Alex Ritson

John Donison in Tel Aviv.

Still to come in this podcast, we take a look at the impact the US and Israeli strikes and Iran's retaliation have had in Washington and across the Middle East.

This is the Global News Podcast.

As we mentioned earlier, Iran has launched strikes across the Gulf.

Many countries there host US military bases.

The BBC's Barbara Platt-Archer is in Qatar.

I asked her how Iran's neighbours have reacted to these attacks.

But first, she gave me the latest on the Iranian strikes in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Could these Iranian attacks actually provoke a response from the Gulf states?

Yeah, you mentioned the impact on trade and tourism.

If this continues, not least, of course, the Straits of Hormuz.

The impact of that could be huge.

When he first ran for president in 2016, Donald Trump condemned what he saw as American military adventurism in recent years, declaring that regime change is a proven absolute failure.

But now the US president has gone to war against Iran and may be seeking regime change.

Helena Humphrey is our correspondent in Washington.

I asked her what President Trump's supporters will make of this operation after being promised an America-first policy.

Yeah, that question of did Congress approve this is important, isn't it?

What are the Democrats making of this?

Yeah, you mentioned Iraq.

Presumably the fear is that the chaos that followed the Iraq war might be repeated.