Download US launches 'heavy' strikes on Iran
The US military says it has completed a "heavy wave" of strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tuesday's attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces. Also on the programme, a teenager who travelled from Norway to the UK to carry out a "hit" for a Swedish organised crime group has been found guilty of conspiracy to murder; and, why K-Pop sensation BTS are boycotting the next year's Grammys.
(Photo: A woman walks next to anti-US graffiti on a street in Tehran, Iran, 20 July 2026. Abedin Taherkenareh EPA/Shutterstock.)
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2026.
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