In military conflicts. Lets speak to our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale whos injerusalem. Talk is through the events so far, and what the reaction tells us about how this is viewed in the region . Remember, we are still in that stage where the full facts are not known, and that those people who are commenting and talking about what has happened, and many of them have agendas to try and talk up or play down what has happened, but in terms of the basic facts, we know that Iranian State media are reporting there have been explosions near a Military Base in isfahan in central iran. Basically if you find tehran on a map and go due south it is there. Essentially there have been reports of air defence explosions taking off, a Senior Iranian commanders have said they have shut down some drones. Again, we still dont know exactly what was part of this air strike. The iranians at the moment are saying there has been no damage. The israelis are officially not saying anything, so there has
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response, that iran is trying to play it down as far as we can tell. if that means both sides want to draw a line, 0k, if that means both sides want to drawa line, ok, that if that means both sides want to draw a line, ok, that might be where we are at. the problem is that these are incredibly high stakes. the potential for miscalculation and misinterpretation is huge. if you think about it there have been misinterpretations by both sides so far, since this particular exchange began, at the beginning of april, when israel reportedly they haven t acknowledge it consulate in damascus, the capital of syria. there have been miscalculations. australia has urged all of its citizens to leave israel and palestinian territories. american authorities have put out warnings for their own citizens. i have spoken to some of the international community here injerusalem who are thinking of evacuating their families. the risk is real. we still don t know the full facts and we don t know the full fa
doesn t lob any more missiles in the direction of iran, then i think that this probably will draw a line under the episode. or the fact that the middle east is still in absolute turmoil. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, is in finland. she has has called for a de escalation. we have to do everything possible, that all sides should restrain from the escalation in that region. the escalation in that region. we have seen the massive attack with drones and missiles, about 300, by iran on israel. it is absolutely necessary that the region stays stable let s ta ke let s take you to the g7 meeting. we are hearing from the foreign minister. the goal is de escalation.