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World Service,06 Mar 2026,49 mins

US says strikes on Iran to 'surge dramatically'

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Overnight, strikes targeted locations across the Middle East, including in Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and Bahrain. President Donald Trump has said he is not considering sending troops to Iran, describing it as a "waste of time", adding that Tehran has "lost everything they can lose". The Israeli military said that its strikes overnight targeted what it called “regime infrastructure” in Tehran. And our South America correspondent is reporting from inside Caracas to find out how Venezuela has changed since the US removed former President Nicolas Maduro from power (Photo: US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference at CENTCOM headquarters; Credit: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA/Shutterstock)

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