The US's 'Operation Midnight Hammer' bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. Despite acknowledging damage, Iran remains committed to continuing its nuclear program.

The BBC's world news correspondent Joe Inwood answers three key questions after the US strikes in Iran.

The country, which had recommended US President Donald Trump’s name for the 2026 Nobel Peace prize on June 21, condemned the strikes on Tehran on June 22

Vance said that the strikes, which targeted Fordo, Isfahan, and Natanz, had significantly set back Iran's nuclear programme

Sunday marks Day 10 of the continuing and escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, with US joining Israel and targeting Israel's nuclear sites.

US Strikes Iran Live Updates: Trump announced a successful attack on three Iranian nuclear sites, escalating the conflict. Iran reports 430 deaths, Israel reports 24 deaths.

Operation Midnight Hammer, which involved 125 aircraft and several B-2 bombers, also included a deception plan that likely gave the US Army a strategic advantage against Iran

In June 2025, President Trump—new term, same instincts—ordered a real-world operation that bore eerie resemblance to Maverick. Seven B-2 bombers took off from the US under the cloak of midnight. The mission: Operation Midnight Hamme ...more

After the recent heat, Sunday feels very different - and there is unsettled weather ahead.

Verbal jousting on British and Irish Lions tours is as much a part of the deal as the rugby itself - and the mind games started anew in recent days, writes Tom English.

India's Ravindra Jadeja does brilliantly to take a catch at the square-leg boundary before juggling it to team-mate Sai Sudharsan to dismiss Harry Smith for 40, leaving England on 349-6 on day three of the first Test at Headingley.

The U.S. strikes included 14 bunker-buster bombs, more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 military aircraft

Trump instead relied on a tight inner circle of loyalists and military advisers including Vice President JD Vance

US attacks Iran: Pete Hegseth said the strikes were not aimed at a regime change.

Russia's ex-President Dmitry Medvedev claimed that the "critical infrastructure" of the nuclear fuel cycle in Iran appears to have been unaffected or sustained only minor damage, and in a series of posts on X, added that several nations are ready to "directly supply" Iran with nuclear warheads

After the entry of the US into the Israel-Iran escalating conflict, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth stated that Trump has consistently said for over a decade that Iran must not get a nuclear weapon. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US airstrikes on nuclear sites have fundamentally changed the situation, rendering diplomacy insufficient for now. "It's good to keep the door of diplomacy open, but today, the situation has fundamentally changed. My country has come under direct attack. In this moment, diplomacy alone is no longer ...more

US Strikes Iran Live Updates: Trump announced a successful attack on three Iranian nuclear sites, escalating the conflict. Iran reports 430 deaths, Israel reports 24 deaths.

Amid escalating regional tensions, the Israeli military declared it has "other goals" in Iran and will press forward with its military campaign, hours after US air strikes hit key Iranian nuclear facilities. Israel launched fresh attack ...more