As an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iran last week sparks a spiraling conflict between the two enemy states, China has seen an opportunity to cast itself as potential peace broker – and an alternative voice to the United States.

Hundreds of civilians, mostly in Iran, have been killed by dueling airstrikes despite international pleas for de-escalation.

LE BOURGET, France/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -France has shut down the four main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow for apparently displaying offensive weapons, in a move condemned by Israel that highlights the growing tensions between the traditional allies.

It’s a tableau no world leader — except perhaps President Donald Trump — wants to repeat. Convening in the Canadian Rockies for this week’s Group of 7 summit, presidents and prime ministers are hoping to avoid the acrimony that pervaded the last time this country played host to the world’s most exclusive club.

BBC Verify uses open-source intelligence, satellite imagery, fact-checking and data analysis to help report complex stories Using new satellite imagery to locate strikes and assess damage across Iran and Israel as the conflict between the two countries enters its fourth day Hello and good morning from the live page team here at BBC Verify.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Sunday confirmed Israel killed its intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi. In a Fox News interview, Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said his country had killed Kazemi as part of a broader campaign targeting Iran's nuclear and military capability.

In a small, tight-knit town near Haifa in northern Israel, residents here never thought they would experience such horror.