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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.
and 2,000 videos were posted by the US Justice Department last week.
Apparently, if you piled them on top of each other, it would be twice as high as the Eiffel Tower.
It can all get a bit overwhelming about what and who exactly is in them,
but that's what we're going to explain in this episode.
I'm here with Chelsea and Emily from the What in the World team.
Yeah, we've got some of your most searched questions and we're going to take you through them now.
So, Iqra, let's start with who is Epstein?
Okay,
so Jeffrey Epstein was a powerful figure in finance and was so rich he was able to buy an island in the US Virgin Islands.
Known as Epstein Island, it's here that it's alleged many of his crimes took place.
He was a convicted sex offender and in 2019 he died in prison
while waiting for his sex trafficking trial.
His death was ruled a suicide.
We've done an episode about him before when the files still hadn't been released.