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29.01.2026 10:40 From regime change to retaliation, the BBC's Frank Gardner outlines possible outcomes of US strikes on Iran.

29.01.2026 00:40 The country cut off internet access on 8 January following a government crackdown on protesters.

28.01.2026 18:51 Tehran says it will “respond like never before” if necessary to what the US president says is a "massive Armada" moving towards Iran.

28.01.2026 18:51 Satellite images show a steady and significant build-up of US military forces in the region.

28.01.2026 18:51 Wounded demonstrators tell the BBC they are relying on medics willing to risk their own safety by treating them at their homes.

28.01.2026 09:40 The US president said Iraq would have "zero" chance of success without American support.

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.