{"id":328153,"date":"2026-03-21T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:00:12","slug":"iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tFwgC4RWh3s\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFwgC4RWh3s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Today, Laura and Paddy discuss Iranian missiles fired at Diego Garcia, the joint UK-US base in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Two ballisitic missiles were fired at the island of Diego Garcia, the Wall Street Journal and CNN reported overnight, citing unnamed US officials, but neither weapon reached its target.<\/p>\n<p>One missile reportedly failed in flight, while the other was intercepted by a US warship. It is unclear when the missiles were supposedly fired.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC understands the reports are accurate.<\/p>\n<p>They unpack the significance of the launches, and what it means for the UK\u2019s involvement in the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>And, Laura and Paddy speak to David Miliband, former foreign secretary and current president of humanitarian aid organisation, the International Rescue Committee. He discusses the humanitarian cost of the war at a time when this government is cutting \u00a36 billion from the overseas budget by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #US #Iran #Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Laura and Paddy discuss Iranian missiles fired at Diego Garcia, the joint UK-US base in the Indian Ocean. Two ballisitic missiles were fired at the island of Diego Garcia, the Wall Street Journal and CNN reported overnight, citing unnamed US officials, but neither weapon reached its target. One missile reportedly failed in flight, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":328154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[129939,131065,129284],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-328153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-laura","tag-paddy","tag-today"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tFwgC4RWh3s\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3245.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Laura\",\"Paddy\",\"Today\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BBC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3245.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3245.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/hqdefault-3245.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tFwgC4RWh3s\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast","datePublished":"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/"},"wordCount":181,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3245.jpg","keywords":["Laura","Paddy","Today"],"articleSection":["BBC News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/","name":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3245.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-21T21:00:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3245.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hqdefault-3245.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/iran-fires-missiles-at-uk-us-diego-garcia-base-bbc-newscast\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran Fires Missiles at UK-US Diego Garcia Base | BBC Newscast"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328153"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=328153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}