Iranians living in Tehran have told the BBC what they think of the war and revealed how the conflict has affected their day to day lives.

In recent days, attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz has raised fears that an already fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran could collapse.

Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom”, which began on Monday, aimed to use the US military to escort cargo ships out of Strait of Hormuz.

Iran, however, insists that it controls the key waterway and has warned that it is “just getting started” in the Strait of Hormuz. This escalation of hostilities risks tipping the region back into full-scale war.

As the conflict enters its third month with no clear end in sight, there has been mounting anxiety about what comes next. But what is the view inside Iran?

In today’s episode we speak to the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet who recently returned from a ten day trip to Tehran where she spoke to government officials and ordinary Iranians about their fears and expectations as this war continues.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Why have journalists been allowed into Iran?
03:30 What is life like for people in Iran?
10:17 Women in Iran
14:00 What do the people of Iran want?
18:00 What do Iranians think of Donald Trump?

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There has been an exchange of fire between Iran and US forces in the strait of Hormuz, involving three US destroyers deployed to the area. Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire between the two countries.

Iran said US forces had attacked an Iranian oil tanker and it had responded, claiming that it had caused “significant damage” to US ships which it said had fled the strait of Hormuz.

The US military’s Central Command said that Iranian forces launched “multiple missiles, drones and small boats” as three US ships passed through the area. It said no US “assets” had been hit and its forces had intercepted the attacks and responded with what it called “self-defence strikes”.

The US military said it was not seeking escalation but remained “positioned and ready to protect American forces.”

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Davies in Dubai and Tom Bateman in Washington.

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Around 150 people from 23 countries are stranded on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, after a deadly outbreak of hantavirus. The World Health Organization has confirmed eight cases of the virus onboard the MV Hondius, including three people who have died.

The BBC’s health reporter Jim Reed tells us what we know about this strain of hantavirus, how it may have been transmitted to passengers on the ship, and whether – six years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic – the world is better at dealing with viral outbreaks.

The WHO has confirmed that, while most hantavirus infections occur through contact with rodents or their waste, the strain detected on the ship can be transmitted between humans. The ship has been anchored off the coast of Cape Verde. On Wednesday, three passengers were evacuated for treatment.

Spain has given permission for the ship to now travel to the Canary Islands, where the remaining passengers and crew will be examined, though the president of the Canary Islands says he will not allow the ship to dock there.

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00:00 Introduction
02:10 What is hantavirus?
03:17 How were passengers infected?
05:44 Are cruise ships a viral breeding ground?
07:11 How are passengers coping?
08:20 Reminiscent of Covid?
10:24 Has Covid prepared us for outbreaks?

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In 1990, two men walking through the Scottish Highlands captured a photograph that would quietly become one of the UK’s most talked about (and least explained) UFO cases.

The image showed a silent, diamond‑shaped object suspended in the sky. No one knows the identity of the two men who took the picture. The photo was sent to a national newspaper… and then, nothing.

No article. No public follow‑up.

For decades, the sighting existed only as a rumour – it was mentioned in UFO circles, whispered about online, referenced in documentaries – but with no image released, the case faded into near‑myth.

30 years later a forgotten copy of the photograph resurfaced in the personal files of a retired official bringing the Calvine incident sharply back into focus and raising even more questions than before.

This is the story of the Calvine UFO.

In this video…

00:00 – The Scottish UFO photo that won’t disappear
00:32 – What is the Calvine UFO photo?
02:16 – Why was it never published?
03:39 – The photo resurfaces
04:13 – The Falkirk Triangle: Scotland’s UFO hotspot
08:20 – The unanswered questions
08:59 – The most likely explanation

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Today, we look at the biggest set of elections in the UK since the 2024 General Election.

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Laura and Paddy run through what the polls tell us, how insiders are feeling, and the challenges each of the parties face in different parts of Britain.

Political correspondent Joe Pike joins to help, as well as reveal the insights you can gather from looking inside a communal bin.

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