Global News Podcast Inside Tehran: 'My daughter is under the rubble'
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Mar 27, 2026 
Nawal Al-Maghafi, a BBC investigations reporter, tracks the human toll of strikes across Tehran. Yolan Nell, a BBC Middle East correspondent, follows Israel’s widening military action in Iran and Lebanon. Jake Kwon, a BBC correspondent in Seoul, explains how tensions around Hormuz are squeezing South Korea’s naphtha and plastics supply. There is also a remarkable look at sperm whales rallying around a mother giving birth.
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BBC Maps The Civilian Cost Of Strikes In Tehran
- BBC analysis says Israel dropped 3,600 munitions on Tehran in four weeks and hit 38 police and Basij sites, many embedded in residential districts.
- In Resalat, investigators linked a strike on a Basij building to four obliterated buildings and damage across a 65-meter radius.
Israel Faces Growing Strain In A Multi Front War
- Yolan Nell says Israel plans to intensify strikes in Iran while also expanding attacks in Lebanon, stretching the war across multiple fronts.
- Yair Lapid warns the army lacks enough combat soldiers, exposing strain that the opposition had mostly avoided criticizing before.
Ukraine Turns Drone War Experience Into Security Exports
- Ukraine is turning wartime necessity into exportable defense know-how, offering Gulf states drone interception systems, radar integration and trained personnel.
- Vitaly Shevchenko says Kyiv wants more than sales; Zelensky aims to recast Ukraine from aid recipient into a donor of security.