The BBC has received eyewitness accounts of security forces attacking anti-government protesters across the country.

The US president also imposes a 25% tariff on countries that "do business" with Tehran, while Iran's foreign minister says his country his "ready for war".

Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.

The authorities are responding to protests with a ferocious security crackdown and near total internet shutdown.

Machado, the winner of 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, had offered to share the honour with Trump, an award the president has long coveted.

Three former heads of the central bank say the probe seeks to undermine the Fed's independence and "has no place" in the US.