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Jan 2025
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How Trump 2.0 could reshape the Middle E...

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It's a moment of change in the Middle East. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in retreat in Lebanon. Iran and its proxies are weakened and Syria has slipped from its grasp. Now, with President Trump officially installed in the White House, what impact might his presidency have on the region? Will he forge new ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia? And what about his rocky relationship with Iran? To discuss, Jonny Dymond is joined by the BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner.

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Producers: Alice Aylett Roberts, Laurie Kalus and Eleanor Sly

Sound engineers: Hannah Montgomery and Jonny Baker

Assistant editor: Sergi Forcada Freixas

Senior news editor: China Collins

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