US and Iran exchange fire
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 28th of May, these are our main stories. There are reports of fresh US military action in Iran, despite the ceasefire. The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey launch an investigation into football's governing body, FIFA, about World Cup ticket prices.
What recent military actions have the US taken against Iran?
Matthew Perry's personal assistant is jailed for his involvement in the death of the friend star from a ketamine overdose. Also in this podcast, the BBC spends time with a controversial manosphere influencer in Kenya.
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The US has launched another round of strikes against Iran, despite the ongoing ceasefire and those optimistic noises we've been hearing about a potential peace deal. An American official said the attacks near the port city of Bandar Abbas were fired in self-defence. Iranian state media says its forces fired on four ships that were attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, one of which was a US oil tanker with its radar system turned off. Our North America correspondent, Peter Bowes, is following developments. Well, according to U.S. Central Command, that's the U.S. military that's responsible for overseeing military operations and security interests in the Middle East, CENCOM, it says that U.S.
forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that it says posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz. It also says that it hit an Iranian ground control station in the port of Bandar Abbas, which it says was about to launch a fifth drone. Crucially, the military is insisting, though, that these actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire. But clearly, it is a fragile peace, given that this is the second time in three days that the US has attacked targets in Iran. Yeah, and all this happening not just while this ceasefire is supposedly in place, but also as the peace talks are continuing as well. Yeah, and just hours after Iranian state media reported the existence of a preliminary unofficial draft deal.
Now, reportedly this included a claim that the US would lift its naval blockade of Iran's ports. In return, Iran would restore commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month. with the management and routing of vessels to be handled by Iran and Oman. But it doesn't mention Iran giving up nuclear ambitions or handing over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which are the key issues at the heart of the dispute between the two countries. And the White House was pretty quick to dismiss this draft deal as complete fabrication. So does this suggest then that this could just as easily progress into more peace talks or indeed renewed war? Well, you know, I think for all the talk of a breakthrough, both sides have made it clear that the ceasefire could collapse, the war could resume.
President Trump just on Monday again repeated that if a deal can't be reached, to use his words, we'll have to just finish the job. Iran has made it known that it is prepared for that eventuality. The focus now, though, I think is on the talks and I think the real challenge is is to see through the rhetoric that we're hearing from both sides, just to try to get a measured assessment of where we are with the war, which today is entering its fourth month. A story now from Laos, where after a week trapped inside a flooded cave, five villagers have been found alive by an international rescue team of divers. They were part of a group of seven who had gone into the cave to look for gold, and the search operation is continuing to try and find the two others.
Our Southeast Asia correspondent, Jonathan Head, reports. After a grueling search success, two divers record the moment they found five men who'd been trapped underground for a week.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:19
2
What recent military actions have the US taken against Iran?
1:19–9:01
3
What are the findings of the investigation into FIFA's World Cup ticket pricing?
9:01–10:45
4
How is the manosphere influencing gender dynamics in Kenya?
10:45–12:22
5
What is the current status of the ceasefire between the US and Iran?
12:22–14:59
6
How is the war in the Middle East impacting India's mango economy?
14:59–25:38
7
What rescue efforts were made for villagers trapped in a flooded cave in Laos?
25:38–30:27
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