{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/663cd7f81e442e0012c69fea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Biden blocks weapons to Israel, the dire state of Iran's economy, war correspondent responds to Civil War film","description":"<p>On today's episode, we speak to our Middle East correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva in Jerusalem on Israel's impending assault on Rafa and Biden's threats to halt weapons supplies to Israel. Then, we hear from Jumana Shahin, a Gaza resident who's fled to Egypt to protect herself and her young daughter.&nbsp;Then, we speak to our economics reporter Melissa Lawford on the dire state of Iran's economy. And finally, I talk to senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant, who recently saw the film Civil War, directed by Andrew Garland.&nbsp;Roland, as a war reporter, had some thoughts on the film and he shares them with us.</p><p><br></p><p>Contributors</p><p>David Knowles (Host)&nbsp;<em>@djknowles22 on X.</em></p><p>Nataliya Vasilyeva&nbsp;(Middle East Correspondent) <em>@Nat_Vasilyeva on X.</em></p><p>Jumana Shahin <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jumana.shahin/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@jumana.shahin</a> on Instagram</p><p>Melissa Lawford (Economics Reporter) @Melissalawford on X</p><p>Roland Oliphant (Host, Senior Foreign Correspondent) <em>@rolandoliphant on X</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Read</em></p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/22/iran-clerics-crippled-islamic-republic-economy-inflation/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Iran is broke’: How clerics crippled the Islamic Republic </a>by Melissa Lawford</p><p><br></p><p>For 3 months access to The Telegraph for just £1: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |</p><p>Email: battlelines@telegraph.co.uk </p><p><br></p><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}