the, the, you're watching the, the, your name was coming to live from berlin as well, celebrates repelling on unprecedented attacks from iran warrants. the campaign is not over. israel and its allies intersect almost all of the runs, $300.00 thrones and missiles. now the world awaits to see how israel will respond to the west reiterates it's iron clad support and the un security council calls an emergency meeting. the

i'm quite richardson. thank you very much for joining us. israel has repels iran mass of aerial attack, but wars of the campaign is not over and called for vigilance. it runs 1st direction military attack on is round despite decades of hostility has now utilized more than $300.00 missiles and drones. there has been calm over television in the wake of the garage. almost all the missiles were intercepted by israel and its allies, including the united states, the u. k. and to jordan. they are running revolutionary guards as the a sold was in retaliation for an attack on its diplomatic compound, in syria, on april 1st, which killed 16 people, including iranian generals, that there has been widespread international condemnation of the iranian attack for has been jo, white and repeated the united states, iron clad support for israel un secretary general antonio, which has criticized what he called a serious escalation by iran un security council has called an emergency meeting.

germany's foreign minister and elaina bare bach also condemns the attacks. a could plunge the entire region into chaos and british prime minister wishes do not call the assault reckless and vowed to stand up for israel security. dw correspondent rebecca rivers in jerusalem gave us this update about the situation in israel this morning on the street. suddenly in jerusalem, it is pretty much business as usual this morning on my way in cafe is will open, shots were up and people were walking around on their way to work very much a normal sunday morning here in the city. the officially schools and educational activities will remain closed, at least for the rest of today. social gatherings has been limited to a 1000 throughout most of the country, and that's even more limited in that cause of border region. but by and large, the threat is over according to the spokesman of the israeli defense forces. and the space is also being re open to the airport is also being reopened signaling the

threats has been significantly lowered, the spokes person also saying that freedom of movement is now not an issue and people is released can, can move around as normal so. so really, you know, for many, you know, when you walk out in the streets almost how to tell that there was such an attack last night. it's, it's, it's quite, it's quite old, quite strange. and rebecca, we know prime minister benjamin netanyahu and us president biden spoke by phone overnight. do we have a further information about what was discussed on that call, or we have some limited information. we know that they spoke a several hours ago. now the call lost it for about 25 minutes. we here and in a statement afterwards, president biden said that he reiterated to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the of us is i am clad support israel. so it is being reported sources close to the cool. let's have a report, it has been reported in us mediator especially that you know, the president was very quick to say that the us did not want to participate or

support any retaliation, particularly directly to iran. and it is being said that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but allegedly understood what fighting was saying there though, of course it's impossible to so not the just a media reports at this stage. and now button has a and the u. s. has been repeatedly signaling that they don't want this to expand into a wider conflict, and that's certainly the deterrence measures that they are taking. and that is something that they are going to be urging these raise to, to act a conservatively. it is also being reported that by and said to benjamin netanyahu that you should take, this is a win. so obviously from that i think we can as a time that he's trying to urge israel not to retaliate. the israel has bound to do so. uh, you know, i think that is old, but we really know from the cold at this stage,

and we'll have to say how israel will respond, you know, in the days and hours ahead. rebecca, thank you. as always, that is rebecca rivers for us in jerusalem to and to take a closer look at reaction to events here in germany, i'm joined now by our political correspondent hands. brent hunter chancellor. all laugh schultz. he's not in germany at the moment. do we know how he has reacted to around the attack on his ro? yes. in fact, he was on his way in the, in the airplane and the official playing to china while the attacks were happening . and the german government reported that he was being informed as things were happening. and as soon as he landed in china in strong queen, he issued the statement condemning the attack warning of a regional conflagration. quoting for a hosted disease to uh, to, to stop, by the will to expressing very strong. so the directly with israel, which is the jo, nice uh regular line in, in this conflict. and that was

a sentiment that was in fact earlier. and it code by and foreign minister under the, in a bag. i'll cool trouble and of the regional consequences. i said this could have and a said again that's germany stands by israel. what consequences do you think that that will have now that we've seen iran launch this attack? well uh, there's always been this question of this sort of directly with israel, whether it means actual influence on israel. and i think a one has seen in the last month since the attack by hom, us on israel, that german influence. and in fact, i guess is u. s. influence as well is not as strong as one my think. i'm sure generally will continue to deliver weapons to israel. that's an important with weapons supply. uh, if that is required. but at the same time, i think germany will trying to keep its head down as a to, to integrate it's reaction into international reactions v 7, the united nations and nato. and you can see already in the reactions that have been issued and all by the why caused by the transfer to here in germany,

that there must be something called an issue in the background of our viewers. we're wondering how this issue is debated in public here. in germany, how people are talking about it. can you tell us a little bit about how you think german society it will react to these most recent developments in the middle east? yes, this has been a fraud issue. obviously since the, how much the tech on these road in october and what has to see that here in germany, there is a large muslim community, a large palestinian community. and also in this situation, there is a large x r, a rating and coming in in germany. and so this will have an effect on german society. it will probably cause increasing tensions as already has already been the case and the last 2 months. and i think most recent polls show that's a german criticism within german society. criticism of israel is increasing, especially in the light of what has been happening in gaza at the same time. i think you have to say that german people are looking for peace a. so i think that will be

a strong attempt by the government to trying to escalate the situation. thank you so much for that. that is hands. brent in the studio with me now and i spoke earlier to mike martin, a war studies senior fellow at kings college london. i asked him what last night the tak reveals about it runs military capabilities. is pretty much what we'd expect. so large part of data that was shy, he drains, we seen lots of those in ukraine. the radians gave lights the russians, and then on the ballistic missile from the cruise missile, friends, we've got a pretty good idea of what capabilities are on has from various tests they conducted. and so actually what we saw last night was pretty much exactly what we expected in terms of folding within a ron's technological envelope. if you like what they're able to do and given the relatively limited damage, do you think that runs attack was then calculated to cause

a relatively limited damage? well displaying strength, or could this force israel to retaliate? you know, i, i think he's the night on the head that yeah, as you said in your package, this was in response to the is riley attack on the iranian constituents. and iran had to respond to that. and the question was, how it responded. and actually, yvonne could have done much more damage to israel, perhaps by using some of its proxies nearer to israel, but as it was launching quite slow moving drones that were able to be shut down, enjoy dining space as well, signaling the attack. so out to a week in advance this was. 2 for the writing, domestic audience and to its proxy allies in the regents demonstrate the iran wasn't going to be pushed around. but equally, both iran and america a signal that they want to consider the mazda close. now they do not want to

escalate this any further. this is this also have to do the successful downing of what an is really military spokesperson says was 99 percent of the drones and missiles fired it. does this also have to do with israel's capabilities here? why else would it has been so successful or so it wasn't just these right? these right, these, these ladies shut down. a lot of the missed stalls once they entered is riley space . and we've seen the photos in your package just then. but actually a lot of the slower moving drones on a numerical times the drones took up the large part of the attack. they would shut down predominantly by the us apples and also all the allies, jordan and potentially the u. k as well. the americans have got the most, the largest and most technology grade phones as well as in the world. and these ladies have the most advanced ad defense system in the world. so i actually don't think it's that surprising within the time that they had

a week's notice of that they were able to plan for pat, pre position and frames, get the defense is ready and then deal with the attack in a fairly comprehensive manner. i think to be honest, both sides, iran and america, and israel as well. really what happened last night was, should be expected. i think all sides are expect things to happen, what happens and then it happens a now i think we're going to go back to something slightly more steady state between the 2 sides because nobody wants to escalate beyond really what was a demonstration last night. so mike, just briefly before i let you go, what do you think then israel might be considering in terms of a possible response, what options would be on the table for them? well it, it is the wild card cuz nothing yahoo is more breakfast than the us and they were on. but if it will, on his being sensible as to why phase wells makes sense,

but what it will do is keep his response within the way america sees the region. so perhaps attacking it runs nuclear facilities, and that will enable israel to cheapest, responds within how the american see the region. thank you so much as always that isn't mike martin at worst that he is a senior fellow at kings college london. thank you. i also spoke to drone expert arthur holland, michelle from the carnegie council for ethics in international affairs. earlier, he told me more about iran drone arsenal and its capabilities so it run actually has a very diverse drawing program. they have a, i believe about a dozen different types of drones that can be used in sort of recognize ms. file suicide style, the tax. so unfortunately i, i've been on the road and i haven't been able to. um, you know, look into any of the analysis of the actual attack and the evidence we have which

is presumably very thin from last night. but keeping in mind of the ranges of these attacks, it was probably some of the largest suicide drones. so these are foster moving jet powered in some cases, propeller powered systems that have a war head of anywhere between sort of 50 to maybe like 200 pounds. tell us a little bit more to can about it runs drone program. it has the threat from it, been increasing and recent years. it certainly has an important thing to know about iran's drone program is actually it's one of the oldest drone programs in the world around has been making drone since the 1980s. and in that respect, they go to a big head start over a lot of other countries, including some of their adversaries on the threat has definitely been increasing in, in recent years, as a result of recent technological advances and things like census miniaturization,

a power systems. they're able to produce more sophisticated, more precise drones and to produce them in higher quantities. but an important cab yet to that is that each time it run carries out an attack, especially an attack on say us pulses, or in this case on israel, that gives the defenders information about how to best account of this threat. i think that if we had seen an attack of this scale 5 years ago, we wouldn't have seen the same numbers of shoot downs that we saw last night. you know, these amazing figures of 99 percent intersection rate. and so that is a kind of counter weight to this idea that iran, the, the drone practice sort of going to only grow exponentially in, in the years ahead. it's always a cat and mouse game. sorry, a tax themselves reviewing its capabilities. i guess my next question would be then, how it was possible for iran to become such

a global drone power house despite western sanctions as well. again, it's just, you know, it's, it was this early bed that they made to get into the, you know, and that to get into the field of technology. um, really before people are actually taking it very, very seriously. also keeping in mind, but drones as compared to say, missiles don't necessarily require incredibly sophisticated components. you know, you, you don't need necessarily like a very expensive rocket system. the kind of system that might be subject to sanctions or trade restrictions. you might just have a propel of something, but it's as simple as what you can buy for a hobby plane. and in that regard they sort of made this very, very, i'm president bet that going low going. so.