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• US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows. Continue Reading »
• Iran's new leader has never been tested. He now faces an existential battle
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, enters power as the Islamic republic faces its most serious crisis. Continue Reading »
• Five Iranian footballers granted Australian visas after anthem protest
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  Concern has grown for team after one critic called them 'wartime traitors' for failing to salute during the Iranian anthem. Continue Reading »
• How the Iran war may affect your bills and finances
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  The conflict in the Middle East could raise the cost of petrol, household energy bills and even food. Continue Reading »
• RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Healey
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  The defence secretary also told MPs that the warship HMS Dragon would set sail for the Mediterranean in the next couple of days. Continue Reading »
• Days of disruption expected as Glasgow Central closed after fire near station
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  The fire began in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday afternoon before the building collapsed hours later. Continue Reading »
• Passer-by tried to tackle vape shop blaze before inferno
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  Lamin Kongira told BBC Scotland News he had been walking past when a shopkeeper ran out saying "fire, fire". Continue Reading »
• MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  The House of Lords had backed a move to ban under-16s in the UK from social media platforms in January. Continue Reading »
• Reeves to look at how to help households with heating oil bills
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  The chancellor said a meeting on Wednesday will explore ways to help households. Continue Reading »
• Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan
  Posted on Tuesday March 10, 2026
  Lawyers including top barristers and retired judges urge the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials. Continue Reading »
• Rape victim 'warned police Andy Malkinson may not be attacker'
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  A woman who identified an innocent man as her attacker says police dismissed her concerns as "trial nerves". Continue Reading »
• How the 'red v blue school wars' exposed the social media gap between children and parents
  Posted on Tuesday March 10, 2026
  Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it looked Continue Reading »
• Iranians deeply divided over Mojtaba Khamenei's rise to power
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  While pro-establishment crowds celebrate Khamenei's appointment as his father's successor, others believe it signals no change to how Iran is ruled. Continue Reading »
• Watch: Why the Iran war is pushing up oil prices
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  As turmoil continues in the Middle East, the price of crude oil rose to more than $100 a barrel on Monday. Continue Reading »
• In maps: Ten days of strikes across the Middle East
  Posted on Monday March 09, 2026
  Israel has continued strikes across Iran and Lebanon and the Iranian regime has carried out more attacks, as the war continues for a tenth day. Continue Reading »