this. right now i think we have to figure out whether or not we are going to be able to escape the escalatory letter which the israeli strike has taken another notch upward. aaron david miller, _ another notch upward. aaron david miller, senior - another notch upward. aaron david miller, senior fellow i david miller, seniorfellow with the carnegie endowment for international peace, michael singh, managing directorat international peace, michael singh, managing director at the washington institute and we thank you both so much for your insights. we will have plenty more on the developing news right here on bbc news. stay tuned. hello, there. some beautiful rainbows spotted again on thursday, particularly across parts of scotland, such as here in aberdeenshire. and there will be more rainbows on friday with sunshine and showers still very much the theme of the day but lots more dry weather to come in the forecast as we head through the weekend and into the start of next week now with high pressure starting to edge in from the west, killing off some of those showers by the time we get to the end of the afternoon. it's a cloudy, mild start to the day across england and wales. it's a little brighter further
but we wouldn't have this conversation had hamas not decided, and part of their motive was in fact to encourage regional instability, it seems they could provoke hezbollah and even in iran at a major regional confrontation. that was that i check. i fear that one gaza and 2024, i think michael makes a good point that 2024 is going to be the year of gaza because right now it's already april. right now it looks to me like the israeli and hamas prospects represent exchange which was the administration's hope, that would de—escalate the military, surge humanitarian assistance and begin a process of moving toward a conclusion, but the reality is hamas right now has no urgency here and, frankly, there is no urgency on the part of the israeli government, certainly not the hostage families are pressing but i trade with hamas will meet an
there, the updates throughout there, the updates throughout the night or daytime, as it is in iran as we continue to get more information on what appears to be an israeli missile strike hitting iran. michael singh isjoining us, michael singh is joining us, managing michael singh isjoining us, managing director at the washington institute. just to reset, if you don't mind, getting some of these details in. explosions being reported on the ground in iran, reports it is an israeli missile strike. if, indeed, we do have final confirmation from israel, which we do not have yet, what would that say to you tonight, hearing that news? i would that say to you tonight, hearing that news?— hearing that news? i think we were expecting, _ hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many - hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many of- hearing that news? i think we were expecting, many of us l hearing that news? i think we - were expecting, many of us were expecting from the israelis was they would retaliate against iran because we saw for the first time in modern history a direct iranian attack on israel. that retaliation would seek to deter iran from any
nuclear weapon social state, so this relationship will hang over the middle east like some sort of sort of government for a long time to come. i guess the question the two parties will have to ask themselves right now is are they looking for a major confrontation now or has each side discharged the sort of minimum obligation of what they need to re—establish deterrence, protect national pride, without dramatically escalating this into something quite for foreboding?- quite for foreboding? michael sinuh is quite for foreboding? michael singh is with _ quite for foreboding? michael singh is with us _ quite for foreboding? michael singh is with us and - quite for foreboding? michael singh is with us and i - quite for foreboding? michael singh is with us and i want. quite for foreboding? michael singh is with us and i want to | singh is with us and i want to ask you of the comments by aaron. this conflict in the hands of the right and israel but there are other countries in the region, the us has been playing a very active role. are there other regional partners or allies that might be able to
the first time that iran had attacked israel from iranian soil. so, that some of the background for what we might be seeing tonight. michael, just going back to the us here, politically, the president biden and for the white house and for the administration, how much appetite do you think there is for a broader conflict orfor israel opening up new fronts in this war? we know, we have been hearing from president biden time and time again, telling the israeli government make sure you show some restraint here. there seems to be very little appetite for much escalation. i would say zero appetite, actually. i think one of the us goals since the beginning of the gaza conflict has really been to prevent this very scenario, prevent the widening all the sort of regional escalation of the conflict because president biden doesn't want to see the us dragged into
that media reporting those nuclear sites there are" completely safe". according to reuters, if the sirens have soundedin reuters, if the sirens have sounded in northern israel. that's exciting the israeli military. of course, there's the potential be here though sirens very frequently in the region due to the presence of hezbollah. we don't know how belated though sirens are to what we are seeing —— belated. we can show you on a live map the commercialflight we can show you on a live map the commercial flight traffic. many flights have been paused over iran's major cities including isfahan, tehran, you can see, every few flights taking place in the region. the country's state media reporting that those flights have been suspended and we will continue to bring in more details and more reporting as we get it tonight. let's bring back michael singh. five days, really, after that major attack by iran on israel, in terms of