Hello. Today on the ground in Tehran, Lees-Ducet describes how the city has changed after weeks of war.

We're in Ramallah, where we meet a Palestinian woman and former motor racer, now observing elections there.

In West Bengal, fish are fundamental to the

region's culinary culture and the latest battleground in local politics, and we go behind the scenes

of the pompon ceremony laid on for King Charles' visit to the US. But first, it's been another

eventful week in Washington, which began with the attempted

assassination of President Trump at the annual White House correspondence dinner. It was also a precursor

to the state visit by King Charles and Queen Camilla at a fragile moment in the UK-US relationship.

A gulf has opened up between the two nations over a variety

of issues, including Ukraine, defence spending, tariffs and the Iran war. Sarah Smith reflects on how

far this last week has helped restore the so-called special relationship. Four days before the king and queen were scheduled

to touch down in Washington, I was preparing to call Donald Trump on his mobile, because these

days he quite often gives interviews to journalists who just phone him up directly. I was hoping to

talk to him about the war in Iran and his beef with Sir Kier Starmour over the UK's refusal to offer

more assistance with

the conflict. But if I began with a spiky question about his failure to get the straight of Hormuz

reopened, there was a good chance he might just hang up on me. So the imminent royal visit seemed

like the perfect place to start this conversation. I was sure the president would rather talk

about how much he was looking forward

to hosting Charles and Camilla, but those sort of platitudes do not make for good newslines. So how could

I make this newsworthy? I would also have to nod to the current transatlantic tension all in that

opening question. Donald Trump picked up the phone himself with nothing more than a graph,

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