News - Iran Talks Near Deal, Israel Ignores Ceasefires, Cuba Sanctions Expand

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

News, History, Politics

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Producer Jake regrettably had his pet rat confiscated after an ill-fated cruise. In this week’s news: Iran considers a U.S. peace proposal (1:37), Project Freedom fails in the Strait of Hormuz (7:45), and new details emerge about damage by Iranian strikes on U.S. military sites (11:25); Israel kills civilians in Lebanon (14:53) and targets Gaza police (16:24); U.S.-China tensions rise before Trump’s summit (18:10); Sudan accuses Ethiopia of drone strikes while Ethiopia accuses Sudan of arming Tigray rebels (23:19), plus Tigray’s ruling party reinstates the regional legislature (25:39); the United States prepares to lift sanctions on Eritrea (27:08); JNIM besieges Bamako, Mali as Mali’s junta leader appoints himself defense minister (28:41); Trump pulls U.S. soldiers from Germany (30:24); Russia and Ukraine reject rival ceasefires (31:38); Trump expands sanctions on Cuba (33:53); and the White House broadens its counterterrorism strategy (35:29). Follow us on YouTube and join our livestreams every Wednesday at 8pm ET! And don’t forget to listen to our Marx Prestige miniseries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:03.2	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at Americanprostagepod.com.
0:08.3	Find the link in our show notes.
0:11.2	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:15.5	Mom!
0:16.2	Up the stairs for something.
0:19.0	Ugh, back down.
0:20.4	No idea what I went up for.
0:22.6	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:24.6	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:27.6	Hello Fresh can't slow life down,
0:29.6	but it makes bringing everyone together around the table
0:32.6	a whole lot easier.
0:34.6	So it's phones down, forks up.
0:36.6	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. Hello, Prestige Head, and welcome. I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek Davison, and we are excited to bring you the news.
1:11.9	But before we do a couple of quick things,
1:14.0	we have decided to start live streaming
1:16.3	every Wednesday at 5 p.m. PST, 8 p.m. EST.
1:21.2	We're going to use these as ways to talk about foreign affairs
1:25.6	and also other things in the sort of key of what we usually
1:29.1	talk about. We hope to eventually have guests, but we are live streaming over on YouTube.
1:34.0	So if you haven't yet, please just search American Prestise YouTube and subscribe.
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