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Iranian state media say the head of the armed forces and the top commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard have been killed,
as well as several nuclear scientists.
The Israeli military says Iran fired back more than 100 drones.
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We're recording this episode of newscast early evening on Thursday and we've just had this comment from the Prime Minister Keir Starmer responding to the Air India flight that crashed in northern India on Thursday morning,
killing at least 200 people.
Well, the.
images and news from India is absolutely devastating and I speak for the entire country in saying our thoughts are with each and every one of those involved.
There will be British and Indian families across the land who are absolutely impacted by this and our thoughts first and foremost are with them.
Obviously the investigation is going on.
We've dispatched an investigation team that's been deployed.
The Foreign Secretary is leading on this and we'll obviously update as soon as we can.
So, we will discuss what we know so far in the first half of this episode of Newscast.
Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast Studio,
and shortly I'll be speaking to my colleague in Northern Ireland after there was a third night of violence there,