Israel prepares for Iranian attack

Also in the programme: the growing demand for the weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic after it allegedly helped celebrity Kim Kardashian lose weight to fit into a dress; and we discover the more radical side of one of America's great writers Maya Angelou.

Joining presenter Celia Hatton are Jade McGlynn, an author and Research Fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and Daniel Susskind, an economist at Oxford and King College London who is also an author.

(Picture: A man stands near the rubble, after a suspected Israeli strike on Monday on Iran's consulate, in Syrian capital Damascus, Syria. April 2, 2024. Credit: Reuters).