Wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The uk and western allies are calling for de escalation in the middle east after reports that israel launched air strikes against iran. State media says three drones were shot down with explosions heard at an airbase near the city of isfahan. No damage or injuries have been reported in the latest exchange. The strike is thought to be in response to last weekends attack, when iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at israel. Labour leader keir starmer has added to calls for a straight as the best way forward. Im deeply concerned about the prospect of escalation, escalation of the conflict in the middle east is in nobodys interest it and so its very, very important, therefore, that everybody urges restraint on all sides. More everybody urges restraint on all sides. More than that, we everybody urges restraint on all sides. More than that, we really sides. More than that, we really need that ceasefire in gaza now, straight away. S
I mean this is a lie from london also coming up the program. We know. Theres. The u. S. Secretary of state sends a message to north korea a nuclear pyongyang is not acceptable. Frances expresses pain and shame over sex abuse by priests. And the stock market milestone in the United States the Dow Jones Industrial average hits twenty six thousand points for the first time. Donald trump threatened to pull aid from palestinians any of this month in a post on twitter and he now appears to have gone through with the threat the u. S. Government has announced it will withhold sixty five Million Dollars in money to the palestinians its a move that could prove kind of straw for hundreds of thousands of people in need. Audra is providing Vital Services to the Palestinian Refugee population both in the occupied territories and in jordan. And in. Lebanon. Those services are of extreme importance not only for the well being of these populations and that is syrias you many daily and concern he but al
Holds back sixty five Million Dollars in aid for palestinians in line with a threat made by double trump just weeks ago on twitter. We cannot and will not accept you as a nuclear state. The u. S. Secretary of state sends a message to north korea a nuclear pyongyang is not acceptable. Pope francis expresses pain and shame over sex abuse by priests in chile. In doha with all the baseball including well larry. Im here not to tell someone but to tell every almost one hundred victims of sexual abuse by a u. S. Gymnastics team doctor tell a judge these stories as he prepares to be sentenced. So then donald trump has threatened to pull a. From palestinians earlier this month in a post on twitter and he now appears to have gone through with that threat the u. S. Government has announced it will withhold sixty five Million Dollars in money earmarked for palestinians its a move that could prove catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of people in need lets go straight to our diplomatic editor jam
Follow on down jordan this is out of there alive from doha also coming up Hong Kongs High Court a sentence prodemocracy activist josh along just three months in prison. Is providing Vital Services to the Palestinian Refugee population the u. N. Says a decision by the United States to cut funding for Palestinian Refugees will affect stability in the region. And another crisis for yemen as the World Health Organization says the Diphtheria Outbreak is spreading fast. Your secular state Rex Tillerson is calling on the world to step up pressure on north korea until it abandons its Nuclear Program hes joined representatives of nineteen other nations to discuss ways of tightening sanctions on pyongyang was in jordan reports. A show of diplomatic commitment in vancouver to ending north Koreas Nuclear Weapons Program but the meeting cohosted by canada and the United States yielded just one new tactic for the fight an agreement to prevent socalled ship to ship transfers of outlawed goods to p. O
This morning, i am looking at what is on the agenda. Good morning. In sport britains kyle edmund is 2 1 sets up against Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter finals of the Australian Open. And we will be keeping you up to date on his progress throughout the programme. Come on so exciting. And matt has the weather. It is not just it is notjust the Australian Open where things are hotting up, 15 degrees for one or two today, but a little bit of rain during your morning rush hour. All the details coming up later. Good morning. First, our main story england is lagging behind scotland and wales when it comes to introducing measures to improve child health, according to a new report. The Royal College of paediatrics and child health says children deserve better, but westminster insists it has world leading plans in place. The college also says four out of five young people who are obese will battle ill health for the rest of their lives. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Being healt