it's time to step back from the brink. meanwhile the ambassadors of israel and iran trade insults as the fallout continues from saturday's unprecedented missile attack. the snooze button is no longer an option. the only option is to condemn iran and utilize every means necessary to make them pay a heavy price for their horrible crimes. they made unsuccessful attempts to use lies, manipulate _ the narrative, spread disinformation and engage i in a destructive blame game.

hello and welcome to the programme. world leaders are scrambling to prevent the crisis between israel and iran from spiralling into a wider conflict. these are the key points this hour. in the last hour, the united nations security council has been holding an emergency session in new york. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has said its time to step �*back from the brink�*. the g7 group of wealthy countries says iran's first ever direct attack on israel has risked uncontrollable escalation in the middle east. in a statement issued after an online meeting, the group's leaders called for restraint on all sides. israel says the vast majority of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran have been intercepted. the attacks marked the first time iran has targeted israel directly from its own soil. the israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss

its response to the attack. a senior minister, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran in its own time and fashion. the defence minister, yoav gallant, said the confrontation with iran wasn't over, and israel must prepare for every scenario. iran has warned of a much bigger response if israel retaliates. the white house has said it doesn't want to see the crisis in the middle east escalate. a us security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider war. let's pick up our coverage with this report from lucy williamson in jerusalem. radio chatter. last night, for a few hours, israel lived in its skies — fighterjets battling waves of iranian drones and missiles fired at israeli targets. the middle east's most

dangerous conflict, dropping its mask. from the ground, israel's air defences rose to meet threats by the dozen, a perilous display. watched from jerusalem. tel aviv. israel's defence minister called it one of the most dramatic nights israel had ever experienced. in iran, the launches were celebrated one after the other on national television. punishment, iran said, for the strike on its consulate in damascus two weeks ago. translation: there is no intention to continue - this operation. but if the zionist regime takes steps against the islamic republic on its soil or against areas linked to us in the region, our next operation will be far greater than this. the attacks were celebrated

by iranians outside the british embassy, too, seeing them as punishment for the war in gaza and calling for israel's destruction. iran's government has said it's not seeking to escalate the conflict. tonight, a member of israel's war cabinet said there would be a response. translation: faced | with the threat of iran, we will build a regional coalition and collect the price from iran in a way and at a time that suits us. british planes helped shoot down dozens of the launches. the prime minister has now joined israel's allies in calling for restraint. if this attack had been successful, the fallout for regional stability would be hard to overstate. and we stand by the security of israel and the wider region, which is, of course, important for our security here at home, too. what we now need is for calm heads to prevail. we'll be working with our allies to de—escalate

the situation. last night was a test of israel's defences, but its leaders now face another political test over how to respond to this attack. a show of strength is needed, some argue, to maintain deterrence, but too much could push this region into a wider war. shoppers returned to jerusalem's main market today, shaken but sure of the response. i think if we react, it will show our strength and it will prevent the next attack. i hope. we can't live like this anymore. they shot a lot of missiles on us. it's the first time ever in the history of the world that a country throw so many missiles on another country at the same time. so we got to respond, of course. others here believe israel faces a dangerous turning point and that alliances, rather than weapons, offer its best chance of protection long term.

right now, all the west and all moderate muslim nations in this region do understand that, all right, this is a new game. and in this new game, it's about being moderate and willingness to move forward with some sort of a reconciliation process in this region, in this troubled region. this attack marked new territory in an old battlefield. much hangs on the response. no chink in israel's armour last night, but the door to war is still open. let's hear more of some of what was said tonight in the un security council — starting with america's deputy ambassador to the un —

robert wood. will the security council must unequivocally condemn iran aggressive actions and call for its partners and proxies to cease their attacks. a reminder that it was israel who requested the council to convene the emergency meeting to discuss iran's attack. the israeli ambassador, gilad erdan, accused the international community of failing to listen to warnings from israel. iran and its hegemonic ambitions of global domination must be stopped before it drives the world to a point of no return to a regional war that can escalate to a world war. sadly, no action was taken. and last night the world witnessed an unprecedented

escalation that serves as the clearest proof for what happens when warnings are not heeded. israel is not the boy who cried wolf. we have been screaming from the rooftops for years, trying to wake up the international community, but to no avail. if only this council would have internalised my words, it would not have needed the bone rattling explosions of last night's attack to wake it up. colleagues, last night, iran proved again that it cares nothing, nothing for islam or muslims. meanwhile, iran's ambassador to the un hit back, accusing israel, the us and the uk of hypocrisy and double standards. hypocritical behaviour. these three countries falsely blamed and accuse iran without considering their own failures to uphold

the international commitment to peace and security in the region. they made unsuccessful attempts to use lies, manipulate the narrative, spread disinformation and engage in a destructive blame game. all the while, they deliberately disregarded iran's inherent right to respond to the violation of a fundamental principle of international law. the inviolability of diplomatic, representative and premises. moreover, they ignored the underlying root causes of the current situation in the region. for over six months now, these countries, especially the united states, have shielded israel from any responsibility for the gaza massacre. while they have denied iran inherent right to self—defense against the israeli armed attack on our diplomatic premises, at

the same time, they shamefully justified the israeli massacre and genocide against the defenseless palestinian people under the pretext of self—defense. they made a cynical attempt tojustify and cover up the atrocities of the israeli regime against the people of palestine by arbitrary and misleading interpretation of self—defense. madam president, following the israeli i'm joined now by david willis. david, we've just heard from the ambassadors of israel, iran as well as the united states, but of course we also heard from the uk, china and so on as well. can you just summarise what was said at the un tonight?— what was said at the un toniaht? ~ . , , , ., ~ tonight? we had this very stark warnin: tonight? we had this very stark warning from — tonight? we had this very stark warning from the _ tonight? we had this very stark warning from the un _ warning from the un secretary—general antonio geter is that this could all lead to a massive escalation of the crisis, and potentially to

all—out war in the middle east. the region is on the brink, mr gutierrez told the security council, and we heard allies of israel weighing in to condemn iran's attack. equally, iran's allies and indeed it's on point made the point that iran was acting in self—defense, and allies like russia and china weighed in on that, also making the point that it was israel's occupation of gaza which was at the root of this, and the humanitarian crisis that's unfolding there. so this was a fractious meeting of the security council today, mariko. of course there were tensions could escalate further, everyone calling for restraint, junk or be the us does not want a wider conflict.— a wider conflict. absolutely, and that's —

a wider conflict. absolutely, and that's been _ a wider conflict. absolutely, and that's been of— a wider conflict. absolutely, and that's been of course i a wider conflict. absolutely, | and that's been of course the white house's message so far, as far as benjamin netanyahu is concerned, this is a victory if you like him most of those missiles fired from iran were intercepted and therefore israel should take the win and avoid the temptation of a strike back onto iranian territory. they've been at odds the two leaders, president biden and netanyahu, primarily over the humanitarian crisis in gaza, and other messages vary much one of union t and of course the question is can the united states prevent this from escalating in the middle east, we'lljust have escalating in the middle east, we'll just have to escalating in the middle east, we'lljust have to wait and see. we'll 'ust have to wait and see. . ., , ., we'll 'ust have to wait and see. , ., ., ., see. of course, a lot of diplomatic _ see. of course, a lot ofj diplomatic negotiations see. of course, a lot of- diplomatic negotiations taking place, involving other countries. can you just talk us through what other nations are

involved in all these discussions and negotiations? 0h, very much so. we have the united kingdom of course as well as the united states, and other countries in the region as well. all piling in on this, all seeking, really, to avoid an escalation, and of course that was the message and hammered home today as well from the g7 leaders who met remotely and also warned of the dangers of escalation following this recent situation there. david willis, thank you so much for the update and of course a lot more on our website, so do check that out as well. iran may have appeared to try and overwhelm israel's air defences with multiple waves of drones and missiles. but israel's advanced defence system destroyed most of them in the air, with the help of its western allies. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has more. so how is israel able

to defend itself with the help of its allies? first, they knew about the attack. it was telegraphed in advance, but the scale was significant with more than 300 weapons fired, including more than 170 armed drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles, which can travel twice the speed of sand. the speed of sound. most of those were fired from iran itself, the first time iran's directly attacked israel from its own territory. but the us says some were also launched from iraq, syria and yemen. iran has demonstrated that it has an appetite for risk, but it doesn't have an appetite for too much risk. it wanted to impose a cost on the other side without necessarily triggering a broader escalation and an all out confrontation. so how were they stopped? well, both israel and the us were warned and prepared. american destroyers

positioned in the eastern mediterranean shot down several ballistic missiles. raf typhoons flying from cyprus shot down a number of drones, as did us jets and fighters from jordan. israel itself has some of the world's most advanced air defences, providing layers of protection, its arrow missiles capable of intercepting ballistic missiles from hundreds of miles away. sling is the next layer of defence with a range of more than 100 miles, and then it has its shorter range iron dome. these pictures over jerusalem show the iron dome in action. the last line of defence. i mean, ultimately, israel spent billions of dollars to be prepared for exactly this scenario, had the help of its allies and very much neutralized what could have been a much more consequential attack. israel says most of what iran fired was destroyed even before it reached

its territory. here's one that was shot down over iraq. but there was one exception. an iranian missile did get through its defences, hitting an air base confirmation that it was targeting military sites. but in this case, it caused limited damage. this was a calculated attack by iran using just a fraction of its firepower, enough to send a message, but not enough to overwhelm israel's air defences. pope francis earlier expressed his sorrow and concern for the worsening situation in the middle east. he called for dialogue and peace. translation: i follow in prayer and with concern, even pain, - the news that has come in the last hours about the worsening situation in israel due to the intervention by iran. i make a heartfelt appeal for every action that

could fuel a spiral of violence to be stopped, with the risk of dragging the middle east into an even larger war. no one should threaten the existence of others, all nations should stand for peace and help the israelis and palestinians to live in two states, side by side in safety. it is their legitimate desire and it is their right. general lord richard dannatt is former head of the british army. he shared his analysis on where to start in terms of de—escalating this situation.

i don't think it's in any party �*s interest, i don't get in iran's interest, as the sponsor of hezbollah or the houthis, dials us up or dials it down. what we seen with their relatively cautious attack that was ultimately defeated, the reigning attack on israel, they are saying we're not going to be taken lightly but actually will be very careful not to provoke major work, particularly with the united states canada and of course with israel as well in their wider region. just bear in mind, netanyahu's government is not popular, is under pressure. the iranian regime is not popular and is under pressure. everybody�*s walking a tight rope here. meanwhile in gaza, there are reports palestinians have been queuing to buy bread from a small number of bakeries that have reopened in northern gaza. several months ago, they closed because of a lack of ingredients and energy. in gaza city, people waited

in front of a baker's store that was smashed during israeli bombing. another bakery is now also open in the jabaliya refugee camp. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

details have been emerging of the victims of the deadly knife attack at a shopping centre in sydney yesterday. six people were killed and 12 injured. the attacker was a0 years old and was shot dead by police at the scene. 0ur correspondent, katy watson, has the latest from sydney. from the early hours of sunday morning, sydneysiders came to pay their respects. this is a nation in shock, not used to violent attacks like this. i go to the mall with my friends and stuff, but it's just sad to think like you can't even really like shop normally now without

thinking twice about like who's around you? the attacker was named asjoel kelchey and more details about his background have also emerged. we do understand that there is a history of mental health. but it will be the ongoing work of the investigators to determine what his activities were yesterday and the days before that might indicate a motive. authorities singled out the bravery of inspector amy scott, who shot the assailant dead. her intervention, they said, saved many lives. the investigation is still very much under way. police teams are working there and they could be working through to the early hours of monday morning. now, the commissioner said at this stage there are probably more questions than answers. more details of the victims also emerged. ashley goode died trying to protect her nine month old who was injured overnight. the little girl underwent surgery.

faraz was working as a security guard at the westfield when he died. after the panic and fear of saturday, people here are grieving, trying to understand why such a brutal attack happened. katy watson, bbc news in sydney. donald trump will become the first former president in us history to face a criminal trial later today. he's accused of falsifying payments to the adult film actress stormy daniels before the 2016 election. ms daniels says that she was paid hush money to cover up an alleged affair, a claim denied by the former president. it's the first of four criminal trials mr trump will face as the presidential campaign nears. next month, the long—awaited public inquiry into the uk contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 80s will publish its final report. more than 3,000 people died in britain after being infected with hiv, or hepatitis.

now the bbc has found evidence that one of the country's most senior haemophilia doctors gave imported blood which was infected to very young patients, despite official advice not to do so. for 30 years, colin and janet smith have been fighting forjustice. their seven—year—old son was one of the youngest victims of the contaminated blood scandal. diagnosed with hemophilia when he was just a baby, colinjunior was treated with a pioneering drug factor eight made from donated blood and championed by the leading haematologist cardiff based professor arthur bloom. we were elated. we were really chuffed at the time because he was a world leader in haematology. in the 19705 and early eighties, britain became reliant on imported blood products from america, blood that was often sourced from people who needed cash, even prisoners who often

carried infections. so just one infected donor could contaminate an entire batch. there were many warnings that untreated us blood products should be withdrawn. but we can reveal that professor bloom had ignored his own department's guidelines that children should only be given blood products from the uk. three months later, colin was treated with imported blood products anyway. money. saving pennies again, especially treat them on the cheap. it was murder. professor bloom died in 1992, but one colleague and haemophilia specialist acknowledges some practices were often questionable, even unethical. they had stopped selling it in the us, but they had big stockpiles that they were selling in the uk and even though they perhaps knew

the risk, although they knew although they knew the risk by then. the companies took a view that the almost a view that, well, the haemophiliacs are expendable. we'lljust go on selling this product. the smiths and all others affected by one of the biggest scandals in nhs history hope the report's eventual publication next month will bring the answers and the peace they fought so long for. wyre davies, bbc news. that's it for this edition of newsday, of course a lot more on a _ newsday, of course a lot more on a website of the escalating tensions— on a website of the escalating tensions in the middle east. i was _ tensions in the middle east. i was react_ tensions in the middle east. i was react with business news to look _ was react with business news to look at — was react with business news to look at how financial markets react, — look at how financial markets react, so _ look at how financial markets react, sojoin us then. look at how financial markets react, so join us then. react, so 'oin us then. thanks for react, so join us then. thanks for watching. _ hello there. some turbulent weather ahead for the next day or two. low pressures driving in off the atlantic, giving heavy thundery and intense showers, spray, standing water. so tricky conditions

on the roads, particularly adding in the strength of the wind. look at the tightly packed isobars. there will be strong to gale force winds buffeting the uk during much of mundane into tuesday and it's coming down from the north—west. in fact, as we head towards tuesday, it starts to come down from the north. so it will feel much colder than it has, temperatures below average. so we've got some heavy showery rain pushing its way south. on the weather front to lots of heavy showers following behind in cold risk of snow over the mountains. it takes longest to get to southern and eastern areas, but temperatures hold up above freezing because of the strength of the wind, which takes us through the day today. this line of really intense rains giving some tricky travel conditions, the winds picking up to strong gale force around the coasts in the west and the south and lots of showers with hail, with thunder, with snow over the hills and mountains across northern ireland, scotland, possibly the pennines. look at the temperatures, just 9—12 degrees celsius and it will feel colder still when you add on that wind

that will be buffeting the uk. so squally winds near those showers which continue well into the night and into tuesday. by that stage our low pressure is moving out into the north sea. so the winds come down from the north again, enough of it, we think, to prevent a frost in many areas, just like we'll see in the morning, the glens in the morning, the glens of scotland, really. but that cold northerly wind will continue to feed showers into particularly central and eastern areas, fewer further west. but there will be because of the north westerly, some coming into the west of scotland and into northern ireland, but perhaps fewer showers in the west generally compared with monday. but a bracing wind in the north sea coast, a0 or 50 mile an hour gusts of wind still holding on for the likes of east anglia. so again, it will feel cold despite — 12—14 inland. i suppose outside the wind, outside the showers with more sunshine around it will feel a little more like mid april. but we have to get to the end of the week to see high pressure building in because still on wednesday we've got low pressure in charge towards the east. these weather fronts rounding western areas, just giving patchy rain or drizzle.

so things start to settle down later. in fact, temperatures pick up as we head towards friday as well.

as tensions escalate in the middle east, we'll take a look at what it means for energy and financial markets as well as airlines. plus: how india's prime

minister is benefitting from roads and bridges being built at breakneck speed. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm mariko 0i. tensions in the middle east have escalated, after iran launched more than three hundred drones and missiles towards israel. almost all the weapons were shot down by israeli, american and allied forces. iran's attacks were in response to a suspected israeli strike on iran's embassy compound in syria at the beginning of the month. this is the first time iran has attacked israel directly, although the two countries have been at loggerheads for years. all this will rattle investors and oil markets — business reporter suranjana tewari is across the story from oui’ newsroom. any indication of what's likely

to happen with market sentiment this morning?