Israel-Iran: Could The UK Get Involved?

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Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, what role could the UK play in the conflict between Israel and Iran?

President Donald Trump will decide on whether the US gets directly involved in the Iran-Israel conflict within the next two weeks, the White House says.

Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss; what the Prime Minister's options are if the US does directly attack Iran? How the conflict could impact prices in the UK? And, whether parliament would have a vote on any UK involvement?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Chris, would you like to give us your trip advisor review of your short trip to Canada for the G7?
0:10.5	Yeah, bears, elks.
0:13.1	Did you see a bear?
0:14.3	No, I didn't.
0:15.9	So it was more like the threat of a bear?
0:17.7	No, but there was, so one of the team from number 10 did see a massive bear
0:24.2	known locally as the boss and for good reason because the little video was sent around on our
0:29.9	one of our trip WhatsApp groups and I was showing this to Alex on on our way to the recording here
0:35.8	and this was quite a beast,
0:38.3	wandering across the golf course
0:39.5	where we were doing the interviews
0:40.5	with the Prime Minister.
0:42.4	And there was a Chip Monk type thing
0:44.3	that was running around at the Prime Minister's feet
0:46.0	midway through an interview with Rob,
0:47.8	a bit less frightening.
0:48.9	It sounds like a Disney film.
0:50.3	Yeah, I know.
0:50.8	He's got a little animal helper now.
0:52.8	And I've not been to the Rockies before.
0:56.1	There's a good reason why they're called the Rockies, you know.
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