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Hello, I'm Ankara, and at 16 GMT on Tuesday the 10th of March, these are our main stories.

The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hexas, says today we'll see the most intense strikes on Iran since the war began.

And American attacks will continue until Iranian forces are totally defeated.

Meanwhile, the world's biggest all producer Saudi Aramco has warned of catastrophic consequences if the strait of Hormuz of Iran is blocked for an

extended period. We also hear from some crossing the border into Turkey to sense the mood of

Iranians as the conflict continues. Also in this podcast, authorities in the US state of New Mexico have launched a search

in a ranch previously owned by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

And a new dawn for Nepal as a 35-year-old rapper is set to become the youngest prime minister

in the country's history.

For the past 35 years or so, only three parties have been ruling.

Now there's a small glimmer of hope that the new generation will lead us towards progress.

We start in the U.S. where the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegset, has said that today Iran will see the heaviest bombardment since the beginning of the war.

At a news conference at the Pentagon, he said American attacks would continue until it was totally defeated.

On day 10 of Operation Epic Fury, we are winning with an overwhelming and unrelenting focus on our

objectives, which are the same as the day I gave my first briefing here on Operation Epic Fury.

They're straightforward, and we are executing them with ruthless precision.

One, destroy their missile stockpiles, their missile launchers,

and their defense industrial base, missiles, and their ability to make them. Two, destroy their

Navy. And three, permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons forever.

It's a laser-focused maximum authority mission delivered with overwhelming and unrelenting precision.

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