as israel weighs its response to iran's unprecedented attack , the un's secretary general calls for calm. the uk's foreign secretary lord cameron urges israel not to retaliate — saying they should �*take the win�* of repelling iran's attack. iran suffered this defeat because the attack was a failure. the world can see what a malign influence they are and i think the right thing to do is not escalate. donald trump will become the first us president to face a criminal trial on monday — facing 3a charges of fraud. and we focus in on sudan — as the country marks one year of a bloody civil war. it's time to "step back from the brink". that's the warning from the un secretary general antonio guterres, after iran's attack on israel late on saturday. he was speaking at an emergency meeting of the un where representatives from the uk and us condemned the attacks by iran, but made it clear that they didn't want to see any further escalation.

israel's military has provided a wide range of options to respond to the attack. israel's war cabinet ended without consensus. middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. israel's air defences call 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 got through hit here in the sensitive nevatim air force base in southern israel. nearby, seven—year—old amina hassouna was seriously injured when a missile fragment struck her house.

translation: the children were frightened and wanted to run away from home. and that's when the missile hit our house. the israeli war cabinet met yesterday to plan its next move. one of its members, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran when the time is right. and last night, the un security council met in an emergency meeting following the attacks. israel called for sanctions on iran and reiterated its right to a response. this attack crossed every red line and israel reserves the legal right to retaliate. we are not a frog in boiling water, we are a nation of lions. following such a massive and direct attack on israel, the entire world, let alone israel, cannot settle for inaction. we will defend our future. iran's ambassador to the un told the meeting that its actions, which were in retaliation

for a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria, werejustified. 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—defence against the israeli armed attack on our diplomatic premises. amid rising tensions, the attacks have received widespread international condemnation. the scale and nature of iran's heinous assault, the first direct attack from iran on israeli soil, poses grave risks to the security and stability of citizens across the middle east. now world leaders are pressing for de—escalation in a bid for calm in the region. we have a shared responsibility to work for peace. regional and indeed global peace and security are being undermined.

all eyes are on israel and how it responds. yolande knell, bbc news. earlier international correspondent spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. i spoke to a former adviser to benjamin netanyahu. spoke to a former adviser to ben'amin netan ahu. ~ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure _ benjamin netanyahu. i think he might increase american pressure on - increase american pressure on british pressure on french pressure but particularly american pressure to exercise restraint and not to react, not to retaliate, to take the win as president biden reportedly said to him. and just go back to the days of the covert war that existed between israel and iran until the last two weeks. the second is his own i think motivation to escalate.

i've been thinking since november that mr netanyahu was trying to turn garzo into a regional conflict, it is consistent with his narrative that october the 7th was part of a larger pattern and the third thing is the balance in this calculus of his was the coalition pressure so though i think he could handle those. —— trying to turn garzo up. despite the bravado and the gung ho statements coming out from the cabinet, i think he will have no choice but to exercise restraint. it is quite a moment for him. he has made the threat from iran, the campaign of his entire political life and now he must believe that he has been confirmed in that view? ida.

has been confirmed in that view? no, he hasn't. has been confirmed in that view? no, he hasn't- his— has been confirmed in that view? iifr, he hasn't. his iran policy record is one of serial failure is and ineptitude. he offered nothing as a substitute for the so—called iran nuclear deal. he then encouraged president trump to unilaterally withdraw, that the us would unilaterally withdraw from that agreement and under his watch iran has become a threshold and its vast network of terror organisations has mushroomed and spread throughout the middle east so yes you are right and you know mr netanyahu as well as on the lot better than i do. iran is his raison d'etre, so to speak. but his raison d'etre, so to speak. but his policies on iran, his lack of strategies is astounding. he has always been reactive, never

proactive, never developed a strategy, he never developed policy alternatives so yes, and what you said is correct and that it sort of vindicates him that iran is the problem but iran has always been a problem but iran has always been a problem and if i may, one more short observation here, until 2015, the year that the iran nuclear deal was signed, israel succeeded in so—called internationalising the iran issue which led to the nuclear deal but since 2015 under the tutelage of benjamin netanyahu, the issue has become not as an international problem but seen as that of an israeli problem. on april 13 and 1ath, what happened was a sort of vision for mr netanyahu

netanyahu that indeed this could become international if he plays along with the us particularly but he has not so i did not think it will work for him this time. trying to escalate this. we will work for him this time. trying to escalate this.— to escalate this. we are out of time, to escalate this. we are out of time. let _ to escalate this. we are out of time. let me _ to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze - to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze in - to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze in a - to escalate this. we are out of- time, let me squeeze in a question which could be a yes or no but do you think at some point israel will retaliate? ., ., , ., , retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later— retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than _ retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than not, - retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than not, very i future and later than not, very probably. so...— future and later than not, very probably. so... future and later than not, very robabl . so... .,~ ., �* �* probably. so... speaking to the bbc earlier lord — probably. so... speaking to the bbc earlier lord cameron _ probably. so... speaking to the bbc earlier lord cameron said _ probably. so... speaking to the bbc earlier lord cameron said israel - earlier lord cameron said israel should recognise the iranian attack as being that of a failure and not respond. it's important to be respectful on these occasions. a country has had a massive attack from a dangerous or malign actor in the region. they will be considering,

they are considering, the israeli cabinet has been meeting already to consider that. our advice is don't retaliate. you know, take the win, recognise that iran has suffered a double defeat. defeat as almost all their weapons were shot down and defeat because the world can now see their true nature. the right thing to do is to pivot now and stock at hamas and say they must release the hostages. so we would not be supporting retaliatory action but we're respectful of other countries. here's our chief political correspondent henry zeffman — with more analysis on what the uk foreign secretary lord cameron had to say. he described it as an assistance that the uk took part in following a us request. but he was also arguing, in his words, that it was very much in "the national interest" and the argument that he was making was that if the iranian attack had been successful, if it had been able to achieve civilian casualties in israel, then that would have made much more severe israeli response inevitable and provoked a real bout of regional instability.

and that is what the uk government, both rishi sunak and lord cameron have been stressing they want to avoid. that's why that fear of regional instability, they say that's why they supported israel's defence. but it's also why they are urging israel not to retaliate against iran too extensively. and that decision was taken without consulting parliament. do you think this is going to be an issue or do you think there will be broad support across the political spectrum for britain's decision to take part in a limited way, as lord cameron underlined, in intercepting the drones and missiles? there's very much broad support as it stands across the political parties. rishi sunak is going to be making a statement to the house of commons this afternoon, explaining why the uk took the action it did and talking about how he sees the situation going forwards. but i don't expect that he will give parliament some sort of retrospective vote on the actions it took.

the liberal democrats, the sort of third party across the uk are calling for such a vote, but also they are saying if there were a vote they would vote in support of what the government did. the labour party, the main opposition who many people expect to be in government by the end of the year, they are also very supportive of the measures the government took and are calling forfurther sanctions on iran to be brought forward as soon as possible and also calling for the proscription here in the uk of the iranian revolutionary guard. donald trump will become the first former us president to face a criminal trial today. he's been charged with 3a counts of fraud, relating to hush money allegedly paid to a former porn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. he's pleaded not guilty. our new york correspondent nada tawfik reports. when donald trump headed to court last year to become the first former president to be criminally charged, it set the united states on an unprecedented course.

now, right in the thick of the presidential election campaign, the republican presumptive nominee is beginning his trial in the most salacious of the four cases against him. though it is perhaps the least perilous, legally, given jail time is seen as unlikely. donald trump has repeatedly painted the case as an attempt to interfere in the election. this is a witch hunt, it's a hoax, thank you. the sa felony counts against him stemmed from hush money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels by trump's former fixer, michael cohen. donald trump has denied the extramarital affair and any wrongdoing. however, he has acknowledged reimbursing cohen after initially denying any knowledge of the payments while president. did you know about $130,000 payments to stormy daniels? | but manhattan's district attorney alleges trump directed those payments as part of a scheme to help his 2016 campaign for the presidency and then

falsified business records when he disguised the payments as legal fees. less than two weeks before the presidential election, michael cohen wired $130,000 to stormy daniels' lawyer. that payment was to hide damaging information from the voting public. the participant scheme was illegal. political and legal experts disagree over the significance of the case. i think this case isjust so unique compared to the others. the others are really focused on actions that he truly undertook to undermine our democracy, right. and so this case is about, it's about paying off a mistress. it's a serious case. this is notjust about a porn star, which some people are trying to portray it as. this is about an effort to defraud the american voters in 2016 to keep them from learning material information that would have affected their vote.

the trial begins with jury selection and is expected to last more than six weeks, making it all but certain that voters will know whether or not donald trump will be a convicted felon before they go to the polls in november. nada tawfik, bbc news, in new york. and we will bring you news of this story. jury selection will take place and it is expected that they will be asked for questions and it is expected most of them are nearly all of them will be dismissed, they will be asked questions such as whether they have read any of the books of michael:. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

monday marks one—year since the eruption of the civil war in sudan. fighting between the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces has claimed thousands of lives, displaced more than 8 million, and triggered the world s largest hunger crisis, according to the un. and a year in, there's seeemingly no end in sight. our correspondent has been looking at the impact of the conflict in the region. more than 9 million people are internally displaced. making it the largest internal displacement in the largest internal displacement in the world according to the united nations. warnings of alarming famine continue if the fighting does not end and aid is not provided to those

trapped in conflict areas. nearly 20 million people face insecurity according to world food programme officials. people who have escaped violence to safe areas like here in port sudan are the lucky ones, those stuck in conflict areas like door for our facing stuck in conflict areas like door for ourfacing danger stuck in conflict areas like door for our facing danger every minute. the conflict that erupted between the army and the rapid support forces in april last year have been described as the most complex and inhumane crisis in the world. —— darfur. 1 million people have been forced to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, in addition to the massive infrastructure damage. there is no indication that the work will be over soon given

that both sides are intent on settling it on the battlefield. as the war approaches its second year millions of the people of sudan are worried that their worst fears will come through. india's general election will be held over six weeks of the 19th of april to the 1st ofjune, the biggest the world has ever seen. 969 million people taking to the polls, roughly one in eight of the global population. prime minister narendra modi is hoping to win a third successive turn and in the final week of campaigning i spoke to samira hussain about how it's looking for the indian prime minister and his government. i met him in the swing _

minister and his government. i met him in the swing state _ minister and his government. i met him in the swing state of— ministerand his government. i “net him in the swing state of rajasthan. right now, it is under the bjp leadership and you see some flags behind me but go around the corner it's absolutely littered with bjp flags and that shows you how fiercely bjp is campaigning for this state. only part of the state will be voting at the end of the week when the first days of voting take place but it's important to remember for the bjp, even though prime minister narendra modi is heavily favoured to win a third consecutive term, they are fighting and contesting in every constituency they can. really making a push to gain as many seats as possible. what gain as many seats as possible. what are some of — gain as many seats as possible. what are some of the _ gain as many seats as possible. what are some of the key _ gain as many seats as possible. what are some of the key election issues on the minds of voters? you are some of the key election issues

on the minds of voters?— on the minds of voters? you and i have spoken _ on the minds of voters? you and i have spoken many _ on the minds of voters? you and i have spoken many times - on the minds of voters? you and i have spoken many times about i on the minds of voters? you and i | have spoken many times about the economy and that's a feature in this economy. as it is in elections around the world and although the indian economy is slated to be amongst the top five in the next decade or so there still some economic issues that are pressing for the people here, something you see around the world, that is inflation and how expensive it is for basics like the other issue plaguing india is on employment, the situation is quite high especially for young people. and then there are the social freedoms and if you listen to what the opposition party has said, they say this is something that has really eroded quite a bit under prime minister narendra modi, freedoms for minorities in this country, especially the largest minority in the country, the muslim

population and you look at pressures the press and opposition parties have been under. of course the bjp would counter all opposition claims but even independent organisations have highlighted the increasingly authoritarian tone of the bjp government. authoritarian tone of the bjp government-— authoritarian tone of the bjp covernment. ~ , ., government. the prime minister of sinaa ore government. the prime minister of singapore will _ government. the prime minister of singapore will step _ government. the prime minister of singapore will step down _ government. the prime minister of singapore will step down next - government. the prime minister of i singapore will step down next month. the deputy prime minister will succeed him and in a statement on social media the prime minister asked all the people of singapore to give the new prime minister support and work to create a brighter future. he's been prime ministerfor almost 20 years and it is understood he had planned to succession to take place earlier but it was delayed due to the covid 19 pandemic. here in the uk, parliament will resume voting today on the government's plan to send

some asylum seekers to rwanda. it's expected the bill could be given final approval by the end of the week, following intense debate and attempts by the house of lords to make amendments. ministers hope the first asylum seekers can be sent to the african country within weeks. police in australia have said it's "obvious" that a man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in sydney, was targeting women. five of the six victims were female. another 12 people, including a baby, were injured. our sydney correspondent katy watson reports. across australia, flags are flying at half mast, honouring the victims of saturday's attack. the names of all of those who died have now been released. this was pikria darchia — originally from georgia, she spoke several languages. dawn singleton was a 25—year—old planning her imminent wedding. jade young was a 47—year—old architect, motherand member of a surf life—saving club. osteopath ashlee good died protecting her nine—month—old baby. police say the little girl has improved significantly, and could be on a regular hospital ward within days.

yixuan cheng, a chinese student — her picture is yet to be released. and this was security guard faraz tahir — the only man killed as he tried to intervene in the attack. he had moved here from pakistan. assailantjoel cauchi, who was shot dead by a police officer, had a history of mental illness — but authorities continue to search for motives, including whether he was targeting women. well, the videos speak for themselves, don't they? and that's certainly a line of inquiry for us. it's obvious to me, it's obvious to detectives, that that seems to be an area of interest that the offender had focused on women and avoided the men. as you know — that has been reported — five of the deceased are women, and the majority of victims in hospital are also women. stories behind the bravery of the shoppers during the attack are also emerging. damien geurot from france confronted

the killer with a bollard. i saw the guy. somebody on the floor with a lot of blood. and i saw one girl actually from the balcony get stabbed. and... and then it's like, when i saw him running, it's like, you're not... i saw him running, so i have to follow him, of course. police have now finished their immediate investigations here at the westfield shopping centre, but it remains closed today. amid the stories of bravery and developments in the investigation, the focus for many is on remembering the victims of an attack that's shaken the country. some happier news now. there's some great news for bird lovers — loch arkaig in the scottish highlands has welcomed its first osprey egg of the season. the woodland trust in scotland says one of its visiting ospreys, called dorcha, began chirping on sunday morning, and treated livestream viewers to a glimpse of the egg just before 11:15. the trust is hoping to see a full clutch of three

eggs by next weekend. the un secretary general says it's time for the war between israel and hamas in gaza to step back from the brink and it comes after iran launched 300 projectiles at israel and what it says was retaliation for and what it says was retaliation for a strike on its consulate in syria. david cameron in the uk foreign secretary told the bbc iran suffered a double defeat after its attack on israel and called for israel to be smart as well as tough. stay with us here on bbc news. it's been a wet and windy morning and some pictures are fabulous

rainbow sent in this morning by our weather watchers this morning but the wind gusts are of note, pretty rough conditions around the coasts. gusting 30—60 miles an hour across much of the uk. strong winds continuing into the afternoon, and they could cause some issues and the reason for that is the area of low pressure situated to the north of the uk, look at the isobars, fairly close together, a blustery north—westerly wind. the ring clearing from the thousand south—eastern through this afternoon we are left with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, shower is heavy in parts with some hail and sleet and some snow for a time over the higher ground of scotland. gusting winds in the showers as well, even a rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out but the gusts of wind reaching as high as 60 miles an hour likely to continue this afternoon and maximum temperatures of 12 degrees,

feeling notably chilly with the strong north—westerly wind. tonight we continue with areas of showers moving south and east, likely to stay cloudy around the eastern side of england and eastern scotland, rain continuing here. strong wounds on north sea coast. throughout tuesday, the cloud and rain likely to linger through parts of east yorkshire and lincolnshire towards norfolk and suffolk and that will feel notably colder through tuesday, further west it is looking largely dry with some showers dotted around, temperatures typically 9—13 . a brisk northerly wind in norwich. going throughout the rest of the week we lose the rain and high pressure starts to build across the atlantic. we will see some weather fronts initially but heading into the weekend it looks like it will become more established across the uk and that could bring us longer

spells of dry weather, temperature scraping up as well, 14—17 . goodbye. and temperatures will creep up again. 14—17 c. goodbye.

global markets on edge as tensions escalate

in the middle east. the price of gold rises as oil falls. we'll be live in the region. welcome to business today, i'm ben thompson. we start with the events in the middle east where, as we've been reporting, the united nations secretary—general, antonio guterres, has said it's time to step back from the brink, after iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at israel late on saturday. the situation has already started weighing on global financial markets as we start a new week. oil prices are particularly volatile right now. oil prices have fallen.