US and Israel hit Iranian oil depot
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The US and Israel target Iranian oil facilities for the first time since start of war - but Tehran remains defiant. It continues to retaliate, launching drones and missiles on neighbouring countries. Also, Lebanon continues to count the cost after Israel carries out huge strikes on what it says are Iranian-backed Hezbollah strongholds. More US criticism of Britain, as Donald Trump accuses the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, of joining a war that the US has already won. In other news, we look at the 35-year-old former rapper who looks set to become the new prime minister of Nepal. And, some good news - NASA's experiment to deflect asteroids that might be on a collision course with earth was a success.
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| 0:07.5 | We definitely do not have quiet days anymore in American politics. |
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| 0:29.6 | I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 8th of March, these are our main stories. |
| 0:35.6 | The military campaign against Iran broadens as America |
| 0:39.5 | and Israel's latest strikes target oil depots. Iran has continued to hit its neighbors, |
| 0:45.5 | including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, despite Iranian President |
| 0:51.3 | Massoud Peschkian claiming they would no longer target them unless they were attacked first. |
| 0:57.1 | And President Trump criticizes the British government, accusing Prime Minister Kirstama, of joining wars after we've already won. |
| 1:08.0 | Also in this podcast, a special report on Lebanon's role in the war with Israel and the US. |
| 1:14.5 | I'm standing in front of one of the biggest bomb craters I have ever seen. |
| 1:19.4 | It has destroyed everything. |
| 1:21.2 | There are cars blown up onto the roofs of nearby houses. |
| 1:25.2 | And Iran remains defiant. |
| 1:29.8 | The strikes carried out by the Islamic Republic will continue. We will not let them go. This disgraceful act they have created on the |
| 1:35.7 | international stage carries a heavy cost. We begin in Iran. |
| 1:46.5 | After a week of pounding the Islamic Republic's military machine and security apparatus, |
| 1:51.8 | the United States and Israel are now bombing one of Iran's biggest sources of revenue, oil. |
| 2:04.9 | Thank you. oil. Huge fireballs which reached into the night sky were seen across Tehran when an oil depot was hit |
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