My leadership, the United Kingdom will always stand up for our interests, deter our enemies and defend our values. Now, as my enormous pleasure to introduce general stoltenberg, the nato secretary general. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Jens, thank you for joining us today. Over to you. Today. Over to you. Thanks so much, Prime Minister rishi, it is great to be here in poland together with you today. The United Kingdom is highly valued and staunch and essential nato ally, contributing greatly to our shared security in so many different ways. As you lead nato different ways. As you lead nato forces in estonia, british jets help guard the skies over our eastern flank. The royal navy helps keep critical sea lanes open. Helps keep critical sea lanes open. The United Kingdom is also open. The United Kingdom is also at the centre of the exercise. Steadfast defender currently underway and involving more than 16,000 British Military personnel. And we are today here personnel. And we are
To sites associated with Irans Nuclear programme in the area. An iranian official said, there were no plans for further retaliation against israel. One minister in Benjamin Netanyahus government described the israeli action as lame. Irans state broadcaster irib downplayed reports of an attack. Lets hear how the news was broken. Translation reliable sources emphasise that all Nuclear Facilities and military centres in isfahan and all parts of the country are completely secure and no incident has occurred at these facilities and centres. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers. He said his focus remains on De Escalation. Let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. De escalation and avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. That is what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, and, as necessary, that is what we will continue to do. Again, that is reflected in the sta
From next season, fa cup matches will now only be played at weekends with no replays after the first round. The decision has been condemned by many efl and lower league clubs. And even politicians have commentated, the Prime Ministers spokesperson said, David And Goliath fixtures are a part of the magic of the cup and we know that replays have been a welcome source of income for smaller clubs throughout the years. And the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, had similar sentiments. Wrong position. Traditionally, theyve been part of the game. The fa cup is a great leveler. Its that chance in football you have to play a team outside of your own division. Its part of the tradition of the fa cup, but equally importantly, for smaller clubs, its a real revenue raiser. Small clubs are really struggling financially. They need that revenue and they deserve it. Theyve gone far enough to get a replay and they should have the replay. The everton and scotland defender Nathan Patterson is out for th
The action appears to have been limited in scope, with no casualties or major damage reported. Protestors took to the streets in tehran, denouncing israel, but Iranian State media has played down the incident; one official said there were no plans for further retaliation against israel. A minister in Benjamin Netanyahus government described the israeli action as lame. The us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is at the summit of g7 foreign ministers. He said his focus remains on De Escalation. Let me simply first of all repeat what our focus has been and what it remains. De escalation, avoiding conflict, and so, yes, calling on all concerned to exercise restraint. That is what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks, and, as necessary, that is what we will continue to do. And again, that is reflected in the statement that you will see coming from all of the g7 countries. On rafah, we have been very clear about this. President biden has been very clear about this. We cannot supp
Good evening. World leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east, after whats believed to have been an Israeli Attack on iran overnight. According to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes near the city of isfahan, which is at the centre of Irans Nuclear programme. It appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. For days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. Well be live in israel shortly and well have the latest from washington but first, our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley reports on what we know so far about the overnight attack. Its a strange position tonight where were still not sure exactly whats happened. Israel has not publicly acknowledged it carried out the strike. Iran is minimising it. So what do we know . Well, we know a clear message was being sent. There were explosions overnight in syria, iraq and, most significant of all, Deep I