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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Ankur Desai and in the early hours of Thursday 19th March, these are our main stories.
Iran attacks energy facilities across the Gulf after the country's largest gas field is hit by Israel.
America's top spies testify that after almost three weeks of war, the Iranian leadership remains largely intact if weakened.
And Iran's women's football team returns home to an uncertain future after protest
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The US and Israel's war with Iran has entered a new
and volatile phase after Israeli missiles fell on the world's biggest natural gas field on Wednesday.
Tehran promised to respond and within hours it launched its own missiles into Saudi Arabia,
the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
The move prompted strong criticism from President Trump, who warned that any further retaliation would result in U.S.
military action, threatening to blow up the Iranian gas field.
Our Middle East correspondent, Sebastian Usher, is following developments from Jerusalem.
He told Nick Miles why the attack on the South Pass gas field was so significant.
It provides around three quarters of the country's natural gas production.