Today we’re looking at how Iran has retaliated to Israel’s strikes which targeted Iran's nuclear programme on Friday.
The two countries have been exchanging fire.
And, state media reports say Iran has warned the UK, US and France it will target their bases and ships in the region if they help stop the strikes on Israel. We look at how the world is reacting to the conflict.
Shashank Joshi, The Economist’s defence editor joins Laura and Paddy to go through it all.
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