live from london. this is bbc news. explosions in the skies above tel aviv and jerusalem tonight, as iran and israel continue to launch air strikes against each other for a third day. president trump says meetings are taking place to try to end the conflict. he said the two sides should, and will, make a deal. leaders of the world's wealthiest nations gather in canada for the g7 summit - with sir keir starmer meeting with canadian prime minister mark carney. ten goals for bayern munich as they start their club world cup with an emphatic win.

hello and welcome to the programme, i'm luxmy gopal. we start with breaking news, within the last hour we've seen explosions in the skies above tel aviv and jerusalem. israel's iron dome has come into action, shooting down missiles fired from iran. this was the scene in tel aviv. you can see explosions in the sky as the defence are fired to intercept incoming iranian missiles. iran's state tv says the country has attacked tel aviv, haifa, and other cities "with tens of iranian missiles and drones". it also reports that the missiles have surpassed "layers of israeli defence system". we're also seeing reports from iran that air defence systems there have also been triggered in the last hour. these pictures are from earlir in the day. we don't have as much access to report in iran, so it's hard to independently verify information from there. we'll bring you more

on that as we get it. let's speak to a guest from a israeli newspaper. thank you for joining us. i suppose one of the things that will be on people's minds is how on earth is there to be any de-escalation from here, when things seem to have intensified in the past hour. i think that is a bit above my pay grade, no one knows how it will escalate and nobody know what is the american factor is, the question is whether the united states can move towards a deal despite this war. i don't think there is a clear answer to what de-escalate this. but prime minister binyamin netanyahu has been clear about the aims of this war than i believe his aims have been about the war in gaza for the last 20 months,

which i think is notable and not entirely surprising that binyamin netanyahu has had this mind of thing on his mind for decades. it is not surprising that he is clear about what would constitute a victory to israel's satisfaction, but it is too early to say how it will de-escalate. stay with us, because we want to bring people the latest on those missiles and our correspondent is in jerusalem. what can you tell us? that's right, there have been further strikes from iran towards israeli territory tonight. there was some in jerusalem and also some reported in other parts of country, including a direct hit on haifa, a northern coastal city, also an area where there is a strategic port. the reports are still early, but we have heard from the emergency

services that they're at the scene and there are people who have been taken to hospital for smoke inhalation and panic. we have heard reports from the emergency services. also israel has continued to fire towards iran. they have said that they will continue to target nuclear sites, but also key infrastructure sites and also sites within the regime itself, military targets. they have asked people in iran who live around key sort of military strategic sites to evacuate, a sign that they be continuing to try to attack some of iran's both missile capacity and defence capabilities as well. similarly, iran has said that it would warn israelis living near key military infrastructure to get away from the area. an indication that there will be more attacks as the evening goes on. thank you.

on that first of all, before we return to our other interview wee, i want ask you about what is being said at the moment by israel in response to what we have been seeing this evening? well, israel earlier issued alerts, telling people to stay near shelters when it became apparent there would be more strikes towards israel. in terms of rhetoric from the government, it has continued to be strong in response. we have heard from the government that in their words tehran will burn if iran continues to strike missiles towards israel as it has done this evening. an indication that they continue to intend to strike heavily towards tehran in particular. they have also confirmed they have struck a target 2,000

kilometres from israel, a refuelling site 2,000 kilometres from israeli territories. that is significant, because it does suggest they're making their way through iran's defence capabilities to weaken them and give them what they have described as a clear path to tehran to strike targets with more prescription perhaps, more freedom perhaps from those defence capabilities. that is the stated aim of israel tonight. as this continues and we have seen that escalation there, what is the response from some of the other nations that we have been hearing from? we are hearing more response to that aren't we? yeah, that's right. the diplomatic response from other nations has been essentially to continue this message of de-escalation, urging both sides to de-escalate tensions and

negotiate, come up with a deal, but that looks distant at the moment. it was expected there would be ongoing negotiations today between the us and iran over a possible nuclear deal. those were cancelled. we don't yet have a date for when those may possibly be rescheduled. but at the moment, the sort of talk of negotiations have somewhat gone away after the escalations we have seen in the last couple of days. we should step back and look at what israel has stated its aim is and how possible that is. is there anything that is can do that will meet its stated target of removing the threat from iran? well, as you say, israel's initial justification for those severe attacks on iran on friday were that they wanted to strike at the heart of iran's nuclear capabilities,

wipe out their nuclear programme. and they did, or they are trying to do that through a combination of hitting key nuclear sites and hitting personnel - nuclear scientists and military commanders. iran has denied that its nuclear programme is for weapon purposes. they say it is for civilian use only and they have promised to harshly respond if israel continues its stated aim. one question that many are asking here what would look like success for israel? at what point would they consider their stated aim a success? there is speculation that they may perhaps need support from others if they were to completely try to eradicate iran's programme. but it is at this stage unclear what that end goal looks like. three days ago, before this

conflict between the two escalated, three days ago, it looked as if the us and iran were on their way to having talks about a nuclear deal. is there hope of that going forward, or has it hardened iran's approach and perhaps shattered the prospect of any nuclear deal with them going forward? well, at this stage, we don't know about any sort of possible future deal and prospects of that, how that may change or not as a result of this weekend's events. what we do know is that negotiations aren't continuing as they were expected to this sunday. and that makes the prospect of sort of a deal look more distant. in terms of what iran's stance will be going forward, that is unclear as well at this stage. but it is clear that israel has stated its aim to eradicate iran's nuclear programme and

iran has said in response that it will continue to attack israel. there isn't a de-escalation at the moment on the cards, given the rhetoric they're both putting out. until we hear a change to that, i think we will continue to have this back and forth fire until we have some sense of what the end point to this might look like. we have been hearing on bbc news from israelis speaking of their shock at seeing the destruction that iran has been able to wreak, despite the iron dome defence system. we are showing live images from tel aviv as well. so it is worth explaining how the iron dome is due to work and how much of an intensification this is from what we have seen over the past three days? well, the iron dome is israel's defence system. we

sometimes see it here in action as we have seep certain drones attempting to come through at strike here in jerusalem for example. we have seen interceptions happen in the sky by this defence system. that doesn't always work. we have seen some direct hits here for example those ones near tel aviv last night. i was in the one area and saw there where a residential building had been hit directly and there had been casualties. people were shocked, because of what they describe as this conflict feeling a lot closer to home, them seeing destruction in their own communities. similarly, in iran we are hearing multiple reports of civilians that have been killed too. it is reported by iranian media that at least 128 people have been killed in iran.

yesterday iranian state media said that 60 people had been killed, including children. on both sides we have reports of this conflict coming very close to home for some civilians as well as of course these ongoing military targets that are being hit or at least aimed at by both sides. thank you for bringing us the latest on that. and the attack that our correspondent mentioned, there were seven people, including two children killed in that. that is what she was mentioning. we can now return to some live pictures from batyam, that coastal city. that is where a residential building

has, was hit earlier in a strike. and, as i said, seven people were killed in that, including two children. and we have been hearing, the bbc has been hearing from residents there who expressed their shock at seeing how much destruction can be wrought there, despite the iron dome defence system. that is the attack from iran on that building. of course, as we mentioned, a high death toll being reported in iran and images of destruction coming from there. we don't have as much access to within iran. so we are not getting quite as many images or quite as much of a picture of the detail of the destruction in iran as we are getting from israel. and as you can see, those are live images there in batyam, the coastal city where one of the strikes

hit, killing seven people, including two children. those are live images. i think now is a good time to bring back our guest, a pollster and columnist. thank you for waiting patiently. but i think it is a good moment to talk about this is likely to be received by members of the public in israel, seeing those images and hearing about the death and destruction. i should say that the israeli public doesn't need to see the images, they're living through the images. these missiles haven't struck every where in israel, but they're aimed at urban centres, so people are experiencing this, if they're not affected, they're hearing the bombs. however, of course the situation is shocking. israel hasn't been through this

kind of assault of anything of this scale, certainly not from ballistic missile, i'm not sure ever. there was a strike from iraq during the first iraq war and we have rocket fire from gaza over the years and during this war. the houthi missiles that have been fired have been nothing like this, because they generally come one at a time. they don't do this kind of damage. israelis are getting used to a new reality and everyone is panicking. of course people are trying to follow instructions to conserve their safety. i don't think this is the time that israelis will say the destruction of our cities and town is unprecedented and so we don't want the war. what we have seen from friday onward is more like a rallying effect. i wouldn't say people are cheering it on, people are nervous. but there

is a strong case within the israeli public and in reality too for iran's very significant progress towards being a threshold state in which it has come close to achieving the levels of uranium enrichment to create a bomb and the ballistic missile programme, that is a concern of the israeli government and people are seeing why. this is only possible because they had destroyed the missile capacities in october. the estimates are now the iranians have 20,000, sorry 2,000 such missiles, we are trying to figure out how long it will take for that capacity to be incapacitated and counting the missiles. there was a fear if

iran had not been stopped it would continue the ballistic missile programme scotland programme. so people are saying imagine what would happen if the ballistic programme continued. the united states said there was no threat and iran hadn't been building nuclear weapons. and there was a report saying iran is going further in that direction than it should be. so well, than it had promised. you had information about this, whether you make a decision based on... i wouldn't want to be in the position of making this decision, put it that way. there is no question that iran had enriched uranium to a level for hit to go towards nuclear weapons. i'm not here to justify starting the war,

because it is a very severe gamble and i think the gamble needs to be understood. because if it doesn't de-escalate, it also escalate and draw in other actors and binyamin netanyahu, the prime minister, has already tried to encourage the united states to get involved in trying to incapacitate that enrichment site in fordo that is buried so far underground, only the united states has that weaponry. if others get involved, i don't want to give people suggestions, but this could escalate in a severe way. say before this, before three days ago, there was the prospect of the united states and iran having diplomatic talks, that was planned, around a nuclear deal. so before this, prior to three days ago, how much of a concern do you think the potential threat of iran

was in the minds of israeli members of public on an every debe sis? -- every day basis. i think you have to realise that the other concern for israel has been iran's support for various proxies in the region and that is not theoretical at all. my analysis of hamas's own decision to initiate its attack on october seventh 23 was because it thought it would spark the big war that would rally these other iranian-backed non-state agencies to join in and militias in iraq, to join in a war and destroy israel. october seventh was not a theoretical attack and hamas's calculations included hoping to spark the big war. things didn't work out

for hamas and the war has gone on too long in gaza. it is something worth remembering even as the iran war escalates. you can't discount that was part of the concerns that israelis live with day in and day out. because we have again, we have been living under those missile attacks from the houthis from the beginning of the war in gaza. hezbollah joined with its own initiative on the same day or night of hamas's attack. everyone knows they're iranian-backed groups. that was part of iran's strategy to support those groups leading up to this moment. whether iran knew this is how it would play out is no t the question. nor are the missiles hitting israel

theoretical. before the war with gaza, i don't think israelis worried about that. if you stopped and asked them how severe a threat is this, every israeli would say it is a severe threat. thank you. the uk's prime minister has said a summit of leaders from the world's wealthiest nations will be a chance to make the case for de-escalating the conflict between israel and iran. sir keir starmer met newly elected canadian prime minister, mark carney shortly before the g7 summit kicks off. take a listen. let's speak to our chief north america correspondent gary o'donogue who's at the g7 summit in canada. let's start with that prospect, that wish at this stage for de-escalation. that is obviously going to be key in terms of discussions at the summit? it is going to dominate

everything the last few days and the activity, the conflict between iran and israel. i think there will be some efforts to come up with some kind of joint statement. what we have got going for that is that all countries do believe in the g7 that iran shouldn't have a nuclear weapon, shouldn't have the capacity to develop a nuclear weapon. in many ways all countries agree there should be some de-escalation. whether that gets down to the nitty-gritty in terms of a unified statement, we will have to see. japan has been more critical of israel than other members of these wealthy countries. so that could prove a sticking points. point. but some of the other more critical issues, the question of what is happening in ukraine, the tariff wars, the problems in gaza, those may take a second seat if if you

like, second rank to the issue of trying to stop the conflict between iran and israel and that will be the focus of the a lot of meetings here in the canadian rockies. very briefly, sorry, we will have to leave it there. there is more we can discuss, but thank you. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. bayern munich scored a record 10-0 win over part timers auckland city fc in their first game at the revamped club world cup in cinccinatti. kinglesly coman scored the opener after six minutes, the first of two he picked up in the opening half as the german champions led 6-0 at the break. jamal musiala replaced harry kane on 61 minutes and had himself a hatrick just 23 minutes later. thomas muller who's leaving the club picked up his second and the final goal of the match in a one sided affair.

elsewhere in group b, paris saint germain are underway against atletico madrid. that is the 1-0 to psg. also in that group botofago play seattle sounders later. the other game is in group a, palmeiras against porto. armand duplantis has set a new world record for the pole vault. the swede did it at the diamond league in stockholm, clearing 6 metres and 28 centimetres. it's the twelfth time the two time olympic champion has set the record which he's held since 2020. the final round of the us open at oakmont is underway although the leading players won't be due out on course for another couple of hours. the man they're all looking to chase is sam burns. the american started his round 4 under par and with a bogey on the 2nd he's now 3-under. but the chasing pack are dropping shots too - australian adam scott is closest, 1 shot behind at 2 under par.

the canadian grand prix is underway, all the latest on the bbc sport website. meanwhile, ex formula one driver robert kubica, whose sole victory in f1 came at the canadian grand prix in 2008, has won le mans for the first time alongside yifie yay and phil hanson. racing for ferrari, the victory comes 14 years after kubica was involved in a career and indeed life-threatening crash while rallying. and that's all the sport for now. let's leave you with the live images from tel aviv. we have been bringing you the news of the latest iranian attack on israel, with missiles raining down earlier on haifa, tel aviv and jerusalem, as israeli strikes on iran continue as well. there have been casualties on both sides, with

a high death toll reported

this is bbc news, the headlines. explosions in the skies above tel aviv and jerusalem tonight. iran and israel have continued to launch air strikes against each other for a third day. the leaders of both countries have warned of further retaliation for the killing of civilians. president trump says meetings are taking place to try to end the conflict. he says the two sides should, and will, make a deal. iranian media report that at least 128 people have been killed in israeli attacks, while at least 10 israelis were killed in iranian strikes overnight. britain's prime minister says a summit of g-seven leaders in canada will offer a chance to make the case for easing the conflict between israel and iran.