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Today, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US will strike deeper into Iran, but how has Iran responded to US-Israeli strikes so far?

Adam is joined by Jane Corbin, Panorama Film Maker, and Siavash Ardalan, Senior Reporter for BBC World and BBC Persian, to discuss the Pentagon releasing a video of the sinking of an Iranian warship plus the challenges in reporting what’s going on inside Iran.

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A US submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, destroying it with a torpedo. The attack took place about 40km off the coast of Sri Lanka in international waters.

Eighty bodies from the ship were found by rescuers, a Sri Lankan defence official told BBC Sinhala. Another 32 were rescued, according to the Sri Lankan navy. Around 180 people were believed to have been aboard the Iris Dena.

The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told a news conference that the warship had suffered a “quiet death” despite having “thought it was safe in international waters". He claimed it was "the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two".

The airstrikes on Iran are continuing. The Israeli military said it has launched more attacks across the Iranian capital Tehran. "The IDF has begun an additional wave of strikes targeting military infrastructure belonging to the Iranian regime across Tehran," the Israel Defense Forces says in a statement.

Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon continue to escalate. Israel has launched more airstikes and told civilians living in a large area of southern Lebanon to leave their homes immediately and move north of the Litani River because of intended military action against Hezbollah.

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As the US and Israel continue to strike Iran, the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has claimed that the Iranian regime is ''toast'' and that the US will "control Iran and control it soon". But, with the regime's strategy causing disruption and fear across the Gulf and Middle East, is the war growing beyond Washington's reach?

We speak to Bahman Kalbasi of the BBC's Persian service about the Iranian leadership's strategy for survival, and find out how the growing conflict is affecting the Iranian people.

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It's day five of the US-Israel war with Iran as US–Israeli air strikes have continued across Iran and residents in Tehran describe an empty, unsettled capital. The Pentagon has released footage of a US submarine sinking an Iranian warship, with Sri Lankan authorities saying 80 bodies have so far been found.

US military leaders warn operations will move progressively deeper into Iranian territory, while Iran says it had no choice but to respond to the US and Israel's joint operation. Israel says it has intercepted new missiles launched from Iran and a three-day funeral ceremony for Iran's ex-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been postponed.

00:00 - Developments on day five 

00:50 - Life on the ground in Tehran

03:17 - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei funeral ceremony postponed

03:52 - What the US administration knows about Iran school strike

05:16 - US submarine sinks Iranian warship

05:37 - Drone attack on US consulate in Dubai

05:54 - How Iraq is trying to stay out of the crossfire 

08:11 - Trump threatens trade embargo on Spain

09:12 - HMS Dragon to sail to eastern Mediterranean 

10:15 - Analysis from BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen  

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended the government's approach to the conflict in Iran, saying protecting British nationals is his "number one priority".

It comes after President Trump criticised the prime minister for refusing to allow the use of UK bases in the initial US-Israel strikes on Saturday, saying he is "no Winston Churchill".

Earlier, former Conservative Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he thought Starmer had "made a big misjudgement" by not allowing the US to use British military bases for offensive strikes on Iran.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that international law was "not settled on this issue" and depended on whether there was an imminent risk of attack from Iran.

Gen Sir Richard Shirreff, a former deputy supreme commander of Nato, said the UK "has got to focus on its interests" because "America has made it clear it's not going to underwrite European security".

Sir Richard said it was in Britain's interest to protect its military bases abroad.

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In the lead up to the 28 February strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump and his administration signalled that an attack was imminent.

Since then, the president and his top officials have offered varying explanations for its actions in the war with Iran.

The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes an in-depth look at how the Trump administration's narrative on the war with Iran has shifted, and the key questions that remain unanswered.

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HMS Dragon, a UK warship, is expected to sail from Portsmouth next week. It has just come out of maintenance and was earmarked to carry out a different mission before yesterday's decision to send her to the eastern Mediterranean.

Dragon is currently being loaded with ammunition in Portsmouth but is not expected to sail towards Cyprus this week.

Two Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters, armed with Martlet missiles capable of shooting down drones, are expected to arrive in Cyprus separately and sooner.

British military experts have been sent to the Middle East region to provide allies with advice on air defences.

The experts have knowledge and experience gained from the war in Ukraine.

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Five days on since the first US–Israeli strikes on Iran and the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the country is once again in a communications blackout.

With limited access to reliable information, it’s difficult to know how ordinary Iranians are coping.

Parham Ghobadi, senior reporter and presenter at BBC Persian, has been speaking to people inside Iran, including his own parents, to gauge their fears, their expectations, and how they are navigating a moment that could reshape their country’s future.

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Chapters:

00:00 What is happening inside Iran?

01:33 How have Iranians been coping?

03:55 The crackdown on protesters in Iran

07:30 Casualties in Iran

08:40 The bombing of a school

10:00 What is the Iranian government doing?

11:00 Who is now in charge in Iran?

14:20 Who is giving the orders?

17:20 What would a long war mean for Iran?

Israel has said it hit “security headquarters” across Tehran, as its strikes continue in Iran.

Israel has also hit Lebanon as the bombing campaign seems to be escalating.

At least 1,097 civilians have been killed in Iran since the US-Israeli attacks began on Saturday, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency has said.

On Tuesday, an Iranian drone hit the US consulate in Dubai, while an Iranian missile hit a US base in Qatar.

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US president Donald Trump has launched a deeply personal attack on the British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, over his initial refusal to let the US launch strikes on Iran from British bases.

Donald Trump told reporters: “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with” and said the US relationship with the UK was “ruined”.

The US president said he was not happy with the UK even though Sir Keir eventually agreed the US could use the pacific base of Diego Garcia for strikes on Iranian missile facilities.

President Trump threatened to cut off all trade with Spain on Tuesday after Madrid prohibited the US from using bases on its territory to carry out attacks on Iran.

It came as the UK announced it is sending a Royal Navy destroyer, HMS dragon, to Cyprus, to help defend bases on island after they was targeted by Iranian drones.

Israel and the US have intensified their attacks on Iran, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites.

Iran retaliated with hundreds more missile and drone attacks against Israel and across the region, targeting US military bases, embassies and civilian targets.

Israel has also launched more strikes in Lebanon, including in the capital Beirut.

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