Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 14/04/24
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🗓️ 14 April 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
After Iran’s first direct attack on Israel, conflict in the Middle East has reached a dangerous new phase. Health Secretary Victoria Atkins confirms British military planes are in action in the region. Yvette Cooper says the focus must be on de-escalation. Green co-leader Carla Denyer says the Israeli strike against an Iranian consulate in Damascus broke international law, but Israeli government spokesperson Avi Hyman claims that the consulate was actually being used by Iranian military. And Atkins defends her party’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will ban smoking for anyone born after 2009 if it goes through this week.
Produced by Joe Bedell-Brill.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Coffey House shots The Spectators Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday |
| 0:16.0 | Roundup. The conflict in the Middle East entered a new dangerous phase on Saturday night |
| 0:21.6 | as Iran launched over 300 drones and missiles against Israel |
| 0:25.4 | its first direct military attack against the country after years of a shadow war. |
| 0:30.9 | On the BBC this morning, Health Secretary of Victoria Atkins confirmed that British military |
| 0:35.0 | planes were operating in the region. |
| 0:37.8 | I know this is a very sensitive situation, but what can you tell us about the UK's involvement |
| 0:42.0 | in this? We know our planes were in the skies |
| 0:44.0 | over Iraq and Syria. As you understand it, did they shoot anything down? |
| 0:47.7 | Well this was an incredibly significant attack on Israel and what I'm able to say at the moment I hope viewers at home will understand |
| 0:55.3 | it's a live military situation I am limited in what I can say at this point and there will be |
| 1:01.4 | updates through the day but I can confirm that British |
| 1:05.1 | Plains were sent to the region as part of our what's called Operation Shader that's |
| 1:10.6 | our anti-Dyesh initiative over Iraq and Syria. I'm not in a position at the moment |
| 1:16.2 | to confirm or deny whether they took part in any of the activity you've just described, |
| 1:22.4 | but they are, they have more planes were sent to the region and |
| 1:26.4 | I'm told that they will intercept airborne missiles if they threaten the existing missions that the UK already |
| 1:36.0 | undertaking in the region but that does not I'm just being very careful here it |
| 1:39.2 | doesn't necessarily mean that happened last night. |
| 1:41.2 | Shadowhome secretary Yvette Cooper condemned |
| 1:43.8 | Iran's actions and said all measures must be taken to prevent any further |
| 1:47.2 | escalation. We strongly condemn this reckless attack by Iran on Israel. |
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