meanwhile the ambassadors of israel and iran trade insults as the fallout continues from saturday's unprecedented missile attack. the snooze button is no longer an option. the only option is to condemn iran and utilize every means necessary to make them pay a heavy price for their horrible crimes. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in new york where the united nations security council has been holding an emergency session. world leaders are scrambling to prevent the crisis between israel and iran from spiralling into a wider conflict — after iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones

at israel late on saturday. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has said its time to step �*back from the brink�*, adding that people in the middle east were confronting a real danger of a devastating full—scale conflict. those sentiments were echoed by the g7 group of wealthy countries. in a statement issued after an online meeting, the group's leaders called for restraint on all sides. israel says the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran have been intercepted. the attacks marked the first time iran has targeted israel directly from its own soil. the israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss its response to the attack. a senior minister, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran �*in its own time and fashion�*. the defence minister, yoav gallant, said the confrontation with iran wasn't over, and israel must prepare for every scenario.

iran has warned of a much bigger response if israel retaliates. meanwhile, president biden has told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that the us will not participate in any offensive action against iran as it doesn't want to see the crisis in the middle east escalate. we'll have more on that un security council meeting later. but first, lucy williamson brings us up to speed on what happened on saturday. radio chatter. last night, for a few hours, israel lived in its skies — fighterjets battling waves of iranian drones and missiles fired at israeli targets. the middle east's most dangerous conflict, dropping its mask. from the ground, israel's air defences rose to meet threats by the dozen,

a perilous display. watched from jerusalem. tel aviv. israel's defence minister called it one of the most dramatic nights israel had ever experienced. in iran, the launches were celebrated one after the other on national television. punishment, iran said, for the strike on its consulate in damascus two weeks ago. translation: there is no intention to continue - this operation. but if the zionist regime takes steps against the islamic republic on its soil or against areas linked to us in the region, our next operation will be far greater than this. the attacks were celebrated by iranians outside the british embassy, too, seeing them as punishment for the war in gaza and calling for israel's destruction.

iran's government has said it's not seeking to escalate the conflict. tonight, a member of israel's war cabinet said there would be a response. translation: faced | with the threat of iran, we will build a regional coalition and collect the price from iran in a way and at a time that suits us. british planes helped shoot down dozens of the launchers. the prime minister has now joined israel's allies in calling for restraint. if this attack had been successful, the fallout for regional stability would be hard to overstate. and we stand by the security of israel and the wider region, which is, of course, important for our security here at home, too. what we now need is for calm heads to prevail. we'll be working with our allies to de—escalate the situation. last night was a test of israel's defences, but its leaders now face another political test over how to respond to this attack.

a show of strength is needed, some argue, to maintain deterrence, but too much could push this region into a wider war. shoppers returned to jerusalem's main market today, shaken but sure of the response. i think if we react, it will show our strength and it will prevent the next attack. i hope. we can't live like this anymore. they shot a lot of missiles on us. it's the first time ever in the history of the world that a country throw so many missiles on another country at the same time. so we got to respond, of course. others here believe israel faces a dangerous turning point and that alliances, rather than weapons, offer its best chance of protection long term. right now, all the west and all moderate muslim nations in this region do understand that, all right, this is a new game.

and in this new game, it's about being moderate and willingness to move forward with some sort of a reconciliation process in this region, in this troubled region. this attack marked new territory in an old battlefield. much hangs on the response. no chink in israel's armour last night, but the door to war is still open. iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israel's air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. but israel's 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 sound. most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time iran's 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 doesn't 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 confrontation. so how were they stopped? well, both israel and the us were warned and prepared. american destroyers positioned in the eastern

mediterranean shot down several ballistic missiles. raf typhoons flying from cyprus shot down a number of drones, as did us jets and fighters from jordan. israel itself has some of the world's most advanced air defences, providing layers of protection, its arrow missiles capable of intercepting ballistic missiles from hundreds of miles away. david sling is the next layer of defence with a range of more than 100 miles, and then it has its shorter range iron dome. these pictures overjerusalem show the iron dome in action. the last line of defence. i mean, ultimately, israel spent billions of dollars to be prepared for exactly this scenario, had the help of its allies and very much neutralized what could have been a much more consequential attack. israel says most of what iran fired was destroyed even before it reached its territory.

here's one that was shot down over iraq. but there was one exception. an iranian missile did get through its defences, hitting an airbase — confirmation that it was targeting military sites. but in this case, it caused limited damage. this was a calculated attack by iran using just a fraction of its firepower, enough to send a message, but not enough to overwhelm israel's air defences. our team at the bbc verify hub has been looking at all the images and videos that have come out since saturday's attacks. 0ur verify reporter merlyn thomas has more. for the first time, iran has carried out direct strikes against israel. an israeli army spokesperson said that overnight, hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were launched against israel. israel says 99% were intercepted and destroyed with one child reportedly injured by shrapnel. we verified several videos showing intercepts.

this one is filmed from the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. in this next video, you can again see missiles or drones heading for targets in israel and air defences intercepting them. this is a still from the video ijust showed you earlier, and we've matched that with this publicly available image, which is on the outskirts ofjerusalem. israel set a handful of ballistic missiles weren't intercepted and hit the air base which is here, and it caused minimal damage, they said. we've synchronised three different videos taken from social media reporting to show iranian missiles hitting that airbase in israel. we've not yet verified these videos, but they all clearly show the same event. israel released this footage showing a fighterjet returning to the airbase, and emphasised that it continues to be fully operational. we haven't yet been able to verify whether this was filmed today. we don't know which of iran's ballistic missiles hit the airbase, but iranian state tv has been showing one

of these caused the imad missile. now, that type of missile has a range of 2000 km, and this map shows you just how far that sort of weapon can reach. and we've also seen videos from iran of missiles in flight, like this one. this video was sent to bbc persia, and they've checked the file data to established it was filmed in shiraz, in southern iran. and the moment of heightened tensions, misinformation has been circulating. iran's state tv repeatedly aired a video of a fire in chile, claiming it was footage of missiles successfully hitting targets in israel. we found the original version of the clip which was posted to tiktok in february. and the israel defense forces posted this video compilation on x of iran's retaliatory at attacks. most of the clips are of the attack, but there is one old clip here, right at the end of the video, and that's from nearly ten years ago of a russian rocket launcher. this is a moment of heightened tensions in the middle east, as we wait to see how israel will react. at verify, we'll continue to

monitor the situation closely. let's return now to the emergency session that's being held in new york by the united nations security council, where world leaders are scrambling to prevent this crisis from spiralling into a wider conflict. it was israel who requested the council to convene the emergency meeting to discuss iran's unprecedented attack. the israeli ambassador, gilad erdan, accused the international community of failing to listen to warnings about the threat israel faced from iran. iran and its hegemonic ambitions of global domination must be stopped before it drives the world to a point of no returnm to a regional war that can escalate to a world war. sadly, no action was taken. and last night the world witnessed an unprecedented escalation that serves as the clearest proof for what happens when warnings are not heeded. israel is not the boy who cried wolf.

we have been screaming from the rooftops for years, trying to wake up the international community, but to no avail. if only this council would have internalised my words, it would not have needed the bone rattling explosions of last night's attack to wake it up. colleagues, last night, iran proved again that it cares nothing, nothing for islam or muslims. iran's ambassador to the united nations, saeed iravani, accused israel and the united states of double standards. hypocritical behaviour. these three countries falsely blamed and accuse iran without considering their own failures to uphold the international commitment to peace and security in the region. they made unsuccessful attempts to use lies, manipulate the narrative, spread disinformation and engage in a

destructive blame game. all the while, they deliberately disregarded iran's inherent right to respond to the violation of a fundamental principle of international law. the inviolability of diplomatic, representative and premises. moreover, they ignored the underlying root causes of the current situation in the region. for over six months now, these countries, especially the united states, have shielded israel from any responsibility for the gaza massacre. while they have denied iran inherent right to self—defense against the israeli armed attack on our diplomatic premises, at the same time, they shamefully justified the israeli massacre and genocide against the defenseless palestinian people under the pretext of self—defense.

they made a cynical attempt tojustify and cover up the atrocities of the israeli regime against the people of palestine by arbitrary and misleading interpretation of self—defense. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has more on the un security council emergency session. we had this very stark warning from the un secretary—general antonio gutteres that this could all lead to a massive escalation of the crisis, and potentially to all—out war in the middle east. the region is on the brink, mr gutierrez told the security council, and we heard allies of israel weighing in to condemn iran's attack. equally, iran's allies and indeed it's on point made the point that iran was acting in self—defense, and allies like russia and china

weighed in on that, also making the point that it was israel's occupation of gaza which was at the root of this, and the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding there. so this was a fractious meeting of the security council today, mariko. of course there were concerns tensions could escalate further, everyone calling for restraint, and the us does not want a wider conflict. absolutely, and that's been of course the whitehouse's message so far, as far as benjamin netanyahu is concerned, this is a victory if you like. most of those missiles fired from iran were intercepted and therefore israel should take the win

and avoid the temptation of a strike back onto iranian territory. they've been at odds the two leaders, president biden and netanyahu, particularly over humanitarian crisis in gaza, and other messages vary much one of union t and of course the question is can the united states prevent this from escalating in the middle east, we'lljust have to wait and see. of course, a lot of diplomatic negotiations taking place, involving other countries. can you just talk us through what other nations are involved in all these discussions and negotiations? 0h, very much so. we have the united kingdom of course as well as the united states, and other countries in the region as well. all piling in on this, all seeking, really, to avoid an escalation, and of course that was the message and hammered home today as well from the g7 leaders who met remotely and also warned of the

dangers of escalation following this recent situation there. we have more analysis on what could happen next in this conflict and what sort of scenarios we are looking at — like this one by our international editorjeremy bowen — on our bbc website. simply head to bbc.com/news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's turn to sydney now — where the police commissioner has said the man who went on a stabbing rampage in a shopping centre appears to have targeted women. five of the six people who died were women. the attacker was a0 years old, and was shot dead by police at the scene. a vigil has been taking place near the shopping centre — and our correspondent,

katy watson, was there. she sent us this report. from the early hours of sunday morning, sydneysiders came to pay their respects. this is a nation in shock, not used to violent attacks like this. i go to the mall with my friends and stuff, but it's just sad to think like you can't even really like shop normally now without thinking twice about like who's around you? the attacker was named as joel kelchey and more details about his background have also emerged. we do understand that there is a history of mental health. but it will be the ongoing work of the investigators to determine what his activities were yesterday and the days before that might indicate a motive. authorities singled out the bravery of inspector amy scott, who shot the assailant dead. her intervention, they said, saved many lives. the investigation is still very much under way. police teams are working there and they could be working through to the early hours

of monday morning. now, the commissioner said at this stage there are probably more questions than answers. more details of the victims also emerged. ashley goode died trying to protect her nine month old who was injured overnight. the little girl underwent surgery. faraz was working as a security guard at the westfield when he died. after the panic and fear of saturday, people here are grieving, trying to understand why such a brutal attack happened. katy watson, bbc news in sydney. let's turn to the us now, where donald trump will become the first former president in us history to face a criminal trial later today. he's accused of falsifying payments to the adult film actress, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. ms daniels says that she was paid hush money to cover up an alleged affair, a claim denied by the former president. it's the first of four criminal trials mr trump will face

as the presidential campaign nears. to the uk now, where the bbc has found evidence that one of the country s most senior haemophilia doctors gave imported blood which was infected to very young patients, despite official advice not to do so. this, as the country awaits the final report of a long—awaited public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s. more than 3,000 people died in britain after being infected with hiv, or hepatitis. wyre davies reports. for 30 years, colin and janet smith have been fighting forjustice. their seven—year—old son was one of the youngest victims of the contaminated blood scandal. diagnosed with hemophilia when he was just a baby, colinjunior was treated with a pioneering drug factor eight made from donated blood

and championed by the leading haematologist, cardiff—based professor arthur bloom. we were elated. we were really chuffed at the time because he was a world leader in haematology. in the 1970s and early 80s, britain became reliant on imported blood products from america, blood that was often sourced from people who needed cash, even prisoners who often carried infections. so just one infected donor could contaminate an entire batch. there were many warnings that untreated us blood products should be withdrawn. but we can reveal that professor bloom had ignored his own department's guidelines that children should only be given blood products from the uk. three months later, colin was treated with imported blood products anyway. money. saving pennies again, especially, treat them on the cheap. it was murder.

professor bloom died in 1992, but one colleague and haemophilia specialist acknowledges some practices were often questionable, even unethical. they had stopped selling it in the us, but they had big stockpiles that they were selling in the uk and even even though they perhaps knew the risk> although they knew the risk by then. the companies took a view that the almost a view that, well, the haemophiliacs are expendable. we'lljust go on selling this product. the smiths and all others affected by one of the biggest scandals in nhs history hope the report's eventual publication next month will bring the answers and the peace they fought so long for. wyre davies, bbc news. and before we go — stars of the stage have been celebrating the best of british theatre at the 0livier awards at the royal albert hall. big names leading the nominations this year included the likes of sarah snook,

david tennant, andrew scott and nicole sherzinger. for the second year in a row, hannah waddingham hosted the awards. and sarah snook won the award for best actress for her west end debut performance in �*the picture of dorian gray', and sunset boulevard was the big winner of the night — with seven wins including for best actor and actress in a musicalfor its leading duo — tom francis and nicole scherzinger. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello there. some turbulent weather ahead for the next day or two. low pressure is driving in off the atlantic, giving heavy thundery and intense showers, spray, standing water. so tricky conditions on the roads, particularly

adding in the strength of the wind. look at the tightly packed isobars. there will be strong to gale force winds buffeting the uk during much of mundane into tuesday and it's coming down from the north—west. in fact, as we head towards tuesday, it starts to come down from the north. so it will feel much colder than it has, temperatures below average. so we've got some heavy showery rain pushing its way south. on the weather front to lots of heavy showers following behind in cold risk of snow over the mountains. it takes longest to get to southern and eastern areas, but temperatures hold up above freezing because of the strength of the wind, which takes us through the day today. this line of really intense rains giving some tricky travel conditions, the winds picking up to strong gale force around the coasts in the west and the south and lots of showers with hail, with thunder, with snow over the hills and mountains across northern ireland, scotland, possibly the pennines. look at the temperatures, just 9—12 degrees celsius and it will feel colder still when you add on that wind that will be buffeting the uk.

so squally winds near those showers which continue well into the night and into tuesday. by that stage our low pressure is moving out into the north sea. so the winds come down from the north again, enough of it, we think, to prevent a frost in many areas, just like we'll see in the morning, the glens of scotland, really. but that cold northerly wind will continue to feed showers into particularly central and eastern areas, fewer further west. but there will be because of the north westerly, some coming into the west of scotland and into northern ireland, but perhaps fewer showers in the west generally compared with monday. but a bracing wind in the north sea coast, a0 or 50 mile an hour gusts of wind still holding on for the likes of east anglia. so again, it will feel cold despite — 12—14 inland. i suppose outside the wind, outside the showers with more sunshine around it will feel a little more like mid april. but we have to get to the end of the week to see high pressure building in because still on wednesday we've got low pressure in charge towards the east. these weather fronts rounding western areas, just giving patchy rain or drizzle. so things start to settle down later. in fact, temperatures pick up as we head

towards friday as well.

as tensions escalate in the middle east, we'll take a look at what it means for energy and financial markets as well as airlines. plus, how india's prime

minister is benefitting from roads and bridges being built at breakneck speed. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. tensions in the middle east have escalated, after iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles towards israel. almost all the weapons were shot down by israeli, american and allied forces. iran's attacks were in response to a suspected israeli strike on iran's embassy compound in syria at the beginning of the month. this is the first time iran has attacked israel directly, although the two countries have been at loggerheads for years. all this will rattle investors and oil markets. the nikkei index is down by more than 1% this morning.