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This is Extreme Peak Danger, the most.
Beautiful mountain in the world.
If you die on the mountain, you.
Stay on the mountain.
This is the story of what happened when 11 climbers died on one of the world's deadliest mountains, K2, and of the risks we'll take to feel truly alive.
If I tell all the details, you won't believe it anymore.
Extreme Peak Danger.
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Hello, I'm Johnny diamond from the BBC World Service.
This is the Global Story.
The Middle east appears to be at a turning point.
Hamas is badly baffled, battered, and Hezbollah is in retreat.
Iran, the patron of both, is weakened.
Its one time client state, Syria has slipped from its grasp.
In amidst the exhaustion of war, the prospect of a new peace.
And now comes Donald Trump, a president impatient for results, an implacable foe of Iran, an ally of its great rival, Saudi Arabia.
In this episode of the Global Story, we'll look at how the Middle east got to this point, the possibility of radical change, and what difference the arrival of Donald Trump might make.
With me today is the BBC security correspondent, Frank Gardner.