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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.

We're coming to you live from London.

I'm Leila Nathu.

Let us start the programme in Washington,

where in the White House, the press secretary Caroline Levitt has been

giving an update on the war with Iran. U.S. combat capabilities are increasing and growing more

lethal and dominant by the day, while the Iranian terrorist regime's ability to respond has rapidly

declined. Now, the U.S. military is moving to dismantle Iran's missile production

infrastructure. Our incredible B2 bombers recently dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrator bombs

on deeply buried missile sites. Earlier, the Defense Secretary Pete Hegsyth said Iran was about

to see the heaviest strikes since the beginning of the war.

He added that American attacks would continue until Iran was totally defeated.

One, destroy their missile stockpiles, their missile launchers and their defense industrial base.

Missiles and their ability to make them. Two, destroy their Navy. And three,

permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons forever. It's a laser-focused maximum authority mission

delivered with overwhelming and unrelenting precision. No hesitation, no half measures.

That was Pete Segf there. Well, residents in Tehran have also described the city

experiencing some of the most intense bombardment yet. My colleagues at the BBC's Persian service

have managed to speak to some people inside Iran, like this 20-year-old woman in the capital.

There was a strange white light in the sky last night. It seemed different from the nights

before. When they hit, there were some fluctuations. Every few hours, there are explosions.

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