Israel holds off attacking Iranian gas infrastructure

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Hello, I'm Ankur Desai and in the early hours of Friday the 20th of March, these are our main stories.

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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold off attacking Iranian gas infrastructure at the request of President Trump.

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  The strikes and retaliation from Iran have caused steep rises in the prices of gas and oil.

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  that its most sacred Christian, Muslim and Jewish sites are closed to the public.

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  to make people aware of all the various sources of toxins in their environment that are affecting their reproductive health.

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  We hear from the scientists behind a new documentary about microplastics and fertility.

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  It's been an alliance which has stood firm on the global stage,

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  first during the war in Gaza and more recently against Iran.

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  But are we starting to see some cracks in the relationship between the US and Israel?

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  Donald Trump was quick to distance himself after reports suggested that Washington knew

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  about the Israeli attack on Iran's largest gas field, which led to retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.

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  I told him, don't do that.

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  We're independent, we get along great.

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  It's coordinated, but on occasion he'll do something.

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  And if I don't like it, and so we're not doing that anymore.

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  Benjamin Netanyahu has now backed up the U.S. president's assertion,

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  but insists the allies are still working together to achieve their goals at lightning speed.

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