groups were struck. these are new pictures released by us central command of 8 1 bombers taking off to carry out the air strikes. our north america correspondent will vernon has the latest. american bombers carried out air strikes on more than 85 targets. the us military said they included the personnel and facilities of iran s revolutionary guard and the militant groups it backs. but the air strikes hit locations only in iraq and syria. iranian territory was not targeted. the message from the white house the us doesn t want a war with tehran. the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. this was about degrading capability, taking away capabilities by the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they re not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses. and this is what america is responding to. a drone attack on a us base injordan last sunday killed three us soldiers and wounded dozens more. washington said iran backed militants were to blame. pressu
missile interim storage facilities and logistics ammunition supply chain facilities as well. several aircraft including b i bombers dispatch from the us were involved firing more than 125 precision guided munitions of the course of about 30 minutes. the us is, as we mentioned, this isjust beginning. the strikes, quote, will not end tonight. although iran has denied any direct involvement in that front attack, we any direct involvement in that front attack, we know any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are a any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are a number of pro persian militia based in the region, the palestinian territories and as far as human all opposed to iran and the us. our analysis at a door takes a closer look at what we know about iran s alliance is the so called axis of resistance. 15 a so-called axis
west, sunny spells further south but do be prepared for strong and destructive winds tomorrow across scotland. thanks sarah. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. this could be a pivotal week in the premier league. can arsenal get back on track at the city ground tonight? he s back in the fold after his belfast break, but has rashford gone off the rails at manchester united? hejust he just needs to relax, calm hejust needs to relax, calm down, choose when to go out and go out and play football at the levels which we know he can. and another blow for england ahead of the six nations championship, marcus smith is injured and will miss the start of the tournament. also coming up on sportsday. we meet the british boxer with anthonyjoshua in her corner as she looks to become british and commonwelth champion next month. evening, we ll see if there are any twists in the premier league tit
two days after a drone attack by iran backed militants that killed three american troops injordan, president biden has said he has now decided how to respond. he didn t give more detail, but he did said america wasn t looking for a wider war in middle east. tensions have soared since the october 7th attacks by hamas in israel, with us forces in iraq and syria coming under attack more than 150 times. but what happened at tower 22 the military post injordan at the weekend was the first fatal attack. in the last few hours, the us president has been speaking. have you decided how to respond to the attacks? have you decided how to respond to the attacks? yes. inaudible i do hold them the attacks? yes inaudible i do hold them responsible in the attacks? 151v inaudible i do hold them responsible in the sense they are supplying the weapons. sense they are supplying the wea ons. ~ , i don t think we need a wider war in the middle east, that s not what i m looking for. preside