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The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports.

An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying.

The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to the US, whose companies could be involved in building a facility to produce enriched uranium, which can be used as fuel for power plants but also to make nuclear bombs.

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Pressure has been growing on India's government with thousands of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters continuing to protest in the capital Delhi despite heavy rains overnight.

The youth-led movement, seeking education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, got a boost on Tuesday when India's main opposition Congress party leaders protested outside the prime minister's house.

They were protesting against the brutal police crackdown on Monday's CJP protest in which dozens of protesters and policemen were injured.

Congress shared videos of their MP Rahul Gandhi and others being dragged into buses and taken to detention centres. They were later released.

On Monday, tens of thousands of protesters flooded central Delhi after the CJP called for a march to parliament as the monsoon session began. At least 60 people were injured after police used batons and tear gas to disperse the crowds.

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The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth faced senators on Tuesday as the White House asked for tens of billions of dollars more to help fund the Iran war.

It comes after over a week of consecutive US strikes, the deaths of several US service members, and the Iran-backed Houthis announcing a ‘maritime blockade’ in the region.

Tristan Redman from The Global Story podcast speaks to BBC World News correspondent Joe Inwood about the trouble brewing on three fronts for the US.

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Chapters:

00:00 The Iran war is back on

01:42 How much money is the United States spending on the Iran war?

03:30 When Donald Trump was asked about the ceasefire

05:18 The airstrikes restart

11:00 What's happening inside Iran?

14:42 American fatalities in the war

18:40 Will the Houthis join the war?

21:33 Could the Houthis shutdown the Red Sea strait?

23:39 Where does this all leave us?

US Central Command (Centcom) said the wave of strikes were "designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping" in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media reported that air defences were activated in the capital Tehran. Explosions were also reported in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, and in Bushehr, home to Iran's only nuclear power plant.

Iran, which has retaliated against the US and its Middle East allies, warned of reprisals after Donald Trump said the US would soon hit an underground nuclear site near Natanz.

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The US Justice Department is facing backlash from press freedom groups, after it was revealed the government secretly asked for the phone records of several journalists from the New York Times.

A newly unsealed legal filing shows that federal prosecutors targeted the communication logs of multiple investigative reporters, as well as members of their immediate families.

The move was reportedly apart of an aggressive attempt to hunt down anonymous sources behind high level national security leaks.

This comes after the DOJ sparked pushback earlier this month, when it issued subpoenas against Times journalists who reported on the new luxury Air Force One jet donated by Qatar.

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Iran and the US appear to be returning to all-out war, after 10 nights of escalating US airstrikes, and growing Iranian reprisals.

The Pentagon has confirmed that almost 100 US service personnel have been injured in the conflict in the past fortnight, while three US soldiers have been killed.

Iran’s revolutionary guards have targeted US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain and carried out more attacks on tankers in the strait of Hormuz. Commercial shipping through the key shipping lane has again come to a standstill, putting further pressure on global energy supplies.

Yemen’s Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have announced a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, further threatening transit of oil and natural gas.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen and Sarah Smith.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi.

His dismissal comes just days after the removal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov - a move that triggered street protests across the country.

Initial rumours that the end of Fedorov's tenure was related to a conflict between him and Syrskyi were soon confirmed.

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Thousands have gathered again in the Indian capital Delhi a day after a police crackdown on supporters of India's Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party.

It is demanding an overhaul of India's education system after a medical entrance exam, taken by 2.28 million students, was cancelled following reports that the paper had leaked. A re-test was held weeks later.

More than 20 students have since died by suicide, with their families saying they were devastated by the scandal.

The movement has made the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan a key demand.

Protests saw overwhelming violence, with protesters wounded when police used batons and tear gas on them.

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On the first full day of his premiership Prime Minister Andy Burnham has laid out plans for scrapping VAT on household electricity bills and has claimed he wants a ‘cost of living government’.

Burnham said he would scrap VAT on household electricity bills in October, saving a typical household about £45 a year. This will be paid for by scrapping Keir Starmer's digital ID scheme, No 10 says, but ex-minister Darren Jones argues the ID scheme was "unfunded". Adam, Alex and Faisal discuss.

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00:00 Introduction

00:47 Andy Burnham's cost of living announcement

03:10 How will it be funded?

07:50 Burnham's vision for government

15:50 Can Burnham ditch Labour manifesto promises?

19:02 Was John Healey's appointment a surprise?

23:10 How will No 10 North work?

A Russian warship carried out live-fire drills off the UK coast this week, in the latest instance of Moscow running military excercises near Nato territory. Last week, Poland scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft was spotted over the Baltic Sea. And the British government has said Russian submarines were seen near undersea cables and pipelines north of the UK earlier this year.

We ask Vitaly Shevchenko, chief analyst for BBC Monitoring, why the Kremlin is flexing its muscles so close to Nato countries, and how Europe views the threat of Russian aggression, more than four years after Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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00:00 Introduction

00:19 Fears of a Russian invasion

01:30 Why was a Russian warship so close to the UK?

03:00 Russian operations near Nato territory

04:40 Does everyone conduct exercises near foreign powers?

06:10 Russia and undersea pipelines and cables

07:26 What this says about relations between Russia and Nato