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.
17.04.2026 13:00 BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the world's second-largest economy fits into the Gulf conflict.
17.04.2026 00:45 While military targets have been struck in Iran, civilian areas have too, showing the stark reality of the war.
16.04.2026 12:45 BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.
16.04.2026 00:45 The BBC's chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.
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.
15.04.2026 18:30 Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.
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".
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.
15.04.2026 12:15 The United Nations' secretary general said it was "highly probable" that the negotiations would restart.
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.
15.04.2026 12:15 BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.
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".
15.04.2026 12:15 Ahmed Shihab-Eldin is understood to be facing charges including spreading false information, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.
15.04.2026 12:15 China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, says the US naval blockade undermines an "already fragile ceasefire".












