translation: we will make our own decisions on our own and the state of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. an iran's president has warned there will be a harsh response if israel has the slightest response to its retaliatory attack over the weekend. i'm lyse doucet injerusalem, with the latest on the response to iran's weekend attack i'm annita mcveigh in london. our other main stories. a russian missile kills 1a and wounds more than 60 in chernihiv in northern ukraine. the actor hugh grant settles a long running lawsuit against the publisher of the sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone.

and the countdown is on, here is the olympic countdown clock marking 100 days before the opening of the paris games. welcome to jerusalem welcome tojerusalem three days after iran's unprecedented attack from iran. across the region and in capitals around the world to try and avoid a dangerous excretory spiral. both iran and israel have been on the phone to many capitals. here in jerusalem today, germany's foreign minister and the british foreign secretary have been meeting a senior israeli officials including the prime minister engine netanyahu. both of

them conveyed the same message. that israel could do everything possible to avoid an escalation. prime minister netanyahu answered saying that while israel appreciated their support and suggestions that only israel would decide on the next steps. translation: iam now coming from meetings with the foreign ministers of great britain and germany. last night i spoke to prime minister sue nack germany. last night i spoke to prime minister sue mack and soon i will also speak to other leaders. i thank ourfriends for their support our friends for their support in defending israel and i say this with both verbal support and support in actions. they also have all kinds of proposals and advice, i appreciate it but i want to be clear, we will make our own decisions on our own and the state of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. well,

after his meetings here, lord cameron was asked byjournalists whether he was satisfied with israel's response and his reaction to the concern about an escalation. we wanted to demonstrate our solidarity with israel because it was an appalling attack by iran, but to be clear, we have repeated our view that any response should be smart and designed in a way that is going to limit and try to de—escalate this conflict. nobody wants to see this conflict grow and spread, and so those were the things we were discussing. but at the same time, i think it's really important for the eyes of the world to switch to looking at the situation in gaza, where hamas have now held these hostages for 193 days. they have been offered a good deal to release dozens of prisoners from israeli jails in exchange for a pause in the fighting and for a small number of hostages to be released. they should take that deal and when the world sees they're

not taking that deal, everyone should recognise it's hamas one are causing this conflict to continue. as i say, we do not want to see escalation, we hope that anything israel does is aas limited, targeted and as smart as possible. it's in no—one�*s interest that we see escalation and that is what we said very clearly to all the people i've been speaking to here in israel. but at the same time we should also recognise some things that are going in the right direction and that is huge amounts of aid now potentially coming into gaza, the opening of ashdod port, the opening of new crossings, up to 500 trucks a day. these are things we've been asking for for a long time now and to be fair to the israeli government, they have now accepted that and it's now a question of delivering those things and the early signs are encouraging. i think we are seeing a genuine change in israel's attitude of aid getting into gaza. they have made a series

of promises about opening the port at ashdod, about opening new crossing points into gaza and aiming for 500 trucks a day, switching the water back on into gaza and allowing more to come through the so—called jordan corridor. these are important promises and there are early signs improvements are being delivered, but we will want to check day by day that it really is happening because it is so important we get that aid into gaza, we get people fed, water, shelter and the medicine they need. big changes have been promised by the israelis and we believe some things are happening and we want to make sure they all happen. lord cameron is compressing again his concern about the dire humanitarian situation in gaza, saying, as you havejust humanitarian situation in gaza, saying, as you have just heard, israel has taken some steps to improve the situation but that much more must be done. during his time here on the ground he also met the

new prime minister of the palestinian authority and, no doubt, he heard some of those concerns about their situation in gaza from him. today the un launched a 2.8 billion dealfor him. today the un launched a 2.8 billion deal for palestinians him. today the un launched a 2.8 billion dealfor palestinians in him. today the un launched a 2.8 billion deal for palestinians in the gaza strip and also the occupied west bank. organisers say 90% of the funding would go to gaza, as aid workers there struggle to prevent famine. they believe all of their figures show that gaza is on the brink of famine. more than half the population are facing a situation of catastrophic hunger. there is also concern that the last six months of this gaza war have caused wide spread devastation including two water supplies. gaza still at the top of the world's attention but

also there is growing tension between israel and iran. the president of iran today has said his own warnings and saying that israel would face a harsh response if it made the slightest response to iran's retaliatory strike to israel over the weekend. translation: if the zionist regime makes the slightest move to violate our territory and harm of the national interests of the islamic republic, they must understand that they will space a severe and heavy response. joining me now is reza pahlavi — the exiled crown prince of iran and the oldest son of mohammad reza pahlavi, the last shah of iran. before the islamic revolution in 1979, he was the last heir apparent to the throne of the imperial state of iran. he has been a prominent voice among

the rainy opposition. welcome to bbc news. you the rainy opposition. welcome to bbc news._ you have - the rainy opposition. welcome to bbc| news._ you have posted news. good evening. you have posted on social media _ news. good evening. you have posted on social media that _ news. good evening. you have posted on social media that the _ news. good evening. you have posted on social media that the fate - news. good evening. you have posted on social media that the fate of- on social media that the fate of israelis and iranians are intertwined. israel is now deciding on what response it should make to iran's attack on the weekend, what would you say it would be the best response? would you say it would be the best resonse? ., ., ~' would you say it would be the best resonse? ., ,, . ., response? look, i cannot speculate or decide for _ response? look, i cannot speculate or decide for the _ response? look, i cannot speculate or decide for the israeli _ response? look, i cannot speculate| or decide for the israeli government what to do or not what to do, but i can tell you that the reason i am here at this point facing this kind of crisis is a direct result of a decades long flawed policy of the western world of expecting behaviour change by this regime and at the same time one of appeasement which have involved the regime. when they regime feels that there is no threat against them, they can sell their oil, which is not going to be spent on the iranian people but rather

spent on maintaining and supporting their proxies, whether it is a houthis, hezbollah or hamas, we should not be surprised that we have had this kind of conflict occurring. the solution to fundamentally this problem, would be a change of regime in in iran, which is what the rainy people want. they are showing signs of wiegman delete that weakness —— showing signs of weakness not attacking women and foreign countries. these are all signs of despair by the regime facing unsurmountable economic situation at home and are, therefore, trying to deflect attention from the world and at the same time addressing its core base that they are doing something. the rest is just pure rhetoric as far as i'm concerned. you the the rest isjust pure rhetoric as far as i'm concerned. you the eu is lookin: far as i'm concerned. you the eu is looking at — far as i'm concerned. you the eu is looking at new _ far as i'm concerned. you the eu is looking at new sanctions _ far as i'm concerned. you the eu is looking at new sanctions against i looking at new sanctions against iran today. you have called for sanctions in the past but that has

put you at odds with other leading members of the opposition including the imprisoned nobel prize laureate saying that sanctions do not work they simply put more pain on millions of iranians. i they simply put more pain on millions of iranians.— millions of iranians. i totally disa . ree millions of iranians. i totally disagree with _ millions of iranians. i totally disagree with that _ millions of iranians. i totally l disagree with that assessment millions of iranians. i totally - disagree with that assessment and the reason why you need to apply pressure is because that when you know the regime is going to benefit, not the people, then the only way to curtail this regime is to make it less capable of having access to funding. funds that they will use to repress their own citizenry at home and as i said earlier, continue to support their proxies abroad. the iranian people right now are faced with insurmountable economic challenges. our currency has been devalued at 10,000 times what it was at the time of the revolution. official figures indicate that 45% inflation. the iranian regime in the first quarter of this year, has had 30% more oil sales going to china,

of course, which is benefiting from this cheap oil, but, again, the iranian people are starving. i think the reason why we need to have a reset of foreign policy vis—a—vis iran is because this time we have to go beyond a status quo approach. that has failed. that appeasement has failed totally. you that has failed. that appeasement has failed totally.— has failed totally. you said before that ou has failed totally. you said before that you had _ has failed totally. you said before that you had a — has failed totally. you said before that you had a very _ has failed totally. you said before that you had a very important - that you had a very important discussions here in israel when you visited last year, you also had discussions in europe for a new policy, you are advocating for a regime change but all the evidence is that this is not an approach that is that this is not an approach that is favoured and wants to be pursued ljy is favoured and wants to be pursued by the international community and, most of all, about the united states. we i most of all, about the united states- we— most of all, about the united states. we ~ ., ., , states. we i think world leaders, and i states. we i think world leaders, and i hope _ states. we i think world leaders, and i hope that _ states. we i think world leaders, and i hope that the _ states. we i think world leaders, and i hope that the meetings - states. we i think world leaders, and i hope that the meetings of. states. we i think world leaders, i and i hope that the meetings of the foreign leaders with the g7, i think they should use that opportunity to discuss fundamentally a reset of their policies. i do believe that their policies. i do believe that the most important ingredient the

world needs to recognise is that the people of iran want to change. the people of iran want to change. the people of iran are fed up of the current situation. the iranian people are sending a clear message to the world, what this regime does, it's not us, it is the regime. we don't want war, want peace, liberty, freedom, something that this regime does not want. therefore, if the free world, the democratic world, wants to put an end to conflict and instead back a situation we have regional peace with our neighbours, the only way to do that is to get rid of this regime. therefore, the policy has to be adjusted as putting increasing pressure on the regime in terms of sanctions. perhaps it is important to indicate... at the same time, have a policy of maximum support for the people of iran. if you put these ingredients into place then we can see something that will

create the fundamental change that is needed. and the ultimate solution to the current problem. otherwise, we will just leave to the current problem. otherwise, we willjust leave it to considering retaliation and escalation but nothing beyond that. i’m retaliation and escalation but nothing beyond that. i'm afraid we don't have more _ nothing beyond that. i'm afraid we don't have more time _ nothing beyond that. i'm afraid we don't have more time but - nothing beyond that. i'm afraid we don't have more time but thank. nothing beyond that. i'm afraid we | don't have more time but thank you very much forjoining us, the exiled crown prince of iran and the voice of iranian opposition in exile. thank you forjoining us. let's take a closer look again at the issue of sanctions. we crossed to madrid and joinjulien barnes—dacey. he's director of the middle east and north africa programme at the european council on foreign relations — a think tank that focuses on european foreign and security policy. what would you say at european countries now looking at possible european sanctions i know you've looked at the impact of sanctions before, is that the answer? i looked at the impact of sanctions before, is that the answer? i don't think many — before, is that the answer? i don't think many people _ before, is that the answer? i don't think many people think— before, is that the answer? i don't think many people think it - before, is that the answer? i don't think many people think it is - before, is that the answer? i don't think many people think it is to - before, is that the answer? i don't think many people think it is to be| think many people think it is to be honest. i'm sure we will announce more sanctions from the europeans and the uk and the us but i don't think anybody fundamentally believes

that this is going to change the equation and erasing regime behaviour. perhaps the one sanction that we have would be curtailing iranian oil sales but no one can really have an appetite for that given the impact on the global economy. an election coming up later this year. sanctions are being talked about but they will be deployed about will they have an impact? deployed about will they have an im act? ., deployed about will they have an im act? . ., ., deployed about will they have an imact? . ., ., ., , impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in euroe impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in europe and _ impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in europe and beyond, _ impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in europe and beyond, you _ impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in europe and beyond, you talk- impact? the ecf are talks to leaders in europe and beyond, you talk to i impact? the ecf are talks to leaders | in europe and beyond, you talk to me free leaders in this region including iran, do you see a way out of this confrontation? i including iran, do you see a way out of this confrontation?— of this confrontation? i think that we are extremely _ of this confrontation? i think that we are extremely stuck. - of this confrontation? i think that we are extremely stuck. i - of this confrontation? i think that we are extremely stuck. i think. we are extremely stuck. i think there is no two ways about it. i think we have a multiple conflict overlaying each other at this moment. you have a conflict centred on the gaza war clearly without a ceasefire there. without progress and a pathway to peace i don't think there's any hope of... you also have

to ask yourself cannot be reigned in at this stage? iranians are going to respond in kind. it is a very dangerous moment and there aren't any immediate pathways out. i think david cameron who was in israel earlier today has been pushing a ceasefire and it does seem that that has to be the case that that has to begin is given the deadlock... israel keeps on saying that hamas presents unrealistic, if not, delusional demands, to use their words, from what you can see is there something on the table that can actually lead to a deal, a ceasefire, a return of palestinian prisoners and the hostages? there seems to be _ prisoners and the hostages? there seems to be a _ prisoners and the hostages? there seems to be a fundamental- prisoners and the hostages? m- seems to be a fundamental problem it's which is israel is offering a ceasefire which is temporary and

hamas wants a permanent ceasefire and hamas will not give up those hostages and its leveraged without a guarantee of a longer lasting peace to these five —— ceasefire. israel have said they will go after hamas come what may, i think we are a very difficult moment given the competing perspectives there. in the israeli sense that if they allow hamas to have a permanent ceasefire essentially than give a victory to hamas. that is happening, it is not progressing, we heard today from the qatari prime minister that the talks have stalled again. meanwhile, the regional situation has further animal that escalates, the harder it becomes to get a solution on the ground in gaza.— becomes to get a solution on the ground in gaza. julian, not a very optimistic — ground in gaza. julian, not a very optimistic assessment, _ ground in gaza. julian, not a very optimistic assessment, rather . ground in gaza. julian, not a very i optimistic assessment, rather bleak assessment but thank you forjoining us for your very considered thoughts on what you call a very difficult moment and as you have been here and throughout this programme, it is a very dangerous moment with both

sides, both israel and iran saying don't attack, if you do, i would attack backs. in the meanwhile, many other diplomats trying to increase their efforts to contain this escalation. back to you in london. thank you very much. thank you very much. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

at least 1a people have been killed and around 60 injured in what ukrainian officials say was a russian missile attack on chernihiv. the city's mayor said a high—rise building in a densely—populated neighbourhood was hit. president zelensky said the destruction wouldn't have taken place if ukraine had sufficient air defences. james waterhouse reports from kyiv bus passengers dive for cover

after two missiles hit nearby. what follows is the haunting sound of a third. in chernihiv, live air strikes happen with little notice. russia tried and failed to take this city. but with its border only 60 miles away, the skies bring a constant threat. "i was walking my dog," says maxim. "i heard a hit, then the second and the third. "i thought it was air defense working." the explosions are followed by a familiar recovery routine, with the number of dead expected to rise. for ukrainians, there is no escaping russia's invasion and their leader keeps asking his allies for more air defenses. translation: with our partners, we work to get more real - help to achieve true equality in the defense against terror,

for the same rules to apply to us here in ukraine. with western military aid continuing to deplete, ukraine is increasingly fighting this war on its own. olga robinson from bbc verify has been assessing the latest footage. as you have just seen that this was the moment a russian missile hit the city of chernihiv today. you can see people here looking at smoke in the distance and then there is a explosion. we have checked this and this video is new. we also know it was filmed in chernihiv because details like this bus over here and the building in the distance to match the area. so far ukrainian officials have said that 1a people were killed and more than 60 were wounded. as you can see from this picture that was posted by president zelensky, several floors of a building that was directly hit were badly damaged. just to remind you

that chernihiv is quite close to the russian border, only 100 kilometres away, about 60 miles. at the start of the full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022, the city was under siege for more than one month. the attack on chernihiv happened just hours after a report of a ukrainian attack on a russian airfield here in the annexed crimea. here is a recent satellite imagery from the airfield and you can see helicopters that are stationed there as well as other aircraft. we also know that this airfield is in heavy use as it has been described by independent media as russia's main logistics hub for its operations in southern ukraine. local channels have posted this video earlier today claiming to show explosions at that airfield, which is located in the city. the video is very dark, as you can see, but there

is just about enough detail, like the trees and the lamp post, and some of the pavement that we can match it to a nearby location in the residential area. match it to a nearby location in the residentialarea. now, another residential area. now, another satellite residentialarea. now, another satellite has also picked up signs of active eyes on the airfield overnight, and you can see that in red on this map. some social media channels have also posted this image claiming to show the aftermath of the strike. we know the picture is new because we have checked but what we are still trying to verify is the location. we have not been able to independently verify this picture. we have not seen any official statements from russia on this either. now, russian military instructor in crimea has been a regular target of ukrainian attacks since the full—scale invasion began as ukraine is expecting a large russian offensive for late spring or early summer we are likely to see more images like this emerge online.

olga robinson, thank you. the actor hugh grant has settled his privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. according to court documents, mr grant claimed the sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. the terms of the settlement have not been made public, but hugh grant says he's been offered quote �*an enormous sum of money'. a spokesman for news group newspapers says the sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations. here's news correspondent sarah campbell who's been looking at the finer details of this cases. it had been expected that in january next year he would have his time in court, in this case against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. he is one of several individuals, including prince harry, suing this group for unlawful information gathering. in mr grant's case, he alleges, that is the tapping of landlines, burgling his houses, bugging his car, using blagging methods to access medical information. he had been very vocal about this so it was somewhat of a surprise when in a court hearing this morning it emerged that mr grant had

in fact settled his case. a short while later, he released a long thread on x, formerly known as twitter, explaining why. he said the publisher was offering him an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court. he said he didn't want to settle because he wanted to see those allegations tested in court but his lawyers advised him that if he went to court and he won, if his damages awarded were even a penny less than the settlement, he would have to pay the legal costs of both sides and that could add up to something like £10 million. news group newspapers have previously rejected allegations of any wrongdoing by staff at the sun and have sttled more than 1000 cases without making any admission of liability, and that's exactly what has happened here. they have released a statement in relation to mr grant's case, saying, we've reached an agreement to settle the case, this has been done without an admission of liability, it is in both parties' financial interests not

to progress to a costly trial. and mr grant says he will use the settlement money to boost groups like hacked off, which campaigns aginst what it sees as wrongdoing by the press. coming up in the next 30 minutes we will have more on britain's and a bill, the post office inquiry here in the uk and also israeli settlements. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the direction of the wind will play a key role in the weather story over the next few days. lighter winds generally, today, and that's given us a chance for some sunshine and to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom that we've got. but it's still coming from the north. this high pressure is trying to dominate, but as it sits out to the west and the winds circulate around there, it means that we've got showers coming in from a north—easterly along the east coast and along

the west coast as well. sandwiched in between the two for the remainder of the afternoon is where we're likely to see fewer showers and some sunny moments. but because the wind direction coming from the north, it's cool out there for the time of year, highs between eight and 13 celsius. a few scattered showers easing away from east anglia in the southeast. clearer skies developing overnight tonight. that's going to allow those temperatures to fall away. gardeners and growers take note — we could see a touch of frost out to the west under those clearer skies. not quite as cold in the northwest because there's more cloud and yes, there's more rain. so rain pushing into northwest scotland, gradually drifting down to the borders, moving out of northern ireland, pushing into north west england and north wales. so gradually, after a sunny start, clouding over, with the exception of east anglia in the south east — here it will be a degree or so warmer with that sunshine, 15 degrees the high, but that means rain for all of us at some point through thursday night, easing away during friday morning, the high trying to continue to establish itself

but still the wind direction coming from the north. so after a cool and sunny start on friday, we'll start to see cloud amounts continue to develop. a blustery afternoon for most of us, and temperatures once again a little bit under par for this time of year, but still get a bit of shelter and some sunshine. one or two of us might feel as though it's not too bad. now the high pressure stays with us into the weekend. it's still sitting out to the northwest, which means that we still potentially feed in wind direction from the north east. so along those exposed east coast, it could still be a little bit disappointing. west is best closer to that area of high pressure. so into the weekend, there is a chance that those temperatures may well continue to struggle out to the east with some showery outbreaks of rain at times. but further west, it will be warmer and there will continue to be some sun.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the uk's foreign secretary lord cameron has urged israel to do as little as possible to escalate tensions in the middle east, but benjamin netanyahu has said israel will decide on its own steps. we hope that anything israel does is as limited and targeted and as smart as possible. it is in no one's interest

that we see escalation. translation: we'll make our own decisions on our own and the state| of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. a russian missile for killed 1a people and wounded more than 60 in chernihiv in the north of ukraine. inactivity among working—age people in the uk due to long—term sickness is set to increase further over the coming years, new research suggests. and the countdown is on — here's the olympic countdown clock — marking 100 days before the opening of the paris games. and there's a theme here because we are going to catch up with all the sport news from cerebral clearance. some olympic chat? it is almost like we planned it! yes, we are 100 days away from the summer olympics in paris, so the countdown is on to

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