美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在南卡罗来纳州罗克希尔的一个活动中心为现任美国参议员达琳·格雷厄姆（共和党-南卡罗来纳州）举行的中期选举竞选集会上发表讲话。罗兰·奥利芬特是《每日电讯报》的首席外交分析师，也是《战线》播客的联合主持人。他曾任该报莫斯科记者，报道过欧洲、中东、非洲和亚洲各地的战争、革命和选举。
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a midterm election campaign rally for incumbent US Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) at an event center in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Roland Oliphant is The Telegraph’s Chief Foreign Analyst and co-host of the Battle Lines podcast. He was previously its Moscow correspondent and has covered wars, revolutions and elections from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
在加入《每日电讯报》之前，他曾在《莫斯科时报》工作。格林尼治标准时间下午3时11分，美国中央司令部司令、海军上将布拉德·库珀已向唐纳德·特朗普通报恢复对伊朗大规模作战行动的方案，时值这场战争与美国下周关键的中期选举发生碰撞。
Prior to The Telegraph, he worked for The Moscow Times 3:11pm GMT Centcom’s commander Admiral Brad Cooper has briefed Donald Trump on options to resume major combat operations against Iran, as the war collides with next week’s high-stakes US midterm elections.
在今天的《伊朗最新》节目中，罗兰·奥利芬特与《美国保守派》执行董事柯特·米尔斯一起，分析伊朗战争如何影响民调，以及选举结果可能如何影响中东冲突。如果特朗普输掉中期选举会怎样？随着油价飙升至每桶115美元以上，他们剖析“美国优先”运动是否已失去对白宫的控制，以及得克萨斯州为何成为政治试炼场。
On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant is joined by Curt Mills, Executive Director of The American Conservative, to analyse how the Iran war is impacting the polls - and how the election results could affect the conflict in the Middle East. What happens if Trump loses the midterms? With oil prices surging past $115 a barrel, they unpack whether the “America First” movement has lost control of the White House and why Texas has become a political crucible.
此外，两艘船只在霍尔木兹海峡遭遇爆炸，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队声称击落两架美国无人机，卡塔尔特使紧急返回德黑兰，以期重启陷入僵局的和平协议。
Plus, two vessels hit by explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC claims to have downed two US drones, and Qatari envoys make a desperate return to Tehran to revive a deadlocked peace deal.