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
Alcohol and the sport . This morning the Champions League is now premier league less after Manchester City and arsenal both go out. Emma raducanu is on a roll. Shes beaten the former world number one and Ronnie Osullivan opens his Snooker Academy in saudi arabia. I wonder why that is. Its a beautiful start out there for many places and theres more sunshine to come this weekend, but before that happens there is some rain to talk about in the forecast coming up shortly. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Breakfast on. Gb news. Now, i just wanted to , give now, i just wanted to, give a shout out to take that. Oh this morning. Theyre in trouble today, and i think its unfair. Why . Why . Because theyre doing theyre doing concerts and things again at the minute. And the sun is not happy. Yeah, because someone in the crowd has noticed that they they have a teleprompter at they they have a teleprompter at the bac
The sacrifice of a navy s. E. A. L. That was killed sunday on an al qaeda fight in yemen. Owens was married, he had three children. White house Officials Say he was on his 12th deployment when he was killed. And that is just one development in another busy day here in our nations capital. That included push back from democrats on the president s new Supreme Court nominee. Tracie potts has that part of this story. Reporter republicans want to make sure that judge gorsuch gets a fair hearing, democrats are concerned about whether or not they may end up getting cut out of the process. Judge neil gorsuch returned to the senate today, a decade after being unanimously confirmed to the federal appeals court, this time, might not be so easy. Hesmo the big leagues here. President obamas nominee never even got a hearing. Thats a sore spot with democrats. We have to recover from it, we have to go on. Lets give the man a chance, talk to him. Dont shut it down before we even get started. Republican
Live from santa clara. Good morning, geoff. Allyson good morning to all of you. Touching down in california last night and looking forward to the ball game coming up on sunday right here that levi stadium, we dont have angle, kind of blocked, but on the left side in t keep pounding and on the other side united in orange for the broncos. Greenwood native josh norman played at Coastal Carolina and he has become one of the best defensive backs in the nfl. Asked what it would be like to possibly take the super bowl trophy i think it would mean everything to me, just to win a super bowl in general. And then to bring it back home, have the lombardi trophy something that theyd never ever be able to take away from us. Geoff he had said recently that while he wants manning to r bowl, he just sunday. F hart live in santa clara, california, as we look forward to super bowl 50 on allyson thank you. And happening today, youre invites pride in spartanburg. The city put up a banner at the beacon rest
Parking lot here at the coliseum. Baseball does not get any better than this. Tonight we havent oakland as and video that you will not see in the coliseum even though it was made to be shown in the coliseum before home playoff game. That was legendary oakland as a public address announcer roy steal narrating perry the video goes on to point out all the good times in the coliseum, but the video is not being shown at the stadium. And it was reportedly posted on Major League Baseballs website last week, but then quickly pulled from the m l b not, perry is all clear why the video that the taax but some think it was because it pays the coliseum in a positive light, while the oakland as owner in baseball commissioner bud selig wants to see the oakland as lead the coliseum appeared the oakland as owner lew wolff once too will the team to san jose. He recently called the coliseum a pit appeared there have been embarrassing sewage issues this year at the coliseum. But by that the video will not