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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.
Hello, it's day four of the US and Israel's war against Iran,
although lots of the news stories today have been related to the UK.
So we will discuss what's going on in this latest episode of Newscast,
which was streamed live on YouTube and iPlayer.
on Tuesday Tea Time.
I'm glad you are here because you're a real expert in this region so I've been relying on you ever
since since this military action started.
Also the BBC's deputy economics editor Darshini David is here.
Hello Darshini.
Hi Adam, thank you for letting me back.
No thanks
for coming back and also we had this situation where you've obviously got the the dramatic events unfolding in the Middle East and then we had a quite sort of traditional Westminster event which was the Chancellor doing her her spring economic statement which felt almost a bit
like it was in a parallel universe didn't it?
It felt very normal considering the abnormal world that we're in.