Sources, both israeli and american sources, confirming this was indeed an israeli strike. Now, all weak people have been on tenterhooks waiting for some kind of response. It was made very clear by israeli officials they did not think they could let it pass. That was after an unprecedented direct attack from iran on israeli territory last weekend. It was really the form of response that was in question and when it would happen. People wondering if the state of uncertainty would continue through the upcoming jewish passover holiday, for example. We have had some ministers coming out, particularly the National Security minister, who is known as a firebrand and on the far right, he had previously been calling for israel to go crazy in its response to restore its deterrent in the region. He said this response appears to be too limited. He is the only major official we are hearing from at the moment. Others are keeping extremely quiet about all of this. ,. ,. ,. , this. Has there been any at
a third successive term. for more on this, i spoke to south asia correspondent samira hussain who s in delhi, and arunoday mukharji, who s following the election from chennai. just today, there are 166 million eligible voters. that is the combined populations of france and the uk, and then some. so i think thatjust gives you the sense of the scale. and what they ve done is, they have, all, there is voting taking place, in 21 different states across the country. and part of the reason what makes voting here such a big, monumental task is not only the size of the population, but it s also the size of the country, and the diversity within the country, and because, according to indian law, you cannot be more than two kilometres away from a polling booth. so, you are a situation in which you have electoral officials that are travelling five hours, sometimes on animals, to be able to take a voting machine