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Iran launches drone and missile attack on Israel overnight

14/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Iran launches drone and missile attack on Israel overnight

Israel says Iran launched around 300 drones and missiles

Israel says Iran launched around 300 drones and missiles, and that some of the strikes also came from Iraq and Yemen

President Biden says the US "helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles" from Iran. The attack from Iran is a form of retaliation following the bombing of an Iranian consulate in Syria which Israel is believed to be responsible for. 

Also in the programme: Nigeria is the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine against meningitis; Sudan is facing the world's largest displacement crisis with more than eight million people displaced internally and outside of the country. 

Joining presenter Celia Hatton are Rachel Shabi, a journalist, author, and broadcaster and Matthew Gould, Chief Executive Officer of the Zoological Society of London and a former British diplomat. 

(Picture: An Iranian man celebrates after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2024. Credit: Reuters).

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