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Netanyahu is not dead. So why did the internet think he was?
Social media platforms this week have been flooded with a wild rumour: that Benjamin Netanyahu was dead (which he is not). Fake photos and videos of …
9 hours ago
The war in Lebanon, explained
Shortly after the US-Israeli war with Iran began, a second war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities say that more t…
1 day, 9 hours ago
Listener Q&A on Iran
Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, The Global Story listeners have been contacting us with questions: about the causes of the war, the leg…
2 days, 9 hours ago
How does war affect a child’s brain?
For nearly forty years, Fergal Keane has reported for the BBC from some of the world’s most brutal conflicts – in Gaza, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, Ukraine …
3 days, 9 hours ago
Was the air strike on an Iranian school a war crime?
WARNING: This episode contains some graphic descriptions of violence.
Since an air strike on a school in Iran two weeks ago, the Pentagon has faced …
4 days, 9 hours ago
Jeremy Bowen: Trump has called for an Iran uprising. The lessons from Iraq in 1991 loom large
In this special essay, the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen explains what can happen when an American president calls for an uprising – and th…
6 days, 9 hours ago
How the Oscars went international
On Sunday, many of the film industry’s biggest stars will gather in Los Angeles for Hollywood’s biggest night: the 98th annual Academy Awards.
Looming…
1 week ago
Why is Donald Trump obsessed with the Chagos Islands?
At a recent White House event, President Trump assessed how America’s allies have responded to the US-Israel war in Iran. He praised some, but was an…
1 week, 1 day ago
Iran: Is diplomacy dead?
As the US-Israeli strikes on Iran continue and the death toll continues to rise, so too does the war of words.
President Trump has described Mojtaba …
1 week, 2 days ago
Are oil prices determining the course of the Iran war?
Oil prices surged to a four-year high on Monday, before dipping after President Trump said the Iran war will end “very soon”. Just days ago, Trump sa…
1 week, 3 days ago