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07.05.2026 08:40 Mediator Pakistan says it is "endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war".

07.05.2026 08:40 There are signs of fresh momentum to end the war, but Trump himself has injected a note of caution.

07.05.2026 08:40 Israel says it targeted a senior Hezbollah figure in the capital, the first strike of its kind since mid-April.

07.05.2026 08:40 Commentators say it will take years or even decades to repair the damage.

06.05.2026 19:42 The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it.

06.05.2026 19:42 "Project Freedom", which began on Monday, will be halted because progress has been made toward a deal with Iran, the US president says.

06.05.2026 15:50 Wang Yi is holding talks with Iran's foreign minister Aragchi who is on his first trip to China since the war began.

06.05.2026 11:41 Capt Raman Kapoor's ship is one of several to be stranded in the strait in the midst of the power struggle between the US and Iran.

06.05.2026 11:41 The bombs started falling at 14:15 in the afternoon - bringing chaos and destruction across the country.

06.05.2026 11:41 The four women and nine children with links to Islamic State have spent years in a Syrian camp.

06.05.2026 11:41 Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek were detained by Israeli forces who intercepted the flotilla's boats near Greece last week.

06.05.2026 11:41 The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi has been piecing together what happened on 8 April 2026, after one of the deadliest chapters in the country’s recent history.

05.05.2026 14:20 The US and Iran's determination to keep the pressure on each other has put the fragile Gulf ceasefire in serious jeopardy.

05.05.2026 14:20 What does the operation entail and could it lead to a resumption of hostilities?

05.05.2026 14:20 Her family said the 54-year-old had been taken from prison to a local hospital after a sharp deterioration in her health.