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05.05.2026 14:20 In the Gaza Strip, the daily battles are now with rats, weasels, and other pests spreading diseases.

05.05.2026 14:20 President Trump said on Friday that said a deal has been hard to reach in part because Iranian leadership was "very confused".

05.05.2026 14:20 Sahand tells the BBC World Service he sends satellite internet terminals into Iran to help show "the real picture".

05.05.2026 10:21 Shipping company Maersk says one of its US-flagged commercial vessels has successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz under US military protection.

04.05.2026 16:31 The health ministry says 77 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon since Thursday.

04.05.2026 12:01 Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over.

02.05.2026 13:01 Four women and a child are among the dead, as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continues despite a ceasefire.

01.05.2026 19:30 The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.

01.05.2026 15:40 The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced the interception as "piracy", while Israel's foreign ministry called the flotilla a "PR stunt".

01.05.2026 15:40 Lindsay and Craig Foreman are facing the reality of a 10-year prison sentence following their arrest in Iran while on a motorcycle tour last year.

01.05.2026 02:30 At least nine people - including two children - were killed, according to Lebanon's health ministry.