Good evening. In another serIous escalatIon in the Middle East, iran has launched Missile Attacks against israel on the very same day that israel began a Ground InvasIon against hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. A few hours ago, sirens sounded across the country and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosIons lit up the night sky. Israel has said that this attack will have consequences, whilst the iranian government said that if israel retaliated, its response would be, in its words, crushing and ruinous. The Israeli Defense Forces say that around 180 missilies were launched towards israel this evening. Warning sirens sounded at around 5 30pm, and explosIons were soon heard. The missiles were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. Our correspondent Jon Donnison is there. You had to seek shelter there when the missiles were fired a few hours ago. That is right. Four and a half hours ago, us, like millIons of
Israel. How dangerous is this moment . Good evening. Welcome to newsnight. Tonight, are we now on the cusp of a full blown regional war in the Middle East . Iran has launched a Missile Attack on israel this evening which is now over. Earliertoday, israeli troops invaded lebanon. Also, in whats being described as a terrorist attack, at least six people have been killed in Tel Aviv by two gunmen. Just before we came on air i spoke to Shadow Security Minster and conservative Leadership Candidate Tom tugendhat. Well, this is an incredibly dangerous moment. This is a moment when the vicious iranian regime is targeting notjust jews, muslims and christians in israel, but is putting ballistic missiles overjordan, over iraq, and threatening many, many people on the route. This is a moment when we need the british government to be absolutely firm and clear, standing with our allies in the region, injordan, in israel and standing alongside democracies. We need to be defending ourfriends and stand
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on all the preperation and plans for the day. hello, i m lukwesa burak. ukraine s president zelensky is visiting the hague where he s just given an impassioned speech, calling for president putin to be sentenced for his criminal actions over the invasion of ukraine. earlier, he visited the international criminal court in the hague for talks with court officials. it has symbolic importance, coming less than two months after the icc issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin on war crimes charges. before we listen in to what he had to say i m just going to show you the residence of the dutch minister, mark rutte, and we also heard from the deputy prime minister speaking earlier, introducing president zelensky. also the minister of foreign affairs. mr zelensky has been speaking to a number of key officials while he is at the hague, both within the icc and also dutch ministers. this is margretheofficial residence you can see here. mark bridger. these visits will continue thro