Alan Travis

"Get a bit of revenge for 2018 when we didn't turn up" 🗣️ Arsenal legend Tony Adams previews Arsenal's Carabao Cup Final against Man City and looks back at his previous memories in the competition 🏆

The BBC must now hand over records of any calls between the Israeli embassy – including ambassador Tzipi Hotovely – and the BBC-issued mobile phone lines of: 1. director-general Tim Davie 2. board member Sir Robbie Gibb 3. BBC News CEO Deborah Turness 4. chair Dr Samir Shah.

2/ The available evidence supports the assessment that the combined campaign is achieving its military objectives thus far but is not yet complete. Declaring the campaign a failure at this stage is therefore premature. The collapse of Iranian drone and missile attacks — down significantly since February 28 — presents a compelling picture that the military campaign is degrading ballistic missile and drone capabilities. Continued drone and missile attacks — not to mention the remaining 150 launchers — indicate that these assets remain a threat and will need to be fully suppressed, of course. The maritime threat will need to be similarly suppressed. But the military campaign against both the missile and drone attacks and the maritime attacks must be evaluated based on whether the evidence shows progress is being made towards the military objectives.

I'm glad to see Netanyahu has Allies At War the magnificent book by my old friend and producer Tim Bouverie on his desk: