Pat Kenny
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The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran appears to be under its greatest strain yet.
Fresh American strikes have been met with Iranian retaliation.
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is once again under threat.
And President Trump himself has cast doubt on whether the peace agreement is still alive.
At the same time, Washington is wrestling with a bitter political battle over funding the conflict.
And after taking aim at several NATO members in Ankara, Trump seems to have adopted a more benevolent attitude to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, questions are also mounting over President Trump's latest move to dismiss the remaining members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission, raising fresh concerns about the health of American institutions ahead of this year's midterm elections in November.
And finally, the mystery of the missing Senator Mitch McConnell.
Has the Republican Party aped the old Soviet technique of keeping leaders alive for as long as it suited them?
Now, to help us separate the immediate military developments from the wider political implications, we're joined by Professor Scott Lucas from UCD's Clinton Institute.
Good morning, Scott.
Very good morning to you, Pat.
First of all, is the MOU, the Memorandum of Understanding, is it dead or on life support?
Meanwhile, the Israelis will continue to target Lebanon.
And it was the understanding of the Iranians and to some extent the Americans that Israel would cease its hostilities in Lebanon.
And that hasn't happened.
The relationship between Trump and Netanyahu, we know it was under strain.
Are the Israelis attempting to rehabilitate that in some way?
Now, you probably saw the massive banner being carried by the mourners at the funeral of the Supreme Leader saying conveniently for international media in English that they're going to kill Trump.
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