Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the
that means for most we continue with a dry story through today. there is a dry story through today. there is a few isolated showers still can eastern counties of england, cold breeze here as well, figure clouds and drizzle pushing into the north of scotland later and it built up generally speaking, but across the sheltered western area sits on sunny and pleasant in the sunshine, too. 13-15 c at the and pleasant in the sunshine, too. 13 15 c at the high compared to a chilly 7 10 c in the east. 0ne crumb of comfort across the northern and eastern areas is tree pollen levels is low tomorrow but creeping up to high this afternoon across parts of the south west. into this evening and overnight you“ve the south west. into this evening and overnight you ve got some showers across the south east for a while but many places dry, biggest exception is central and eastern scotland where power will thicken up, outbreaks of rain or drizzle. a bit more cloud as well generally through tonight, not a