Good evening. The un Secretary General and other World Leaders have called for restraint in the middle east, after whats believed to have been an Israeli Attack on iran overnight. Us Officials Say israel was responsible for a missile strike. The Israeli Government hasnt officially commented. Iran says the attack didnt cause any damage and indicated there would be no retaliation. There were reports of explosions in syria, iraq, and most significantly in iran, in the province of isfahan, in the middle of the country. The area is home to an airbase and several nuclear sites, as well as a missile factory. Us officials called it an israeli missile strike. Iranian media said three small drones were involved. In a moment well hear from our North America editor sarah smith, In Washington, and our chief International Correspondent, lyse doucet. But first, Lucy Williamson is injerusalem. Well, there are reports tonight that israels Defence Minister has been having conversations with his us count
Let us talk about what we know so far. With me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. Talk to me first of all about the meeting, the second time in 24 the meeting, the second time in 2a hours the war cabinet has met. Do we have any clarity on what can happen next . We what can happen next . No decision what can happen next . No decision has what can happen next . Fir . Decision has been announced yet by the agreement within the cabinet is about the response, the military Chief Of Staff said the Reading Attack will be better with a response, but the timing and the response, it will affect the escalation or the response because iranians have said what is done destructive consulate in damascus was a strategic mistake and what they have done, it was self defence. In that case, that is it. Israel says it is damaging, so the attack on its soil, even if the damage was minimum, inside israel it looks like damage for its reputation as a superpower. The pressure on the cabinet and on mr netanyahu
Good morning. It is saturday, april 6. In nine days, Donald Trumps first criminal trial and the first involving a former president will begin in manhattan. Despite becoming the Republican Party presumptive nominee, 2024 has not been off to a great start for the twice impeached indicted expresident. Already penalized hundreds of millions of dollars in a pair of civil cases and soon faces the possibility of being convicted and going to jail. As his legal situation grows more worrisome, trump has escalated his rhetoric. He is abusing his platform to publicly intimidate those involved in his cases and we are already seeing the consequences of it. Late last month, tyler vogel, a 26yearold from lancaster, new york was arrested for allegedly sending threatening Text Messages to two people connected to a highprofile civil case. This week we found out that the targets of the harassment were George Arthur and goran and the new York Attorney general leticia james, two key figures in trumps recent
new york city. today damage control. president biden tries to turn the page after having one of the worst nights ever his political life at the worst possible time. now with the president in north carolina, there you see the governor of that state roy cooper about to introduce the first lady. democrats all over the country are questioning whether joe biden can fix the damage. and if he can t, what then? the concern so widespread that by 10:00 this morning the biden campaign was responding that the president is not dropping out. but what does the fact that they even had to say that tell us? we ll ask one of the president s key allies, pete buttigieg, what he thinks should happen now. and just hours after donald trump s claim of a political win in last night s debate, a new legal victory as well courtesy of the supreme court. they re decision in the case of the a january 6 rioter, what the implications are for jack smith s case against trump. and with all of this in mind, i
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