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i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony - austin, secretary of state antony blinken, and of course president biden, they have all been speaking to israeli counterparts. trying to get them to understand that an escalation that could lead to a miscalculation or a regional war is not in israel's interest, that israel still has this huge issue in gaza that they have to focus on, that they have to make sure that their goals of dismantling hamas are somewhat fulfilled, they are not near those goals yet, there is still this operation in rafah that they are talking about and also the americans are very against that and trying to get the israelis to rethink. so there are a lot of moving parts, a lot of sort of unfulfilled objectives, a lot of dangers and of course in the middle of it all, you have this horrific humanitarian situation in gaza wh
i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state _ now? i think defence secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony - austin, secretary of state antony blinken, and of course president biden, they have all been speaking to israeli counterparts. trying to get them to understand that an escalation that could lead to a miscalculation or a regional war is not in...
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austin, secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others and the caption saying on the tweet, posted on x, quote, ijust met with a national security team for an update on iran's attacks against israel. our commitment to israel's security against threats from iran and its proxies is ironclad. we can go live to stephanie murphy, former us congresswoman. thank you for being with us tonight on this night of unfolding developing news. wejust heard the comment from president biden on x are seeing our support for israel at this moment is ironclad. talk to us about the level of support and involvement that you are anticipating here from the united states. i anticipating here from the united states.— anticipating here from the united states. ~ . united states. i think we have heard not _ united states. i think we have heard notjust _ united states. i think we have heard notjust from _ united states. i think we have heard notjust from the - heard notjust from the president but for military leaders and other leaders in the united states that our support for the defence of
austin, secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others and the caption saying on the tweet, posted on x, quote, ijust met with a national security team for an update on iran's attacks against israel. our commitment to israel's security against threats from iran and its proxies is ironclad. we can go live to stephanie murphy, former us congresswoman. thank you for being with us tonight on this night of unfolding developing news. wejust heard the comment from president...
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the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, spoke about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse, is in southern ukraine. even by the standards of this war this was a night of busy skies, where you have the ukrainian authorities saying that russia launched 3a missiles from land, sea and air, and it was a large—scale attack where you have these power stations reportedly hit in the far westerly parts of ukraine, as well as in the east around the eastern city of dnipro, as well as kharkiv city in the north—east, where we are told a psychiatric hospital was narrowly missed, with 1,000 people inside. president zelensky has used the strikes to renew h
the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, spoke about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. our ukraine...
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defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said... the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. uk said the prime minister would continue to stand up and support israel as it faces these attacks. the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement saying... the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. in the past hour or so we've had a statement from the chief of staff of the iranian armed forces warning against retalation from israel. take a listen. translation: from our point of view this operation — translation: from our point of view this operation is _ translation: from our point of view this operation is over _ translation: from our point of view this operation is over and _ translation: from our point of view this operati
defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said... the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. uk said the prime minister would continue to stand up and support israel as it faces these attacks. the united nations secretary—general antonio...
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defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement, president biden said: he went on to say: the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement saying: the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. for more on what israel's response is going to be, and what the white house is saying to israel, our correspondent in washington, will vernon. that is right. all focus, all eyes now on what happens next. in a statement released a short time ago, joe biden, the president, said that he would be convening g7 leaders and co—ordinate what he called a united diplomatic response. in another statement we received from us secretary of defence lloyd austin, he called on iran to de—escalate tensions. this was an unprecedented large—scale attack on america's most important ally in the middle east, directly
defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement, president biden said: he went on to say: the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement saying: the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. for more on what israel's...
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in announcing the aid, us defense secretary lloyd austin stressed the us position that vladimir putin's aggression against ukraine is a very global issue. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's more and imperial aggression succeeds, every parent on earth will take note. donald trump's hush money trial has wrapped up for the week, with testimony detailing a tabloid "catch and kill" scheme that allegedly buried damaging stories about mr trump during his campaign for the white house in 2016. the trial could be the only one of mr trump's four criminal cases with a chance of wrapping up before the presidential election this november. also on friday, president biden said he'd be "happy" to face donald trump in a debate — something he had not previously committed to. mr trump skipped all the previous republican debates, and no further debates have been scheduled. our corresp
in announcing the aid, us defense secretary lloyd austin stressed the us position that vladimir putin's aggression against ukraine is a very global issue. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's more and imperial aggression succeeds, every parent on earth will take note. donald...
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we had comments overnight from if us secretary of defence lloyd austin talking to his israeli counter part. we are told that he was demanding concrete steps to improve the co—ordination with different foreign aid groups and said this was going to complicate efforts to flood gaza with aid, which was the commitment they have had from the israelis and also made a connection here between american concerns about the idea of ground offensive by israel, a full—scale offensive by israel, a full—scale offensive in rafah. the us concerns about that have been on humanitarian grounds, because of the numbers of displaced people there. interestingly we also heard comments from an israeli diplomatic correspondent about rishi sunak�*s conversation with the israeli prime minister, particularly related to the death of the three britons who were killed in this israeli air strike in gaza. and he was saying, the correspondent said, that if there was no change in the situation regarding humanitarian aid getting into gaza, the uk might have to declare israel in violation of international humanitaria
we had comments overnight from if us secretary of defence lloyd austin talking to his israeli counter part. we are told that he was demanding concrete steps to improve the co—ordination with different foreign aid groups and said this was going to complicate efforts to flood gaza with aid, which was the commitment they have had from the israelis and also made a connection here between american concerns about the idea of ground offensive by israel, a full—scale offensive by israel, a...
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the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. a little earlier i spoke to ivan verstyuk, a journalist based in kyiv. i started by asking him about the latest attacks by russia as well as reports of drone attacks by ukraine on an oil refinery in southern russia. russia are ramping up to increase attacks on energy infrastructure before new air defence systems get installed so russia are using this period of time to do the rest of their plans to our energy systems so it is going to be harder for ukrainian business and the population to survive this year. russians want to make ukrainians think more about signing a peace agreement because our en
the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences would be grave and global. europe would face a security threat it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. a little...
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defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said: the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. that statement from rishi sunak. the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement saying: the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. let's speak to benjamin radd, a senior fellow at the burkle center for international relations at ucla. thank you forjoining us. the question obviously is whether this gnomon is going to escalate or whether tensions can be calmed and whether israel can be persuaded not to retaliate in a matter that will make things even worse. in the conversation — make things even worse. in the conversation joe _ make things even worse. in the conversation joe biden - make things even worse. in the conversation joe biden had - make things even worse. i
defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said: the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. that statement from rishi sunak. the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement saying: the un security council will be holding an...
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mr biden will be in the situation room, along with secretary of defence lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, and several other top security officials. earlier, secretary austin spoke with his israeli counterpart yoav gallant to reiterate washington 5 unwavering support for israels defence. american fighterjets and naval assets are also in the region. i want to read a statement from the white house national security council spokesperson adrienne watson on the attacks joining me live is our diplomatic correspondent james landale live in jerusalem. la ke very lake very good to have you with us and which are hearing right now it's iran has launched this strike and hundred drones in iran and directed towards israel and they say those drones will reach israel and confident that there will be destroyed by air defences either on the way or when they arrive. or we are also hearing from the iranians, specifically the guard, they're talking about notjust an attack with the drones but also an attack with the drones but also an attack with missiles. and notjust cruise missiles but also po
mr biden will be in the situation room, along with secretary of defence lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, and several other top security officials. earlier, secretary austin spoke with his israeli counterpart yoav gallant to reiterate washington 5 unwavering support for israels defence. american fighterjets and naval assets are also in the region. i want to read a statement from the white house national security council spokesperson adrienne watson on the attacks joining me live...
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us secretary of defense lloyd austin spoke with his israeli counterpart on thursday to reiterate their commitment. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in jerusalem with this update. the target was precise, a carefully calibrated straight. but the fallout may be harder to control. iran's supreme leader says israel must be punished for its strike on the consulate in damascus that killed a top military general and six other people. israel has promised direct retaliation for any attack on its soil. it's worried enough to cancel leave for all combat units and call up its air—force reserves. translation: we have - established a simple principle. whoever harms us, we will harm them. we are prepared to meet all the security needs of the state of israel, both defensively and offensively. a warning for iran that's also being heard at home. we're always aware about something in the corner that maybe would come and surprise us, like in october. we've prepared a shelter, we've put some water inside and a transistor and a tv, so we can see what's the condition outside, what's happening.
us secretary of defense lloyd austin spoke with his israeli counterpart on thursday to reiterate their commitment. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in jerusalem with this update. the target was precise, a carefully calibrated straight. but the fallout may be harder to control. iran's supreme leader says israel must be punished for its strike on the consulate in damascus that killed a top military general and six other people. israel has promised direct retaliation for any attack on...
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and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that�*s the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it�*s one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don�*t think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. and that is will vernon. yet again, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is coming under pressure from many friends including the far right wing ministers in his own government, one calling on him to use hit is expression, to "go berserk" in response to this unprecedented attack from iran. there are others that say israel should make the most of this moment in so many in the west are now standing with israel, even the calls for restraint across this region, and we�*ve heard from benny gantz from the war cabinet saying that israel would now try to build a coalition against iran. iran, though, has its own all
and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that�*s the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it�*s one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don�*t think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. and that is will...
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austin told a senate hearing on tuesday. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, joined the royal air force flight delivering aid to gaza on tuesday and filed this report. at an airbase injordan, piles of humanitarian aid — stacked into individual pallets adorned with their own parachute, all of it bound for gaza. on the tarmac, 14 military aircraft getting ready for the largest coalition air drop since they began last month, a special delivery to mark the end of ramadan. inside, pilots and crews from different nations being briefed on the operation, safety a key concern in the small airspace over gaza. outside, the raf plane is loaded, each palette containing flour, rice, sugar, beans, baby food, oil and water — the basics for a meal — this, the raf�*s sixth airdrop so far. it is not that much, but i tell you what — it's the effort that counts. as in, every little helps. i'm quite proud and privileged to be involved in this sort of mission. but is it enough? will it meet the needs of the people in gaza? the a
austin told a senate hearing on tuesday. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, joined the royal air force flight delivering aid to gaza on tuesday and filed this report. at an airbase injordan, piles of humanitarian aid — stacked into individual pallets adorned with their own parachute, all of it bound for gaza. on the tarmac, 14 military aircraft getting ready for the largest coalition air drop since they began last month, a special delivery to mark the end of ramadan. inside, pilots...
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the us defence secretary lloyd austin has been speaking about the importance of the aid. take a listen. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences will be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war and imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. america's top diplomat is warning china that washington will act, if beijing doesn't stop providing russia with supplies, for its war in ukraine. antony blinken says he's made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they're "helping fuel the biggest threat" to european security, since the cold war. he's been speaking to laura bicker, in beijing. hello. i'm laura bicker. how are you? antony blinken�*s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. how's your trip been? oh, it's been... we've covered a lot of ground. the dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hid
the us defence secretary lloyd austin has been speaking about the importance of the aid. take a listen. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences will be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it hasn't seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war and imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take...
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lloyd austin spoke on wednesday to his israeli counterpart expressing outrage and stressing the need for swift action to protect aid workers. presidentjoe biden is scheduled to speak by phone with the israeli prime minister on thursday. meanwhile, the un has suspended overnight aid operations in gaza for at least 48 hours to evaluate security in the wake of the attack on monday. the founder of world central kitchen, the organisation that the aid workers belonged to, says the strike was a result of systematic targeting by israeli forces. lucy williamson has more on the aftermath and what we know on how the attack happened. israel's army said it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. today, the head of their organisation spoke for the first time about what happened. they attacked the first car. they were
lloyd austin spoke on wednesday to his israeli counterpart expressing outrage and stressing the need for swift action to protect aid workers. presidentjoe biden is scheduled to speak by phone with the israeli prime minister on thursday. meanwhile, the un has suspended overnight aid operations in gaza for at least 48 hours to evaluate security in the wake of the attack on monday. the founder of world central kitchen, the organisation that the aid workers belonged to, says the strike was a result...
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and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that's the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it's one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don't think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. let's speak to yuli edelstein, head of the foreign affairs and defence committee in the knesset, the israeli parliament. hejoins me now he joins me now from hejoins me now from israel. thank you for being with us. we are being told via reuters that following the war cabinet meeting, the war cabinet does favour a response but they are divided over what they should look like in the timing of it. what's your understanding of what happened in the meeting?— in the meeting? well, it's not the understanding, _ in the meeting? well, it's not the understanding, it _ in the meeting? well, it's not the understanding, it is _ in the mee
and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that's the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it's one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don't think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. let's speak to yuli edelstein,...
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austin. the most important is, of course, that our partners and allies understand that sometimes we know that the production of the military support is something that takes time and the procurement, but the most important, we are taking everything possible, we are saving democracy and security for our people and also for europeans. for us, it is basically, it's very important that the so—called announced aid by all of the partners, we're talking germany, ukraine, united states and of course we are talking about the congressman senate votes, extra military aid that was announced a couple of days ago, something that will be timely to deliver to ukraine. we are exoecting it to be on the ground already. can you talk us through, we had more bombardments from russia overnight. energy infrastructure continues to be hit. what is your understanding of what the russian tactics are now? what are they trying to achieve at the moment? most importantly, they are trying to achieve civilians being harmed,
austin. the most important is, of course, that our partners and allies understand that sometimes we know that the production of the military support is something that takes time and the procurement, but the most important, we are taking everything possible, we are saving democracy and security for our people and also for europeans. for us, it is basically, it's very important that the so—called announced aid by all of the partners, we're talking germany, ukraine, united states and of course...
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and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that's the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it's one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don't think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. but at the same time, of course, this was a large—scale, unprecedented attack on america's most important ally in the middle east and directly onto its territory by iran. so i'm sure the israelis are looking for some sort of response, trying to work out what that response will be. and there's already a debate going on here. there's been several congressmen and women doing the sunday shows this morning on us tv. already a debate going on about what exactly america should do about that, about the israeli intention perhaps to respond. what sort of support should america offer to the israelis? is there perhaps some sort of need
and we also had a statement last night from the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, in which he talked about de—escalating tensions, urging iran to de—escalate tensions. and i think that's the tone, the flavour of what people are thinking here in washington. it's one of de—escalation, one of calming tensions. i don't think america wants to rush into any military response to this, certainly not to get dragged into any direct military confrontation with iran. but at the same time, of...
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us secretary of defense lloyd austin spoke with his israeli counterpart on thursday to reiterate their commitment. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is injerusalem with this update. israel today is very much in a holding pattern. iran as promised to retaliate for the attack on the iranian consulate in damascus, the syrian capital, last week, with several generals, iranian generals, were killed in the attack. as a result of that, there are now serious concerns, particularly in the united states, that 0rion is serious what it says it will retaliate, and so the americans and the israelis are doing everything they can to try to deter that attack. so we have heard from the president saying look, if there is any attack, american support for israel is ironclad. there have been signals sent through allies in the gulf to tehran to say they must be straight. we have also heard from the israeli prime minister today saying israel is still pursuing its war in gaza at full force, but is also prepared for conflict and challenges in other arenas widely interpreted to mean the threat from iran
us secretary of defense lloyd austin spoke with his israeli counterpart on thursday to reiterate their commitment. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is injerusalem with this update. israel today is very much in a holding pattern. iran as promised to retaliate for the attack on the iranian consulate in damascus, the syrian capital, last week, with several generals, iranian generals, were killed in the attack. as a result of that, there are now serious concerns, particularly in the...
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the pentagon says the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has also expressed his outrage about the killing of the aid workers in a phone call with his israeli counterpart yoav gallant. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. i think it really shows the frustration inside the biden ministration with the way israel is conducting its war against hamas in gaza. so strong words from the us defence secretary in this phone call, again emphasising the need for the israeli authorities to do more to protect civilians in gaza, aid workers in gaza, doing essential work in the territory, and also to allow more humanitarian aid to enter gaza and to be distributed inside gaza. so, you know, we have heard those words before, because these are not, you know, these are not new complaints by the american administration, they have been talking about this for quite some time now, and i think we have seen that words haven't really changed the israeli strategy. so today president biden is going to be talking to the prime minister, binyamin netanyahu. i think there have been some reports sug
the pentagon says the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has also expressed his outrage about the killing of the aid workers in a phone call with his israeli counterpart yoav gallant. the bbc�*s middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. i think it really shows the frustration inside the biden ministration with the way israel is conducting its war against hamas in gaza. so strong words from the us defence secretary in this phone call, again emphasising the need for the israeli...
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and we also know that a little earlier us defence secretary, lloyd austin, spoke by phone to his israeli counterpart, according to the pentagon they discussed regional threats and iran's destabilising actions in the middle east. i'm sure in that phone call or perhaps by another channel of communication, the israelis inform the americans about this retaliation they were planning against iran. again, we don't know the details of that, we don't know how large it was, whether it is ongoing, or whether it is ongoing, or whether that was the extent of it. we have to wait and see in the coming hours. i think what is the key question now will be is the key question now will be is will there be any response from iran? great. the iranian foreign minister gave an interview to cnn just a few hours ago saying that if israel did strike iran, then the response would be immediate and as a maximum level. it's a very dangerous moment. let as a maximum level. it's a very dangerous moment.— as a maximum level. it's a very dangerous moment. let us have a listen to the _ dangerous moment. let us have a list
and we also know that a little earlier us defence secretary, lloyd austin, spoke by phone to his israeli counterpart, according to the pentagon they discussed regional threats and iran's destabilising actions in the middle east. i'm sure in that phone call or perhaps by another channel of communication, the israelis inform the americans about this retaliation they were planning against iran. again, we don't know the details of that, we don't know how large it was, whether it is ongoing, or...
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defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said... the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. that is from the prime minister rishi sunak. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres released a statement saying... lyse doucet joins us lyse doucetjoins us live from jerusalem. talk to us about what we know about what happened overnight and the reaction since. lyse: many are looking closely at what kind of retaliation iran has carried out. there was so much discussion in the run—up to the iranians strike which was telegraphed by the united states with joe was telegraphed by the united states withjoe biden days ago saying that an attack was imminent and then saying it would happen sooner rather than later. then there was the unnamed military sources in the us speaking about the kind of attack that did
defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said... the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. that is from the prime minister rishi sunak. the united nations secretary—general antonio guterres released a statement saying... lyse doucet...
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defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said "i ve just spoken "with prime minister netanyahu to reaffirm america s "ironclad commitment to the security of israel. "i told him that israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity "to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks 7 sending "a clear message to its foes that they cannot effectively threaten the security of israel." he went on to say... "i will convene my fellow g7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic "response to iran s brazen attack." let's speak to our security correspondent gordon corera. how do you think the events overnight have changed or recalibrated the security calculations? it recalibrated the security calculations?— recalibrated the security calculations? , . , calculations? it is a very delicate and difficult _ calculations? it is a very delicate and difficult mome
defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. in a statement president biden said "i ve just spoken "with prime minister netanyahu to reaffirm america s "ironclad commitment to the security of israel. "i told him that israel demonstrated a remarkable capacity "to defend against and defeat...
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austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement. the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. with me isjeremy bowen, our international editor. good to have been in the studio, talk me through this. we are hearing from antonio guterres, other world leaders, what nobody really wants is an escalation. how likely is that? fix, an escalation. how likely is that? lot of it depends on what israel does and they are getting a lot of signals from their allies who helped out a lot in the course of the night, the americans giving a very strong signal, ironclad security, essentially saying we've got your back, the british were involved, the jordanians were involved. the israelis th
austin, secretary of state antony blinken, among others. and president biden has spoken over the phone with israeli pm benjamin netanyahu — to say he condemns the attacks in the strongest possible terms. the uk prime minister rishi sunak was also quick to release a statement overnight. the united nations secretary—general antonio gutterres released a statement. the un security council will be holding an emergency meeting later on sunday at the request of israel. with me isjeremy bowen, our...
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the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if vladimir putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences will be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it has not seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take note. let's speak to ivan verstyuk, a journalist based in kyiv. thank you forjoining us. tell us about the latest attacks on the energy infrastructure? we're also hearing about drone attacks against russia? greetings from k iv. attacks against russia? greetings from kyiv. good _ attacks against russia? greetings from kyiv. good morning, - attacks against russia? greetings from kyiv. good morning, several things. russia are ramping up to increase tax on energy infrastructure before new air defence systems —— increase attacks before they get installed so russia are using this period of
the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. the outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. if vladimir putin prevails in ukraine, the security consequences will be grave and global. europe would face a security threat that it has not seen in our lifetimes. as president biden has noted, russia will not stop in ukraine. if the kremlin gets its way, if putin's war of imperial aggression succeeds, every tyrant on earth will take...
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but we also had a statement from the us defence secretary, by the way, lest i come a lloyd austin. he was urging the iranians to de—escalate. we had several reports of unnamed us official speaking to us media today saying and that biden netanyahu phone call is like the us president urged the israelis not to carry out a military response, and said that america wouldn't support israel if it attacked iran in response. so i think i may know, those unconfirmed reports and there are many of them taken together with the subtle tone of the language in these official statements, i think we can safely say that america is urging israel to de—escalate. but this was an unprecedented large—scale attack on america's most important ally in the middle east directly in its territory from iran. there is already a debate going on about what exactly washington, the white house should do about it. there are hard—line republican saying america should hit back hard against iran, but, you know, there will be a debate, especially after all the diplomatic meetings in the coming hours and days ahead.
but we also had a statement from the us defence secretary, by the way, lest i come a lloyd austin. he was urging the iranians to de—escalate. we had several reports of unnamed us official speaking to us media today saying and that biden netanyahu phone call is like the us president urged the israelis not to carry out a military response, and said that america wouldn't support israel if it attacked iran in response. so i think i may know, those unconfirmed reports and there are many of them...
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we saw those images of the situation of us presidentjoe biden with secretary blinken, with lloyd austin, defence secretary, what kind of conversations might be taking place there tonight and what might be at the us looking out for is this continues to ourfault? out for is this continues to our fault?— our fault? have a similar conversation _ our fault? have a similar conversation that - our fault? have a similar conversation that we - our fault? have a similar conversation that we all| our fault? have a similar. conversation that we all are which is what happens next? you've got the statement from iran saying that this is concluded, they are doing that because the exact same thing we are, looking at the proxies, hezbollah looking at the houthis especially and seeing, are they gearing up? looking to attack and the other part of this is what do they say to the israelis? obvious that the white house said that president biden and jeanette will speak later tonight, the conversation will involve a lot of vows of solidarity. —— benjamin netanyahu. and that has a relationship has been fra
we saw those images of the situation of us presidentjoe biden with secretary blinken, with lloyd austin, defence secretary, what kind of conversations might be taking place there tonight and what might be at the us looking out for is this continues to ourfault? out for is this continues to our fault?— our fault? have a similar conversation _ our fault? have a similar conversation that - our fault? have a similar conversation that we - our fault? have a similar conversation that we all| our...
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what do you expect in terms of his coordination now with the pentagon, with lloyd austin and so on, what kind of plans will they be discussing: the president has assembled within his national security team all the experts, whether it has to do with military capabilities and secretary austin, or intelligence capabilities, and he's got i'm sure open lines with prime minister netanyahu, certainly with other leaders that are within the region that are providing not only updates in terms of assessment but also intelligence of this ongoing operation. 50 intelligence of this ongoing operation-— intelligence of this ongoing operation. so i suspect that if, based — operation. so i suspect that if, based on _ operation. so i suspect that if, based on advice - operation. so i suspect that if, based on advice coming | operation. so i suspect that i if, based on advice coming from the chairman and from secretary austin, the president is asking looking forward beyond what's happening in the here and now but in terms of continued us force posture and force disposition in coordination with our allie
what do you expect in terms of his coordination now with the pentagon, with lloyd austin and so on, what kind of plans will they be discussing: the president has assembled within his national security team all the experts, whether it has to do with military capabilities and secretary austin, or intelligence capabilities, and he's got i'm sure open lines with prime minister netanyahu, certainly with other leaders that are within the region that are providing not only updates in terms of...