2026-03-04
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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.
With the US-Israeli war with Iran threatening the oil and gas supply chain,
it's not only Middle Eastern countries facing an uncertain future.
South Korea needs oil and gas to run its power generators and also to feed its enormous petrochemical industry.
It's a huge part of South Korean economy.
And we go to Nigeria to look at deep divisions within the Anglican Church over the appointment of the first female Archbishop of Canterbury.
Day four of the US-Israeli war with Iran and day four two of the fallout from that conflict.
We're focusing this edition on what's happening in the region but also how the war is being viewed far away from its original Iranian targets.
Israel has launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tehran and on the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
The Israeli military has held a briefing.
Nadav Shoshani is a spokesperson.
Our forces, along with the U.S.
armed forces, continue degrading the Iranian regime's military capabilities.
We have focused on targeting ballistic missile launchers, command and control centers,
underground bunkers, and of course, key Iranian regime leadership figures.