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 attacked israel directly from its own soil. Explosions could be heard widely, Including Injerusalem and tel aviv. Israel says that 99 of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran were intercepted. Some of those that go
More on that in a moment. Tonight they go to chelsea who are pushing for a top six place come the end of the season. Iv e ive always had respect for and the work he puts in a topsy turvy season a lot of changes and a lot of change in culture from the way he works and will deliver to good performance but they could clear to the players is a good outfit and spending a lot of money over the last few years theres some quality and without doubt. We have to make sure we deliver. Meanwhile, everton have lodged a formal appeal against their second points deduction, for breaching the Premier Leagues spending rules. The toffees had a 10 point deduction reduced to six on appeal in february. The latest Appeal Process must be concluded by the 24th of may, five days after the final Premier League game. Dundee s Scottish Premiership game against rangers will be played at stjohnstone s Mcdiarmid Park on wednesday, if it cant be held at dens park. Dundee s pitch will be assessed tomorrow morning with a
And another attack. They repelled irans attack, which was impressive. He says, it was a success which shouldnt be given away easily, hence our advice for the Israeli Government to be part of the de escalation. Lets take a closer look at the strikes on saturday night. Iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israels air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. But israels advanced defence system 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 sand. Most of those were fired from iran which can travel twice the speed of sound. Most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time ir
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 for risk, but it doesnt have an appetite for too much risk. It wanted to impose a cost on the other side without necessarily triggering a broader escalation and an all out
Us Officials Say President Joe Biden told israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, to think very carefully about his response after israel vowed to exact a price from iran, at a time of its choosing. The Un Security Council convened an Emergency Session on sunday to discuss the crisis. Opening the meeting, the uns secretary general, antonio guterres, told diplomats, its vital to avoid any action that could lead to Major Military confrontations on multiple fronts in the middle east. Adding, civilians are already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price. But israels ambassador rejected the call for the violence to stop saying, this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. He said it was vital to israels future to respond to the attack. We are not a frog in boiling water, he said, we are a nation of lions. But irans ambassador defended his nations actions have a listen. This concluded action was necessary and proportionate. It was precise a