2026-03-25
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Are we heading for World War III?
The consequences of the U.S.
And Israel war with Iran have already reached far beyond those three countries.
Is there a danger of this conflict becoming truly global?
I'm Asma Khalid, one of the hosts of the Global Story podcast from the BBC,
where we explore how world wars start, how they end, and what can be done to avoid them.
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 at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 24th of March, these are our main stories.
Hope for de-escalation after reports that a negotiation team,
including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Vice President J.D. Vance, may meet Iranian officials this week in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the war continues.
Iranian media say Israeli-U.
S. Strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline in the country,
hours after President Trump said he would temporarily halt attacks on power infrastructure.
Also in this podcast, US designs on Greenland hang over Prime Minister Meta Frederiksen on polling day in Denmark.
This Trump bump over her leadership in Greenland is something that she hopes will help hand
her victory as she seeks a third term.
And the US pays French energy giant Total almost a billion dollars not to build a wind farm.