Iran attacks energy facilities in the Gulf
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Qatar's state-owned petroleum company says an Iranian ballistic missile attack on its main gas complex at Ras Laffan has caused widespread destruction. Several Gulf states were attacked by Iran after its largest gas field South Pars was hit in an Israeli strike. President Trump has warned Iran not to launch further attacks on Qatar, or face a "massive" response from the US. He said Iran's gas field had been attacked by Israel - not the United States. But he said the US would "blow" it up if Tehran continued to retaliate.
Also: America's top spies tell a Senate committee that after almost three weeks of war, the Iranian leadership remains largely intact - contradicting President Trump's framing of the war as a success. Five members of Iran's women's football team return home after their silent protest in Australia. How Artificial Intelligence is changing the recruitment process for jobs. And the maths behind why some clothes keep coming back into fashion.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm Ankara and in the early hours of Thursday the 19th of March, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.0 | Iran attacks energy facilities across the Gulf, after the country's largest gas field is hit by Israel. |
| 0:23.7 | America's top spies testify that after almost three weeks of war, |
| 0:27.3 | the Iranian leadership remains largely intact, if weakened. |
| 0:31.8 | And Iran's women's football team returns home to an uncertain future |
| 0:35.1 | after protest and asylum bid in Australia. |
| 0:41.3 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:43.2 | I mean, the old process was you fire off a CV, wait four weeks and then hear a yes or no. |
| 0:49.0 | But now you get a chance to get AI to replicate a face-to-face interview. |
| 0:54.5 | We explored job hunting in the age of artificial intelligence. |
| 1:01.8 | The US and Israel's war with Iran has entered a new and volatile phase. |
| 1:07.2 | After Israeli missiles fell on the world's biggest natural gas field on Wednesday. |
| 1:12.5 | Tehran promised to respond and within hours it launched its own missiles into Saudi Arabia, |
| 1:18.1 | the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. |
| 1:20.9 | The move prompted strong criticism from President Trump, |
| 1:23.8 | who warned that any further retaliation would result in U.S US military action, threatening to blow up the Iranian gas field. |
| 1:32.4 | Our Middle East correspondent, Sebastian Usher, is following developments from Jerusalem. |
| 1:36.8 | He told Nick Miles why the attack on the South Paz gas field was so significant. |
| 1:42.6 | It provides around three quarters of the country's natural gas production. |
| 1:48.8 | Now, that's all pretty much consumed domestically because of sanctions, etc. |
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