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Israel bombards Beirut and Tehran and many people are being displaced. We hear from the restaurant owner keeping the ddors open for her customers despite the explosions.

Also, Ed Butler finds out why hundreds of trafficked workers were released from scam centres in Cambodia, only to end up wandering the streets of the capital without a way back home.

And we dig into the growing numbers of young Roblox millionaires.

The US has said only Iran's unconditional surrender will end American and Israeli bombardment. President Trump has warned the war could last four to six weeks. We hear from people on the ground in Tehran and assess the conflict one week on with Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet.

Also on the programme, the opening of the Paralympics sees Russia return from sporting exile.

And the story of a 19th century lesbian landowner brought to life by the Northern Ballet.

President Trump says only Iran's unconditional surrender will end American and Israeli bombardment. The US and Israel say much of Iran's capability has been destroyed but Iran is fighting back. We speak to one of the few international journalists in Iran about the latest attacks.

Also in the programme: Ukraine and six European nations boycott the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics because of Russian and Belarusian athletes taking part; and a firefighter in Texas recounts how his team rescued two people whose hot air balloon got entangled in a 300-metre tower.

Photo: US-Israeli attacks continue in Iran amid escalating conflict. Credit: ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA/Shutterstock

Writer: Sarah McDonald Hughes

Director: Marina Caldarone

Editor: Jeremy Howe

Brian Aldridge… Charles Collingwood

Helen Archer … Louiza Patikas

Pat Archer … Patricia Gallimore

Tony Archer … David Troughton

Tom Archer … William Troughton

Alice Carter … Hollie Chapman

Ruairi Donovan … Arthur Hughes

Miranda Elliott … Lucy Fleming

Rex Fairbrother … Nick Barber

Amber Gordon … Olivia Bernstone

Eddie Grundy … Trevor Harrison

George Grundy … Angus Stobie

Will Grundy …. Philip Molloy

Tracy Horrobin … Susie Riddell

Adam Macy … Andrew Wincott

Celia Sparrow … Toni Midlane

Sonya … Dru Stephenson

Joining Andy for the final episode of this series are Simon Evans, Zoe Lyons, Cindy Yu and Ahir Shah and not one of them can be deemed a flight risk. Along with the latest on Peter Mandelson’s arrest they discuss how UK politics is no longer a two-party system with the Greens and Reform taking centre stage in Gorton and Denton, why Trump’s State of the Union address could have been mercifully shorter and why the Chagos Islands are off limits.

Written by Andy Zaltzman.

With additional material by: Mike Shephard and Pravanya Pillay

Producer: Georgia Keating

Executive Producer: Richard Morris

Production Coordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu

Sound Editor: Marc Willcox

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

President Trump says there will be no deal with Iran, only unconditional surrender, as the US and Israel continue their bombardment of Tehran and other Iranian cities. The Iranian authorities say more than 1,200 people have been killed since attacks began last Saturday. In Lebanon hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, as the southern suburbs of Beirut are pounded by Israeli strikes. Also: Ukraine and a number of other European countries boycott the Paralympics opening ceremony in Italy in protest at Russian and Belarusian athletes being allowed to compete under their countries' flags; Hungary is to expel seven Ukrainians accused of money laundering after they were found with two bank vans carrying millions of dollars' worth of gold and cash; and Indonesia becomes the latest country to say it'll ban social media for children - will others do the same?

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The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, says he will grant India a 30-day waiver to buy sanctioned oil from Russia to help ease supply concerns in the global market.

It comes as the Qatari energy minister warns that all energy producers in the Gulf region could shut down exports within weeks.

Plus - we hear from Nepal where votes are being counted in what’s being dubbed the young versus old election.

Israel and the United States have continued their heavy attacks on Tehran and other cities across Iran, while Israel has stepped up its bombing of Lebanon.

Also in the programme:  a report from Caracas as the US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum became the latest senior American official to visit Venezuela; and we hear from a youth mentor in Haiti's gang-ravaged capital Port-au-Prince, whose film has just won a best documentary award.

(Photo: US-Israeli attacks continue in Iran amid escalating conflict, Tehran on 6 March 2026. Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/Shutterstock)

As the US and Israel continue to strike Iran and Lebanon, and Iran targets Tel Aviv and US assets across the Gulf, we look at how Iran's African community has been affected.

We hear from Priscilla Kounkou-Hoveyda, a film maker and the founder of the Collective for Black Iranians, which brings together the voices of Black and Afro-Iranians. Priscilla grew up in Iran to an Iranian mother and Congolese father, she speaks to us from South Africa where she is currently living.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Carolyne Kiambo

Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi

Senior Producer: Priya Sippy

Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

Also, Iranian man speaks about Belfast protest and a former catholic PSNI officer talks