Was so called smart motorways. Would you be pleased to see that change . And crumbling nhs buildings. More than 2000 are older than the Health Service itself. And of course that was created in 1948. Are patients being put at risk . Risk . Squatters, kitchen squatters in london have taken over a pub leased by Gordon Ramsay. As its a commercial building, the police cannot remove them. Does the law need to. The law need to. Change . Were also going to be talking about the nhs trust , talking about the nhs trust, which has had all sorts of issues with patient care. But dont worry , theyve got 21 dont worry, theyve got 21 different forms of diversity plastered all over its marketing. God knows how much expense was it . The hell has happened to the nhs and why are ministers allowing it . Yes, if you want to know what flag would represent you, if you are pansexual as opposed to are a pansexual as opposed to a heterosexual , we can tell you heterosexual, we can tell you yes, theyve got 21. Were going to go through them because some of them ive never of. Never heard of. Right. Get in touch this morning. Forward morning. Gbnews. Com forward slash. Your say is the message board. First though the very latest News Headlines with Tatiana Sanchez. Bev thank you. The top stories this morning escalating tensions in the middle east will be addressed by the Prime Minister in the commons this afternoon. The foreign secretary has confirmed raf jets shot down a number of iranian drones and missiles after hundreds were fired at israel at the weekend. Fired at israel at the weekend. Lord cameron says the uk will now consider further sanctions against tehran. The united nafions against tehran. The United Nations has warned the middle east is on the brink and is urging israel not to retaliate. But the countrys war cabinet is split on the timing and scale of any response. Shadow defence secretary john healey says israel has the right to defend itself. 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For the latest stories, wales. For the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news comment alerts now its back to andrew and. Andrew and. Bev. Good morning. Welcome to britains newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Well, World Leaders are calling for calm after israel has, of course, vowed to take revenge or to retaliate against iran after those 300 drone and missile attacks on saturday night. Thats right. So these 300 missiles were dispatched by iran, 99 of which were brought down before entering israel, according to their defence minister, the british Prime Minister confirmed our involvement in shooting down some of missiles. Some of those missiles. I confirm that our planes i can confirm that our planes did down a number of did shoot down a number of iranian attack drones. I dont want to pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of our pilots flying into the face of danger. Of danger. Well, joining now is well, joining us now is Defence Foreign Affairs defence and Foreign Affairs editor at the telegraph. Con coughlin. Morning, morning coughlin. Morning, con. Morning bev. Good morning. So what do we where do we start with this now . Ihave where do we start with this now . I have so many questions really. I have so many questions really. I guess what our audience might be most keenly interested in this morning is where does this leave us . Great britain . What what role might we play now . Going forward . And so far our actions have been significant. To what extent . Well two points i pick up on bev. Number one is i think weve demonstrated that we are a staunch and reliable allies of the israelis. The fact that the the israelis. The fact that the raf was was in action, disrupting this this missile attack just shows the strength of our support for israel. Despite all the controversies over the gaza conflict. Thats the first point id make. The second point is, is that through its actions , iran has now its actions, iran has now demonstrated unequivocally that it is a hostile state and we should treat it as such. I mean, i think for many years , i think for many years, successive British Governments have given given iran the benefit of the doubt. And weve tried to negotiate with them. Weve tried to maintain diplomatic relations with them. But this attack is an attack , but this attack is an attack, just not just israel. But this is this just shows that iran is hostile to the whole whole of the west. And i think its a wake up call for us, and we need to start looking at what the iranians are doing here in the uk. Theres only a couple of uk. Theres only a couple of weeks ago that an opposition Iranian Television presenter was stabbed to try and silence him here in london. So, you know, the iranians are not just active in the middle east. Theyre active here. And we should we should act accordingly. What confuses me about this, but everyone is now saying israel mustnt escalate, mustnt provoke, mustnt retaliate. How provoke, mustnt retaliate. How would we feel in this country if 300 cruise missiles and, drones were launched over the United Kingdom . And luckily, wed perhaps have brought most of them down, wouldnt we be outraged if the rest of the western world said we cant retaliate . Thats a very, very good point, andrew, it is, it is one of the absurdities of the modern world. And weve seen this since october the 7th, when Hamas Terrorists , backed by iran, terrorists, backed by iran, lets not forget, launched the most devastating terrorist attack in israels history , and attack in israels history, and what is the world done . The world has just been complaining about israel ever since. And the so called starvation crisis in gaza, which, you know, is hamas propaganda to a large extent. I mean, you know, it is quite inconceivable, that, you know, we question israel when weve got dedicated and hostile regimes like iran and all the network of terror groups they support hezbollah, hamas, the houthi rebels, etc, we give them the benefit of the doubt. So as the benefit of the doubt. So as i say this, this needs to be a wake up call. And i was wake up call. And i was personally very pleased to see that the British Government did not waver in coming to israels support. But when it became support. But when it became clear iran was going to launch this , this massive attack, if this, this massive attack, if they just again , on that point, they just again, on that point, we know that there was it was flagged up in advance by iran. If they were it had a deadly serious intent to inflict maximum damage. And death in israel. There had been no warning. There would have been no cobra meeting to discuss whether we should use our jets in the raf base in cyprus to bnng in the raf base in cyprus to bring them down. Was it in a sense, iran wanted to show at home . We have taken on the dreaded israel , home . We have taken on the dreaded israel, but we deliberately didnt want to cause too much destruction for fear of what could follow. Well, there is an element of that, andrew. And you know, anyone who follows iran closely will know that the mullahs that have controlled iran since the 1979 revolution are deeply unpopular. I 1979 revolution are deeply unpopular. I mean, there have been endless mass protests in iran against their their destruction of this, this one straight country. So, yes, the ayatollahs are indulging in gesture, gesture politics to a degree. But, i mean, the degree. But, i mean, the israelis would tell you that, you know , these iranian claims you know, these iranian claims of forewarning are much overstated, and they certainly didnt give any indication of the scale of the attack, which didnt just come from iran, it came from all their proxies around the region, the houthis, groups in iraq, lebanon, etc. So, you know, i think we should take, you know, irans claims to try and be a responsive International Partner with a pinch of salt. Pinch of salt. This, of course, correct me if im wrong, khan , but this, if im wrong, khan, but this, attack by iran over the weekend was because of the suspect israeli strike on the Embassy Compound in syria that killed the top revolutionary guards of iran. Do we know for sure that that strike was israeli . I dont think theyve claimed responsibility, have they . Well, the israelis never claimed responsibility. I mean, ive been covering israel in this part of the world for more than 40 years. Im unfortunate. Than 40 years. Im unfortunate. And the israelis have this policy of never claiming responsibility. But, you know, responsibility. But, you know, if you look at the americans and others who watched this very closely have the closely and have the intelligence assets, theres little doubt that the israelis attacked this compound. But i would stress that this was no ordinary diplomatic compound. Ordinary diplomatic compound. This was a command and control centre for the revolutionary guards , to control their guards, to control their terrorist infrastructure in the middle east. And its very notable that the People Killed in the attack were not diplomats. They were revolutionary guard commanders. So that says it all. Really . Yeah. Okay khan, great to see you, con coughlin. Pleasure, there. Now jordan, iraq and lebanon have reopened their air spaces after closing them following the attack. But the british, our british travellers set to face disruption to our air travel with the ongoing conflict. Well, paul charles is the chief executive of the pc agency and he is mr airline and hes and he is mr airline and hes and he is mr airline and hes and he joins us now. And he is mr airline and hes and he joins us now. Paul, i and he joins us now. Paul, i read and hear that this is had the biggest impact on airspace since 9 11, certainly in the immediate aftermath of the, iranian attack, israeli airspace shut down completely. Yes, certainly. I mean, if you disregard covid and of course, the shutdown during that period, then it is one of the largest uncertainties to hit the region. And thats what airlines dont like. Uncertainty when you create a situation like this where you have objects in the air which are unidentifiable or which create uncertainty in airspace , airlines obviously get airspace, airlines obviously get very nervous about that. And the first inclination is to stop their planes flying, stop them taking off to the region or around the region. It becomes very difficult indeed. And in fact, there are several meetings taking place this morning among airlines , not just in the uk, airlines, not just in the uk, but especially in europe, who are trying to work out what their flight schedules are going to look like over the coming days. Should this uncertainty continue, because presumably there is a knock on effect, even if your flight isnt going towards that particular area, the disruption caused by those scheduling changes must reach far and wide. Thats right. And far and wide. Thats right. And in fact, weve already seen that with airlines like qantas, for example, who like Many Airlines , example, who like Many Airlines, overfly iranian airspace en route between australia and london, for example. And you, you have to bear in mind, iran is such a huge country that if you suddenly cant fly over iranian airspace, then your opfions iranian airspace, then your options are fairly limited. As to the other countries, you can fly to in such a direct way. So or fly over in a direct way so you can fly, of course, over saudi arabia. But that makes the saudi arabia. But that makes the journey much longer. That takes longer for passengers and the crew. It makes the schedules go out of kilter. And most importantly, at the moment, it costs the airline much more in terms of their fuel bill because theyre having to fly for a longer duration and if you add even an hour to a to a journey that means a lot of extra fuel on the plane. And are we seeing already paul and are we seeing already paul, disruption, cancellations, delays already as of as a result. Weve certainly seen cancellations from the likes of qantas over flying or not over flying as they normally do, weve seen some delays to flights over the weekend because planes were out of place because suddenly airlines had to stop flying into tel aviv, for example, and into jordan. So yes, weve seen cancellations and delays over the weekend. Now, obviously with this uncertainty as to whether israel will respond in some way this week, that means the airlines themselves are having to try and work out and get best advice from their governments as to whether, in fact, the region is going to be this uncertain all week, or whether they can start flying again into and around the region. But certainly flying over iran is not going to be a possibility for most Airlines Anymore in the short tum. And it feels, paul, as though the aviation industry, the Tourism Industry in general, actually was back to good health after the pandemic and everything being grounded for so long. This is the last thing that that industry needs, isnt it . Youre absolutely right. This summer is expected to be the busiest ever in aviation, capacity in terms of the number of flights and Seats Available is pretty well back to normal from where it was pre covid. Airlines obviously partly due to inflation, are charging more for their seats and therefore becoming much more profitable. Becoming much more profitable. The same goes for hotels and car hire firms generally , everybody hire firms generally, everybody is doing really well, so they dont need this uncertainty at the moment to inject, uncertainty into their future profitability. And into their plans for the rest of the year. They want things to be stable and normal, and thats what were seeing in travel and tourism at the moment. Bucha this of course. This region, of course. Right. Thank you so okay. All right. Thank you so much charles the much, paul charles there, the ceo agency. Ceo of the pc agency. And already the oil price is turbulent. It spiked enormously over the weekend. Its come right down today. Weve checked but well keep an eye on that because of course they dont need much excuse do they. No petrol companies to put the price if the petrol in your price up. If the petrol in your tank. Yeah. Coming up next were talking commons vote talking about that commons vote which to tomorrow. Which is going to be tomorrow. On attempt stop on rishi sunaks attempt to stop young people smoking. Remember bofis young people smoking. Remember boris why Boris Johnson said last week why would the country of Winston Churchill want to ban cigars . So were going to be talking to a churchill historian to say, what were going to be talking to a church he historian to say, what were going to be talking to a church he historia1 to say, what were going to be talking to a church he historia ban . Ay, what were going to be talking to a church he historia ban . This hat gb news. Welcome back. 949. Now. Tomorrow. Rishi sunaks new smoking ban will face its first commons test, with several ministers undecided on whether to back the legislation. So the tobacco and vape bill means anyone turning 15 this year younger will never year or younger will never legally sold. Cigarettes legally be sold. Cigarettes the government says its smoking not be smoking itself will not be criminalised, who criminalised, so anyone who can legally tobacco will not legally buy tobacco now will not be prevented so in be prevented from doing so in the future. Boris johnson , no, sorry. So Boris Johnson, no, sorry. Speaking ahead of the bill last month, said this. Month, sunak said this. He said if we want to build a better for our children, Better Future for our children, we need to tackle single we need to tackle the single biggest, preventable bigge