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EPISODE · Mar 3, 2026 · 55 MIN

Iran counts on 'neutrality' posture as it pummels it's neighbours

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts the war on Iran will be a gateway to peace and has laughed off suggestions that the war will drag on. The US is also insisting that it will be quick and decisive. But as gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE bearing the full force of Iran's retaliation, there's speculation they may be forced to end their long-held stance of neutrality.   Elon Musk is backing a radical plan to move data centres into space using one million solar‑powered satellites. So is this the future of clean computing, or just another multi billion‑dollar moonshot with serious implications for climate change? In Italy he’s a musical superstar who's mobbed when he walks down the street, but here in Australia Jovonotti is enjoying his anonymity - that might change after his tour this month. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts the war on Iran will be a gateway to peace and has laughed off suggestions that the war will drag on. The US is also insisting that it will be quick and decisive. But as gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE bearing the full force of Iran's retaliation, there's speculation they may be forced to end their long-held stance of neutrality.    Elon Musk is backing a radical plan to move data centres into space using one million solar‑powered satellites. So is this the future of clean computing, or just another multi billion‑dollar moonshot with serious implications for climate change?  In Italy he’s a musical superstar who's mobbed when he walks down the street, but here in Australia Jovonotti is enjoying his anonymity - that might change after his tour this month.

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