Lone raider: Israel bombs Iran
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
After Israel launches an all-out assault on Iran without clear US backing, our correspondent explains how the conflict could escalate. The Trump administration has reduced America’s readiness for hurricane season. And what FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup will mean for football.
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| 0:00.0 | The Economist. |
| 0:10.3 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:16.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:29.2 | The arrival of hurricane season in America always elicits trepidation, |
| 0:31.2 | and particularly so this year. |
| 0:33.7 | Not only as some storms becoming fiercer, |
| 0:37.2 | but the Trump administration is undermining many of the institutions that once monitored or responded to raging weather events. |
| 0:41.3 | And this weekend, the FIFA Club World Cup, begins in America, a football tournament that aims to pit the best club sides against each other from all over the world. |
| 0:52.3 | More football sounds like a good thing, |
| 0:54.9 | but some question what the contest will really achieve. |
| 1:01.5 | But first... |
| 1:07.0 | Rumours had been swirling for days. Last night, the assault began. |
| 1:15.6 | Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival. Israeli fighter jets attacked Iran's nuclear facilities and top military commanders. |
| 1:33.3 | Buildings were set ablaze in Iran's capital Tehran, and plumes of smoke rose from what appears to be a key nuclear site. |
| 1:41.3 | Operation Rising Lion has plunged the Middle East into further turmoil. |
| 1:46.9 | As Iran retaliated with drone strikes on Israel, |
| 1:49.9 | the question is what this will mean for an already conflict-ridden region |
| 1:53.7 | and whether America may ultimately be dragged in. |
| 1:57.7 | This is a war between two of the biggest powers in the region, and it's not just another |
| 2:02.9 | series of attacks and missile strikes. |
| 2:06.6 | Anshulfeffer is the economist Israel correspondent. |
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