Trump criticises Israel over ongoing strikes in Lebanon
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has criticised Israel for continuing to strike Hezbollah targets ahead of the formal signing of a US-Iran deal in Switzerland on Friday. He said Israel didn't need to knock down an apartment block every time it was looking for someone from Hezbollah. Lebanese state media reported at least four deaths. Also: Britain's Ministry of Defence is investigating after a retired British couple said a Russian warship had fired warning shots near their yacht in the Channel on Tuesday; the US vice president JD Vance has a new memoir out - this time about religion; how illegal Iranian oil is smuggled across the mountains into Pakistan; and the Williams sisters return to Wimbledon at the ages of 44 and 46.
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| 0:32.5 | I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 17th of June, these are our main stories. President |
| 0:38.7 | Trump has criticised Israel for continuing strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, despite |
| 0:44.5 | the deal with Iran that's meant to halt the fighting. Britain's Ministry of Defence is investigating |
| 0:50.1 | after a UK-registered yacht said a Russian warship fired warning shots near it in the channel |
| 0:55.5 | on Tuesday morning. |
| 0:59.1 | Also in this podcast, the US Vice President J.D. Vance has a new book out and in tennis. |
| 1:05.4 | Serida Williams gets involved, bullies away and raises her armsoff. She goes to hug her sister, Venus. |
| 1:12.0 | The William sisters are returning to Wimbledon at the ages of 44 and 46. |
| 1:21.2 | So we're just two days away from the official signing of the US-Iran ceasefire deal, |
| 1:26.5 | but Israel continues to refuse to abide by Donald Trump's demands |
| 1:30.2 | to stop launching attacks in Lebanon. |
| 1:33.1 | Mr Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu |
| 1:35.8 | were on the same page when they launched the war at the end of February, |
| 1:39.7 | saying their aim was to upend the Iranian regime |
| 1:42.2 | and with it any chance of Iran developing nuclear |
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