Prime minister rishi sunak is due to speak to his israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today to urge restraint after irans unprecedented missile and drone attack on israel on saturday night. Lets go live tojerusalem for the very latest and our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet. Two days after the skies of israel was killed by iranian cruise and Ballistic Missiles as well as suicide drones, israel is making it clear that it will hit back. The question still is, how and when will it retaliate . What seems clear now is it will, at least it hopes, take many forms. This morning, israels Foreign Minister has said he is leading a political war against iran. He has written to dozens of countries urging them to sanction irans irg sea to isolate iran. We have heard from the military officials as well. Yesterday the israeli Chief Of Staff visited the airbase which was struck by several iranian missiles. Israel says it suffered limited damage but he took that occasion to say that isr
With more on this our reporter baran abbasi, from bbc persian. What more do we know about what has happened to her father . What more do we know about what has happened to herfather . He what more do we know about what has happened to her father . Happened to her father . He was briefly detained happened to her father . He was briefly detained today happened to her father . He was briefly detained today when happened to her father . He was i briefly detained today when leaving his home and he was taken to an Intelligence Facility and he was warned against going ahead for plans to hold a Memorial Service for his daughter. He was warned not one from his family is allowed to leave their home. We heard reports earlier that the house of the parents of mahsa amini were surrounded by Security Forces and they were held under some sort of house arrest. They had asked some days ago for everyone around the country to come to the graveside to remember her on the anniversary of her killing but all
We start in libya where floods are reported to have killed 2,800 people, after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported as missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un said theyre deeply concerned about the situation. Many roads have been destroyed. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. Anna a n na foster anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes. Anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that is is one of those stories that is
with a game to spare if they can beat poland. you can see that poland are beating them. that a goal hasjust you can see that poland are beating them. that a goal has just gone and in the last few minutes. a czech win would also put albania through after they drew 1 1 with moldova. the checks are losing. the czechs are losing. kazakhstan beating san marino 3 1 to keep themsleves alive in that group. denmark or slovenia can qualify this evening with a win but they are drawing against each other in copenhagen. nojude bellingham in that england squad because of a shoulder problem but the real madrid star has been named 2023 s golden boy an accolade given to the best under 21 player in europe s top divisions. bellingham moved from borussia dortmund to real in the summer and has scored 13 goals in m appearances. everton say they re shocked and disappointed after being deducted ten points for breaching financial fair play rules. it s the biggest sporting sanction in premier
round of diplomacy in israel and the rest of the region. the talks come amid fears of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city which was the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide. israel has accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the leader of the lebanese islamist group, hezbollah. hassan nasrallah s speech in the coming hours will be