Good afternoon. Irans Supreme Leader has defended his Countrys Missile Attack on israel earlier this week as totally legitimate. Leading Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years, Ayatollah Khamenei said it was the minimum Punishment Israel deserved. Overnight, there were more israeli Air Strikes on lebanon, including one near a Border Crossing which israel says targeted a tunnel used by hezbollah. Our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, has the latest. This was designed as a show of strength from a regime deeply humiliated by a series of devastating blows to its allies, hezbollah and hamas. Supporters commemorated Hassan Nasrallah killed in an israeli Air Strike a week aGo today. Free transport was offered to those who came. And then the Supreme Leader appeared. Those who came. And then the Supreme Leaderappeared. Last those who came. And then the Supreme Leader appeared. Last friday he was reported to have Gone into hiding. Today he came out in public to delive
Fourth goal, the Manchester United fans are used to, and not protective of your 1 0 up, fans are used to, and not protective of your1 0 up, i fans are used to, and not protective of your 1 0 up, i dont see any reason for a change. Britains most successful female olympian, dame laura kenny, has annouced her retirement from cycling. The 31 year old won five Olympic Golds and seven World Championship titles in a distinguished career on the track. She gave birth to her second child injuly and had previously been targeting a fourth olympics in paris this year. People were asking me what competition i was going to go to, what Training Camps im going to go to, and it wasjust what Training Camps im going to go to, and it was just filling what Training Camps im going to go to, and it wasjust filling me what Training Camps im going to go to, and it was just filling me with dread. I wasjust, to, and it was just filling me with dread. Iwasjust, i dont to, and it was just filling me with dread. I w
help france and the uk. we have to work closely together if we re going to dismantle these groups and be more efficient. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah s witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least 7 people have been killed including an unborn baby. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties, seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet, who will be the biggest winners at this year s oscars? the bbc says it s highest paid star sports presenter, gary lineker, will step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british government s migration policy. the broadcaster said that lineker a former england footballer would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he d compared the language used by the governme
the uk s prime minister, rishi sunak, is flying to san diego for talks on defence with the us and australian leaders. it s understood they ll discuss ways of dealing with any security threats posed by china in the asia pacific region at the meeting of the aukus group. coming up is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday here on bbc news. ireland are on for the grand slam in the six nations, overpowering scotland at murrayfield. another test passed with flying colours for arsenal, who restore the five point advantage at the top with victory at fulham. and england collapse in bangladesh the hosts taking the t20 series with a match to spare. also coming up on sportsday. cameron norrie s in third round action as the brits march on at indian wells. and the chase is on can tommy fleetwood catch the leaders at the players in florida, the pga s flagship event? set hello there. will come along to sportsday on bbc news. ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranke
for most parts of the uk, with temperatures well on into double figures. now, overnight tonight, outbreaks of rain develop and move across the country. it s going to be quite a windy night as well. the winds coming in from a south westerly direction. for most of us, it s mild with temperatures into double figures, but cold for the far north of scotland, where there ll be a bit of frost and a few icy patches around for monday morning. monday, the worst of the rain clears through. it ll be followed by a day of sunny spells and blustery showers. very windy, though, gusts running into the 50s miles an hour for england and wales. so gales developing quite widely. temperatures for the most part still into double figures, but it s getting colder in scotland. and here we ll see more hill snow developing through monday, some accumulating snow above 200 metres elevation, some of the higher hills, you could see 5 to 10 centimetres. and then through monday night, as the colder air pushes