gets under way in new york with the court struggling to find impartialjurors. hello. welcome to the programme. i'm ben thompson. israel's war cabinet has met for a second time in less than 2a hours to discuss how to respond to iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack. the government has not made public whether a decision on a suitable response had been reached at all during the late—night meeting, but reiterated that there will be a response. meanwhile, the white house has described iran's attack on israel over the weekend as a "spectacular and embarrassing failure." nearly all of the more than 300 missiles and drones were shot down.

let us talk about what we know so far. with me now is said shehata from bbc arabic. talk to me first of all about the meeting, the second time in 24 the meeting, the second time in 2a hours the war cabinet has met. do we have any clarity on what can happen next? we what can happen next? no decision — what can happen next? no decision has _ what can happen next? fir? decision has been announced yet by the agreement within the cabinet is about the response, the military chief of staff said the reading attack will be better with a response, but the timing and the response, it will affect the escalation or the response because iranians have said what is done destructive consulate in damascus was a strategic mistake and what they have done, it was self defence. in that case, that is it. israel says it is damaging, so the attack on its soil, even if the

damage was minimum, inside israel it looks like damage for its reputation as a superpower. the pressure on the cabinet and on mr netanyahu to make a response, howeverthe on mr netanyahu to make a response, however the pressure from the united states and the united kingdom and mr cameron, the foreign secretary, set israel should be smart, it was a failure. so they tried to minimise the effect of the strike because the damage was minimal. one from inside and one from outside, the pressures, to respond or not. this is a situation, and other allies to israel. let this is a situation, and other allies to israel.— allies to israel. let us look at what — allies to israel. let us look at what the _ allies to israel. let us look at what the options - allies to israel. let us look at what the options may i allies to israel. let us look. at what the options may be. locals say israel will respond clearly about decisively. the question right now is whether that response will target

iranians proxies in the region other than iran itself or directly a strike on iranians territory, but also, that debate about his israel response was defending itself or certainly sending a message of deterrence while not ratcheting up tensions between the two and escalating this even further.— the two and escalating this even further. there are three options. _ even further. there are three options. and _ even further. there are three options, and it _ even further. there are three options, and it was _ even further. there are three | options, and it was mentioned in many analysis in some commentators, the three options before israel. the first is to attract the programme and any agreement towards iran for the nuclear programme, so many times mr netanyahu said iranian, building the power and so on. it might be a chance for israel to do what it tried to do a long time ago. it is one

option. this will lead to an all—out war because the iranian foreign ministry said any attack from israel would be met from immediate response. a harsh response. the second one is to attack or to assassinate some of the leaders of the military, either inside iran and outside iran, especially the revolutionary guard. the third option is a similar attack, or the with the rebels —— houthi. the first option will lead to an all—out war, which american and britain and mr biden will not go with israel to do that because it affects the increasing oil prices, affect the gulf, so bigger pressure on the area. so the talk and speculation will

be a limited response to save the reputation of israel, at the reputation of israel, at the same time not provoke the run to do a response. the timing and scope is not decided yet. it timing and scope is not decided et. , ., ., ., timing and scope is not decided et. , ., ., yet. it is good to have you with us to _ yet. it is good to have you with us to talk _ yet. it is good to have you with us to talk us - yet. it is good to have you with us to talk us through | yet. it is good to have you - with us to talk us through what has happened so far. grateful for your time. thank you. has happened so far. grateful foryourtime. thank you. i live pages up and running on the bbc website with the latest details as they emerge as tensions remain high in the region. elsewhere today... donald trump marked the end of the first day of a landmark trial against him in new york by telling reporters "it is a scam." mr trump was speaking after becoming the first ever us president to face criminal charges in court. he denies trying to disguise a hush money payment to an adult film star in 2016. it is a scam trial. if you read all of the legal

scum, not one that says this is a case that should be brought to trial. it is a political scam, a political witchhunt. that is donald trump speaking outside court. our north america editor sarah smith reports on the dramatic events of the day. it's become a well—rehearsed ritual — donald trump's performance on his way to court. but this time, it's very different. the first criminal trial of a former president, and it comes with a possible prison sentence. just look at his face. he seems drained of all his usual bombast, while insisting he is the victim of a conspiracy to derail his presidential campaign. this is political persecution. this is a persecution like never before. nobody�*s ever seen anything like it. and, again, it's a case that should have never been brought. it's an assault on america, and that's why

i'm very proud to be here. loyal trump supporters and many ordinary voters do believe he is being unfairly targeted. they are weaponising the criminaljustice system against their political enemies and it's not right. i will fight for this man till the day i die, and if they put him injail, there are going to be millions of americans like me that are going to grab our guns and have a civil war. trump opponents were also demonstrating outside the court. he's been a lifelong grifter and should never have gotten to the point where he could even be president of the united states because he should've been arrested and injail long ago for all the people he has ripped off over the years. when the porn star, stormy daniels, claimed they had had an affair, he paid her $130,000 hush money just before the 2016 election. he is now accused of illegally falsifying business records to hide that payment. tv cameras are not allowed inside. sketches show some of the action

as lawyers clashed over what evidence could be used in the trial. photos from the start of the proceedings show mr trump looking sombre and very tired. fidgeting a lot in his seat at times, he also appeared to nod off at one point, mouth slack, head drooping. he scrutinised the list of questions, asked of hundreds of potentialjurors to ascertain their neutrality, including where they get their news and if they've ever been to a trump rally. over 60 have already admitted they cannot be fair and impartial about donald trump. finding 12 people both sides believe will be evenhanded could take weeks. obviously, he prefers the campaign trail, but now he has to fit that around his court dates. bringing the trial centre stage as he attacked the judge at a rally in pennsylvania just two days ago. this has never happened before, by the way. you do know that, right? fully gagged before a highly conflicted and corruptjudge who suffers from tds. does anyone know what tds is? correct — trump derangement syndrome.

this case could last for months, with donald trump required to be here almost every day. sarah smith there with the events of day one. let's speak to our north america correspondent john sudworth who is in new york. we got a sense of what day one look like. what are we expecting today on day two? well, i am standing in the press spin here, just opposite the court. clearly pretty empty at the moment, just a few european broadcasters left during the early morning rounds, but it will fill up again tomorrow because this is such a crucial part of the trial, the selection of the members of the jewry. as trial, the selection of the members of thejewry. as we heard in sarah's report there, it is a very difficult task. hbamwmmmumfl.

they it is a very difficult task. they have around 300 potential candidates to sit, and over the next few weeks, they will be whittled down, person by person. as the court looks for people who do not hold strong preconceptions about the former president, which, when you think about it, he is a man who wielded such influence over us politics and society for the best part of ten years or more now, makes this no easy task at all. , ~ , ., now, makes this no easy task at all. , ~ ,., . all. yes, we will keep a close e e on all. yes, we will keep a close eye on how _ all. yes, we will keep a close eye on how that _ all. yes, we will keep a close eye on how that goes. - all. yes, we will keep a close eye on how that goes. john, | all. yes, we will keep a close i eye on how that goes. john, for now, thank you. john live in new york for us. talk about the implications of trying to find the jurors. let's speak to laurie levenson, a former federal prosecutor and professor of law at loyola marymount university in los angeles. thank you for being with us. we put that very question to you — what day one has proved is just how difficult it would be to

find these impartialjurors. find these impartial jurors. the find these impartialjurors. the scale of the challenge ahead for the court right now is just to find those jurors, isn't it? isjust to find those “urors, isn't it? ., , isjust to find those “urors, isn't it? . , ., isn't it? that is right, and the court _ isn't it? that is right, and the court knew— isn't it? that is right, and the court knew it - isn't it? that is right, and the court knew it would i isn't it? that is right, and| the court knew it would be isn't it? that is right, and i the court knew it would be a challenging task to bring in hundreds of prospective jurors, and it is encouraging the jurors to be honest, even if it means it will take longer to pick them. in the end, the judge really does want people decide on the evidence. yes. decide on the evidence. yes, and expiain _ decide on the evidence. yes, and explain to _ decide on the evidence. yes, and explain to us _ decide on the evidence. yes, and explain to us if— decide on the evidence. yes, and explain to us if you - decide on the evidence. yes, and explain to us if you will l and explain to us if you will how this works. what is it that the judge will be questioning those potentialjurors on, and what will he be looking for in this case?— this case? the first stage is we are asking _ this case? the first stage is we are asking jurors - this case? the first stage is. we are asking jurors whether they can serve during length of this case which we expect to be a couple of months, but beyond that, they have a questionnaire, and it has a series of questions about what people know about donald trump, whether they go to their rallies, whether they read the books or family members

rallies, whether they read the books orfamily members or strong supporters. they have to get through all the questionnaires, and after that, they have the follow—up and our system, each side gets a certain number ofjurors they certain number of jurors they can certain number ofjurors they can kick off for any reason. it is an extensive process. irate is an extensive process. we know that — is an extensive process. we know that the _ is an extensive process. we know that the trunk campaign have been very keen to delay all of these trials and push them further down the line. they want to hopefully wait until after the presidential election. is there any risk here that this selection will take so long and pushes it even close or beyond the presidential election? i don't think that — presidential election? i don't thinkthat this— presidential election? i don't think that this case, - presidential election? i don't think that this case, this - think that this case, this particular one will go beyond the election stop on the other hand there are three other trials waiting in the wings and those might not get started before the election. we still have the supreme court to decide on whether there is immunity, we have the mar—a—lago case in deciding whether these were presidential documents, and that everything in georgia took a turn when there were accusations against there were accusations against the prosecutor. so this is the

case. new york is the case and i think it is most likely it resolved before the election. so on this specific case, talk to me about the challenge ahead for thejudge, what they to me about the challenge ahead for the judge, what they are hoping to prove here, certainly the prosecution, what are they hoping to improve on what other political implications of this case could remark the penalties, this is what we call a low felony, it can be up to four years on each count, but there are 3a counts against donald trump. there are 34 counts against donald trump.— there are 34 counts against donald trump. there are 34 counts against donald trum -. ~ . , .,, ., donald trump. what they hope to rove that donald trump. what they hope to prove that he _ donald trump. what they hope to prove that he falsified _ donald trump. what they hope to prove that he falsified or- donald trump. what they hope to prove that he falsified or had - prove that he falsified or had people falsify for him his business records, and that he did so in order to conceal other crimes that he was involved in, namely some campaign roared. the whole theory here is that he was paid -- paying theory here is that he was paid —— paying hush money to a porn star because it didn't want that information to get out right before the election and effective campaign. so that is the overall case being brought against donald trump. haifa

the overall case being brought against donald trump. how high are the stakes _ against donald trump. how high are the stakes here? _ against donald trump. how high are the stakes here? we - against donald trump. how high are the stakes here? we heard i are the stakes here? we heard from mr trump speaking out, and we often say every time he appears in court his funding goes up at his supporters use this as a rallying call. but there are serious implications here. with this damage mr trump's chances of the presidency? i trump's chances of the presidency?— trump's chances of the presidency? trump's chances of the residen ? ~ ., , presidency? i think that they can and i _ presidency? i think that they can and i think _ presidency? i think that they can and i think that - presidency? i think that they can and i think that is - presidency? i think that they can and i think that is why i presidency? i think that they| can and i think that is why he is making such a fuss about it outside the courtroom even though he is not allowed to inside the courtroom. the bottom line is if he is convicted on these counts, it will cost him dearly, particularly with independent voters. he has his support base, they don't care, but this election will be close and will depend on the independent voters, and they have expressed real concern if there is a conviction. it real concern if there is a conviction-— real concern if there is a conviction. , ., ., conviction. it is good to have ou conviction. it is good to have you with _ conviction. it is good to have you with us _ conviction. it is good to have you with us on _ conviction. it is good to have you with us on the _ conviction. it is good to have i you with us on the programme this morning, thank you for joining us live from los angeles. thank you.

to sydney now, where police have declared a stabbing at an orthodox church on monday was a "terrorist act". a teenage boy was arrested after a bishop was stabbed while giving a sermon that was being live streamed. several churchgoers were also stabbed when trying to help. police said none of their injuries were life—threatening. the commissioner of new south wales police explained why they are treating the attack as terrorism. the things that influence my decision to declare this a terrorist incident was the actions of the individual, who attended — we will allege attended that church with a knife, armed with a knife, and stabbed the bishop — priest, and others were also injured. we believe there are elements that are satisfied, in terms of religious motivated extremism, and, of course, the intimidation of the public through that person's acts.

prime minister anthony albanese called for unity in the wake of the attacks. this is a disturbing incident. there is no place for violence in our community, there is no place for violent extremism. we are a peaceloving nation. this is a time to unite, not divide as a community and as a country. our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more details. as we heard them from the police, they believe that the alleged attacker was motivated ijy alleged attacker was motivated by religious extremism and the incident at the syrian orthodox church in the western part of sydney was being live streamed, and what the video shows is an individual wearing a dark jacket, calmly walking up to the altar before apparently repeatedly stabbing a bishop. now, members of the

congregation rushing to help, and the upshot of all of this is that four people have been taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. a 15—year—old boy was also detained. he has been taken to a secure location. there are now two investigations, first into this alleged act of terror perpetrated on what police believe is a teenage boy, and also, a police investigation of very serious disturbances outside the church. a large crowd gathered very angry at what happened inside the church and there were clashes with the police. so there are now two investigations into this alleged stabbing at a church in sydney. phil mercer there in sydney. phil mercer there in sydney with a very latest. more top stories coming up for you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. now, liz truss has told the bbc she hopes donald trump is re—elected as america's president, claiming claiming the "world was safer" when he was in the white house. the uk's shortest—serving prime minister also told our political editor chris mason she can't see any purpose for the united nations in its current form. he began by asking her how she would respond to those who criticise her time as leader. well, i don't... i don't think that's true. but you lasted... all the stuff about lasting less time than a lettuce... this is just pathetic point—scoring. address directly our viewer or listener who looks back 18 months and remembers that mini budget and blames you for mortgages going sky high, for the country feeling poorer, for the economy getting into a spin, and say that you were the author of that and it was a disaster. well, the mortgages

getting higher was a phenomenon that was happening around the world. interest rates were going up. they'd been too low for too long. in fact, it was a failure of the bank of england not to put them up earlier, which would have helped stem inflation. but it was your actions that led to that spiralling economic mess. well, i don't agree with that. i don't agree with that. but the markets went into turmoil. you had to sack your chancellor. you were gone within a few weeks. what happened was we put forward the mini budget, which was about addressing the economic problems britain had, because the fact is, growth was not high enough, there wasn't enough money coming in to the exchequer. that meant squeezes on public services. you had the bank of england, which was running monetary policy, actively not supporting what the government was doing. do you think andrew bailey, the governor, should be out? well, i don't support his continuation in the job. we didn't know we were

sitting on a tinderbox. which you set fire to. well... i just wonder if it all sounds like you are looking for somebody else to blame. well, what i am saying is, yes... it was somebody else's fault? well, i'm not saying i'm perfect, nobody�*s perfect. it's all very well saying, "liz, do you accept any of the blame?" i'm, frankly, not going to let them get off the hook. you talk in the book about the "deep state". isn't that to indulge in conspiracy theory kind of quackery? well, it's a description of a group of people, an orthodoxy, a groupthink that is not accountable to electors. so you'd get rid of the office for budget responsibility? yes, tomorrow. you offer plenty of praise of donald trump in the book. do you hope he wins again

in the autumn? yes, i do. why? because i believe that we need a strong america. under donald trump, when he was president of the united states, the world was safer. how, then, do we, in yourview, shape international relations? cos you talk in the book about the united nations. you talk about it having �*sick building syndrome'. would you get rid of the un? i can't see a purpose for the un as it stands at present. it has been very ineffective at dealing with international situations — in fact, positively damaging. let's talk about the future of the conservative party. would nigel farage be a welcome addition to the parliamentary conservative party? i think he would be — i think it would be good if he joined the conservative party. and became an mp? well, if hejoined the conservative party, i would support him becoming an mp, yes. why? because i think he believes in conservative values. i think it's a shame he's not in the conservative party.

we are grateful for your time, liz truss. thank you. liz truss there speaking to our political editor chris mason. if you want to listen to more of that conversation, is quite an enlightening conversation, you can do so. bbc sounds is where you will find on the newscast broadcast. staying here in the uk, and in late night votes on monday, mps in the house of commons voted to reject six amendments to the rwanda bill made by the house of lords. the controversial bill will now return to the upper chamber for further scrutiny later today, tuesday. it comes as reports suggest the uk held talks with other countries, including armenia, about replicating the scheme. the plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda has faced setbacks since it was first announced in april 2022 by borisjohnson's government. here's our political correspondent ian watson on what we could expect. what the government is hopeful of is the lords have made their

point, considered very little ground themselves, the lords will then back down, back off, the stand—off between the two houses of parliament will end and this will become law by the end of the week. but then there are new challenges for the government as well. first of all, it is likely some refugee charities will try to make a legal challenge and the practical invitations about how people will be removed to rwanda and also questions again which were raised elsewhere in the commons today, the committee of mps about the costs of the scheme and whether it is value for money. certainly the feeling among ministers is that they are confident that they will get a flight off before the next election, presuming of course that rishi sunak is right when he says that the working assumption is that that election will be in the second half of this year. iain watson with the latest

from westminster. also with flagging that the post office enquiry resumes later this morning. you may remember some explosive testimony last week from alan bates. the enquiry will today hear from former post office chief david mills and david melia who was a director of post office's horizon programme. that was a controversial floor technical system that meant many sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted. world business coming up for you very shortly so stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. it was a very unsettled day on monday, very windy for many of us, with widespread gales and a whole mixture of weather conditions. tuesday looks a little bit quieter. it'll still be quite blustery. there'll be sunshine, a few showers around, but it'll stay on the cool side for the time of year, and this cooler air mass, which was introduced

across the uk by monday's area of low pressure, will be sitting to the east of the country for tuesday. so it's here where we'll see most of the showers, the strongest of the winds. the further west you are, closer to this area of high pressure, then it'll be a little bit quieter. so we start off on a chilly note for tuesday morning. quite a bit of sunshine around. a few showers from the word go across northern and eastern areas, and these showers will affect northern scotland, wintriness on the hills. into the afternoon, some heavier showers, perhaps with some hail and thunder affecting the midlands into southeast england. and a fairly breezy day to come, not as windy as monday — those are mean wind speeds. temperature—wise, probably a little bit better than monday, up to 13 degrees in the south. so, with some light winds, some sunshine, it won't feel too bad, but cooler along north sea coasts, single digits there. tuesday night, we continue to see clear spells, further bands of showers, especially across northern scotland, where it will turn quite windy again, and stay cool as well

with some snow on the hills there. a touch of frost in some sheltered glens, otherwise, it's quite a chilly night, i think, to start wednesday morning. so wednesday itself, we'll have some showers draped across eastern areas. these weather fronts may bring some cloud and rain to the far west of the country, and once again, we're in a slightly cooler air mass. wednesday could be a little bit cooler than tuesday. so, we start off on a chilly note, plenty of sunshine around. there will be showers, again, across northern and eastern scotland, eastern england, more cloud here, and these weather fronts could bring cloud outbreaks of rain to northern ireland. a bit of a question mark as to how far eastwards it moves, but it could affect parts of wales and southwest england through the afternoon, the best of the brightness through the spine of the country. temperatures range from 9 to 11 or 12 degrees, so a bit below average. thursday into friday, we see a spell of wet, windy weather across the north of the uk, something drier in the south, and then this area of high pressure wants to build in in time for the weekend. so that will bring a very much needed quieter, drier spell of weather

as we push towards the end of the week, and with a bit more sunshine around, light winds, it'll feel a bit warmer, as well.

live from london, this is bbc news. these are the top business stories. a bump in the road for tesla as the company slashes 10% of its global workforce. meanwhile, we hearfrom the tesla whistle—blower who has battled elon musk through the courts for a decade. she tells us how she is still

seeking a public apology. also ahead — the dragon roars again. china's economy grows faster than expected, thanks to strong industrial output. but the country's property crisis deepens. plus — making waves. governments from around the world meet in greece to discuss the future of the earth's oceans. welcome to the programme. we will take you through the top business stories, this hour. the electric car giant tesla has announced it is cutting over 10% of its global workforce — around 14,000 jobs, as it reacts to slowing demand and pressure on prices. the chief executive, elon musk, announced what he called "the difficult decision" in a memo to staff, saying there is nothing he hates more than letting workers go.

shares in tesla fell over 5% on monday following the news.