Can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. Ourfirst report is from our north america correspondent will vernon. Its been just over 2a hours since iran came under attack. Us Officials Say israel fired at least one missile into iranian territory, no major damage or casualties were reported. This was a relatively small scale strike by israel. Earlier, the us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken would not comment on reports the white house was informed in advance about the israeli assault. The United States has not been involved in any offensive operations. What we are focusing on, what the g7 is focusing on and its reflected in our statement and in our conversation is the work to de escalate tensions. And this is why the us and its allies want to calm tensions. Last sunday iran attacked israel with more than 300 missiles and drones causing little damage. The fear in the west is that a cycle of retaliation between israel and iran could ignite a wider war. And there is hope too that the
circulating around the high pressure in northern ireland and scotland so here we will see the highest temperatures. the next few hours we are looking at colder arriving, try weather and clear skies and that means it s a recipe for things turning cold and heading into the first part of saturday morning we start with patches of frost in rural areas of southern england, last temperature is 3 in northern england and scotland. on saturday the colder air moves in, for most it s a glorious start to the day with sunny skies, plant coming into norfolk and suffolk and cloud developing through the door but splashes of rain possible for the far north of scotland but otherwise it s dry and the highest temperatures likely in northern ireland, we could see 17 here in the warmest spots. 0n ireland, we could see 17 here in the warmest spots. on sunday generally more cloud across scotland, thick enough light rain, flitting rudely,