Saudi Arabian women on what life's really like

Does the world have the right idea about women in Saudi Arabia?

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17 November 2017

Split image of Lucy, wearing press vest and hard hat, and settlers with trees and smoke

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvest

Israeli settlers were seen attacking Palestinian farmers and setting fire to olive trees in the West Bank.

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A woman wearing a bullet proof press vest in the middle of a desert in Yemen

BBC's Orla Guerin travels with Yemen's southern national security forces through desert battlefield

Orla Guerin travelled through Yemen, with forces loyal to its internationally recognised government, to a remote desert battlefield where Houthi rebels were dislodged just days ago.

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Left, Frank Gardner. Right, a Houthi rebel with a gun.

Why is it so hard to fight the Houthis?

Security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the Iran-backed Houthis' precision strikes and guerrilla tactics have made it difficult for Saudi forces to gain the upper hand.

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A number of passengers run for cover after the missile strike.

Watch: CCTV shows people take cover as missile hits Riyadh airport

Footage from inside the airport shows the moment the strike hit on Saturday.

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Split image: Yolande Knell stands next to the East Jerusalem building, and the British consulate coat of arms before it was removed.

Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?

The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.

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A man in his 30s sits with five children - two girls and three boys - and an older woman inside a tent in central Gaza

Gazans face near-daily Israeli strikes a year into ceasefire

The ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel released in return for the remaining hostages held in Gaza.

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Watch: Why family who lived at site of 7 October attack want to return

The BBC's Middle East Correspondent visits kibbutz Nir Oz - one of the worst hit places during the 7 October 2023 attacks.

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A young Yemeni girl wearing a hood and head scarf smiling

'We are terrified but we want to get an education', say Yemeni schoolgirls

The BBC reports from a school in Taiz, Yemen, where children are determined to keep learning despite the vicious civil war.

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Almog Itali speaks to BBC Newnsight from his garden.

Plummeting Israel flight like 'rollercoaster', says passenger

An aeroplane flying to Israel fell 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes before it was diverted.

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Flydubai passenger sits next to Benjamin Netanyahu

'I pulled the controls': Passenger tells Israeli PM how he helped stop attacker

The man says he "pulled the controls" of the plane after it plummeted during the attack.

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A young girl is seen in a hospital bed while a woman wearing scrubs strokes her hair

Girl has multiple surgeries to control infections after strike in Gaza

Witnesses say Raseel's tent was hit by an Israeli helicopter strike. Israel’s military says it has no record of the attack.

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Nawal Al-Maghafi crouching down behind some bushes

Watch: BBC reports from the front-line of an escalating war in Yemen

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

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A split screen of an anti-Israel protest on the left and an image of Netanyahu on the right standing at a lectern.

Watch: Protests and walkouts as Netanyahu addresses UN

The BBC’s Nada Tawfik explains what happened even before the Israeli prime minister took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Benjamin Netanyahu split screen with some empty UN seats.

Watch: UN delegates walk out of Netanyahu speech

The Israeli delegation cheered in support during Netanyahu's speech. Nada Tawfik in New York explains what happened.

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Houthis standing on top of shot down Saudi jet in Yemen. There is blue and green BBC Verify branding on the top left.

Finding the location of the Saudi fighter jet shot down over Yemen

BBC Verify explains how we found the wreckage location of a Saudi F-15 fighter jet which the Iran-backed Houthi group says it shot down over Yemen.

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A satellite image highlighting the Bab al-Mandab Strait. There is blue and green BBC Verify branding in the top left.

How global trade and oil prices could be hit by Houthi advance

Yemen's Houthis have seized territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait - a key trade gateway for oil and global shipping.

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engrab or report showing Lucy Williamson speaking to Bedouin community leader Eid Khamis

How a community living under demolition orders from Israel view UK sanctions

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson visits the Palestinian community of Khan al Ahmar in the so-called E1 area, and the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Maale Admumim.

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Lucy Williamson pointing to E1 settlement, seen on the right

Where is Israel's proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?

BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from an area close to Israel's proposed site in the occupied West Bank.

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Lucy Williamson in front of children in school uniform.

Watch: Pupils return to West Bank school behind barbed wire to protect against settlers

Six people, including three pupils at the Palestinian school, have been killed in al-Mughayyir this year, in a surge of Israeli settler-related violence.

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Omar al-Bayoumi in a blue shirt appears to make a gun sign with his hand

Did the FBI bury evidence of alleged Saudi agent’s role in 9/11?

Omar al-Bayoumi has always denied being an extremist and a Saudi spy.

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