Middle East

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  1. Satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the damaged roof of the Arak heavy water reactor following an Israeli air strike, in Iran (19 June 2025)

  2. Image shows a close-up of US President Donald Trump

  3. A firefighter sprays a building in Israel following an Iranian strike

  4. A wide view shows smoke rising from behind the Soroka medical centre against a blue sky and with cars and fire trucks outside it, in Beersheba on Thursday

  5. Two women hold each other as they cry. One woman holds the other woman's head to her shoulder.

  6. BBC correspondent Lucy Williams, outside Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, Israel

  7. Yvonne Ford smiling at the camera with sunglasses on her head and blonde hair, pictured in a public place with people's faces blurred out in the background

  8. A rescuer uses his phone at an impact site following a missile strike from Iran on Israel, in Holon, Israel June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

  9. Sir Keir Starmer in a white shirt and black rimmed glasses, speaking to a journalist

  10. Trump wearing a white MAGA hat

  11. Trump dancing on stage with Gabbard

  12. The Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen in a coastal village on the northern coast of the Gulf in Bushehr province, Iran (24 April 2024)

  13. Two Americans are looking at the camera after talking to a reporter.

  15. BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins overlay over a map of Iran showing an explosion

  16. 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.

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

  18. 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)

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

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

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

  22. 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.

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

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