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I have been wondering about what Iran’s intentions regarding the Strait of Hormuz were, and now we have the answer: they intend to close the chokepoint between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. At least that was the unanimous decision by the Iranian Parliament. An executive security committee has the final say.  Iran...

        Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s: from kitchen help at a summer camp to a maintenance worker in a truck factory to working in the Merchant Marine doing maintenance on boats. Mamet said...

Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images River Island plans to close 33 shops in the UK in a move which puts hundreds of jobs at risk. The clothing retailer said more people shopping online and higher costs to run stores were behind its proposals to creditors. It also wants its landlords to cut...

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long warned that Iran is close to developing nuclear weapons. After Israel launched attacks on Iran last week, Netanyahu said Iran could produce a bomb within months. BBC Verify’s Ros Atkins explains what we know about Iran’s nuclear programme. Produced by Aisha Sembhi. Additional reporting by Thomas Spencer and...