From next season, fa cup matches will now only be played at weekends with no replays after the first round. The decision has been condemned by many efl and lower league clubs. And even politicians have commentated, the Prime Ministers spokesperson said, David And Goliath fixtures are a part of the magic of the cup and we know that replays have been a welcome source of income for smaller clubs throughout the years. And the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, had similar sentiments. Wrong position. Traditionally, theyve been part of the game. The fa cup is a great leveler. Its that chance in football you have to play a team outside of your own division. Its part of the tradition of the fa cup, but equally importantly, for smaller clubs, its a real revenue raiser. Small clubs are really struggling financially. They need that revenue and they deserve it. Theyve gone far enough to get a replay and they should have the replay. The everton and scotland defender Nathan Patterson is out for th
Coverage edition of fox news at night the reporting you see, the map on your screen there, the reporting has been fox news has not confirmed these strengths but the reporting has been there have been explosions in syria. Explosions or explosions heard in iraq and explosions in southern iran, about 200 miles south of tehran p. Or can a place. In this area there are Nuclear Facilities. We do not know if those Nuclear Facilities were targeted up your act they just happened to be in the vicinity and so right now we are waiting for clarification from the Israeli Government and clarification from iran. We know that there were. But we do not know the specifics of what happened, of how many strikes there where p. Or we dont know if these came from the air, if they came from drones, we dont know where these strikes came from but we do believe that they came from israel. Nobody has knocked down any of that reporting as of yet we should point out that they are now reporting an israeli strike with
Retaliatory strike against iran overnight while you were sleeping. So far, zero comment from the israelis. Were awaiting live remarks from Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken very shortly. The strike was inside of a major Iranian Military air base that contains facilities associated with their nuclear program. But we know Irans Nuclear facilities apparently not impacted. They did not hit them. Ainsley we have not received an official statement from the Biden Administration. But a source says the u. S. Was not notified before the strike and was not involved. Lawrence jeff paul is on the ground in tel aviv, israel and retired tony tata has excellent analysis. First, brian is breaking down exactly where this happened. Brian, what can you tell us . Right now you take a look at israel right near here. And you take a look at iran over here. A Long Distance to travel. Thousands of miles where they wanted to hit. Did they want to go tehran where theres a lot of Drone Manufacturing . They decide
Sources, both israeli and american sources, confirming this was indeed an israeli strike. Now, all weak people have been on tenterhooks waiting for some kind of response. It was made very clear by israeli officials they did not think they could let it pass. That was after an unprecedented direct attack from iran on israeli territory last weekend. It was really the form of response that was in question and when it would happen. People wondering if the state of uncertainty would continue through the upcoming jewish passover holiday, for example. We have had some ministers coming out, particularly the National Security minister, who is known as a firebrand and on the far right, he had previously been calling for israel to go crazy in its response to restore its deterrent in the region. He said this response appears to be too limited. He is the only major official we are hearing from at the moment. Others are keeping extremely quiet about all of this. ,. ,. ,. , this. Has there been any at
Nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Irans semi official tasnim news agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps, posted a video with a caption saying. Isfahan s nuclear site is completely safe. In the video, a man near the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. We can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. Reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. As well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in Southern Syria apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. And there were also blasts in iraq in the capital baghdad. And babil province to the south. Israel had promised to respond to irans drone and Missile Attack on saturday night. Both nbc and cnn have reported unnamed Officials Saying that israel warned washington, but that washington did not