{"text":[[{"start":0,"text":"The US has launched strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s “surprise” ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump vowed to deliver a “beating” to the Islamic republic."}],[{"start":0,"text":"“U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran,” US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, said on Wednesday."}],[{"start":0,"text":"“The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.”"}],[{"start":0,"text":"The renewed violence between the US and Iran risks escalation and a wider regional war following several days of paused hostilities that had calmed global energy markets."}],[{"start":47.153,"text":"“We’re going to beat the fucking shit out of them,” Trump told Fox News before the strikes. “We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating.”"}],[{"start":56.119,"text":"The US and Saudi Arabia launched strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq on Tuesday in response to three days of Iranian drone strikes on American military targets and Saudi infrastructure that were separate from the ballistic missile attack."}],[{"start":68.24,"text":"Prices for Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, were down 1.2 per cent in Asian trade after the strikes, trading at $89.68 a barrel."}],[{"start":78.823,"text":"In the Oval Office earlier on Wednesday, Trump said Tehran’s forces had launched five missiles at American forces, describing the attack as a “surprise”."}],[{"start":88.138,"text":"Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its aerospace force had targeted the American air base and US Central Command’s headquarters in Jordan with several ballistic missiles."}],[{"start":98.709,"text":"Centcom said it intercepted all the missiles."}],[{"start":101.28,"text":"“It’s our turn to hit them. They know it’s coming,” Trump said on Wednesday. Despite the interceptions, “they nevertheless took a shot”, he added."}],[{"start":109.84,"text":"“So it’s our turn, and we’ll see if we get there with an agreement at some point. But we’re going to hit them very hard.”"}],[{"start":118.56,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1785379226_3801.mp3"}