Back in time inside Tehran’s former US embassy

The BBC has been given rare access in Iran at a key time. Iranians remain angry that Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country. BBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience, along with Cameraman Nik Millard and Producer Cara Swift were given a tour of […]

Netanyahu: ‘Europe might ignore Iran threat until nuclear missiles hit’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Benjamin Netanyahu said Europeans were “burying their heads in the sand” Israel’s prime minister has said the European Union might not wake up to the threat of Iran “until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on European soil”. Mr Netanyahu likened Europe’s approach to Iran’s recent breaches of a 2015 deal limiting […]

Back in time inside Tehran’s former US embassy

The BBC has been given rare access in Iran at a key time. Iranians remain angry that Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country. BBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience, along with Cameraman Nik Millard and Producer Cara Swift were given a tour of […]

Netanyahu: ‘Europe might ignore Iran threat until nuclear missiles hit’

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Benjamin Netanyahu said Europeans were “burying their heads in the sand” Israel’s prime minister has said the European Union might not wake up to the threat of Iran “until Iranian nuclear missiles fall on European soil”. Mr Netanyahu likened Europe’s approach to Iran’s recent breaches of a 2015 deal limiting […]

Back in time inside Tehran’s former US embassy

The BBC has been given rare access in Iran at a key time. Iranians remain angry that Donald Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal in 2018 and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country. BBC Middle East correspondent Martin Patience, along with Cameraman Nik Millard and Producer Cara Swift were given a tour of […]

In pictures: 9,000 year-old settlement found in Israel

Thousands of pieces of tools, jewellery, figurines, seeds and other objects have been found at the site of a huge 9,000-year-old settlement from the Neolithic period uncovered in Israel. Image copyright Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologists believe that the site, located near Motza Junction, 5km (3 miles) west of Jerusalem, was once a city housing as […]

Fariba Adelkhah: French-Iranian academic ‘arrested in Iran’

Image copyright Sciences Po Image caption Fariba Adelkhah’s research focuses on political and social anthropology France says a French-Iranian academic has been detained in Iran and denied consular assistance. The French foreign ministry called on the Iranian authorities to “shed full light” on Fariba Adelkhah’s situation and allow diplomats to visit her. Ms Adelkhah, an […]

Egypt’s Bent Pyramid opens to visitors

Egypt’s Bent Pyramid opens to visitors

Egypt has opened to visitors the Bent Pyramid near Cairo, in a move that is part of a wider push to boost tourism. Image copyright EPA The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was built for pharaoh Snefru about 2,600BC, and was originally designed as a “true” pyramid with the steep 54-degree angle. Image copyright EPA But […]

Iran nuclear deal ‘not dead yet’, says UK FM

Media captionJeremy Hunt hopes to find way to save the Iran nuclear deal Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said there was a “small window” to save the Iran nuclear deal, as he launched a fresh bid to ease tensions in the Gulf. Mr Hunt has been meeting EU foreign ministers to raise concerns about Iran breaching […]

UK in bid to ease Iran nuclear deal tensions

Image copyright EPA Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is launching a fresh bid to stop the Iran nuclear deal unravelling and ease tensions in the Gulf. Mr Hunt will meet EU foreign ministers in Brussels to raise concerns about Iran breaching some of its commitments. The deal, which involves Iran limiting nuclear activities in return for […]

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