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Oil prices leapt to nearly $110 a barrel after Iran reported an airstrike on the world's largest natural gas field and threatened reprisals across the Gulf region.

Iran's said a fire at the South Pars petrochemical complex was under control but warned it would take "decisive action" in response to the strike on its energy infrastructure.

Later, Qatar accused Iran of causing “extensive damage" at its state owned petroleum company facilities at Ras Laffan.

In Iran’s capital, large crowds have turned out for the funeral of Ali Larijani, the top security official said to have been running the country during the war.

Iran has fired more missiles into Israel and

Police in the UK have charged two men under the National Security Act after an investigation into alleged reconnaissance of Jewish targets on behalf of Iran. Nematollah Shahsavani, 40, and Alireza Farasati, 22, were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service. Counter Terrorism Policing had been investigating alleged surveillance of locations and individuals linked to London's Jewish community.

Israeli has continued its assault in southern Lebanon in an escalating campaign against the Hezbollah militant group, linked to Iran.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Dharshini David, Lyse Doucet, Daniel Sandford and Wyre Davies.

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Today, Angela Rayner has reignited Labour leader speculation with a speech in Westminster.

The former deputy prime minister told a room at a Westminster pub that Labour is “running out of time”.

Adam and Chris discuss this, and mixed messages coming out of the White House about the effectiveness of Operation Epic Fury with Chief North America Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue.

00:00 - 06:47 Angela Rayner’s critical speech on Starmer

06:48 - 10:13 - A leadership challenge?

10:14 - 13:19 - Rayner criticises Labour’s migration policy

13:20 - 17:03 - Tulsi Gabbard questioned on Iran war origins

17:04 - 19:53 - Midterms and President legacy building

19:54 - 23:29 - Tulsi Gabbard questioned on Iran war conduct and aims

23:30 - 30:25 - PMQs

All doctors in England have been told to watch out for meningitis symptoms after an outbreak in Kent, UK.

Two people have died - a 21-year-old university student and a sixth form pupil.

Cases have been confirmed at two universities - the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University - linked to an outbreak that is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.

The Meningitis B jab is now being offered to 5,000 University of Kent students as part of a targeted vaccine programme, where they are said to have "responded brilliantly" according to medical officers in the area.

The BBC’s health correspondent Nick Triggle, Paul Hunter, Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia and Dr Liz Whittaker from Imperial College London answer your questions on the outbreak.

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As the world watches Iran's blockade of ships carrying oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, there are reports that tankers with links to China are being allowed through.

So far Beijing has remained relatively quiet about the US-Israel war with Iran.

China has been buying Iranian oil for years, helping to sustain the Islamic Republic throughout decades of international sanctions.

There are global fears about the economic effects of the war, but could it present an opportunity for Beijing?

President Xi Jinping has already been casting China as a more stable and reliable trading partner than the US following President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

Beijing has confirmed that an upcoming visit by President Trump to China has been postponed for several weeks.

Meanwhile, Washington has bolstered its military presence in the Gulf with assets from the Pacific region, where it has served as a deterrent to possible Chinese aggression against Taiwan.

We ask the BBC's Beijing correspondent Laura Bicker what China stands to gain from the US-Israel war with Iran.

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Iran's armed forces have warned they will take "decisive action" in response to attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure, according to a statement carried on the IRGC-affiliated news agency Tasnim.

Iran said its facilities at the South Pars gas field were targeted.

"The enemy has attacked part of Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure in the south," the Iranian military said in a statement.

"As previously warned, if the fuel, energy, gas, and economic infrastructures of our country are attacked by the American-Zionist enemy, in addition to a powerful counterattack against the enemy, we will severely strike the origin of that aggression as well.”

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman, Majed Al Ansari, said the South Pars facilities were targeted by Israel.

Both Qatar and Iran operate facilities which extract from the same gas field.

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What is happening in Iran and what might happen next? 

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 legality of it, and how other countries are responding? As Gulf states get drawn further into the conflict, might they send military reinforcement? And if the Iranian regime were to fall, could islamist groups such as ISIS seize an opportunity to claim more power?

In today’s episode, we answer all of these and more, with BBC world affairs editor, John Simpson.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:05 What is the latest in the Iran war?

07:58 Why does Iran dislike the United States?

14:50 Why hasn't Benjamin Netanyahu been arrested?

18:18 How is Lebanon involved?

20:58 Will the Gulf states get involved with the war?

23:00 Could ISIS become involved with the war?

The Eden Project opened its doors for the first time back in 2001 and broke records for being one of the largest greenhouses in the world.

Fast forward 25 years and the international tourist destination is struggling.

With a drop in visitor numbers and staff being cut, the future of the Eden Project is in jeopardy.

Our climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, went to their birthday party event at Eden.

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At least six have been reported killed in Israeli strikes in central Beirut, with a further 24 injured, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah.

A building that has been targeted several times in recent days was completely demolished.

Israel says it is targeting not only Hezbollah fighters and leaders, but also businesses it claims are linked to the group and help finance its military operations.

The Lebanese government says around one million people have now been displaced by the conflict, and more than 800 have been killed.

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Israel says Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike.

It comes after Iran's top security official Ali Larijani was also killed yesterday.

The IDF said Khatib's Ministry of Intelligence played a key role in supporting the regime’s "repression and terrorist activities", and that he himself played a "significant role" in the "arrest and killing of protesters" during a recent crackdown on demonstrations in Iran.

"His elimination joins dozens of other eliminations of senior commanders of the Iranian terrorist regime... and significantly degrades the regime’s command and control structures," the IDF added.

Iran has not yet commented on reports of Khatib's death.

Meanwhile, Israel has launched a series of strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah.

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Five new meningitis cases have been found in Kent, UK, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected cases to 20.

Officials are "proactively managing" the spread of the infection, adding the "general risk is low, even if the disease itself is extremely serious", Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC.

Two people have died - a 21-year-old university student and Juliette, a sixth form pupil.

Susan Hopkins, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency, said there was an "explosive nature" to the outbreak, while deputy chief medical officer Dr Thomas Waite said it was the quickest growing outbreak he had seen in his career.

A targeted vaccine programme for 5,000 students is being set up at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

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