BBC in Iran: 'Tehran does not think it has lost this war'

17.04.2026 13:00 Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US, but leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.

Frank Gardner: Why China keeps cropping up in Iran war stories

17.04.2026 13:00 BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the world's second-largest economy fits into the Gulf conflict.

Lyse Doucet in Iran: Destruction shows huge civilian cost of the war

17.04.2026 00:45 While military targets have been struck in Iran, civilian areas have too, showing the stark reality of the war.

Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed

16.04.2026 12:45 BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

Lyse Doucet: Under fragile ceasefire, Iranians wonder if US deal can be done

16.04.2026 00:45 The BBC's chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.

Israeli triple-tap strike kills three paramedics in Lebanon, officials say

16.04.2026 00:45 Lebanon's government condemns as a "flagrant crime" the killing of the paramedics, one of whom featured in a BBC report.

Israel and Hezbollah continue attacks after Israel-Lebanon talks in US

15.04.2026 18:30 Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.

Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti assaulted three times in a month, family says

15.04.2026 18:30 The Israeli Prison Service says the allegation that Barghouti was subjected to physical violence by prison guards are "false and baseless".

Sri Lanka repatriates 238 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack

15.04.2026 18:30 The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those sent home.

Trump hints Iran talks could resume this week as US port blockade continues

15.04.2026 12:15 The United Nations' secretary general said it was "highly probable" that the negotiations would restart.

Israel and Lebanon hold first direct talks since 1993

15.04.2026 12:15 A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be determined.

The Israeli town on the frontline with Hezbollah

15.04.2026 12:15 BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

Italy suspends defence agreement with Israel

15.04.2026 12:15 The Italian PM said the pact, which happens every five years, would be suspended "in view of the current situation".

US-Kuwaiti journalist detained in Kuwait after social media posts, watchdog says

15.04.2026 12:15 Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is understood to be facing charges including spreading false information, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.

US blockade of Iran ports irresponsible and dangerous, China says

15.04.2026 12:15 China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, says the US naval blockade undermines an "already fragile ceasefire".