Had been taken hostage during the incident. Derbyshire constabulary said in a statement a Police Officer was taken to hospital earlier this evening for treatment for an injury which is not life threatening. We can confirm that no officers or other members of the public are currently being held hostage. The area remained cordoned off overnight with police dogs on the scene and a large number of officers. Police said they would remain in the area as a precaution for the safety of the public and said they will provide further information as soon as they can. Louisa pilbeam, bbc news. The Energy Security and zero minister has defended the governments target and tackling Climate Change. The Energy Security and net zero secretary, Claire Coutinho, has defended the governments record on tackling Climate Change. She was responding to comments by the outgoing head of the governments Climate Change advisers, chris stark, who said rishi sunak had set back progress towards net zero Carbon Emission
Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. So we start with breaking news in the last hour or so, and israel has reportedly launched an attack on iran overnight in a retaliatory strike, with reports of explosions near a military base in isfahan and thats according to us officials. Yes. Iranian state media have been quick to downplay the situation, claiming their air Defence Systems were able to destroy three drones in the centre of the country. Now yet to get any official statement from israel on the attack. Well, meanwhile, the Australian Government has urged its citizens to leave israel over fears of a revenge attack by iran. Lets talk to our security editor , mark white, who joins us editor, mark white, who joins us now. Morning, mark. What do we know at this stage . Morning well, we are still waiting on any official word from israel as to what this attack was, whether, of course, it was israel. We suspect it was, as israel. We suspect it was, as its being widely
Katty. We will be speaking to a criminologist about the spike of crime in england and wales. That is all ahead on bbc news, but now it is time for sports day. Sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday imjohn watson. Coming up cilic ends edmunds remarkable run in melbourne. Not on the shortist and forced to apologise for sexists tweets why phil neville was the fas leading candidate for the england womens job. He fitted to 80 what i had been looking for, and the moment that i spoke to him, i was really sure from that first moment that he was the right man for the job. Why curling will be a Family Affair for the Scotland Team at the Winter Olympics. Yes it was unchartered territory for kyle edmund at this years Australian Open the farthest hes been at a grand slam, but the semi finals is where that journey ended for the british number two following a straight sets win by the world number six marin cilic this morning. Hywell griffiths is in melbourne. What 82 mac weeks it has been for kyle
Calm after the storm, lucy . It certainly is. A quieter day on the cards. But there are heavy showers to look out for. Ill have more of the detail also on extreme weather temperatures across the globe. Also, water on tap plans to set up thousands of free water refill points in a bid to cut the number of plastic bottles that we use. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Im simon parole board coy. Just a couple of hours ago in a bbc interview theresa may said the uks relationship with the United States was as strong as it ever has been and right now, shell be finding out if thats true as she talks to donald trump for the First Time Since their transatlantic twitter spat over extremism. Theyre both in davos in switzerland for the World Economic forum. Shes just finished a speech there telling her audience that britain is at the forefront of Digital Business and ai. She also told the Big Tech Companies to clean up their act. We need to go further, she said, to prevent the spread of harmf
Rohingya muslim rebels in myanmar declare one month unilateral ceasefire. They say their aim is to ease the humanitarian crisis, but there is desperate need for food and water for around 300,000 Rohingya Muslims refugees. The stars of strictly pay an emotional tribute to the shows former host sir bruce forsyth, who died in august at the age of 89. Coming up at 1230, the woman fighting for tech recognition. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma, currently a category four storm, is within hours of hitting the us coast. Storm, is within hours of the storm made landfall in cuba late on friday, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The hurricane is now inching towards the Southern Coast of florida, where a huge storm surge is expected. Water levels are already flooding roads in the florida keys and more than 200,000 people have lost power. 0ver six Million People, almost a third of the states populatio