Is the US-Iran War Restarting?
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Today, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US-Iran ceasefire "is not over", despite attacks in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" aims to use the US military to guide stranded cargo ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. But, Iran insists that it controls the strait - and yesterday fired missiles and drones at military and commercial ships, according to the US. Adam is joined by chief presenter Caitriona Perry and business editor Simon Jack.
And, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said "every part of society" has a responsibility to tackle antisemitism in the UK at a summit in Downing Street. It comes after the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green and a string of attacks at synagogues and other Jewish sites in recent months. Adam and Alex speak with special correspondent Lucy Manning.
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| 1:30.8 | But first of all, joined by some of our BBC reporting colleagues to talk about a summit on anti-Semitism that took |
| 1:28.3 | place in Downing Street on Tuesday morning. But first of all, we're back to our old conundrum of |
| 1:34.4 | is the straight of Hormuz open or not. This crucial lane for global shipping, for oil, gas, |
| 1:42.4 | and as we've discovered, lots of other important ingredients to global |
| 1:45.3 | supply chains, is, in American minds, now kind of open because they've launched Project |
| 1:51.4 | Freedom, which is basically an American security guarantee for international shipping to pass |
| 1:56.8 | through the Strait of Hormuz. This was also accompanied by some confusing reports over the weekend |
| 2:02.5 | about Iranian claims to have hit a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 2:07.0 | which were then very quickly denied by the White House. |
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