Tankers moving again after Iran deal
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Marine tracking platforms say at least four tankers have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on ending their war. The first to pass into the Gulf of Oman was a French-flagged vessel carrying liquefied natural gas. Three Saudi-flagged oil tankers followed. Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, assesses where next for the Middle East. Also: Ukraine carries out one of the biggest ever attacks on Moscow. We speak to volunteers as they bury victims of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province. New research reveals ChatGPT by Open AI can be made to generate sexualised and violent images, despite the company saying it had introduced additional preventive measures. A new walking shark species which uses fins like legs found off Papua New Guinea. And famous Robin Hood oak tree in England's Sherwood Forest declared dead.
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Photo: Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 18, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Valerie Sanderson, and at 1500 hours GMT on Thursday the 18th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.1 | Following the US-Iran agreement on ending the war, some |
| 0:22.0 | ships have begun moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Ukraine has launched one of its biggest |
| 0:27.3 | attacks on the Russian capital Moscow. Researchers say chat GPT can still make explicit sexual |
| 0:34.9 | and violent content, despite new restrictions imposed by its parent company. |
| 0:41.4 | Also in this podcast, our correspondent reports from the front line |
| 0:45.0 | in the battle against Ebola in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| 0:50.4 | And later... |
| 0:51.3 | They're quite wriggly, so they will try and sort of get away. |
| 0:54.7 | And that's really all that's quiet. |
| 0:57.1 | It's not too difficult. |
| 0:59.3 | A new species of walking shark is found in Papua, New Guinea. |
| 1:08.2 | As we record this podcast, marine tracking platforms say at least four tankers have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 1:15.4 | after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on ending their war. |
| 1:20.8 | The key shipping route has been caught in the crossfire between Tehran and Washington over the past four months, wreaking havoc on the global |
| 1:28.0 | economy. It was, of course, open and operational before the US and Israel began launching |
| 1:33.8 | their strikes on Iran. The deal is now supposed to secure free passage through the strait for |
| 1:39.7 | at least 60 days. I've been speaking to our business presenter, Rahul Tandon. |
| 1:46.8 | We are beginning to see a few ships going through the strait of Hormuz, and this is such an important waterway choke point for the |
| 1:51.4 | global economy in some ways, 20% of global oil, 20% of liquefied natural gas goes through there as well. |
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