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Israel new strikes against Iranian capital

Israel says it's launched a new broad wave of airstrikes on the Iranian capital Tehran.

The US says it has hit around six thousand targets in Iran since the conflict began. It says these include dozens of ships, weapons factories and air defence systems. Meanwhile, Israel says it's carrying out a new, wide wave of airstrikes on the Iranian capital, Tehran. Just hours ago, Israeli forces said they'd targeted a site linked to developing nuclear weapons. Iran insists its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei broke his silence and pledged to keep blocking the vital oil waterway the Strait of Hormuz, which has been at a near standstill since February 28th. We take a look at just how much disruption has been caused by this conflict.

And we go to the US state of Michigan, where a suspected attacker has been killed at a synagogue in the wider Detroit-area.

Presenters: Rob Young and Catherine Byaruhanga.

(Photo: A family gathers the remaining furniture from an apartment damaged by an airstrike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran. Credit:
Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters).

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