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13.04.2026 17:31 Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this year.

13.04.2026 17:31 The French company paid $6.5m to jihadist groups to keep its plant running in war-torn Syria, a Paris court heard.

12.04.2026 15:02 The world waits for Trump's verdict after the talks failed to yield a deal, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.

12.04.2026 07:00 "Slopaganda" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this "highly sophisticated" content is, one expert says.

12.04.2026 07:00 Planet Labs says it is restricting coverage of Iran and parts of the Middle East indefinitely.

11.04.2026 04:40 Face-to-face talks would mark the highest-level engagement between Iran and the US since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

10.04.2026 20:30 The killing came as ex-security chiefs warned "government sponsored Jewish terrorism" was out of control.

10.04.2026 16:20 Lebanon will only take part in talks with Israel if a ceasefire is already in place, a senior official tells the BBC.

10.04.2026 11:31 Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.

10.04.2026 02:51 Lebanese officials had called for a ceasefire before talks begin.

09.04.2026 22:01 The BBC has been able to obtain testimony from parents and those trying to help children deal with the distress that comes with war.

09.04.2026 17:40 Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran.

09.04.2026 17:40 At least 182 people were killed and 890 others wounded, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

09.04.2026 17:40 Iran's deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between 'war and ceasefire'.

09.04.2026 17:40 Key US objectives at the start of the war were to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon and degrading its arsenal.