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Attacks continue after Trump says Iran deal not good enough

After President Trump said Iran seemed ready to make a deal to end the war but the terms weren't good enough, Tehran has been carrying out further missile and drone strikes on US allies across the Mid...

2026-03-15

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Trump urges nations to secure Strait of Hormuz

President Trump calls on other nations to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz which Iran has largely blocked, driving up global energy prices. Mr Trump has told a US television channel t...

2026-03-15

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The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes

Stephen Spencer has set his daughter's stories to music. What started as something he posted for his few followers has turned into a social media sensation, with fans around the world left smiling, la...

2026-03-15

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Iran says US Kharg Island attack a failure

On Friday President Trump said the US had obliterated military targets on the Iranian oil hub island of Kharg and threatened to target the oil infrastructure there if Iran stopped ships going through ...

2026-03-14

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US strikes Iran’s key oil island

President Donald Trump says the United States has carried out strikes against military targets on Kharg island, Iran's main export terminal for oil in the Gulf. Writing on social media, he said he'd d...

2026-03-14

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Highest daily strike total on Iran, says US

As the bombardment of Iran continues, the American defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, says the US is decimating Iran's military, as it plans to carry out more strikes than on any other day so far. There...

2026-03-14

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US aerial refuelling plane crashes in western Iraq

US officials have said a KC-135 refuelling plane that went down in western Iraq was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. They said it had involved a second refuelling aircraft that landed safel...

2026-03-13

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Iran's new leader in defiant first message

Iranian state television has broadcast a message in the name of the newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. The message was read by an announcer and gave no clue as to the state of the leade...

2026-03-13

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UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks

At a meeting in New York, the UN Security Council has backed a resolution calling for Iran to stop its strikes on Arab Gulf states and Jordan, but making no mention of the US-Israeli bombardment of Ir...

2026-03-12

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Three ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz

Three commercial ships were damaged by 'unknown projectiles' in the Strait of Hormuz, as 32 members of the International Energy Agency agree release of largest ever oil reserves. The IEA said it will ...

2026-03-12

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Iranian residents tell BBC about US and Israeli bombardment

The BBC hears from Iranian residents about life under bombardment, as the US says its military campaign is a "resounding success" - and ahead of schedule. Tehran accuses its enemies of targeting civil...

2026-03-11

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Hegseth: Today ‘most intense’ day of US strikes on Iran

The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, says Tuesday's attacks on Iran will be the most intense day since the war began. Echoing the words of President Trump, he said America would continue to fire mi...

2026-03-11

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Oil price drops after Trump hints at short Iran war

Oil price falls and stock markets rally after President Trump hints that war with Iran could be shorter than he'd previously said. But he also says America hasn't yet won enough. We also look at how t...

2026-03-10

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Iran war: Oil prices soar

The benchmark oil price has passed $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022. But Donald Trump says the economic fallout from the US-Israel war with Iran is "a very small price to pay" for world pea...

2026-03-10

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Mojtaba Khamenei named as Iran's new supreme leader

Supporters of the Iranian regime have taken to the streets to celebrate the selection of the country's new spiritual leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. He will replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who w...

2026-03-09

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Bonus: War and climate

How do conflicts like the US-Israel war with Iran impact our planet? In this special bonus episode of The Climate Question podcast, we answer listeners’ questions about the environmental cost of arme...

2026-03-09

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Iranian clerics reach consensus on new supreme leader

Members of the Iranian clerical body tasked with choosing a new supreme leader says there's consensus on a replacement for the late Ali Khamenei. In Iran, oil depots have been hit by intense US-Israel...

2026-03-08

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US and Israel hit Iranian oil depot

The US and Israel target Iranian oil facilities for the first time since start of war - but Tehran remains defiant. It continues to retaliate, launching drones and missiles on neighbouring countries. ...

2026-03-08

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The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand

Lois, 14, and her classmates used a 3D printer to create her new hand as part of a school project. Now they want to make prosthetic limbs for other people who need them, using the same method. Also:...

2026-03-08

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Iran president apologises for striking neighbours

The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said Iran will stop striking its neighbours as long as no attacks originate from them; he's apologised for Tehran's attacks on those countries in the past...

2026-03-07

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