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Could the US-Israel war with Iran ripple across the entire Gulf region and affect us all?
The Persian Gulf is made up of some of the wealthiest and safest countries on Earth,
and until recently they've mostly been insulated from Middle East conflicts.
But that's now changing.
For more, listen to The Global Story on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
What's going on with the price of gold?
We're talking about the precious yellow metal that's important to lots of different cultures around the world.
For example, in China, it's a big part of Chinese New Year.
In India, gold gifts are given as part of wedding traditions.
And let's be real, we've all had those dreams of getting our hands on some gold jewelry.
Gold mining, that's the process to extract gold from the earth,
is a global industry with operations on every continent except Antarctica.
It can take 10 to 20 years before a gold mine is ready for production.
It's been a crazy year, which has seen gold prices go up and up.
Those records keep being broken.
So in this episode, we're going to find out what's behind it all and why you should care.
I'm Ikra, and this is What's in the World from the BBC World Service.
So let's break this down a little bit more.
We've got William from the What in the World team right here with me.