Hey, Mike Baker here. Now, here's a question for you. What do dictators do after work?

Did you see that coming? As it turns out, some become movie fanatics, some write books, and some even rap on state television.

This week's subscriber-exclusive episode of the PDB dictator files explores the surprisingly strange hobbies of history's strongmen and what they reveal about the nature of absolute power. You can hear it now at PDB Premium.com. I have a bit of a little. I have ath of July. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, the ceasefire,

well, the sort of ceasefire between the U.S.

and Iran appears to have collapsed after Tahran's attack on commercial shipping in the

Strait of Hormuz. I'll have the latest. Later in the show, Russia is trying to jam Elon Musk's

Starlink network in an effort to blunt Ukraine's expanding drone campaign.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appears to be over.

Overnight, American forces launched a new wave of strikes against Iranian military targets

after the regime attacked three commercial vessels

transiting the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week. Iran has since retaliated with missile

and drone attacks targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait, prompting President

Trump to declare that, as far as he's concerned, the interim agreement or memorandum of

understanding or whatever we

wanted to call it reached last month is now finished. Now, before we get into the latest

developments, a quick reminder. Yesterday here on the PDB, we told you about the attacks on the

commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. It's a clear violation of the ceasefire framework that was

supposed to guarantee safe passage through one of the world's most important waterways. Well,

overnight, Washington answered. According to U.S. Central Command, American forces launched a series

of precision strikes against Iranian military infrastructure along the country's southern coast. Officials say

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