BBC Breakfast hosts Jon Kay and Sally Nugent shared a heartbreaking update on Monday
BBC Breakfast stars Jon Kay and Sally Nugent announced some devastating “breaking news” during the latest live show.
During Monday’s (March 2) edition of the hit morning programme, Jon and Sally updated viewers on the day’s biggest headlines from across the UK and around the world. They were joined in the studio by Matt Taylor, who presented weather forecasts throughout the show.
At the start of the programme, Jon and Sally shared breaking news after the US and Israel began an attack on Iran over the weekend. US President Donald Trump said it was to try and remove a threat from the Iranian regime.
Iran retaliated with attacks on Israel and on Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. After strikes landed in cities across Iran, Trump announced that the country’s Supreme Leader, Ali Hosseini Khamene, had been killed.
“An RAF base in Cyprus [has been] hit by a drone strike, following a weekend of military action across the Middle East,” Sally announced on today’s BBC Breakfast.
Political correspondent Henry Zeffman later described the situation as “pretty concerning”.
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