americans do? here is our international editor. one of the presidents international editor. one of the presidents officials - international editor. one of the presidents officials as l the presidents officials as actions speak louder than words. we can only speculate at this point. what tends to happen is the us militarily gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of st
what could the americans do? here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. well, one of the president s officials said actions speak louder than words. what are those actions going to be? well, we can only speculate at this point, but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state antony blinken, says that the middle east
and that does complicate things doesn t it? . , . ., , doesn t it? that s right. the courts have a very doesn t it? that s right. the courts have a very limited doesn t it? that s right. the courts have a very limited sentencing - doesn t it? that s right. the courts i have a very limited sentencing power in relation to murder generally and for 18 year olds and above there is a mandatory sentence for those who commit murder of life imprisonment. the courts then are charged with setting a tariff. that is a minimum period that somebody would serve in prison following which they can then apply to the parole board for release. they will always be subject to a licence which means they can be recalled. but provided they are no longer a threat to the public they can be considered for release. for those under 18 and children the law is different. children who are convicted of murder are given a sentence known as being detained at his majesty s pleasure. it s the same thing real
fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority. he made public remarks, he commemorated the air force pilots killed in prigozhin s armed rebellion. and today speaking at a tech digital conference. but the visit really unusual. this is un-putin-like behavior. having actual human contact, a