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From BBC News. President Trump has threatened that the US “will massively blow up” the world’s largest gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again. This comes after Iran bombed Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy complex, in retaliation against Israel attacking its South Pars Gas Field – all of which has sent gas prices skyrocketing. Adam is…
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From BBC News. President Trump says he had told Israel not to repeat its attacks on Iranian gas infrastructure, following tit-for-tat strikes that sent energy prices soaring . Iran responded to an Israeli attack on a major gas field by hitting Qatar’s Ras Laffan site, which processes around a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas.…
From BBC News. Energy prices surge after strikes hit part of the world’s largest natural gas field shared between Iran and Qatar. Donald Trump said he had no knowledge of the strike and wants Israel not to do it again. But Iran responds damaging energy plants in several Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and…
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From BBC News. A new footpath stretching around the entire coast of England has officially opened. At 2,689 miles long, it is the longest managed coastal walking route in the world, according to Natural England, the government body which created it. For the first time, the King Charles III England Coast Path creates a continuous…
From BBC News. The global economy continues to fluctuate as a result of the US-Israel war with Iran. Energy prices are surging after a series of strikes on key oil and gas facilities over the last 48 hours — an Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field was followed by fresh Iranian strikes on…
From BBC News. Shortly after the US-Israel war with Iran began, a second war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Lebanese authorities say that more than 900 people, including at least 111 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since 2 March. More than a million others have been forced to leave their…
From BBC News. Earlier this week, Sri Lanka declared every Wednesday a holiday for public institutions to conserve fuel as the island nation grapples with possible shortages in the wake of the US and Israel’s war with Iran. This is the latest in a series of belt-tightening measures undertaken by Asian countries since the war…
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From BBC News. Areas of South Africa, including Johannesburg, have experienced intermittent water shortages, with some having had no running water for a month. The residents of the township of Hammanskraal, 100km (60 miles) north of the city, have not had reliable access to clean water for over a decade, on and off. The municipality…
From BBC News. In a joint statement, the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan, have condemned Iran’s attacks on civilian infrastructure, and have called on it to stop its threats to vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. “Freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle of international law," the statement from…
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From BBC News. UK health secretary Wes Streeting has told the BBC that "anyone who was at Club Chemistry in Canterbury from 5 March should come forward for both the antibiotics and the vaccine" as a total of 27 confirmed or suspected cases of meningitis B have been reported after an outbreak of the disease…
From BBC News. The price of gas has risen sharply in the UK and Europe following an attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy complex. Gas prices jumped by about 25% on wholesale markets in the UK and Europe in early trading, before easing slightly. The price of gas in Europe is more than double the…
From BBC News. US President Donald Trump threatened to “massively blow up” a major Iranian gas field, after Iran attacked Qatar’s Ras Laffan in retaliation to an Israeli attack on its South Pars gas field. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US "knew nothing" of Israel’s strike, and threatened an escalation if…
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From BBC News. Oil prices leapt to nearly $110 a barrel after Iran reported an airstrike on the world’s largest natural gas field and threatened reprisals across the Gulf region. Iran’s said a fire at the South Pars petrochemical complex was under control but warned it would take "decisive action" in response to the strike…
From BBC News. Today, Angela Rayner has reignited Labour leader speculation with a speech in Westminster. The former deputy prime minister told a room at a Westminster pub that Labour is “running out of time”. Adam and Chris discuss this, and mixed messages coming out of the White House about the effectiveness of Operation Epic…
From BBC News. All doctors in England have been told to watch out for meningitis symptoms after an outbreak in Kent, UK. Two people have died – a 21-year-old university student and a sixth form pupil. Cases have been confirmed at two universities – the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University – linked…
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From BBC News. As the world watches Iran’s blockade of ships carrying oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, there are reports that tankers with links to China are being allowed through. So far Beijing has remained relatively quiet about the US-Israel war with Iran. China has been buying Iranian oil for years, helping…
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From BBC News. Iran’s armed forces have warned they will take "decisive action" in response to attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure, according to a statement carried on the IRGC-affiliated news agency Tasnim. Iran said its facilities at the South Pars gas field were targeted. "The enemy has attacked part of Iran’s fuel and energy…
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From BBC News. What is happening in Iran and what might happen next? Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, The Global Story listeners have been contacting us with questions: about the causes of the war, the legality of it, and how other countries are responding? As Gulf states get drawn further into…
From BBC News. The Eden Project opened its doors for the first time back in 2001 and broke records for being one of the largest greenhouses in the world. Fast forward 25 years and the international tourist destination is struggling. With a drop in visitor numbers and staff being cut, the future of the Eden…
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From BBC News. At least six have been reported killed in Israeli strikes in central Beirut, with a further 24 injured, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah. A building that has been targeted several times in recent days was completely demolished. Israel says it is targeting not only Hezbollah fighters and leaders, but also…
From BBC News. Israel says Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike. It comes after Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani was also killed yesterday. The IDF said Khatib’s Ministry of Intelligence played a key role in supporting the regime’s "repression and terrorist activities", and that he himself played a…
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From BBC News. Five new meningitis cases have been found in Kent, UK, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected cases to 20. Officials are "proactively managing" the spread of the infection, adding the "general risk is low, even if the disease itself is extremely serious", Health Secretary Wes Streeting told the BBC. Two…
From BBC News. Iran’s supreme national security council has confirmed the death of its leader, Ali Larijani. He is one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime to have been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes since the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war. In a statement…
From BBC News. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in London to agree a new defence partnership with the UK, with Downing Street hoping to unite “Ukrainian expertise and the UK’s industrial base" to manufacture drones. But while UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Zelensky were meeting one side of the Atlantic, US President Donald Trump…
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From BBC News. Israel says it’s killed Iran’s national security chief, Ali Larijani, and the head of the paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani, in air strikes on Tehran. Their deaths have not been confirmed by Iranian authorities. Larijani was a powerful figure and he would be the most senior Iranian official to be assassinated since…
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From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Nato and other US allies, saying he has been told they "don’t want to get involved" in the war in the Middle East. In a post on Truth Social, he said, "we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the Nato countries’ assistance". Meanwhile, Israel said…
From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has described opening the Strait of Hormuz a “small endeavour”, as the US-Israel war with Iran continues and oil prices soar. The crucial oil route has been under near-blockade by Iran. BBC Security Brief’s Mikey Kay breaks down why Trump’s claim may underestimate the reality on the ground…
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From BBC News. The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from the Iranian capital Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next air strike and relentless fear of the state security apparatus. Within Iran, state television broadcasts footage of demonstrations and funerals, as well as interviews with pro-regime officials…
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From BBC News. Unicef reports that 1,100 children have been either injured or killed in the Middle East since the war broke out between Iran, the United States and Israel. Fergal Keane has reported for the BBC from some of the world’s most brutal conflicts – in Gaza, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, Ukraine and beyond –…
From BBC News. Since the beginning of the war, Iranian state media has blended fact with fiction. Although millions of Iranians follow foreign-based Persian-language satellite TV channels, accessing independent information can be difficult. Internet blackouts, censorship, and restricted channels leave Iranians largely cut off from the outside world during unrest and conflict. Reha Kansara from…
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From BBC News. Israel’s defence minister said its military has killed Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani in a strike. Larijani was last seen in public at a Quds Day march in Tehran on Friday and Iran has not confirmed whether he has been killed or injured. He is the influential secretary of Iran’s Supreme National…
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From BBC News. Meningitis B, known as MenB, has been identified as the strain behind an outbreak of cases in Kent, the UK Health Security Agency has said. It has also defended the speed of its response to the “unusual” outbreak, and said there’s no evidence the bacterial infection has spread beyond Kent. Bacterial meningitis…
From BBC News. US allies have rejected President Trump’s appeal for them to send warships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas usually passes. Iran has closed the key sea lane in response to US and Israeli airstrikes, attacking ships with drones and missiles, leading to…
From BBC News. US President Donald Trump has reiterated his requests for support from Nato allies in securing the Strait of Hormuz – days after saying "we don’t need” UK aircraft carriers in the Middle East. For now, the UK PM and other European allies are holding off – with Sir Keir Starmer saying the…
From BBC News. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the UK is working with its allies on a "viable plan" to restore freedom of navigation to the Strait of Hormuz. It comes after US President Donald Trump asked countries, including Britain, to send ships to the area to keep the Strait "open and safe". BBC…
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From BBC News. President Donald Trump has criticised US allies for their reluctance to help break the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — a vital waterway for oil and gas tankers. “I’m demanding that these countries come in," he said. "It’s the place from which they get their energy. And they should ……
From BBC News. After a wave of attacks on shipping in the Gulf, US President Donald Trump warned Nato faces a “very bad future” if allies do not help secure the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has complained that some were not that enthusiastic about getting involved. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and his…
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