US and Israel hit oil facilities in overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital

Israel has escalated its campaign against Iran by bombing oil facilities.

In Italy, the Winter Olympic Games are under way with more than 650 athletes from 50 countries, including Haiti’s first-ever participant, para‑skier and investment banker Ralf Etienne.

And in Washington DC, the National Gallery of Art is seeing a shift in how museums connect with audiences. Alison Luchs, 77, deputy head curator of sculpture and decorative arts, has become an unlikely social‑media sensation, challenging the stereotype of quiet, contemplative museum spaces.

Joining our presenter Julian Worricker to discuss these stories are Rana Rahimpour, an Iranian-British journalist , also a psychedelic therapist and counsellor and Anand Menon, professor of European politics and foreign affairs at King's College London and director of the thinktank the UK in a Changing Europe.

(Photo: Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 8 March, 2026. Credit: Reuters)