cruise missiles and not going to be effective against drones. so it s doubtful you could say if they had the patriots it would make a huge difference in this particular type of barrage because this was largely cruise missiles and drones. any indication they are using iranian missiles yet, john? no indications that they have purchased or are using missiles from iran. we suspect, we believe that most of what they are using are those drones. i want to get you to respond because we hear from the russian ministry of defense, they say they launched this retaliation strike for an alleged attack in russia. can you respond to is that? it s difficult to know. i can t confirm the russian s account of this. we need to take what the russians are saying with a huge grain of salt here in terms of their justification. i mean, these kinds of these strikes while they were certainly massive are very much a piece of the kinds of brutalizing tactics that mr. putin has been visiting upon
personally towards the end, i was vieira out but if you d said we d be going back to roy hodgson, i think i would ve rather stuck with vieira. i m really fond of roy, but we did move away from him for a reason. so going back to roy now after having a season of playing more progressive football, it does feel like a backward step. hodgson s been a coach since 1976. there have been highs and lows. but through countries and continents, it s at place he s most at home. so good was his first spell, he got the freedom of croydon now south london hopes the man five years off his 80s can steer them to safety. joe lynskey, bbc news. tottenham midfielder pierre emile hojbjerg says his manager antonio conte needs to be more precise, following the italian s outburst on saturday. after tottenham gave up a two goal lead against bottom club southampton, conte called his players selfish and criticised the club s culture. it s now expected that conte will not be in place for tottenham
in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers don t last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the south. a0 or 50 celsius also. into thursday night, we might see some more general rain pushing into eastern england. it stays very unsettled in the west with further showers. there is not a great deal changing with the weather pattern through friday on the weekend. loads more showers on the way with colder air in northern scotland. some of the showers will start to turn wintry. thanks, chris. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway o
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the
antony blinken is meeting with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. he touched down in tel aviv a couple hours ago and started shaking hands. ainsley: and in about 15 minutes we expect with the secretary to meet with the israeli president his name is isaac herzog. we will carry it live when it happens. blinken s visit comes as the biden administration pushes for a pause on the war so they can get humanitarian aid in and the hostages out. brian: meanwhile on the battlefield israeli forces come face to face with terrorists and take out a top hamas commander. the idf says forces now have the largest city in gaza surrounded. lawrence: today hezbollah s leader is scheduled to speak for the first time since hamas attacked israel. we have fox team coverage with jonathan hunt live in the west bank with israeli forces have been carrying out raids. but, first, let s go to trey yingst who is on the ground in southern israel. trey, what can you tell us? hey lawrence, go