Our news correspondent helena humphrey. Helena, after a long wait, an aid bill for ukraine has now passed its biggest a vote in the house. Thats right, carl. Very much long awaited. Just to paint a picture, it was back in september that ukrainian president zelensky went to the white house to speak to President Biden about the need for this day will do particularly with regards to things such as air defence, missiles and so on. It took this long to actually come to the floor. That was because there was a growing chorus of opposition from republican congressional lawmakers, particularly in the house with regards to aid to ukraine at a time but there hadnt been stricter legislation when it comes to immigration, bordersecurity and legislation when it comes to immigration, Border Security and so on. Nevertheless it appears that speakerjohnson appears to have A Change Of Heart. Potentially after a rounds attack that we saw on israel last week. It came to the floor. Were seeing over 60 billio
Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the limited nature of the Israeli Attack will allow the iranians to walk away from any further response. Officials in tehr
Loses its conflict with russia. G7 Foreign Ministers are meeting now on the italian island of capri to discuss ukraines urgent appeal for more air defence support and how to use frozen russian assets to assist kyiv. Earlier, i spoke to our security correspondent gordon corera. Potentially, a significant series of arrests by German Authorities yesterday. Theyre certainly suggesting that today, with prosecutors arresting two men, one of those, it appears, had been spending some time carrying out reconnaissance of a Military Facilities. The second man is thought to have assisted him and then, in turn, they are thought to have been in contact with another person linked with russian intelligence services. Some details are emerging about what they may have been looking at. These are Military Facilities inside germany but the suggestion is this wasnt just spying, collecting intelligence that is something that happens normally but they were considering, particularly that one individual sabotag
Of plotting an explosion and being in contact with the russian intelligence service. One of them had been photographing potential Military Targets in germany, including us Military Facilities which assist ukraine. The arrests came as ukraines Prime Minister warned the bbc there will be a third world war if ukraine loses its conflict with russia. G7 Foreign Ministers are meeting now on the italian island of capri to discuss ukraines urgent appeal for more air defence support and how to use frozen russian assets to assist kyiv. Lets cross live now to our security correspondent, gordon corera. Tells more about what the authorities are saying about the plot, the details, the target . Potentially a significant series of arrests by German Authorities yesterday. They are certainly suggesting that today, with prosecutors arresting two men, one of those it appears had been spending some time carrying out reconnaissance of Military Facilities. The second man is thought to have assisted him, and
To the world. Meanwhile, on wednesday, a Russian Missile attack killed at least 17 people, in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv, while more than 70 others were injured. And president zelensky, has again called for ukraine to get the same International Military support, as israel. Our correspondent on the ground, james waterhouse, has more. It has been a day of chaos in chernihiv where people have been diving for cover. Missile attacks come with little warning here. You might hear a siren but disclosures will soon follow. Why . This because it is a 70 miles from the border with russia and while chernihiv is farfrom russia and while chernihiv is far from the frontline, it is still subject to russias continued strategy of targeting ukrainian cities in the hope that the populations morale will be quashed to some degree. We are seeing a well rehearsed routine of rescue teams trying to get to people under the rubble but there really is, the civilians, no escaping russias continued inv