Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective

未编织的世界:中东:区域视角

The Explanation

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2024-10-25

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John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses the attitudes of other countries in the Middle East towards Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, examines the signs of a recovery in the global economy and looks at the Italian Prime Minister’s right-wing domestic agenda.

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  • Hello, this is the explanation from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm John Simpson and you're listening to Unspun World, where we go behind the headlines with the BBC's unmatched correspondence to find out what's really going on.

  • What's Israel's plan for Iran and Gaza and what do the other countries in the region think about it?

  • Stability is what all these countries want, essentially.

  • They want justice for the Palestinians, undeniably.

  • And they would see that as part of the stability that there would be.

  • With the global economy showing modest green shoots, are there reasons to be a bit more optimistic for a change, given the extraordinary crises?

  • The economy, world politics has been through then.

  • The world economy has proven to be quite resilient.

  • On the international stage, Italy's far right prime minister seems a bit more moderate than people expected.

  • But what direction is she taking at home?

  • Giorgio Meloni is somebody who has always referred to herself as a Christian mother.

  • She's always been very firmly against the idea that a child could be brought up by a gay couple.

  • Israel is attacking its enemies on two fronts at present.

  • The remains of the Hamas organization in Gaza and Hezbollah's military and banking infrastructure in Lebanon.

  • Palestinian and Lebanese civilians are paying a heavy price for this.