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  1. Vessels carrier standing still in ocean water

  2. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an event in East Jerusalem.

  3. A view of the destruction on the exterior walls of Al-Rahmah Mosque as a Palestinian man points at damage

  4. Woman in a headscarf crying.

  5. Wes Streeting

  6. A middle aged man with dark, slightly greying hair. He is wearing a dark blue suit jacket, a white shirt and dark , squarish rimmed glasses. His lips are pursed and he has a serious look.

  7. Armed students participate in a rally supporting the Houthi-imposed naval embargo against Saudi Arabia in Sana'a, Yemen, 22 July 2026. Hundreds of students gathered at Sanaa University to support the declaration. The students are seen from behind, holding assault rifles over their shoulders, wearing white baseball caps

  8. Three yellow ambulances parked at scene of West Bank shooting incident (24/07/26)

  9. A grey Typhoon jet takes off on a runway with streams coming out of its exhaust.

  10. Vessels float in the Strait of Hormuz.

  11. An AI-generated image of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, holding a baby. The baby's face is pixelated. There is blue and green BBC Verify branding on the top left.

  12. A boy stands amongst rubble following Israeli strikes on Gaza. There is blue and green BBC Verify branding in the top left.

  13. A man in traditional Saudi dress shakes hands with a man in a blue suit. Right, a man in a blue suit and red tie.

  14. A member of the US military watches on as weapons are loaded onto an American aircraft at RAF Fairford

  15. A satellite image shows the Bab el Mandeb Strait, a narrow shipping lane

  16. President Trump on the left and Sarah Smith, BBC's North America editor on the right

  17. A file picture of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump standing outside White House, behind them are two men in uniform saluting

  18. Boats float near the coast of Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen April 2, 2026.

  19. File image of three huge chimneys of a nuclear power plant, location unspecified

  20. Teacher Amaineh Nademi shows destroyed school

  21. U.S. President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025.

  22. Collage image showing teacher Amaineh Nademi, wearing a black chador, looking directly at the camera with a serious expression. To her left is a close up shot of a pink chair next to rubble in a classroom which has blue walls. To her right is an image of a school desk, with rubble in the corner of the room

  23. BBC editor, Sarah Smith

  24. Explosion at an unknown location, during what U.S. Central Command says are strikes on Iran