Why was JD Vance in a luxury Swiss resort for talks with Iran?

US Vice-President JD Vance travelled to Switzerland for the start of direct negotiations with Iran.

Discussions were held at the luxury mountaintop resort of Bürgenstock.

BBC correspondent Jessica Parker reports on the key points in the peace talks.

Travelling with a humanitarian convoy. BBC's Hugo Bachega has been given rare access to a part of Lebanon under Israeli occupation.

The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil was outside the Iran v New Zealand opening round match as protesters called for an end to Tehran’s clerical regime.

In a call with the US president, the BBC’s Sarah Smith asked Trump about the war in Iran. his relationship with the Israeli leader.

BBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh.

Verified videos show strikes on densely populated neighbourhoods in southern Lebanon.

Tens of thousands of Israeli celebrants have marched through the area captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon. which returns to Bethlehem after a two-year pause over the Gaza War.

Israel and Hezbollah are still fighting in Lebanon despite a US-brokered ceasefire that began 12 days ago.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting oil cartel Opec after nearly 60 years of membership.

The US president says he saved eight Iranian women from execution, but Iran says otherwise.

The 300 couples were selected in a draw of nearly 2,000 people to be a part of the joint celebration.

The US and Iran's rival blockades of the Strait of Hormuz have become a "test of wills", says Lyse Doucet.

Analysis indicates that parts of the video appear to have been filmed hours after the ships were reportedly seized.

BBC Arabic's correspondent Carine Torbey reports from the border town of Khiam, as the ceasefire between Israel. Hezbollah in southern Lebanon goes into its second day.

Eyewitnesses captured the moment a burning fuel tanker drove through the centre of Hasakah. Syria, leaving a trail of fire behind it.

Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US,. leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.

While military targets have been struck in Iran, civilian areas have too, showing the stark reality of the war.

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet arrived in Tehran to what she described as 'life on pause'.

BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant,. is now abandoned.