Julia McFarlane

What about Myanmar's defense for its operations in western Myanmar against the Rohingya? I think they're describing it as counterterrorism. There were armed groups operating in that part of the country at that time, weren't there?

Weight loss drugs and injections are never far from the headlines these days, it seems. The treatments are quickly and radically changing lives and societies around the world. But the story of how these drugs were developed is a tale in itself. Amy Donilon has written a book about it called Off the Scales, the Inside Story of a Zempik and the Race to Cure Obesity.

Mikä oli tuon progression genesis, kuten sanoit, siitä, että se oli vain diabeetilä, että he tunnevat, että se oli jotain, joka oli todella hyödyllistä tarkoittaa itseään?

This is really a lifestyle thing. These are choices that people are making. They're eating too much. They're not moving enough. And what has this got to do with us? And that battle is really explored in the book and is really quite amazing. I suppose one of the great discussions now is that when people have been on them, they've lost the weight they want. It's whether it's difficult to come off, how long you can reliably be on them for. And the fact that we have tested them over a period of time will potentially at least be helpful with that decision that people are making.

Kiitos, että katsoitte.

In Iran, the communications blackout is now in its eighth day. It makes reporting and monitoring of the crackdown on anti-government protesters exceptionally difficult. But some of those caught up in the violence in recent days have now made it to the border between Iran and Iraq, where they've been speaking to our Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson.

At Iran's mountainous border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan, the stern face of Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini peers down at the trickle of Iranians leaving the country. Just past the last Iraqi border post, there's an Iranian flag fluttering in the snow. Iran has shut down the internet and blocked phone calls into the country, but its borders are still open.

Inside the arrivals hall, dozens of men, women and children wait for passport checks. Iranians don't need a visa to cross here, and many have relatives on the Iraqi side of the border. No one told us they were fleeing Iran because of the government crackdown, but one man showed us several bruises on his face, saying security forces had shot him with pellets during a protest in central Iran last Friday. He asked us to hide his identity.

Olen tullut näkökulmasta noin seitsemän pelottuja. Ne tuli sydämestäni, sydämestäni, sydämestäni, sydämestäni, sydämestäni ja sydämestäni. Minun oli käytettävä tasapaino, jotta kerroin yhden pelottuun. Viisi on edelleen tullut näkökulmasta. Olin liian pahoillani, että olen raskastunut terveydenhuoltoon.

Iran's regime has treated these protests as an existential threat. Its crackdown seems to be working, with protests largely dying out. But several people here, including the protester, told us that demonstrations had continued into this week.

Demonstration were still continuing in Fardis, Malart and some areas of Tehran. My friends were there. We were constantly on the phone. On Tuesday night the protests were still going on, but I haven't had any updates since then.

The BBC has seen no hard evidence that street protests are continuing. Very little footage is trickling out of Iran, and the reports we've heard here are impossible to confirm. But even with protests ebbing away, the economic problems that sparked this crisis remain. A teacher here told us her salary only covered the first 10 days of the month, and that Iranians just wanted their basic rights.

Tarkastellaan, mitä Trump tekee. Sen jälkeen sivuilta on tullut tullut. En ole varma, kuka puolustaja on. Haluan vain, että ekonominen tilanne on parantunut. Iranin regiimi on reimposioitunut.

But that repressive control hides the regime's growing fear, as Iranians lose faith in its power to deliver protection from foreign attacks or prosperity at home. Lucy Williamson reporting from the Iran-Iraq border.

Well, the United States appears to have paused any potential military strike on Iran, at least for now. Donald Trump had suggested one might be imminent, but appeared to back off when he said that the killing in Iran had stopped and there had been no executions there.

Various outlets are reporting that he was persuaded not to go ahead after regional leaders warned him it could very well lead to further instability. Salman Sheikh is a Middle East expert and former advisor to Kofi Annan, and Anshul Pfeffer is The Economist's Israel correspondent. Anna Foster asked Salman Sheikh first why regional powers such as Saudi Arabia and Israel, who are no friends of Iran, appear to have stopped US military strikes on it.

He told us with a tear in his eye, they're going to break this place, and it's going to create immense harm. So I think what we have today in the emerging new world order is actually where Middle East actors, particularly Gulf actors, actually have agency. They're not spectators now, and I think they are being listened to by President Trump. Do you think their calculations would be different, Salman, if there was an obvious, focused opposition ready to go?

to be able to see our negotiations possible with the current Iranian regime, which has been doing horrible things and is a transition possible in the country. Because I think most Iranians would say that this regime has lost legitimacy. But, you know, can security be established? Can a leadership emerge?

The missiles, the nuclear material, probably more than 2,000 kilograms, which is out there somewhere between, enriched between 3.67% to 60%. So these are all very serious things which have to be addressed. Yeah, various concerns. And Anshul Pfeffer, the Israeli security service, knows probably as much about Iran as the Iranians themselves, probably more about what's going on inside the country than anybody else. And they, it seemed, also agreed that now was not the moment for a US strike.

Kuukausia, vaikka kymmeniä. Interceptor-raketteja. Ne olivat ylöspäin ylöspäin. Tällä hetkellä ne tekevät enemmän niitä. Mutta nyt Israelin ja muiden alueiden alueiden alueet eivät ole valmiita erään lauseen Iranin kanssa. Siksi Netanyahu haluaa, että Trumpi vähentäisi tämän.