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  1. Splitscreen. Left, a woman stares wistfully. Right, a man speaks to camera.

  2. Two us cyber command officers in front of giant screens with data and information on them

  3. An oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

  4. Hegseth in navy suit with red and blue tie at a podium with Pentagon seal behind him alon with flag and people raising hands in front of him

  5. BBC correspondent Dan Johnson, wearing navy blue jacket, talking to a man with a blur hiding his face.

  6. US military vehicles during the 1991 military operation to drive Iraqi troops out of Kuwait

  7. A composite image showing two satellite images taken in Iran. The left image shows a cargo ship moored at a dock off the coast of Iran that has been hit by a strike. A tall, thin cloud of black smoke is billowing high above the ship. The image on the right shows the aftermath of a strike on a city in Iran. A large grey mushroom cloud of smoke covers several buildings. The BBC Verify branding is overlaid on top.

  8. Composite image showing a near-empty street in Tehran, dinner laid out on a plastic tablecloth in Iran, and a woman holding a coffee cup

  9. A large fire burns at an oil depot in Iran at night. Flames and thick plumes of dark smoke tower over the outline of a small building.

  10. A mourner reacts during the funeral of three Palestinians killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank (9 March 2026)

  11. A BBC Verify map showing the location of attacks on Iran since the start of the conflict

  12. A satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, with a thin stream of dark blue water flowing around a sharp point of arid land jutting into it.

  13. A screenshot of a BBC TikTok video showing an oil depot on fire alongside various comments questioning if it's AI

  14. Islamic Republic of Iran players line up for a team photo prior to the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 match on March 05

  15. A middle aged man in a suit and glasses stands between a blonde haired woman in a green jacket and a short-haired woman in a red top, all smiling

  16. Pete Hegseth stands at a podium wearing a blue suit and a blue striped tie while point his right hand towrads reporters

  17. The BBC's Emily Wither speaks to a man who was injured by an exploding bomb

  18. Splitscreen. Left, a woman speaks to camera. Right, a man with shades and a hat.

  19. Mark Zuckerberg walking down the grey stone steps of a Los Angeles court house wearing a navy suit blazer, grey neck tie and white shirt.

  20. Shipping in Strait of Hormuz - 6 March 2026 graphic

  21. An emergency worker in Tehran shields her face as black smoke rises behind her. She is wearing a red and white jacket and a face mask and standing in a sandy location. The image is imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding.

  22. President Putin and President Trump face one another and shake hands. They appear to be mid-conversation

  23. Exterior damage to a room at the Ramada Plaza hotel following an Israeli strike that the Israeli military says killed four Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in Raouche, Beirut, Lebanon (8 March 2026)

  24. BBC correspondent Nick Beake sat inside a car driving through Dubai's Port of Jebel Ali
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