Trump: US Navy could escort tankers through Hormuz

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  All this week on the Global Story podcast,

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  we're looking at the Iran war and the shockwaves now reshaping the Middle East.

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  With the BBC's expert reporters from Israel to the Gulf states to the streets of Tehran itself,

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  we'll ask how this conflict is radically redrawing the region's balance of power.

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  We'll examine the case the Trump administration is making for war and ask whether this marks a new era of American intervention.

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  What comes next for the people of Iran, for the Trump presidency and for the...

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  entire Middle East.

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  The U.S.-Israel war in Iran, all week on The Global Story.

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  exhaustion and hardship.

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  But what's the price of the Iran conflict for the rest of us?

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  This is World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Ed Butler and today we're going to be heading to Lebanon,

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  where fighting between Israel and Iranian-backed militiamen is just one of many theatres of war threatening to escalate in the Middle East.

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  Could this mean the end for Hezbollah?

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  And what is the longer term threat for the world's oil markets?

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  Well, we'll hear from Lebanon shortly, but first,

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  President Trump has in the last couple of hours announced that the US Navy will,

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  if necessary, escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

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