2025-06-23
53 分钟Hello and welcome to World Today, I'm Ding Heng in Beijing.
Coming up, Iran is winning retaliation following American strikes.
NATO signs up on a pledge to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP.
China's high-tech industries attracted more foreign investment over the course of this year's first five months.
And Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland launched Payment Connect for the sake of faster cross-border payments.
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Israel and Iran have continued to trade strikes after the United States attacked three Iranian nuclear sites.
Israel says it attacked six Iranian airports on Monday, damaging relevant facilities and aircrafts.
Iranian media in the meantime has released footage showing Iran shooting down Israeli drones.
According to Iranian media reports, Iran has also launched a cyber attack against Israel,
obtaining large amounts of data with regard to Israeli journalists and celebrities.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to punish Israel in his first public comment following the American attacks.
U.S.
President Donald Trump claimed that monumental damage was done to all nuclear sites in Iran.
However, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or the IAEA, says the damage is unclear.
Iran's President Masoud Pesachian says the US attacks have revealed that Washington is the main factor behind Israeli attacks.
So for more, joining us now on the line are Zhang Shen,
Visiting Research Fellow with Coach University in Istanbul,
Turkey, as well as Professor Greg Barton,