Pete Ross

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

I'm Pete Ross, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 5th of March, these are our main stories. The US Senate has cleared the way for Donald Trump to continue attacking Iran, rejecting an effort to curb the president's war powers. Israeli military officials say Iran has launched more missiles, with explosions heard in Jerusalem, according to reports. Earlier, Israel's military said it launched a new wave of strikes targeting military infrastructure in Tehran.

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Aloitamme uudestaan Yhdysvallan vaaralla Iranin kanssa, joka on nyt viisi päivää. Israelin sääntöryhmät sanovat, että Iran on laajennettu enemmän missaaleja, joita kuuluu Jerusalemissa, kuten raportteja. Aiemmin Israelin sääntöryhmä sanoi, että se laajennettiin uuden sääntöryhmän, joka tarkoittaa sääntöryhmän infrastruktuuria Teheranissa. Mutta ensin tämän podcastin jälkeen mennään poliittisiin tapahtumiin Washingtonin D.C., jossa Yhdysvallan puolustus on pysähtynyt presidentin Trumpin järjestämään sääntöryhmän.

Democrats argue that Mr. Trump has sidelined Congress and has given a number of different reasons for the war. And it was the Democrats who brought to the Senate a vote on a war power resolution, aimed at limiting the president's ability to order further military action in Iran. The Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock said Congress needed to have a say in how the US military is operating in the Middle East.

In the end, the Senate voted largely along party lines to reject the resolution. I asked our North America correspondent Simi Jalo-Osho what the general feeling was among politicians about how the war is progressing.

Semidjola Osho in Washington. As to the fighting itself, there was further evidence that the conflict is spilling across more borders and escalating far beyond the Middle East. In a dramatic development, a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka. The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the submarine torpedoed the frigate, the Iris Dana, in international waters. About 140 Iranian sailors are presumed dead.

Qatar has been evacuating citizens who live near the U.S. embassy in Doha after Iranian missile strikes and NATO air defenses had to intercept an Iranian missile heading towards southern Turkey. There is a large U.S. air base nearby in Sirik, which could have been a target, but that hasn't been confirmed. Our international editor Jeremy Bowen has been following the latest developments in the war. He began his report with that unprecedented U.S. submarine attack.

This was another demonstration of American military power and a stark message to the Iranians that nowhere is safe for them. The U.S. submarines torpedo smashed into the stern of the Iranian frigate Dana. In the Indian Ocean, an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death.

The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II. The Sri Lankan Navy brought 32 survivors ashore. It seems that the Americans have decided that they can hit Iranian targets worldwide. Some of the rescued Iranians were walking wounded, others more seriously hurt. The attack will raise more questions about the legality of America's claim that this is a war of self-defense.

Viiden päivän aikana tulevaisuudessa on huomattava yli 90 miljoonaa iranilaisia. Turvallisuus on muuttumassa Teheranissa ja eläminen on toimivaa.

There are no doubts about America's capacity to destroy, but plenty about keeping its promises to help Iranians end years of authoritarian rule. There is no evidence of a coherent plan for what happens when the bombing stops, and increasing signs that the Iranian regime's ability to survive has been underestimated.

Israelilaiset lopettivat videon näkökulmasta yhdestä heidän aerojärjestelmäänsä Teheranissa. Israelin aerojärjestelmät poistuivat Iranin viime vuonna, mikä tarkoittaa, että Iranin ympärillä on ympärillä israelilaiset ja amerikkalaiset pilottajat.

Ympäri alueella vaara on edelleen kokoontunut. Lebanon alueella Iranin ystävä Hezbollah laittoi videon drone-attakseen. Tämä voi olla erilaista tapahtumaa, koska israelilainen tankki Lebanon sisällä näyttää olevansa kohtuullisen kohtuullisen kohtuullisen kohtuullisen kohtuullisen kohtuullisen

There's little sign that the relentless attacks by the US and Israel on Iran will stop any time soon. The Iranian capital has borne the brunt of the offensive since the US and Israel launched their first strikes on Saturday. The United Nations says around 100,000 people left Tehran alone in the first two days of the war. For those residents who remain, like this woman who's not being named, life is extremely difficult.

Kun ajattelimme ensin, että Ayatollah Khomeini oli tullut, näimme joitain ihmisiä kaupungilla järjestämällä ja todennäköisesti toisistaan järjestämällä hänen kuolemansa. Mikä näyttää olevansa suurin piirtein nyt? No, oikeastaan niitä ihmisiä, jotka järjestelivät, olivat onnellisia, koska he näyttivät, että erityinen ja demokraattinen Iran oli poistunut.

What about the regime itself? There are reports that Ayatollah Khamenei's son may take over as leader. What do we know about him and is there anyone else in the frame? Mushtaba Khamenei, who is Khamenei's second son, he's a cleric himself, 56 years old. There's always been this rumor that he's been groomed to succeed his father.

As well as striking Iran, Israel has continued to launch fresh attacks on the Lebanese capital Beirut. The IDF has warned hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate their homes in anticipation of an Israeli incursion into the territory of its northern neighbor. Our correspondent Wera Davis says Israeli attacks are intensifying across Lebanon.

Täällä on kasvava huolto Lebanon kanssa, ja se on todellakin tarkoitus, että Israel on aloittanut heidän sääntöjärjestelmäänsä Hezbollahin kohdallaan. Ei vain Hezbollahin vahvistuneista alueista Beirutin sydänpuoleisessa alueessa, mutta esimerkiksi Tirin sydänpuoleisessa alueessa. Siellä on ollut vahvistuneita israelilähtöjä Hezbollahin tavoitteista. Olemme käyneet täällä Eestis-Beirutta.