Egypt votes to back Saudi Arabia as Iran hosts regional talks, BBC reports

BBC News' daily Iran war roundup pairs the Tehran meeting with a stark UN warning from Cairo and Egypt's parliamentary vote on military support against the Houthis.

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Why this story? One of BBC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 117,851 views.

Iran's president holds talks with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in Tehran | BBC News

Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has hosted senior military and security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey in Tehran, according to BBC News, for talks on regional coordination. Other channels carried the handshakes this morning. BBC News adds the wider picture: a warning from the UN chief, a Persian-service read on Tehran's motives and a parliamentary vote in Cairo that draws Egypt further into the region's conflict.

The segment comes from the broadcaster's programme "The Iran War Today," presented by Ben Thompson. Speaking in Cairo, UN Secretary-General António Guterres says further military escalation "is a risk that needs to be avoided at all cost," adding: "The consequences would be unimaginable." Siavash Ardalan of BBC Persian then examines what is driving the Tehran meetings and the limits on what they can achieve.

The Egyptian development comes near the end. Egypt's parliament has approved defensive military support for Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen's Houthis, the report says. Greg Holyoke of BBC Monitoring explains how the vote passed, the political message behind it and the recent airstrikes in Yemen.

In between, the programme turns to elections. President Donald Trump has urged Israelis on social media to back Benjamin Netanyahu in Tuesday's vote: "we have to finish the job that we started." Israeli officials deny reports of a rift between Netanyahu and the army. From Jerusalem, diplomatic correspondent James Landale looks at the contest between Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief of staff who now leads the Yashar party.

In Washington, Tom Bateman examines how the war and fuel prices are playing in the midterm campaign. Barack Obama calls it "an unnecessary war that nobody asked for," while Trump tells supporters that "those pump prices are going to come down."

The roundup drew close to 120,000 views within seven hours of going online.

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