{"id":202121,"date":"2026-03-02T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/day-two-of-us-strikes-on-iran-what-americans-are-asking-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:42:12","slug":"day-two-of-us-strikes-on-iran-what-americans-are-asking-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/day-two-of-us-strikes-on-iran-what-americans-are-asking-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Day two of US strikes on Iran: What Americans are asking &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC&#x27;s Helena Humphrey has looked at what questions Americans have been asking as Trump&#x27;s strikes on Iran continue for a second day.<br \/>As celebrations erupted in US cities such as Los Angeles, home to a large Iranian diaspora, Americans turned to online platforms for answers.<br \/>Follow live <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cn5ge95q6y7t\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\">here<\/a> for updates.<br \/>The BBC&#x27;s Jon Donnison in Jerusalem reports as Trump says &quot;major combat operations&quot; have begun.<br \/>Millions of people around the world are celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year, with festivities taking place from Hong Kong to Buenos Aires.<br \/>The expiration of New START means there are no limits on nuclear weapons between both countries for the first time since 1991.<br \/>The BBC&#x27;s Ione Wells looks at the Ecuadorian government&#x27;s response to the incident, which occurred during a time of heightened tension in the US city.<br \/>The veterans remarks follow comments by US President Donald Trump suggesting Nato allies avoided front-line combat during the war in Afghanistan.<br \/>The BBC&#x27;s Washington Correspondent Daniel Bush looks at the countries who have joined and how the charter&#x27;s funding will be used.<br \/>It&#x27;s the first time representatives from Kyiv, Moscow and Washington have come together since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<br \/>TikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from its global operations. The BBC&#x27;s Asia Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari breaks down what this could mean.<br \/>The US president held a charter-signing ceremony for his &quot;new international oversight body&quot;, though several key allies were not present.<br \/>As Trump pushes for Greenland, Davos may not provide the friendly stage he&#x27;s accustomed to.<br \/>Moroccan fans celebrated through the night as their beloved Atlas Lions beat Nigeria to make it to the Afcon final.<br \/>The BBC&#x27;s Europe editor Katya Adler hears from Greenlanders, whose island is embroiled in a geopolitical storm.<br \/>An Iranian security official says 2,000 people have been killed so far after a crackdown on weeks of anti-government protests.<br \/>The US president and his administration have threatened &quot;very strong options&quot; to intervene in Iran, including military action.<br \/>The BBC&#x27;s diplomatic correspondent, Caroline Hawley, looks into the latest events unfolding in Iran. <br \/>The BBC&#x27;s Europe Editor Katya Adler visits the Arctic island to ask what people think of the US president&#x27;s plans.<br \/>The BBC speaks to people in the Detroit area about their views on US removing Venezuela&#x27;s Nicolas Maduro from power.<br \/>The US Coast Guard boarded two &quot;ghost fleet&quot; tanker ships in a &quot;meticulously coordinated&quot; operation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.<br \/>The US president on Tuesday claimed the ousted Venezuelan leader imitated his moves. Here&#x27;s a side-by-side look at both men&#x27;s dancing.<br \/>Trump supporters react after US forces seized Venezuela\u2019s Nicolas Maduro with some welcoming the move and others expressing caution about what it means going forward.<br \/>Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.\u00a0<a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/editorialguidelines\/guidance\/feeds-and-links\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\"><b id=\"read-about-our-approach-to-external-linking.\" class=\"sc-d16436d-0 gCPVhV\">Read about our approach to external linking.<\/b><\/a><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiV0FVX3lxTE9MVHNMaDR6U29QTzQ2dDM1bTYwY0JzRE5kMXFqS3R4dmNhY1BLRHlRXy1OaVRTZnVHa1NTQ1FEVUtJYzlndjRVbjI0dUdFSTlkOVJsdjRJWQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC&#x27;s Helena Humphrey has looked at what questions Americans have been asking as Trump&#x27;s strikes on Iran continue for a second day.As celebrations erupted in US cities such as Los Angeles, home to a large Iranian diaspora, Americans turned to online platforms for answers.Follow live here for updates.The BBC&#x27;s Jon Donnison in Jerusalem reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}