The Intelligence: Iran increases the stakes in the Middle East
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🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Iran-backed proxies have killed three American soldiers and injured dozens of others in their weekend strike. A response from the Pentagon seems inevitable, but what might it look like? If Britain wants to decarbonise, it is going to need to revamp the grid. The effort will be both pricey and political (10:54). And, making musicals into movies (18:12).
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| 0:47.0 | And I'm Ora Ogonbei. |
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| 0:54.0 | If Britain is going to have a shot at meeting its climate goals, |
| 1:00.0 | one of the gnarliest problems it will have is with its energy grid. We look at |
| 1:04.9 | what needs to change fast and ask how Britain's challenges are mirrored all over the |
| 1:09.6 | developed world. |
| 1:13.0 | And why remaking stage musicals into musical films is proving a winning formula for directors. But that But Fast. |
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| 1:44.4 | We are following some breaking news out of the Middle East right now and it is some very sad news. |
| 1:50.1 | Three American soldiers have been killed and dozens more injured after a drone strike on troops stationed in Jordan this weekend. |
| 1:59.0 | President Joe Biden has blamed militants backed by Iran for the attack. |
| 2:04.0 | Over the past weeks and months, Iran's proxies have increased the stakes across the Middle East, |
| 2:09.7 | targeting US bases and shipping routes in the Red Sea. |
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