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From BBC News. US President Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging press conference on the Iran War at Mar-a-Lago on 9 March, where he told members of the press that the war would be over ‘very soon’, but is not over yet. In earlier comments to the BBC’s US media partner, CBS News, the president said…
From BBC News. The party of rapper and ex Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah is close to winning a supermajority in parliament. The Rastriya Swatantra Party’s win would mark the first time in decades that a single party has won a majority in Nepal. Thursday’s general election – the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the…
From BBC News. The benchmark oil price has dipped after US President Donald Trump said the war with Iran will end "very soon". Oil surged past $100 a barrel on Monday – before Trump said the war was "very far ahead of schedule" and "very complete, pretty much". Iran has reportedly said it will not…
From BBC News. President Trump has said the war in Iran will be a “short term excursion” and “complete, pretty much”, while also insisting that it must end in “ultimate victory” with “the enemy totally and decisively defeated”. The US president also claimed that the war began because Iran had been preparing to attack the…
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From BBC News. The Iran war has pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. James and Alex are joined by Dharshini David, deputy economics editor, and Katya Adler, Europe editor and Brexitcast veteran, to discuss what the war means for the global economy and…
From BBC News. Iranian drones have struck Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with Bahrain and Kuwait also reporting damage. At least 10 people have been killed across the Gulf so far, most of them security personnel or foreign workers. Officials in Iran have warned that they could broaden attacks on regional infrastructure if Israeli and US…
From BBC News. he price of oil has surged above $100 per barrel for the first time in four years, as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its second week. Iran has launched strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf, and effectively closed off the Strait of Hormuz — the only route for tankers leaving…
From BBC News. The benchmark oil price has passed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, as the war in the Middle East enters a 10th day. Fighting continues across the Middle East, with the UAE and Qatar saying they have intercepted Iranian missiles, while Israel said it has detected more attacks. Israel…
From BBC News. The eruption of the US-Israel war with Iran has brought with it consequences that extend far beyond the Middle East. The region plays a key role in global energy supplies and shipping routes, prompting concerns that everything from heating bills to supermarket shopping baskets could become more expensive. So can the conflict…
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From BBC News. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukrainian drone experts will arrive in the Middle East to help Gulf states under attack from Iran. Iran has fired a number of Shahed drones across the Middle East – and some air defences in the region have struggled to cope. Ukraine has spent the last four…
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From BBC News. Fiona Hill is one of the foremost authorities on Vladimir Putin and a former White House advisor on Russia during Donald Trump’s first term. Over the course of her career, she has sat across the table from the Russian president and helped shape US policy at the highest level. Now that Russia’s…
From BBC News. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, has been chosen as his successor. The 56-year-old has largely kept a low profile. He has never held government office, nor given public speeches or interviews, and only a limited number of photos and videos of him…
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From BBC News. The benchmark oil price has passed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, as the war in the Middle East enters a 10th day. US President Donald Trump said the "short term" price increase is a "a very small price to pay" for world peace. Meanwhile, Iran has named Mojtaba…
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From BBC News. The benchmark oil price has passed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, as the war in the Middle East continues. The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will join an emergency meeting of G7 finance ministers later to discuss these prices. US President Donald Trump said the "short term" price increase…
From BBC News. Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new Supreme Leader according to the country’s state media. He replaces his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at his compound in Tehran in the first wave of US and Israeli strikes on the country. The move by Iran’s clerical leadership comes after Donald…
From BBC News. Iran’s Assembly of Experts has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his killed father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, state media has reported. Unlike his father, Mojtaba has largely kept a low profile – he has never held any government office, nor has he given public speeches or interviews.…
From BBC News. Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have spoken for the first time since the US president angrily criticised the UK’s Iran response. On Saturday, the US president said the UK was considering sending aircraft carriers to the Middle East but dismissed the prospect, writing on social media "we don’t need people that…
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From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has told the UK he does not need its aircraft carriers and accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to "join wars after we’ve already won", as the US and Israel continue to launch strikes on Iran. In a social media post, Trump said the UK was…
From BBC News. A huge fire engulfs a tower in Kuwait and missile, and drone attacks are reported across the Gulf as the war in the Middle East enters a second week. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Israel #Iran #US #BBCNews
From BBC News. Scotland First Minister John Swinney has said he would consider banning US military aircraft from using state-owned Prestwick Airport if it was confirmed they were involved in strikes in the Middle East. Swinney has previously said he was "concerned" by the US and Israeli action against Iran and did not believe it…
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From BBC News. Today, we look at the extent to which the lessons learned from the Iraq war has shaped the UK’s response to the war in Iran. Keir Starmer has taken a position somewhere between full support of Donald Trump’s actions, and direct criticism of them. In a post on Truth Social, the US…
From BBC News. UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has warned that the war in Iran and wider region is having a "massive impact" on civilians, describing it as "a moment of grave, grave peril". He also voiced concerns about "secondary impacts" of the violence, saying the conflict risked fuelling an increase in extremism and polarisation…
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From BBC News. Iran’s Assembly of Experts has reached a consensus on who will replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but they have said some "obstacles" remain in the appointment. Israel’s military has threatened to target any successors of Khamenei. In Iran, oil depots were hit by intense US-Israeli aerial bombardment, with locals reporting multiple…
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From BBC News. Iran’s president has apologised to Gulf states for attacking them. He has also warned that Iran will not attack its neighbours "unless attacked first". Laura Kuenssberg asks Iran’s ambassador to the UK, Seyed Ali Mousavi, about the events of the past week, and what the apology really means. Paddy O’Connell’s been talking…
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From BBC News. Iran’s President has said the country will never surrender, in the face of the onslaught by the US and Israel. Speaking on state television, President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country’s enemies “will take their dream of the Iranian people’s surrender to their graves”. It follows President Trump’s recent statement that only Iran’s…
From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit Iran “very hard” and threatened to expand strikes to include new targets. He has also dismissed an apology offered by Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian to neighbouring states. In a video message, the Iranian president said Tehran would not strike them "unless attacked first". However,…
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From BBC News. A huge fire engulfs a tower in Kuwait and missile, and drone attacks are reported across the Gulf as the war in the Middle East enters a second week. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Israel #Iran #US #BBCNews
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From BBC News. The Iranian ambassador in London has warned the UK to be "very careful" about becoming further involved in the war. Seyed Ali Mousavi told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg his country would have a "right to self-defence" if the UK directly joined US-Israeli attacks on Iran. He warned that Iran expected the British…
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From BBC News. Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham has died following an attack in prison. The 52-year-old suffered significant head trauma after being attacked with a makeshift weapon by another inmate at HMP Frankland on 26 February and had been on life support in hospital. He had…
From BBC News. Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has apologised to neighbouring states and says Tehran will not attack them "unless attacked first", in a video address broadcast on state media. Shortly after Pezeshkian’s address aired, Qatar said it had intercepted a missile attack. There’s been an explosion near Dubai International Airport and the BBC has…
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From BBC News. Gulf oil and gas producers are warning that exports could be cut off within weeks if the conflict with Iran continues. Qatar has said repeated Iranian strikes on the region’s oil producing states risk causing a global shortage and serious damage to the global economy. It came as the US and Israel…
From BBC News. The US-Israel war with Iran has expanded across the Middle East. The Tehran-backed militant group, Hezbollah, which controls parts of Lebanon, has launched rockets into Israel, prompting Israeli forces to carry out air strikes on the capital, Beirut and southern parts of the country. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands…
From BBC News. A series of posts appearing to encourage violence between neighbouring UK schools has caused widespread moral panic, and prompted police forces to issue dispersal orders. But, with zero incidents reported, could the ‘red vs blue’ phenomenon be a phantom trend? Matt and Marianna discuss the knowledge gap between parents and younger people…
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From BBC News. A key negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal discusses the likelihood of a deal between US and Iran. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Robert Malley is one of the architects of the Iran nuclear deal during Barack Obama’s presidency in 2015 and a former US special envoy for Iran under Joe Biden. He…
From BBC News. President Trump has said there will be "no deal" with Iran except "unconditional surrender" as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its seventh day. Israel’s military says it has launched a new wave of strikes in Iran and destroyed a military command bunker in Tehran using 50 fighter jets. And Tehran residents…
From BBC News. The Security Brief speaks exclusively to a Ukrainian Special Forces Drone Commander on how the US and its allies in the Middle East can defend themselves against the Iranian Shahed drone – the same type of one-way attack vehicle used by the Russians to cause death and destruction across Ukraine. As the…
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