Roland Oliphant

As two more ships are attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and the ceasefire in Lebanon nears its end, all eyes are on the high-stakes US-China summit in Beijing.

Donald Trump ended his high stakes trip to China claiming Xi Jinping had promised not to arm Iran, wanted the Strait of Hormuz open, and backed his goal of preventing Tehran getting a nuclear weapon.

Oil flows will not return to normal until the second half of next year - even if the Strait of Hormuz opens now.

The firebombing of synagogues . An explosion outside a bank. Two Jewish men stabbed in broad daylight in Golders Green.

With Iran peace talks deadlocked, US military attention appears to be turning to another longtime enemy: Cuba.

The firebombing of synagogues. An explosion outside a bank. Two Jewish men stabbed in broad daylight in Golders Green.

In this special bank holiday episode of Iran: the Latest, we're taking a break from looking at the US-Iran war and focusing instead on tanks.

It's the conundrum that disgusts many Ukrainians, bothers Western governments and is the despair of opposition-minded Russians.

The United States has for the first time accused Iran of breaching the ceasefire, after Tehran fired a ballistic missile at Kuwait in response to the Americans hitting southern Iran.

Iran famously has two militaries: a regular army, and the IRGC. But Tehran also has a third force: its network of foreign militias in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.