Trump says military targets on Iran's key oil island 'obliterated'
Newshour
BBC
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🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The US military has given more details about its strikes last night on Kharg Island, where most of Iran's oil exports are shipped from. It said it had struck more than 90 military sites, including missile storage facilities. Video on social media showed multiple explosions, including at an airfield. Also in the programme: our correspondent has been to a Kurdish Peshmerga mountain base in Iraq; and we meet the man who did the make-up and prosthetics for the new film Frankenstein. (Photo: A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, February 25, 2026. 2026 Credit: Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:13.8 | I'm Rebecca Kesbby. |
| 0:15.2 | On the programme today, we'll be focusing on the latest in the Middle East |
| 0:19.3 | as concerns increase about escalation as the |
| 0:22.1 | conflict enters its third week, but we will also make room for the Oscars, which are on this |
| 0:28.0 | weekend. |
| 0:30.9 | What manner of creature is that? |
| 0:41.8 | What manner of devil made him? |
| 0:45.5 | That's a trailer for Frankenstein. |
| 0:51.4 | Will its very labour-intensive makeup be recognised at the awards on Sunday night? |
| 0:52.1 | That's to come. |
| 0:55.4 | But first, President Trump says what he calls one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East has totally obliterated |
| 1:01.2 | every military target on Khag Island, which is a tiny but crucially important island in the |
| 1:07.2 | northern Gulf, some 20-odd kilometers off the Iranian mainland. |
| 1:11.4 | It's a commercial lifeline for the Iranian regime |
| 1:14.7 | because 90% of Iran's crude oil for export is transported through it. |
| 1:20.1 | It's basically a giant terminal, a natural deep port |
| 1:23.4 | where large tankers can load up and head off down the Gulf. |
| 1:27.4 | Well, in a social media post, Mr Trump said he'd chosen not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island yet, |
| 1:34.7 | but he said he would reconsider that decision if the Straits of Hormuz remain closed. |
| 1:40.2 | So is this a bargaining chip and is it going to work? |
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