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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Emily Thomas and at 16 GMT on Wednesday 11th March we bring you the latest on the conflict in the Middle East.
Iran launches more strikes on its neighbours after again coming under attack,
three commercial ships are hit in the Gulf and member countries of the International Energy Agency agree to make their biggest ever intervention in the oil market.
Also in this podcast, exploding parcels.
Our correspondent investigates a sabotage attack coordinated by Russian military intelligence.
And conversations with hedgehogs.
Imagine that they're actually blabbering all the time and we just couldn't hear it.
Scientists identify the full range of hedgehogs hearing,
a discovery which could help save their lives.
There's been no let-up in the conflict in the Middle East,