let's turn to the war in ukraine now, where local officials say two russian missile attacks have killed at least nine people in the central region of dnipropetrovsk. the station in the main city dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in synelnykove. officials say at least 15 people were injured. president volodymyr zelensky said the attack highlighted the need for every city to have

adequate air defences. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more on this. kyiv has been heavily fortified, if you like, in terms of air defences, with the supply of western patriot missile systems, which have proven to be incredibly effective against russian air attacks. however, russian forces have adapted as well. so, what we see now are slightly less often, less frequent attacks, but they are at a much greater scale. as you say, last night, russia launched 22 missiles, 1a drones, and they are designed to overwhelm air defences. but when we are talking about eastern cities like zaporizhzhia, dnipro, odesa in the south, which was also attacked, they are less well defended, and missiles get through. and we have seen images of a burning building next to dnipro train station, and we are told across that region, at least nine people have been killed, three of them children. and i think president zelensky,

he will continue to ask for much—needed air defence systems, and those asks have been answered, to a degree, over the past 2a hours, where we saw in the latest g7 summit countries including germany announcing more of those patriot defence systems will be delivered, but what ukrainians are waiting on is the detail — when those systems will arrive. so, this is a continuation of russia's tactic in this regard, as well as ukraine both having to defend and having to weather this kind of storm. and after the attacks by israel on iran, which were then repelled by the kind of systems which you are alluding to, zelensky was quite vocal on saying, "that is exactly the kind of stuff we need." you say that some of it, there has been some movement in the last day or so, more broadly do you think there will be any kind of speeding—up of the process of getting that

equipment to the ukrainians? well, i think if we have this £50 billion military aid package signed off by the us congress over the weekend, which, there are no guarantees, but it is likely to make it, for ukraine, then you can be sure that behind the scenes they will be trying to speed up that process. because there has been political delay, which ukraine has blamed for causing it to lose territory and military personnel, but also the scale of what we're talking about takes so long to arrive, and you mentioned the middle east, where we saw western allies directly take out drones launched by iran at israel, because the west is so fearful of an escalation when it comes to russia, perhaps they view iran differently because of it not being the nuclear superpower that russia is, so it's different. so these are frustrating differences for ukraine. but what we are seeing, with russian advances in the east of the country, we are seeing invading forces

enjoy air superiority, where, over this small town, which generals here are fearful could fall in the not—too—distant future, we are seeing russian aircraft fly almost unchallenged overhead, launching missile attacks on defending ukrainian troops, and ukraine can do very little to counter that. so, when we talk about air defence, we are notjust talking about russian missile attacks, we're talking about russian air superiority, which is increasingly being strengthened, as it continues to try and take as much ukrainian territory as possible. you're watching bbc news. the prime minister has called for an end to the uk's "sick note culture".. i beg your pardon, we will give you an update from the g7. we will hear from antony blinken the us secretary of state who is at the meeting in capri. this morning, we had a statement from the italian foreign minister saying that "this morning we changed the agenda because we

decided we needed to address the israel— iran issue and focus on the middle east." he said he wanted a clear message to come from the g7 that the political goal of the g7 is de—escalation. we have worked and will continue to work and be active protagonists in achieved de—escalation throughout the middle east. this after there has been a reported strike by israel within iran in response to the mass missile attack on israel last saturday. you are watching bbc news. let's go back to the prime minister who has called for an end to the uk's sick note culture. this in a speech on welfare reform. in the past hour, mr sunak said he is considering moving responsibility for assessing fitness to work away from gps to "specialist work and health professionals" in england. a record high of 2.8 million people are out of work as of february, according to the office for national statistics. we must be more ambitious in

assessing people's potentialfor work. right now, the gateway to ill health benefits is writing too many off, leaving them on the wrong type off, leaving them on the wrong type of support and with no expectation of support and with no expectation of trying to find a job with all the advantages that brings. in 2011, 20% of those doing a work capability assessment were deemed unfit to work. the latest figure now stands at 65%. that is wrong. people are not three times sicker than they were a decade ago. and of the world of work has changed dramatically. now of course those with serious debilitating conditions should never be expected to work. but if you have a low level mobility issue, your employer could make reasonable adjustments, perhaps including adaptations to enable you to work from home. and if you are feeling anxious or depressed, then of course you should get the support and treatment you need to manage your condition. but that doesn't mean we

should assume you can't engage in work. the former chief executive of the snp, peter murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the scottish national party. mr murrell, who is married to the former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, was taken into custody for questioning yesterday. a police investigation is ongoing. 0ur scotland editor james cook reports. peter murrell arriving home after more than nine hours in custody at falkirk police station. mr murrell, any reaction? he was arrested shortly after nine o'clock and charged at 6:35pm. any comment, mr murrell? in a statement, police scotland said a 59—year—old man had been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the scottish national party. it added that a report will be sent to the crown 0ffice and procurator fiscal service in due course. it's the second time mr murrell has been arrested in connection with 0peration branchform. he was first questioned last april,

weeks after resigning as chief executive of the snp, when officers searched the home he shares with nicola sturgeon on the outskirts of glasgow. as part of their inquiry, police also searched the snp's headquarters in edinburgh and seized this luxury motorhome from outside the house of mr murrell�*s mother in fife. is your party imploding? two weeks later, officers arrested the scottish national party treasurer, colin beattie. and then, last summer, ms sturgeon herself. after questioning, both were released without charge. at the heart of this inquiry is nearly £667,000 raised by the snp between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. questions first arose at the end of 2019, when it emerged that the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. and one more development in an inquiry that has sent shockwaves through scottish politics, scottish

politics, peter murrell has resigned his membership of the snp. james cook, bbc news. we are keeping an eye on capri and italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hearfrom us italy at the g7 meeting where we are expected to hear from us secretary of state antony blinken shortly. they are setting up the room there. they are setting up the room there. the agenda was supposed to have moved on from the middle east, but they did bring it back onto the main topic of discussion today after there were explosions reported in iran and nearan there were explosions reported in iran and near an army base and an airport in the central city of isfahan, which are activated at local air defence systems. we have had confirmation to our broadcast part in a cbs news that this was an attack from israel. so two us officials are confirming that. plenty of reaction coming in and week will be monitoring the news conference at the g7. time for a quick look at the weather. hello there.

it is still quite breezy out there, so the showers will continue to run in across parts of central and eastern england, and also in the south we are clearing away our morning weather front. actually for western areas, the winds start to ease. the wind is still brisk, particularly in central and eastern areas, given that at this time of year the sea is at its coolest, it will feel quite bracing for north sea coasts. 1a or 15 outside of the wind and sunshine should feel pleasant. we should see more for northern ireland and western scotland and western england and wales. this evening and overnight, the chilling breeze continues to feed showers into parts of eastern england, a bit of patchy cloud and rain coming to the north on the next weather front, rain coming to the north on the next weatherfront, but rain coming to the north on the next weather front, but for most of us, because the showers clear and the cloud will be colder, it will be colder than last night. a fairly

widespread ground frost, so gardeners beware. this pressure may lead to mist and fog in the west first thing, but it hangs around first thing, but it hangs around first thing, but it hangs around first thing so dry weather is with us. but we will see quite a lot of cloud around as the week weather front, no more than the odd shower, but cloud. it keeps the keen easterly breeze flowing into eastern areas, so we may have an east—west split. you can see the chilly wind for eastern england, perhaps one or two showers, that patchy rain in the north, then generally a build—up of cloud of that. so it looks like west will be best for sunshine, but also eastern areas between the showers later on, but still quite chilly here given the wind direction, only 13-14. here given the wind direction, only 13—14. just here given the wind direction, only 13—111. just a little below par for the time of year. it looks like another chilly night on saturday into sunday with a touch of frost. so if you are out early heading to the london marathon, it will be a cool start for both the runners and spectators. are expecting temperatures to get into the low double figures, 12 or possibly 13 at best as we go through the day. we

still have a keen wind blowing here and quite a lot of cloud. it does look as though we will see some good spells of sunshine further west and perhaps northern ireland up to 17 or 18. as i say, at the moment, looking quite chilly again.

live from london. this is bbc news. explosions are heard in iran. us officials say it's israel's response to the weekend drone and missile attack. an iranian official says there is no plan for immediate retaliation — and state tv says no damage has been reported. g7 foreign ministers urge against any further escalation. we will shortly hear from antony blinken, who is due to be speaking

soon. what's the risk of further escalation in the middle east? it's your questions answered in 30 minutes. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to bbc news now. world leaders are calling for restraint on all sides after an apparent israeli air strike on iran. the g7 foreign ministers meeting in italy have urged all parties to work against any further escalation. where expecting to hear from the us secretary of state antony blinken any moment now. that is the same life as we wait for the secretary of state, antony blinken, to deliver remarks in the italian city of capri. two us officials have confirmed to our broadcast partner cbs news that it was an israeli attack.

state television in iran reported explosions near an army