# China to protect its interests in wake of US Iran sanctions

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Podcast: [Newshour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927)
Published: 2026-08-25T14:36:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn5khd1nl1
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China has vowed to protect its interests after the US announced plans to widen economic sanctions against Iran and its trading partners, which include Beijing. Will China scupper the squeeze on Iran? Also in the programme: the UN and Red Cross call for urgent new laws to police fully autonomous weapons, an at-home test kit for cervical cancer. and can Australia keep AI out of music? (Photo: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran,in Washington DC on 24 August 2026. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

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