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A US warplane has fired on an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The US military said the ship was trying to breach the US imposed blockade of Iran’s ports. The attacks is the latest threat to the four week ceasefire between the two countries.

President Trump has threatened Iran with a new wave of bombing if a deal is not reached to open the strait of Hormuz, the key shipping lane which usually carries around a fifth of the world’s supplies of oil and natural gas.

Trump also suggested the war would end soon and that oil and gas shipments would restart. He again insisted that Iran was ready to make a deal to end the conflict.

Israel has renewed its bombing of Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Iran has previously said that no deal will be reached while Israel continues its attacks on Lebanon.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith and Jeremy Bowen.

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Russia’s Victory Day parade – held every 9th May to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany – is traditionally used by the Kremlin as an opportunity to show off its military power. But this year, the celebrations will be drastically scaled back. For the first time in nearly two decades there will be no advanced military hardware on Red Square. And analysts say it is a sign that Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is not going to plan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned foreign dignitaries not to attend the parade, leading to speculation that Kyiv may order drone strikes on Moscow. Ukraine has been intensifying its long-range strikes inside Russian territory in recent weeks.

Each side has declared a separate ceasefire ahead of this weekend – and accused the other of breaking it.

We speak to Vitaly Shevchenko, a Ukraine and Russia expert for BBC Monitoring.

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00:00 Introduction
00:32 Victory Day in Russia
02:10 Will Putin appear in public?
03:35 What a scaled-back parade tells us about the war
05:14 Ukraine’s military success
05:53 How are Ukrainians feeling?
06:54 How Russians feel about the war

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AI Decoded discusses the AI revolution which is demanding vast amounts of electricity and energy.

New data centres powering the next generation of artificial intelligence can use as much power as a small city.

Last year, the world’s biggest tech firms spent more than $400bn expanding this infrastructure and demand is still growing.

But there’s a problem. In the US, four in 10 data-centre projects planned for this year face serious delays and, increasingly, the public are raising concerns about living next door to these colossal digital factories.

Also on the show, we look at the rise of AI influencers who have taken over this year’s Coachella music festival.

And back from the dead? We discuss screen icon Val Kilmer who, with the power of AI, is now starring in a new movie with the consent of his family and estate.

Joining Christian Fraser is Bloomberg tech columnist Parmy Olson, AI data centre and climate expert Dr Sasha Luccioni, and AI Decoded co-host Stephanie Hare.

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