US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit Iran hard after a ballistic missile attack on US bases overnight in Jordan. It’s the first such attack since Trump ordered a halt to US strikes over the weekend.

In response, the American and Saudi Arabian forces quickly launched joint strikes on militant groups in Iraq who are aligned with Iran.

Twenty people were reportedly killed, including five Iranians. And the US President has threatened further strikes.

Iraq – which is a key US ally in the region – is furious, warning Washington and Riyadh it will defend its sovereignty against any further strikes.

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The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that the public to strictly abide by the current lockdown rules. He warned that the pressure on the NHS was now “very very bad”.

The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has added his voice to government scientific advisers who who have warned that the current lockdown rules may not be tight enough to control the surge in the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Hancock pledged that by the autumn every adult in the UK would have been offered a coronavirus vaccination.

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The BBC’s chief football news reporter Simon Stone tells us about Fifa’s controversial plan to sell stock in the World Cup.

Football’s global governing body is registered as a non-profit. But Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has proposed a new subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), which would sell shares to private investors, and run major events including the World Cup.

Fifa says the lead investor would likely be Thrive Eternal, a US venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner – whose brother Jared Kushner is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.

Mr Infantino has said that the individual football federations which make up Fifa stand to make an initial $20 million if they accept the plan. But Europe’s UEFA – which is among the most powerful of those federations – has said the proposal “crosses a line”, accusing Fifa of using football “to enrich themselves and their friends”.

Meanwhile British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said Fifa is “selling out”, saying that “the World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone’s to sell.”

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00:00 Introduction
00:28 Infantino’s plan for the World Cup
01:56 Fifa and Trump
02:29 The problem with Fifa’s plan
04:23 Will Fifa members support Infantino’s proposal?
07:50 Could countries boycott Fifa?

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Saudi Arabia and the US have carried out strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, in a potential escalation of the Middle East …

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