all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,
welcome to bbc news now three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. prince interviews and reaction. harry has called on interviews and reaction. police and the financial regulator on police and the financial regulator to investigate mirror group newspapers after he was awarded £140,000 in damages in a historic lawsuit for phone hacking. the high courtjudge. mrjustice fancourt rules that phone hacking was rife within mirror group and that prince harry s personal phone was targeted between 2003 and 2009. he says 15 of 33 sample articles were the product of phone hacking or the product of other unlawful information gathering. the duke of sussex became the first senior british royal for 130 years to appear as a witness in court this summer, after he sued the publisherfor damages. the mirror group has apologised. a statement issued by the spokesperson for the publisher says, where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologise unreservedly, have taken full respon
for truth, the duke has been repeatedly exposed in recent years as someone who wouldn t know the truth if it slapped him around his california tanned face. also tonight the israeli military expresses deep remorse after it mistakenly shoots dead three hostages being held in gaza. in the us, rudy giuliani donald trump s former lawyer is ordered to pay over £100 million for false claims of vote tampering in the 2020 election. the british boy alex batty found this week after six years french officials give details of what happened to him. and on the eve of the strictly final we hear from the three couples giving it their all in the hope of dance floor glory. on newsnight at10:30. i ve never hacked a phone or told anyone else to hack a phone and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. that wasn t the ruling delivered by high courtjudge today. good evening. earlier this year prince harry became the first senior royal of modern times to give extensi
from the killing of three hostages. the israel defence forces has admitted the men were mistakenly killed in gaza while holding a white cloth on a stick, indicating surrender. an idf official says a soldier felt threatened and opened fire after mis idenfying them as terrorists. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart , but added that military pressure is still necessary. translation: we will draw the lessons, translation: we will draw the lessons. we translation: we will draw the lessons, we will translation: we will draw the lessons, we will implement - translation: we will draw the lessons, we will implement the | lessons, we will implement the lessons, we will implement the lessons and we will remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify, the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back th