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live from tel aviv. this is bbc news. israel says it has the full support of president trump as it continues to strike iran. iran says around 80 people have been killed in israeli strikes. across israel - explosions were heard as iran launched retaliatory strikes. three people were killed and israel says tehran will burn if it keeps retaliating. i'm karin giannone in london. in other news... a huge manhunt under way in minnesota after a state lawmaker and her husband are shot dead in their home.
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the state's governor says it's politically motivated. speaker melissa hortman and her husband mark, were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination. india's civil aviation officials say the flight data recorder from the air india plane that crashed in ahmedabad on thursday is being decoded. king charles and the royal family take part in the 'trooping the colour' parade to mark the monarch's birthday. hello, you're alive with bbc news. i'm anna forced to live in tel aviv. -- hello, you're live with bbc news. -- i'm anna foster live in tel aviv. good afternoon. iran has warned that it will target uk, us and french military bases and ships in the region if they decide to help defend israel. both israel and iran have carried out further strikes
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against each other today. this afternoon donald trump and vladimir putin spoke on the phone as the crisis in the middle east deepens. iran's been launching waves of missiles in retaliation for yesterday's major attack. israeli media say three people have been killed. it has been an enormous past 36 hours. just to ring up to date, israel promising more strikes to come this evening. iran said it will target us, uk and french military bases and ships here in the middle east if they decide to step in and help defend israel. as we said, these sites have been doing tit-for-tat strikes was no sign really at the moment of either side backing down in the the last hour or so we've heard donald trump and vladimir putin have held a phone conversation discussing the deepening crisis here in the middle east even as those strikes continue. in that wave of iranian strikes here in
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israel, in the area around tel aviv, where i am speaking to you from, israeli media say three people have killed around the suburbs in the city and israel said it struck what is a really key iranian nuclear facility in isfahan in addition to those strikes in the biggest nuclear facility in natanz and also in carmen shah -- in the kermanshah. lucy williamson reports. israel says iran fired 200 missiles yesterday. this is what one of those missiles can do. this morning, bomb disposal teams scoured the wreckage of a residential complex near tel aviv. some here said it
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reminded them of gaza. people have been coming back here today picking through the damage. they say this destruction is all part of israel's long conflict with its regional enemies. but it is also evidence of what changed here yesterday, as missiles slammed into central israel, that this is not just another limited confrontation - it's a war. last night, as we sheltered in a stairwell in tel aviv, our camera captured this footage of missiles slipping through israel's air defences. first, one on the left, then another to the right, which hit a residential building. footage of the damage quickly appearing on social media. today we saw what happened inside. this video was filmed by a resident inside his apartment moments after it was hit. erez was trapped for 40 minutes with his ukrainian wife anastasia, who he said had come
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here to escape the war in ukraine. all of a sudden i hear a huge explosion and a blast coming through the door, like a flame, like a real explosion. the next thing i know, there is a lot of dust and smoke coming into the house. now suffering from smoke inhalation, his message to israel's prime ministers was keep going. they want to destroy us. and if they have nuclear weapons and they don't care about hitting civilians, the next time it would be a nuclear missile. so if hitting our apartment and losing everything we have from this blast will mean that we will make them not have nuclear missiles, so be it. iranian media says 60 people were killed overnight in an israeli strike on this building in tehran. among the dead, 20 children.
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in a nearby home, one resident said an explosion threw him up against the ceiling. others called for a tougher response. translation: we want a firm response that holds the dignity of iranians. if they hit us once, iran should hit them a hundred times. this war began when israel launched hundreds of air strikes across iran. tehran has fought a long shadow war against israel's existence, but open conflict risks escalation. iran is now threatening those who help defend israel too. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. those israeli strikes happen just a couple of days before what is meant to be a sixth round of nuclear talks between the us and iran which are going to happen on sunday and even after the attacks happened yesterday morning the us president donald trump said perhaps those talks might still happen. not surprising but a piece of breaking news that a senior administration in the us has told the bbc in the last
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few minutes that no nuclear talks are happening as planned, no meeting and while there will be no meeting they say they remain committed to talks and hope the iranians will come to the table soon. let's hear from a statement made by benjamin netanyahu who said israel's air strikes on iran had the full support of donald trump which he said in a video addressed to the us president on his birthday. i want to start by wishing a double happy birthday. first, happy birthday to you, president donald j trump. you've been an extraordinary leader. decisive, courageous. clear vision, clear action. you have done great things for israel. you've been an extraordinary friend to the jewish state and to me personally. we've known each other for many years, and we appreciate
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what you're doing now, helping protect israeli lives against the criminal regime in iran. i want to wish also a 250th happy birthday to the american army. the men and women of the armed services of the united states have protected freedom for two and a half centuries. we would not have a free world without you. thank you. on behalf of free peoples everywhere. today, israel is defending freedom in the middle east and beyond. we're doing so against a tyrannical and radical iranian regime that wants to build atomic bombs to destroy us, and wants to build ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missile, to be able to threaten anyone and everywhere in the world by defending ourselves. we're also defending others or defending our arab neighbours, our arab friends in peace.
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we're defending europe. we're defending. we're helping defend also the united states, which helps us all the time. anna, what's life like where you are in tel aviv? well, in tel aviv, and right across the country, particularly at this time of night, a lot of these retaliatory strikes by iran, they tend to happen overnight and they tend to happen quite regularly so around the city, people have apps on their phone, it was not for sirens on the streets but they have apps on their phone waiting for instruction to be close to a shelter and the advice in times to be no more than 90 secondary from a shelter because when those ballistic missiles are launched from iran, they can get to israel very quick indeed so people are nervous, they've seen images of destruction particularly in and around tel aviv and as you saw any piece from lucy williamson, strikes in some areas of the suburbs, three people killed which creates a real fear and nervousness in the here even
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though they are being intercepted but civilians in iran equally tonight have seen these israeli strikes happen and they, too, are nervous and frightened with not necessarily the same level of sophisticated technology to intercept what israel are sending in the direction of iran and of course not just these two countries but i knew we could be why the middle east, people are looking and this was a huge step and dangerous step that they were hoping would not happen and wherever you are, people are viewing a particular sense of nervousness about how this could escalate even further and whether or not diplomatic efforts to try and rainy situation back in will be successful. thank you very much. anna forster in tel aviv.
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-- anna foster in tel aviv. in a developing story - a manhunt is underway in the united states for a gunman who shot dead a democratic party politician and her husband in their home. the attack, in the state of minnesota, has been described as a "politically motivated assassination". earlier the gunman, posing as a police officer, shot another democratic state lawmaker and his wife but they both survived. president trump has called the attacks 'horrific'. leigh milner has the latest. minnesota state representative melissa hortman, the top democrat in the minnesota house, and her husband, were shot and killed early this morning. meanwhile, state senator john hoffman, also a democrat, and his wife, were targeted in their home as well in a separate shooting. they survived after being shot multiple times. my good friend and colleague, speaker melissa hortman, and her husband mark, were shot and killed early this morning in what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination. our state lost a great leader and i lost the dearest of friends. speaker hortman served the people of minnesota with grace, compassion, humour,
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and a sense of service. walz said the targeted shootings occurred in brooklyn park and champlin, neighbouring cities to minneapolis. brooklyn park police have said a suspect was impersonating a police officer. police exchanged gunfire with the suspect at hortman's home but he managed to escape. us president donald trump says he has "been briefed on the terrible shooting that took place in minnesota, which appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers. such horrific violence will not be tolerated in the united states of america." a manhunt is currently under way for a suspect. leigh milner, bbc news. let's speak to our north america correspondent jake kwon who's in washington. what more details are emerging about what happened? this is an ongoing situation in minnesota, a state that prides itself on its easy, friendly going attitude so this is shocking
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and what you're learning is around 2am this morning, the police responded to an incident happening at a lawmaker home, and they suspect has shut them multiple times and hours later the suspect had moved house of melissa hortman. gunmen ran off on foot. -- the gunman ran off on foot. there is this search for the suspect now and what makes this interesting is that they were impersonating a police officer and the officer said if the person was in the room, you would not be able to distinguish them from a regular
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police officer, wearing uniform, badge, vest and also riding a white suv often taken by a police officer and eight have the lights and everything so it had plans of something that is done meticulously. but the state governor and authorities pointing at a very motivated assassination of elected individuals. white may give us the reaction. -- give us the reaction. this is shocking and being described as possibly motivated. the locals called it stunning and a tragedy being unfolded and donald trump called it horrific and said the fbi and justice department are launching an investigation into the attack and will hold the suspect to the full account of
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the law. he said killing should not be tolerated and really has no place in the united states which is all happening on a very politically charged they with a planned parade to celebrate an anniversary of the army founding and then and entire trump rally that was planned all across america in more than 1500 cities in america is a day of defiance against president trump is now the rally in minnesota is cancelled after the authorities have warned that an additional attack might have been against this rally and the governor warned that anyone planning to go out in protest today should stay home especially if you're in the minneapolis, minnesota area. thank you very much. there is a lot happening in washington so let's talk about that some more with opponents gathering for protests in towns and cities across the united states was timed to coincide
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that huge military parade happening in the capital later. let's show you some of the shots from atlanta, protests going on in many places with republican governors in texas and missouri deploying the national guard. others have them on standby. rally organisers say it's a 'national day of defiance' against attacks on civil rights. the washington parade marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the us army and is taking place on president trump's 79th birthday. it will be one of the biggest displays of american military might in washington in decades. let's speak to politico's white house reporter, daniel lippman. before we talk about the protests, the parade, i want to get your reaction to the shocking events in minnesota. this is just terrible and we've seen it coursing of the political rhetoric in this country. remember we saw the congresswoman who was gunned
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down, narrowly survived during the obama administration, gabby giffords. two assassination attempts against donald trump last year. so both democrats and republicans being targeted. we don't know the particulars but hopefully the rhetoric in this country improves but we do not see any signs of that just yet. there are warnings considering what happened in minnesota for people not to gather politically at rallies, obviously now thousands of people are starting to protest against what is happening in terms of that big parade, donald trumpmy 79th birthday, just looking at some pictures from atlanta. -- donald trump's 79th birthday, just looking at some pictures from atlanta. how unusual is that you see military hardware or parading the streets of the capital? very unusual and a lot of people are not fans of this, they will not show up they
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don't like the fact it will cost $20 million potentially in road repairs because you usually just have cars and trucks, not tanks rolling down constitutional avenue so you are going to see them try to get some trump supporters in but trump really love this image of strength and commanding the military, of being the most powerful man in the world and especially on his birthday, a great timing for him but there is a lot of even republican senators, the top chair of the senator committee saying you is not a fan of this so not many members of congress even in top's own party are happy with this. -- even in trump's own party. we are seeing the marines and national guard being used, going over the governor of's head and donald trump sending
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them in so how much reaction has there been to the fact that this parade is taking place today? a lot of concern around democrats and independents, moderate republicans that trump is trying to politicise the military, he was speaking to a number of military soldiers a few days ago and they were cheering when he would criticise joe biden of nu and after the fake news media and so you just don't see those scenes very often so there is concern about will the military will remain a nonpartisan institution, well trusted by every political party and most people or if it will be a tool of donald trump to enact policy when you want is a spectacle or does not think the police in la are doing a good enough job. -- when once a spectacle.
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-- when he wants a spectacle. investigators in india are decoding the black box data recorder from the plane that crashed in ahm-de-bad on thursday. so far, at least 270 bodies have been recovered from the scene of the disaster, after the air india plane - bound for london gatwick - came down on a medical college hostel shortly after take off. -- investigators in india are decoding the black box data recorder from the plane that crashed in ahmedabad on thursday. samira hussain reports from ahmedabad. piecing together what went wrong bit by bit. forensic experts sifting through the wreckage. in the rubble, another body, a crew member, found in the tail of the plane. india's ministry of civil aviation says a preliminary investigation will take three months. this decoding of the black box is going to give in-depth insight into what would have actually happened during the process of the crash and the moments before the crash itself. so we are also eagerly waiting.
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ambulances at the ready for bodies to be allowed home. but so far, few have been identified. some of the families that have arrived from the uk have come here to get their dna tested. it's the only way they are going to be able to get the bodies of their family members. there needs to be an in-person testing of dna from a direct relative. and this is an entire process that has been going on since the day of the crash. for those still without news, the wait is agonising. translation: we have almost 100 relatives at home who have come from our ancestral village. they keep pushing us to come here to find out when we will get the body. families desperate to take their loved ones home so their grieving can begin.
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samira hussain, bbc news, ahmedabad. the king and queen and other members of the royal family been attending the annual 'trooping the colour' parade to mark the monarch's official birthday. at the king's request, black armbands were worn this year, to remember victims of the indian plane disaster and there was a minute's silence. emma vardy reports. bugle plays. a majestic departure from buckingham palace with london bathed in sunshine. the good weather meant king charles and queen camilla could travel in an open carriage this year, and a chance for the crowds to get a better look. following them, the princess of wales, with george, charlotte and louis. while, in keeping with tradition, prince william took part in the procession
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on horseback, with princess anne and prince edward. a day of pomp and pageantry and a display of military discipline. arms! band plays god save the king. at horse guards parade, the royal salute, before more than 1400 soldiers on parade. eyes to centre. this year, it's the colours of the coldstream guards being represented, the oldest continually serving regiment of the british army. the king has said he was desperately shocked by the lives lost in the air india plane crash. at his request black armbands were worn by senior royals. but it was a day full of colour, not least from the red arrows.
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while the king is still receiving cancer treatment, he has been well enough for a series of busy engagements. today's stately spectacle showcasing the full complement of britain's working royal family in action. emma vardy, bbc news. it comes as the actor gary oldman and david beckham have been knighted in the king's birthday honours list. lizo mzimba has more. after days of reports and rumours about the former england captain, confirmation in the king's birthday honours list that he's now sir david beckham. also knighted, the who singer roger daltrey, recognised for both his music and his charity work with the teenage cancer trust. to have it recognised, it is absolutely wonderful. and i accept this not only for myself, but on behalf of all those unsung people that have worked to make the charity the success it's become. # memory... and after six decades in show business, singer and actress elaine paige has been made a dame for services to music and to charity. i am just thrilled and excited and proud,
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and humbled by it as well. grateful. i mean, all these different emotions coming at me all at once. and it's been really rather overwhelming. please welcome tess daly and claudia winkleman. the strictly hosts become mbes. daly said it was a great surprise. winkleman said she was incredibly grateful. three darts champions are also honoured. deta hedman said it felt quite surreal to be made an obe. current rivals luke humphries and luke littler have both been made mbes. most honours go to people not in the public eye. samantha madgin was fatally stabbed just weeks after giving birth. her mother and sister have set up charity samantha's legacy to warn about the dangers of knife crime. they've both been made mbes. i'm very proud. it's a very bittersweet moment. we wouldn't be receiving this honours if i hadn't have lost samantha. yeah, a very bittersweet moment, but i will take the award, you know,
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for every victim out there, and more so i'll take it back for our community who have always been our great support as well. just two of so many making a difference in their community. lizo mzimba, bbc news. we are learning donald trump has had a phone call with russian president vladimir putin. voltron has released a statement saying president putin called me this morning to very nicely wish me wish me happy birthday. -- donald trump has released a statement saying president
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