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Summerland. It comes after an airstrike that killed in ukrainian general last week. Reporter we heard that fifth teen missiles were fired. 10 were here and 1500 u. S. And allied forces. One reportedly landed in their area in Northern Iraq there is no report of casualties and the pentagon is discussing the damage. This video from iraq tv. They sent more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles were fired. The Iranian Revolutionary guards said this is a retaliation for last friday from the u. S. Drone atta...

One of the missiles reportedly had an airplane that caught on fire. Another missile we understand landed at the air base in the kurdish region of iraq. This video from their tv shows the missiles. The pentagon said that more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles were fired directly from iran. The revolutionary guards said that the shooting was due to the last attack. Irans response came as they held a funeral and Burial Service for the general. They called it self defense tweeted that we do not seek e...

At the cricket world cup englands bowlers make steady progress as they take on new zealand hoping for a place in the semi finals. China and britain have become embroiled in a heated war of words over the demonstrations in hong kong. Its after the foreign secretary jeremy hunt warned of serious consequences for china if the rights of People Living in the territory were infringed. Today beijing accused the uk of indulging in colonial era fantasies and warned it not to interfere in its domestic aff...

The world cup semifinal, cricketer is managed where football fails, thanks to comprehensive 119 run a victory over new zealand. China and britain have become embroiled in a heated war of words over the demonstrations in hong kong. Its after the foreign secretary jeremy hunt warned of serious consequences for china if the rights of People Living in the territory were infringed. Today beijing accused the uk of indulging in colonial era fantasies and warned it not to interfere in its domestic affai...

By australia at lords. It is a result which leaves their hopes of reaching the semi finals in the balance. Bathed in sunshine. France, germany and italy prepare for a heatwave, as temperatures are set to soar to above a0 degrees. And the source of that heat is coming up from north africa. It is coming up from north africa. It is coming our way as well. Some of us will have temperatures into the high 20s or low 30s by the time we get to the end of this week. Today it is a fairly cloudy, murky sta...

Persuasive rather than polarising . Kwame kwei armah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you. Now, youve been in the Theatre Business as an actor, a writer and a director for the best part of three decades. Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my...

We begin in niger, where the Breaking News in the last half an hour is the military leaders who staged a coup say they have closed the countrys airspace over what they called the threat of intervention against them. The announcement came as a deadline expired for them to restore the ousted president or face the possible action from the west African Regional grouping known as ecowas. Earlier thousands of people gathered in nigers capital to support the militaryjunta, despite International Condemn...

Tomorrow will be the last time the chancellor brandishes the budget red box outside number 11 before the election. Will there be any surprises inside . It is the eve of what is probably the governments last set piece before a general election, and speculation over tax cuts surroundsjeremy hunts budget. I asked rishi sunak ally, the former minister liam fox, whther it was time to unfreeze Tax Thresholds. Well, if i had my choice and if i were the chancellor, tomorrow that is what i would be doing...

Aggression by iran against israel and the United States, moving them from tehran to paris. What should we make of the french president s incautious remarks that western states could send Ground Troops to ukraine . In britain and germany rejected the suggestion, while Vladimir Putin said such a move could trigger a nuclear war. What did french voters think . And Elizabeth Moutet from the telegraph will tell us. Whilst neither rishi sunak nor sir keir starmer was a winner last week, the singer son...