This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Saturday the 14th of March,
these are our main stories.
President Trump says the US has carried out strikes against military targets on Haag Island,
Iran's main export terminal for oil in the Gulf.
There's defiance in Tehran as thousands of protesters turn out for a pro-government rally.
And we hear from Iranian Kurds in Iraq who want to return to Iran.
Also in this podcast, Cuba confirms that negotiations with the US are underway.
And we hear how, in a medical first, spider silk has been used to repair broken nerves.
It bridges the gap that's made between these two nerve ends and then the new nerves try and grow out.
It's almost like a plant sprouting from the ground,
but they attach to the silk and then they grow along it.
Our silk dissolves and the nerve is able to then regenerate.
Haag is an island only eight kilometres long, located just off the coast of Iran.
It's small in size, but not in significance.
It's Iran's main export terminal for oil,
and tonight President Trump announced the US had obliterated military targets on the island.
It comes as reports swell that the White House is preparing to send reinforcements to the Middle East,
including thousands of Marines.
The war is now entering its third week,