Flights cancelled as travel warnings issued after strikes on Iran 22 minutes ago Aleks Phillips Airlines serving the Middle East have cancelled and diverted flights after the US and Israel launched deadly strikes against on Iran, including its capital Tehran. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Wizz Air were among carriers …

The phone call between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was brief, I am told, and was instigated by the White House. Downing Street's public account of what was discussed was, to put it gently, rather broad: "They discussed the situation in the Middle East," the …

Labour MP Josh Simons has resigned as a Cabinet Office minister, just days after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asked his ethics adviser to investigate him. Simons faced claims the think tank he used to run before he became an MP commissioned a report that looked into the background of …

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 …

Ayatollah Khamenei's iron grip on power in Iran comes to an end 4 hours ago Sam Woodhouse Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed on the first day of massive US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump has announced. The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the …

What we know so far: Supreme Leader Khamenei killed, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes 2 hours ago Hafsa Khaliland David Gritten Iran's state media has confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, after attacks across Iran by Israel and the US, which began on Saturday morning local time. …

In attacking Iran and killing the regime's supreme leader, US President Donald Trump has made an enormous bet: that he can succeed where past presidents have failed by using American military force to reshape the Middle East. Trump will claim a generational victory if the US succeeds in fully destroying …

There had been a swirl of reports about the fate of the supreme leader ever since Saturday morning, when it was clear that his residence had been targeted in the first wave of strikes. By early evening, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a televised address, announced that "there …

Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users’ bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification, has allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The valuation represents a 31% increase from the $6. 1 billion valuation the …

Ultrahuman on Friday unveiled a new smart ring with longer battery life and a redesigned form factor, as the Bengaluru-based wearable maker seeks to revive its U. business that was disrupted last year by a patent dispute with rival Oura. The Ring Pro, Ultrahuman’s third-generation smart ring, offers up to …