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Hello, we're going to focus, as usual, on the US-Israel war against Iran and the various consequences being felt around the world.

There was a big political angle today here in the UK because Kirstarmer did a press conference from Downing Street just after

lunchtime and a few things emerged from that. And then of course there's the ongoing events

around the region. Iran's neighbours being hit by Iran and continued military action on quite a

big scale by the US and Israel, particularly focused on the Iranian capital, Tehran. And we're going

to be joined by one of the BBC's foremost military experts, who's going to give us a proper

cast, a complete assessment of the situation today. That's our newscast. Newscast from the BBC.

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Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And it's Jane in the

newscast studio. And also sitting with us is Mikey Kay from the BBC's security brief. Hello, Mikey.

Very good afternoon. We will get some hardcore military data from you shortly. So thank you for being here.

Pleasure. But first of all, we're going to check in with today's politics because we're joined by

Lucy Fisher, host of the FT's Political Fix podcast. Hello, Lucy. Hi, Adam. Great to join you. Thanks for being here. Also, you used to be the Defence Editor at the Times as well. So you've got lots of a back catalogue to draw it on. Yes, that is theoretically right. Yes. well, let's put that to the test.

So it's quarter to five on Thursday afternoon.

Just after lunchtime today,

lots of our Westminster colleagues were scrambled to the Downing Street press briefing room

for a press conference from the Prime Minister.

Lucy, why do you think Starrmer wanted to address the nation like this?

I think it's twofold, really.

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