Met chief 'can see why women don't trust police' 2 hours ago Sima KotechaSenior UK correspondent The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has said he understands why some women still do not trust the force, in an interview to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of Sarah Everard. Sir …

9 hours ago Gordon CoreraBBC security analyst The US and Israel have said they have air superiority over parts of Iran, allowing their jets to strike targets at will. They have also displayed a kind of intelligence superiority, a dominance which has allowed them to find and kill multiple Iranian …

Three days in, we still have no idea where this war is heading 11 hours ago Jeremy BowenInternational Editor It is only day three of the new war between the United States, Israel and Iran. It is already a regional war, after Iran's decision to attack Arab states who are …

Flight logs and hot tub photo among key moments from Bill Clinton's deposition The former US president, who is featured in photographs within the Epstein files, denies having any knowledge of the convicted sex offender's crimes. US & Canada Joe Biden takes selfies with passengers as he takes commercial flight …

For the best part of 48 hours, first the defence secretary and then the foreign secretary were struggling to cogently articulate in public what the government made of the US and Israel's attacks on Iran and why. But in the Commons the prime minister directly and explicitly set out his …

15 hours ago Gordon CoreraSecurity analyst The attack that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came not in the middle of the night, as might have been expected, but in the middle of the morning. That was because the US and Israel decided to take advantage of a piece …

The UK is mounting an operation to support at least 200,000 British nationals in the Gulf, as Iran continues to launch strikes in the region in response to an ongoing attack by Israel and the US. More than 94,000 Britons have registered their location and contact details to receive direct …

Listen: Lindsay Foreman speaks to BBC before Iran jailing British woman detained by Iran says it was hard to remain positive in prison, hours before she and her husband were sentenced to 10 years for espionage. Middle East Watch: BBC in Tehran sees government's 'political reply' to massive protests Lyse …

Iran's group matches in what would be their fourth consecutive World Cup are against New Zealand and Belgium in Los Angeles, then Egypt in Seattle. The team were not withdrawn from the competition last summer when the US bombed three nuclear facilities in the country, but the head of its …

Could Kim's teen daughter become North Korea's next leader? 7 hours ago Jake Kwon ,Seoul correspondentand Leehyun Choi ,Seoul As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened Seoul and vowed to continue expanding his sanctioned nuclear weapons programme at the party congress, the big question was whether his 13-year-old daughter …