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
with taylor also becoming the most streamed artist in a day on spotify. the album also broke the record for the biggest pop album of all time by first day streams on apple music. you can read mark savage, our music correspondent“s review of the album on the bbc news website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it s been a lovely day so far for many but there is a bit of a chill noticeable out of the sunshine and if we look at our chart, had temperatures compared to normal for the time of year, the blue colours indicate across eastern parts of uk and into much of europe show temperature is below average this weekend. a big departure for europe where we have seen record breaking heat so far this april because of a change in pressure patterns, to the south and east low pressure dominating, quite stormy at times here but to the north and west with us, a rare glimpse of high pressure at last.