Our international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. A few minutes after the attack, the building in irans diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. The israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. It was a Precision Attack against a Senior Commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. Despite that, Israeli Intelligence must have tracked general Mohamed Reza Zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. He was the Senior Iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. In damascus the syrian Foreign Minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. Translation we strongly condemn this Criminal Act L carried out by the zionist enemy. These attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the Palestinian People and further resistance whether in iraq or in southern leba
For the foreseeable future. Sri lanka are edging to victory against bangladesh in the second test in chattogram. They set a notional target of 511 for the hosts who have at least gone past their own first innings score. Four more wickets for the tourists will wrap up a two nil series win. Five games in the premier league later on tuesday, with three of the bottom five clubs in action. Everton are three points above the drop and they travel to newcastle looking to find some form theyre on a Club Record Equalling Run of 12 League Matches without a win. But sean dyche will be taking inspiration from their previous meeting at goodison, which they won 3 0. We provided a very good performance earlier in the season against them. We cant rely on that but it is a good marker that it is achievable to take these games on. We know that, we have delivered, even when we havent won games, we have delivered good performances. Weve got to do that. Youve got to play well, there was no gimmes in the prem
mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. they said he will be landing in australia wants to hearing wraps up. his plan is committed to depart inside three hours time, that he would land around 6:1i1pm australian eastern time. that is later today. our correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the northern mariana islands and gave us this update earlier. julian assange is in the us district court house behind me where the final steps of the legal proceedings for his guilty plea are under way, his pleading guilty for one felony thatis pleading guilty for one felony that is illegally obtaining and disclosing classified national security material, no for him because as for the deal that was agreed the usjustice department, he will get credit for time served in the uk. he is here because crucially, this is here because crucially, this is continental usa, julian assange refused to go to mainland us because he deeply distrust the us government. in the past, he accused him of plotti
after spending the majority of the last decade behind bars or inside the ecuadorian embassy in london. speaking outside the court, julian assange s lawyer, barry pollock, said the prosecution of the wikileaks founder was unprecedented . in the hundred years of the espionage act, it has never been used by the united states to pursue a publisher, a journalist like mr assange. mr assange revealed truthful, important and newsworthy information including revealing the united states had committed war crimes and he has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom tremendously in his fight for free speech, forfreedom of tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to make sure the american public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information. we firmly believe that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act and engaged in exercise that journalists engage in every day and we are thankfu
like the nhs, they are acutely aware right now the country depends on it. and there it is, that smiling baby. and that means depending on carers like rejoice. she is gorgeous! she is. she s from malawi, but is in peterborough with a family on a work visa. this country needs people like me, someone that can put their heart out there and help someone from the heart. outside of this place, do you feel appreciated? not by the country, no, because they think we are numbers, but we re not numbers, we re human beings. but as migration numbers boosted the population here, research from the institute for fiscal studies shows peterborough receives less funding for policing, local governments and public health than it should do according to need. what impact has immigration had here? i think it s made the city grow very quickly. this is sarah s experience. the increase of population does not measure up to the increase of services for people. where are the pressure points? at the hospita