Oil and gas prices surge after energy plant strikes

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

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  I'm Janet Jaleel and at 16 hours GMT, these are our main stories.

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  Energy prices have surged after strikes on key gas facilities in Qatar

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  and Iran as the Middle East war continues to escalate.

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  The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegsleff insists that the US is on track in the war

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  as he criticises allies and parts of the media.

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  We hear how in the middle of the conflict,

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  the Iranian regime is still executing people who took part in protests earlier this year.

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  Also in this podcast, President Tenubu becomes the first Nigerian leader

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  to make a state visit to the UK in nearly four decades.

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  It's a long time coming, but I think that the king chose the right time.

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  Virtually every fabric of our national life is all linked to the United Kingdom.

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  But what was on the menu at the state banquet?

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  The war in the Middle East has escalated dramatically.

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  The price of oil and natural gas has soared

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  and stock markets have fallen after tit-for-tat attacks on crucial energy sites in Iran and Qatar.

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  This latest escalation began when Israel attacked Iran's South Pars gas field on Wednesday.

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  Iran then retaliated by hitting a crucial energy complex in Qatar at Raslafen,

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  an attack that could severely disrupt future gas supplies if the plant is badly damaged.

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  Qatar's Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdurrahman Al Thani, condemned the attack at Ras Laffin.

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