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Im stephen and im im Stephen Dixon and im ellie and this is Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. All right. Theres lots to get through this morning. Im afraid none of its very good news, but lets kick off with iran, which overnight launched an attack on israel. Drone and missile strikes were launched. Yes, more than 200 drones and missiles were launched by iran. And they were intercepted by israel and its allies. Well, the unprecedented retaliatory attack marks the first time iran has targeted israel directly from its own soil. Soil. Well, in a statement overnight, us President Joe Biden announced an emergency meeting of the g7 while condemning the attacks from iran. Here, the defence secretary, grant shapps, confirmed additional raf assets had been sent to the region. He also strongly condemned the senseless airborne attack that iran had launched on israel. Well, joining us now is our home and security editor mark white and mark, this attack took a lot of people by surprise. Were understanding or the understanding was it was going to be a measured response. But this is unprecedented. This is unprecedented. Well, certainly, that seems to have been what the us was briefing out that it had received certain assurances through back channels that there would be what they consider to be a measured response. But be a measured response. But theres no way that anybody could see the launch of 170 Uavs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones. And about the same again, and the number of crews and Ballistic Missiles from iran as anything other than a very Significant Development. The first time that iran has launched a direct attack from its soil, towards israel, israel, though, did rely to a very significant degree on the us for our assistance. The us confirming that it helps shoot down a very significant number of the missiles and drones headed towards israel. There were reports as well that the uk may have assisted in shooting down drones. Well, the British Government so far have not confirmed that, but there has been a significant statement from grant shapps. The uk defence secretary , who confirmed defence secretary, who confirmed that more uk combat jets and supporting Tanker Aircraft have headed to the region. Theyll be based in cyprus for operation shaden based in cyprus for operation shader, which youll remember is that very long running operation over iraq and syria to take out extremists in iraq and syria , extremists in iraq and syria, they are directed and have been given orders to intercept any missiles and drones that enter their area of responsibility. So their area of responsibility. So all eyes now, i think, are on, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Government, to see what their response will be. Well, thats where the pressure is going to have to come in, mark, isnt it. 7 because if that response is not considered, then thats where the potential for escalation comes in. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, iran clearly, decided that it wanted to launch quite a significant attack on israel. They could not be, you know, anything other than alive to the fact that the Israeli Government would respond, that is part of Benjamin Netanyahus, doctrine that, you know, anybody that attacks israel, will be attacked in response, very significantly. In response, very significantly. So, i think its unquestionable that we will get, a response from israel. What israel will from israel. What israel will target, remains to be seen, and will they go in kind after the type of military installations that appear to have been the targets on this occasion, we know that an Israeli Air Force base in the south, in the negev region of israel, was struck by a number of missiles , but only a number of missiles, but only sustained minor damage. Also military installations in the northern Golan Heights on the border with southern lebanon. So it might be that israel goes after, irans military infrastructure. But as i say, we infrastructure. But as i say, we now wait really, to see no one really knows exactly what the response from israel will be, but that will determine what irans next move is. And there you have the potential downward spiral into a very nasty and serious conflict. Serious conflict. Okay. Mark whyte, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed, lets talk to us political analyst eric ham and Defence Analyst chris newton, who both join us now , eric, can who both join us now, eric, can i start with you. 7 because who both join us now, eric, can i start with you . Because this puts a lot of pressure on the white house. Of course, you know, this unequivocal support for israel. And yet, President Biden is going to have to apply a lot of pressure. Isnt he, to try to make sure this doesnt spiral out of control . Thats right. Spiral out of control . Thats right. In fact, we know that already. The white house is touting what took place in terms of both the United States and israels efforts to actually, for many of these attacks, as a strategic win. And attacks, as a strategic win. And so what we are now seeing is the white house is attempting to at least, speak to Benjamin Netanyahu to tamp down the pressure. But we saw a lot of that actually taking place this week with the secretary of state, antony blinken, speaking to his chinese counterpart, trying to put pressure on iran, not to retaliate. And we also know the pressure was also on israel as well. So now, over the next 24 to 48 hours, all eyes will be on. What will israels response be, if any . Response be, if any . Chris, lets bring you in at this point, because were just heanng this point, because were just hearing there from mark white that 99 of those missiles and drones were intercepted. We know that israel has really sophisticated air Defence Systems in place , but is there systems in place, but is there a possibility that they could be overwhelmed. Good morning. Well, overwhelmed. Good morning. Well, i mean, the attacks and that happened overnight, you know, seem to indicate that the israelis, along with help from the us , and potentially the uk the us, and potentially the uk as well, you know, did manage to cope with the iranian attack, and the various missiles. But, and the various missiles. But, there is the possibility that, for example , iran could send, for example, iran could send, you know, a load of drones followed by, missiles. And followed by, missiles. And thats thats one way in which you could overwhelm the an air defence system. But it seems on this occasion that , you know, this occasion that, you know, this, this didnt happen, but it also seems that israel needed, you know, quite some help from , you know, quite some help from, from the us as well. So, so well see in the future whether, you know, you know, if iran launches more attacks and, and whether the defence system can, can cope with it, of course, there is the possibility of simultaneous attacks as well. So iran launching attacks in conjunction with, you know, hezbollah, the, the houthis, and, the various militias in iraq and syria as well, and that that could, you know, have have the potential to get more, drones and missiles through. But but so far at the moment, you know, as you say, 99 intercepted and the israelis, in conjunction with the us and the uk has, has, has managed to dampen down the, the effect of the iranian attack. The iranian attack. All right, chris, do we know really just quite what capabilities iran has at its disposal. Disposal. Yeah i mean, i mean, if youre talking about, you know, in terms of, drones and missiles, we, we know what some irans capable of and in terms of drones, because the irans been sending drones to shaheed drones to russia. So, so iran has, you know, considerable kind of stockpiles of drones. They also have a large stockpile of, of missiles as well, various , of missiles as well, various, types of, of missiles. We saw cruise and Ballistic Missiles used in, in this attacks , in used in, in this attacks, in this attack, in terms of irans air defence system is not as sophisticated as, as israels. It relies on more older systems , it relies on more older systems, but, you know, they still have a considerable air Defence Network and, and that will take, you know, some, some degree of doing in terms of israelis getting through if, if israel chooses to, to launch a direct attack on iran , eric biden will be urging iran, eric biden will be urging israel to proceed cautiously with their next steps, wont he . With their next steps, wont he . Oh, he most certainly will. In fact, what we also know is that the Biden Administration has also been attempting to place an enormous amount of pressure on israel to not go forward with its military operations in rafah. And so now, one wonders if, in fact, israel, in fact, will go through with that, because clearly what were seeing now is this is no longer just israel attempting to try to eradicate hamas. They now have to be concerned with iran as well as iran proxies. And i think what this what we saw take place tonight was more of a warning from iran, because those those missile and drone launches that took place from iran were certainly telegraphed eight hours before they they actually reached israel. But what we know reached israel. But what we know is, lebanon is much, much closer. And those those rockets could have easily been launched from there , but they were not. And so there, but they were not. And so i think thats perhaps the next phaseif i think thats perhaps the next phase if there is going to be one. And i think what we saw tonight was this was this was iran attempting to try to save face, with this retaliation. And face, with this retaliation. And also, we know that the Biden Administration is also trying to tamp down on israels response as well. And so i think what were looking at here now is perhaps a, a an opportunity for both of these countries to be able to walk away with a quote unquote , win. Unquote, win. I mean, the key word there, eric, is retaliation. I mean , eric, is retaliation. I mean, israel must have israel launched that attack, which, not on iranian soil, i think it was in syrian on syrian soil, wasnt it, that killed some key members of the Iranian Military hierarchy. They must have expected some sort of response to that. Oh, absolutely. In fact, we know that at least, we know at least 28 embassies. Israeli embassies had been evacuated in preparation for this attack. The United States had already sent senior military officials over to israel in preparation for a potential attack as well. And so this was a this was an issue of when, not if this attack was going to take place. And now we see it. And luckily there was very minimal damage in israel because of both the United States and israels efforts to actually thwart this attack. But again , as weve already heard, again, as weve already heard, iran has a very , very iran has a very, very sophisticated missile system. And so i think if they actually wanted something to actually work, i think it would have, which is why i think this was more bark than bite. More bark than bite. Okay. Us political analyst eric ham and Defence Analyst chris newton, thank you so much for your time. Lets talk to political commentator peter spencen political commentator peter spencer, who joins us now. Peter, whats the reaction been over here thus far . Its a bit early to say, but i suspect that what the British Government will do is continue doing what it has done all along, which is essentially following the coattails of the American Government policy. And American Government policy. And we note that, first of all, biden was absolutely foursquare behind israel. And then as the death toll in of palestinians mounted hideously to a point that theres now 30 times as many palestinians have lost their lives as israelis in the initial hamas attack. The President Bidens rhetoric has hardened, and the British Governments rishi sunak has hardened as an echo of that. And, and indeed , theres pretty and, and indeed, theres pretty much only a fag paper between , much only a fag paper between, rishi sunaks attitude and sir Keir Starmers attitude. The message i think well get now is the same as as President Biden is giving , which is essentially, is giving, which is essentially, look, just stay cool, guys, because the fear all along has been an escalation into a wider middle east conflict. And sort of like kind of an echo almost in a, in a small way maybe of the first world war, when you get some obscure bloke with a fancy title gets murdered in sarajevo, and all of a sudden youve got a world war on your hands. That has been the fear all along. And it made it. Biden has called a meeting of the the g7 leaders. What do the of the g7 leaders. What do you think the diplomatic response to this will be . Well, itll be once again, itll be, look, just stay cool, guys. Itll be, look, just stay cool, guys. And i do note what has guys. And i do note what has just been said on this channel. A few minutes ago, which is, i think, essentially what we got from the iranians here was they were getting something off their chest rather than actually trying to destroy the israeli state. They theres been a for tat and the hope will remain, and the hope will be very widely expressed that they wont take it too much further than that. Okay peter, for now, thanks very much indeed. Much indeed. To sydney. Now where overnight police have confirmed six people have been killed and several others remain in a Critical Condition following the devastating stabbing at a Shopping Centre yesterday. Well, New South Wales police in sydney have identified 40 year old joel kouchi as the attacker at Westfield Bondi junction. Well, overnight, sydneysiders have begun to lay flowers at the westfield Shopping Centre as tributes are paid to victims and First Responders. Here is New South Wales premier chris minns, sydney has suffered a horrifying and violent attack on innocent people who were doing something everybody does on the weekend and that is going shopping with their family and their friends. Well, lets talk to a reporter for the sydney morning herald, anthony sieghart, whos a apologies. He was, his lines just gone down. Well try and get him back because hes outside saint vincents hospital in in sydney, where, of course, a number of people are still being treated for their injuries. I think weve got him back, anthony. All right, there you go. Good to see you this you go. Good to see you this morning. Anthony. Whats the latest on the number of fatalities and indeed the progress of those people whove been injured. Been injured. Morning, stephen and ellie. Youre right. Six People Killed, a dozen more injured, a few more of them in hospital, a few people have been released over the last few hours. But those six people who were killed, were learning more about them over the last few hours, including 38 year old mother ashley good. She was seen by witnesses throwing her nine month old baby into the hands of strangers at westfield Shopping Centre at bondi yesterday. That nine month old baby is being held at a separate hospital, a Childrens Hospital close by. Here the family say that that child is doing well in the circumstances, but tragically her mother has passed away. Her mother has passed away. Were also heard of the death of 25 year old, a 25 year old woman who is the daughter of an australian businesswoman, a businessman he in australia and also a Security Guard. The only male of six People Killed by this man , who was killed this man, who was killed yesterday as he attempted to stop that, the stabber from moving forward. Moving forward. Whats the reaction . Been in australia , anthony . Because of australia, anthony . Because of course, there must be this massive outpouring of grief for those six people who were killed, but also there was such scenes of bravery and courage in that Shopping Centre yesterday. That Shopping Centre yesterday. Yeah, youre right. It really is sort of surreal that