Iran renews attacks on Gulf countries
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I'm Janet Jalil and it's 16 Hours GMT on Friday the 20th of March. These are our main headlines. Gulf countries come under renewed attacks from Iran as Israel continues to bomb Tehran but pledges not to attack any more Iranian energy sites. But with oil and gas prices still high, the International Energy Agency calls for people to work from home more, drive slower and fly less to reduce demand for fuel. Also in this podcast, with the patent about to expire in some countries on weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, could cheaper generic products transform the battle against the bulge? And mission to the moon.
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But first, nearly three weeks since the US and Israel began their war with Iran, it is continuing to fire missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours, causing fires at a major refinery in Kuwait and a warehouse in Bahrain. Blasts were also heard in Jerusalem. At the same time, Israel has again struck targets in Iran. But after a rare rebuke from President Trump, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has pledged not to hit Iranian energy sites again. The Gulf states have been stunned and angered by the scale of Iran's response, not just hitting U.S. bases on their soil as expected, but also energy infrastructure, airports and even hotels. The Saudi foreign minister said his country reserved the right to take military action against Iran.
I got more on that with our security correspondent in Doha, Frank Gardner. But first, he told me more about the latest Iranian attacks. Overnight and over the last 24 hours, there have been a series of Iranian missile attacks on what could only be described as economic targets up and down the Gulf. Kuwait, for example, the Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries have been hit. Saudi Arabia's petrochemical industries have been hit. In Qatar, where I'm speaking to you from, they are still reeling from yesterday morning's overnight attacks on Ras Al-Fan, which is the world's largest refinery. gas processing plant. The Qataris are furious. The knock-on effect of this in diplomatic terms is that the Qataris have complained to the United States.
Donald Trump has said, we knew nothing about this. The Israelis say, yes, they did. We told them they knew everything about it. We're doing everything in concert. with the Americans. So somebody isn't being entirely truthful here. And for the time being, the Americans have told Israel not to do any more, hit any more economic targets. So let's see if that sticks. Yes, because the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out yesterday to say that President Trump didn't know about this Israeli attack on the Iranian gas field that sparked this latest escalation, in fact, contradicting his own officials. It does sound like it, doesn't it? I mean, I took a call specifically yesterday from an Israeli official to tell me they did know.
They did tell them. So the longer term picture here is, are they both on the same page as to when this war is going to end? And I think that Israel has a desire to keep working its way down through a target list in Iran of missile sites and IRGC, Revolutionary Guards commanders, that it wants to eliminate.
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What are the latest developments in Iran's attacks on Gulf countries?
6:43–8:01
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How are rising oil prices impacting global energy security?
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