans just before ten oclock. Good morning, welcome to the programme, we are live until 11 oclock as we are easily today. As we are each weekday. Let us know what you think of the chancellors budget yesterday and how you think it might affect you. Plus, scottish labour politician Kezia Dugdale arrives in the jungle, but should be appearing in im a celebrity in the first place . She is a member of the scottish parliament, she was the leader of labour in scotland until she stepped down earlier this year. Is it okay for her to take 3 weeks leave and appear in im a celeb down
Putting your regime in grave danger. Two of the Big Six Energy companies are looking to merge. Im taking a look at what that will mean for their millions of customers. In sport andy murray targets a return to competitive tennis next year. The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced Roger Federer in a Charity Match in glasgow last night. Carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold start to the day, there is quite a bit of frost around, some patchy mist and fog but for most it will be dry and sunny. However, in the south east there is more cloud, some rain and drizzle, and we have got some wet and windy weather coming in from the north west. I will have more details on that 15 minutes. In 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story downing street is examining new information about the International Development secretarys unauthorised contacts with senior Israeli Government officials. Priti patel apologised for meeting israeli Prime Minister B