Jonathan Savage

The Israeli codename for the assault on Iran is Operation Roaring Lion.

It began with what were described by Israel's defense ministry as preemptive strikes.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying in a video statement that Iran must never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

weapons.

He promised the operation would allow brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands.

Iran promised to respond if attacked.

Explosions have been heard in northern Israel with air defense systems trying to bring down incoming fire.

Jonathan Savage, Fox News.

America's listening to Fox.

Our patience has now run out, warns Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Mohammed Asif.

The two sides have launched cross-border strikes and Pakistan now considers the conflict open war.

The ongoing dispute concerns alleged Afghan support for armed groups in Pakistan, as if accusing Afghanistan's Taliban rulers of turning their country into a colony of India, gathering militants from around the world and exporting terrorism.

No reaction yet to these comments from the Afghan government.

Pakistani airstrikes have targeted multiple locations, including the capital, Kabul.

Jonathan Savage, Fox News.

The UK's governing Labour Party didn't just lose this special election, they didn't even come second.

They've been defending a huge majority, but Labour's third place finish heaps pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

He's been criticised for his judgement over appointing a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein as the British ambassador to the United States.

And his popularity is historically low.

The Gordon and Denton election was won by the Green Party in a huge upset.