will not go unpunished. i'm lyse doucet, with the latest on the response to iran's weekend attack. i'm geeta guru—murthy in london with our other top stories. donald trump returns to court in new york — as jury selection for his hush money trial continues. he calls the case a disgrace. we have a judge that hates trump, a judge _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that shouldn't be on this case, — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he is totally conflicted. a muslim student loses a high court challenge in london against a ban on prayer rituals at school. and the house of commons debates whether smoking should be banned forfuture generations in britain.

welcome tojerusalem, where you join is at five o'clock in the late afternoon, and israel is today saying it has launched a diplomatic offensive against iran, calling for more sanctions against the islamic republic, after the unprecedented attack last weekend. iran has launched an offensive of its own, insisting in calls to regional and world leaders that it acted in legitimate self—defence, but the israeli foreign minister, israel katz, has written to more than 30 countries urging them to designate iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organisation. also today, the israeli government has been showing journalists the missiles, some of them that were launched against israel at the weekend. israel says more than 350 suicide drones and cruise and

ballistic missiles were fired in all. it is only a handful got through, including some to the nevatim airbase in southern israel. israel hasn't replied get to the big question being asked by everyone, exactly when and how israel will respond, and the war cabinet has met three times so far and in the last hour, a leading member of the war cabinet, benny gantz, has reiterated that israel will retaliate but in a time and manner and place of its own choosing. meanwhile, iran continues to insist that this attack was a retaliatory one in response to israel's attack on its consulate on april the 1st in the syrian capital, damascus, which killed a number of its senior revolutionary guards. it has called for restraint and there has called for restraint and there has been calls for restraint right

across the world. but this afternoon, the chief israeli military spokesman, daniel hagari, said israel would have to respond. we are here with the body of one of the ballistic missiles that was launched directly from iran to israel. these ballistic missiles are ones that has 500 kilos of explosives in the warhead. we are talking about over 110 ballistic missiles coming from iran aiming towards israel. these are 60 tons of explosives directly to israel. something else has happened. this coalition is directing a message to iran — we will not allow this aggression in the region. this coalition is an opportunity

for the middle east, a strategic opportunity for the middle east, for countries who share the same threat from iran. firing 110 ballistic missiles directly to israel will not get scot—free. we will respond in our time, in our place, in the way that we will choose. this growing tension is dominating the attention of world leaders. in the midst of this tension, israel is continuing its operation against hamas in gaza. there have been reports of fighting in several areas — including in the town of beit hanoun, in the north—east of gaza, in what appears to be a new military offensive.

israel says the military operations are intended to destroy hamas but they have created growing alarm in they have created growing alarm in the international community with repeated calls for israel to do much more to protect civilians and bring in more humanitarian aid. reports from gaza, particularly the worst affected area in the north today, is that more aid has been getting in the bud today the united nations again called on israel to ease the restrictions, seeing there were still unlawful restrictions being placed at the entry and delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid. but for the moment, let's return to this confrontation between israel and iran, after decades of shadow wars and covert operations, it is now out in the open and the region, indeed, beyond the region too, is in

uncharted waters. joining me is behnam ben taleblu, iran expert at the foundation for defence of democracies. he keeps a very close eye on the iran file. welcome to bbc news. thank you. iran file. welcome to bbc news. thank vom— iran file. welcome to bbc news. thank yon-— iran file. welcome to bbc news. thank ou. ., ., ,, thank you. how would you assess the nature of the — thank you. how would you assess the nature of the iranians _ thank you. how would you assess the nature of the iranians attack? - thank you. how would you assess the nature of the iranians attack? we - nature of the iranians attack? we say it is unprecedented and iran insists it was a calibrated attack they telegraphed, informing regional leaders and beyond it was about to take place, but israel and its allies regarded as a reckless attack and a huge breach of israeli security. how would you describe it? well, it is a great question because the islamic republic politically telegraphed it, if you remember even after 72 hours before the strike occurred, almost international media was on razors edge waiting to see what the islamic republic would do

and that is precisely what the redeemer wanted but make no mistake, the attack was notjust redeemer wanted but make no mistake, the attack was not just a redeemer wanted but make no mistake, the attack was notjust a political symbol, even though in my view the islamic republic achieved a political win in my view, it was a attack designed to cause casualty and inflict damage to air bases and military installations the islamic republic believed it was targeting, a layered approach, first with low and slow drones, then cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, designed to overwhelm some of the air missile defence infrastructure, rendering the population and the targets undefended and to allow the ballistic missiles to actually penetrate and in the previous segment, i heard the voice of the israeli spokesperson talking about the warhead weight. ballistic missiles carry multiple times, five to four times the weight of drones, drones from russia are also known to be used in this operation. so while

iran are saying they are showing resolve in the aftermath of this killing in damascus, the resume has decided to significantly escalate this and do two things it had never done before, directly attack israel from its own to retreat with ballistic missiles as well as directly attack with ballistic missiles against its intended targets, and israel has some of the most robust missile defence infrastructure in the region if not infrastructure in the region if not in the world, defended by countries such as the us, france and jordan, and all operations involving ballistic missiles in iraq, syria and pakistan have all been against undefended targets of this is absolutely unprecedented. iran clearly wanted _ absolutely unprecedented. iran clearly wanted to _ absolutely unprecedented. iran clearly wanted to establish a stronger deterrent, send a clear signal to israel, don't attack us, because if we do, we will attack you. —— if you do. this does not seem to have worked in israel's eyes. seem to have worked in israel's e es. �* , , ., ., ,

eyes. and in the eyes of many, indeed, i _ eyes. and in the eyes of many, indeed, i would _ eyes. and in the eyes of many, indeed, i would say _ eyes. and in the eyes of many, indeed, i would say it - eyes. and in the eyes of many, indeed, i would say it has - indeed, i would say it has undermined the islamic republic of iran's deterrence, because they used to be an outsized question as to the effectiveness of iran's conventional strike capabilities at range, now we have seen the operational capacity of some of those ballistic missiles at range, this may ironically increase the salience of the military option for israel. this is regardless of the fact that at closer distances, particularly with short—range ballistic missiles, none of which were used in this operation, the islamic republic had operational military success at those targets in iraq, syria and pakistan but with over 1000 commentators to reverse and robust air defences, israel was able to put up air defences, israel was able to put up a robust defence and undermine the islamic republic's attempt to establish deterrence of this was deterrence by denial by israel and others internationally. —— with over 1000 kilometres due to reverse. it

has been described as notjust unprecedented but a turning point in this long—running and hostile relation but would it be fair to say it is also a turning point in iran's security doctrine and we have heard from the army chief of staff saying what they call strategic patience is over and there is a new equation that from now on, if you hit us, we will hit you. in that from now on, if you hit us, we will hit yon-— will hit you. in the week and a iran strike against _ will hit you. in the week and a iran strike against israel, _ will hit you. in the week and a iran strike against israel, many - strike against israel, many officials had even used the phrase strategic patience but that seems to be out the window and the commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps talked about not only responding against israel but responding against israel but responding from a radiant soil against israel and in my view this actually puts more of a target on the islamic republic's back given the islamic republic's back given the shortcomings of a conventional strike against israel so in this sense, one wonders what the retaliation might be, whether directly against iranian territory or something covert and overt marry together because again there has been that shadow war, or whether it

is something outside of the region to test the iranians doctrine because iran said that regardless of where the is ready for it may come, we will respond directly from iranians territory so it significantly raises more questions thanit significantly raises more questions than it answers but again, i think the key takeaway is the ineffectiveness of the strike raises the salience of the military option for israel which for the last two decades, despite ringing the alarm bells of the houthi programme backed by iran has not in anything on their territory to date and this attack changes that.— territory to date and this attack chances that. ., ., ., .. , changes that. you laid out exactly what is being _ changes that. you laid out exactly what is being discussed _ changes that. you laid out exactly what is being discussed here - changes that. you laid out exactly what is being discussed here in i what is being discussed here in israel in public discussions but we understand behind the closed doors, the war cabinet, what are the range of targets, what of the range of options facing the israeli military now and particularly the war cabinet which has been empowered to take that decision. thank you very much forjoining us with your

perspectives and many are hoping that this retaliatory strike by iran can close the door on this particular chapter, but there is a growing concern, as we havejust been hearing, that this is a whole new game, and a whole new security doctrine being adopted by both iran and israel, which could set this region on it much more dangerous course, but everyone is saying they don't want another war and allies of israel and those who are calling you brian are all saying, let's pull back and exercise restraint. —— you are calling iran. to at least you said and the team injerusalem, for now, thank you very much. we will be back with them in the coming hours. —— to lyse doucet. a smoking ban for future generations is being debated in the uk's parliament today. the proposed ban means that it would be illegalfor anyone turning 15 or younger this year to ever be able to buy tobacco products.

new zealand had planned something similar, but the country's new coalition government scrapped the policy. uk prime minister rishi sunak is facing opposition from some of his own mps, while labour is in favour of the proposal. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable death in the uk. it kills two thirds of long—term users. the aim of the new bill before parliament is to protect younger generations from harm by banning tobacco use for them. 0ne caller with experience of that harm told the nicky campbell show on bbc radio 5 live he regretted ever starting to smoke. i had to have one lung removed, got emphysema and copd in the other lung, and now i've found out i've got terminal cancer in my liver and adrenal glands. i'm so sorry. yeah, it's something i've got used to now, i've come to terms with it, but what i've gone through the last few years i wouldn't want anyone to go through. and if i could go back, i wish i'd never started. the harm done by smoking

is well documented. it causes lung and heart disease, cancer, stillbirths, dementia and asthma. england's chief medical officer chris whitty supports the ban. people are trapped into smoking at a very young age and once they become addicted, their choice is taken away. so, if you are favour of choice, you should be against something which takes away people's choices, the great majority of smokers wish they had never started, but now they are in trouble. the tobacco and vapes bill before parliament today represents a huge change. it proposes that anyone turning 15 this year and anyone younger than that would be banned from buying cigarettes throughout their lives. but it has sparked a fierce debate about freedoms. what this does is it infantilises future adults.

when you are 18 in this entry, you are legally an adult, and as such you should be treated like one. at 18, you can drive a car, you can join the army, you can possess a credit card, you can buy alcohol, and most importantly, you can vote. the bill also includes new restrictions to tackle concerns about the sharp rise in the number of children using vapes. it would ensure flavours and packaging were less appealing to children, but some are doubtful it would work. i don't think anybody necessarily looks at the packaging and thinks, "let's try that." it is more, it is vaping, it is a cool thing to do. just as smoking was in the '80s. kids will be kids, they will try smoking, they will try vaping. the debate continues in parliament today, where mps will be given their first chance to vote on what would be the world's first lifelong smoking ban for younger generations. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

donald trump has returned to court in new york for the second day ofjury selection in his hush—money criminal trial. this is the moment he left trump tower, his base in manhattan, to drive to the courthouse. he's been ordered by thejudge to attend each day of the jury selection process, which began on monday, and could last all week. and this is the moment he arrived in court. mr trump has also been issued with a gag order relating to aspects of the case. he had this to say to reporters before he went in. every legal pundit, every legal scholar said this trial is a disgrace. we have a trump—hating judge. we have a judge who shouldn't be on this case. he's totally conflicted. but this is a trial that should never happen. it should have been thrown out a long time ago. if you look atjonathan turley, andy mccarthy, all great legal

scholars, there's not one that we've been able to find that said this should be a trial. i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. some accountant i didn't know marked it down as a legal expense. that's exactly what it was. and you get indicted over that? i should be right now in pennsylvania, in florida, in many other states, north carolina, georgia, campaigning. this is all coming from the biden white house. live to new york and our correspondent nada tawfik. donald trump is subject to a gag order so what is he permitted to say what he just said outside the court and what you read into its? —— was he permitted. and what you read into its? -- was he permitted-— he permitted. yes, it is interesting because he — he permitted. yes, it is interesting because he was — he permitted. yes, it is interesting because he was yesterday - he permitted. yes, it is interesting because he was yesterday saying l he permitted. yes, it is interesting i because he was yesterday saying how he lost his voice, that he was being silenced, but as you soar right

there, immediately outside of the courtroom, he is very much expressing how he feels. the limited 939 expressing how he feels. the limited gag order that was placed on him reallyjust gag order that was placed on him really just prevents gag order that was placed on him reallyjust prevents him from going after the judge's reallyjust prevents him from going after thejudge's family, reallyjust prevents him from going afterthejudge's family, court after the judge's family, court staff's afterthejudge's family, court staff's family members, witnesses, because there is a concern he could try to intimidate potential witnesses in this case, but as you saw there, he is able to go after thejudge himself and prosecutors. and donald trump has been doing that consistently. this of course is not directed out ofjoe biden's whitehouse, as he said there, it was put forward by manhattan's district attorney alvin bragg, but we nevertheless saw donald trump offering his perspective that he is going to argue that he had no intent to defraud and he is trying to kind of place the blame, saying he had no idea how these records would be recorded by his accountants, by his former lawyer. and it is really a

strategy we have seen donald trump take in the past as well, trying to deflect blame elsewhere. but we have actually started this jury selection process, that has resumed today, and thatis process, that has resumed today, and that is of course a kind of crucial part of this trial because as the saying goes, cases can be won or lost onjury saying goes, cases can be won or lost on jury selection. just saying goes, cases can be won or lost on jury selection.— saying goes, cases can be won or lost on jury selection. lost on “my selection. just give us a lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of— lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of the _ lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of the time _ lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of the time like _ lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of the time like that - lost on jury selection. just give us a sense of the time like that is . a sense of the time like that is expected with this case. == a sense of the time like that is expected with this case. -- the timeline- _ expected with this case. -- the timeline. we _ expected with this case. -- the timeline. we will _ expected with this case. -- the timeline. we will first - expected with this case. -- the timeline. we will first have - expected with this case. -- the timeline. we will first have to l expected with this case. -- the i timeline. we will first have to get throughjury timeline. we will first have to get through jury selection and yesterday, because there was so much housekeeping and so many loose ends to tie up in terms of what evidence could be presented to the jury about prosecution, seeing that donald trump had violated the gag order with social media posts attacking potential witnesses, jury selection really only just got potential witnesses, jury selection really onlyjust got under way at the end of the day yesterday, so we today have about 30 jurors who are needing to be whittles down, and

that will continue over the coming days until they finally get to choose 12 people and six alternates to sit on this jury, but to give you a sense of how difficult that has been so far, the first batch, more than half of the potentialjurors said they could not be impartial and were excused. we have today had one man in his 30s or 40s that works in finance, and he says he wasn't sure if he had some unconscious bias because in the finance field, people lean republican and he is originally from texas which he said is re—conservative politically and when the judge asked him that he needed to be sure if he could be impartial or not, thejuror said it is best that he could be excused, so this is the process we are going through. —— very conservative. each prospective juror going through rigorous questioning to ensure an impartial jury questioning to ensure an impartial jury can be selected. mada questioning to ensure an impartial jury can be selected.— jury can be selected. nada tawfik, thank yon —

a muslim student in london has lost a high court challenge against a ban on prayers at school. the michaela community school introduced the ban last year after some pupils began praying in the school playground during breaks. the challenge had argued that the ban discriminated against muslim pupils, a claim rejected by the court. the uk's education secretary — gillian kegan — welcomed the ruling, saying head teachers must be allowed to decide school policy. with more on this, our education editor branwenjeffreys is in the newsroom. just describe and explain the background to this.— just describe and explain the back round to this. ~ ~ . ., ., background to this. weller, michaela community school— background to this. weller, michaela community school is _ background to this. weller, michaela community school is a _ background to this. weller, michaela community school is a small - community school is a small secondary in london and it is known for its extremely strict rules and read traditional approach to teaching, including learning lots of things by rote. among the rules is the fact that smoke more than four pupils are allowed to gather together at lunchtime in the schoolyard. —— no more than four.

last march, more than 20 pupils started praying at lunchtime in the yard outside, and that led the school to introduce a ban which was at the heart of this case in a challenge brought by one pupil and her mother who argued that it discriminated in particular against muslim pupils. bud discriminated in particular against muslim punks-— discriminated in particular against muslim pupils-— muslim pupils. and what has the 'udie said muslim pupils. and what has the judge said here? _ muslim pupils. and what has the judge said here? the _ muslim pupils. and what has the judge said here? the judge - muslim pupils. and what has the judge said here? thejudge has i muslim pupils. and what has the i judge said here? thejudge has said judge said here? the 'udge has said that the school i judge said here? the 'udge has said that the school made— judge said here? thejudge has said that the school made its _ judge said here? thejudge has said that the school made its strict i that the school made its strict rules are very clear, it is a non—religious school, it has always been very direct about its secular ethos. he accepted the school's argument that there are other secondary schools nearby at which the people could have chosen instead which do provide space for prayer for their muslim pupils. he which do provide space for prayer fortheir muslim pupils. he did not exceptin fortheir muslim pupils. he did not except in the light of that that the ban that was introduced was disproportionate, because it was in line with the school's stated

policies of welcoming children from all faiths and none, but expecting all faiths and none, but expecting all of them to adhere to a very traditional way of teaching, very traditional way of teaching, very traditional and strict way of rules, and a set of what the school describes as british values. find and a set of what the school describes as british values. and the head teacher. _ describes as british values. and the head teacher, katharine _ describes as british values. and the l head teacher, katharine birbalsingh, and the legal team have both put out statements today. yes. and the legal team have both put out statements today.— statements today. yes, katharine birbalsin . h statements today. yes, katharine birbalsingh described _ statements today. yes, katharine birbalsingh described it _ statements today. yes, katharine birbalsingh described it as - statements today. yes, katharine birbalsingh described it as a i birbalsingh described it as a victory for all schools because this basically supports the rights of the head teacher and governing bodies in that state funded nonreligious school to make decisions for themselves and she pointed out that half the pupils at the school more than half, are not muslim and families choose the school which is oversubscribed because, as she put it in her statements, they recognise the traditional values the school espouses make it a joy to be in. the family however said they were profoundly dismayed and said they

had brought this case because it was important to them it was recognised how intrinsically part of being a muslim, of the identity of being a muslim, of the identity of being a muslim, the practice of prayer is and that they were extremely disappointed with this result. {lilia disappointed with this result. 0k, thank ou disappointed with this result. 0k, thank you very — disappointed with this result. 0k, thank you very much indeed. we are backin thank you very much indeed. we are back in a few minutes with much more and all of the latest is of course on the website. i am geeta guru—murthy. this is bbc news. hello, there. it's not been as windy today. there's still a number of showers around, mind you. if we look out in the atlantic, this is where we've got high pressure at the moment. and around that, there is some cloud coming in. we'll get some of that later tonight and into tomorrow. but ahead of that, we've still got these north to north—westerly winds. they are feeding in this

colder air and a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of which could be heavy, had some threatening clouds already. and we're going to find some heavier showers pushing into the south east of england later on in the day. these are the temperatures. so we're still below average. could make double figures, though, across the central belt, and 1a perhaps in south wales. but there will be some heavier showers as we head towards the end of the afternoon. those in the south east will move away. we'll see another band of showers pushing across northern england and wales and some further wintry showers overnight in northern scotland. but there will be some clearer skies around it as well and the winds will continue to ease down a bit, too. so it is going to be quite chilly out there with a frost more likely across the northern half of the uk. heading into tomorrow, this is the cloud that's coming in from the atlantic that's going to bring a little rain to northern ireland and eventually into wales. but elsewhere, after a fairly bright and sunny start, we'll see the cloud building up. we'll see more showers breaking out, not quite as heavy, not quite as widespread as we've seen over the past couple of days. but if anything, after that colder start, temperatures could be a bit lower in the afternoon, typically only ten degrees

on wednesday afternoon. now, that cloud comes on that weather front there, which sinks its way southwards around the high pressure. another weather front arrives overnight into thursday morning for northern parts of the uk. but with clearer skies and light winds across england and wales, there is actually a risk of a touch of frost here. sunny start maybe, but we've got more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. some outbreaks of rain, the heavier rain over the hills of western scotland. some of that rain pushes southwards into northern england with the sunshine hanging on towards the south west with cloud elsewhere and temperatures typically around 12 degrees. now, the weather system bringing that rain is going to move very quickly southwards overnight and during friday. and then following on from that, we get the high pressure that's in the atlantic, finally building back towards the uk, and that will bring us some much—needed drier weather in time for the weekend. it could, though, bring a fair bit of cloud and it's certainly not going to be as warm as it was last weekend.

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case a disgrace. the house of commons debates whether smoking should be banned forfuture generations in britain. tracking down a pro—kremlin troll — we'll reveal what happened when the bbc confronted a russian citizen over his false claims about the stabbing attack at the sydney shopping centre. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougal. we will know two of the champions league semi—finalists later as barcelona prepare to host paris saint—germain and borussia dortmund take on atletico madrid in the second of tonight's fixtures. on atletico madrid in the second psg go into this second leg with a 3—2 deficit after losing in paris last week and their striker kylian mbappe will need to put in a better shift after he failed to hit the target from three shots. however, the last time he played at the nou camp, he scored a hat—trick, so he'll be hoping to repeat that. meanwhile, german side

borussia dortmund are 2—1 down