facilities in iraq used by iranian backed militants. joey: the act of retaliation comes after three u.s. service members were hurt on an attack on northern iraq. black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror attacks. the intense fighting comes after iran s president issues a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed. david spunt is live in washington with the very latest. hi, david. one of our service members critically injured. the other two injured but in the critically. still waiting further details on those. the president ordered after u.s. forces came under attack by a drone. the iranian backed militia tied hezbollah and other affiliated groups under the umbrella of iran affiliates. president biden. camp david. let me be clear the president and i will not hesitate to take necessary action to defend the united states, our troops, and our interest. there is no higher priority. while we do not seek to escalated conflict in
you can see why we had the weather fronts across the uk, most of the showers affecting the north and west of scotland where the strongest of the winds are, gusting up to 50 miles an hour orso the winds are, gusting up to 50 miles an hour or so in the next few hours in the north, lighter winds further south. we lose the band of cloud we ve had this morning so the skies should brighten up over the next few hours, a fine afternoon to come for most. top temperatures 9 10, a degree or so where we should be for the time of year. this evening and overnight it stays unsettled across the north of the uk, windy, cloudy, thick cloud pushing on towards irish sea coasts as well but under clear skies the midlands southwards it s going to be another cold one with frosts out of town, may be some mist and fog but the winds will be a bit stronger and as we had through friday high pressure to the south, again, weather fronts and lots of isobars across the north of the uk means it s cloudy and w
balloon it shot down at the weekend was definitely being used for spying. and we ll remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin this hour in turkey and those powerful earthquakes that have taken at least 20 thousand lives. rescuers in the region continue to work through the rubble, sometimes still finding people alive. these pictures are only a few hours old you can see a turkish woman being taken out from debris of a collapsed building in kahramanmaras which was near the epicentre of both quakes. this lady was rescued almost 90 hours after the quake hit. the world health organisation has talked about a new disaster with thousands unable to find shelter, food and water. help is arriving the first aid has crossed into syria, through the one border crossing point that is open. the uk
and gentlemen. dt s always pretty har to believe when you see it.nce the whole scene is so awful, so degrading to our once country. bu it cannot end soon enough. fastt the woman was we will confess at times, prettyate amusing. at one point, the eminent tv ti doctor , dr. jill , who really ought to have her own showjill on bravo, dispensing sassy and empowering medical advice, walked over to kamala harris husband, doug and half and kissed him deep square in the mouth without a mask,ithout something that never, ever happens at his house. ab what was that about? there was an unmistakable 1970s suburban connecticut tea party vibe to it. kind of a john cheever story, old school stuff, except they let bystander s film the whole thing. so clearly these people are exhibitionists to not tea. t going on behind biden the scenes in the bush loministration, a lot of which a we don t want to know more about. but where do these people findty the time for hig fh jinks? dr. jill , for
here s another. quote, his wife jill is looking lovely tonight in a beautiful purple dress. now if you don t know who said this, don t worry about. the answer is really very unlikely. those were both reviews from former president donald trump. and as much as trump also ranted about biden s speech, even he had to admit that last night was a strong night for president biden. not only did biden lay out a vision for how democrats want to change the country but he managed to sort of trick republicans into agreeing with him. there were a few of those moments, but the most notable one was this. instead of making the wealthy pay all pay their fe fair share, some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you. anybody who doubts it, contact my office. i ll give you a copy. i ll give you a copy of the proposal. that means congress doesn t vote as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is also off the books n