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Iran is the clear aggressor, harassing civilian vessels, threatening mariners from every nation.

The ceasefire on shaky ground and the UAE caught in the crosshairs.

Regional expert Gregory Gauze gives us his analysis on rising tensions in the Gulf.

Then fertilizer shortages cause global food insecurity.

The Middle East conflict is pushing vulnerable communities to the brink.

The World Food Program's Matthew Hollingworth joins me. Plus,

reproductive rights under threat in America. CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights,

Nancy Northup joins me on whiplash from the courts over access to an abortion pill. Also ahead.

It spikes as democracies are declining, especially if they're

declining rapidly. And once they get to the middle zone, that's peak violence, peak instability.

Growing fears after a third assassination attempt against Trump. Professor Barbara F. Walter tells

Hari Srinivasin why she believes political violence is here to stay. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biana Goldrigo, New York, sitting in for Christian Amantor.

Is the ceasefire holding in Iran? Since the U.S. launched Project Freedom, a plan to guide ships through the Strait of Ormuz. The Iranian and American militaries

have traded threats and fire. Dan Cain, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that Iran

attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times since the ceasefire was announced, but the attacks are,

quote, all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations.

President Trump declines to say whether the ceasefire is holding, but in a Pentagon briefing,

Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth says it is still in effect.

No, the ceasefire is not over.

Ultimately, this is a separate, a distinct project, and we expected there would be some churn at the beginning, which happened. And we said we would defend and defend aggressively, and we absolutely have.

Iran knows that.

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