plus beeting a path to claim this soup as theirs why a dispute in a bowl is warming up between russia and poland. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in iraq, where pope francis has begun the country s first ever papal visit. he brought a message of tolerance, and urged the different religious communities to work together towards peace. the trip is taking place amid tight security as our correspondent mark lowen reports. still masked, but no longer grounded. pope francis first trip since covid, his riskiest of all, a perilous pilgrimage to iraq in the grip of a pandemic. on the first ever papal visit here he told me he was very happy, calling it special. beneath the pomp is a significant message, dialogue between faiths and support for persecuted christians. no open top popemobile here. in a country torn by conflict an outstretched hand through an armoured car was all most will see. but less protection from the other danger here, t
particularly across northern england will stick with sunny skies that are breezy across the north west of scotland but for the south and east where winds are lighter after the lingering fog, around 5 celsius by the time when the afternoon. as we go into the evening, the fog are temporarily returning but it is the north where we see the rain started to become more of a feature particularly the second front and its behind that we will see some strong winds but also much colder air, that colder air will push southwards across almost all parts as we go through wednesday. it is this zone here, cloud and outbreaks of rain from scotland, northern england and parts of wales initially. as it moves south, one a two shows, mostly dry, lots of sunshine through the rest of wednesday, but breezy and feeling cold with showers in the north and west, just to celsius in lerwick, io west, just to celsius in lerwick, 10 in cardiff. a frosty starter thursday but are dry and bright day for many. s
and affiliated militia groups. our north america correspondent, will vernon has the latest. american bombers carried out air strikes on more than 85 targets. the us military said they included the personnel and facilities of iran s revolutionary guard and the militant groups it backs. but the air strikes hit locations only in iraq and syria. iranian territory was not targeted. the message from the white house the us doesn t want a war with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. this was about degrading capability, taking away capabilities by the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they re not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses. and this is what america is responding to. a drone attack on a us base injordan last sunday killed three us soldiers and wounded dozens more. washington said iran backed militants were to blame. pressure had been building onjoe biden to respond with force. announcing the start of the air strikes, t
scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has blamed westminster for the cost of living crisis and renewed her pledge to achieve scottish independence scotla nd scotland has got what it takes to be a successful, independent country. it has it in abundance. never let anyone tell us otherwise. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering 7 babies and attempting to murder ten others as her trial begins in manchester. a new ticketmaster pricing system, which alters the price of tickets based on demand, is being criticised by both fans and industry experts. russia has carried out a series of missile strikes on cities across ukraine, in the most widespread bombardment since the early weeks of the war. the capital city of kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months. and there have been explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia. ukraine says at least 11 people were killed and 64 injured in the attacks. vladimir putin says the strikes are moscow s
turn three 60, breaking news on what the idf is saying in israeli military operation underway inside gaza s main hospital. supporters of israel fill them of washington, according to parents one badly wounded american hostage. also tonight, weather is the center witness nearly coming to blows with the near house speaker urgently elbowing a fellow republican member. what is going on in congress? unless senator bernie sanders, who joins me now. preventing a fight. today we begin with the breaking news, what israeli military officials are calling the, quote, precise a targeted operation in al-shifa hospital in gaza city. it is both gaza s largest hospital and, according to israel, a base for fighters in tunnels underneath. just today john kirby said that american intelligence support of this new, and i m quoting him now, hamas in the palestinian islamic jihad use some hospitals in the gaza strip, including al-shifa, and tunnels underneath them, to conceal and support the milita