Episode
The UK sends jets to the Middle East as Israel and Iran exchange air strikes
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- Broadcasting House
- Published
- Aug 18, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 3534
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dkzg
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Summary
Paddy O'Connell and Lyse Doucet present this week’s Broadcasting House as the conflict between Israel and Iran ramps up. Cabinet minister Darren Jones discusses the UK's role, as well as the announcement of national inquiry into grooming gangs. Plus, the hyperglot who speaks more than 15 languages, and the BH press review with Alice Bunn of UK Space, George Parker of the Financial Times, and writer and broadcaster Maria McErlane.