Daily Briefing Sunday 22nd June

0:00Hello, this is your Times Daily Briefing for Sunday 22 June, with me, James Kitchen. Iran says it's considering all options after the U.S. carried out overnight airstrikes on three nuclear facilities. Addressing the world's media at the White House, Donald Trump said the operation was a spectacular military success and warned Iran against retaliation. The president's threatened to launch future attacks unless peace is achieved. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.

0:38But Tehran has already launched a barrage of missiles towards Israel, destroying several buildings in major cities and injuring at least 16 people. The Dubai-based foreign correspondent Sally Lockwood told Times Radio U.S. military sites in the region will be on high alert. No country wants to see this conflict spill over into a wider regional war, but that is, of course, the paramount concern here. I actually heard from a source in Iraq around a week ago after Israel first attacked Iranian nuclear infrastructure. And they said that they were hearing Iranian-backed militia in Iraq were already mobilizing with a plan to respond to this action.

1:21The UK was not involved in the overnight strikes, but the government says it was informed of the US action in advance. In a statement, Zakir Starmer has called Iran's nuclear program a grave threat to international security. He's now urging the country to return to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end the crisis. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Mr. Trump for a bold decision, saying it would change history. President Trump acted to deny the world's most dangerous regime the world's most dangerous weapons. His leadership today has created a pivot of history that can help lead the Middle East and beyond to a future of prosperity and peace.

2:02The UN Secretary General says he's gravely alarmed by the developments. He's warned there's a growing risk that the conflict could rapidly get out of control. Elsewhere, the Health Secretary has warned that legalising assisted dying would take time and money away from other parts of the NHS. where Streeting, who opposed the legislation in the Commons, suggested MPs made the wrong choice in approving last week's bill. He says better end-of-life care is needed to prevent those terminally ill feeling they have no alternative but to end their own lives. And a British soldier accused of killing a woman in Kenya in 2012 is facing military extradition in the first case of its kind.

2:41It comes after more than 20 fellow servicemen shared their accounts of the night 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was allegedly killed in Nanyuki, the northern town that's home to a British Army training base. Detectives in Kenya have recommended one charge of murder against the soldier. If the charge is brought, prosecutors would have to apply for the suspect, who's living in Britain, to be extradited. And remember, you can follow The Times News Briefing on Spotify, and you can listen live to Times Radio Online.