The BBC's chief international correspondent reports from Iran as diplomatic efforts to avoid a return to war intensify.

BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

Lebanon's government condemns as a "flagrant crime" the killing of the paramedics, one of whom featured in a BBC report.

The Israeli Prison Service says the allegation that Barghouti was subjected to physical violence by prison guards are "false and baseless".

Israel strikes hit southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel, a day after rare direct negotiations.

The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those sent home.

The United Nations' secretary general said it was "highly probable" that the negotiations would restart.

The Lebanese government go into peace talks with limited influence over the group.

BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

A US statement said the two sides had agreed to launch direct negotiations, at a time and place to be determined.

Since the start of the US blockade on Monday, 15 vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, nine of which have links to Iran, BBC Verify analysis of ship-tracking data suggests.

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The vast majority did not believe Hezbollah or Iran had been severely weakened by weeks of Israeli and US attacks, according to the poll.

The US military is gambling on the blockade denying Iran vital trade - but questions remain on whether the bet will pay off.

Twenty-one hours was not enough to end 47 years of hostility between Iran and the US, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.

The conflict is now a test of wills - Iran’s capacity to absorb strikes versus Trump’s tolerance for the war's costs.

"Slopaganda" is too weak a term to capture how powerful this "highly sophisticated" content is, one expert says.

Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.

The BBC has been able to obtain testimony from parents and those trying to help children deal with the distress that comes with war.

Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran.

The Israeli prime minister's response to the ceasefire has been muted, in contrast to the triumphal statements from the US and Iran.

The two-week truce opens up the prospect of direct talks with the US but has angered Iran's hardliners, writes BBC News Persian’s Kasra Naji.

Lyse Doucet says Iranians want a solution to the long-running animosity with the US, but leaders is not willing to make a deal on Washington's terms.

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the world's second-largest economy fits into the Gulf conflict.

BBC foreign correspondent Nick Beake visits Metula, an Israeli town surrounded on three sides by Lebanon.

BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega joins paramedics on duty in Nabatieh - a city that was once vibrant, but is now abandoned.

A US blockade of Iran's ports is in place, having begun on Monday, according to Donald Trump.