Thank you.
Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London.
I'm Rebecca Kesby.
Coming up later on the programme today, it is Oscars weekend.
So we'll be hearing from the man who's up for an award for his make-up on Frankenstein's creation in the film Frankenstein and the Haitian skier who's his country's first and only athlete ever to take part in the Winter Paralympics.
First though, let's get the latest on the conflict in the Middle East and Will.
the heavy US bombardment of the tiny but crucial Iranian island of Khag be a game changer?
Will it force the Iranians to reopen the Straits of Hormuz?
That's certainly President Trump's hope.
He says on social media that overnight bombing has,
quote, totally obliterated every military target on the island,
which lies about 20 kilometres off the coast of mainland Iran in the northern Gulf.
Khag Island is a commercial lifeline for the Iranian regime.
because 90% of the country's crude oil for export is transported through it.
It's basically a giant terminal,
a natural deep port where large tankers can load up and then head off.
down the Gulf.
Well, Mr.
Trump has said he's chosen not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island for now.
But he said he would reconsider that decision if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.