the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this afternoon, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled competition between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territor
and if you re watching, this is the sunday edition of newscast, which is new on the tv. and i think, chaps, the main thing we re going to talk about today is trust in politics, which is something that people talk about a lot very earnestly and occasionally pompously. but the reason to talk about it today is that the big focus group project that we did, britain in a room, which we talked about yesterday, it was on the telly today, did raise a really central theme does the public think that politicians can actually get anything done? does changing them bring change? yes. the system is broken. yeah. and i think as i said yesterday and we discussed a lot on bbc one this morning is there is a mood in the country at the moment that whichever politician it is, they re not really offering anything that can actually get stuff done. henry, do you think this is something to do with changing prime ministers more times than socks? that s surely part of it. i mean, it certainly feels lik
clear dark skies by night translate to blue sunny skies by day. it s not the start of the meteorological spring just yet but still some springlike weather watch pictures coming in. this one from the scottish borders, a touch of frost on the grass and some snowdrops basking in all of that sunshine we are seeing at the moment in leicester and it s across the central swathes of the uk were so for the midlands, wales, much of northern england, particularly north west england, as you can see from the satellite picture we have a bit of a sunshine sandwich going on so more cloud towards the nous, some cloud across southern counties as well. this cloud is set to retreat further southwards and eastwards through the afternoon, so the drizzle clearing up, brighter skies, rain moving into north west england pushing southwards and eastwards. these are round about the average temperatures for the time of year but it will feel a bit cooler than that with the added wind chill and we are expe
support worth over five ilion pounds to give vulnerable people certainty that we are standing by them at this time. dwp will make the payment in time. dwp will make the payment in two lump sums, the first from july, the second in autumn, with payments from hmrc to those on tax credits followed shortly after. there is no need for people to fill out complicated forms or bureaucracy, we will send the payment straight to their bank accounts. our policy will benefit over 8 million households in receipt of means tested benefits from july. operating in that timeframe could only be done for those on universal credit and our policy will provide a larger average payment this year of £650, where as operating the same benefit by 9% would be worth only on average £530. there are two further groups who will need extra, targeted support. many pensioners are disproportionately impacted by higher energy costs. they cannot always increase their incomes through work and because they spend mor