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And coming up on bbc news arsenal drop points in the race for the Premier League title after losing to aston villa. They are now two points behind manchester city. Good afternoon. Israels war cabinet is meeting now to discuss options for retaliation against iran after its drone and Missile Attacks on saturday night. Israel says 99 of the iranian weapons were safely intercepted. One senior israeli minister says his country will exact a price on iran for the attack when the timing is right. But World Leaders are urging israel to show restraint. From jerusalem, heres Yolande Knell. Israels air defences called to action. In the early hours on sunday, fighterjets battled waves of iranian drones and missiles, fired at israeli targets. It marked the first time iran has atta ....
And overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air , destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has more. So how is israel able to defend itself with the help of its allies . First, they knew about the attack. It was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 Cruise Missiles and 120 Ballistic Missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time irans directly attacked israel from its own territory. But the us says some were also launched from iraq, syria and yemen. Iran has demonstrated that it has an appetite ....
Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is a witch hunt against him. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Its become a well rehearsed ritual Donald Trumps performance on his way to court. But this time its very different. The first criminal trial of a former president , and it comes with a possible priso ....