How does Lyse Doucet say the 2026 midterms could affect the Iran and Ukraine wars?

BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet said the Iran war, through the closure of the Strait of Hormuz since 28 February, has become a cost-of-living crisis inside the US. She said Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu see a two-year window left in Trump's term: Putin might test NATO's Article 5, suspecting Trump would not respond, and Netanyahu has said Israel has two years with Trump to finish the mission.

• Trump wants talks on the Strait to include Iran's nuclear programme, while Iran wants the Strait, sanctions and frozen assets dealt with first.
• Doucet recalled being in Geneva on 26 February, when nuclear talks were under way before the war began.

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