Israel-Iran: Iran Fires Back

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today, Iran launches missiles at a US base in Qatar in response to strikes on their nuclear sites.

Qatar has confirmed the attack on the US-run Al Udeid base, adding all the missiles were intercepted. The Pentagon has said there is no reports of any US casualties. Adam is joined by John Simpson, BBC world affairs editor

And, health secretary Wes Streeting has said "we must act now" as he announced a national investigation into maternity care in England. Adam speaks to Suzanne White - head of the medical negligence team at Leigh Day & Michael Buchannan social affairs correspondent.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, a recording of newscast quite late on Monday evening
0:08.2	because we've just learnt how Iran has chosen to retaliate against the US
0:12.9	following those airstrikes on its nuclear program over the weekend.
0:17.1	And the retaliation took the form of several missiles being fired at a US military base in Qatar,
0:23.6	missiles which were intercepted. We'll discuss what's going on and what it means, and we'll also look at a new inquiry that's commissioned into maternity services in the NHS in England today by the health Secretary, all on this episode of Newscast.
0:38.7	Newscast from the BBC.
0:41.0	He has just compared me to the fat controller.
0:44.0	Did I say that?
0:45.4	I can't believe I said that.
0:46.9	Next question.
0:47.7	This is R for the benefit of Earth.
0:50.2	I'm not personally a huge Sabrina Carpenter fan.
0:53.2	I don't think I'm being rude.
0:54.6	I like landscapes.
0:55.7	Take me down to Downey Street.
0:57.4	Let's go have a tour.
0:59.2	Blimey.
1:00.2	Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast Studio.
1:02.0	And we're recording this episode just after 9pm on Monday.
1:05.6	And here is how things played out around about Monday tea time.
1:08.8	We got the first reports that Qatar was temporarily closing
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