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30.06.2026 21:31 Hezbollah is not party to Friday's agreement, and previous ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon have still seen near-daily cross-border strikes.

30.06.2026 17:32 A Singapore-flagged ship was struck crossing the waterway on Thursday, prompting a large-scale evacuation to be paused.

30.06.2026 13:41 Iran's coach refuses to discuss pride celebrations in Seattle, where his country face Egypt in a crucial Group G match.

29.06.2026 21:30 The ship was reportedly struck by an "unknown projectile" near Oman but no casualties were reported.

25.06.2026 23:40 Influencer Brooke George, 23, from Kent, claims she acted in self defence in stabbing her partner.

24.06.2026 18:00 Rafael Grossi says the IAEA is "working on modalities" but an Iranian minister says such access would only be part of a final deal with the US.

24.06.2026 18:00 The BBC’s Daniel Bush is traveling with Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he seeks to reassure Gulf allies over the Iran deal aimed at ending the war.

24.06.2026 09:50 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran that no country can charge fees for ships to travel through the strait.

23.06.2026 21:00 Israel's military says the two men were Hezbollah operatives, but the Iran-backed group accuses it of a ceasefire violation.

23.06.2026 21:00 Traffic in the waterway has risen since the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the war, including 42 ships on Saturday alone.

23.06.2026 16:50 Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.

23.06.2026 16:50 Israel rejects the new report by the three-member expert panel, calling it a "libellous sham".

23.06.2026 16:50 The city's main liquified natural gas processing site suffered a "technical accident" in the Ras Laffan industrial zone.

23.06.2026 16:50 BBC correspondent Jessica Parker explains some key points of the direct talks between the US vice-president and Iran.

23.06.2026 12:11 The US-Iran talks began on Sunday in Switzerland, after last week's agreement, which includes a commitment to reach a final deal within 60 days.