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  1. Trump wears a blue tie and pokes his head through a door on Air Force One to speak to reporters while returning from G7 meetings in Canada.

  2. Smoke rises from an Israeli attack on Shahran oil depot in Tehran on June 15

  3. Palestinian women mourn at the funeral of people who were killed while seeking aid in northern Gaza, at al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City (18 June 2025)

  4. Kasem Abu al-Hija sits in a vigil for his family members. He is a man in his 60s with a grey moustache

  5. A woman with blond hair and sunglasses smiles for the camera

  6. Abdul Wali, 18, in a selfie picture with cars behind him

  7. A US KC-135 in flight. It is grey and marked with the "US AIR FORCE". It is superimposed over the BBC Verify colours and logo.

  8. Mobile phone photo shows smoke rising in Tehran, Iran (17 June 2025)

  9. File image of Trump and Netanyahu shaking hands outside White House

  10. US President Donald Trump is asked questions by reporters on board Air Force One

  11. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a strategic partnership treaty during a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025.

  12. In the background: A satellite image of Iran's Fordo nuclear site. A BBC Verify logo is in the top left-hand corner.

  13. A boy sitting on a bed crises, while a man sat beside him hugs him and a woman stands beside him

  14. Vehicles wait in lines of traffic as people queue to get out of Tehran through road in the west of the city on 15 June 2025

  15. Deborah Claydon, on the left, and Hannah Lyons-Singer, on the right

  16. European Council President Antonio Costa, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for a family photo during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Kananaskis Country Golf Course in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada

  17. US President Donald Trump gestures as he attends a family photo session during the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. Picture date: Monday June 16, 2025.

  18. Newsreader reacting as blast happens

  19. A still imagen taken from a video released by Iranian news agency WANA on June 18, 2025, that it says showed missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps towards Israel

  20. A satellite image shows damaged structures at the Natanz nuclear facility following Israeli air strikes (14 June 2025)

  21. Tehran's skyline at night on Sunday 15 June, with three large plumes of smoke rising above the city and two large fires blazing below

  22. An Israeli F-35 jet

  23. A composite of satellite images from damage inflicted on Iranian military sites: Left: the roof of a building struck in Bid Kaneh military facility; Right: a destroyed structure at Kermanshah military base. Surrounded by BBC Verify branding

  24. Promo image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Ali Hosseini Khamenei