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World Service,05 Mar 2026,49 mins

Israel and Iran launch new strikes

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Israel and Iran launch new strikes as the war in the Middle East enters a sixth day. It comes as as the Senate voted against curbing his power to continue the joint military operation with Israel. The airstrikes on Iran continue - Israel says it has dropped more than 5,000 bombs on Iran and it plans at least one or two more weeks of operations against Tehran. And the authorities in China have set their lowest economic growth target for decades - we find out more from Beijing. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo: An Iranian woman walks next to a damaged police station building in central Tehran, Iran. Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA).

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