Welcome to bbc news. Israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. The israelis say that 99 of the projectiles were shot down, with Military Support from the united states, the uk and other countries. Its believed nobody was killed, but a seven Year Old Girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. In total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched. Its the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. Iran says its actions were in response to a Missile Strike earlier this month in syria that killed several of its military commanders. Irans Foreign Minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldnt hesitate to safeguard its own interests. It has warned against an israeli retaliation. But benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a Regional Coalition, and exact a price from iran at a time right
should it fail. i m joined now from brussels by gordon sondland, a former us ambassdor to the eu in the trump administration and here in the studio by a former british diplomat whose work s included included focusing on crisis in the middle east, reza afshar. thanks forjoining us. gordon, you were on a mission with mike pence in europe talking to senior european officials, what is the message? the messaues officials, what is the message? tue: messages that officials, what is the message? tte: messages that we stand with europe in support of ukraine, and there s a lot of noise coming from a very small fraction of the republican party who have forgotten their history and have become isolationist and both the vice president and myself were there to reassure the europeans that that is not the prevailing sentiment in the us. imilli prevailing sentiment in the us. will it be a sentiment if donald trump wins that will prevail? tt it be a sentiment if donald trump wins that will prevail? wins
is deliberately targeting residential areas. that statement comes after five people died from attacks on the major ukrainian cities of kyiv and kharkiv. the strikes on apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure left about 250,000 people in and around kyiv without power. earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to oksana markarova, ukraine s ambassdor to the us. there has been a fresh wave of russian strikes on ukrainian city including german the verb of these aerial attacks are a sign of what is to come you haveit sign of what is to come you have it is clear ukraine needs more support, more military weapons, what exactly does ukraine need in coming days and weeks? ., ~ ukraine need in coming days and weeks? . ~ , ., ukraine need in coming days and weeks? ., ~ i. ., ukraine need in coming days and weeks? ., ~ ., ., weeks? thank you for having me. unfortunately. weeks? thank you for having me. unfortunately, since weeks? thank you for having me. unfortunately, since december
The Swiss ambassador conveyed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) that he would convey India's concerns to Berne with all the seriousness it deserves.
that s a renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, - severe and a united response from the united states- and our partners and allies. there was no breakthrough at the talks here today, no deal to reduce the threat of war. but there was agreement for diplomacy to continue. the us will put forward ideas for more security cooperation next week. both sides will meet again after that. these are turbulent times. but for now, russia appears willing to continue talking, and western diplomats hope that might mean not fighting. james landale, bbc news, geneva. we can speak now to lord darrock, who s a former uk ambassdor to the united states and also served as the national security adviser to the uk government from 2012 2015. thank you very much for talking to us this evening. what do you make of the efforts that are being made by