This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday the 19th of June, these are our main stories.

We'll hear from Israel where some of the most intense Iranian bombardments have been taking place.

As Donald Trump assesses what action to take, Tehran's deputy foreign minister tells the BBC that diplomacy

is on the table, but Iran will continue to defend itself.

Also in this podcast, climate experts say we are edging closer to the target of limiting global

warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.

And...

Sometimes working when you're sleeping as well.

There was one time I thought,

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And then I woke up, came to work, and that did actually happen.

The archaeologist on solving a 2,000-year-old jigsaw puzzle.

As DGSachshort puzzle... The archaeologist on solving a 2,000-year-old jigsaw puzzle. As day seven of the conflict between Israel and Iran began, both sides exchanged missiles again.

Iranian missiles broke through air defences and injured dozens of people,

including at the Soroka Medical Center, Embeshire.

The head of the center, Professor Shlomi Kadesh.

But it's total shock that someone would target a medical center.

The figure we have left in the hospital are elderly people,

cancer patients, people who need urgent medical care,

they cannot go home. And the people

was targeted directly to be killed by a missile attack. There is no other explanation for this.

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