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27.01.2026 19:04 Young Iranians able tell the BBC how they saw friends and other people die as security forces crushed protests earlier this month.

26.01.2026 23:20 Footage from a hospital in Tehran shows at least 31 bodies piled inside and seven body bags outside.

26.01.2026 19:00 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Ran Gvili’s return "an extraordinary achievement".

26.01.2026 19:00 The Israeli government has stopped foreign journalists from entering the strip since the start of the war, citing security concerns.

26.01.2026 13:50 Israel's military says its troops are searching for the remains of Ran Gvili, reportedly at a cemetery in northern Gaza.

24.01.2026 21:40 The Lebanese man helped helped plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions in Europe, prosecutors say.

23.01.2026 20:10 An Iranian who got out of the country describes scenes of chaos as security forces opened fire in her home town.

23.01.2026 15:41 The BBC sees sites on former United Arab Emirates bases in Yemen where detainees say they were abused.

23.01.2026 00:40 "We're going to be very successful in Gaza," President Trump says, as his administration laid out its vision for post-war reconstruction.

23.01.2026 00:40 A UN spokesman said conditions inside the camp remained "tense and volatile" after Kurdish-led forces withdrew.

22.01.2026 14:10 The retreat of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the north-east marks the biggest change of control in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

21.01.2026 18:40 Another eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli artillery and gunfire across Gaza on Wednesday, according to medics.

21.01.2026 18:40 The move comes as Syrian government forces take control of north-eastern areas where Kurdish-led forces have long controlled.

21.01.2026 18:40 Israel is the latest country to publicly accept an invitation to Trump's new organisation, joining Albania, Bahran, Hungary, Morocco and the UAE.

21.01.2026 18:40 An international campaign to save the pitch in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem appears to have forced the authorities to reconsider.