Will iran launches a barrage of missiles and drones towards israel. Its first ever direct attack on the country. Iran is so it is chaos as reject the region. And Scotty Shepler leads going into the final round of the masters, but fivetime winner, tiger woods, shoots his worst of around at a major. It is the 14th of april. Sirens blared across israel, as the skies were lit up, by the countrys air defense system. U. S. President , joe biden, will convene leaders to coordinate a diplomatic response to what he called a brazen attack. Also, australia in shock, with police still unsure of a motive behind a Stabbing Attack that killed six people in sit me. Australians are waking up to try to deal with the shock and trauma that will come with what has occurred. Coming up at 8 3, trevor will get reaction in the middle east, with health secretary, victoria atkins, and secretary, yvette cooper. And in sport, Manchester City to the top of the premier league, with both of their rivals, arsenal and
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
2019 finalist marketa vondrusova also enjoyed a straight sets win. the fifth seed beat spain s rebekah masarova 6 1, 6 3 to set up a second round meeting with the wonderfully named katie volynets. meanwhile in the men s singles, the australian open champion jannik sinner is safely into round two despite some concerns over his physical condition. he s been struggling with a hip injury of late, and came into the tournament with huge doubts over his fitness, but the world number two has eased past america s chris eubanks in straight sets. he ll play the home favourite richard gasquet next. right now we could be seeing rafa nadal at the french open for the very last time. he s won this title a record 1a times but has indicated it could be his last season, having spent the last couple of years battling injury. and he s facing fourth seed alexander zverev in the opening round, who won the italian open in the build up to roland garros. not long gone in this one. it is zverev who is
artefacts the british museum says have disappeared. we ve discovered that two gems were unwittingly put on display at another museum in germany. we ve also established that around 260 ended up in washington, dc the fbi has been investigating. but many of the objects hadn t been catalogued, which means the museum hasn t yet been able to prove they were actually stolen. it s since begun to register all its objects, and has improved security. the truth is, mistakes were made. but i think in life it s how you respond to those mistakes that matters. the museum today a couple of years on as a result of this saga, i think is much more open, much more transparent. of the 1,500 items it believes were taken, the british museum has got back almost half. but others including ancient gold jewellery and other treasures missing from its collection will likely never be found. katie razzall, bbc news. you can watch the full documentary, thief at the british museum , which airs on b
that more than 2,000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. palestinian officials say that at least 45 people have been killed at a refugee camp in rafah. israel describes the air strike as grave and says it will investigate. we take a look at indian administered kashmir, in the first general elections since the modi government took away the region s special status. hello, i m geeta guru murthy. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start here in the uk, at the beginning of the first full week of campaigning for the general election on july the 4th. the labour leader sir keir starmer has focused on security in his first major campaign speech. he s been telling undecided voters in west sussex in south east england that his party will deliver stability. the labour party says if elected it will carry out a 100 day national security review, looking at all the threats facing britain. sir keir starmer said