"Beirut is under assault too. The Israeli military orders hundreds of thousands of people to leave the southern suburbs"
What do we call a regime that terrorises hundreds of thousands of people in a neighbouring country?
A terrorist state.
John Psaropoulos reports that because of what's happening in Cyprus more Cypriots are questioning the status of the 2 British bases there.
Kemi Badenoch: "we have put our bases in other peoples countries, we've put bases in Bahrain, we've put bases in Cyprus, so they are being dragged into this because of our bases"
True, & the US has bases here & we're being dragged in too.
Theres a simple solution to all this.
Kemi Badenoch: more countries need to join in bombing Iran so we can de-escalate
David Lammy is asked about divisions in the cabinet over what actions were lawful
Lammy refuses to comment on that and instead says its "an absolute travesty" that there would be any kind of leak.
Lammy is asked if UK forces are attacking sites in Iran. He confirms that yes, if we anticipate being attacked by Iran, we can attack sites there
See how it works. We 'defensively' stop Iran retaliating after being attacked by the US/Israel, they respond so we start bombing them
Pete Hegseth on Monday: "If you kill Americans.. anywhere on earth we will hunt you down without apology & without hesitation and we will kill you"
Guardian yesterday: "Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank"
David Lammy: "... because Cyprus is part of NATO"
erm, Cyprus is not a member of NATO. Maybe its just a slip of the tongue? Except he repeats the claim just a minute later
"... Cyprus is a NATO country"
Does the deputy PM not know that Cyprus isn't a member of a NATO?
"Alvi Choudary has been wrongly identified because of the use of retrospective facial recognition technology. There are concerns that the technology has a bias.. is this technology safe & will you continue its use?"
Lammy "My assessment is its safe in the vast majority of cases"
David Lammy defends the govt pushing ahead with scrapping trial by jury for lots of cases.
"You recognise.. if a school was targeted that would constitute a breach of intl law?"
David Lammy: "This is a febrile war zone"
"That doesn't excuse hitting schools.."
"... its for the Americans to comment on what's happened there"
So you've never commented on Russian war crimes, right?
"Its reported that cabinet was divided about allowing the US to use our bases. Is that right"
David Lammy: "I don't recognise those reports"
Politicians employ 'I don't recognise' when the only alternative is lying.
"What is your thought as to how long this will go on for..."
David Lammy: "The war aims are for the Americans & Israelis who begun this offensive action that we of course are not part of. Our response is defensive action.."
You're letting the US use UK bases to bomb Iran.
Pete Hegseth: "It was unfortunate that the Brits didn't, from day 1, say go ahead & have access but we got there, we got there, & thats now part of the way that we're operationalising bomber runs, and when we say more to come, its more fighter squadrons, its more capabilities.."
"The humanitarian organisation The Iranian Red Crescent reports that over 1,000 civilians have been killed in the US & Israeli strikes. The death toll continues to rise"
As Israel invades Lebanon, occupies more Lebanese territory, bombs the capital, murders civilians & terrorises hundreds of thousands of people there, president Macron urges Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel.
"after 90 days the President has to get congressional authorisation.. some of the most prominent Trump supporters in the media are outraged for what they see as the real reason for the attacks"
Carlson: ".. this happened because Israel wanted it to happen. This is Israels war"
Salma Shah: "Whether Starmers right though is dependent on whether you believe that being inside the tent within the intl community thats taking action versus being a bystander"
Ranvir Singh: "Its two countries, America and Israel.."
"Its not just about two nations"
Yes it is.
"You don't rule out British aircraft taking part in offensive operations over Iran at some point?"
John Healey could unambiguously rule it out. He doesn't.
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Keir Starmer today: "We will do everything we can to.. uphold British values"
He's already told us what he considers those values to be.
"Is it true that you wanted, on Friday, to give Americans a precautionary permission.. to use British bases for defensive actions but had your mind changed.."
Keir Starmer begins his answer: "Let me be really clear about this..."
He proceeds to be as unclear as possible.
In a press conference this afternoon Keir Starmer tells the country this conflict could go on for some time and he will do everything he can to uphold British values.
Helping the US & Israel while they murder kids. Those sorts of values?
France falling into line behind the United States using the same playbook as the UK - refusing to allow the US to use French bases to bomb Iran offensively while allowing the US to use French bases to bomb Iran defensively.
The fact the Israeli president feels the need to stress that Israel does not dictate to the US and Israel did not drag the US into a war is telling.
"Are you expecting to see migration increase because of the Iranian conflict"
Alex Norris: "I wouldn't run ahead to that, these are early days"
Of course migration will increase if Iran is turned into a failed state. And the UK govt is going along with it!
Alex Norris is asked, is it acceptable that the US sank an Iranian warship in intl waters near Sri Lanka
Norris: "I'm not a commentator on these affairs"
So the UK govt doesn't have a view on a nation that hasn't declared war sinking other countries ships in intl waters.
"The latest reports are saying more than 900 people killed.. more than 6,000 people have been injured.. these strikes are not limited to just military [targets].. or political centres, but very residential areas"
Tohid Asadi reporting from Tehran
"Sri Lanka recovering the bodies of Iranian sailors, their ship sunk by the United States, a nation that has yet to declare itself at war"
The edited highlights of Yolande Knells 90 second report on #bbcbreakfast
