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  1. The Strait of Hormuz is shown from a dsitance w several tankers and freight boats. There are mountains in the foreground and in the distance.

  2. Iranians drive cars and motorbikes past a billboard featuring Iran's national flag at Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran.

  3. Police officers and emergency personnel work at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, Lebanon. Photo: 14 June 2026

  4. US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington DC. Photo: 11 June 2026

  5. Donald Trump wearing a suit and standing at a podium with the president’s seal. He is looking to his right and pointing with his index finger

  6. Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 13, 2026

  7. A person wearing a red jumpsuit and black cap, using a sledgehammer to damage equipment inside the factory.

  8. A yellow bulldozer engaging in the demolition of homes. It is behind a raised green net and behind it are other houses.

  9. John Swinney - a bald man with glasses and wearing a suit - speaks to media in a lobby

  10. People walk amid traffic on an intersection in Tehran, as a large banner featuring patriotic images of Iranians waving flags is seen in the background

  11. Satellite image of strike on the tanker

  12. An excavator picks up rubble and wires after the demolition of a building.

  13. A US navy airman gives an F-35 fighter a signal to take off. He is wearing a yellow jacket and a helmet and is pointing towards the runway. The jet is armed with missiles and is painted grey. The image is imposed over a satellite photo of an airbase in Iran where damaged jets are highlighted.

  14. Satellite image of aerial view of Kharg Island.

  15. Centcome video of one of the ships it targeted

  16. An image of a burnt-out blue car in front of a heavily damaged building with blown-out windows and burned exterior walls. A firefighter in uniform sprays the blue car

  17. An image of the 'Corsair' sea drone at sea with BBC Verify branding.

  18. A close-up image of JD Vance talking to reporters. He wears a dark blue jacket, white shirt and dark red tie. He has short brown hair.

  19. woman walks past wall painted with images of people and the Iranian flag

  20. A screenshot from black and white surveillance footage shows a tanker in the sea.

  21. Trump at his Oval Office desk

  22. Smoke rises from burning vehicles following an Israeli strike in the centre of the city of Sidon, southern Lebanon (10 June 2026)

  23. This picture taken from a position in northern Israel, on the border with southern Lebanon, shows an Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter flying on 4 June 2026.

  24. File image of an AH-64 Apache helicopter in a stationary position ahead of a US military parade