This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Ankara Desai and at 1,300 GMT on Wednesday, the 18th of June, these are our main stories.

Iran's supreme leader says he'll stand firm against Israel and an enforced peace.

As more deaths are reported in Gaza around aid distribution centres,

we hear what Palestinians think of the conflict between Israel and Iran.

And tennis legend Martina Navratilova talks to us about her career,

why she's worried about the future direction of the US,

and her views on

transgender athletes in sports. We still are lagging behind the guys, and there's a boy that now

has a ponytail and nail polish and identifies as a girl. And now these girls are like,

I can't compete against that. I have no chance.

Also in this podcast, how French police are attempting to stop migrants making the dangerous journey across the English Channel to the UK and the potentially groundbreaking research

on development of human organs for transplant coming out of China.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamani has said his country will never surrender in its

conflict with Israel and warned the United States that it will suffer irreparable harm if it

intervenes. This is an extract of his address played on Iranian state TV.

The This is an extract of his address played on Iranian State TV.

Mr. Hamini said that Iran had expected these attacks from Israel,

but that his country will stand firm against them as well as any imposed peace.

It comes after more strikes by Israel, focusing on Iranian missile sites and facilities making parts for the machines that enrich uranium centrifuges.

And on the ground in Iran, the effect of the Israeli strikes are becoming clearer with shortages to food and fuel.

Kassar Anasji is from the BBC's Persian service.

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