Irans Supreme Leader has vowed that israel will be punished for the attack, which he said was a strike on iran itself. Bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehran area as rocket launches could be taking place between the 10th and 12th of april. Its s also possible an attack on israel could come via irans proxy hezbollah which has forces in lebanon. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned his country is ready for what he calls scenarios other than gaza. President biden has pledged iron clad support for israel over iran. So far iran has played no direct role in the conflict but the country does have a network of allies across the region called the axis of resistance , which it says is united in its opposition to israel and the us. The uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has commented on iran s threats. Here s what he s said. The threats from iran are unacceptable and we, like the americans, fully support israel s righ
Its thought four of the victims may be british. Police are at the scene. We have Forensic Police on their way here to carry out identification. We have investigators from marine area command, who are on their way to our location. Criminal gangs who claim benefits underfalse identities are to be targeted by the government using Artificial Intelligence. After three days of political protests irans revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the nations iron fist. Political leaders reflect on the past twelve months in their new years messages theresa may says 2017 was a year of progress for the uk. Jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. Thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two Train Companies stage 24 hour strikes. And in half an hour here on bbc news, dateline london looks ahead to the world in 2018 in britain, the rest of europe, the us and around the world. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Were getting reports that four brit
Over a tweet deemed anti muslim the reprimands comes as germany begins and forcing tougher laws concerning hate speech on social media. Plus saudi arabia embarks on a pivotal year as it introduces reforms among them lifting a ban on women driving we will hear from saudi women about the change of the call for deeper reforms. Im sorry kelly it is great to have you with us clashes overnight in iran have left at least nine people dead the antigovernment protests have been raging for nearly a week in tehran and around the country in total several hundred people have been arrested and things twenty have been killed according to state media irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei. He appeared to condemn the unrest in a post on his official website in which he accused irans enemies of meddling in the country. And lets talk a little bit more about that crackdown we are joined by a. F. P. Correspondent Eric Randolph who is joining us with the latest from tehran and eric as weve heard Iranian
Americas road to work, 19141917. Author as well. This is about one hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Morning, my name is matt naylor. I serve as a president and ceo at the National World war i museum and memorial and we are delighted to welcome you. , 1917 americaum joins the fight. Thank you for taking time out of your schedules to be at this important event. Thank you to all of the presenters for the work you have team who haver brought their skills to create what is going to be i think, another remarkable symposium. We are so grateful for the rising tide of interest that there seems to be across the United States to match the energy we are seeing from so many other countries. In thinking about and remembering the great war and its enduring impact. What i have observed is that since the commemoration began in 2014, is that there really has been a genuine increase in attention to the conversation. Here at the National World war i museum and memorial, for the period, late 13 to
According to a new report. You cant look down to read a speech, you have take the speech up because if you did, your neck would break, it would fall off. The weight of the crown on her shoulders the queen recalls her coronation day balancing act. A big year ahead the norwegian pop star sigrid wins families searching for relatives after the Manchester Bombing and in the film review, mark kermode will assess gary oldmans Award Winning performance as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Its 5pm. Our main story, President Donald Trump will not be visiting britain next month. He had been due to attend the official opening of the new us embassy in south london. He tweeted that he had cancelled the trip because hes not a big fan of the new embassy. Downing street insists the strong and deep partnership between the two countries will endure and says an invitation for a state visit will still take place, although no date has been set. The president is also under fire from the United Nations, whic