2026-03-06
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Does Benjamin Netanyahu have everything to gain from the war with Iran and Donald Trump a lot more to lose?
With elections in both the US and Israel this year, how risky is the decision to go to war?
This is the Global Story podcast and we've been speaking to the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen about whether Netanyahu and Trump's visions for Iran align.
Listen to the Global Story on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Alex Ritson and in the early hours of Friday the 6th of March these are our main stories.
The US and Israel say they're moving to a new phase of their war on Iran with the American Defence Secretary saying that firepower was about to surge dramatically.
The United States has eased its oil embargo on Russia to make up for shortages caused by the war.
President Trump has sacked his controversial Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem.
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Early on Friday, Israel stepped up its assault on Iran and its proxy in Lebanon, Hezbollah.
The Israeli military said that it had launched what it said was a large-scale wave of strikes against Iranian terror regime infrastructure in Tehran.
It put out a similar statement regarding Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Earlier,
the United States and Israel said that their war against the Islamic Republic would enter a new phase on this the seventh day.