Iran rejects US peace plan as 'excessive'

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Iran has received a 15-point peace plan from the US according to reports from Pakistan, which is acting as an intermediary. The plan - which has not been made public - reportedly includes Iran dismantling nuclear facilities, in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. Iran has reportedly rejected the proposal. We speak to our correspondent in Washington and to our reporter who covers Iran for BBC Monitoring. As strikes in Lebanon continue, business owners in Beirut share the impact they’ve felt so far. OpenAI has shut down its artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation app Sora less than two years after its unveiling made headlines for creating realistic clips based on simple prompts. Two AI experts discuss the future of the industry. The former Google executive, Matt Brittin, has been named as the new director-general of the BBC. We speak to our media and culture editor. And in a wide-ranging interview, five Epstein survivors have been sharing their stories of grief and anger with the BBC. Presenter: Rob Young (Photo: Emergency personnel work at the site of a strike on a residential building, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, 23 March, 2026. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters)