And coming up on bbc news arsenal drop points in the race for the Premier League title after losing to aston villa. They are now two points behind manchester city. Good afternoon. Israels war cabinet is meeting now to discuss options for retaliation against iran after its drone and Missile Attacks on saturday night. Israel says 99 of the iranian weapons were safely intercepted. One senior israeli minister says his country will exact a price on iran for the attack when the timing is right. But World Leaders are urging israel to show restraint. From jerusalem, heres Yolande Knell. Israels air defences called to action. In the early hours on sunday, fighterjets battled waves of iranian drones and missiles, fired at israeli targets. It marked the first time iran has attacked israel directly from its own soil. Explosions could be heard widely, Including Injerusalem and tel aviv. Israel says that 99 of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran were intercepted. Some of those that go
And another attack. They repelled irans attack, which was impressive. He says, it was a success which shouldnt be given away easily, hence our advice for the Israeli Government to be part of the de escalation. Lets take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. Iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. So how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 Cruise Missiles and 120 Ballistic Missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. Most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time ir
Interest and historically, twenty years after her death this is information we should know about. Everyone who had close involvement as indeed you did mr burrell and others with Great Respect we should keep quiet now, let her rest in peace. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always we are really keen to hear from you on all the stories were talking about this morning. A little later in the programme well hear calls for the importance of Breast Feeding to be taught in Secondary Schools. The uk has one of the lowest rates of Breast Feeding in europe so would this make a difference . Get in touch use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. From september, the standard tariff will rise by 12. 5 . The mo
Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
Hillary clinton with huge wins over the weekend. And the big dance down the final four. This underdogs cinderella moment, upsetting a number one seed. Busting brackets and breaking hearts, but not mine. Whos still in it to win it . We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Great to have lara back. His heart is not broken, syracuse heading back to the big dance. Slightly larger smile on this monday morning. What a win. Final four. Huge weekend for march madness and bracketbusting games. Syracuse the number ten seed, i might add, landing a top spot in the final four. I was on the phone with my dad when the shoe came off. The moment were all talking about, our cinderella moment. A syracuse players shoe slips off right before he goes for the three and nails it. Of course, he does. Lot of people arguing do they have the right to be there . I think so. The orangewomen going to the womens final four. They got there before the men. Lot of that is coming up. But first those big w