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From petrol prices to mortgage rates, the US-Israeli war with Iran has already had an impact on people's finances in the UK.

How deep and sustained that turns out to be depends on the duration of the conflict and how quickly supply lines and economies can recover.

BBC News correspondents and experts analyse what this could mean for you

Today will be the “most intense” of the US strikes on Iran, with "the most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes,” said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

He also says Iran has fired the fewest number of missiles in a 24-hour period since the war began.

Iranians in Tehran have described how they were left "in total darkness" following heavy strikes overnight.

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Representatives from about 40 countries and international organisations are in Paris for a meeting to discuss nuclear power.

This comes as the US-Israeli conflict against Iran highlights the dangers of reliance on fossil fuels.

The meeting is to be opened by France’s President, Emmanuel Macron.

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Landing a role in one of the biggest TV shows on the planet is a reason for any actor to celebrate.

That moment came for Charithra Chandran in 2024, when she was revealed as the latest addition to the cast of One Piece.

The Netflix show is a live-action adaptation of the incredibly popular manga (comic) created by Japanese artist Eiichiro Oda, which has reportedly sold 600 million volumes worldwide since it launched in 1997.

The decision to cast Chandran prompted backlash from a vocal set of fans, but it wasn't her lack of familiarity with the source material that upset them.

It was the colour of her skin.

Vivi, who operates under the alias Miss Wednesday, is portrayed in the manga as a white woman.

Chandran faced a wave of comments complaining she wasn't right for the role, with some going so far as to criticise her for agreeing to take it at all.

She spoke to BBC Newsbeat’s Abu Bakar Yasin in the lead up to series two’s launch.

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00:00 Introduction

00:29 Charithra's reaction to the backlash

01:52 Co-stars' support

02:44 Eiichiro Oda choosing the cast

03:58 The plot of One Piece

04:59 One Piece fandom

06:47 What is it about One Piece that translates so well to UK audiences?

08:17 What to expect from Miss Wednesday

US President Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging press conference on the Iran War at Mar-a-Lago on 9 March, where he told members of the press that the war would be over 'very soon', but is not over yet.

In earlier comments to the BBC's US media partner, CBS News, the president said that 'the war is very complete, pretty much', but claimed later that, though 'ahead of schedule' the war was not yet over.

Trump added that he wants to ensure Iran cannot develop nuclear weaponry "for a very long period of time".

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it has begun a new waves of strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran.

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The party of rapper and ex Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah is close to winning a supermajority in parliament.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party's win would mark the first time in decades that a single party has won a majority in Nepal.

Thursday's general election - the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September - pitted the establishment against a new generation of politicians advocating for angry, young Gen Z voters hungry for change.

But what do we know about 35-year-old Balendra Shah, and what are his plans for the country?

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President Trump has said the war in Iran will be a “short term excursion” and “complete, pretty much”, while also insisting that it must end in “ultimate victory” with “the enemy totally and decisively defeated”.

The US president also claimed that the war began because Iran had been preparing to attack the US “within a week”. He said: “They were ready. They had all these missiles, far more than anyone thought, and they were going to attack us. They were going to attack all of the Middle East and Israel, and if they had a nuclear weapon they would’ve used it on Israel, and this was going to be a major attack.”

President Trump was speaking as oil prices surged to a recent high of more than $100 per barrel, its highest level for six years, before falling back.

There have been more US and Israeli attacks on Iranian targets, while Turkey, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar all said they had intercepted more Iranian missiles aimed at them.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Dubai.

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The Iran war has pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

James and Alex are joined by Dharshini David, deputy economics editor, and Katya Adler, Europe editor and Brexitcast veteran, to discuss what the war means for the global economy and how the surging oil price might lead to higher inflation. Katya’s new series ‘Europe on the Edge’ is available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.

Meanwhile, in Iran Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the previous supreme leader Ali Khamenei, has been named as his successor.

Siavash Ardalan, senior reporter for BBC World and BBC Persian, joins James and Alex for a profile of the man now in charge of the Islamic Republic.

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Iranian drones have struck Dubai and Abu Dhabi, with Bahrain and Kuwait also reporting damage.

At least 10 people have been killed across the Gulf so far, most of them security personnel or foreign workers.

Officials in Iran have warned that they could broaden attacks on regional infrastructure if Israeli and US strikes on their own facilities continued.

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he price of oil has surged above $100 per barrel for the first time in four years, as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its second week.

Iran has launched strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf, and effectively closed off the Strait of Hormuz — the only route for tankers leaving the region.

Oil producing countries are starting to limit their output, and the G7 nations are considering a move to access their emergency oil stockpiles.

We speak to the BBC's business editor Simon Jack about the impact on energy markets and the global economy, what it means for consumers, and what could be done to relieve the pressure.

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