editor, joins us now from northern israel. what more can you tell us? well, the iranians have confirmed this general has been killed in this attack, that it hit the consulate, which is next to the embassy of iran in damascus, in an area that i know quite well, a sort of middle class embassy district. right at the heart, if you like, of the power dynamics that link up the syrian regime, hezbollah in lebanon, not very farfrom here, and their regime, hezbollah in lebanon, not very far from here, and their patron in iran. now, he was the senior general of iran, the irg c, which is the iranian revolutionary guard corps in lebanon and syria. syria is a big bang, and i think this can only be seen as a serious escalation. i think the israelis are testing the resolve of the iranians and their allies hezbollah, who have been fighting already, if you like, a war that hasn t had a great deal of attention because of gaza internationally, but it has steadily been going on here in northern
good evening. a suspected israeli strike has destroyed an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders, in the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. the attack happened at around 5pm local time in the upmarket mezzeh district of damascas, with the multistorey building flattened, right next to the iranian embassy. iran s foreign minister says tehran s response will be decisive, while israel says it doesn t comment on foreign media reports. there have been hundreds of attacks on iranian linked targets in syria by israel, in the past few years. jeremy bowen, has the very latest from northern israel. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a one off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the ukrainian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movement secret. despite th
stephy mavididi put them ahead. and thenjamie vardy sealed the win with his fourteenth league goal of the season. meanwhile, huddersfield took a precious point from their trip to stoke as they battle to get out of the relegation zone. bojan radulovic scoring on the stroke on half time for the visitors. stoke equalised just after the restart through kijana hoever. let s take a look at some of the other scores in the championship. despite winning 2 1 against millwall, rotherham are on the brink of relegation. had they lost, that would have sealed their fate. with just 23 points and four wins this season. they may have just delayed the inevitable. meawhile, blackburn rovers beat sunderland 5 1. they re five points off the relegation zone. ipswich and southampton have just kicked off. ipswich are one point behind leaders leicester, so could leapfrog them with a win. southampton are fourth. third placed leeds play hull later. there are five matches in the premier league tomorrow,
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a key bridge are now presumed dead. the coast guard said it had suspended its search and rescue operation and now will focus on a recovery mission. these are live pictures from the scene, where it is sam, local time. as you can see, there is poor visibility and the debris from the bridge in the water are making the recovery efforts extremely challenging. the focus is now turning to the investigation into what went wrong, with a team of transportation safety experts hoping to board the stricken ship and recover its data recorder. the vessel is registered in singapore and the port authority there says it passed two inspections last year. the container vessel lost power after departing from baltimore s port, causing it to crash into the bridge. our correspondent, will vernon, has more from baltimore. the search for the missing. emergency services worked all day to locate the six construction workers who had been on the bridge when it collapsed. but the rescue operation was unsuc