Airstrikes overnight onto locations in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard, and quote, affiliated groups. Defense secretary lloyd austin saying in a statement that the stripes were a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. That began just over a week ago. And in those instances, millicent used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon says those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries. One u. S. Contractor died of a cardiac event. Now there is a precedent here. The u. S. Is launched similar Aitrikes Including Last March One another u. S. Contractor was syria. By a malicious drone Defense Secretary austin described the launch aquote, selfdefense. Anin a statement called them separate and distinct from the israel hamas conflict. But of course, iran is a backer of hamas. All of, it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position. Tryi
Militia groups. That began just over a week ago. Now, in those instances, militants used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon says those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries, one u. S. Contractor died of a cardiac van. There is a precedent here. The u. S. Has launched similar airstrikes in syria, including last march, when another u. S. Contractor was killed by a Militia Drone in syria. Defense Secretary Austin described the overnights strikes as quote, selfdefense. And in his statement, called them separate and distinct from the israel hamas conflict. But of course, iran is a backer of hamas. All of it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position, trying to protect personnel while avoiding a larger war in the middle east. As Secretary Austin put it in his statement, quote, if attacks by irans proxies against the u. S. Forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people. Lets go right no
so with the conservatives, it s all about labour. it s all about not what a conservative term in office would mean, but what a labour term in office, especially with a supermajority that phrase that has become part of the political lexicon in the last few weeks would mean. that s what rishi sunak s been talking about today. that s what rishi sunak is going to be talking about until midnight wednesday slash thursday labour. it s also about what labour would mean, but they have a much more direct way of talking about it. they use one word change, but the slight shift between the start of the campaign when they were using that one word, change, and now is that they say if you want it, you ve got to vote for it. and they keep repeating that and expect to hear that again and again and again until wednesday night, thursday morning. and the reason they do that is because there s just this slight twinge of concern in the labour campaign that the polling landscape means that s
Staff cry. They just at no point did i see any member of staff cry. Theyjust rose to the challenge, and they just staff cry. Theyjust rose to the challenge, and theyjust kept going. Some of those staff describe a night they will never be able to forget. Well have the latest from manchester, and well assess the seriousness of the row between police and us authorities. Also this lunchtime. On a charm offensive. Having criticised both in the past, donald trump arrives in brussels for talks with nato and eu leaders. Net migration to the uk falls by 84,000 most of those leaving the country were eu citizens. Shouting please, please, be respectful. Angry scenes at ukips Manifesto Launch, as theresa may is accused of being partly to blame for the manchester atrocity. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Buttons back. Already in practice earlier today ahead of this weekends monaco grand prix, where Jenson Button is making a one off return. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one.
happened accidentally? no, this would not happen accidentally. the review of patient records suggested a second baby had also been poisoned with insulin. the crucial evidence had been missed for more than two years. it looked like a baby killer had been left on the unit. was this a significant missed opportunity that when those lab results weren t really flagged at the time? yeah. do you think that was a missed opportunity? yes, yes. in an ideal world, you d hope that the lab would flag it so it would be reviewed by somebody senior. that didn t happen. it s been said there s no smoking gun in the lucy letby trial, - but these insulin cases get close