Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

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

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  I'm Celia Hatton, and at 1500 GMT on Monday, the 20th of April, these are our main stories.

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  A BBC investigation has found that traders have repeatedly bet huge sums just before major announcements

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  by President Trump, raising suspicions of insider trading.

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  We have the latest on the chances of peace talks between the United States and Iran to end the war.

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  The Iranians like to take as long as possible before they make what are really difficult political concessions.

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  President Trump likes to take as little time as possible.

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  And we'll hear how the fighting in the Middle East is affecting businesses in Kenya.

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  Also in this podcast, an earthquake in Japan leads to a tsunami warning and evacuations,

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  and residents of burnt-out tower blocks in Hong Kong return to see inside their destroyed homes.

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  We begin with a BBC investigative story.

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  Throughout Donald Trump's second term, and particularly during the US-Israel war with Iran,

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  we 've seen how his words can impact the global economy.

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  Now, the BBC's found evidence of trading on financial markets spiking in the hours,

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  and sometimes minutes, before the president's statements are made.

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  Some analysts say it looks like illegal insider trading,

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  where bets are made based on information that is not available to the public.

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  Others say the picture is more complicated.

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  Our business reporter in Singapore, Nick Marsh, has been looking into this.

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