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and coming up on bbc news: arsenal drop points in the race for the premier league title after losing to aston villa. they are now two points behind manchester city. good afternoon. israel s war cabinet is meeting now to discuss options for retaliation against iran after its drone and missile attacks on saturday night. israel says 99% of the iranian weapons were safely intercepted. one senior israeli minister says his country will exact a price on iran for the attack when the timing is right. but world leaders are urging israel to show restraint. from jerusalem, here s yolande knell. israel s air defences called to action. in the early hours on sunday, fighterjets battled waves of iranian drones and missiles, fired at israeli targets. it marked the first time iran has attacked israel directly from its own soil. explosions could be heard widely, including injerusalem and tel aviv. israel says that 99% of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran were intercepte ....
of its choosing. oil prices are particularly volatile, given the region s role in producing a commodity so vital to the functioning of the global economy. well, oil prices have actually been falling and that s because many traders think the risk of escalation is already factored in to the price. the american bank citigroup though is warning that if there is more direct conflict between the two, oil prices could soar above $100 a barrel. and it s likely that all of this will dominate the agenda for central bankers and finance ministers who are gathering this week in washington dc for the annual international montary fund and world bank meetings. ahead of that, the head of the imf kristalina georgieva has been warning the global economy faces a sluggish and disappointing decade amid all the uncertainty. any impact, as small as it might be, is not desirable in an economy with high uncertainty. and inflation still not being brought down to target, very simple, oil pr ....
and another attack. they repelled iran s attack, which was impressive. he says, it was a success which shouldn t be given away easily, hence our advice for the israeli government to be part of the de escalation. let s take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israel s air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. but israel s advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. so how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies? first, they knew about the attack. it was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. most of those were fired from iran itsel ....
labour s campaign is captured in one word and so far it is a pitch keeping sir keir starmer s party miles ahead in the opinion polls. yesterday, the labour leader pledged to change football governance rules to prevent any super league style breakaways by english clubs. today, the party is highlighting plans to create 350 new banking hubs in britain s towns a move the party claims would bring cash to high streets and help to keep pubs and other shops open. rishi sunak warned voters yesterday not to give labour a blank cheque on polling day. the prime minister knows the situation looks bleak for the tories but said he believes he can win. his tactic is to relentlessly criticise and question labour s tax plans. council tax is the latest focus and the tories say labour should rule out scrapping referenda on council tax hikes an attack labour described as hysterical and desperate. 3, 2, 1. while the two main parties slug it out, the liberal democrat leader ed davey seems ....
the decision not to bring charges against four retired detectives, who ran the first investigation into the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. the initial investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of the murderers were eventually convicted in 2012. our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here s his report. we have had a statement from stephen s mother. she is saying that today s decision by the cps marks a new low in the way that the criminal justice system has treated her and her family. justice system has treated her and herfamily. herstatement justice system has treated her and her family. her statement says the decision of the cps not to prosecute the senior officers who were involved in the investigation of her son s cases unjustifiable. she goes on to say that institutional racism was at the heart of the first investigation and yet no consideration had been given to how it impacted ....