Evening briefing Friday 13th June

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0:54This is the Times News Briefing for Friday the 13th of June. The Israeli military say they're continuing to attack targets in Iranian territory. Iran has called the attack a declaration of war and has warned of severe punishment in return. President Trump has warned Iran they must make a nuclear deal ahead of negotiations on Sunday. Gabrielle Weiniger is Israel correspondent for The Times, based in Tel Aviv. She says it's unclear how Iran might respond. I think Iran's been really taken off guard. Their senior commanders have been wiped out. Israel's really on waiting for some kind of response.

1:28People are being sent to the shelters. We're being told to pay attention to home front commands. And I think there's a lot of uncertainty about what's going to happen this evening when night falls. And Israelis are certainly preparing for that. Sir Malcolm Rivkind is a former Conservative Foreign and Defence Secretary. He's told Times Radio Iran may struggle to mount a counterattack. They are in a very, very weak position. And it will be interesting to see whether they can get beyond a drone attack because they've said we consider this an act of war. Well, you don't just react with 100 drones, if that is your view.

2:00But what can they do? They cannot attack Israel in any comparable sense. They just do not have the military capability. The Iranian government is in a bind, and there is no doubt about that. Seven men have been convicted over the sexual exploitation of two teenage girls. The group, who are all Asian, preyed on the girls' vulnerabilities in Rochdale in Greater Manchester over five years to groom them as sex slaves. One of two black boxes has been recovered from the site where the Air India plane came down yesterday. More than 240 people were killed when the jet crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport.

2:36A Northern Irish MP has told Times Radio he thinks rioters are pretending to protest to protect women and girls when in fact the unrest is racially motivated. The disorder began following an alleged sexual assault in Ballymina and has resulted in 41 officers being injured and 15 arrests. Police have condemned the disorder as racist thuggery against the community's ethnic minorities. Colm Eastwood is the Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for FOIL. The reality is we have seen the infection coming from British politics, that racist infection that we've seen online and playing out on the streets last year, is now beginning to take hold in Northern Ireland.

3:18The fact is there is no immigration problem here. It's a tiny, tiny percentage of people and they should be welcome. These people are having to put up posters in their windows saying things like, I work in a care home. Liverpool have agreed a£117 million deal with Bayer Leverkusen for midfielder Florian Wirtz. The 22-year-old scored 10 goals in the Bundesliga last season. And weather warnings have been issued for parts of the UK because of the risk of thunderstorms. Amber alerts apply to eastern and southeastern areas of England from this evening. And don't forget, you can follow The Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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