Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. 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
Acknowledge the attack so in this case iran is trying to get out of this dilemma because it was the israeli strike than it would have been responded, they are a leader of iran and it would be an Immediate Response in seconds and even the Foreign Minister said it was significant, the attack would be responded with massive response to respond to israel. In this case they tried to convert situation, the tension is there but the calm is that because of the pressure from the United States and other regional countries in order to avoid any all out war in this region because it is not an interest if around because they cannot afford a war with United States and israel cannot afford to have a front with and yemen and gaza. Its a way out but still tension is there, all efforts try to avert any attention because it will affect oil prices, the freedom of navigation so it will have many bad consequences on the economy and stability and peace in the region. We economy and stability and peace in the
its power sharing agreement with the snp. it comes a day after the scottish government ditched key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. it s a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. the metropolitan police has apologised after an officer told an antisemitism charity leader that he looked openlyjewish. gideon falter was stopped near a pro palestinian march in london and told his presence was causing a breach of the peace. their initial response was criticised for suggesting the presence of counter protestors could be seen as provocative. flights into dubai international airport are being restricted because of continuing disruption caused by flooding. more than one year s worth of rain fell in a single day on tuesday. some passengers have complained of chaos and overcrowding at the airport as they tried to leave. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the details. terminal 3 at dubai airport days of queues, crowds and cancellations are making people
approach is a good thing to me that says, ok, now maybe we should be having that conversation about, are we undermining the confidence and the full faith and credit of the us government? because we really can t afford to do that. across the us, these government backed green investments are leading to new inflation and debt risks, but they re also helping the economy defy expectations. it will matter for the election and the world economy too. faisal islam, bbc news, in georgia. flights into dubai international airport are being restricted because of continuing disruption caused by flooding after more than a year s worth of rain fell in a single day on tuesday. some passengers have complained of chaos and overcrowding at the airport as they tried to leave. 0ur reporter louisa pilbeam has the details. terminal 3 at dubai airport,
terminal 3 at dubai airport, days of queues, crowds and cancellations are making people desperate to get out. the passenger who filmed this said he stood for two nights, crammed into the small space. this is where the queue starts. this was taken by a man who said some people passed out and others got into fights. he said he slept on the floorfor 48 hours. every time they cancel a flight you got to queue back up. you can t do it online because they can t transfer your baggage. this woman filmed this footage trying to fly to dublin, she says there has been little information and what she described as no staff. this was the scene earlier in the week. planes are sitting in a sea of floodwater at the world s busiest international airport.