Middle East

Israel’s security has been a political mantra for Benjamin Netanyahu during his decades in office. In the early days of the war in Iran, he said Israel had already changed the Middle East, and its own power within it, but more than a month into the campaign the regime in …

US President Donald Trump says his core “objectives are nearing completion” in Iran, during a primetime televised speech from the White House. BBC News

People in Iran describe angry scenes and tense relationships as rifts open up over the war. BBC News

The US state department says a suspect in her abduction has ties to an Iran-backed militia group, Kataib Hezbollah. BBC News

Defence Minister Israel Katz also says houses in Lebanese villages near the Israeli border will be demolished. BBC News

An 11-year-old is reported to have been killed in an air strike while manning a checkpoint in Tehran. BBC News

“I lived between despair and hope that my daughter might still be alive,” she told the BBC. “Months later, we heard in the news that premature infants had died in Shifa. I would look at the photos, trying to feel, as a mother, whether this could be my child or …

It is the second fatal incident in the last 24 hours, Unifil says, after Israel expanded its operation against Hezbollah. BBC News

The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned that his country’s forces would “rain down fire” on any invading US forces. Iran is believed to have reinforced its defences on the island, including with surface-to-air missile batteries. BBC News

The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega reports from the funerals of three journalists killed by a targeted attack by Israel in southern Lebanon on Saturday 28 March. Ali Shoeib, a reporter for the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Manar TV station, was killed in the town of Jezzine alongside reporter Fatima Ftouni …

The analysts identified a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) in footage of the strike on the southern town of Lamerd. BBC News

Around 20% of the world’s oil supply normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway between Iran and the horn-like tip of the Arabian peninsula. Right now it is effectively closed, with Iran deciding which ships can get through, and the impact is being felt worldwide. The …

Israel’s defence minister said a number of other “senior Navy command officials” have also been killed. Iran has not yet commented. BBC News

The price of a wide range of goods – from food, to smartphones, to medicines – could be affected by the US-Israel war with Iran. BBC News

There is renewed urgency for Ukraine to get a drone deal done, as the US increasingly focuses on Iran. BBC News

Reports about Trump’s proposal, passed to Iran by Pakistan, suggest the terms would be difficult for Iran to accept. They include strict limits on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, missile programmes, and support for regional allies, in return for sanctions relief and help with civilian nuclear energy. BBC News

On Tuesday, Trump signalled the US may pursue both strategies at once. In a matter of hours, the Pentagon ordered ground troops to Iran, and US negotiators sent the Iranian regime a new 15-point peace plan. By Wednesday, the White House was urging Iran to accept the deal while threatening …

The proposals request that Iran must “commit never to pursue nuclear weapons“, pledge to dismantle nuclear facilities and to hand over the enriched amounts of uranium it possesses to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, which is to monitor the issue going forward. BBC News

Iran has launched a fresh wave of strikes towards Israel, damaging several residential buildings in Tel Aviv and in the northern city of Nesher. No casualties have been reported, with local media suggesting around four people sustained minor injuries. The BBC’s James Waterhouse is in central Tel Aviv, where officials …

Donald Trump has insisted Iran wants a deal “so badly” – saying on Tuesday that Iran gave the US a “very big present worth a tremendous amount of money”. The US president hinted at a “very significant prize” gifted to the US by Iranian negotiators, adding it was related to …