This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles, and at 13 Hours GMT on Thursday 19th June, these are our main stories.
We'll hear from Israel, where some of the most intense Iranian bombardments have been taking place.
As Donald Trump assesses what action to take,
Tehran's Deputy Foreign Minister tells the BBC that diplomacy is on the table,
but Iran will continue to defend itself.
Also in this podcast,
climate experts say we are edging closer to the target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
And...
Sometimes working when you're sleeping as well.
There was one time I thought, oh, I think this fragment goes here.
And then I woke up, came to work, and that did actually happen.
The archaeologist on solving a 2,000-year-old jigsaw puzzle.
As day seven of the conflict between Israel and Iran began, both sides exchanged missiles again.
Iranian missiles broke through air defences and injured dozens of people,
including at the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba.
The head of the centre, Professor Shlomi Kodesh.
But it's a total shock that someone would target a medical centre.
The people we have left in the hospital are elderly people,
cancer patients, people who need urgent medical care.